Starfleet's Secret Warship That Splits Into Three!!

Starfleet built a warship so dangerous they kept it secret from their own fleet. No families. Almost no crew. And a weapon system so advanced it had never even been tested. The USS Prometheus could tear itself into three separate pieces. Each one a fully armed, warp capable warship. Together they could surround a single enemy and hit it from three directions at once, then snap back into one ship as if nothing had happened. It was the fastest vessel in Starfleet at warp 9.99. It carried firepower approaching a Sovereign class in a hull barely the size of an Intrepid. It had regenerative shields and ablative armor. And it was so classified that most of Starfleet never knew it existed. The only reason we know about it at all is because someone stole it. In this investigation we break down the classified warship Starfleet tried to bury. The multi vector assault mode that let one ship become three. The Romulan strike team that murdered the entire crew and hijacked the prototype for the Tal Shiar. And the day two holographic doctors, neither of whom could fly a starship, had to retake the most dangerous vessel in the fleet using nothing but knockout gas and a lucky guess. We also ask the harder questions. How did a handful of Romulans capture Starfleet's most guarded warship so easily, and what does that say about a ship so automated it barely needed a crew? Why did the most advanced warship the Federation ever built simply fade from the story, never mass produced, never turning the tide of the Dominion War? And the question underneath all of it. A ship designed to split apart and destroy was never built to seek out new life. So was the Prometheus Starfleet's most brilliant achievement, or the moment the Federation quietly admitted it had become something else? Watch to the end and tell us where you land. Was the Prometheus the greatest warship Starfleet ever built, or a step too far they were right to bury? And which Starfleet ship should we put under the microscope next? If you are new to TrekVault114, hit subscribe and the bell so you never miss an investigation. New videos every Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday on the hidden lore, untold history, and unanswered questions of the Star Trek universe. Sources referenced include Star Trek: Voyager and canonical and technical records from Memory Alpha and the Star Trek Encyclopedia. #StarTrek #Prometheus #Starfleet