The Federation Starship Voyager was an Intrepid-class starship capable of warp 9.975. It was originally sent on a mission to find a Maquisship that had disappeared mysteriously in the Badlandsalong with Voyager's chief security officer, Tuvok. While searching the Badlands Voyager and her crew were flung 70,000 light years to the Delta Quadrant by an entity known as the Caretaker.