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'''''Enterprise''''' is the name given to a series of fictional ]s, several of which are the focal points for various TV series and movies, in the ] universe. Most of these vessels share "]" as part of their ], with later ships appending a letter to the registry to differentiate them. '''''Enterprise''''' or '''USS ''Enterprise''''', often referred to as the '''Starship ''Enterprise''''', is the name of ], some of which are the main craft and setting for various television series and films in the '']'' science fiction franchise. The most notable were Captain ]'s {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}} from the ], and Captain ]'s {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D}} from '']''.


==History== == Depiction ==
=== Pre-Federation era ===
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Two spacecraft with the name ''Enterprise'' predate the ] in ''Star Trek''{{'}}s fictional timeline.
During the run of the original ''Star Trek'' series, the "U.S.S." preceding the name ''Enterprise'' was said to stand for either "United Space Ship" or "United Star Ship". Since Starfleet is unrelated to the ], any similarity between this phrase and the ] vessel prefix "United States Ship" is purportedly coincidental. However, the ] is intended to play off of the affinity that many have for the ] series of ] vessels. In 1966, the World War II generation was still in its vital prime, and many remembered the heroic exploits of the ] ] at the ] and many other engagements during the war.
The name Enterprise itself comes from a long series of ships, first British (HMS Enterprise), then American (USS Enterprise), spawned by the capture in 1705 of the French frigate ] by the British ship Tryton. The captured Entreprise is known to have been the first ship of the name.


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In honor of Star Trek, as well as the real vessels, ] named an initial (flight-test) ] '']''. To return the favor, the ] ] in '']'' was named for the second (but first space-worthy) ], lost in 2003. The second ] aircraft carrier appears in '']''. However, the ] featured in the movie was actually the ]: the actual ] was at sea during filming. However, the aircraft carrier's crew is apparently proud of their ship's association with Star Trek - in 1994, the ''Enterprise'' played host to a Star Trek convention and Star Trek memorabilia can be found throughout the ship.
'''Registry:''' USS ''Enterprise'' (XCV 330)<br />
'''Class:''' ''Declaration''<br />
'''Service:''' circa 2130s<br />
'''Captain:''' Unknown<br />
This USS ''Enterprise'' (XCV 330) appears in '']'' (1979) among a series of illustrations depicting ships named ''Enterprise''. It also appears as a model in '']'' (2013), together with models of the '']'', a ], a ], a ] capsule, a ], and some ''Star Trek'' universe starships. A painting of this ship hangs on the wall of Earth's 602 Club in flashbacks that appeared in the '']'' episode "]" (2003).


] sources give more details: The 1979 '']'' describes this "first interstellar liner" as a ''Declaration''-class ship launched in 2123.<ref name="spaceflightchrono">{{cite book|first=Stan|last=Goldstein |author2=Fred Goldstein |author3=Rick Sternbach|title=Star Trek, Spaceflight Chronology: The Human Adventure Beyond Our World—from the First Small Steps to the Voyage of the New U.S.S. ''Enterprise'' in the Twenty-Third Century|location=New York|publisher=]|page=112|year=1980}}</ref> Its length is given as {{convert|300|m|ft}}, and it has a capacity of 100 crew and 850 passengers.<ref name="spaceflightchrono" /> The ''Star Trek Maps'' by New Eye Photography Editors, also published in 1979, listed this ship as a ] ] that was Earth's first attempt to explore another star system. ''The Making of Star Trek: The Motion Picture'', published in 1980, describes the ship as "the very first starship U.S.S. ''Enterprise''".<ref name=Sackett1980>{{cite book |last1=Sackett |first1=Susan |last2=Roddenberry |first2=Gene |title=The Making of Star Trek: The Motion Picture |url={{GBurl|id=NQ0cAQAAIAAJ|p=93|q="very first starship"|dq="very first starship"}} |year=1980 |publisher=Pocket Books |isbn=978-0-671-25181-9 |page=93}}</ref>
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==''Enterprise''s==
'''Registry:''' ]<br />
The starships ''Enterprise'' that have been seen in the various ] series and movies to date are as follows:
'''Class:''' NX<br />
'''Service:''' 2151–2161 (10&nbsp;years)<br />
'''Captain:''' ] (])<br />
United Earth Starfleet's ''Enterprise'' is the main setting of '']'' (2001–2005). ''Enterprise'' was the first Earth-built starship capable of reaching ]. The ship was commanded by Captain Jonathan Archer and played an instrumental role in the founding of several proto-Federation alliances. ''Enterprise'' had significant engagements with the ]s, ], ] and the ]s and played a central role in the "Temporal Cold War". It is also featured as a model in ''Star Trek Into Darkness''. As of 2401, an NX class which is heavily modified, is displayed at the Starfleet Museum above Athan Prime, in ] of '']'' (2023).


=== ''The Original Series'' era ===
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Image:USS Enterprise (XCV 330).jpg|], Seen in an illustration on display in the recreation room of the NCC-1701 in '']'' Three ships named USS ''Enterprise'' are featured in the original '']'' television series and the ] through ] ''Star Trek'' films.
Image:Enterprise NX-01 2001-01-300.jpg|The ] Starfleet's ] titular ship in '']''. Commanded by ] ].
Image:USS Enterprise (NCC-1701), ENT1231.jpg|]. Main starship of '']'' and the first three Star Trek movies. Commanded mainly by ]
Image:1701-a.jpg|]. Centerpiece of the ] and ] Star Trek movies. Commanded by Captain James T. Kirk.
Image:NCC1701Bdrydock.jpg|]Commanded by Captain ] in '']''.
Image:Ambwall.jpg|] Commanded by Captain ] in the '']'' episode "]".
Image:Enterprise_Forward.jpg|]. Centerpiece of ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'' and '']''. Commanded mainly by Captain ], although ] and ] both briefly receive command.
Image:NCC-1701-E.jpg|]. Centerpiece of the ], ], and ] Star Trek movies. Commanded by Captain Jean-Luc Picard.
Image:USS Enterprise NCC-1701-J.jpg|]. A ship seen briefly in the ''Star Trek: Enterprise'' episode "]"
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'''Registry:''' {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}}<br>
Non-] novels present two additional starships named ''Enterprise'':
'''Class:''' ''Constitution I, later refit as Constitution II''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cygnus-x1.net/links/lcars/blueprints/star-trek-blueprints-sheet-1.jpg |website=Star Trek Blueprints |title=General Plans – Constitution Class: U.S.S. Enterprise |publisher=] |quote=The following ships of this class were constructed under authorization of the original articles of the United Federation of Planets{{nbsp}}... ''Enterprise'' – NCC-1701 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130614084201/http://www.cygnus-x1.net/links/lcars/blueprints/star-trek-blueprints-sheet-1.jpg |archive-date=2013-06-14 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cygnus-x1.net/links/lcars/blueprints/star-trek-the-motion-picture-sheet-1.jpg |page=1 |title=''Star Trek: The Motion Picture'' Official Blueprints |publisher=CBS Paramount |quote=The refitted ''Enterprise'' is more powerful than any vessel in Starfleet because of its linear inter-mix chamber, which not only boosts the magnatomic-initiator stage of the new nacelles, but also fires directly into the deflection crystal of the new nacelles. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070206042551/http://www.cygnus-x1.net/links/lcars/blueprints/star-trek-the-motion-picture-sheet-1.jpg |archive-date=2007-02-06 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cygnus-x1.net/links/lcars/blueprints/star-trek-the-motion-picture-sheet-6.jpg |page=6 |title=''Star Trek: The Motion Picture'' Official Blueprints |publisher=CBS Paramount |quote=Normally patrolling in 'packs' of three, the cruisers are deadly for a single Federation starship. The new Enterprise class, however, promises to even those odds. |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070206042551/http://www.cygnus-x1.net/links/lcars/blueprints/star-trek-the-motion-picture-sheet-6.jpg |archive-date=2007-02-06 }}</ref><br />
;USS ''Enterprise'' (NCC-1701-F) : Appears in ]'s '']'' and Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens' ''Millennium''.
'''Service:''' 2245–2285 (40&nbsp;years)<br>
;USS ''Enterprise'' (registry unknown) : The ] USS ''Monitor'' is temporarily renamed "USS ''Enterprise''" in ]'s ''Return''.
'''Captains:''' ] (] , ]), ] (], ], ]), ] (]), ] (]), ] (]).<br />
The ]'s first ''Enterprise'' is the main setting of the original ] series (1966–1969) and '']'' (1973–74).<ref name="compendium">{{cite book |last=Asherman |first=Allan |title=The Star Trek Compendium |url={{GBurl|JL-OAAAACAAJ}} |year=1993 |publisher=Titan |isbn=978-1-85286-472-9 }}</ref> Having undergone an extensive rebuilding and refitting, ''Enterprise'' then appears in '']'' (1979), '']'' (1982), and '']'' (1984) in which the starship is destroyed by its crew to escape capture.<ref name="compendium" /> Depictions of the ''Enterprise'' made occasional appearances in later ''Star Trek'' series, before being reintroduced as the main setting of the prequel '']'', portraying the ship's missions in the decade prior to ''The Original Series''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Goldberg |first=Lesley |date=May 15, 2020 |title='Star Trek' Pike and Spock Series Set at CBS All Access |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/star-trek-pike-spock-series-set-at-cbs-all-access-1294704 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200515145406/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/star-trek-pike-spock-series-set-at-cbs-all-access-1294704 |archive-date=May 15, 2020 |access-date=May 16, 2020 |website=]}}</ref>

