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Dreadnought
- Episode aired Feb 12, 1996
B'Elanna confronts her Maquis past when Voyager discovers a Cardassian super-weapon in the Delta Quadrant with artificial intelligence that B'Elanna once modified. B'Elanna confronts her Maquis past when Voyager discovers a Cardassian super-weapon in the Delta Quadrant with artificial intelligence that B'Elanna once modified. B'Elanna confronts her Maquis past when Voyager discovers a Cardassian super-weapon in the Delta Quadrant with artificial intelligence that B'Elanna once modified.
- LeVar Burton
- Gene Roddenberry
- Rick Berman
- Michael Piller
- Kate Mulgrew
- Robert Beltran
- Roxann Dawson
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- Capt. Kathryn Janeway
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- Lt. B'Elanna Torres
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- Lt. Tom Paris
- Ensign Harry Kim
- Michael Jonas
- Ensign Samantha Wildman
- Voyager Computer
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- Trivia Roxann Dawson went on to provide another computer voice (for the automated repair station) in Dead Stop (2002) .
- Goofs Earlier versions of Star Trek set the precedent that it took two officers to activate the self-destruct sequence (one to initiate it and a second to concur). In this one Captain Janeway activates it on her own authority.
Lt. Tom Paris : When a bomb starts talking about itself in the third person, I get worried.
- Connections Featured in Half in the Bag: Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)
- Soundtracks Star Trek: Voyager - Main Title Written by Jerry Goldsmith Performed by Jay Chattaway
User reviews 8
Enjoyable b'elanna torres episode.
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Breen dreadnought
In starship classification , a Breen dreadnought was a large capital ship class, a type of dreadnought operated by Breen factions.
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- 2.2 External link
Subtypes [ ]
Breen dreadnought Chimera .
In an alternate reality where the Breen had been at war with the Federation since first contact in the year 2368 , the Chimera was a 24th century in flagship service in the 2370s decade . ( ST - Sons of Star Trek comic : " Issue 4 ")
In the 25th century , the Breen Confederacy operated variants of the Rezreth -class dreadnought . In the 2400s Khitomer Alliance training scenario " Combat Simulation 347 , Rezreth destroyers and siege destroyers attacked a civilian transport . They were upgraded versions of the battleship -level Rezreth Breen capital ships . ( STO mission : " No Win Scenario ")
In the 2410s , the Khitomer Alliance deployed captured Breen Rezreth -class dreadnought cruisers . ( STO website : Q's Winter Wonderland : Winter Ship Stats )
In the 32nd century , the Breen dreadnaught was a massive starship type that dwarfed a Federation Pax -class vessel. In the 3190s , control over the Breen Imperium was vied for by several primarchs . Primarch Ruhn controlled a dreadnought . Primarch Tahal commanded a fleet of three dreadnaughts. ( DSC episode : " Life, Itself ")
In an alternate timeline where the Breen seized Progenitor technology and exterminated life in the galaxy , the wreck of a Breen dreadnaught hung outside the Federation Headquarters in the year 3218 . ( DSC episode : " Face the Strange ")
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Dreadnought! (Star Trek, Bk 29) Mass Market Paperback – December 2, 1987
- Book 25 of 84 Star Trek: The Original Series
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- Publication date December 2, 1987
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Dreadnought Stardate: 49447 Original Airdate: February 12 1996
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Dreadnought
Dreadnoughts are not a single ship class, but instead represent many different types of ship, such as the tactical focused Dreadnought Carrier, the engineering focused Dreadnought Cruiser, and the science focused Science Dreadnought.
The main differences dreadnoughts have over standard ship types such as the Cruiser is the addition of a hangar bay and the ability to use Dual Cannons . All dreadnoughts have at least one hangar bay, while Dreadnought Carriers and Heavy Dreadnought Cruisers get two.
A brief overview of each type of Dreadnought is:
- Dreadnought Cruisers typically have a Commander Engineering seat, 8 weapons, a hangar bay, as well as the Attract Fire and Weapon System Efficiency Cruiser Commands.
- Dreadnought Carriers typically have a Commander Tactical seat, 7 weapons, two hangar bays, and Subsystem Targeting abilities but lack the Experimental Weapon that other 7 weapon tactical ships have.
