Changes: USS Dauntless (NX-01-A)

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The "USS Dauntless" was an alien starship disguised as a Federation Dauntless-class starship that was in service to Starfleet in the late 24th century. Allegedly, the Dauntless was the prototype for its class of starship.

In mid-2374, while still stranded in the Delta Quadrant, the USS Voyager received a transmission from Starfleet Command via the ancient Hirogen communications network. Although the message contained a number of unencoded personal messages, there was also an encrypted file that the Voyager crew was unable to open.

On Stardate 51978, Voyager encountered an alien named Arturis who had a gift for translating languages, both verbal and visual. He easily decrypted the mysterious message, which gave a set of coordinates near their current location. Upon arrival, the Voyager crew discovered the Dauntless.

Incorporating technology called a quantum slipstream drive that promised a faster trip home, the Dauntless proved to be an elaborate trap set by Arturis to arrange for the Voyager crew's assimilation by the Borg. Arturis's race had been recently assimilated by the Borg, and Arturis blamed that event on Kathryn Janeway's short-lived alliance with the Borg against Species 8472.

He had assumed that the crew's desire to get home would prompt them to immediately take the ship and use the slipstream to try and get back to Earth, only learning after activating it that it was programmed to take them to Borg space, but past experience and an unwillingness to abandon Voyager prompted the crew to carry out various tests first. After Seven of Nine decoded enough of the original message to reveal that Dauntless was a trap, Arturis attempted to simply take Janeway and Seven back to Borg space, but Voyager was able to duplicate the slipstream and rescue them, leaving Arturis stranded aboard the Dauntless as it entered Borg space, where he was presumably assimilated. (VOY: "Hope and Fear")

In 2375, Voyager used the slipstream technology examined aboard the Dauntless to construct their own makeshift slipstream drive. (VOY: "Timeless")

The registry number seen on the hull was NX-01-A, while internal LCARS displays used the registry number NX-01A. Since both were seen on screen, both are valid.