Details of the ship's appearance differed in the various series and films in which it appears. In the 1965 pilot episode "]", whose footage was reused for a flashback to Captain Pike's command in the episode "]" (1966), the ship's ] featured a transparent dome ceiling that was absent for the rest of the Original Series. A significantly redesigned version of Captain Pike's ''Enterprise'' appears in '']''{{'}}s ], set several years after the events of "The Cage".<ref name=TrekMovie2018-03/> The new design for the ''Enterprise'', which more closely matches the aesthetic of ''Discovery'', debuted in 2018 at the conclusion of the ],<ref name=TrekMovie2018-03>{{cite web |title=7 Things We Learned About 'Star Trek: Discovery' Season 2 at WonderCon 'Visionaries' Panel |first=Nathan |last=Adams |website=TrekMovie.com |date=March 24, 2018 |url=https://trekmovie.com/2018/03/24/7-things-we-learned-about-star-trek-discovery-season-2-at-wondercon-visionaries-panel/ |quote=USS Enterprise design evolved and grew to match ''Discovery'' universe — Production designer Tamara Deverell and VFX supervisor Jason Zimmerman offered some insights into the approach for developing the look of the USS Enterprise seen at the end of the season one finale:{{br}}'''Tamara Deverell''': For the Enterprise, we based it initially off of ''The Original Series''. We were really drawing a lot of our materials from that. And then we particularly went to more of the Star Trek movies, which is a little bit fatter, a little bit bigger. Overall, I think we expanded the length of it to be within the world of our Discovery, which is bigger, so we did cheat it as a larger ship.{{br}}'''Jason Zimmerman''': It starts with them giving us designs to work with and then there is a lot of back and forth between VFX and department to make sure that we get everything right. There were a lot of conversations and more emails than I could remember about how the design would evolve and sort of match our universe, and that is how we sort of arrived where we are now. |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180826124007/https://trekmovie.com/2018/03/24/7-things-we-learned-about-star-trek-discovery-season-2-at-wondercon-visionaries-panel/ |archive-date=2018-08-26 }}</ref> and would go on to become the main setting of the series ''Strange New Worlds''.

When the ''Enterprise'' was reintroduced in the 1979 film ''Star Trek: The Motion Picture'', the ship had just completed an extensive refit and redesign that included new slimmer warp nacelles, connected to the secondary hull by angled winglike struts.<ref name=Syfy2019/> The updated design would be reused later for the ''Enterprise''{{'}}s replacement, an identical starship given the name ''Enterprise'' and registry number NCC-1701-A.
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'''Registry:''' {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-A}}<br />
'''Class:''' ''Constitution II''<br />
'''Service:''' 2286–2293 (7&nbsp;years)<br />
'''Captains:''' ] (])<br />
This ship first appears at the conclusion of '']'' (1986) and is the main setting in the subsequent ''Star Trek'' movies which use the original crew. The ship is ordered "]" at the end of '']'' (1991).<ref name="compendium" /> As of 2401, it resides at the Starfleet Museum above Athan Prime, appearing in ] of '']'' (2023). ] information concerning this ship includes paperwork included with the model kit, which indicated the ship was ] at the Memory Alpha ship museum, and the ] novel '']'' (1996), which depicted ''Enterprise''-A's removal from the mothball fleet before being destroyed defending the planet Chal.
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'''Registry:''' USS ''Enterprise'' (NCC-1701-B)<br />
'''Class:''' ''Excelsior''-class refit<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.startrek.com/database_article/enterprise-b |title=Enterprise-B, U.S.S. |access-date=2009-05-20 |publisher=CBS Paramount |website=StarTrek.com |quote=An upgrade of the ''Excelsior''-class }}</ref><br />
'''Service:''' 2293–2329 (36&nbsp;years)<br />
'''Captains:''' ] (]), ] (portrayed in ''Generations'' by ])<br />
The ''Enterprise''-B was launched at the beginning of the film '']'' (1994). During the ship's maiden voyage, prior to it being properly fitted with essential systems, the crew encountered an energy ribbon known as the Nexus, through which James T. Kirk – captain of the two former Enterprise starships, NCC-1701 and NCC-1701-A – was officially declared missing and presumed dead.<ref name="Encyc" />

The design of the ''Enterprise''-B is similar to that of the USS ''Excelsior'', which first appeared in the 1984 film ''Star Trek III: The Search For Spock.''<ref name="Syfy2019" /> Differences between the ''Enterprise''-B and the ''Excelsior'' include: flarings on the outside of the secondary hull, additional and larger impulse engines, and slight differences between the nacelles as well as the bridge modules. ] information concerning the ''Enterprise''-B includes several licensed ''Star Trek'' novels in which Demora Sulu, daughter of Hikaru Sulu, followed Harriman as captain. There are also licensed guides, such as the ''Haynes Enterprise Manual'', in which a list of the ship's captains includes Demora Sulu, William George, and Thomas Johnson Jr.
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===''The Next Generation'' era===
Three ships named ''Enterprise'' are featured in '']'' television series and four ''TNG''-era films. Two additional ''Enterprise'' ships appear in the ], in which ''TNG''{{'}}s command crew are reunited.

