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The '''''{{USS|Defiant|NX|74205}}''''' was one of at least three [[Federation]] [[starships]] to bear the name, and the prototype of the {{ShipClass|Defiant}} vessel.
  
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The {{USS|Defiant|NX|74205}} was one of at least three [[Federation]] [[starships]] to bear the name, and the prototype of the {{ShipClass|Defiant}} vessel. <br/>
 
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Designed in 2366, the ''Defiant'' was the first of what was to be a new class of heavily-armed Federation starship, and later reputed to be one of the most heavily-armed vessels in the entire [[Alpha Quadrant]]. Officially designated an escort, although unofficially a warship, the {{ShipClass|Defiant}} was specifically designed to counter the [[Borg]].  Soon after the first vessel was completed however, a combination of a less urgent Borg threat and several design flaws caused Star Fleet to suspend the project. Among the flaws was the fact that the ''Defiant'''s engines were overpowered relative to the size of the ship &ndash; so much so that the ''Defiant'' nearly "tore itself apart" during its shakedown cruise. <br/>
 
  
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Benjamin Sisko became intimately involved with the project while stationed at the [[Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards]] after the destruction of the {{USS|Saratoga|NCC|31911}} at [[Wolf 359]]. Early in 2371, as Federation-[[Dominion]] hostility escalated, the ''Defiant'' was taken out of storage and assigned to [[Deep Space 9]] to protect the station from the Dominion, who had recently destroyed the USS Odyssey, a {{ShipClass|Galaxy}} starship. <br/>
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Designed in [[2366]], the ''Defiant'' was the first of what was to be a new class of heavily-armed Federation starships. Later, the ship would hold the reputation of being one of the most heavily-armed vessels in the entire [[Alpha Quadrant]]. Officially designated as an escort vessel, the Defiant (and the {{ShipClass|Defiant}}) was specifically designed to counter the [[Borg]]. Soon after the first vessel was completed however, a combination of a less urgent Borg threat, as well as several design flaws, caused Star Fleet to suspend the project.  
  
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The ship was granted special dispensation to carry a [[Romulan]] cloaking device. The Romulans loaned and allowed the limited supervised use of the cloaking device in the [[Gamma Quadrant]] only. In return, the Federation would provide the Romulans any and all intelligence data collected in the Gamma Quadrant about the Dominion. <br/>
 
  
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The ''Defiant'' was destroyed in 2375, during the [[Second Battle of Chin'toka]]. <br/>
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Benjamin Sisko became intimately involved with the project while stationed at the [[Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards]]. As Federation-[[Dominion]] hostility escalated in [[2371]], the ''Defiant'' was taken out of storage and assigned to [[Deep Space 9]], in order to protect the station from the Dominion.
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==History==
 
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[[Image:Defiant DS9.jpg|thumb|The USS ''Defiant'' departs Deep Space 9]]
 
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Soon after its arrival at DS9, the ''Defiant'' entered the Gamma Quadrant on a mission to open negotiations with the [[Founders]] of the Dominion. The starship came under attack by several [[Jem'Hadar]] attack ships and was boarded. The senior officers were taken to the [[Founders' homeworld]] and placed in a simulation by the [[Vorta]] Borath. Once Odo and Major Kira Nerys found them, the Founders allowed them to return home. <br/>
 
  
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Several weeks later, the ''Defiant'' transported Jadzia Dax to [[Trill (planet)|Trill]] for treatment. The ship remained in orbit around Trill for several days. <br/>
 
  
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When Major Kira Nerys was abducted by the [[Obsidian Order]], Sisko took the ''Defiant'' into [[Cardassian]] space. The ship's shield harmonics were reconfigured so that the ship appeared to be a [[Kobheerian]] freighter. <br/>
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Along with other class-specific abilities, the ''Defiant'' was granted special dispensation to carry a [[Romulan]] cloaking device. The Romulans had loaned (under limited supervision) the cloaking device, to be used only in the [[Gamma Quadrant]]. In return, the Federation would provide the Romulans any and all intelligence collected in the Gamma Quadrant regarding the Dominion.
  
