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The '''USS ''Enterprise'' (NCC-1701)''' was a {{ShipClass|Constitution}} [[heavy cruiser]] launched in 2245. In the course of her career, she became the most celebrated [[Federation]] [[Star Fleet]] [[starship|vessel]] of the 23rd century.
In her forty years of service and discovery, through upgrades and at least two [[refit]]s, she took part in numerous [[first contact]]s, [[conflicts|military engagements]], and [[temporal mechanics|time-travel]]stravels. She achieved her most lasting fame from the five-year mission (2265-2270) under the [[commanding officer|command]] of [[James T. Kirk]].
The ''Enterprise'' was destroyed in 2285.
===Battles===
[[Image:Enterprise firing phaser proximity blast.jpg|thumb|The ''Enterprise'' fires a [[proximity blast]]]]
The nature of her mission of exploration meant that the ''Enterprise'' was frequently the only Federation [[military]] asset in a little-known, otherwise undefended frontier. When she was called into harm's way, she regularly did so with little chance of immediate support against previously unknown enemies and threats.
Happily, her earliest engagement of the five-year mission, against the deceptively powerful starship ''[[Fesarius]]'', ended with an amicable first contact with the First Federation in 2266. Following the destruction of the colony on [[{{MA|Cestus_III|Cestus III]]}}, a surprise attack from a previously unknown species led to the battle and pursuit of an evenly-matched Gorn starship in 2267.
The ''Enterprise'' played "fox" to the "hounds" of her four sister starships in a [[war game]]s exercise on stardate 4729.4. Equipped with the new [[M-5]] [[computer]] and stripped of most of her crew, the ''Enterprise'' became a killing machine – crippling the {{USS|Excalibur|NCC-1664}} and killing her entire crew – before Kirk could re-assert control.
====Klingon engagements====
[[Image:USS_Enterprise-D7_face_off.jpg|left|thumb|The Battle of Organia in 2267]]
The warships of the [[Imperial Klingon Fleet]] were frequent opponents of the ''Enterprise''. [[Commander]] [[Kor]] held the ''Enterprise'' and Kirk in high professional regard, and relished the prospect of battle. Lower [[rank]]s ranks chose to mock the starship, as when [[Korax]] compared her to a "[[garbage scow]]", before he corrected himself, adding, "''it should be hauled away as garbage''".
While Star Fleet rallied its forces at the outbreak of the [[Federation-Klingon War (2267)]] in 2267, the ''Enterprise'' was sent forward to secure a border region anchored by the planet [[Organia]]. She destroyed a [[Klingon attack ship]] and prepared to engage an approaching Klingon fleet before the [[Organian Peace Treaty]] precluded a full-scale [[war]].
The ''Enterprise'' sporadically engaged Klingons throughout her voyage. A [[Unnamed D7 class starships|warship]] failed in an attempt to [[blockade]] the ''Enterprise'' from [[Capella IV]] in 2267. [[Sabotage]]d Sabotaged during a [[diplomacy|diplomatic]] mission to the [[Tellun system]] in 2268, the ship successfully fought off the assault of a harassing [[D7 class|D-7]]. After the ''Enterprise'' was forced to destroy [[Kang]]'s abandoned [[battle cruiser]], the rescued Klingons (influenced by the [[Beta XII-A entity]]) attempted to wrest control of the the starship from Kirk in 2269.
====Romulan engagements====