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'''Registry:''' USS ''Enterprise'' (NCC-1701-C)<br />
'''Class:''' ''Ambassador''<br />
'''Service:''' 2332<ref>{{cite book |title=Star Trek: The Lost Era: Well of Souls |last=Bick |first=Ilsa J. |isbn=0-7434-6375-7 |date=November 2003|publisher=]}}</ref>–2344 (12&nbsp;years)<br />
'''Captains:''' Rachel Garrett (]) <br />
This ship's first and only appearance is in the ''Next Generation'' episode "]" (1990).<ref name="Encyc" /> It was destroyed attempting to defend the Klingon outpost Narendra III from ] attack.<ref name="Encyc" /> Survivors included ] (]), whose alternate timeline version from "Yesterday's Enterprise" travels with the ship back in time to the battle over Narendra III.<ref name="Encyc" /> The actions of the ''Enterprise''-C's crew became a catalyst for the alliance between the Federation and the Klingon Empire.<ref name="Encyc" />
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'''Registry:''' {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D}}<br />
'''Class:''' ''Galaxy''<br />
'''Service:''' 2363–2371 and 2401–2402 (9&nbsp;years)<br />
'''Captains:''' ] (]), ] (]), ] (])<br />
The main setting of ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'' (1987–1994).<ref name="Encyc" /> During '']'', ''Enterprise''-D was lost in 2371 after an attack by the ]' renegade Klingon Bird-of-Prey which caused extensive damage, leading to a warp core breach. Although the saucer section was safely separated before the breach, the shock wave from the exploding engineering hull threw it out of control, and caused it to crash-land on Veridian III.<ref name="Encyc" /> The ship also appears in the first ''Deep Space Nine'' episode "]" and the final ''Enterprise'' episode "]". It appears in a dream sequence in the pilot of '']'', and after its saucer section was retrieved and placed in the Fleet Museum, it is revealed to have been reconstructed in full by ] as a working ship in the penultimate episode, set in 2401. In the final episode, ''Enterprise''-D engages the Borg one last time and is returned to the Fleet Museum the following year.
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'''Registry:''' {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-E}}<br />
'''Class:''' ''Sovereign''<br />
'''Service:''' 2372–2384 (12 years) <br />
'''Captains:''' ] (Patrick Stewart), ] (])<br />
The main setting for the films '']'' (1996), '']'' (1998), and '']'' (2002). She also appeared in the season 1 finale of '']'' (2022), set in the mid-2380s. As a ''Sovereign''-class vessel, it was the most advanced vessel in ], and an active participant in the ] and the ]. In ] of '']'' (2023), it was mentioned that the ship was disabled or destroyed under the command of Worf. He said that it was not his fault.
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==="Post synth attack on Mars" era===

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'''Registry:''' USS ''Enterprise'' (NCC-1701-F)<br />
'''Class:''' ''Odyssey''<br />
'''Service:''' 2386–2401 (15 years) <br />
'''Commanding officer:''' Fleet Admiral ] (])<br />
This ship appeared in season 3 of ''Star Trek: Picard'' (2023). In the year 2401, the ship was set to be ] following the Frontier Day festival. The ship first appeared in the ] video game, '']'', and was designed by artist and graphics designer Adam Ihle as part of a fan competition.
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===Legacies era===

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'''Registry:''' USS ''Enterprise'' (NCC-1701-G)<br />
'''Class:''' ''Constitution III''<br />
'''Service:''' 2396–2401 (as USS ''Titan''), 2402– (as USS ''Enterprise'') <br />
'''Captains:''' Liam Shaw (]), ] (])<br />
The ''Enterprise''-G appeared in season 3 of ''Star Trek: Picard'' (2023). In the year 2401, the ship was originally designated as the {{USS|Titan|NCC-80102-A}} under the command of Captain Liam Shaw. By 2402, the ''Titan''-A was renamed and rechristened as the ''Enterprise''-G, in honor of the crew of the USS ''Enterprise''-D, for their contributions in battle against the Borg, with Seven of Nine taking over as captain.
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===Far future===

'''Registry:''' USS ''Enterprise''<br />
'''Service:''' circa 3190<br />
In the 32nd century, as mentioned in the ''Star Trek: Discovery'' episode "]", a starship ''Enterprise'' noted heated plasma while closing on a subspace rift. No further detail about this ship was provided.

===Alternate timelines===

====Alternate futures====
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'''Registry:''' USS ''Enterprise'' (NCC-1701-D)<br />
'''Class:''' ''Galaxy'' refit<br />
'''Service:''' circa 2395 <br />
'''Captain:''' Full Admiral ] (])<br />
In "]", the final episode of '']'', ''Enterprise''-D was shown in an alternate future where it had not crashed during the events of '']'', and instead had been made Admiral William T. Riker's personal flagship. A third warp nacelle allowed the ship to reach at least Warp 13, and the ''Enterprise''-D had also been equipped with a spinal phaser lance, large phaser cannons on the saucer section, and cloaking ability, making it one of the most powerful starships seen in the ''Star Trek'' franchise.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbr.com/powerful-star-trek-ships/|title=Star Trek: The 20 Most Powerful Ships In The Galaxy, Ranked|date=2018-12-17|website=CBR|language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-10}}</ref>
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'''Registry:''' USS ''Enterprise'' (NCC-1701-J)<br />
''' Class: ''' Universe<br />
'''Service:''' 26th century <br />
The "]" episode of '']'' involves time travel and features a scene in which ''Enterprise''-J appears. ''Enterprise''-J operates in a possible timeline during the 26th century. In this timeline, ''Enterprise''-J participated in the Battle of Procyon V, a climactic battle in which the Federation successfully drove the invasive trans-dimensional beings known as the ]s back into their own realm. The ship's crew included a descendant of the ] scientist ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.startrek.com/database_article/azati-prime|title=Azati Prime|website=StarTrek.com}}</ref>
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====Alternate pasts====

'''Registry:''' UEF ''Enterprise''<br />
'''Class:''' ''Constitution''<br />
'''Service:''' circa 2259 <br />
'''Captain:''' James T. Kirk (Paul Wesley)<br />
The "Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow" episode of '']'' introduces an alternate timeline where Earth was attacked by Romulans, and the United Federation of Planets subsequently never formed. The UEF ''Enterprise'' (United Earth Ship ''Enterprise'') was constructed at the Luna Shipyards on Luna as part of the United Earth Fleet.
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====Games (non-canon)====
[[File:Enterprise-F Odyssey-class.jpg|left|thumb|
NCC-1701-F]]
'''Registry:''' USS ''Enterprise'' (NCC-1701-F)<br />
''' Class: ''' ''Odyssey'' (''Yorktown'' refit)<br />
'''Service:''' 2409–<br />
'''Captain:''' Va'Kel Shon<br />
One version of USS ''Enterprise'' (NCC-1701-F) appears in the ] '']''. Its design is based on the entry submitted by Adam Ihle for the 2011 "Design the next ''Enterprise''" contest, a joint venture between Cryptic Studios, CBS, and Intel, which ran shortly before the game went "free to play". ''Enterprise''-F made its first appearance in the mission "Boldly They Rode", at the point where USS ''Enterprise''-F appears to help the player defeat the Dominion fleet surrounding Deep Space Nine. In 2018, the in-game appearance of the ship was changed to that of a "Yorktown Class" vessel, after the ship was damaged and refit as part of the game's story.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jayce's Navy Interstellar: Through the Valley {{!}} Star Trek Online |url=https://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/10804994-jayce%27s-navy-interstellar:-through-the-valley |access-date=2023-04-14 |website=www.arcgames.com |language=en}}</ref> The original, Odyssey class version of the ship would later appear in Season 3 of ''Star Trek: Picard'' in February 2023, making the ''Enterprise''-F part of the official ''Star Trek'' canon.<ref>{{cite web |last=Tyler |first=Josh |date=October 8, 2022 |title=See The Enterprise F, Just Unveiled By Star Trek: Picard |url=https://www.giantfreakinrobot.com/ent/enterprise-f.html |website=Giant Freakin Robot |access-date=October 9, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Britt |first=Ryan |date=2023-02-16 |title=The Best Star Trek Easter Eggs in the Picard Season 3 Premiere |url=https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/the-best-star-trek-easter-eggs-in-the-picard-season-3-premiere/ |access-date=2023-04-14 |website=Den of Geek |language=en-US}}</ref>
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====Mirror universe{{anchor|ISS Enterprise}}====
The ] first appeared in the original series as an ] where the militaristic Terran Empire exists in place of the regular universe's United Federation of Planets ("]"). A montage in the opening credits of the ''Star Trek: Enterprise'' episode "]" shows the Terran Empire logo in use by at least World War II, with licensed novels putting the divergence before Shakespeare, or even classic Greek literature.