- Science Dreadnoughts typically have a Commander Science seat, 7 weapons, a hangar bay, Subsystem Targeting abilities, as well as a Secondary Deflector and Sensor Analysis.
- Dreadnought Warbirds have either a Commander Tactical or Engineering seat, 8 weapons, and a hangar bay.
- Heavy Dreadnought Cruisers and Warbirds have a Commander Engineering seat, 8 weapons, two hangar bays, and a built in Gravitic Lance .
- Similarly, the Kolasi Siege Destroyer includes the above but also has a hangar bay.
- 1.1 Dreadnought Cruisers
- 1.2 Dreadnought Warbirds
- 1.3 Heavy Dreadnoughts
- 1.4 Science Dreadnoughts
- 1.5 Dreadnought Carriers
- 1.6 Juggernauts and Siege Destroyers
Overview [ ]
Dreadnought cruisers [ ].
Dreadnought Cruisers have a Commander Engineering bridge officer slot, one hangar bay, and 8 weapon slots.
Dreadnought Warbirds [ ]
Dreadnought Warbirds have either a Commander Engineering bridge officer slot, or a Commander Tactical slot for the Scimitar variants.
Heavy Dreadnoughts [ ]
Main article: Heavy Dreadnought
Science Dreadnoughts [ ]
Main article: Science Dreadnought
Dreadnought Carriers [ ]
Main article: Dreadnought Carrier
Juggernauts and Siege Destroyers [ ]
Main article: Destroyer While not dreadnoughts per se, with some lacking a hangar bay, these starships share many similarities with dreadnoughts.
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- 2 Q's Winter Wonderland
Cardassian ATR-4107
The Cardassian ATR-4107 was an incredibly advanced unmanned Cardassian prototype self-guided tactical missile designed in 2369 . ( VOY : " Dreadnought ")
- 1 Specifications
- 3.1 Background information
- 3.2 Apocrypha
- 3.3 External links
Specifications [ ]
Dreadnought 's shields reacting to photon torpedoes
The ATR-4107 was a completely adaptable, evasive, warp-capable vessel , capable of reaching velocities of up to at least warp 9 , and carrying 1,000 kilograms of matter and 1,000 kilograms of antimatter – enough to destroy a small moon . The missile was also armed with its own defensive weaponry, including disruptors , quantum torpedoes , a thoron shock emitter , and a plasma wave . It had its own shields as well.
On board was a sophisticated computer system that could predict and counter hostile actions by individuals and ships. It used its sensors to detect lifeforms on other ships, evaluate defensive and offensive capabilities, and recognize other ships. It had life support and an operational space for a maintenance crew with several consoles. It also had DNA scanners in order to verify the identities of persons inside. The computer system responded to voice commands. ( VOY : " Dreadnought ")
History [ ]
In late 2370 , around stardate 46437.5, the Cardassians designed and deployed one of these missiles to destroy a Maquis munitions base on the planetoid Alpha 441 in the Demilitarized Zone . Although the Maquis used every available weapon to attempt to counter the missile, it proved unstoppable due to the combined benefits of its strong defenses and its advanced computer. The missile failed to detonate upon reaching its target, though – the Cardassians had used an old-fashioned kinetic detonator in the design, which malfunctioned, and the missile simply drifted into orbit around the planetoid instead of destroying it.
Maquis member B'Elanna Torres used this opportunity to board the weapon and spent nearly a month reprogramming its computer and upgrading its systems, eventually nicknaming it Dreadnought . She completely reprogrammed the computer to work for the Maquis, and changed its vocal subroutines so that the computer sounded like her, as she claimed that she had gotten sick of listening to the "ugly" male Cardassian computer voice .
Once she completed refitting and upgrading Dreadnought , she sent it, without authorization from Chakotay , her commander, to attack the Cardassian fuel station on Aschelan V . The missile's evasive attack route took it through the Badlands , where it inexplicably disappeared. It was assumed that the missile was destroyed in a plasma storm .
It was not realized until nearly two years later that Dreadnought had been abducted by the Caretaker and whisked away to the Delta Quadrant by the advanced entity. The missile drifted on a rough course back towards the Alpha Quadrant , but it had suffered some damage to its computer and sensor systems that altered the way it perceived potential targets. It attacked and destroyed an unarmed transport before locking on to the nearby planet of Rakosa V , an inhabited world, which its sensors had confused with its original target.
