In the fictional universe of The Adventures of Captain Proton, the rocket ship of Captain Proton was an Earth starship, a runabout-sized spacecraft in Incorporated Planets Patrol service in the 2000s decade. (VOY episodes: "Night", "Thirty Days", "Bride of Chaotica!"; VOY - Captain Proton: Defender of the Earth novellas: Children of the Glass, Death of the Patrol, The City of the Future)
Specifications[]
The vessel was about 21 meters long, propelled by rockets, and armed with a forward-mounted destructo beam cannon. (The Official Starships Collection Issue 111: "Captain Proton's Rocket Ship")
Fictional service history[]
The vessel's command center.
Captain Proton and his rocket ship originated from the United States of America on Earth, part of the Incorporated Planets. The ship was active around the year 2000. (VOY - Captain Proton: Defender of the Earth novella: The City of the Future)
On his missions for the Incorporated Planets Patrol, Captain Proton was always accompanied by ace reporter Buster Kincaid, and sometimes by his secretary Constance Goodheart. (VOY episodes: "Night", "Thirty Days", "Bride of Chaotica!"; VOY - Captain Proton: Defender of the Earth novellas: Children of the Glass, Death of the Patrol, The City of the Future)
Places that the rocket ship visited included the gas mines of Mercury, Planet X, Queen Fems' planet, Earth Station 10, and the Mind-Sucker Ant Creature homeworld. (VOY video game: Elite Force; VOY episodes: "Night", "Thirty Days", "Bride of Chaotica!"; VOY - Captain Proton: Defender of the Earth novellas: Children of the Glass, Death of the Patrol)
Shortly before partaking in a battle between the forces of light and the forces of evil, the Proton's ship was lost near the Troon homeworld outside the Milky Way Galaxy. With the ship's conventional space drive, the journey back would have taken 70 years. (VOY - Captain Proton: Defender of the Earth novella: Children of the Glass)
History[]
The rocket ship was created for a 1930s entertainment serial on Earth. (VOY episodes: "Night", "Thirty Days", "Bride of Chaotica!")
In 2375, Tom Paris programmed The Adventures of Captain Proton into USS Voyager's holodeck as interactive program. A lot of the action took place in the command centre of the ship, and it could also be seen from outside on occasion. (VOY episodes: "Night", "Thirty Days", "Bride of Chaotica!")
Appendices[]
References[]
- Fact Files Issue 247: "File 29 Card 11D, Captain Proton's Rocket Ship"
- Star Trek: The Magazine vol. 2, Issue 11: "Briefing: Captain Proton"
- Star Trek Magazine Issue 143 (US#16): "The Adventures of Captain Proton"
- The Official Starships Collection Issue 111: "Captain Proton's Rocket Ship"