- For other uses, see Valiant.
The USS Valiant was a 22nd century Federation starship, a Daedalus-class explorer in Starfleet service in the 2160s decade. (ST reference: Federation: The First 150 Years)
Service history and disposition[]
Following the formation of the Federation in the year 2161, the Valiant was one of five new or upgraded warp 7 starships. Starfleet deployed them as explorers in the galaxy, a mission that continued into 2162. Its sister ships included USS Daedalus, USS Essex, USS Horizon and USS Archon. (ST reference: Federation: The First 150 Years)
The Valiant inherited its name from the 21st century Earth galactic survey cruiser SS Valiant, launched by the United Nations in 2064, merely a year after after Doctor Zefram Cochrane's first warp flight aboard the Phoenix. This pioneering spacecraft was lost in 2069 following an encounter with the galactic barrier. (ST reference: Star Trek Chronology)
In turn, a new Columbia-class cruiser named the USS Valiant was under construction by July 2165. Alongside the USS Phoenix, Valiant formed the fourth pair of starships built to Columbia-class specifications from scratch. (ENT - Rise of the Federation novel: Live by the Code)
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| Daedalus-class starships | |||
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| United Earth, Starfleet (primary universe) |
standard configuration | A.G. Robinson • Adirondack • Archon • Armstrong • Bach • Carolina • Cowpens • Daedalus • Dykstra • Essex • Franklin Roosevelt • Gettysburg • Heinlein • Jein • Kearsarge • Kon-Tiki • Lovell • Nez Perce • Nightingale • Okuda • Olympus • Pilgrim • Probert • Ptolemy • Shepard • Stephen Decatur • Valley Forge • William Clark • Yeager • Yorktown • Zefram Cochrane |  
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| Federation, Starfleet (primary universe) |
standard configuration | Anson • Archon • Benjamin Franklin • Charles Darwin • Daedalus • Discovery • Drake • Essex • Heisenberg • Horizon • Lindbergh • Lovell • Masao • Nimrod • Republic • Rochelle • Valiant • Wakefield • Zander |  
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| variant configurations | Ceres-class: Ceres • Pallas • Vesta • Drexler-class: Helios • Nautilus-class: Nautilus • Perdix | ||