Fortunately, the USS Voyager was nearby, having also been abducted by the Caretaker the year before, and B'Elanna Torres was on board. She used her familiarity with the missile's systems to board the weapon and instruct it to deactivate. Torres then returned to Voyager , and the crew made plans to dismantle the weapon and salvage its parts.
Dreadnought 's computer had other plans, though. Back in the Alpha Quadrant, Torres had programmed the computer with defenses for thirty-nine different potential security breaches, including the possibility that Torres herself was coerced into cooperating with either the Cardassians or the Federation and attempting to stop the missile from attacking its target. The computer accused Torres of collaborating with the Cardassians.
Dreadnought is attacked by the Rakosan defensive fleet
As the missile approached Rakosa V, it was confronted by a small fleet of fifteen defensive fighters ; even with the Rakosans receiving support from Voyager , they were vastly outgunned and quickly forced to withdraw. Torres used the diversion to activate the latent Cardassian computer programming, which attempted to retake control of the missile. Torres' Maquis program initiated countermeasures, attempting to wipe out the attacking "virus". Torres then took the opportunity to work her way into the missile's warp core , where she used her phaser to burn her way through the reactor core's shielding.
As Torres was attempting to destroy the magnetic constrictor casing on the warp core, Captain Janeway ordered her crew to abandon Voyager and prepared to activate the ship's auto-destruct sequence , ready to sacrifice her ship and herself to save the planet. Torres succeeded in destabilizing the core, and Janeway canceled the sequence just a minute before the explosion. Torres herself was beamed out at the last second, as the missile exploded in orbit of Rakosa. ( VOY : " Dreadnought ")
Appendices [ ]
Background information [ ].
In the first draft script of "Dreadnought" (which had the working title "Original Sin"), the name of this weapon was the " Van'ra ", which was said to be translated as "Death's Angel", and its exterior was described thus; " a large, sleek, slender ship, almost as long as Voyager , but not nearly as wide or tall. It's distinctly Cardassian in design, built like a mobile fortress, with disruptor turrets and torpedo launchers all around it. Not meant to have a crew, it has no portholes of any kind. It looks quite menacing, yet has a certain grace in its design – a fishlike, stingray fluidness that suggests its elusive nature. " In the final draft script of "Dreadnought", this description was changed to, " It's a sleek, somehow sinister-looking missile, with large engines, and covered with all manner of weaponry. "
Rendering of Rick Sternbach's unused concept design
The Dreadnought missile studio model was designed by Rick Sternbach . ( Star Trek Encyclopedia , 3rd ed., p. 122)
The missile's voice was provided by B'Elanna Torres actress Roxann Dawson . "Dreadnought"'s first draft script stated, " There is an odd, almost inhuman undercurrent to its vocal tones, which are filtered through unseen speakers. Although it is a reproduction of Torres' voice, there is enough in reverb and delivery to distinguish it from the original. " The final draft of the script changed this to simply say, " The computer speaks in Torres' voice, with a slightly mechanized tone, and no emotional inflection whatsoever. "
The missile interior was designed by Richard James . An extreme number of fluorescent lights were built into the set, so that Director LeVar Burton could film there with a hand-held Steadicam without being encumbered by equipment in the way, allowing the production crew to film more quickly on the set. ( Star Trek: Communicator issue 108 , p. 49)
Apocrypha [ ]
In Star Trek: Armada II , the Dreadnought missile appeared as a Cardassian weapon. Upon impact with its target, it created a spatial rift that destroyed any ship or station within its radius. If destroyed by enemy fire, however, it would explode normally with no damage to nearby structures.
In Star Trek Online , the Dreadnought is mentioned by name in the information revealed with the completion of the Temporal reputation line. It's revealed that Na'kuhl agents beamed aboard the weapon and attempted to sabotage it in order to attack Voyager , but was stopped by Temporal Agents, despite the weapon itself attacking the agent due to being a Cardassian. It's suggested that this is why the weapon went out of control.
External links [ ]
- Dreadnought (disambiguation) at Memory Beta , the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
- Dreadnought missile at Memory Beta , the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
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- 3 Fully Dilated (episode)