USS Enterprise

## *Enterprise*

The USS *Enterprise* was the flagship of the United Federation of Planets in the mid to late 2200s.

## History

The USS *Enterprise* had a long history throughout her service. Notably several high profile characters were involved in her design prior to her commissioning.

### Early Life

It was first captained by Robert April for five years starting in 2245 until 2250. April's second in command, Christopher Pike, then took control of the *Enterprise*. Pike would go on to receive his second in command, Spock, who would serve as chief science officer. It was then refitted between the years 2254 and 2256 in which almost every piece aboard was replaced.

The *Enterprise*, still under Pike's command, was on a five year mission to explore the Milky Way at that time and was instructed to remain out of the Federation-Klingon War.

It would go on to engage the USS *Discovery* which was being threatened with capture from the Federation's own threat-assessment A.I. The *Enterprise* would go on to take on the *Discovery*'s crew and would attempt to destroy her. Due to complications involving the A.I.'s takeover of the *Discovery*'s defenses, it was instead sent to the future. The *Enterprise* was damaged here after a photon torpedo dud, lodged in the tube, went off later and destroying large portions of the saucer section.

### Mid Life

In 2259 Christopher Pike, having previously exiled himself, was pulled out of exile and reinstated as the captain by the previous captain, Robert April. After leaving spacedock it returned to active duty and scouted a potential new captain, James T. Kirk.

It was later refitted again sometime between 2259 and 2265.

In 2265, Christopher Pike was promoted to Fleet Admiral and turned control of the *Enterprise* over to James T. Kirk. The *Enterprise* continued it's initial 5 year mission to study the universe and extended support to others when necessary and at Kirk's discretion.

It would go on to explore a number of different planets, make contact with 70 different races, 20 of which were previously unknown to the Federation, and engage in minor skirmishes.

Sometime in the late 2260s to early 2270s, all *Constitution*-class starships were recalled for refitting, the *Enterprise* was of course among the recalls. It received major internal design and system upgrades during this time, extending it, and all *Constitution*-class starships' lifespan, for another several years.

### Late Life

Sometime after or around 2270, Kirk was promoted to Rear Admiral. He chose to leave control of the ship to Will Decker. With Decker's command, the *Enterprise* became more of a defense and saw less exploration. During an incident involving an evolved A.I. ship, command was returned to Admiral Kirk, during this time Decker would die and Kirk would retain command for some time before turning the *Enterprise* over to (the now) Captain Spock.

At the end of her life she engaged a returning threat, Khan. A superhuman from the 20th century who was highly adept in almost everything, most notably in combat. They engaged the hijacked USS *Reliant* and Spock (as well as other members of the crew) were killed.

After this event, Starfleet deemed the ship to be too old to continue service and was officially decommissioned. Kirk had wanted to retrieve the body of Spock but was denied, Kirk however, convinced fellow senior officers to steal the *Enterprise* and travel to Genesis to recover Spock's body. Chief Engineer Montgomery Scott (now a Captain) jerry-rigged an automatic piloting system so that the 430 man ship could be run by only the bridge crew. It was engaged in battle by Klingons but the automatic system was not built for combat and lost the battle. With the crew beamed down to Genesis, and the *Enterprise* set to self destruct, it killed a Klingon boarding party and crashed into Genesis.

## Technical Information

### Armaments

The *Enterprise* was equipped with both phaser banks and torpedo launchers.

### Propulsion System

The *Enterprise* was equipped with lithium and dilithium circuits in it's warp drive. This allowed it to gain 9 different types of warp speed. While technically not possible, the ship could survive speeds of up to warp 14. The *Enterprise* was driven by two aft nacelles which give it the ability to distort space-time and attaining a speed faster than light.

### Navigation System

Not much is known on the full scope of the *Enterprise*'s navigational abilities, although it was piloted by both a navigator and a helmsman, always at the same time (though not always on hand.)

### Communication System

The *Enterprise* was capable of hailing nearby ships as well as people on the surface of planets, this came with limitations when certain atmospheric conditions arose. It was also capable of long range transmissions, although at the time, this was usually susceptible to delays.

### Targeting System

While it is known that the *Enterprise* had a targeting system, the specifications of them were not revealed.

### Sensor System

The *Enterprise* was equipped with sensor systems that allowed it to scan anything. They were also equipped with sensor probes. Sensor systems could be blocked however, by sensor screens, radiation, certain materials, or simply feeding them too much information too quickly to overload them.

### Shield System

The *Enterprise* was equipped with a deflector shield grid. This was divided into segments listed as "Number (1-4) Shield." It was capable of resisting approximately 360 photon torpedoes of equivalent power to the *Enterprise*'s own before failing. It was easier to hit it with phaser fire however as the concentrated energy allowed for more precise damage. Shields could be reinforced by diverting power at the cost of reducing the effectiveness of the phasers.

### Additional Capabilities

The *Enterprise* was built with a number of other rooms, such as: 14 laboratories, an officer's lounge and dining area, several turbolifts, two briefing rooms, a sickbay, a canteen or bar of sorts, and at least one holodeck.

It was also able to dip into Class M (Earth-like) planets' atmospheres.