life on board

The bridge of Voyager, from the vantage point of the Ops Station.

Image from Star Trek Captain's Chair CD-ROM

Tour the bridge, captain's ready room, the briefing room, main engineering, sickbay, hallways and lifts

An Intrepid-class vessel capable of holding 200 crew members, the U.S.S. Voyager is one of the fastest and most powerful starships in Starfleet. Although at 1130 feet long it is about half the size of the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-D, the Voyager is more technologically advanced than previous Star Trek vessels. Superbly equipped for exploration and research, the Voyager has an equally impressive array of defensive and offensive weapons, making it ready for action.

Voyager is the second of only four Intrepid-class starships built by Starfleet to date, launched in 2371 on Stardate 48038.5.

On stardate 48307.5, Voyager was pulled over 70,000 light-years from the Badlands area near Deep Space Nine by an extragalactic alien dubbed "Caretaker." The alien had been searching the galaxy for a compatible life-form with which to procreate.

Voyager's assigned first officer Cavitt, helmsman Stadi, chief engineer, and doctor and nurse were killed in the transfer as well as a transporter chief and other crewmembers. Its original short mission did not call for a counselor to be assigned.

Voyager is currently en route from the Delta quadrant to Federation space; at maximum speed, however, the journey may take up to seventy years.

Voyager's folding wing-and-nacelle warp drive system allows the Starship to exceed the warp 5 "speed limit" without polluting the space continuum. Voyager can reach a speed of warp 9.975, but only for short periods.

Its EPS system and back-up have been totally modified to employ Enaran power-conservation technology; power relays on some decks now employ Borg technology. It carried 152 people as of SD 48975.1; Chakotay doesn't believe it can be operated with less than 100.

deck by deck breakdown

This information is reprinted with permission from The Belgarath Silverthorn Star Trek Domain,
and has been updated using information from Star Trek: The Magazine

Primary Hull
Deck 1	Bridge Captain's Ready Room Briefing Room Escape Pod Access (2 pods) Weapons Locker Spacesuit Lockers Office space Aft Bridge Airlock Upper Sensor Platform
Deck 2	Mess Hall Officers' and VIP Quarters Laboratories and Storage area Sensor Gear Escape Pod Access
Deck 3	Captain's Quarters Officers' and VIP Quarters Photon Torpedo Trackers
Deck 4	Aft Photon Torpedo Launchers Tranporters 1 & 2 Phaser Maintenance Sensor Gear Escape Pod Access
Deck 5	Sickbay Doctor's Office Sensor Gear Escape Pod Access
Deck 6	Auxiliary Deflector Auxiliary Computer Core Escape Pod Access
Deck 7	Auxiliary Computer Core Cargo Bay 1 Cargo Bay 2^* Laboratories RCS Thruster Access Escape Pod Access
Deck 8	Deuterium Processing Port/Starboard/Forward Docking Ports ODN/EPS Main Trunks Lower Cargo Bays 1 & 2 Astrometrics^**
Deck 9	Cargo Loading Doors AeroWing Shuttle Dock Laboratories

Engineering Hull
Deck 6	Deuterium (Matter) Processing Consumables Resupply Connectors Auxiliary Computer Core
Deck 7	Deuterium Tankage Warp Engine Core Injector Access Auxiliary Computer Core
Deck 8	Deuterium Tankage Warp Engine Core Aft Work Pod Storage
Deck 9	Upper Main Shuttle bay Warp Engine Core
Deck 10	Main Shuttle bay Main Computer Core Warp Engine Core Forward Photon Torpedo Launchers Reserve Warp Engine Core Main Navigational Deflector
Deck 11	"Wing" Level: Main Engineering Engineer's Office Warp Engine Core Reserve Warp Engine Core Main Computer Core Main Navigational Deflector
Deck 12	Antimatter Tankage Warp Engine Core Main Deflector Reserve Warp Engine Core Escape Pod Access
Deck 13	Aft Tractor Beam Emitter Warp Engine Core Reserve Warp Engine Core Quarters Laboratories Secondary ODN/EPS Trunks Escape Pod Access
Deck 14	Antimatter Processing Reserve Warp Engine Core Ground Hover Footpad Systems Escape Pod Access
Deck 15	Antimatter Loading Port Forward Tractor Beam Emitter Ground Hover Footpads

^*Cargo Bay 2 housed the Hydroponics and Aeroponics bays until being converted to Borg alcoves. Presumably, the Aeroponics bay has been relocated.

^**According to Equinox, Pt. I, the Astrometrics lab is located on Deck 8, Section 29

duty shifts

There are 3 section shifts, each having an equal portion of personnel Each shift section takes a turn at each of the 3 watches rotating on a 6 week cycle. Each shift is 8 hours long.

Section
Alpha
Beta
Gamma

Weeks 1-6
2400-0800
0800-1600
1600-2400

Weeks 7-12
0800-1600
1600-2400
2400-0800

Weeks 13-18
1600-2400
2400-0800
0800-1600