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The USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) was introduced during the mid-23rd century as the new Federation flagship. (Star Trek)
Service history
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The Enterprise under construction in Iowa
The Enterprise was constructed at the Riverside Shipyard in Riverside, Iowa during the 2250s. It was still under construction in 2255 when James T. Kirk drove his motorcycle to its construction site while considering Christopher Pike's advice to enlist in Starfleet.
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The Enterprise departs spacedock
The Enterprise was designated the Federation flagship upon its launch. Its planned maiden voyage in 2258, under the command of Christopher Pike, was brought forward after Earth received a distress call from Vulcan.
With the bulk of the fleet engaged in the Laurentian system, the Enterprise departed from Earth Spacedock along with seven other starships to respond to the call, including the USS Farragut and USS Hood.
Its departure was delayed when Hikaru Sulu, who had replaced the main navigation officer after he had fallen ill, failed to disengage the external inertial damper, and it arrived shortly after the rescue fleet had been destroyed by the Romulan mining ship Narada.
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The Enterprise warps into Nero's chaos
The Enterprise proved to be no match for the technologically advanced weapons of the Narada; a single barrage of missiles reduced the ship's deflector shields to 36%. Nero did not destroy the Enterprise, however, as he recognized it as the ship which Spock served on when he was younger.
Enterprise was unable to contact Starfleet or to begin evacuating the inhabitants of Vulcan, as the Narada's drill platform prevented communications and transporter use.
Following the destruction of Vulcan and the capture of Captain Pike, acting captain Spock intended to take the Enterprise to rendezvous with the rest of the fleet at the Laurentian system. However, after being forced to resign his command to James T. Kirk, the Enterprise reversed course in an attempt to catch the Narada before it could strike Earth.
Emerging from warp in the atmosphere of Titan, the Enterprise hid from the Narada's sensors using the magnetic distortion of Saturn's rings, while beaming Spock and Kirk aboard the Romulan ship before it could ignite its drill.
The Enterprise then pursued the Narada and prevented it from destroying the Jellyfish, which was being piloted by Spock. Before the Enterprise beamed him off, Spock set the Jellyfish on a collision course with the Narada; the impact detonated the red matter aboard the Jellyfish, creating a black hole which destroyed the Narada.
The Enterprise was nearly pulled into the black hole, but the ship was saved when chief engineer Montgomery Scott ejected the ship's warp core and detonated it, the shockwave from the blast propelling the Enterprise to safety.
Following the successful mission of the Enterprise, Pike was promoted to admiral, and James Kirk was assigned to command the Enterprise as his relief. Kirk accepted Spock as his first officer, and took the Enterprise out on its first mission of exploration.
Command crew
- In 2258
- Commanding officer
- Christopher Pike
- Spock (acting)
- James T. Kirk (acting, later promoted) (Current)
- First officer
- Spock (Current)
- James T. Kirk
- Chief engineer
- Olson
- Montgomery Scott (Current)
- Chief medical officer
- Puri
- Leonard McCoy (Current)
- Helmsman
- McKenna
- Hikaru Sulu (Current)
- Navigator
- Pavel Chekov (Current)
- Communications officer
- Hawkins
- Nyota Uhura (Current)
Technical data
Physical arrangement
The Enterprise had slight differences in appearance from the prime reality. Apart from cosmetic hull texture and hue differences, the deflector dish was different, the nacelles had a different shape and were longer and the connecting body between the saucer and the engineering section was shorter. While the prime reality Constitution-class starhips held a standard complement of only four suttlecraft, the alternate reality ship held at least 20 shuttlecraft in its bay. (Star Trek, TOS: "The Omega Glory")
Propulsion systems
The Enterprise's propulsion system included typical sub-light impulse engines, thrusters, and faster-than-light warp nacelles. For the redesigned look, the Enterprise inherited much larger nacelles without the forward glowing red Bussard collector at the front; instead, the Bussard collectors glowed blue. The nacelles were updated with a curved shape. The 'fins' at the tips of the nacelles opened up to reveal a glowing interior when the ship engaged to warp.
Tactical systems
The Enterprise had a more militaristic design with phasers shooting multiple rounds with torpedoes, simultaneously in a barrage, seen in the instance when attacking the Narada. The torpedo bay location and style was similar to that of the refitted Enterprise seen in the prime timeline. The phaser arrays were located on the dorsal and ventral sides of the saucer section and resemble the ball-turret style found in the prime timeline design Enterprise. They continuously fired red pulses.
Transporter systems
Operation of the ship's transporters typically require that the target not move relative to its own surroundings before it could be dematerialized. Pavel Chekov was skilled enough in transporter operation such that he could acquire a target that was in relative motion.
- The fact that the transporter was used to beam Kirk and Spock from the Enterprise (near Saturn) to the Narada (near Earth) suggests that Scott had reprogrammed the system to use his transwarp beaming formula.
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Background
The USS Enterprise was designed by Ryan Church.
The ship's dossier on the official movie website identifies the Enterprise as a Template:ShipClass heavy cruiser, the same as its prime universe counterpart, although this detail is not stated in the film. [1]. The website also notes that it is being "held in Beta Testing Ward 956 - approved for combat". The maximum speed of the Enterprise is given as warp 8.
The USS Enterprise under construction
A teaser trailer that was released prior to the film included footage, unseen in the movie itself, that showed the Enterprise under construction and being welded upon. Regarding this trailer, co-writer Robert Orci subsequently explained the logic of having the Enterprise being built on Earth rather than in space, noting that components of the ship can be built on Earth and assembled anywhere and that the Enterprise is not "some flimsy yacht that has to be delicately treated and assembled." He also feels that it makes more sense to construct the ship within a natural gravity well rather than an area that will require an artificial gravity field. [2]
Size
Despite various structural similarities to the original movie Enterprise, multiple sources state that the new ship is significantly larger:
- ILM model supervisor Bruce Holcomb states that the Enterprise is "2000 feet [600 meters]" long in an interview for Studio Daily.
- The Post Magazine article 'Star Trek' Returns gives an overall length of "3,000 feet [900 meters]".
- The Enterprise Tour gives the dimensions as: Length 2500 feet [760 meters]; Saucer Diameter 1100 feet [340 meters]; Ship Height 625 feet [190 meters].