Commander Tillum Drafar was put in charge of the operation, which Admiral Janeway granted four weeks to complete. Late in the year 2381, Vice Admiral Kathryn Janeway assigned the crews of USS Achilles and USS Quirinal to reconstruct the Vesta and return it to duty as a replacement for the recently lost USS Quirinal. Following the tests, the remains of USS Vesta were stored in a ground-based facility of the Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards on Mars. Nevertheless, it served successfully as the template for future Vesta-starships. The ship suffered structurally during its testing phase. The Vesta was the first Starfleet vessel designed with a combined quantum slipstream/ warp drive engine.
( TNG novel: Indistinguishable from Magic) The USS Vesta ( NCC-82601) was a 24th century Federation Starfleet starship, the Vesta-class multi-mission explorer prototype in Starfleet service from the 2380s decade.