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During an exploration mission in the Gamma Quadrant the ''Defiant'' discovered the planet [[Meridian]] on its first appearance in the primary universe since 2311. <br/>
 
  
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Later, the ship was stolen by members of the [[Maquis]], led by Thomas Riker, who used it to attack several Cardassian targets. The ship was severely threatened by several Obsidian Order Keldon-class warships. Having narrowly escaped, it would be protected by the Galor-class warship, ''Kraxon'', until the Obsidian Order threat was nullified. Major Kira then took the ''Defiant'' to the Demilitarized Zone to rendezvous with another Federation starship to transfer the remainder of the Maquis for arrest. <br/>
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The ''Defiant'' was destroyed in [[2375]], during the [[Second Battle of Chin'toka]].  
  
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The ''Defiant'' transported the senior staff of Deep Space 9 to [[Earth]] for a conference on the Gamma Quadrant. The ''Defiant'' was the ship chosen for a joint Federation-Cardassian-[[Bajoran]] project to send and receive messages to and from the Gamma Quadrant. <br/>
 
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[[Image:Defiant Class.jpg|thumb|The ''Defiant'' using its [[tractor beam]]]]
 
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A few months later, Captain Benjamin Sisko, acting against orders, took the ''Defiant'' into the Gamma Quadrant again to rescue Odo and Elim Garak, who were on a Romulan warbird fighting the Dominion during the [[Battle of the Omarion Nebula]]. <br/>
 
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In late 2371, a [[Founder]] sabotaged the ''Defiant'' in an attempt to start a war between the Federation and the [[Tzenkethi]] by flying the ''Defiant'' into Tzenkethi space. <br/>
 
 
   
 
   
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The ''Defiant'' fought its way through Cardassian space to rescue members of the Cardassian [[Detapa Council]] in 2372 during the [[Federation/Klingon War]]. <br/>  
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==Service History==
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[[Image:Defiant DS9.jpg|thumb|right|The USS ''Defiant'' departs Deep Space 9]]
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[[Image:Defiant Class.jpg|thumb|right|The ''Defiant'' using its [[tractor beam]]]]
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[[Image:USS_Defiant_First_Contact.jpg|thumb|right|The ''Defiant'' fights the Borg]]
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[[Image:USS Defiant cloaking.jpg|thumb|right|The USS ''Defiant'' cloaking]]
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[[Image:USS Defiant Destroyed.jpg|thumb|right|The destruction of the ''Defiant'']]
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=== Daily Missions ===
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* Soon after its arrival at DS9, the ''Defiant'' entered the Gamma Quadrant on a mission to open negotiations with the [[Founders]] of the Dominion. <br>The [[Jem'Hadar]] attacked, and boarded the ship. The senior officers were taken to the [[Founders]]' homeworld, and placed into a simulation.<br> [[Odo]] and Major [[Kira Nerys]] search for and found the crew, and the Founders allowed them to return home.
  
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During a meeting with a [[Karemma]] ship, the ''Defiant'' was forced into a planet's atmosphere by the Jem'Hadar where it was severely damaged and many of its crew injured. The ''Defiant'' was able to destroy the Jem'Hadar ships and rescue the Karemma. <br/>
 
  
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The ''Defiant'', under the command of Lieutenant Commander Worf, traveled to Earth to assist Captain Sisko in suppressing a plot that would seize control of Earth from the President of the Federation. The ''Defiant'' was attacked by the [[USS Lakota]] under the command of Captain Erika Benteen, who believed the ''Defiant'''s crew to have been replaced by [[shapeshifter]]s. Both ships were damaged but both stood down before either could be destroyed. <br/>
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* In one instance, the ship was stolen by members of the [[Maquis]], who used it to attack several [[Cardassian]] targets. <br>Major Kira then took the ''Defiant'' to the [[Cardassian Demilitarized Zone]] to rendezvous with another Federation starship to transfer the remainder of the Maquis for arrest.  
  
