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The earliest look we have at civilian warp ships is in Star Trek Enterprise. The back story of Ensign Mayweather was that he was born to a space faring family/clan aboard the freighter ECS Horizon. It is mentioned that most freighters of that time were owned and operated by family clans who took care of their own training.
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