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The Federation holoship was a prototype Federation starship first launched in early 2375.

History

In 2375, the holoship was employed by Admiral Dougherty and Ru'afo to secretly transport the entire six hundred Ba'ku inhabitants off the Ba'ku planet without their knowledge in order to obtain the metaphasic radiation inherent in the planet's rings.

The ship was cloaked and placed at the bottom of a lake, located near the Ba'ku village. It was later detected by Starfleet personnel, unaware of its presence, due to strong neutrino emissions coming from the lake. Once discovered by Captain Jean-Luc Picard, Lieutenant Commander Data and Anij, Picard ordered the holoship decloaked and thereby exposed to the inhabitants of the planet.

It was later brought back into the planet's orbit, recloaked, by Lieutenant Commander Worf, where it was used to transport the command crew from the bridge of Ru'afo's flagship. This feat allowed Gallatin and Jean-Luc Picard to hijack control of Ru'afo's ship and disable the nearby Son'a collector. The holoship was then decloaked and held in a tractor beam at the order of Picard. Despite all of the ship's transporters being locked and secured by Picard, Worf and Gallatin, Ru'afo was able to reroute the command sequencer on one of the transporters through the auxiliary processor in order to beam himself over to the collector. The Son'a crew later utilized the same method to beam back to their ship. (Star Trek: Insurrection)

Design

Federation holoship interior — Interior of the Federation holoship

The Federation holoship's outward design was that of a rectangular vessel containing a forward mounted bridge module and warp nacelles set into the main body.

The holoship was built specifically to serve as a transportable holodeck used to create holographic environments to simulate the surroundings familiar to the holoship's passengers, although the ship had difficulty maintaining a complete program as the hologrid was visible in some locations. It was also equipped with fourteen long-range transporters and a cloaking device. (Star Trek: Insurrection)

The ship's cloaking device was likely in violation of the Treaty of Algeron, though this was not addressed in the film.

Appendices

Background information

The idea of surreptitiously transplanting an indigenous people by use of the holodeck had already been explored in TNG: "Homeward" when a group of Boraalans were transplanted in the holodeck of the USS Enterprise-D without their knowledge to their new homeworld as their own world became uninhabitable. The concept of the holoship might have stemmed from this incident. The chairs used on the bridge of the holoship were re-purposed from the bridge of the USS Defiant from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.

Studio model

See: Federation holoship model

Apocrypha

The Section 31 novel Abyss, by David Weddle and Jeffrey Lang, established that the holoship was created by Section 31 for the Ba'ku incident, which the organization had engineered and had publicly blamed on Dougherty. The holoship was slated for destruction by Starfleet Command after the incident became public; however, Commander Elias Vaughn (β) and his cabal of Starfleet officers covertly working against Section 31 stole the ship and faked destruction reports, later using it to help undermine various Section 31 operations.

