USS Gorkon

The USS Gorkon was a 24th century Federation starship operated by Starfleet. 
In late 2369, the Gorkon was Admiral Alynna Nechayev's flagship for the armada she assembled to patrol Federation space for a possible renewed Borg invasion that year. ()
In late-2370, the ship again transported Fleet Admiral Alynna Nechayev to rendezvous with the , where Nechayev discussed the Maquis situation with Captain Jean-Luc Picard. ()
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=== Background information ===
According to the , the registry number for the Gorkon was NCC-40512. Decipher's sourcebook gave its registry number as NCC-40521.
The Gorkon was named for the Klingon chancellor Gorkon. (; ) In early drafts of "Descent," this ship was named . It was Rick Berman who asked for a first-ever alien namesake for a Starfleet ship. ()
For the sake of continuity, this article assumes that this ship remained Nechayev's flagship following the Borg incursion. It is of note, however, that in the , the was identified as the Excelsior-class starship in "Preemptive Strike", but for the fourth edition, this was changed to where the ship in "Preemptive Strike" was not identified at all.
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