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+{{DISPLAYTITLE:USS ''Dauntless''}}
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+{{sidebar starship|
-|-
-| colspan="2" | [[Image:USS Dauntless profile, Hope and Fear.jpg|200px|]]
+| image=USS Dauntless profile, Hope and Fear.jpg
+|Name="USS ''Dauntless''"
-|-
-| class="odd" | Class:
+|Class={{Class|Dauntless}}
+|Registry="NX-01-A"<br />"NX-01A"
-| class="even" | [[Dauntless class|''Dauntless''-class]]
+|Affiliation=[[Federation]] [[Starfleet]] (disguise)<br />[[Species 116]]
-|-
+|Status= Presumably destroyed or assimilated
-| class="odd" | Launched:
+|Datestatus= 2374
-| class="even" | Stardate 51472.0 ([[2374]])
+}}
-|-
+The '''"USS ''Dauntless''"''' was an [[alien]] [[starship]] disguised as a [[Federation]] {{Class|Dauntless}} starship that was in service to [[Starfleet]] in the late 24th century. Allegedly, the ''Dauntless'' was the [[prototype]] for its class of starship.
-| class="odd" | Status:
-| class="even" | Presumed destroyed, possibly assimilated (Stardate 51978.8)
-|}
+In mid-[[2374]], while still stranded in the [[Delta Quadrant]], the {{USS|Voyager}} received a transmission from [[Starfleet Command]] via the ancient [[Hirogen communications network]]. Although the message contained a number of unencoded personal messages, there was also an encrypted file that the ''Voyager'' crew was unable to open.
-The '''"USS ''Dauntless''" (NX-01-A)''' was an [[alien]] vessel disguised as a [[Starfleet]] [[prototype]] [[starship]] of the [[Dauntless class|''Dauntless''-class]].
+On [[stardate|Stardate 51978]], ''Voyager'' encountered an alien named [[Arturis]] who had a gift for translating languages, both verbal and visual. He easily decrypted the mysterious message, which gave a set of coordinates near their current location. Upon arrival, the ''Voyager'' crew discovered the ''Dauntless''.
-In mid-[[2374]], while still stranded in the [[Delta Quadrant]], the [[USS Voyager|USS ''Voyager'']] received a transmission from [[Starfleet Command]] via the ancient [[Hirogen communications network]]. Although the message contained a number of unencoded personal messages, there was also an encrypted file that the ''Voyager'' crew was unable to open.
+[[File:Dauntless MSD.jpg|thumb|left|The ''Dauntless'' MSD]]
+Incorporating technology called a [[quantum slipstream drive]] that promised a faster trip home, the ''Dauntless'' proved to be an elaborate trap set by Arturis to arrange for the ''Voyager'' crew's [[assimilation]] by the [[Borg]].  Arturis's race had been recently assimilated by the Borg, and Arturis blamed that event on [[Kathryn Janeway]]'s short-lived alliance with the Borg against [[Species 8472]].
+He had assumed that the crew's desire to get home would prompt them to immediately take the ship and use the slipstream to try and get back to Earth, only learning after activating it that it was programmed to take them to Borg space, but past experience and an unwillingness to abandon ''Voyager'' prompted the crew to carry out various tests first. After [[Seven of Nine]] decoded enough of the original message to reveal that ''Dauntless'' was a trap, Arturis attempted to simply take Janeway and Seven back to Borg space, but ''Voyager'' was able to duplicate the slipstream and rescue them, leaving Arturis stranded aboard the ''Dauntless'' as it entered Borg space, where he was presumably [[assimilation|assimilated]]. ({{VOY|Hope and Fear}})
-On [[stardate|Stardate 51978]], ''Voyager'' encountered an alien named [[Arturis]] who had a gift for translating languages, both verbal and [[computer|computerized]]. He easily decrypted the mysterious message, which gave a set of coordinates near their current location. Upon arrival, the ''Voyager'' crew discovered the advanced [[Starfleet]] explorer, ''Dauntless''.
+In [[2375]], ''Voyager'' used the slipstream technology examined aboard the ''Dauntless'' to construct their own makeshift slipstream drive. ({{VOY|Timeless}})
-Incorporating [[technology]] that promised a faster trip home, the ''Dauntless'' proved to be an elaborate trap set by Arturis to arrange for the ''Voyager'' crew's [[assimilation]] by the [[Borg]].  Arturis's race had been recently assimilated by the Borg, and Arturis blamed that event on [[Kathryn Janeway]]'s short-lived alliance with the Borg against [[Species 8472]].
+{{bginfo|The registry number seen on the hull was NX-01-A, while internal LCARS displays used the registry number NX-01A. Since both were seen on screen, both are valid.}}
-Ultimately, ''Voyager'' eluded the trap, and Arturis was left stranded aboard the ''Dauntless'' as it entered Borg space, where he was presumably [[assimilation|assimilated]]. ({{VOY|Hope and Fear}})
-''Voyager'' later used the slipstream [[technology]] examined aboard the ''Dauntless'' to construct their own makeshift slipstream drive, which eventually propelled them over 10,000 [[light year]]s closer to home before it burned out. ({{VOY|Timeless}})
-==Background==
-Considering that no one aboard ''Voyager'' blinked at the unusual [[registry]] number of the ''Dauntless'' &ndash; NX-01-A &ndash; there was presumably an earlier USS ''Dauntless'', with a registry of NCC-01, making it the first vessel commissioned into Starfleet. (The ''Enterprise'' registry number, NX-01, does not apply because the Federation Starfleet was almost certainly not the same as the Earth Starfleet.) They likely did not notice the registry number (although [[Tuvok]] read it aloud when the away team first boarded the ship), or did not think about it at the time. It is also possible that they assumed that the name was a reference to the fact that, like the original NX-01, it was the first ship to use a specific engine.
-==Star Trek: Bridge Commander==
-The computer game ''[[Star Trek: Bridge Commander]]'' featured a [[Galaxy class|''Galaxy''-class]] starship called the USS ''Dauntless'', with the registry NCC-71879.The entire crew of this vessel eventually were transferred to the USS ''Sovereign'', the origional prototype vessel for the USS ''Enterprise-E''(NCC-1701-E)
-[[Category:Starships|Dauntless, USS]]
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+[[fr:USS Dauntless (NX-01-A)]]
+[[ja:USSドーントレス]]
+[[Category:Starships|Dauntless, USS]]