Bajoran lightship
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| Bajoran lightship | |
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| Affiliation: | Bajor |
| Type: | Lightship |
| Active: | 16th century - 22nd century |
| Decks: | 1 |
| Crew complement: | Officers: Could be operated by a single individual Enlisted: {{{Enlisted}}} Emergency: {{{Emergency Crew}}} |
A Bajoran lightship was a type of early Bajoran spacegoing vessel that utilized solar sail powered space flight. These vessels were used by the Bajorans as early as the 16th century, at a time prior to the Fall of their First Republic.
Bajorans first traveled from Bajor to Cardassia, and established first contact between the two worlds. For many years the Cardassians disputed this claim, referring to it as a "Bajoran fairy tale," because they refused to admit that the Bajorans had achieved interstellar flight before they had. However, Captain Ben Sisko and his son, Jake Sisko (External Link), inadvertently proved that the voyage was possible when they arrived in Cardassian space in a similar lightship. By a proclaimed remarkable coincidence, which Captain Sisko strongly doubted, the Cardassians announced that they found the remains of an ancient Bajoran lightship on Cardassia, thereby proving such an interstellar voyage was made.
These vessels would continue to be used by the Bajorans as late as the 22nd century.
Ships of the Class
- Akorem's lightship
- Sisko's lightship (replica)
