USS Titan The USS " Titan " was a 24th century Federation starship operated by Starfleet . History . In 2379 , newly - promoted Captain William T . Riker became the Captain of the USS " Titan " . He transferred from the , along with his new wife , Counselor Deanna Troi . For their first assignment , the " Titan " crew was to head up the new task force investigating the possibility of peaceful relations with the Romulan Empire in the wake of the recent events involving the " coup d ' état " of Shinzon of Remus . ( ) Holodeck simulation – Captain Riker . In 2367 , while exploring a cavern on Alpha Onias III , Commander William T . Riker was rendered unconscious by gas es . While unconscious , neural scanner s scanned Riker ' s brain . The scanners used elements of Riker ' s expectations of his future and constructed a holoprogram of the year 2383 from those elements . In a fictional service record , within the holoprogram , displayed in Riker ' s quarters on the " Enterprise " - D . Supposedly , on stardate 47203 , Commander Riker was promoted to the rank of captain , with his first command being the " Titan " . Under his command , the " Titan " was ordered to patrol the Romulan Neutral Zone , provide tactical support to Starbase 384 , and prevented a Romulan preemptive strike into the Gamma Hydra Sector . ( , " okudagram " ) Appendices . Background information . In the original script for " Star Trek Nemesis " , Wesley Crusher was to explain at the wedding scene that he was being assigned to the " Titan " under the command of William T . Riker . On the " Titan " , he became the assistant chief engineer with the rank of lieutenant commander . In a filmed but deleted scene , Crusher mentions he is on the night shift and that the " Titan " was equipped with a " double refracting warp core matrix with twin intermix chamber s . " For the remastered edition of " Future Imperfect " , the original okudagram was replaced by a new graphic that mentioned this starship . Information on this ship ' s career under Captain Riker was , also , from that graphic . Apocrypha . It was never canon ically revealed what type of ship the " Titan " was supposed to be , and it was never shown on screen . In non - canon source , the supplement " " released for the Decipher " Star Trek " Roleplaying Game states the " Titan " was a brand - new vessel . In the novel series " " , it was stated that the " Titan " was not the first ship of its class , with that honor going to the pathfinder of the class , the USS " Luna " , and that all ships were named for moons in the Sol system ( in " Titan " s case , a moon of Saturn ) . The novels also give the ship ' s registry number as NCC - 80102 . In a rare exception , the class and registry of the " Titan " were referenced in the fourth edition of the . Included with the entry , there was an image of the " Titan " . Pocket Books has released a series of novels , called " " , which are based aboard Riker ' s ship . A competition to design the new vessel was held . Despite early conjecture that the " Titan " would be as large as its name suggested , the stipulations of the contest revealed that the ship was approximately 450 meters long , which was notably smaller than the last two starships " Enterprise " , and was only slightly bigger than the " Intrepid " - class . The contest rules established that within the novels ' continuity , the " Luna " - class had a crew complement of 350 and was intended as an extended - mission , deep - space explorer , apparently as a result of Starfleet ' s efforts to get back on an exploration standing following the Dominion War . The winning design appeared similar to the , but on a smaller scale , and with a " roll - bar " above the saucer section , similar to that found on the . See the winning illustration on the . For more information on the " Titan " design contest , which ended on 15 August 2005 , see .