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The '''''Intrepid''-class escape pod''' was a type of [[escape pod]] designed for use aboard [[Intrepid class|''Intrepid''-class]] starships in the late [[24th century]]. In the event of a ship-wide catastrophe, the pods could be launched as a last resort to save the crew. Once deployed, the pods were vulnerable to attack or becoming engulfed in the destruction of the parent ship. As in other types of [[Starfleet]] escape craft, the pods were equipped with [[thruster]]s, providing some chance of fleeing the field of combat. However, without warp drive, survivors were reliant on larger ships for ultimate rescue. |
The '''''Intrepid''-class escape pod''' was a type of [[escape pod]] designed for use aboard [[Intrepid class|''Intrepid''-class]] starships in the late [[24th century]]. In the event of a ship-wide catastrophe, the pods could be launched as a last resort to save the crew. Once deployed, the pods were vulnerable to attack or becoming engulfed in the destruction of the parent ship. As in other types of [[Starfleet]] escape craft, the pods were equipped with [[thruster]]s, providing some chance of fleeing the field of combat. However, without warp drive, survivors were reliant on larger ships for ultimate rescue. |
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Intrepid-class escape pod
Escape pod hatches
The Intrepid-class escape pod was a type of escape pod designed for use aboard Intrepid-class starships in the late 24th century. In the event of a ship-wide catastrophe, the pods could be launched as a last resort to save the crew. Once deployed, the pods were vulnerable to attack or becoming engulfed in the destruction of the parent ship. As in other types of Starfleet escape craft, the pods were equipped with thrusters, providing some chance of fleeing the field of combat. However, without warp drive, survivors were reliant on larger ships for ultimate rescue.
Aboard Intrepid-class starships the pods were stowed beneath individual hatches, which were raised in order for the pods to be launched. The pods could return and be stowed again if necessary.
In 2373, Kazon aboard USS Voyager used the ship's escape pods to flee after a failed take-over of the vessel. (VOY: "Basics, Part II") In 2377, an escape pod was used by Seven of Nine to foil an attempt by Ferengi dealers to steal her nanoprobes. (VOY: "Inside Man") Later in 2377, escape pods were used as weapons. While trying to fend off a Quarren attack, the Doctor ejected two escape pods which actually contained photon torpedoes. When the Quarren ships tractored them in, they were detonated, and the Quarren ships were disabled. (VOY: "Workforce, Part II")
In an alternate timeline, the crew of Voyager disbanded in escape pods, hoping to evade the Krenim Imperium in the smaller craft. The timeline ceased to exist with the destruction of the Krenim timeship. (VOY: "Year of Hell, Part II")