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For the Daedalus-class starship, please see USS Horizon.

The ECS Horizon was a J-class freighter commissioned in 2102, of the Earth Cargo Service under the command of Paul Mayweather.

History

In 2126, Travis Mayweather was born aboard the Horizon halfway between Draylax and Vega colony. (ENT: "Broken Bow", "Fortunate Son", "Dead Stop")

ECS Horizon bridge — The ECS *Horizon*'s bridge

In 2141, the Horizon encountered a Deltan ship. Travis Mayweather, who was fifteen at the time, described the group of Deltans as "very attractive" and "very open". (ENT: "Bound") The Horizon once came under attack by Nausicaan pirates; it barely escaped in one piece. (ENT: "Fortunate Son")

In January 2153, the Horizon was attacked by the same pirates that attacked the ECS Constellation many weeks prior. Mayweather managed to upgrade the ship's plasma cannons by connecting them directly to the ship's impulse engines. This, combined with his expert piloting skills, allowed the Horizon to withstand the attack. (ENT: "Horizon")

Among the planets visited by the ECS Horizon were:

Crew

See: ECS Horizon personnel

Appendices

Background information

The Horizon made only a single appearance, in "Horizon". In the final draft script of that episode, the craft was described as "space-worn," as of 2153. The ship was rendered as a CGI model, designed by John Eaves and built by Brandon MacDougall at Eden FX. [1]^(X)

The assignment patch for the Horizon was created by Anthony Fredrickson, a design task provided to him by Michael Okuda. "Because this was the Horizon, I did a star dropping behind the horizon and an old-time sailing ship with a star glowing at the top of its mast," Fredrickson recalled. (Star Trek: Communicator issue 144, p. 36)

According to the final draft script of "Fight or Flight" (dated 1 May 2001), the Horizon made a two-light-year journey from Andoria to a planet called Bylaran Prime. In a revised final draft of the episode's script (dated 27 June 2001), Horizon's starting point in this trip was renamed to a newly invented planet called Lavinius. The scene in which the ship was referred to as having undertaken its voyage between Lavinius and Bylaran Prime was filmed but then deleted. The deleted scene can be found on ENT Season 1 DVD.

Apocrypha

According to the Pocket ENT novel Kobayashi Maru, the ECS Horizon was the starship Horizon that visited Sigma Iotia II, as mentioned in "A Piece of the Action". The fate of the Horizon was unclear; by the end of the book, it was deemed missing and presumed destroyed by Romulan action. This connection to the Original Series episode was also suggested by the set decoration of the ship in "Horizon", as a hard-bound copy of a book beginning with the title Chicago Gangs can be briefly glimpsed on a bookshelf in Travis' quarters aboard the ship.

