A Protostar-class Federation starship entrusted by Admiral Janeway to Dal R'El and his friends at the end of their second year of adventures.
The USS Prodigy is introduced in the closing episode of the second season of Star Trek: Prodigy, Ouroboros, Part II. It is a ship of the Protostar class, the same design as the vessel the young crew found on Tars Lamora and later had to send back through time.
After the crew's part in rescuing Chakotay and repairing the timeline, and with Starfleet badly shaken by the synth attack on Mars in 2385, Admiral Kathryn Janeway arranges for Dal, Gwyn, Rok-Tahk, Zero, Jankom Pog and Murf to have a ship of their own, with a mandate to keep exploring.
The ship's name is a nod to the series title, and it gives the crew a proper Starfleet home after two seasons spent on borrowed or stolen decks.