Versions of the Star Trek Enterprise Ship

NX-01
The Enterprise NX-01 ship is from the tv series Star Trek: Enterprise. It is commanded by Captain Jonathan Archer. Commissioned in 2151, Enterprise was the first starship of the NX class, Starfleet's first long-range exploration vessels. The ship was designed by Doug Drexler and shares some design similarities with the later Akira class.

NCC-1701
Star Trek art Director Matt Jefferies designed the original Enterprise that started it all, which in series creator Gene Roddenberry's first series outline drafts was named Yorktown. The ship's "NCC-1701" registry number stemmed from "NC" being one of the international aircraft registration codes assigned to aircraft registered in the United States; the second "C" was added for differentiation. Launched in in 2245 from the San Francisco Yards orbiting Earth, she spent most of her career under the command of James T. Kirk. This Enterprise ship was finally "scuttled" by Kirk in 2285 to prevent capture by the Klingons.

The "refit" Enterprise that appears in the first three Star Trek films was designed by Mike Minor, Joe Jennings, Andrew Probert, Douglas Trumbull, and Harold Michaelson, all based on conceptual sketches done by Jeffries for the never-filmed Star Trek: Phase II TV series. The 8-foot model was re-used as the USS Enterprise-A in the fourth, fifth, and sixth Star Trek movies.

The Enterprise was redesigned for the 2009 Star Trek movie. Director J. J. Abrams wanted the Enterprise to have a "hot-rod" look while retaining the traditional shape, but otherwise afforded Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) tremendous leeway in creating the ship.

NCC-1701-A
The USS Enterprise, NCC-1701-A is from the fourth, fifth, and sixth Star Trek films. The Enterprise-A uses the same shooting model as the preceding NCC-1701. The existing Enterprise sets from the first through fourth films were redressed for use on Star Trek: The Next Generation; some of these Next Generation sets were reused for subsequent Enterprise film appearances, while others were built new. Originally the USS Yorktown, this ship was rechristened in 2286 after the loss of the original Enterprise and placed under the command of Captain Kirk.


NCC-1701-B
The USS Enterprise NCC-1701-B is from the Star Trek franchise. It is an Excelsior-class variant Starfleet vessel that appears under the command of Captain John Harriman in the film Star Trek Generations. It is the fourth Federation starship to carry the name Enterprise. Although it does not appear until Star Trek Generations, the presence of an Excelsior-class model amid the models of other starships named Enterprise aboard the Enterprise-D at least informed viewers of its class, though the on-screen version varied slightly from said models. Launched in 2293 under the command of Captain John Harriman, the Enterprise-B's "claim to fame" was the loss of the visiting Captain Kirk during an aborted VIP junket out to Pluto and back. Little is known of the ship's career after this, except that she must have been decommissioned or destroyed before 2344.



NCC-1701-C
The USS Enterprise NCC-1701-C appears in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Yesterday's Enterprise". This Ambassador-class starship, under the command of Captain Rachel Garrett (Tricia O'Neil). It is the fifth Federation starship to carry the name Enterprise. A model Enterprise-C appears in the Enterprise-D's conference room, although the shooting model built for "Yesterday's Enterprise" is slightly different from the conference room model. Garrett herself is the first female captain of a starship Enterprise shown in Star Trek.


NCC-1701-D
The USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D is a 24th century starship in the Star Trek universe and the principal setting of the Star Trek: The Next Generation television series. The Enterprise-D is a Galaxy-class ship and the sixth Federation starship to carry the name Enterprise.

Andrew Probert, who assisted in updating the original Enterprise for Star Trek: The Motion Picture, designed the Enterprise-D. Originally tasked with designing the bridge, Probert had a "what if" sketch hanging on his wall that he had drawn after working on The Motion Picture. Story editor David Gerrold saw the sketch and brought it to creator Gene Roddenberry's attention, who approved the sketch as a starting point for the Enterprise-D's design.

The Enterprise-D is first seen in "Encounter at Farpoint" under the command of Captain Jean-Luc Picard. Several episodes, as well as the ship's dedication plaque, establish that the Enterprise was built at the Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards around Mars. The Enterprise-D is the third Galaxy-class starship, after the pathfinder ship USS Galaxy (from which the Galaxy-class takes its name) and the USS Yamato. The dedication plaque gives its commissioning date as 40759.5, which was intended to represent October 4, 2363. She was destroyed at Veridian III in 2371 during a mission to prevent the destruction of the Veridian system.

NCC-1701-E
The USS Enterprise NCC-1701-E appears in the Star Trek franchise. It serves in the films Star Trek: First Contact, Star Trek: Insurrection, and Star Trek Nemesis. It is the seventh Federation starship to carry the name Enterprise.

The Enterprise-E, a Sovereign-class starship, launched in 2372 from the San Francisco Fleet Yards under the command of Captain Jean-Luc Picard.

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