The val jean was a small raider type craft operated by the maquis during the early 2370s the impulse engines of val jean were originally built in 2332 in 2371 while under the command of chakotay the val jean was pursued by the cardassian warship vetar gul evek39s flagship chakotay ordered the ship into the badlands to try to escape the cardassians after eluding pursuit the val jean was scanned by a coherent tetryon beam and transported into the delta quadrant by the caretaker once th