  the uss enterprise (ncc-1701-e) (or enterprise-e, to distinguish it from prior and later starships with the same name) is a sovereign-class starship in the star trek franchise. it appears only in the films star trek: first contact, star trek: insurrection and star trek nemesis, where it serves as the primary setting. it is the sixth federation starship to carry the name "enterprise" and the seventh starfleet ship to be named as such. == origin and design == ronald d. moore, the co-writer of star trek generations and star trek: first contact, had suggested that construction of the enterprise-e began in the final season of the next generation (2370), and that the ship was renamed uss enterprise, which would become the latest flagship of the united federation of planets after the enterprise-d had been destroyed. == depiction == the enterprise-e, a sovereign class starship, launched in 2372 from the san francisco fleet yards under the command of captain jean-luc picard. picard and most of the key officers were from enterprise-d. according to the non-canon novel ship of the line, the originally planned name for t
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