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After obtaining the detonation codes for a minefield the [[Klingon]]s were deploying around the Bajoran system, the ''Defiant'' was used to detonate the entire minefield. <br/>
 
  
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Finding life aboard DS9 difficult and much different from that of a starship, Worf decided to live aboard the ''Defiant''. <br/>
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* The ''Defiant'' later followed a rebel Jem'Hadar strike team that had attacked DS9 into the Gamma Quadrant. <br>After rescuing more Jem'Hadar from the rebels, the two crews worked together to destroy an [[Iconian gateway]] that the rogue Jem'Hadar had captured.
  
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Later that year, again under of the command of Worf, the ''Defiant'' was escorting several Cardassian freighters when the Klingons attacked them. The ''Defiant'' accidentally destroyed a Klingon civilian transport ship, that was later determined to be empty and a Klingon ruse to bring Worf back to [[Qo'noS]]. <br/>
 
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The ''Defiant'' later followed a rebel Jem'Hadar strike team that had attacked DS9 into the Gamma Quadrant. After rescuing more Jem'Hadar from the rebels, the two crews worked together to destroy an [[Iconian gateway]] that the rogue Jem'Hadar had captured. <br/>
 
  
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Several weeks later, the ''Defiant'' took an ill Odo back to his people where he was "judged" and changed into a solid. Elim Garak attempted to destroy the [[Great Link]] using the ''Defiant'''s weapons, but was stopped by Worf and sentenced to six months in a holding cell. <br/>
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* Several weeks later, the ''Defiant'' destroyed a [[runabout]] that had been stolen by a Founder and equipped with a bomb that was to be detonated in the Bajoran sun, thus destroying the entire system. <br/>
  
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Later, the ''Defiant'' helped to capture a Jem'Hadar ship and bring it back to the Federation for study. <br/>
 
  
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Several weeks later, the ''Defiant'' was transported to the 23rd century, where it encountered the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC|1701}} and its crew on space station [[Deep Space Station K-7|K-7]], near the Federation-Klingon border. The crew stopped [[Arne Darvin]], a disguised Klingon, from killing [[James T. Kirk]] with a bomb implanted in a [[tribble]]. <br/>
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* When [[Deep Space 5]] detected a [[Borg]] cube on a direct course for Earth, the ''Defiant'', under the command of Worf, joined a Star Fleet task force to stop the cube.<br> [[Worf]] was about to order a suicide run against the cube but the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC|1701-E}} arrived. <br>The ''Defiant'' was repaired and returned to Deep Space 9.  
  
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While pursuing the Maquis traitor Michael Eddington, the ''Defiant'' was disabled by a cascade virus that Eddington had planted in its computer systems. The ship was towed back to Deep Space 9 by the [[USS Malinche]]. After the Maquis attacked the ''Malinche'', Sisko took the damaged ''Defiant'' after Eddington and stopped after poisoning one Maquis planet and threatening to poison more. <br/>
 
  
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Several weeks later, the ''Defiant'' destroyed a [[runabout]] that had been stolen by a Founder and equipped with a bomb that was to be detonated in the Bajoran sun, thus destroying the entire system. <br/>
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* In late [[2373]], the ''Defiant'' was used to deploy a minefield near the [[Bajoran Wormhole]] to stop more Dominion ships from entering the Alpha Quadrant. <br>After a Dominion attack and takeover of Deep Space 9, the ''Defiant'' evacuated all Federation citizens from the station.
  