External link

Federation holoship at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works

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+|defenses  = [[Cloaking device]]
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-The '''Federation holoship''' was a [[prototype]] [[Federation]] [[starship]] first launched in the early-[[2375]].
+The '''Federation holoship''' was a [[prototype]] [[Federation]] [[starship]] first launched in early [[2375]].
-==History==
-In [[2375]], the holoship was employed by [[Admiral]] [[Matthew Dougherty|Dougherty]] and [[Ru'afo]] to secretly transport the entire six hundred [[Ba'ku]] inhabitants off the [[Ba'ku planet]] without their knowledge in order to obtain the [[metaphasic radiation]] inherent in the [[planet]]'s [[planetary rings|rings]].
+== History ==
-The [[ship]] was cloaked and placed at the bottom of a [[lake]], located near the Ba'ku village. It was later detected by [[Starfleet]] personnel, unaware of its presence, due to strong [[neutrino]] emissions coming from the lake. Once discovered by {{dis|Captain|rank}} [[Jean-Luc Picard]], [[Lieutenant Commander]] [[Data]] and [[Anij]], Picard ordered the holoship decloaked and thereby exposed to the inhabitants of the planet.
+In 2375, the holoship was employed by [[Admiral]] [[Dougherty]] and [[Ru'afo]] to secretly transport the entire six hundred [[Ba'ku]] inhabitants off the [[Ba'ku planet]] without their knowledge in order to obtain the [[metaphasic radiation]] inherent in the [[planet]]'s [[planetary ring|rings]].
+The [[ship]] was [[cloak]]ed and placed at the bottom of a [[lake]], located near the Ba'ku [[village]]. It was later detected by [[Starfleet]] personnel, unaware of its presence, due to strong [[neutrino]] emissions coming from the lake. Once discovered by [[Captain]] [[Jean-Luc Picard]], [[Lieutenant Commander]] [[Data]] and [[Anij]], Picard ordered the holoship decloaked and thereby exposed to the inhabitants of the planet.
-It was later brought back into the planet's [[orbit]], recloaked, by Lieutenant Commander [[Worf]], where it was used to transport the [[bridge crew|command crew]] from the [[bridge]] of [[Ru'afo's flagship]]. This feat allowed [[Gallatin]] and Jean-Luc Picard to hijack control of Ru'afo's ship and disable the nearby [[Son'a collector]]. The holoship was then decloaked and held in a [[tractor beam]] at the order of Picard. Despite all of the ship's [[transporter|transporters]] being locked and secured by Picard, Worf and Gallatin, Ru'afo was able to reroute the [[command sequencer]] on one of the transporters through the auxiliary processor in order to beam himself over to the collector. The Son'a crew later utilized the same method to beam back to their ship. ({{film|9}})
+It was later brought back into the planet's [[orbit]], recloaked, by Lieutenant Commander [[Worf]], where it was used to transport the [[bridge crew|command crew]] from the [[bridge]] of [[Ru'afo's flagship]]. This feat allowed [[Gallatin]] and Jean-Luc Picard to hijack control of Ru'afo's ship and disable the nearby [[Son'a collector]]. The holoship was then decloaked and held in a [[tractor beam]] at the order of Picard. Despite all of the ship's [[transporter]]s being locked and secured by Picard, Worf and Gallatin, Ru'afo was able to reroute the [[command sequencer]] on one of the transporters through the auxiliary processor in order to beam himself over to the collector. The Son'a crew later utilized the same method to beam back to their ship. ({{film|9}})
-==Design==
+== Design ==
 [[File:Federation holoship interior.jpg|thumb|Interior of the Federation holoship]]
 The Federation holoship's outward design was that of a rectangular vessel containing a forward mounted [[bridge]] module and [[warp nacelle]]s set into the main body.
-The holoship was built specifically to serve as a [[transport]]able [[holodeck]] used to create [[hologram|holographic environments]] to simulate the surroundings familiar to the holoship's passengers, although the ship had difficulty maintaining a complete program as the [[hologrid]] was visible in some locations. It was also equipped with fourteen long-range transporters and a [[cloaking device]]. ({{film|9}})
+The holoship was built specifically to serve as a [[transport]]able [[holodeck]] used to create [[holographic]] environments to simulate the surroundings familiar to the holoship's passengers, although the ship had difficulty maintaining a complete program as the [[hologrid]] was visible in some locations. It was also equipped with fourteen long-range transporters and a [[cloaking device]]. ({{film|9}})
-{{bginfo|The ship's cloaking device was likely in violation of the [[Treaty of Algeron]], though, curiously, this was never addressed in the film.}}
+{{bginfo|The ship's cloaking device was likely in violation of the [[Treaty of Algeron]], though this was not addressed in the film.}}
 == Appendices ==
 === Background information ===
-The idea of surreptitiously transplanting an indigenous people by use of the [[holodeck]] had already been explored in {{TNG|Homeward}} when a group of [[Boraalan]]s were transplanted in the holodeck of the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D|-D}} without their knowledge to their new homeworld as their own world became uninhabitable. The concept of the holoship might have stemmed from this incident. The chairs used on the bridge of the holoship were re-purposed from the bridge of the [[USS Defiant (2370)|USS ''Defiant'']] from {{s|DS9}}.
+The idea of surreptitiously transplanting an indigenous people by use of the [[holodeck]] had already been explored in {{TNG|Homeward}} when a group of [[Boraalan]]s were transplanted in the holodeck of the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D|-D}} without their knowledge to their new [[homeworld]] as their own world became uninhabitable. The concept of the holoship might have stemmed from this incident. The [[chair]]s used on the bridge of the holoship were re-purposed from the bridge of the [[USS Defiant (2370)|USS ''Defiant'']] from {{s|DS9}}.
 === Studio model ===
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 === Apocrypha ===
-The ''[[Star Trek: Section 31|Section 31]]'' [[novels|novel]] ''[[Abyss]]'', by [[David Weddle]] and [[Jeffrey Lang]], establishes that the holoship was created by [[Section 31]] for the Ba'ku incident, which the organization had engineered and had publicly blamed on Dougherty. The holoship was slated for destruction by [[Starfleet Command]] after the incident became public; however, [[Commander]] Elias Vaughn and his cabal of Starfleet [[officer]]s covertly working against Section 31 stole the ship and faked destruction [[report]]s, later using it to help undermine various Section 31 operations.
+The ''[[Star Trek: Section 31 (novel series)|Section 31]]'' {{novel}} ''[[Abyss]]'', by [[David Weddle]] and [[Jeffrey Lang]], established that the holoship was created by [[Section 31]] for the Ba'ku incident, which the organization had engineered and had publicly blamed on Dougherty. The holoship was slated for destruction by [[Starfleet Command]] after the incident became public; however, [[Commander]] {{mb|Elias Vaughn}} and his cabal of Starfleet [[officer]]s covertly working against Section 31 stole the ship and faked destruction [[report]]s, later using it to help undermine various Section 31 operations.
 === External link ===