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Commander Archer stands in front of the NX Project logo

The NX Project, also known as the NX Program or NX test program, was Starfleet's effort to develop a starship using the engine designed by the Warp Five program. Prior to the NX Project, Human ships were incapable of exceeding warp two.

History

During the 22nd century, the Earth Cargo Service was Earth's only real presence in outer space; the crew of these ships would spend years traveling from one planet to another and the Humans with the most space experience were boomers: the first generation of Humans who were born in outer space.

The NX Project was an effort to allow humanity's knowledge to expand and continue space exploration; it was overseen by Commodore Maxwell Forrest from its initial stages in the early 2140s. During this time, the program fielded several test vehicles with prototype versions of the warp five engine. These prototypes were piloted by Commanders Jonathan Archer, A.G. Robinson, Gardner, and Duvall. Captain Jefferies was an engineer on the NX Program, and Lieutenant Charles Tucker III worked on his team.

After some initial progress at speeds below warp 2, the project quickly stalled sometime prior to 2144. Robinson's test flight of the NX-Alpha ended in an explosion after the engines were pushed slightly beyond warp 2. On the recommendation of the Vulcan Advisory Council, the project was indefinitely suspended. However, Lieutenant Tucker and Commander Archer believed the design to be fundamentally sound. Tucker's analysis showed the intermix ratio of the fuel flowing through the antimatter injectors proved to be the root of the problem. Tucker's corrections allowed the NX-Beta – illegally piloted by Archer and Robinson – to enjoy a more successful test flight.

Though their efforts were a contravention of direct orders, Tucker, Archer and Robinson had effectively confirmed the utility of the warp five engine. Nevertheless, the Vulcans required about a year of additional ground-based simulations following the NX-Beta flight. A final test flight, made by Duvall in the NX-Delta, would break the warp 3 barrier eight months after the Vulcan program of simulations concluded. Construction began five years thereafter on the Enterprise NX-01, and it was launched in April of 2151. At that time, another three vessels of the NX-class were on the drawing board. Forrest was promoted to admiral, and he selected Archer as the ship's commanding officer, over the objections of Vulcan Ambassador Soval, who felt that Gardner would have been a better choice. (ENT: "First Flight", "Broken Bow")

Enterprise was joined by the Columbia NX-02 in November of 2154, delayed from June due to engine trouble. (ENT: "The Expanse", "Affliction")

In 2154, Forrest was killed in an embassy bombing on Vulcan while saving the life of Soval. He was replaced in overseeing the NX Program by then-Admiral Gardner. (ENT: "The Forge", "Awakening")

Ships of the NX Program

Columbia (NX-02), late 2154 — NX-02, *Columbia*

NX-Alpha
NX-Beta
NX-Delta
The NX-class of starships
- Enterprise (NX-01)
- Columbia (NX-02)
- (NX-03) (Planned, as of 2151)
- (NX-04) (Planned, as of 2151)
Mirror universe NX class ships:
- ISS Enterprise (NX-01)
- ISS Avenger (NX-09)

Background information

If the NX Project continued to follow the order of the United States of America's space shuttle program, the NX-03 and NX-04 would be named Challenger and Discovery respectively.
It is somewhat unclear just how long the NX Project remained a unique subdivision of Earth Starfleet. It is possible that the project proper ended after Enterprise was launched. This is perhaps suggested by the disappearance of the NX Project logo after 2151. It is notable the Enterprise crew wore only an Enterprise patch, whereas NX test pilots wore both the project logo and what appeared to be the emblem of their particular vessel on their flight suits. Following that logic, Enterprise crewmembers should have been wearing an NX Project logo, had the project still been regarded as an active subdivision of Starfleet.

Apocrypha

The Pocket ENT novels Kobayashi Maru and Beneath the Raptor's Wing depict the manufacture of four additional NX-class ships, Challenger (NX-03), Discovery (NX-04), Atlantis (NX-05), and Endeavour (NX-06), before the program was shut down in favor of the Daedalus class of starship, which could be built faster and cheaper. The Pocket TNG novel Indistinguishable from Magic introduced the Intrepid (NX-07) and indicated that appropimately 15 or 16 ships of the class were made before the line was discontinued.