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[[Image:USS_Defiant_First_Contact.jpg|thumb|left|The ''Defiant'' fights the Borg]]
 
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When [[Deep Space 5]] detected a [[Borg]] cube on a direct course for Earth, the ''Defiant'', under the command of Worf, joined a Star Fleet task force in the [[Typhon sector]] to stop the cube. Unsuccessful in stopping the cube at Typhon, the task force fought a running battle with the Borg to [[Earth]]. Worf was about to order a suicide run against the cube but the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC|1701-E}} arrived. The ''Defiant'' began to lose life support and its crew was beamed aboard the ''Enterprise''. The ''Defiant'' crew later traveled back in time with the ''Enterprise'' crew to the year 2063, following a Borg sphere that had changed the timeline. After stopping the Borg, the crew traveled back to 2373. The ''Defiant'' was repaired and returned to Deep Space 9. <br/>
 
  
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After a salvage operation to [[Empok Nor]] went awry, the ''Defiant'' rescued O'Brien, Nog and Garak from the station. <br/>
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===Scientific Missions===
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As Star Fleet's first dedicated warship, the ''Defiant'' had no on-board science facilities. <br> Nevertheless, it was occasionally used for scientific investigations as well. <br><br>In [[2372]], the ship was assigned to help a Professor from the [[Trill_(planet)#Trill Science Ministry|Trill Science Ministry]] in creating an [[wormhole|artificial wormhole]]. <br>The attempt was successful, but the wormhole only existed for a few seconds before it destabilized, damaging the ship. <br>Two years later, Star Fleet sent the ship to investigate a recently discovered phenomenon, a subspace compression anomaly.
  
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In late 2373, the ''Defiant'' was used to deploy a minefield near the [[Bajoran Wormhole]] to stop more Dominion ships from entering the Alpha Quadrant. After a Dominion attack and takeover of Deep Space 9, the ''Defiant'' evacuated all Federation citizens from the station. <br/>
 
  
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==Scientific missions==
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===The Dominion War===
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As Star Fleet's first dedicated warship, the ''Defiant'' had no on-board science facilities.  Nevertheless, it was occasionally used for scientific investigations as well. In 2372, the ship was assigned to help Professor [[Lenara Kahn]] of the [[Trill Science Ministry]] to create an [[artificial wormhole]]. The attempt was successful, but the wormhole only existed for a few seconds before it destabilized, damaging the ship. Two years later, Star Fleet sent the ship to investigate a recently discovered phenomenon, a [[subspace compression anomaly]]. <br/>
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The ''Defiant'' fought valiantly throughout the [[Federation/Dominion War]], participating in the majority of its battles.
  
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==The Dominion War==
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* In early [[2374]], the ''Defiant'' was assigned to operate out of [[Starbase 375]]. [[Jadzia Dax]] was given command of the ''Defiant'', and commanded the ship on a mission to destroy a Dominion sensor array.
  
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The ''Defiant'' fought valiantly throughout the [[Federation/Dominion War]] and participated in the majority of its battles. <br/>
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* The ship was used in [[Operation Return]] to reclaim DS9, and stop the Dominion from dismantling the minefield, bringing in reinforcements from the [[Gamma Quadrant]]. After failing to stop the Dominion from destroying the minefield, the ''Defiant'' entered the wormhole in a vain attempt to stop the Dominion reinforcements. Captain Sisko convinced the [[Prophets]] to intervene, and they destroyed the Dominion ships, also making the wormhole impassable to any further Dominion invasions.
  
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In early 2374, the ''Defiant'' was assigned to operate out of [[Starbase 375]]. When Sisko was made Admiral William Ross' adjutant, Jadzia Dax was given command of the ''Defiant''. She commanded the ship on a mission to destroy a Dominion sensor array in the [[Argolis Cluster]]. <br/>
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* The ''Defiant'' participated in the [[First Battle of Chin'toka]]. The ship located and destroyed the power source for the orbital weapon platforms, thus helping the [[Federation Alliance]] to conquer the system.  
  