'''Registry:''' ]<br />
'''Class:''' NX<br />
'''Service:''' 2150s<br />
'''Captains:''' Maximilian Forrest (]), Jonathan Archer (Scott Bakula)<br />
The ''Star Trek: Enterprise'' episode "]" features a Mirror Universe version of NX-01 ''Enterprise''. This ship is equipped with a cloaking device, deflector shields, a tractor beam, a prototype agony booth, and different exterior markings. It is commanded by Captain Maximilian Forrest, although for a brief time his first officer, Commander Jonathan Archer, takes command following a mutiny. This ''Enterprise'' is destroyed by the ]s.
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'''Registry:''' ISS ''Enterprise'' (NCC-1701)<br />
'''Class:''' ''Constitution''<br />
'''Service:''' 2260s<br />
'''Captains:''' Christopher Pike, James T. Kirk (William Shatner), Spock (Leonard Nimoy)<br />
A Mirror Universe ''Enterprise'' appears in the original ''Star Trek'' episode "]".<ref name="compendium" /> The ship is equipped with an agony booth and the mirror in the captain's quarters conceals Captain Kirk's deadly Tantalus device.<ref name="compendium" /> ISS ''Enterprise'' was originally the same shooting model as the regular ''Enterprise''.<ref name="compendium" /> The remastered version of "Mirror, Mirror" includes a CGI version of ''Enterprise'' with "ISS" markings on the hull and minor physical differences from USS ''Enterprise'', such as a larger deflector dish, a taller bridge, and altered nacelle details. The ship was also shown orbiting the planet in the opposite direction (clockwise instead of counter-clockwise).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://trekmovie.com/2006/11/16/review-of-mirror-mirror-remastered/ |title=Review of Mirror Mirror Remastered |date=November 16, 2006 |first=Rick |last=Sternbach |author-link=Rick Sternbach |publisher=]}}</ref> In '']'' ], the ISS ''Enterprise'' returns in the episode "Mirrors" where it is found stuck in interdimensional space, having been used by refugees fleeing the mirror universe (after the death of the Terran High Chancellor) who subsequently abandoned ship when it got stuck. The ''Enterprise'' is freed by the USS ''Discovery'' and sent to Federation Headquarters for storage. The crew of the ''Discovery'' learns from Federation databases that most of this ''Enterprise'' crew had survived and found new lives in the prime universe.
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==== Reboot (''Kelvin'' timeline) films ====
The 2009 '']'' film takes place in a ] created when the Romulan ] traveled through time via an ] created by ].

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'''Registry:''' {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}}<br/>
'''Service:''' 2258–2263 (5&nbsp;years)<br/>
'''Captains:''' ] (]), ] (])

The main setting for the films '']'' (2009), '']'' (2013), and '']'' (2016). ''Enterprise'' is shown during its construction phase at the Riverside Shipyard in Iowa during the first film. A brief shot of the NCC-1701 is seen as the shuttlecraft carrying Kirk and the new recruits into space departs the shipyard later on in the movie. At the end of '']'', ''Enterprise'' started its five-year mission. The ship was later destroyed by Krall and his alien swarm attack during the events of '']''.

Measurements of this ship's length have ranged from 295 meters<ref name=Revell/> to 910 meters.<ref name=McGorry2009/><ref name=Robertson2009/><ref name=Dunlop2009/><ref name=ParamountExperience/> In an article about the 2009 film's visual effects, '']'' wrote, "The reconfigured ship was a larger vessel than previous manifestations&nbsp;– approximately {{convert|1200|ft}} long compared to the {{convert|947|foot}} ship of the original series",<ref name=Fordham2009/> and quoted ] art director Alex Jaeger discussing the design's growth in size during early production of the film: "Once we got the ship built and started putting it in environments it felt too small. The shuttle bay gave us a clear relative scale&nbsp;– shuttlecraft initially appeared much bigger than we had imagined&nbsp;– so we bumped up the Enterprise scale, which gave her a grander feel and allowed us to include more detail."<ref name=Fordham2009/>

A special feature on starships in the ] (BD) version of the movie gives the length as {{convert|2379|ft}}, which would be larger than the ''Next Generation'' D and E versions, making it the largest USS ''Enterprise'' in the franchise history (not counting the pre-Federation era ], seen only as a model). This would result in a height of 167m, and a beam of 339m.
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'''Registry:''' {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-A}}<br />
'''Class:''' ''Constitution''<br />
'''Service:''' 2263–ongoing<br />
'''Captains:''' ] (Chris Pine)<br />
''Enterprise''-A first appears at the end of '']'' after the destruction of the original ''Enterprise'' when the crew resume their five-year mission.

Sean Hargreaves stated that he was given the brief to "beef up the neck and arms" on the Ryan Church design, but went further to give the ship echoes of Matt Jefferies' original design.

== Development ==
According to '']'', the registry number '''NCC-1701''' was devised by ], art director of the first ''Star Trek'' series, inspired by an old science fiction cover that Gene Roddenberry liked, with a starship flying through space.{{citation needed|date=November 2015}} Jefferies, who was a pilot, based NCC on ]. In such pre-1949 usage, an "N" first letter refers to an aircraft registered in the United States. A "C" for a second letter refers to a civil aircraft. Jefferies added a second "C" because he thought it looked better.<ref name="Encyc">{{cite book|title=]|first=Michael|last=Okuda|author-link=Michael Okuda |author2=Denise Okuda |author3=Debbie Mirek|publisher=]|isbn=0-671-53609-5|year=1999}}</ref>

The ] ''Blueprints'', the book ''The Making of Star Trek'', and a handful of ''Star Trek'' novels speculate that NCC is an ] for "Naval Construction Contract".

In an interview with the BBC, Jefferies explained that NC is the designation for U.S. civil aircraft and civil aircraft in the ] used the designation CCCC. He concluded that any major future space projects would likely be a combined international effort, thus he invented the combined designation NCC. The 1701 had two functions, it represented the first (01) ship of a 17th federation cruiser design, and that the digits were unlikely to be misread, unlike 6, 8, or 9.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/st/interviews/jefferies/page6.shtml |title=BBC Online - Cult - Star Trek - Matt Jefferies - Why NCC-1701? |publisher=Bbc.co.uk |access-date=August 21, 2013}}</ref>

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''".

=== Redesign for ''Star Trek: Planet of the Titans'' ===
]'s redesigned ''Enterprise'' from '']'']]
In 1976, before '']'', Paramount had planned a ''Star Trek'' film to have been named '']''. Early in the production, ] had been hired to redesign the ''Enterprise''. 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 ''Enterprise'' intact for the redesign unveiled in '']''.

Three decades later, the McQuarrie design for the ''Enterprise'' was adopted as the basis for the design of the USS ''Discovery'' in '']'', a 2017 series that takes place ten years earlier than the original ''Star Trek''.<ref name=ShipDesign/>

==Captain's yacht==
The captain's yacht is a large auxiliary starship built into the design of several Federation starship designs including the ''Galaxy''-class and ''Sovereign''-class. It was docked to the underside of the saucer section. On USS ''Enterprise''-E, the name of the captain's yacht is the ''Cousteau''. In 2375, the crew of USS ''Enterprise''-E used the ''Cousteau'' to travel to the surface of the ] homeworld, in the film '']''.

Designer ] came up with the concept of the captain's yacht while designing the ]. Although it was never seen in use, it is labeled on the master systems display screen in main engineering, docked at the bottom of the saucer section almost directly opposite the main bridge. Probert suggested possible ways for the yacht to be used during the first season, including not showing the yacht but mentioning it in dialogue, but his ideas were rejected. The producers almost used the yacht in the episode "]", but decided to use an "executive shuttlecraft" due to budgetary constraints.<ref name=TNGTechManual/> According to Patrick Stewart, the yacht would have been called the ''Calypso''.<ref name=TNGTechManual/> Producer ] noted in the ''Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual'' that real-life naval tradition would insist on calling such a craft the ], rather than the captain's yacht.<ref name=TNGTechManual/>

Rick Sternbach later designed similar craft for USS ''Voyager'' and USS ''Equinox'', known as the aeroshuttle and the waverider, respectively. As on the ''Enterprise''-D, however, these vessels were only depicted on technical schematics and never seen in operation or referred to in dialog.