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 [[File:ArcherWithNXProjectLogo.jpg|thumb|[[Commander]] [[Jonathan Archer|Archer]] stands in front of the NX Project logo]]
-The '''NX Project''', also known as the '''NX program''' or '''NX test program''', was [[Starfleet]]'s effort to develop a [[starship]] using the [[warp five engine|engine]] designed by the [[Warp Five program]]. Prior to the NX Project, [[Human]] ships were incapable of exceeding [[warp]] two.
+The '''NX Project''', also known as the '''NX Program''' or '''NX test program''', was [[Starfleet]]'s effort to develop a [[starship]] using the [[warp five engine|engine]] designed by the [[Warp Five program]]. Prior to the NX Project, [[Human]] ships were incapable of exceeding [[warp]] two.
 == History ==
-During the [[22nd century]], the [[Earth Cargo Service]] was Earth's only real presence in outer [[space]]; the crew of these ships would spend years traveling from one planet to another and the Humans with the most space experience were [[boomer]]s: the first generation of humans who were born in outer space.
+During the [[22nd century]], the [[Earth Cargo Service]] was Earth's only real presence in outer [[space]]; the crew of these ships would spend years traveling from one planet to another and the Humans with the most space experience were [[boomer]]s: the first generation of Humans who were born in outer space.
-The NX Project was an effort to allow humanity's knowledge to expand and continue space exploration; it was overseen by [[Commodore]] [[Maxwell Forrest]] from its initial stages in the early [[2140s]]. During this time, the program fielded several test vehicles with [[prototype]] versions of the warp five engine. These prototypes were piloted by [[Commander]]s [[Jonathan Archer]], [[A.G. Robinson]], [[Gardner]], and [[Duvall]]. [[Captain]] [[Jefferies]] was an [[engineer]] on the NX program, and [[Lieutenant]] [[Charles Tucker III]] worked on his team.
+The NX Project was an effort to allow humanity's knowledge to expand and continue space exploration; it was overseen by [[Commodore]] [[Maxwell Forrest]] from its initial stages in the early [[2140s]]. During this time, the program fielded several test vehicles with [[prototype]] versions of the warp five engine. These prototypes were piloted by [[Commander]]s [[Jonathan Archer]], [[A.G. Robinson]], [[Gardner]], and [[Duvall]]. [[Captain]] [[Jefferies]] was an [[engineer]] on the NX Program, and [[Lieutenant]] [[Charles Tucker III]] worked on his team.
 After some initial progress at speeds below warp 2, the project quickly stalled sometime prior to [[2144]]. Robinson's test flight of the [[NX-Alpha]] ended in an explosion after the engines were pushed slightly beyond warp 2. On the recommendation of the [[Vulcan Advisory Council]], the project was indefinitely suspended. However, Lieutenant Tucker and Commander Archer believed the design to be fundamentally sound. Tucker's analysis showed the [[intermix ratio]] of the fuel flowing through the [[antimatter injector]]s proved to be the root of the problem. Tucker's corrections allowed the [[NX-Beta]] &ndash; illegally piloted by Archer and Robinson &ndash; to enjoy a more successful test flight.
-Though their efforts were a contravention of direct orders, Tucker, Archer and Robinson had effectively confirmed the utility of the warp five engine. Nevertheless, the [[Vulcan]]s required about a year of additional ground-based simulations following the NX-Beta flight. A final test flight, made by Duvall in the [[NX-Delta]], would break the warp 3 barrier eight months after the Vulcan program of simulations concluded. Construction began five years thereafter on the {{EnterpriseNX}}, and it was launched in [[April]] of [[2151]]. At that time, another three vessels of the {{ShipClass|NX}} were on the drawing board. Forrest was promoted to [[admiral]], and he selected Archer as the ship's [[commanding officer]], over the objections of [[Vulcan]] [[Ambassador]] [[Soval]], who felt that Gardner would have been a better choice.  ({{ENT|First Flight|Broken Bow}})
