U.S.S. Bozeman NCC-1941 (2278)
The U.S.S. Bozeman was a Soyuz-class 23rd-century Federation starship. Under the command of Captain Morgan Bateman, the Bozeman disappeared near the Typhon Expanse in 2278. The Bozeman remained trapped for nearly a century in a subspace anomaly known as a “temporal causality loop,” emerging intact in 2368 when the ship collided with the U.S.S. Enterprise-D. Despite suffering extensive damage in the incident, the Bozeman was subsequently refurbished and returned to service.
U.S.S. Bozeman NCC-1941 Bridge | Deck 1 (2278)
The bridge of the Starship Bozeman reflected advanced 23rd-century Starfleet technology and design. Like most vessels of that period, the ship’s systems were built around Starfleet’s venerable Spacecraft Command Operations (S/COMS) computer system, configured for the ship’s extensive sensor arrays for its scientific missions. The bridge of the Bozeman featured a multi-leveled design, with the captains’ chair on a raised central platform with two standing consoles directly behind it. At the very aft of the room on a higher platform were three primary ship’s system consoles. A large viewing screen was mounted on the forward wall of the bridge, with two entryways on the port and starboard walls.
Production Notes:
Ship Model (Physical)
As portrayed in Star Trek: The Next Generation - “Cause and Effect” (TV, 1992)
The U.S.S. Bozeman model, as seen in “Cause and Effect,” was a modification of the Miranda-class Starship Reliant model built by Industrial Light and Magic for Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. Modelmaker Greg Jein modified the ship with the addition of four large sensor pods. Jein gave the ship the registry number NCC-1941, in honor of the Steven Spielberg film, 1941, on which Jein was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects.
Bridge Set (Physical)
As portrayed in Star Trek: The Next Generation - “Cause and Effect” (TV, 1992)
The U.S.S. Bozeman bridge, seen briefly in the fifth season Star Trek: The Next Generation episode “Cause and Effect”, was a redress of the U.S.S. Enterprise-C bridge set seen in the episode “Yesterday’s Enterprise”, which itself was a modification of the Enterprise-D battle bridge set. Because the Bozeman had disappeared in 2278, its control graphics used the same style and color palette as the Enterprise-A bridge as seen in Star Trek V: The Final Frontier and Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. Although only a limited view of the Bozeman bridge was featured in “Cause and Effect”, we at the Roddenberry Archive have extrapolated what the rest of the room may have looked like based on the layout of the Enterprise-C bridge seen previously.