==Reception and influence==
]'s ] blog ranked the original design of the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}} as the best version of the ''Enterprise'', characterizing the original as still superior to 11 later versions of the ''Enterprise'' that had appeared in the ''Star Trek'' franchise.<ref name=IO9-2018>{{Cite web|url=https://io9.gizmodo.com/all-11-versions-of-the-u-s-s-enterprise-ranked-1823170805|title=All 11 Versions of the U.S.S. Enterprise, Ranked|last=Whitbrook|first=James|website=io9|language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-09}}</ref> By contrast, in 2019, ] ranked the refit design of the ''Enterprise'' (NCC-1701 and NCC-1701-A) as the franchise's best, ranking the original design as only the fourth best version of the starship.<ref name=Syfy2019>{{Cite web |url=https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/star-trek-ranking-the-starships-enterprise |title=From one generation to the next: Ranking the Starships Enterprise |last=Brigden |first=Charlie |date=January 21, 2019 |website=SyFy Wire }}</ref>

'']'' described each iteration of the ''Enterprise'' as "a character in its own right".<ref name=Conway2013/> Over many decades, the starship has influenced real-life activities of ] and the ]:
* In 1976, as the result of a successful letter writing campaign by fans, NASA named the initial flight-test ] ].<ref name=NASA-Kennedy/><ref name=McKinnon/> However, the shuttle itself was never intended to fly in space, to be used only for initial atmospheric flight tests.
* For three days in October 1994, the aircraft carrier {{USS|Enterprise|CVN-65}} hosted half-hour tours for thousands of fans attending a ''Star Trek'' convention in ], and ''Star Trek'' memorabilia could be found throughout the ship.<ref name=Navaroli/><ref name=Joyce/>
* In 2014, NASA named its ] advanced propulsion concept vehicle after the ''Star Trek'' vessel.<ref name=Phillips2014/>

Celebrity astrophysicist ] has spoken highly of the influence and legacy of the ] on other fictional spaceships. Drawing a parallel to comparing athletes between eras, he said of spaceship design, "What matters is not what they look like now, but what they looked to others at the time that they prevailed... There is only one spaceship that's earlier than , and that's the flying saucer from '']''. So, what matters here is, what did look like at the time it came out (1966) compared with anything that had been imagined before? And when you consider that, that is the most astonishing machine that has ever graced the screen."<ref name=Tyson2012/> On the ship's influence upon scientists, Tyson wrote, "The ''Enterprise'' was the first ever spaceship represented in storytelling that was not designed to go from one place to another; only designed to explore. It was revolutionary in terms of what we would think space would, and should, be about."<ref name=Tyson2015/>

], a gaming and mobile Internet company in ], China, based the architectural design of its headquarters building on the ''Next Generation''-era ''Enterprise'' (primarily the ''Enterprise''-E), under an official license from CBS.<ref name=Pachal/>


==See also== ==See also==
*]'s ], proposed first commercial spacecraft, named after the Star Trek vessels. * ], proposed first commercial spacecraft


==External links== ==References==
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<ref name=Dunlop2009>{{cite web |url=http://features.cgsociety.org/story_custom.php?story_id=5071 |title=Star Trek: Production Focus |publisher=CCGSociety |date=May 26, 2009 |first=Renee |last=Dunlop |quote=One challenge was to sell the weight and scale of the ships that ranged from a 30 foot shuttle to the new ''Enterprise'' at {{convert|2357|ft}} long, to the nemesis ship, the ''Narada'', five miles long. |access-date=June 12, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090529073657/http://features.cgsociety.org/story_custom.php?story_id=5071 |archive-date=May 29, 2009 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }} Source: Russell Earl & ], co-VFX Supervisors at ILM.</ref>
<ref name=Fordham2009>{{cite journal |title=Star Trek: A New Enterprise |first=Joe |last=Fordham |journal=] |issue=118 |date=July 2009 |url=http://www.cinefex.com/backissues/issue118.htm |access-date=September 6, 2018 |archive-date=September 7, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180907032232/http://www.cinefex.com/backissues/issue118.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>
<ref name=Joyce>{{cite news |title=Carrier Enterprise Meets Starships Enterprise: ''Star Trek'' Fans Plan to Boldly Go Aboard the Navy Ship for Convention Tour |first=Dennis |last=Joyce |date=October 28, 1994 |newspaper=The Virginian-Pilot |url=https://scholar.lib.vt.edu/VA-news/VA-Pilot/issues/1994/vp941028/10280591.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180819190113/https://scholar.lib.vt.edu/VA-news/VA-Pilot/issues/1994/vp941028/10280591.htm |archive-date=August 19, 2018 |access-date=August 19, 2018 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
<ref name=McGorry2009>{{cite web |url=http://www.postmagazine.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=&nm=&type=Publishing&mod=Publications::Article&mid=8F3A7027421841978F18BE895F87F791&tier=4&id=C0928902C93D4F8682FB2117F7DD841F |date=May 1, 2009 |title=Cover Story: 'Star Trek' Returns |first=Ken |last=McGorry |work=Post magazine |quote=The Enterprise is {{convert|3000|ft}} long but bad guy Eric Bana's ship is designed to appear a humongous five miles long. |access-date=June 12, 2009 |archive-date=May 15, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090515080822/http://www.postmagazine.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=&nm=&type=Publishing&mod=Publications::Article&mid=8F3A7027421841978F18BE895F87F791&tier=4&id=C0928902C93D4F8682FB2117F7DD841F |url-status=dead }} Quote from ], co-VFX supervisor for ILM.</ref>
<ref name=McKinnon>{{cite web |title=Declassified Memos Debate Naming the Shuttle ''Enterprise'' |first=Mika |last=McKinnon |date=July 10, 2014 |website=] |url=https://gizmodo.com/declassified-memos-reveal-debate-over-naming-the-shuttl-1603073259/1603195852 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180819194914/https://gizmodo.com/declassified-memos-reveal-debate-over-naming-the-shuttl-1603073259/1603195852 |archive-date=2018-08-19 }}</ref>
<ref name=NASA-Kennedy>{{cite web |title=Enterprise (OV-101) |website=Kennedy Space Center |publisher=] |editor-first=Jim |editor-last=Dumoulin |date=March 18, 1994 |url=https://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/resources/orbiters/enterprise.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180818040244/https://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/resources/orbiters/enterprise.html |archive-date=2018-08-18 }}</ref>
<ref name=Navaroli>{{cite journal |title=Starship Enterprise comes alive aboard namesake |first=Randy |last=Navaroli |journal=] |date=February 1995 |issue=934 |page=20 |publisher=Naval Media Center |location=Washington, D.C. |url=http://www.navy.mil/ah_online/archpdf/ah199502.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170601044111/http://www.navy.mil/ah_online/archpdf/ah199502.pdf |archive-date=June 1, 2017 |access-date=August 19, 2018 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
<ref name=Pachal>{{cite web |title=Make it so: Chinese building looks just like Star Trek's USS Enterprise |first=Pete |last=Pachal |website=] |date=May 19, 2015 |url=http://mashable.com/2015/05/19/enterprise-building-star-trek/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171219135416/http://mashable.com/2015/05/19/enterprise-building-star-trek/ |archive-date=December 19, 2017 |access-date=September 18, 2017 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
<ref name=ParamountExperience>{{cite web |url=http://www.experience-the-enterprise.com/ |title=Experience the Enterprise |publisher=Paramount Pictures & CBS Studios Inc. |quote=Length: {{convert|2500|ft}}.}}</ref>
<ref name=Phillips2014>{{cite web |first=Chaka |last=Phillips |date=June 22, 2014 |title=Warp Speed Tests: NASA Advanced Propulsion Names Latest Model ''Enterprise'' After ''Star Trek'' |website=Latin Post |url=http://www.latinpost.com/articles/15393/20140622/warp-speed-tests-nasa-advanced-propulsion-names-latest-model-enterprise-after-star-trek.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180820074553/https://www.latinpost.com/articles/15393/20140622/warp-speed-tests-nasa-advanced-propulsion-names-latest-model-enterprise-after-star-trek.htm |archive-date=2018-08-20 }}</ref>
<ref name=Revell>{{cite web |title=U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701 – Star Trek Into Darkness |type=image of model kit box |website=Revell – Build Your Dream |author=Revell GmbH |location=Bünde, Germany |year=2013 |url=https://www.revell.de/out/pictures/master/product/4/04882_kpw_ncc_enterprise_1701.jpg |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180906185941/https://www.revell.de/out/pictures/master/product/4/04882_kpw_ncc_enterprise_1701.jpg |archive-date=September 6, 2018 |access-date=September 6, 2018 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
<ref name=Robertson2009>{{cite web |url=http://www.studiodaily.com/filmandvideo/currentissue/Reinventing-Star-Treks-VFX_10905.html |title=Reinventing Star Trek's VFX |first=Barbara |last=Robertson |date=May 13, 2009 |publisher=Film & Video |quote=The Narada was six miles long and the Enterprise is {{convert|2000|ft}}.}} Quote from Bruce Holcomb, Digital Model Supervisor for '']''.</ref>
<ref name=ShipDesign>{{cite web|url=http://ign.com/articles/2016/08/12/star-trek-discoverys-ship-design-still-evolving |title=Star Trek: Discovery's Ship Design Still Evolving |last=Collura |first=Scott |work=] |publisher=IGN Entertainment Inc. |location=] |date=August 11, 2016 |access-date=October 17, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160812014618/http://www.ign.com/articles/2016/08/12/star-trek-discoverys-ship-design-still-evolving |archive-date=August 12, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref>
<ref name=TNGTechManual>{{cite book |last1=Sternbach |first1=Rick |last2=Okuda |first2=Michael |title=Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual |url={{GBurl|po7406HGXQYC|p=145}} |year=1991 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |isbn=978-1-4391-0856-7 |page=145}}</ref>
<ref name=Tyson2012>{{cite web |title=Neil deGrasse Tyson at the Starship Smackdown, Comic-Con 2012 |author=Plumbline Pictures |date=July 16, 2012 |publisher=] |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyUN5vG1T8k | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211117/OyUN5vG1T8k| archive-date=2021-11-17 | url-status=live|access-date=2018-08-17}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
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Series of fictional spacecraft This article is about the Star Trek ship name. For the NASA design proposal, see IXS Enterprise. For the TV series, see Star Trek: Enterprise. For a list of ships named Enterprise, see USS Enterprise.