+Though their efforts were a contravention of direct orders, Tucker, Archer and Robinson had effectively confirmed the utility of the warp five engine. Nevertheless, the [[Vulcan]]s required about a year of additional ground-based simulations following the NX-Beta flight. A final test flight, made by Duvall in the [[NX-Delta]], would break the warp 3 barrier eight months after the Vulcan program of simulations concluded. Construction began five years thereafter on the {{EnterpriseNX}}, and it was launched in [[April]] of [[2151]]. At that time, another three vessels of the {{class|NX}} were on the drawing board. Forrest was promoted to [[admiral]], and he selected Archer as the ship's [[commanding officer]], over the objections of [[Vulcan]] [[Ambassador]] [[Soval]], who felt that Gardner would have been a better choice.  ({{ENT|First Flight|Broken Bow}})
 ''Enterprise'' was joined by the {{ColumbiaNX}} in [[November]] of 2154, delayed from [[June]] due to engine trouble. ({{ENT|The Expanse|Affliction}})
-In [[2154]], Forrest was killed in an embassy bombing on [[Vulcan (planet)|Vulcan]] while saving the life of Soval.  He was replaced in overseeing the NX program by then-Admiral Gardner. ({{ENT|The Forge|Awakening}})
+In [[2154]], Forrest was killed in an embassy bombing on {{dis|Vulcan|planet}} while saving the life of Soval.  He was replaced in overseeing the NX Program by then-Admiral Gardner. ({{ENT|The Forge|Awakening}})
-== Ships of the NX program ==
+== Ships of the NX Program ==
 [[File:NX alpha.jpg|thumb|Test vehicle NX-Alpha]]
 [[File:Columbia (NX-02), late 2154.jpg|thumb|NX-02, ''Columbia'']]
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 *[[NX-Beta]]
 *[[NX-Delta]]
-*The {{ShipClass|NX}} of starships
+*The {{class|NX}} of starships
-** [[Enterprise (NX-01)|''Enterprise'']] (NX-01)
+** {{NX|Enterprise}} (NX-01)
 ** ''[[Columbia]]'' (NX-02)
 ** ([[NX-03]]) (Planned, as of [[2151]])
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 ** {{ISS|Avenger}} (NX-09)
-== Background ==
+== Background information ==
-*If the NX Project continued to follow the order of the [[United States of America]]' [[space shuttle]] program, the NX-03 and NX-04 would be named ''Challenger'' and ''Discovery'' respectively.
+*If the NX Project continued to follow the order of the [[United States of America]]'s [[space shuttle]] program, the NX-03 and NX-04 would be named ''Challenger'' and ''Discovery'' respectively.
 *It is somewhat unclear just how long the NX Project remained a unique subdivision of Earth Starfleet.  It is possible that the project proper ended after ''Enterprise'' was launched.  This is perhaps suggested by the disappearance of the NX Project logo after [[2151]].  It is notable the ''Enterprise'' crew wore only an ''Enterprise'' patch, whereas NX test pilots wore both the project logo and what appeared to be the emblem of their particular vessel on their flight suits. Following that logic, ''Enterprise'' crewmembers should have been wearing an NX Project logo, had the project still been regarded as an active subdivision of Starfleet.
 === Apocrypha ===
-*The [[Pocket ENT]] novels ''[[Kobayashi Maru (ENT novel)|Kobayashi Maru]]'' and ''[[Beneath the Raptor's Wing]]'' depicted the manufacture of four additional NX-class ships, Challenger (NX-03), Discovery (NX-04), Atlantis (NX-05), and Endeavour (NX-06), before the program was shut down in favor of the [[Daedalus class]] of starship, which could be built faster and cheaper.
+*The [[Pocket ENT]] novels ''{{dis|Kobayashi Maru|novel}}'' and ''[[Beneath the Raptor's Wing]]'' depict the manufacture of four additional ''NX''-class ships, Challenger (NX-03), Discovery (NX-04), Atlantis (NX-05), and Endeavour (NX-06), before the program was shut down in favor of the [[Daedalus class]] of starship, which could be built faster and cheaper. The [[Pocket TNG]] novel ''[[Indistinguishable from Magic]]'' introduced the Intrepid (NX-07) and indicated that appropimately 15 or 16 ships of the class were made before the line was discontinued.
 == Related topics ==
 * [[Warp Five Complex]]
 [[de:NX-Programm]]