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==Background==
 
==Background==
 
[[File:Engineering display, USS Pegasus.jpg|thumb|Four-nacelle configuration display]]
 
The ''Pegasus'' was named after the {{w|Pegasus|winged horse}} of Greek mythology.
 
The ''Pegasus'' was named after the {{w|Pegasus|winged horse}} of Greek mythology.
   
[[File:Engineering display, USS Pegasus.jpg|thumb|Four-nacelle configuration display]]
 
 
It appears that the original intentions of the production staff, while designing the ''Pegasus'', was that it was going to be a vessel possessing four [[nacelle]]s. Evidence of this can be seen in a scene featuring the ''Pegasus''{{'}}s engineering room, which suggests that ship may have been intended to be a {{ShipClass|Cheyenne}}, {{ShipClass|Constellation}}, or some other unseen type of four-nacelle starship.
 
It appears that the original intentions of the production staff, while designing the ''Pegasus'', was that it was going to be a vessel possessing four [[nacelle]]s. Evidence of this can be seen in a scene featuring the ''Pegasus''{{'}}s engineering room, which suggests that ship may have been intended to be a {{ShipClass|Cheyenne}}, {{ShipClass|Constellation}}, or some other unseen type of four-nacelle starship.
 
[[File:Firstusspegasus.jpg|thumb|left|268px]]
 
 
 
 
 
[[Rick Sternbach]] auctioned off on eBay an early ''Pegasus'' concept drawing named ''"The Pegasus" Ship Concept Semi-ORIGINAL Sketch'', which was sold on December 1, 2009. The relevant part of its description is reproduced below:
 
[[Rick Sternbach]] auctioned off on eBay an early ''Pegasus'' concept drawing named ''"The Pegasus" Ship Concept Semi-ORIGINAL Sketch'', which was sold on December 1, 2009. The relevant part of its description is reproduced below:
[[File:Firstusspegasus.jpg|thumb|left|268px]]
 
 
<blockquote>This is an 11"x17" semi-original pen and ink and pasteup drawing for a concept for making the U.S.S. Pegasus out of Enterprise-C physical model parts, instead of re-using the model of the U.S.S. Oberth science ship. Either way, Pegasus got itself pretty well jammed up in that asteroid with that illegal cloaking device. Remember in the LENSMAN series how the Arisians didn't want civilization to get -too- powerful? Same thing. This one-of-a-kind prop was designed by, and is from the collection of your seller, Star Trek TNG and Voyager Senior Illustrator Rick Sternbach. Drawing is signed in the lower right. [http://cgi.ebay.com.sg/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=370296759931]</blockquote>
 
<blockquote>This is an 11"x17" semi-original pen and ink and pasteup drawing for a concept for making the U.S.S. Pegasus out of Enterprise-C physical model parts, instead of re-using the model of the U.S.S. Oberth science ship. Either way, Pegasus got itself pretty well jammed up in that asteroid with that illegal cloaking device. Remember in the LENSMAN series how the Arisians didn't want civilization to get -too- powerful? Same thing. This one-of-a-kind prop was designed by, and is from the collection of your seller, Star Trek TNG and Voyager Senior Illustrator Rick Sternbach. Drawing is signed in the lower right. [http://cgi.ebay.com.sg/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=370296759931]</blockquote>
   

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For the TNG episode that focuses on this ship, see "The Pegasus"

The USS Pegasus (NCC-53847) was an Template:ShipClass Federation starship in operation during the 24th century. A prototype vessel, the Pegasus served as a testbed vehicle for various technologies, many of which would later be implemented on the Template:ShipClass.

In 2358, the Pegasus was commanded by Captain Erik Pressman, and included Ensign William T. Riker, on his first assignment out of the Academy. In that year, the Pegasus was assigned to conduct a test of an interphase cloaking device, in direct violation of the Treaty of Algeron. During the test, an explosion occurred in Main Engineering, resulting in heavy casualties. Several members of the crew, including the first officer and chief engineer, mutinied in an attempt to shut down the illegal test. Pressman, Riker, and seven other crewmembers fled the ship in an escape pod. Not long after departing, they witnessed a large explosion in space. No wreckage was found, and the vessel was believed to have been destroyed by a warp core breach. In fact, the Pegasus was not destroyed but rather drifted in cloaked form until it re-materialized inside asteroid gamma 601 in the Devolin system.

The survivors stated that the accident in engineering had been responsible for the destruction of the Pegasus, and made no mention of the cloak. The Judge Advocate General's inquiry into the incident concluded that the surviving officers had not been entirely truthful in their recounting of the events, and suggested a further investigation. The follow-up investigation never took place, and the inquiry report was quietly buried by Starfleet Intelligence.

In 2370, the Romulan warbird IRW Terix discovered a piece of wreckage from the Pegasus in the Devolin system. Pressman, now an admiral, dispatched the USS Enterprise-D to recover the vessel first, aiming to reach the cloaking device before the Romulans discovered the Federation's duplicity. The Enterprise entered the asteroid and found the ship, which was partially interphased in solid rock. The illegal events that happened aboard were made public, and Pressman, among others, were court-martialed. The ship itself was not recovered. (TNG: "The Pegasus")

Pegasus personnel

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Background

Engineering display, USS Pegasus

Four-nacelle configuration display

The Pegasus was named after the winged horse of Greek mythology.

It appears that the original intentions of the production staff, while designing the Pegasus, was that it was going to be a vessel possessing four nacelles. Evidence of this can be seen in a scene featuring the Pegasus's engineering room, which suggests that ship may have been intended to be a Template:ShipClass, Template:ShipClass, or some other unseen type of four-nacelle starship.

File:Firstusspegasus.jpg

Rick Sternbach auctioned off on eBay an early Pegasus concept drawing named "The Pegasus" Ship Concept Semi-ORIGINAL Sketch, which was sold on December 1, 2009. The relevant part of its description is reproduced below:

This is an 11"x17" semi-original pen and ink and pasteup drawing for a concept for making the U.S.S. Pegasus out of Enterprise-C physical model parts, instead of re-using the model of the U.S.S. Oberth science ship. Either way, Pegasus got itself pretty well jammed up in that asteroid with that illegal cloaking device. Remember in the LENSMAN series how the Arisians didn't want civilization to get -too- powerful? Same thing. This one-of-a-kind prop was designed by, and is from the collection of your seller, Star Trek TNG and Voyager Senior Illustrator Rick Sternbach. Drawing is signed in the lower right. [1]