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Starship Enterprise
The United Star Ship Enterprise is a starship (a fictional type of spacecraft) in the fictional Star Trek universe, a science-fiction setting.
Top Row (Left-To-Right): NCC-1701-C, NX-01, NCC-1701, NCC-1701-E
Bottom Row (Left-To-Right): NCC-1701-D, NCC-1701-B, NCC-1701-A
The USS Enterprise was once referred to as the "United Space Ship Enterprise", but ever since has always been "United Star Ship". Since Starfleet is unrelated to the United States armed forces, any similarity between this phrase and the American warship prefix "United States Ship" is purportedly coincidental. However, the prefix is intended to play off of the affinity that many have for the USS Enterprise series of naval vessels.
In honor of Star Trek, as well as the real vessels, a real space shuttle was also named Enterprise by NASA. To return the favor, a starship in Star Trek: Enterprise was named for the lost Space Shuttle Columbia. The second USS Enterprise aircraft carrier appeared in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home.
Not only the name, but also the associated hull number ("NCC-1701," with an appended serial letter after the first one; "NX-01" for the first ship with the name, in the Star Trek: Enterprise series—X presumably standing for experimental) has been bestowed upon different fictional ships at different times:
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List of starships bearing the name
The Starship Enterprises that have been seen in the various TV series and movies to date are as follows
- a 'spaceship Enterprise' seen in a display case in Star Trek: The Motion Picture, of unknown date
- Enterprise, NX-01, NX class, seen in Enterprise
- USS Enterprise, NCC-1701, Constitution class, seen in The Original Series and the first three movies
- USS Enterprise, NCC-1701-A, Constitution class, seen in the fourth–sixth movies
- USS Enterprise, NCC-1701-B, Excelsior class , seen in Star Trek: Generations
- USS Enterprise, NCC-1701-C, Ambassador class, seen in the TNG episode "Yesterday's Enterprise "
- USS Enterprise, NCC-1701-D, Galaxy class, seen in The Next Generation
- USS Enterprise, NCC-1701-E, Sovereign class, seen in three of the TNG movies
- USS Enterprise, NCC-1701-J, seen briefly in the Enterprise episode "Azati Prime" (possible alternate future version).
The existence of an Enterprise-J indicates the existence of an Enterprise-F, -G, -H, and -I at some point in history.
An additional spaceship (not necessarily starship) Enterprise is visible in an illustration on display in the recreation room of the NCC-1701 in Star Trek: The Motion Picture. Nothing is known of this starship, which has never been shown in any later movie or TV series, except that it predates the NCC-1701. There is some conjecture that it might have been a low-warp, or even pre-warp spaceship that predated the NX-01, but this is, at best, fanon.
List of Captains
NX-01
- Jonathan Archer (original timeline 2151-current, altered timeline (episode "Twilight") 2151-2153, Star Trek: Enterprise)
- T'Pol (altered timeline 2153-2156, Star Trek: Enterprise episode "Twilight")
- Charles "Trip" Tucker III (altered timeline 2156-2165, Star Trek: Enterprise episode "Twilight")
NCC-1701
- Robert April (Star Trek: The Animated Series)
- Christopher Pike (Star Trek)
- James T. Kirk (Star Trek, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Star Trek III: The Search for Spock)
- Willard Decker (Star Trek: The Motion Picture)
- Spock (Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan)
NCC-1701-A
- James T. Kirk (Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country)
NCC-1701-B
- John Harriman (At time of launch, Star Trek: Generations)
- Demora Sulu (according to novels)
NCC-1701-C
- Rachel Garrett (At time of destruction, Star Trek: The Next Generation)
NCC-1701-D
- Jean-Luc Picard (Whole lifespan)
- William Riker (During Borg Crisis)
- Edward Jellico (During Cardassian negotiations)
NCC-1701-E
External Links
- USS Enterprise at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek WikiWiki
- NASA link on the naming of the first Space Shuttle