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USS Enterprise <tr> <td align="center" colspan="2"> The Sovereign class USS Enterprise </small></td> </tr>
First appearance	Star Trek: First Contact <tr> <th>Last appearance</th> <td> Star Trek: Nemesis</td> </tr><tr> <th>Status</th> <td>Active</td> </tr><tr> <th>Launched</th> <td>2372</td> </tr><tr> <th>Reference(s)</th> <td>Star Trek: First Contact Star Trek: Nemesis</td>
General Characteristics <tr> <th>Class</th> <td>Sovereign</td> </tr><tr> <th>Registry</th> <td>NCC-1701-E</td> </tr><tr> <th>Maximum speed</th> <td>Warp 8 (observed)</td> </tr><tr> <th>Auxiliary craft</th> <td>Shuttlepods</td> </tr><tr> <th>Armaments</th> <td>Phasers Photon torpedos Quantum torpedos</td> </tr><tr> <th>Defense</th> <td>Deflector shields</td> </tr><tr> <th>Propulsion</th> <td>Warp drive Impulse engines</td> </tr>

In the fictional Star Trek universe, the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-E) (or Enterprise-E) is a Sovereign class starship that is the primary setting in the films Star Trek: First Contact, Star Trek: Insurrection, and Star Trek: Nemesis. In Star Trek, it is the sixth starship commissioned since the Federation's founding to carry the name Enterprise.

This vessel launched in 2372 from San Francisco Fleet Yards under the command of Captain Jean-Luc Picard, one year after the Enterprise-D's destruction (Generations).

In 2373, the cybernetic Borg decided to try again and attack Earth. The USS Enterprise, under the command of Captain Picard, was ordered to patrol the Romulan Neutral Zone, even though Starfleet Command knows that the Enterprise was the most advanced ship in the Fleet. Eavesdropping on Starfleet communications, Picard and his crew hear that the battle is not going well. In direct violation of his orders, Picard orders the Enterprise to Earth to help defend the planet. The Enterprise's arrival at the Battle of Sector 001 helps lead to the invading Borg cube's destruction. When the cube is destroyed, it launches an auxiliary ship that travels back in time to try to prevent Zefram Cochrane's historic warp flight and first contact with Vulcans. The Enterprise follows it and is partially assimilated in the ensuing conflict. Nevertheless, the crew's mission is successful and the ship is repaired (First Contact). In 2375, the ship's crew prevents a Son'a attempt to forcefully relocated the Ba'ku people from their homeworld (Insurrection). Four years later, the Enterprise is seriously damaged while stopping Shinzon from using a weapon of mass destruction to destroy life on Earth. The ship returns to spacedock to undergo extensive repairs (Nemesis).

According to designer John Eaves, the Enterprise-E is capable of saucer separation. Although this has not been depicted on screen, Eaves' blueprints indicate that the ship has this capability.[1]

[edit] References

• Paramount Pictures (1996). Star Trek: First Contact
• Paramount Pictures (1998). Star Trek: Insurrection
• Paramount Pictures (2002). Star Trek: Nemesis

[edit] External links

• USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-E) article at Memory Alpha, the Star Trek wiki.
• Description of changes to the ship

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