Enterprise or USS Enterprise, often referred to as the Starship Enterprise, is the name of several fictional spacecraft, some of which are the main craft and setting for various television series and films in the Star Trek science fiction franchise. The most notable were Captain James T. Kirk's USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) from the original 1960s television series, and Captain Jean-Luc Picard's USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) from Star Trek: The Next Generation.

Depiction

Pre-Federation era

Two spacecraft with the name Enterprise predate the United Federation of Planets in Star Trek's fictional timeline.

XCV 330

Registry: USS Enterprise (XCV 330)
Class: Declaration
Service: circa 2130s
Captain: Unknown
This USS Enterprise (XCV 330) appears in Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) among a series of illustrations depicting ships named Enterprise. It also appears as a model in Star Trek Into Darkness (2013), together with models of the Wright Flyer, a V-2 rocket, a Bell X-1, a Vostok-3KA capsule, a Space Shuttle orbiter, and some Star Trek universe starships. A painting of this ship hangs on the wall of Earth's 602 Club in flashbacks that appeared in the Star Trek: Enterprise episode "First Flight" (2003).

Non-canon sources give more details: The 1979 Star Trek Spaceflight Chronology describes this "first interstellar liner" as a Declaration-class ship launched in 2123. Its length is given as 300 metres (980 ft), and it has a capacity of 100 crew and 850 passengers. The Star Trek Maps by New Eye Photography Editors, also published in 1979, listed this ship as a fusion drive probe that was Earth's first attempt to explore another star system. The Making of Star Trek: The Motion Picture, published in 1980, describes the ship as "the very first starship U.S.S. Enterprise".

NX-01, main setting of Star Trek: Enterprise

Registry: Enterprise (NX-01)
Class: NX
Service: 2151–2161 (10 years)
Captain: Jonathan Archer (Scott Bakula)
United Earth Starfleet's Enterprise is the main setting of Star Trek: Enterprise (2001–2005). Enterprise was the first Earth-built starship capable of reaching Warp 5. The ship was commanded by Captain Jonathan Archer and played an instrumental role in the founding of several proto-Federation alliances. Enterprise had significant engagements with the Klingons, Suliban, Xindi and the Romulans and played a central role in the "Temporal Cold War". It is also featured as a model in Star Trek Into Darkness. As of 2401, an NX class which is heavily modified, is displayed at the Starfleet Museum above Athan Prime, in season 3 of Star Trek: Picard (2023).

The Original Series era

Three ships named USS Enterprise are featured in the original Star Trek television series and the first through seventh Star Trek films.

NCC-1701

Registry: USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)
Class: Constitution I, later refit as Constitution II
Service: 2245–2285 (40 years)
Captains: Robert April (James Doohan , Adrian Holmes), Christopher Pike (Jeffrey Hunter, Sean Kenney, Anson Mount), James T. Kirk (William Shatner), Willard Decker (Stephen Collins), Spock (Leonard Nimoy).
The Federation's first Enterprise is the main setting of the original Star Trek series (1966–1969) and Star Trek: The Animated Series (1973–74). Having undergone an extensive rebuilding and refitting, Enterprise then appears in Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979), Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982), and Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984) in which the starship is destroyed by its crew to escape capture. Depictions of the Enterprise made occasional appearances in later Star Trek series, before being reintroduced as the main setting of the prequel Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, portraying the ship's missions in the decade prior to The Original Series.

Details of the ship's appearance differed in the various series and films in which it appears. In the 1965 pilot episode "The Cage", whose footage was reused for a flashback to Captain Pike's command in the episode "The Menagerie" (1966), the ship's bridge featured a transparent dome ceiling that was absent for the rest of the Original Series. A significantly redesigned version of Captain Pike's Enterprise appears in Star Trek: Discovery's second season, set several years after the events of "The Cage". The new design for the Enterprise, which more closely matches the aesthetic of Discovery, debuted in 2018 at the conclusion of the season 1 finale, and would go on to become the main setting of the series Strange New Worlds.

When the Enterprise was reintroduced in the 1979 film Star Trek: The Motion Picture, the ship had just completed an extensive refit and redesign that included new slimmer warp nacelles, connected to the secondary hull by angled winglike struts. The updated design would be reused later for the Enterprise's replacement, an identical starship given the name Enterprise and registry number NCC-1701-A.

NCC-1701-A

Registry: USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-A)
Class: Constitution II
Service: 2286–2293 (7 years)
Captains: James T. Kirk (William Shatner)
This ship first appears at the conclusion of Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) and is the main setting in the subsequent Star Trek movies which use the original crew. The ship is ordered "decommissioned" at the end of Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991). As of 2401, it resides at the Starfleet Museum above Athan Prime, appearing in season 3 of Star Trek: Picard (2023). Non-canon information concerning this ship includes paperwork included with the model kit, which indicated the ship was mothballed at the Memory Alpha ship museum, and the Shatnerverse novel The Ashes of Eden (1996), which depicted Enterprise-A's removal from the mothball fleet before being destroyed defending the planet Chal.

NCC-1701-B

Registry: USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-B)
Class: Excelsior-class refit
Service: 2293–2329 (36 years)
Captains: John Harriman (Alan Ruck), Demora Sulu (portrayed in Generations by Jacqueline Kim)
The Enterprise-B was launched at the beginning of the film Star Trek Generations (1994). During the ship's maiden voyage, prior to it being properly fitted with essential systems, the crew encountered an energy ribbon known as the Nexus, through which James T. Kirk – captain of the two former Enterprise starships, NCC-1701 and NCC-1701-A – was officially declared missing and presumed dead.