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The ship was used in [[Operation Return]] to reclaim DS9 and stop the Dominion from dismantling the minefield and bringing in its reinforcements from the Gamma Quadrant. After failing to stop the Dominion from destroying the minefield, the ''Defiant'' entered the wormhole in a vain attempt to stop the Dominion reinforcements. Captain Sisko convinced the [[Prophets]] to intervene and they destroyed the Dominion ships. They also made the wormhole impassable to any further Dominion incursions. <br/>
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* The ''Defiant'''s short but illustrious life ended during the [[Second Battle of Chin'toka]], when the ship was disabled by the [[Breen]] energy dissipator, and subsequently destroyed by Dominion weapons.  
  
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While ''en route'' to Gul Dukat's war crimes trial, the [[USS Honshu]] was destroyed by the Cardassians. The ''Defiant'' and the {{USS|Constellation|NCC|1974}} spent many days searching for Sisko. The ''Defiant'' was about to leave the area when Dukat sent a message to the ship, informing them of Sisko's location. <br/>
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* The ''USS Sao Paulo, NCC 75633'' was renamed in honor of the ''Defiant'', and it fought in the final battle of the Dominion War, the Battle of Cardassia.
  
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Several months after the Federation retook DS9, Jem’Hadar captured the ''Defiant'' while it was on a scientific mission to study a subspace compression anomaly.  The ''Defiant'' was reclaimed, with the help of a runabout that had been shrunk to only a few inches long. <br/>
 
  
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Several weeks later the ''Defiant'' rescued the survivors of its sister ship the {{USS|Valiant|NCC|74210}}, which had been destroyed by the Dominion. <br/>
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==Unique Characteristics==
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====[[Ablative Armor]]====
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Equipped with an ablative armor coating, designed to disintegrate under enemy fire at a controlled rate. It dissipates the effects of directed energy weapons, decreasing damage to the main hull of the ship, and therefore providing an extra layer of defense. As late as [[2372]], ''Defiant-class'' vessels weren't commonly equipped with this type of technology.  
  
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[[Image:USS Defiant Destroyed.jpg|thumb|The destruction of the ''Defiant'']]
 
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The ''Defiant'' participated in the [[First Battle of Chin'toka]]. The ship located and destroyed the power source for the [[orbital weapon platform]]s, thus helping the [[Federation Alliance]] to conquer the system. The ''Defiant'' spent the next several months on convoy duty in the system. The ''Defiant'' returned to the [[Chin'toka system]] several weeks later when it made a supply run to [[AR-558]]. <br/>
 
  
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After she was kidnapped and brought to Empok Nor, the ''Defiant'' rescued Kira and several members of the [[Pah-wraith]] cult and brought them back to Bajor. <br/>
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====Cloaking Device====
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A special amendment to the [[Treaty of Algeron]] allowed the ''Defiant'' to be fitted with a [[Romulan]] cloaking device. The Romulans loaned, under limited supervised use, at least one cloaking device. Operation of the cloaking device was to be limited to the [[Gamma Quadrant]].  In return, the Federation would provide the Romulans any and all intelligence collected in the Gamma Quadrant and about the Dominion. Though dissatisfied with the intelligence that was brought back, the Romulans allowed the cloaking device to remain on the vessel. The ''Defiant'' was the only Federation vessel to be seen regularly operating a cloaking device.  
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The ''Defiant'''s short but illustrious life ended during the [[Second Battle of Chin'toka]], when the ship was disabled by the [[Breen]] energy dissipator, and subsequently destroyed by Dominion weapons. <br/>
 
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The {{USS|Sao Paulo|NCC|75633}} was renamed in honor of the ''Defiant'', and it fought in the final battle of the Dominion War, the [[Battle of Cardassia]]. <br/>
 
  
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==Unique Characteristics==
 
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====Ablative Armor====
 
  
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The ''Defiant'' was equipped with an ablative armor coating that was designed to disintegrate under enemy fire at a controlled rate. It dissipated the effects of directed energy weapons, decreasing damage to the main hull of the ship and therefore providing an extra layer of defense. As late as 2372, Defiant-class vessels weren't commonly equipped with this type of technology. <br/>
 
