USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-E)

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The **USS *Enterprise* (NCC-1701-E)**, sometimes referred to as ***Enterprise*-E**, is a Federation *Sovereign-class* heavy explorer starship in service to Starfleet. The ship was one of several designed to fight the Borg following the events of Wolf 359. She was commissioned in 2372 under the command of Captain Morgan Bateson, who supervised the vessel's construction. The vessel was originally designated as the USS *Sentinel*, but was redesignated as the *Enterprise* following the destruction of the USS *Enterprise*-D at Veridan III in 2371.

The sixth Federation starship, and seventh Starfleet vessel, to bear the prestigious name, from 2373 to 2385, Captain Jean-Luc Picard was assigned as the *Enterprise's* commanding officer. Under his command, the *Enterprise* was a participant in defeating the Borg in 2373, disrupting the plans of the Son'a in 2375, and destroying Praetor Shinzon and his dreaded Reman warbird, *Scimitar*.

The *Enterprise*-E had an illustrious service career, and, like her predecessors, served as the Federation flagship for the entire Starfleet. Also like her predecessor, in addition to being the Federation flagship, the *Enterprise* was also the flagship of the Starfleet 16th Fleet, and it, along with the ship, was based out of Starbase 310.

## Missions

### 2372

During the *Enterprise*'s shakedown cruise, Captain Morgan Bateson was temporarily assigned command. Shortly after assuming this position, he defied Starfleet orders in an effort to strike at the heart of the newly aggressive Klingon Empire; the ship was commandeered from his control and used against the Cardassian Union. The vessel was later recovered and transferred to the command of Captain Jean-Luc Picard.

Not long afterward, the *Enterprise* engaged in a war games exercise with the USS *Samson* in the Pantera Nebula. During these exercises, the *Samson* was infiltrated and destroyed by a rogue Changeling, which then transferred aboard the *Enterprise*. Captain Picard and crew were eventually able to force it off the ship.

**June:** In the aftermath of the bombing of the Antwerp Conference in mid-2372, the *Enterprise* was charged with transporting a team of explosive experts to a number of key Starfleet facilities, including Deep Space 9 and Starbase 375. These experts discovered co-conspirators in Admiral James Leyton's attempted coup on Earth. One of these experts, Lieutenant Padraig Daniels, was offered the position of *Enterprise* chief of security.

**September:** Three months later, the *Enterprise* attended a security summit called by Admiral Jeremiah Hayes at Starbase 19.

The *Enterprise* was struck by a mysterious epidemic while they were transporting an envoy from the planet Kendaray to a summit on Denobula Triaxa.

### 2373

The *Enterprise* was called to Earth by the newly inaugurated Federation President Min Zife. He charged Picard and Captain Benjamin Sisko with a mission that aimed to reopen negotiations with the Klingon Empire, which had withdrawn from the Khitomer Accords over a year earlier.

The *Enterprise* was dispatched to the planet Chiaros IV in the desolate expanse known as the Geminus Gulf to prevent the region from falling under the control of the Romulan Star Empire. There, Captain Picard and Lieutenant Sean Hawk discovered the existence of the rogue Starfleet covert operations division known as Section 31.

While a Federation armada assembled to face a Borg attack in the Typhon Expanse, the *Enterprise* was assigned to patrol the Romulan Neutral Zone. In contravention of his orders, Picard ordered the ship to Earth, where it played an instrumental role in defeating the Borg attack. Immediately after blunting the main Borg assault, the *Enterprise* traveled to Earth's past to prevent the Borg from changing history.

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Soon after, the *Enterprise* was assigned to patrol near sector 221G, home of the recently fallen Thallonian Empire. The ship's crew catalogued the terrible refugee situation caused by the failure of the Thallonian infrastructure. Shortly thereafter, Admiral Alynna Nechayev dispatched Picard and the *Enterprise* to convince former Starfleet officer Mackenzie Calhoun to return to Starfleet as captain of the USS *Excalibur*, assigned to assist the needy inhabitants of Sector 221-G.

### 2374

The *Enterprise* was dispatched to investigate a mysterious incident in a lab on the planet Galor IV attempting to re-create the work of Commander Data's creator Noonien Soong. During the course of the investigation, Data unraveled a mystery that revealed much to him about the history of androids in the galaxy.

The *Enterprise* was ordered to the homeworld of the Gorn, where Picard attempted to recruit the lizard-like race into joining in the war against the Dominion. However, he was unsuccessful in doing so.

The *Enterprise* was dispatched to Betazed to liberate the planet from the Dominion. Assisted by Commander Elias Vaughn of Starfleet Intelligence, Counselor Deanna Troi made some of the most difficult decisions of her life to save her home.

## Crew

See also: USS Enterprise-E Personnel

* Commanding Officer:
	+ Captain Jean-Luc Picard (2372-present)
* First Officer:
	+ Commander Zaria Kantor (2385-present)
* Second Officer:
	+ Commander Geordi La Forge (2383-present)
* Operations Officer:
	+ Commander Sophia Martinez
* Chief Engineer:
	+ Commander Geordi La Forge (2372-2382; 2383-present)
* Tactical Officer/Chief of Security:
	+ Lieutenant Hamila Saeed (2384-present)
* Flight Controller:
	+ Lieutenant Commander Joshua Maxwell (2385-present)
* Chief Science Officer:
	+ Lieutenant Hazel Lagerfield (2383-present)
* Chief Medical Officer:
	+ Commander Beverly Crusher, MD (2372-2380; 2381-present)
* Counselor:
	+ Lieutenant Julia Voigo (2385-present)