The design of the Enterprise-B is similar to that of the USS Excelsior, which first appeared in the 1984 film Star Trek III: The Search For Spock. Differences between the Enterprise-B and the Excelsior include: flarings on the outside of the secondary hull, additional and larger impulse engines, and slight differences between the nacelles as well as the bridge modules. Non-canon information concerning the Enterprise-B includes several licensed Star Trek novels in which Demora Sulu, daughter of Hikaru Sulu, followed Harriman as captain. There are also licensed guides, such as the Haynes Enterprise Manual, in which a list of the ship's captains includes Demora Sulu, William George, and Thomas Johnson Jr.

The Next Generation era

Three ships named Enterprise are featured in Star Trek: The Next Generation television series and four TNG-era films. Two additional Enterprise ships appear in the third season of Star Trek: Picard, in which TNG's command crew are reunited.

NCC-1701-C

Registry: USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-C)
Class: Ambassador
Service: 2332–2344 (12 years)
Captains: Rachel Garrett (Tricia O'Neil)
This ship's first and only appearance is in the Next Generation episode "Yesterday's Enterprise" (1990). It 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.

NCC-1701-D

Registry: USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D)
Class: Galaxy
Service: 2363–2371 and 2401–2402 (9 years)
Captains: Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart), William T. Riker (Jonathan Frakes), Edward Jellico (Ronny Cox)
The main setting of Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1994). During Star Trek Generations, Enterprise-D was lost in 2371 after an attack by the Duras sisters' renegade Klingon Bird-of-Prey which caused extensive damage, leading to a warp core breach. Although the saucer section was safely separated before the breach, the shock wave from the exploding engineering hull threw it out of control, and caused it to crash-land on Veridian III. The ship also appears in the first Deep Space Nine episode "Emissary" and the final Enterprise episode "These Are the Voyages...". It appears in a dream sequence in the pilot of Star Trek: Picard, and after its saucer section was retrieved and placed in the Fleet Museum, it is revealed to have been reconstructed in full by Geordi La Forge as a working ship in the penultimate episode, set in 2401. In the final episode, Enterprise-D engages the Borg one last time and is returned to the Fleet Museum the following year.

NCC-1701-E

Registry: USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-E)
Class: Sovereign
Service: 2372–2384 (12 years)
Captains: Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart), Worf (Michael Dorn)
The main setting for the films Star Trek: First Contact (1996), Star Trek: Insurrection (1998), and Star Trek: Nemesis (2002). She also appeared in the season 1 finale of Star Trek: Prodigy (2022), set in the mid-2380s. As a Sovereign-class vessel, it was the most advanced vessel in Starfleet, and an active participant in the Battle of Sector 001 and the Dominion War. In season 3 of Star Trek: Picard (2023), it was mentioned that the ship was disabled or destroyed under the command of Worf. He said that it was not his fault.

"Post synth attack on Mars" era

NCC-1701-F

Registry: USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-F)
Class: Odyssey
Service: 2386–2401 (15 years)
Commanding officer: Fleet Admiral Elizabeth Shelby (Elizabeth Dennehy)
This ship appeared in season 3 of Star Trek: Picard (2023). In the year 2401, the ship was set to be decommissioned following the Frontier Day festival. The ship first appeared in the non-canon video game, Star Trek Online, and was designed by artist and graphics designer Adam Ihle as part of a fan competition.

Legacies era

NCC-1701-G

Registry: USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-G)
Class: Constitution III
Service: 2396–2401 (as USS Titan), 2402– (as USS Enterprise)
Captains: Liam Shaw (Todd Stashwick), Seven of Nine (Jeri Ryan)
The Enterprise-G appeared in season 3 of Star Trek: Picard (2023). In the year 2401, the ship was originally designated as the USS Titan (NCC-80102-A) under the command of Captain Liam Shaw. By 2402, the Titan-A was renamed and rechristened as the Enterprise-G, in honor of the crew of the USS Enterprise-D, for their contributions in battle against the Borg, with Seven of Nine taking over as captain.

Far future

Registry: USS Enterprise
Service: circa 3190
In the 32nd century, as mentioned in the Star Trek: Discovery episode "Stormy Weather", a starship Enterprise noted heated plasma while closing on a subspace rift. No further detail about this ship was provided.

Alternate timelines

Alternate futures

NCC-1701-D refit

Registry: USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D)
Class: Galaxy refit
Service: circa 2395
Captain: Full Admiral William T. Riker (Jonathan Frakes)
In "All Good Things...", the final episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, Enterprise-D was shown in an alternate future where it had not crashed during the events of Star Trek Generations, and instead had been made Admiral William T. Riker's personal flagship. A third warp nacelle allowed the ship to reach at least Warp 13, and the Enterprise-D had also been equipped with a spinal phaser lance, large phaser cannons on the saucer section, and cloaking ability, making it one of the most powerful starships seen in the Star Trek franchise.

NCC-1701-J

Registry: USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-J)
Class: Universe
Service: 26th century
The "Azati Prime" episode of Star Trek: Enterprise involves time travel and features a scene in which Enterprise-J appears. Enterprise-J operates in a possible timeline during the 26th century. In this timeline, Enterprise-J participated in the Battle of Procyon V, a climactic battle in which the Federation successfully drove the invasive trans-dimensional beings known as the Sphere Builders back into their own realm. The ship's crew included a descendant of the Xindi scientist Degra.

Alternate pasts

Registry: UEF Enterprise
Class: Constitution
Service: circa 2259
Captain: James T. Kirk (Paul Wesley)
The "Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow" episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds introduces an alternate timeline where Earth was attacked by Romulans, and the United Federation of Planets subsequently never formed. The UEF Enterprise (United Earth Ship Enterprise) was constructed at the Luna Shipyards on Luna as part of the United Earth Fleet.

Games (non-canon)

NCC-1701-F

Registry: USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-F)
Class: Odyssey (Yorktown refit)
Service: 2409–
Captain: Va'Kel Shon
One version of USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-F) appears in the massively multiplayer online role-playing game Star Trek Online. Its design is based on the entry submitted by Adam Ihle for the 2011 "Design the next Enterprise" contest, a joint venture between Cryptic Studios, CBS, and Intel, which ran shortly before the game went "free to play". Enterprise-F made its first appearance in the mission "Boldly They Rode", at the point where USS Enterprise-F appears to help the player defeat the Dominion fleet surrounding Deep Space Nine. In 2018, the in-game appearance of the ship was changed to that of a "Yorktown Class" vessel, after the ship was damaged and refit as part of the game's story. The original, Odyssey class version of the ship would later appear in Season 3 of Star Trek: Picard in February 2023, making the Enterprise-F part of the official Star Trek canon.

Mirror universe

The Mirror Universe first appeared in the original series as an alternate reality where the militaristic Terran Empire exists in place of the regular universe's United Federation of Planets ("Mirror, Mirror"). A montage in the opening credits of the Star Trek: Enterprise episode "In a Mirror, Darkly" shows the Terran Empire logo in use by at least World War II, with licensed novels putting the divergence before Shakespeare, or even classic Greek literature.

Registry: ISS Enterprise (NX-01)
Class: NX
Service: 2150s
Captains: Maximilian Forrest (Vaughn Armstrong), Jonathan Archer (Scott Bakula)
The Star Trek: Enterprise episode "In a Mirror, Darkly" features a Mirror Universe version of NX-01 Enterprise. This ship is equipped with a cloaking device, deflector shields, a tractor beam, a prototype agony booth, and different exterior markings. It is commanded by Captain Maximilian Forrest, although for a brief time his first officer, Commander Jonathan Archer, takes command following a mutiny. This Enterprise is destroyed by the Tholians.

