The Enterprise or USS Enterprise (often referred to as the " Starship Enterprise ") is the name of several fictional starships, some of which are the focal point for various television series and films in the Star Trek franchise created by Gene Roddenberry. The majority of these vessels share "NCC-1701" as part of their registry, with later ships appending a letter to the registry to differentiate them.
Enterprise history
See also: Enterprise vesselsThe name Enterprise comes from a long series of ships. The first was the French frigate L' Entreprise , captured by the British in 1705. The British rechristened the ship HMS Enterprise for use by the Royal Navy. A further nine Royal Navy commissioned warships carried the name "Enterprise". The first United States ship to use the name USS Enterprise was a Revolutionary War-era sloop-of-war. The eighth American ship to bear this name was the world's first nuclear aircraft carrier.
Development
According to The Star Trek Encyclopedia , the registry number "NCC-1701"
"...was devised by Matt Jefferies, art director of the first Star Trek series. Jefferies, who is a pilot, based NCC on 20th century aircraft registration codes. In such 20th century usage, an "N" first letter refers to an aircraft registered in the USA. A "C" for a second letter refers to a civil aircraft. Jefferies added a second "C", just because he thought it looked better."
The Franz Joseph Blueprints and a handful of Star Trek novels state that NCC is an initialism for "Naval Construction Contract."
In Gene Roddenberry's original Star Trek pitch, the starship is described as a "United Space Ship," and in two episodes of the original series (TOS), Kirk refers to the "United Space Ship Enterprise."
Star Trek: Phase II
Before Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Paramount had planned a new Star Trek television series to have been named Star Trek: Phase II. Early in the production, Ralph McQuarrie had been hired to redesign the ship. The major feature of the redesign was to replace the cigar-shaped secondary hull with a larger, triangle-shaped section. McQuarrie's design was discarded in favor of keeping the general shape of the ship intact.
Depiction
Pre-Federation era
Two Enterprise s predate the United Federation of Planets.
Registry: USS Enterprise (XCV 330)
Class: Declaration
Service: circa 2130s
Captain: UnknownThis USS Enterprise (XCV 330) appears in Star Trek: The Motion Picture among a series of illustrations depicting ships named Enterprise . The 1979 Star Trek Spaceflight Chronology describes this "first interstellar liner" as a Declaration -class ship launched in 2123.
Registry: Enterprise (NX-01)
Class: NX
Service: 2151 – 2161
Captain: Jonathan Archer (Scott Bakula)
The United Earth Starfleet's Enterprise is the main setting of Star Trek: Enterprise .
The Original Series era
Three ships named USS Enterprise are featured in the original Star Trek television series and the first through sixth Star Trek films.
Registry: USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)
Class: Constitution
Service: 2245 – 2285
Captains: Robert April (James Doohan, Gene Roddenberry), Christopher Pike (Jeffrey Hunter), James T. Kirk (William Shatner), Willard Decker (Stephen Collins) (refit), Spock (Leonard Nimoy) (refit)
The Federation's first Enterprise is the main setting of the original Star Trek series (1966–1969) and The Animated Series (1973–74). A refitted Enterprise appears in Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) and Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982), before being destroyed in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984).
Registry: USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-A)
Class: Constitution (refit)
Service: 2286 – 2293
Captain: James T. Kirk (William Shatner)
This ship first appears at the end of Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) and is the main setting of Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1988) and Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991). The ship is ordered decommissioned at the end of The Undiscovered Country . Paperwork included with the model kit indicated the ship was mothballed at the Memory Alpha ship museum, and William Shatner's novel The Ashes of Eden (1996) depicts the Enterprise -A's removal from the mothball fleet before being destroyed defending the planet Chal.
Registry: USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-B)
Class: Excelsior (upgrade)
Service: 2293 –
Captain: John Harriman (Alan Ruck)
Launched at the start of Star Trek Generations (1994). James T. Kirk goes missing during the ship's maiden voyage. According to Star Trek novels, Demora Sulu becomes captain after Harriman.
The Next Generation era
Three ships named Enterprise are featured in Star Trek: The Next Generation and four TNG -era films.
Registry: USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-C)
Class: Ambassador
Service: 2332 – 2344
Captain: Rachel Garrett (Tricia O'Neil)
This ship appears in the Next Generation episode "Yesterday's Enterprise" (1990). The ship was destroyed attempting to defend the Klingon outpost Narendra III from Romulan attack. Survivors included Tasha Yar (Denise Crosby), whose alternate timeline version from "Yesterday's Enterprise" travels with the ship back in time to the battle over Narendra III. The actions of the Enterprise -C's crew became a catalyst for the alliance between the Federation and the Klingon Empire.
Registry: USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D)
Class: Galaxy
Service: 2363 – 2371
Captains: Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart), William Riker (Jonathan Frakes), Edward Jellico (Ronny Cox)
The main setting of Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1994). The Enterprise was lost in 2371 after an attack by a renegade Klingon Bird-of-Prey (commanded by the Duras sisters) caused extensive damage, leading to a warp core breach. Although the saucer section was safely separated before the breach, the shock wave from the explosion forced it into the atmosphere of Veridian III. The ship, however, was not salvageable. Star Trek: Generations (1994).
Registry: USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-E)
Class: Sovereign
Service: 2372 – Active (as of 2380)
Captain: Jean-Luc Picard
The main setting for the films Star Trek: First Contact (1996), Star Trek: Insurrection (1998), and Star Trek Nemesis (2002).
Alternate timelines
In All Good Things..., the final episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, the Enterprise-D was shown in an alternate future where it had been refit to include a third nacelle and large phaser cannons on the saucer section.
The Next Generation novel Imzadi shows an alternate timeline Enterprise -F commanded by Commodore Data in the 25th cen
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