  
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====Cloaking Device====
 
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[[Image:USS Defiant cloaking.jpg|thumb|left|The USS ''Defiant'' cloaking]]
 
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A special amendment to the [[Treaty of Algeron]] allowed the ''Defiant'' to be fitted with a [[Romulan]] cloaking device. The Romulans loaned and allowed the limited supervised use of at least one cloaking device. Operation of the cloaking device was to be limited to the [[Gamma Quadrant]].  In return, the Federation would provide the Romulans any and all intelligence collected in the Gamma Quadrant and about the Dominion. Though expressing dissatisfaction with intelligence brought back by the ''Defiant'', the Romulans apparently allowed the cloaking device to remain on the vessel even after they discontinued supervision. The ''Defiant'' was the only Federation vessel to be seen regularly operating a cloaking device. <br/>
 
  
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Although Captain Sisko knew that the cloaking device shouldn't be used in the [[Alpha Quadrant]] he cloaked the ''Defiant'' in a rescue mission for the Detapa Council in 2372. The ''Defiant'' was unable to perform scans for lifesigns when the cloaking device was in use. <br/>
 
  
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==First Contacts==
 
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* [[Karemma]] (The Ferengi were the first [[Alpha Quadrant]] species to contact them)
 
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* [[Founders]], 2371
 
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* [[Meridian]], 2371
 
  
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* Captain Benjamin Sisko - [[Commanding Officer]] (2371 - 2373, 2375)
 
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* Lieutenant Commander Worf - [[First Officer]], [[Chief of Security]], [[Tactical Officer]]
 
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* Senior Chief Miles O'Brien - [[Chief Engineer]]
 
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* Lieutenant Commander Jadzia Dax - Chief Science Officer (2371 - 2373), [[Commanding Officer]] (2374)
 
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* Ensign Nog - [[Engineering Officer]] (2375)
 
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* Doctor Julian Bashir - [[Chief Medical Officer]]
 
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* Lieutenant (junior grade) Ezri Dax - [[Science Officer]] (2375)
 
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Latest revision as of 18:47, 18 September 2021

USS Defiant, NX-74205
USSDefiantOrbitingEarth.jpg
Class
 Defiant-class
Registry
 NX-74205
Affiliation
 Federation/Star Fleet
Status
 Destroyed (2375)


The USS Defiant, NX-74205 was one of at least three Federation starships to bear the name, and the prototype of the Defiant-class vessel.


Designed in 2366, the Defiant was the first of what was to be a new class of heavily-armed Federation starships. Later, the ship would hold the reputation of being one of the most heavily-armed vessels in the entire Alpha Quadrant. Officially designated as an escort vessel, the Defiant (and the Defiant-class) was specifically designed to counter the Borg. Soon after the first vessel was completed however, a combination of a less urgent Borg threat, as well as several design flaws, caused Star Fleet to suspend the project.


Benjamin Sisko became intimately involved with the project while stationed at the Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards. As Federation-Dominion hostility escalated in 2371, the Defiant was taken out of storage and assigned to Deep Space 9, in order to protect the station from the Dominion.


Along with other class-specific abilities, the Defiant was granted special dispensation to carry a Romulan cloaking device. The Romulans had loaned (under limited supervision) the cloaking device, to be used only in the Gamma Quadrant. In return, the Federation would provide the Romulans any and all intelligence collected in the Gamma Quadrant regarding the Dominion.


The Defiant was destroyed in 2375, during the Second Battle of Chin'toka.


Service History

The USS Defiant departs Deep Space 9
The Defiant using its tractor beam
The Defiant fights the Borg
The USS Defiant cloaking
The destruction of the Defiant

Daily Missions

  • Soon after its arrival at DS9, the Defiant entered the Gamma Quadrant on a mission to open negotiations with the Founders of the Dominion.
    The Jem'Hadar attacked, and boarded the ship. The senior officers were taken to the Founders' homeworld, and placed into a simulation.
    Odo and Major Kira Nerys search for and found the crew, and the Founders allowed them to return home.