Registry: ISS Enterprise (NCC-1701)
Class: Constitution
Service: 2260s
Captains: Christopher Pike, James T. Kirk (William Shatner), Spock (Leonard Nimoy)
A Mirror Universe Enterprise appears in the original Star Trek episode "Mirror, Mirror". The ship is equipped with an agony booth and the mirror in the captain's quarters conceals Captain Kirk's deadly Tantalus device. ISS Enterprise was originally the same shooting model as the regular Enterprise. The remastered version of "Mirror, Mirror" includes a CGI version of Enterprise with "ISS" markings on the hull and minor physical differences from USS Enterprise, such as a larger deflector dish, a taller bridge, and altered nacelle details. The ship was also shown orbiting the planet in the opposite direction (clockwise instead of counter-clockwise). In Star Trek: Discovery season 5, the ISS Enterprise returns in the episode "Mirrors" where it is found stuck in interdimensional space, having been used by refugees fleeing the mirror universe (after the death of the Terran High Chancellor) who subsequently abandoned ship when it got stuck. The Enterprise is freed by the USS Discovery and sent to Federation Headquarters for storage. The crew of the Discovery learns from Federation databases that most of this Enterprise crew had survived and found new lives in the prime universe.

Reboot (Kelvin timeline) films

The 2009 Star Trek film takes place in a new reality created when the Romulan Nero traveled through time via an artificial black hole created by red matter.

NCC-1701

Registry: USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)
Service: 2258–2263 (5 years)
Captains: Christopher Pike (Bruce Greenwood), James T. Kirk (Chris Pine)

The main setting for the films Star Trek (2009), Star Trek Into Darkness (2013), and Star Trek Beyond (2016). Enterprise is shown during its construction phase at the Riverside Shipyard in Iowa during the first film. A brief shot of the NCC-1701 is seen as the shuttlecraft carrying Kirk and the new recruits into space departs the shipyard later on in the movie. At the end of Star Trek Into Darkness, Enterprise started its five-year mission. The ship was later destroyed by Krall and his alien swarm attack during the events of Star Trek Beyond.

Measurements of this ship's length have ranged from 295 meters to 910 meters. In an article about the 2009 film's visual effects, Cinefex wrote, "The reconfigured ship was a larger vessel than previous manifestations – approximately 1,200 feet (370 m) long compared to the 947 foot (289 m) ship of the original series", and quoted Industrial Light & Magic art director Alex Jaeger discussing the design's growth in size during early production of the film: "Once we got the ship built and started putting it in environments it felt too small. The shuttle bay gave us a clear relative scale – shuttlecraft initially appeared much bigger than we had imagined – so we bumped up the Enterprise scale, which gave her a grander feel and allowed us to include more detail."

A special feature on starships in the Blu-ray (BD) version of the movie gives the length as 2,379 feet (725 m), which would be larger than the Next Generation D and E versions, making it the largest USS Enterprise in the franchise history (not counting the pre-Federation era Enterprise (XCV 330), seen only as a model). This would result in a height of 167m, and a beam of 339m.

Registry: USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-A)
Class: Constitution
Service: 2263–ongoing
Captains: James T. Kirk (Chris Pine)
Enterprise-A first appears at the end of Star Trek Beyond after the destruction of the original Enterprise when the crew resume their five-year mission.

Sean Hargreaves stated that he was given the brief to "beef up the neck and arms" on the Ryan Church design, but went further to give the ship echoes of Matt Jefferies' original design.

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, inspired by an old science fiction cover that Gene Roddenberry liked, with a starship flying through space. Jefferies, who was a pilot, based NCC on United States aircraft pre-1949 registration codes. In such pre-1949 usage, an "N" first letter refers to an aircraft registered in the United States. A "C" for a second letter refers to a civil aircraft. Jefferies added a second "C" because he thought it looked better.

The Franz Joseph Blueprints, the book The Making of Star Trek, and a handful of Star Trek novels speculate that NCC is an initialism for "Naval Construction Contract".

In an interview with the BBC, Jefferies explained that NC is the designation for U.S. civil aircraft and civil aircraft in the Soviet Union used the designation CCCC. He concluded that any major future space projects would likely be a combined international effort, thus he invented the combined designation NCC. The 1701 had two functions, it represented the first (01) ship of a 17th federation cruiser design, and that the digits were unlikely to be misread, unlike 6, 8, or 9.

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".

Redesign for Star Trek: Planet of the Titans

Ralph McQuarrie's redesigned Enterprise from Star Trek: Planet of the Titans

In 1976, before Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Paramount had planned a Star Trek film to have been named Star Trek: Planet of the Titans. Early in the production, Ralph McQuarrie had been hired to redesign the Enterprise. The major feature of the redesign was to replace the cigar-shaped secondary hull with a larger, triangle-shaped "delta wing" section. McQuarrie's design was discarded in favor of keeping the general shape of the Enterprise intact for the redesign unveiled in Star Trek: The Motion Picture.

Three decades later, the McQuarrie design for the Enterprise was adopted as the basis for the design of the USS Discovery in Star Trek: Discovery, a 2017 series that takes place ten years earlier than the original Star Trek.

Captain's yacht

The captain's yacht is a large auxiliary starship built into the design of several Federation starship designs including the Galaxy-class and Sovereign-class. It was docked to the underside of the saucer section. On USS Enterprise-E, the name of the captain's yacht is the Cousteau. In 2375, the crew of USS Enterprise-E used the Cousteau to travel to the surface of the Ba'ku homeworld, in the film Star Trek: Insurrection.

Designer Andrew Probert came up with the concept of the captain's yacht while designing the USS Enterprise-D. Although it was never seen in use, it is labeled on the master systems display screen in main engineering, docked at the bottom of the saucer section almost directly opposite the main bridge. Probert suggested possible ways for the yacht to be used during the first season, including not showing the yacht but mentioning it in dialogue, but his ideas were rejected. The producers almost used the yacht in the episode "Samaritan Snare", but decided to use an "executive shuttlecraft" due to budgetary constraints. According to Patrick Stewart, the yacht would have been called the Calypso. Producer Ronald D. Moore noted in the Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual that real-life naval tradition would insist on calling such a craft the captain's gig, rather than the captain's yacht.

Rick Sternbach later designed similar craft for USS Voyager and USS Equinox, known as the aeroshuttle and the waverider, respectively. As on the Enterprise-D, however, these vessels were only depicted on technical schematics and never seen in operation or referred to in dialog.

Reception and influence

Gizmodo's Io9 blog ranked the original design of the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) as the best version of the Enterprise, characterizing the original as still superior to 11 later versions of the Enterprise that had appeared in the Star Trek franchise. By contrast, in 2019, SyFy ranked the refit design of the Enterprise (NCC-1701 and NCC-1701-A) as the franchise's best, ranking the original design as only the fourth best version of the starship.

Time described each iteration of the Enterprise as "a character in its own right". Over many decades, the starship has influenced real-life activities of NASA and the U.S. Navy:

  • In 1976, as the result of a successful letter writing campaign by fans, NASA named the initial flight-test Space Shuttle Enterprise. However, the shuttle itself was never intended to fly in space, to be used only for initial atmospheric flight tests.
  • For three days in October 1994, the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN-65) hosted half-hour tours for thousands of fans attending a Star Trek convention in Norfolk, Virginia, and Star Trek memorabilia could be found throughout the ship.
  • In 2014, NASA named its IXS Enterprise advanced propulsion concept vehicle after the Star Trek vessel.

Celebrity astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson has spoken highly of the influence and legacy of the original Enterprise on other fictional spaceships. Drawing a parallel to comparing athletes between eras, he said of spaceship design, "What matters is not what they look like now, but what they looked to others at the time that they prevailed... There is only one spaceship that's earlier than , and that's the flying saucer from The Day the Earth Stood Still. So, what matters here is, what did look like at the time it came out (1966) compared with anything that had been imagined before? And when you consider that, that is the most astonishing machine that has ever graced the screen." On the ship's influence upon scientists, Tyson wrote, "The Enterprise was the first ever spaceship represented in storytelling that was not designed to go from one place to another; only designed to explore. It was revolutionary in terms of what we would think space would, and should, be about."

NetDragon Websoft, a gaming and mobile Internet company in Fuzhou, China, based the architectural design of its headquarters building on the Next Generation-era Enterprise (primarily the Enterprise-E), under an official license from CBS.

See also

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