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U.S.S. Challenger NCC-71099

V201 Timeline

In 2390, the Galaxy-class Challenger, under the command of Captain Geordi La Forge, tried unsuccessfully to prevent Chakotay and Harry Kim from changing history.^[1]

STO Timeline

Captain Geordi La Forge, who had previously served as first officer and chief engineer aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-E under Captain Data, was named commanding officer of the Challenger in 2397; he was succeeded as chief engineer on the Enterprise by Lieutenant Commander Nog.^[2]

Named for the early human spacecraft, destroyed in 1986 in an explosion that claimed the lives of seven astronauts shortly after launch.