External link

ECS Horizon at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works

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+|image      = ECS Horizon at warp.jpg
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-|Name=ECS ''Horizon''
+|name       = ECS ''Horizon''
-|Class=J class
+|class      = {{class|J}}
+|owner      = Mr. [[Mayweather]] sr.<br />[[Paul Mayweather]]
-|Affiliation=[[Earth Cargo Authority]]
+|operator   = [[Earth Cargo Service]]
-|Status=Active
+|status     = Active
-|Datestatus=2153
+|datestatus = 2153
-|Logo=ECS Horizon assignment patch.gif
+|logo       = ECS Horizon assignment patch.png
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+{{disambiguation|the {{class|Daedalus}} starship|USS Horizon}}
+The '''ECS ''Horizon''''' was a {{class|J}} [[freighter]] commissioned in [[2102]], of the [[Earth Cargo Service]] under the [[Commanding officer|command]] of [[Paul Mayweather]].
+== History ==
-The '''ECS ''Horizon''''' was a [[J class]] [[freighter]] commissioned in [[2102]], of the [[Earth Cargo Service]] under the [[Commanding officer|command]] of [[Paul Mayweather]].
+In [[2126]], [[Travis Mayweather]] was [[Birth|born]] aboard the ''Horizon'' halfway between [[Draylax]] and [[Vega colony]]. ({{ENT|Broken Bow|Fortunate Son|Dead Stop}})
+[[File:ECS Horizon bridge.jpg|thumb|The ECS ''Horizon''{{'}}s [[bridge]]]]
-==History==
+In [[2141]], the ''Horizon'' encountered a [[Deltan ship]]. Travis Mayweather, who was fifteen at the time, described the [[Deltan stranded 001|group of]] [[Deltan]]s as "very attractive" and "very open". ({{ENT|Bound}}) The ''Horizon'' once came under [[attack]] by [[Nausicaan]] [[pirate]]s; it barely escaped in one piece. ({{ENT|Fortunate Son}})
- [[File:ECS Horizon bridge.jpg|left|thumb|The ECS ''Horizon''{{'}}s [[bridge]]]]
+In [[January]] [[2153]], the ''Horizon'' was attacked by the same pirates that attacked the {{ECS|Constellation}} many weeks prior. Mayweather managed to upgrade the ship's [[plasma cannon]]s by connecting them directly to the ship's impulse engines. This, combined with his expert piloting skills, allowed the ''Horizon'' to withstand the attack. ({{ENT|Horizon}})
-In [[2126]], [[Travis Mayweather]] was born aboard the ''Horizon'' halfway between [[Draylax]] and [[Vega colony]]. ({{ENT|Broken Bow|Fortunate Son}})
+Among the [[planet]]s visited by the ECS ''Horizon'' were:
-In [[2141]], the ''Horizon'' encountered a [[Deltan ship]]. Travis Mayweather, who was fifteen at the time, described the [[Deltan]]s as very attractive and very open. ({{ENT|Bound}}) The ''Horizon'' once came under attack by [[Nausicaan]] [[pirate]]s; it barely escaped in one piece. ({{ENT|Fortunate Son}})
-In [[January]] [[2153]], the ''Horizon'' was attacked by the same pirates that attacked the {{ECS|Constellation}} many weeks prior. Travis managed to upgrade the ship's [[plasma cannon]]s by connecting them directly to the ship's impulse engines. This, combined with Travis's expert piloting skills, allowed the
-''Horizon'' to withstand the attack. ({{ENT|Horizon}})
-Among the [[planet]]s visited by the ''ECS Horizon'' were:
 *[[Earth]]
 *[[Draylax]]
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 *[[Vega colony]]
-==Crew==
+== Crew ==
 *'''See''': [[ECS Horizon personnel|ECS ''Horizon'' personnel]]
-==Background==
+== Appendices ==
+=== Background information ===
-The ''Horizon'' made only a single appearance, in {{ENT|Horizon}}.
+The ''Horizon'' made only a single appearance, in {{e|Horizon}}. In the final draft script of that episode, the craft was described as "space-worn," as of 2153. The ship was rendered as a [[CGI model]], designed by [[John Eaves]] and built by [[Brandon MacDougall]] at [[Eden FX]]. {{DrexFiles|2009/05/24/ecs-horizon/}}
-According to a deleted scene from {{ENT|Fight or Flight}}, the ''Horizon'' made a two [[light year]] journey from a planet called Livinius to another called Belarn Prime when Mayweather was a child. The trip took the freighter almost nine months. The deleted scene can be found on [[ENT Season 1 DVD]].
+The [[assignment patch]] for the ''Horizon'' was created by [[Anthony Fredrickson]], a design task provided to him by [[Michael Okuda]]. "''Because this was the ''Horizon'', I did a star dropping behind the horizon and an old-time sailing ship with a star glowing at the top of its mast,''" Fredrickson recalled. ({{STC|144|36}})
-Although the capabilities of this vessel vastly limit its travel radius (not taking into account possible upgrades to its engines in the future), it has been suggested that this vessel ''may be'' the ''[[Horizon (starship)|Horizon]]'' that discovered the planet [[Sigma Iotia II]] in [[2168]]. This is believed, in part, due to the fact that the dialog from {{TOS|A Piece of the Action}} never clarified the origins of that ''Horizon'', outside of being an [[Earth]] [[starship]]. Interestingly, this connection to TOS was not lost on the set decorators of ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise|Enterprise]]'' &ndash; in "Horizon," a hard-bound copy of a [[book]] beginning with the title ''[[Chicago Gangs]]'' can be briefly glimpsed on a bookshelf in Travis' [[quarters]] aboard his old ship.
+According to the final draft script of {{e|Fight or Flight}} (dated {{d|1|May|2001}}), the ''Horizon'' made a two-[[light year|light-year]] journey from [[Andoria]] to a planet called [[Bylaran Prime]]. In a revised final draft of the episode's script (dated {{d|27|June|2001}}), ''Horizon''{{'}}s starting point in this trip was renamed to a newly invented planet called [[Lavinius]]. The scene in which the ship was referred to as having undertaken its voyage between Lavinius and Bylaran Prime was filmed but then [[deleted scene|deleted]]. The deleted scene can be found on [[ENT Season 1 DVD]].
-===Studio model===
-The [[CGI model]] of the ''Horizon'' was designed by [[John Eaves]] and built by [[Brandon MacDougall]] at [[Eden FX]]. [http://drexfiles.wordpress.com/2009/05/24/ecs-horizon/]
-===Apocrypha===
+=== Apocrypha ===
-The ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise|Enterprise]]'' novel ''[[Kobayashi Maru (ENT novel)|Kobayashi Maru]]'' states the ECS ''Horizon'' was the ship that visited [[Sigma Iotia II]] as mentioned in {{TOS|A Piece of the Action}}. In the episode, it was stated that the ''Horizon'' came "from the same outfit as" the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}}, but it was never specified if that "outfit" was [[Starfleet]] or another [[Earth]] agency. Information on that ''specific vessel'' can be found at ''[[Horizon (starship)|Horizon]]''. The fate of the ''Horizon'' was unclear; by the end of the book it was deemed missing and presumed destroyed by Romulan action.
+According to the [[Pocket ENT]] novel ''{{dis|Kobayashi Maru|novel}}'', the ECS ''Horizon'' was the starship ''Horizon'' that visited [[Sigma Iotia II]], as mentioned in {{e|A Piece of the Action}}. The fate of the ''Horizon'' was unclear; by the end of the book, it was deemed missing and presumed destroyed by [[Romulan]] action. This connection to the ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series|Original Series]]'' episode was also suggested by the set decoration of the ship in "Horizon", as a hard-bound copy of a [[book]] beginning with the title ''[[Chicago Gangs]]'' can be briefly glimpsed on a bookshelf in Travis' [[quarters]] aboard the ship.
-==External link==
+=== External link ===
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