The Dauntless (NX-08) was an NX-class starship of the United Earth Starfleet. Commissioned in the late 2150s, Dauntless saw action during the latter days of the Earth-Romulan War, and became a part of the Federation Starfleet in the 2160s. In the 2370s, a painting of the Dauntless hung in Captain Timothy Barranco's ready room aboard the Intrepid-class USS Dauntless (NCC-74912). (Star Trek: Pendragon: "To Follow a Sinking Star")