USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-E)

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

## Specifications

### Crew:

855 (standard), 6500 (emergency), 9,800+ (max. capacity)

### Armaments:

16 type-XII phaser arrays, 10 torpedo launchers

### Auxiliary craft:

8 workbees, 4 shuttlecraft, 8 shuttlepods, 2 Delta Shuttles, 1 captain's yacht

## History

### Construction and launch(2372-2374)

On stardate 49827.5, the *Sovereign*-class *Enterprise*-E, seen as the pinnacle of Starfleet ship design, was launched from San Francisco Fleet Yards, with Captain Jean-Luc Picard in command once more. Much of the crew of the *Enterprise*-D had been reassigned there, including almost the entire senior staff. The sole exception was Lieutenant Commander Worf, who had already transferred to the space station Deep Space 9.

**Stardate: c. 49460** 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.

**Stardate: 49710.1** Three months later, the *Enterprise* attended a security summit called by Admiral Jeremiah Hayes at Starbase 19.

**Stardate: Unknown (late 2372)** The *Enterprise* was struck by a mysterious epidemic while they were transporting an envoy from the planet Kendaray to a summit on Denobula Triaxa.

**Stardate: Unknown (early 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Picard and Captain Benjamin Sisko with a mission that aimed to reopen negotiations with the Klingon Empire, which had withdrawn from the Khitomer Accords over a year earlier.

**Stardate: 50368.0** 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.

**Stardate 50893.5** 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.

### 2374-2375

**Stardate: 51701.3** 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.

**Stardate: Unknown (late 2374)** 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.

S**tardate: Unknown** The *Enterprise* defended the Ba'ku people from the Son'a.

**Stardate: 52603.2** The *Enterprise* and the USS *Columbia* defended the Earth against an incursion by the Breen.

### 2375-2378

The *Enterprise* traveled to the artificial planet called Gemworld, home of Elaysian Lieutenant Melora Pazlar, who had received a telepathic distress cry from her homeworld. Once there, the *Enterprise* crew strived to find a way to keep the world, home to six different species, from destroying itself.

The *Enterprise* delivered newly-minted Ambassador Worf to his first assignment on the disputed Klingon world of taD.

#### 2380

Captain Picard was promoted to Admiral, and the Command of The Enterprise was given to Captain William Riker