  • In one instance, the ship was stolen by members of the Maquis, who used it to attack several Cardassian targets.
    Major Kira then took the Defiant to the Cardassian Demilitarized Zone to rendezvous with another Federation starship to transfer the remainder of the Maquis for arrest.


  • The Defiant later followed a rebel Jem'Hadar strike team that had attacked DS9 into the Gamma Quadrant.
    After rescuing more Jem'Hadar from the rebels, the two crews worked together to destroy an Iconian gateway that the rogue Jem'Hadar had captured.


  • Several weeks later, the Defiant destroyed a runabout that had been stolen by a Founder and equipped with a bomb that was to be detonated in the Bajoran sun, thus destroying the entire system.


  • When Deep Space 5 detected a Borg cube on a direct course for Earth, the Defiant, under the command of Worf, joined a Star Fleet task force to stop the cube.
    Worf was about to order a suicide run against the cube but the USS Enterprise, NCC-1701-E arrived.
    The Defiant was repaired and returned to Deep Space 9.


  • In late 2373, the Defiant was used to deploy a minefield near the Bajoran Wormhole to stop more Dominion ships from entering the Alpha Quadrant.
    After a Dominion attack and takeover of Deep Space 9, the Defiant evacuated all Federation citizens from the station.


Scientific Missions

As Star Fleet's first dedicated warship, the Defiant had no on-board science facilities.
Nevertheless, it was occasionally used for scientific investigations as well.

In 2372, the ship was assigned to help a Professor from the Trill Science Ministry in creating an artificial wormhole.
The attempt was successful, but the wormhole only existed for a few seconds before it destabilized, damaging the ship.
Two years later, Star Fleet sent the ship to investigate a recently discovered phenomenon, a subspace compression anomaly.


The Dominion War

The Defiant fought valiantly throughout the Federation/Dominion War, participating in the majority of its battles.

  • In early 2374, the Defiant was assigned to operate out of Starbase 375. Jadzia Dax was given command of the Defiant, and commanded the ship on a mission to destroy a Dominion sensor array.
  • The ship was used in Operation Return to reclaim DS9, and stop the Dominion from dismantling the minefield, bringing in reinforcements from the Gamma Quadrant. After failing to stop the Dominion from destroying the minefield, the Defiant entered the wormhole in a vain attempt to stop the Dominion reinforcements. Captain Sisko convinced the Prophets to intervene, and they destroyed the Dominion ships, also making the wormhole impassable to any further Dominion invasions.
  • The Defiant's short but illustrious life ended during the Second Battle of Chin'toka, when the ship was disabled by the Breen energy dissipator, and subsequently destroyed by Dominion weapons.
  • The USS Sao Paulo, NCC 75633 was renamed in honor of the Defiant, and it fought in the final battle of the Dominion War, the Battle of Cardassia.


Unique Characteristics

Ablative Armor

Equipped with an ablative armor coating, designed to disintegrate under enemy fire at a controlled rate. It dissipates the effects of directed energy weapons, decreasing damage to the main hull of the ship, and therefore providing an extra layer of defense. As late as 2372, Defiant-class vessels weren't commonly equipped with this type of technology.


Cloaking Device

A special amendment to the Treaty of Algeron allowed the Defiant to be fitted with a Romulan cloaking device. The Romulans loaned, under limited supervised use, at least one cloaking device. Operation of the cloaking device was to be limited to the Gamma Quadrant. In return, the Federation would provide the Romulans any and all intelligence collected in the Gamma Quadrant and about the Dominion. Though dissatisfied with the intelligence that was brought back, the Romulans allowed the cloaking device to remain on the vessel. The Defiant was the only Federation vessel to be seen regularly operating a cloaking device.

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