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USS Equinox
The USS Equinox (NCC-72381)
First appearance	"Equinox, Part 1"
Last appearance	"Equinox, Part 2"
Status	Destroyed
Affiliation	Federation Starfleet
Launched	2370 (Stardate 47007.1)
General Characteristics
Class	Nova
Registry	NCC-72381
Maximum speed	Warp 8
Auxiliary craft	Shuttlecraft
Armaments	Phasers Photon torpedoes
Defences	Deflector shields
Propulsion	Warp drive Impulse drive

The USS Equinox (NCC-72381) is a Federation Starfleet Nova class starship in the science fiction television series Star Trek: Voyager. It appeared in the Star Trek: Voyager episode "Equinox" when the USS Voyager encounters it in the Delta Quadrant. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Equinox is an episode of Star Trek: Voyager. ... The USS Equinox (NCC-72381), a Nova class starship (fair use; image copyright Paramount Pictures) This work is copyrighted. ... Equinox is an episode of Star Trek: Voyager. ... Equinox is an episode of Star Trek: Voyager. ... Starfleet Command symbol In the fictional universe of Star Trek, Starfleet is the paramilitary defense, research, diplomacy, and exploration force of the United Federation of Planets (UFP) with – as of the late 24th century – thousands of starships and hundreds of starbases at its disposal. ... The 24th century (Gregorian Calendar) comprises the years 2301-2400. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... The USS Equinox (NCC-72381), a Nova class starship The Nova class starship is a type of spacecraft that appears in the Star Trek fictional universe. ... The USS Enterprise from Star Trek: The Next Generation has the registry NCC-1701-D Starfleet starships in the fictional Star Trek universe are identified by a unique registry consisting of a two- or three-letter prefix, a string of digits, and, in some instances, a one-letter suffix. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... // A shuttlecraft, in the Star Trek fictional universe, is a smaller type of ship, usually capable of atmospheric transport, detachable from a larger starships shuttlebay. ... // The Star Trek fictional universe contains a very large number of weapons. ... // The Star Trek fictional universe contains a very large number of weapons. ... USS Voyagers shields in action In the fictional Star Trek universe, shields are defenses used to protect some starships in the 23rd and 24th centuries by absorbing or deflecting the energy of natural or artificial hazards. ... This does not cite its references or sources. ... In Star Trek, the impulse drive is the method of propulsion that starships and other spacecraft use when they are travelling below the speed of light. ... Starfleet Command symbol In the fictional universe of Star Trek, Starfleet is the paramilitary defense, research, diplomacy, and exploration force of the United Federation of Planets (UFP) with – as of the late 24th century – hundreds of starships and starbases at its disposal. ... The USS Equinox (NCC-72381), a Nova class starship In the Star Trek fictional universe, the Nova class is a new type of starship design used by Starfleet. ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ... The starship Voyager (NCC-74656), an Intrepid-class starship. ... The starship Voyager (NCC-74656), an Intrepid-class starship. ... Equinox is an episode of Star Trek: Voyager. ... The fictional Intrepid-class starship USS Voyager is the primary setting of the science fiction television series Star Trek: Voyager. ... The quadrant arrangement of the Star Trek Galaxy. ...

It was under the command of Captain Rudy Ransom. He was a renowned exo-biologist who had made first contact with the Yridians, a species thought to be extinct by the United Federation of Planets and the Borg Collective. The Equinox, like the USS Voyager, was transported to the Delta Quadrant of the galaxy by an alien entity named the Caretaker in 2371. While returning to the Alpha Quadrant, the crew and ship took heavy damage and casualties in conflicts with aliens. By 2375, the ship was severely damaged and running on thrusters when the Equinox encountered an alien race named the Ankari, who exposed the crew to nucleogenic life-forms made of antimatter. The crew constructed a containment field to harvest these life-forms in an attempt to increase the ship's speed. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Equinox (Voyager episode). ... First contact is a term used to describe a first meeting of two previously unknown cultures. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... This article is about the fictional race of aliens. ... In the fictional Star Trek series, the Milky Way Galaxy is divided into four quadrants, which are further subdivided into sectors. ... NGC 4414, a typical spiral galaxy in the constellation Coma Berenices, is about 17,000 parsecs in diameter and approximately 20 million parsecs distant. ... Caretaker was the first episode of the television series Star Trek: Voyager. ... In the fictional Star Trek series, the Milky Way Galaxy is divided into four quadrants, which are further subdivided into sectors. ... In particle physics, antimatter extends the concept of the antiparticle to matter, whereby antimatter is composed of antiparticles in the same way that normal matter is composed of particles. ...

After encountering the USS Voyager the Equinox crew stole the Voyager's Shield Generator (theirs was permanently damaged) exposing Voyager to the alien attacks, while the Equinox warped out of the sector leaving Voyager behind. Voyager eventually made proper contact with the aliens and worked with them to get back their Shield Generator. The Equinox was shortly thereafter destroyed by others of the same species, who detonated the Equinox's warp core. The surviving Equinox crew members were taken aboard the USS Voyager, stripped of rank for their actions and returned to service as crewmen under heavy supervision. Captain Ransom was killed when his ship was destroyed; he was piloting the Equinox away from Voyager to prevent both ships being destroyed in the resulting explosion.

The ship design first appears in the Star Trek Deep Space Nine Technical Manual as the original pathfinder vessel that eventually became the USS Defiant.^{[citation needed]}

External links

• USS Equinox article at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wiki.