USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-E)
| USS Enterprise | |
|---|---|
| File:NCC-1701-E.jpg The Sovereign-class USS Enterprise | |
| First appearance | Star Trek: First Contact |
| Last appearance | Star Trek: Nemesis |
| Information | |
| Launched | 2372 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class | Sovereign |
| Registry | NCC-1701-E |
| Armaments | Phaser Photon torpedoes Quantum torpedoes |
| Defenses | Deflector shields |
| Propulsion | Warp drive Impulse engines |
The fictional Sovereign-class USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-E) (or Enterprise-E) is the primary setting of the films Star Trek: First Contact, Star Trek: Insurrection, and Star Trek: Nemesis. In Star Trek, it is the sixth starship commissioned since the Federation's founding to carry the name Enterprise.
Template:Spoiler This vessel launched in 2372 from San Francisco Fleet Yards[2] under the command of Captain Jean-Luc Picard.
In the film First Contact, the Enterprise participates in the Battle of Sector 001, repelling a Borg attack, and subsequently travels back in time to stop the Borg from interfering with Zefram Cochrane's first contact with Vulcans.[2] In Insurrection, the crew stops a Son'a attempt to forcibly relocate the Ba'ku people from their homeworld.[2] In Nemesis, the Enterprise is seriously damaged while stopping Shinzon from using a weapon of mass destruction to destroy life on Earth.[3] The ship returns to spacedock to undergo extensive repairs.[3]
According to designer John Eaves' blueprints, the Enterprise is capable of saucer separation.[4] The blueprints also reflect the addition of new weapons in Nemesis not present in Insurrection.[4]
Background information
The Enterprise-E is seen active in First Contact (2373), only 2 years after its predecessor, the Enterprise-D, is destroyed (2371). Ronald D. Moore, the co-writer of Star Trek: Generations, and Star Trek: First Contact, has suggested that construction of the Enterprise-E started in The Next Generation's final season (2370), and that the ship was renamed USS Enterprise after the Enterprise-D had been destroyed.[5] The non-canon novel Ship of the Line suggests the originally planned name was USS Honorius, and further that Montgomery Scott was part of the team of engineers that designed the Enterprise-E. [6]
References
- ^ Okuda, Michael (2006). Star Trek: Ships of the Line. Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group. ISBN 1-416-53243-9.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ a b c Okuda, Mike (1999). The Star Trek Encyclopedia. Pocket Books. ISBN 0-671-53609-5.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ a b "Star Trek: Nemesis".
{{cite episode}}: Missing or empty|series=(help) - ^ a b "Amalgamation of information from Star Trek: The Next Generation Sketchbook, The Movies and "Designing the Enterprise-E" from Star Trek: The Magazine, March 2003, issue 45".
- ^ Ronald D. Moore (February 17, 1998). "Answers". Retrieved 2006-12-31.
- ^ Carey, Diane. Ship of the Line. New York, USA: Pocket Books. ISBN 0-671-00924-9.
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