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The USS Valiant was a Federation star cruiser that was in service with Starfleet in the early 23rd century. (TOS: "A Taste of Armageddon")

History

In 2217, USS Valiant was lost while exploring star cluster NGC 321. The ship made first contact with the principal planet of the Eminiar system, Eminiar VII. While in orbit, the Valiant was warned to leave the system, but was "attacked" and subsequently declared a casualty in the war with neighboring Vendikar. The Valiant and the Earth expedition making the report failed to return from its mission. The ship's disposition was listed as "missing in space".

In 2267, on stardate 3192.1, the USS Enterprise was sent on a similar mission, only this time to open diplomatic relations with Eminiar VII. It was at this time that the fate of the Valiant was discovered. (TOS: "A Taste of Armageddon"; ENT: "In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II" display graphic)

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Background information

According to the Star Trek Spaceflight Chronology (p. 152), the USS Valiant had the registry NCC-1102, whereas the Star Trek Encyclopedia (3rd ed., pp. 475, 540), listed the registry of the Valiant as NCC-1223. An early edition of the Encyclopedia stated that the Valiant was a Daedalus-class starship, but the note was removed from later editions presumably due to the fact that, in TNG: "Power Play", Data mentioned that Daedalus-class vessels were taken from service years before the Valiant's mission to NGC 321.

At the start of second season of Star Trek: The Original Series the producers composed a list of fourteen ships belonging to the Constitution-class, still referred to as "Starship-class" by them at the time, including the Valiant. However, it should be noted that a USS Valiant was already established as destroyed, before any of the ship lists were composed and that the name was not even considered in the first two proposals, but only added on the definitive one, so it is open to debate if the producers intended it to be another, new ship or if the intent was to retcon the destroyed one as having belonged to the class. All three lists were published in the reference book The Making of Star Trek, pp. 164-165.

For his influential "The Case of Jonathan Doe Starship" article, published in the April 1973 issue 27 of the T-Negative fanzine, future Star Trek model maker Greg Jein proceeded from the former assumption and endowed the Valiant with the conjectural registry number NCC-1623. But unlike many of his other conjectural Constitution-class registry numbers, the 2006 remastered version of the series afforded no opportunity to retcon conjecture to canon.

The reference book Star Fleet Technical Manual also listed a Constitution-class starship with the name Valiant assigned with the registry NCC-1709.

Apocrypha

Both role-playing games from Last Unicorn and Decipher list the Valiant as a member of the Ranger-class at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works, a design based on a rejected NCC-1701 design by Matt Jefferies in the pre-production of the Original Series.

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 According to the ''[[Star Trek Spaceflight Chronology]]'' (p. 152), the USS ''Valiant'' had the registry NCC-1102, whereas the ''[[Star Trek Encyclopedia]]'' (3rd ed., pp. 475, 540), listed the registry of the ''Valiant'' as NCC-1223. An early edition of the ''Encyclopedia'' stated that the ''Valiant'' was a {{class|Daedalus}} starship, but the note was removed from later editions presumably due to the fact that, in {{TNG|Power Play}}, [[Data]] mentioned that ''Daedalus''-class vessels were taken from service years before the ''Valiant''{{'}}s mission to NGC 321.
-At the start of [[TOS Season 2|second season]] of ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]'' the producers composed a [[Constitution class#Footnotes|list of fourteen ships]] belonging to the {{class|Constitution}}, still referred to as "''Starship''-class" by them at the time, including the ''Valiant''. However, it should be noted that a USS ''Valiant'' was already established as destroyed, before any of the ship lists were composed and that the name was not even considered in the first two proposals, but only added on the definitive one, so it is open to debate if the producers intended it to be another, new ship or if the intent was to [[ret]]con the destroyed one as having been being a ''Constitution''-class vessel. All three lists were published in the [[Reference works|reference book]] ''[[The Making of Star Trek]]'', pp. 164-165.
+At the start of [[TOS Season 2|second season]] of ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]'' the producers composed a [[Constitution class#Footnotes|list of fourteen ships]] belonging to the {{class|Constitution}}, still referred to as "''Starship''-class" by them at the time, including the ''Valiant''. However, it should be noted that a USS ''Valiant'' was already established as destroyed, before any of the ship lists were composed and that the name was not even considered in the first two proposals, but only added on the definitive one, so it is open to debate if the producers intended it to be another, new ship or if the intent was to [[retcon]] the destroyed one as having belonged to the class. All three lists were published in the [[reference book]] ''[[The Making of Star Trek]]'', pp. 164-165.
 For his influential "[[The Case of Jonathan Doe Starship]]" article, published in the April 1973 issue 27 of the ''[[T-Negative]]'' [[fanzine]], future ''Star Trek'' model maker [[Greg Jein]] proceeded from the former assumption and endowed the ''Valiant'' with the conjectural registry number NCC-1623. But unlike many of his other conjectural ''Constitution''-class registry numbers, the 2006 [[TOS-R|remastered]] version of the series afforded no opportunity to retcon conjecture to canon.