
Starfleet Command eventually becomes aware of the ship's presence in the Delta Quadrant and is later able to establish regular communication. This figure fluctuated during its time in the Delta Quadrant, gaining or losing count due to mishaps, adopted crew, births, and voluntary departures they start the second year of their journey with 152 people onboard, at one point during the fifth year of its journey, there were 150 people on board. The intended crew complement was 141 Starfleet personnel, though it held 153 for its inaugural mission. Stranded, and with the Maquis ship also destroyed, both crews integrate and work together for the anticipated 75-year journey home. Captain Janeway orders the destruction of the device that could transport Voyager and the Maquis vessel home, thereby protecting the Ocampa. Voyager and the Maquis ship are ultimately stranded in the Delta Quadrant to prevent a genocide of the Ocampans, a species on a nearby planet under the Caretaker's protection from the Kazon, an antagonistic race native to the Delta Quadrant who seek the resources of the Ocampa. An alien force called the Caretaker transported both Voyager and the Maquis vessel across 70,000 light-years to the Delta Quadrant, damaging Voyager and killing several crewmembers (including the medical staff, helm officer Stadi, first officer Cavit and the chief engineer). The crew's first orders were to track down a Maquis ship in the Badlands. The principal model of Voyager used for filming sold at a Christie's auction in 2006 for USD $132,000. These were important, for example, in shots that crossed over from outside the spacecraft to inside the spacecraft in one filming shot. Another challenge of the design was coordinating the interior set design with exterior shots, in particular the location of key rooms and the design of windows. By late 1996 (midway through season three), certain exterior shots were fully CGI. Amblin won an Emmy for Voyager 's opening CGI title visuals featuring USS Voyager passing through space, but the weekly episode exteriors were captured with hand-built miniatures of Voyager. Two different computer models were developed from the physical model by two different companies that scanned it, Amblin Imaging and Foundation Imaging. The miniature shots of the Voyager model were used as a benchmark to improve the CGI shots. Voyager special effect shots were done with both miniatures and CGI. Throughout the design process, the main goal was to make it new and appealing while still holding in part to the same familiar design. The interior design focused on the bridge, which set the tone for the rest of ship. By the spring of 1994, the design had started to mature, and was smaller than The Next Generation 's Enterprise-D with features like the ability to land on a planet's surface.

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Sternbach started work on the new design in the fall of 1993 when the new series was announced. Rick Sternbach, who designed the Borg cube for The Next Generation, and Richard James collaborated over several months to design the USS Voyager. The spacecraft design was also used for Star Trek: The Experience, a theme park in Las Vegas from 1998 to 2008, and as album art. In addition to its namesake television show, the spacecraft appeared in the computer game Star Trek: Voyager Elite Force (2000). The Voyager made its television debut in January 1995 in "Caretaker", the most expensive pilot in television history, reportedly costing $23 million. The ship's motto, as engraved on its dedication plaque, is a quote from the poem " Locksley Hall" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson: "For I dipt in to the future, far as human eye could see Saw the vision of the world, and all the wonder that would be."

Most of the ship's on-screen appearances are computer-generated imagery (CGI), although models were also sometimes used. Voyager was designed by Star Trek: Voyager production designer Richard D. It is commanded by Captain Kathryn Janeway. USS Voyager (NCC-74656) is the fictional Intrepid-class starship which is the primary setting of the science fiction television series Star Trek: Voyager.
