United Federation Files - Challenger IV

NAME: Challenger IV

CAPTAIN: Capt. Denis Ralph

SECOND IN COMMAND: Commander Necole Dewitt/Commander Augustus Reade

AFFILIATION: Starfleet

CLASSIFICATION: Experimental Explorer Class Starship

CREW COMPLIMENT: 450

LENGTH: 400 Meters

MASS: 800,000 Metric Tons

DECKS: 32

SPEED: Warp 9 (Maximum safe speed)

ARMAMENTS: [DATA REDACTED]

DEFENSES: [DATA REDACTED]

STATUS: MIA

LAUNCH YEAR: May 7th, 2365

INFORMATION: The Challenger IV was a classified, exploration class ship, designed for exploring the Gamma Quadrant, is a ship that is known throughout Federation space, to the public, to the goverment for it's... bad luck. In fact all 3 other Challenger ships had been stricken with bad luck as the name is to be believed that the name is cursed, it was named after the ancient NASA shuttle "Challenger" which exploded just when it got off the ground, becoming a national tragedy as every occupant was killed. The Challenger IV had it's share of bad luck, from core leaks, to the ship having to make an emergency landings. The Challenger was sent on it's first flight successful flight with 35 year old veteran and ace captain Denis Ralph. They left Deep Space [REDACTED] on [REDACTED], 2365, but shared the fate of the Starship Voyager from several years later; Challenger was monitored closely as it left Deep Space [REDACTED], but, the signal disappeared, as sensors showed, in an instant, it was dragged to the other end of the galaxy. Sensors did not detect a wormhole or a form of transporter beam. In recordings from the station, one frame the ship was there, then it wasn't.