Changes: SS Valiant

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Recorder marker from the SS Valiant

The SS Valiant was a 21st century Earth starship. She embarked on a deep space exploration mission in 2065.

In that same year the Valiant encountered a magnetic storm that overwhelmed her impulse engines, and swept the vessel towards the edge of the galaxy into the Galactic barrier. About a half light year outside, the ship had encountered an unknown force. It caused severe damage, and was initially thought to have caused the death of seven crewmen. One was successfully revived. Shortly thereafter, the crewman was discovered to have developed advanced ESP-capabilities. As the individual became dangerous, the captain was forced to activate the ship's auto-destruct.

In 2265, the recorder marker ejected from the Valiant, just prior to its destruction, was discovered by the USS Enterprise. The crew was then able to discover the events that led to the ship's destruction. (TOS: "Where No Man Has Gone Before")

Background

The year of launch and the type of mission for the SS Valiant is stated on a viewscreen graphic in ENT: "In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II". It seems to contradict the statement that Friendship 1 paved the way for all the manned missions that would follow it from Earth in 2067, although this could mean either that measures were taken, in the wake of the Valiant's loss only two years after Zephram Cochrane's initial warp flight, to more firmly regulate deep space exploration, or that the Valiant mission was independent of the United Earth Space Probe Agency, which launched Friendship 1. VOY: "Friendship One" A study model of the Valiant was was built by Greg Jein for the first edition of the Star Trek Chronology (1993).

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 ==Background==
-The year of launch and the type of mission for the SS ''Valiant'' is stated on a [[:Image:Historical_archive%2C_Starfleet_%28production_resource%29.jpg|viewscreen graphic]] in {{ENT|In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II}}. It seems to contradict the statement that [[Friendship 1]] paved the way for all the manned missions that would follow it from Earth in [[2067]], although this could mean that measures were taken, in the wake of the ''Valiant'''s loss only two years after Zephram Cochrane's [[SS Phoenix|initial warp flight]], to more firmly regulate deep space exploration. {{VOY|Friendship One}} A study model of the ''Valiant'' was was built by [[Greg Jein]] for the first edition of the ''[[Star Trek Chronology]]'' ({{y|1993}}).
+The year of launch and the type of mission for the SS ''Valiant'' is stated on a [[:Image:Historical_archive%2C_Starfleet_%28production_resource%29.jpg|viewscreen graphic]] in {{ENT|In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II}}. It seems to contradict the statement that ''[[Friendship 1]]'' paved the way for all the manned missions that would follow it from Earth in [[2067]], although this could mean either that measures were taken, in the wake of the ''Valiant'''s loss only two years after Zephram Cochrane's [[Phoenix|initial warp flight]], to more firmly regulate deep space exploration, or that the ''Valiant'' mission was independent of the [[United Earth Space Probe Agency]], which launched ''Friendship 1''. {{VOY|Friendship One}} A study model of the ''Valiant'' was was built by [[Greg Jein]] for the first edition of the ''[[Star Trek Chronology]]'' ({{y|1993}}).
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