Escape pod
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An escape pod is a small maneuverable capsule allowing quick escape from a starship or starbase for various reasons. Most vessels and bases have more than one escape pod.
Escape pods are usually utilized when a ship or base is heavily damaged and may be destroyed. All Starfleet vessels and bases contain sufficient number of escape pods to ensure the entire crew and all non-Starfleet personnel can be safely evacuated.
A minority of Klingon starships lack escape pods. (ENT: "Sleeping Dogs", "Bounty", DS9: "Penumbra")
[edit] Noted fanon uses
- Dr. Maria Ramirez, with her children Remedios, Amaranta and Antonio, escaped the heavily damaged USS Auckland aboard escape pods. Shortly thereafter, the Auckland was destroyed. (Star Trek: The Cantabrian Expeditions: "Salvation")
- USS Artemis survivors utilized the escape pods in 2364 when the ship was severely damaged and a warp core breach was in progress. (Star Trek: The Prospect Chronicles: "False Security")
- After the Borg severely damaged and boarded the USS Rebellious, Elizabeth Singh at the Battle of Wolf 359 in 2367, Regina Meyer and 9 other survivors escaped aboard escape pods before the ship exploded. (Star Trek: The Cantabrian Expeditions: "An Innocent Time", "Devil's Cube")
- In 2371, at least two escape pods are launched from the USS Olympia before it crashes onto the surface of an Class L planet. (DS9: "The Sound of Her Voice"; Star Trek: Swiftfire: "Olympia Descending")
- In 2373, after the USS Fury was disabled and heavily damaged Captain Alexander Whiting ordered the evacuation of the ship. (Star Trek: Swiftfire: "Vengeance")
- In 2374, when the USS Swiftfire-A was caught in a temporal causality loop during several iterations the crew evacuated the ship via escape pods, though the bulk of them could not reach a safe distance before the ship exploded. (Star Trek: Swiftfire: "Q, Time and Again")
- In a Dominion simulation that Terri Letac experienced in 2375, involved her been found in a escape pod from the USS Sparrow and then placed in stasis until the year 2391. (Star Trek: Swiftfire: "Always on My Mind")
[edit] External links
- Escape pod article at Memory Alpha, the canon Star Trek wiki.
- Escape pod article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
