USS Odyssey
The USS Odyssey (NCC-71832) was a 24th century Federation  starship operated by Starfleet.

History 
In late 2370, the Odyssey, under the command of Captain Keogh, was assigned to a patrol mission along the Cardassian border.

The Odyssey arrived at Deep Space 9 shortly after it was announced by the Jem'Hadar that they had taken Commander Benjamin Sisko prisoner in the Gamma Quadrant. With news of this, Starfleet suspended all wormhole traffic, and ordered the Odyssey to proceed into the Gamma Quadrant to investigate the Jem'Hadar's threat.

During the operation, the Odyssey, along with the  and , engaged three Jem'Hadar attack ships. It was quickly discovered that the Odysseys shields were ineffective against the Jem'Hadar's phased polaron beams, and she took significant damage from multiple direct hits. Realizing this, Captain Keogh ordered power from the shields be diverted to the phasers in order to inflict more damage on the enemy. 

The Jem'Hadar took advantage of this opportunity and made a suicide run at the Odyssey as she tried to retreat. The attack ship collided with the Odysseys secondary hull and the ship exploded seconds later with all hands lost. Fortunately, most non-essential crewmembers and all civilians had been offloaded at DS9 prior to departure, saving hundreds of lives. ()

The destruction of the Odyssey, which became the cornerstone for the Dominion cold war, showed the Federation that the Dominion was a potent and dangerous threat. In response to this provocation, the  was brought out of the warehouse and put on active duty. ()

USS Odyssey personnel 
 See: List of USS Odyssey personnel

Appendices

Background information 

According to the , the Odyssey was named for the command module of the ill-fated Apollo 13 moon mission. 

The Odysseys dedication plaque bore a quote from 's : "Its origin and purpose, still a total mystery." This plaque was located on the rear wall of the bridge. In August 2020, DS9's writer and producer Ira Steven Behr shared on his Twitter account a picture of the Odysseys dedication plaque, showing the commissioning on stardate 41263.5 (around 2364) which corresponds to the first season of TNG. 

The bridge shown in the episode was a completely different set than the one used for the . The hollow model of the USS Enterprise-D which was blown up for  was again used to blow up the USS Odyssey. () The destruction of the Odyssey marked the second visualized loss of a Galaxy-class starship since their introduction in The Next Generation, following the loss of the  in .

According to the , the writers intentionally made the Odyssey a Galaxy-class ship to emphasize that the Dominion was a much more threatening force than anything the Enterprise-D had encountered, with Robert Hewitt Wolfe noting even Jean-Luc Picard wouldn't have stood a chance in the same situation.

A starship Odyssey was the setting of Greg Strangis and Gene Roddenberry's first  pitch to Paramount.

Apocrypha 
The Odyssey is mentioned several times in the ization of .

In the Lost Era novel The Buried Age, by Christopher L. Bennett, Starfleet briefly considered giving command of the Odyssey to Captain Jean-Luc Picard before naming him the commanding officer of the Enterprise following the early retirement of the Enterprises original intended captain, Thomas Halloway.

In the The Next Generation Relaunch novel, Greater Than the Sum, also by Bennett, it is revealed that all non-essential personnel from the Odyssey were evacuated off-ship prior to entering the wormhole. This included the fifteen-year old , who would later serve on the  from 2381.

In the video game Star Trek: Armada, a Galaxy-class ship named USS Odyssey appeared in the mission "Once and Again", transporting Ambassador Spock to a peace conference between the Klingon Empire and the Romulan Star Empire to help defend against a Borg invasion shortly after the Dominion War.

External links 
 
 : a reconstruction of the Odyssey bridge

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