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| | | Name= USS ''Enterprise'' | | | Name= USS ''Enterprise'' |
| | | Class= {{ShipClass|Constitution}} | | | Class= {{ShipClass|Constitution}} |
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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]] vessel of the 23rd century. | + | 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]] 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, military engagements, and time-travels. She achieved her most lasting fame from the five-year mission (2265-2270) under the command of [[James T. Kirk]]. |
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| − | In her forty years of service and discovery, through upgrades and at least two [[refit]]s, she took part in numerous [[first contact]]s, military engagements, and time-travels. She achieved her most lasting fame from the five-year mission (2265-2270) under the command of [[James T. Kirk]].
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| − | The ''Enterprise'' was destroyed in 2285.
| + | Captain [[Christopher Pike]] commanded the ''Enterprise'' from the early 2250s into the 2260s. Pike's [[hybrid|half]]-[[Vulcan]] [[science officer]], [[Spock]], who served under him for over eleven years, would become the starship's longest-serving [[officer]]. |
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| − | ==Lineage==
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| − | [[Image:HMS Enterprize opening credits.jpg|thumb|HMS ''Enterprize'', [[1705]]]]
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| − | "Enterprise" (a Human word for a venture of scope, risk and promise) has a long Earth lineage, from the age of sail] through the [[warp 5 engine]]. ''l'Entreprenant'' (''Enterprising'') was a French sailing ship in 1671. A subsequent ship, ''l'Entreprise'' was captured by the British Royal Navy in 1705 and renamed ''HMS Enterprize'', a name used in British and American navies through the 21st century. A [[prototype]] for NASA's [[space shuttle]] fleet was named Space Shuttle ''Enterprise'' (OV-101) by popular demand in 1976. The first [[Earth]] [[Star Fleet]] vessel commissioned ''Enterprise'' NX-01 launched in 2151 under the command of Captain [https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Jonathan_Archer Jonathan Archer], initiating the era of Humanity's deep space exploration.
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| − | ==Early history==
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| − | [[Image:Logo USS_Enterprise (NCC-1701).png|thumb|The mission patch of the USS ''Enterprise'']]
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| − | In the early to mid-23rd century, at least twelve heavy [[cruiser]]-type [[starship]]s, the ''Constitution''-class, were commissioned by the Federation Star Fleet. The vessel registered]] NCC-1701, which was constructed in San Francisco and launched in 2245, was christened the ''Enterprise''. Larry Marvick was one of the designers of the ''Enterprise.''
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| − | [[Captain]] Robert April oversaw construction of her components and commanded her during her trial runs and early missions. | + | ==Commanding Officers== |
| | + | ===[[Captain]] [[Christopher Pike]]=== |
| | + | ([[2250]]s through early [[2260]]s) |
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| − | Captain [[Christopher Pike]] commanded the ''Enterprise'' from the early 2250s into the 2260s. His missions included voyages to the [[Rigel VII|Rigel]], [[Vega colony|Vega]] and [[Talos IV|Talos]] [[star system|systems]]. Pike's [[hybrid|half]]-[[Vulcan]] [[science officer]], [[Spock]], who served under him for over eleven years, would become the starship's longest-serving [[officer]].
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| − | ==Kirk's five-year mission== | + | ===[[Captain]] [[James T. Kirk]]=== |
| | + | ([[2265]]-[[2270]]; as [[Rear Admiral]] in early [[2270s]]) |
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| − | [[Image:USS Enterprise orbiting Omicron Ceti III, remastered.jpg|left|thumb|In orbit, 2267]]
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| − | In 2265, the ''Enterprise'' was assigned to a five-year mission of [[space|deep-space]] exploration, and command passed to the youngest captain in the fleet, [[James T. Kirk]]. The ship's primary goal during this mission was to seek out and contact alien life. Captain Kirk's standing orders also included the investigation of all [[quasar]]s and quasar-like phenomena.
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| − | Beyond her primary mission, the ''Enterprise'' defended [[Federation]] territories from aggression, aided [[Federation members|member]] [[planet|worlds]] in crisis, and provided [[science|scientific]] expeditions and [[colony|colonies]] in her patrol area with annual examinations and support.
| + | ===[[Captain]] [[Spock]]=== |
| | + | ([[2281]] through [[2285]]) |
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| − | ===Discoveries===
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| − | From [[2265]] to [[2270]], the Starship ''Enterprise'' visited over seventy different worlds and encountered representatives of over sixty different [[species]]. More than twenty of those were first contacts with [[lifeform|beings]] previously unknown to the [[Federation]], including stellar neighbors like the [[First Federation]] and [[Gorn]], voyagers from the [[Kelvan Empire]] in distant [[Andromeda Galaxy|Andromeda]], and powerful [[non-corporeal]] entities like the [[Thasian]]s,{{MA|Trelane|Trelane}}, and the [[Organians]]. Two discovered species were the first known examples of [[silicon]]-based lifeforms, the [[Horta]] and the [[Excalbian]]s.
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| − | [[Image:Leaving the barrier tosr.jpg|thumb|In the barrier void in 2265]]
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| − | The five-year mission began less than auspiciously. An extra-[[Milky Way Galaxy|galactic]] [[probe]] attempted on [[stardate]] 1312 led to the ''Enterprise'' <nowiki>'</nowiki>s collision with the previously-undocumented [[galactic barrier]], critically damaging various ship's systems and killing nine crewmembers. Effects of the barrier's unusual [[energy]] on [[Human]]s led to the death of three officers, Helmsman [[Lee Kelso]], Doctor [[Elizabeth Dehner]], on extended duty to the ''Enterprise'' as an observer of human reactions to the stresses of space travel, and Kirk's personal friend, Lt. Cdr. [[Gary Mitchell]].
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| − | After the ship was upgraded with [[Kelvan]] [[Kelvan#Science and technology|technology]] in 2268, she was able to survive the barrier crossing before turning back. In her final crossing that same year, the ''Enterprise'' was temporarily stranded in a void region just beyond the barrier, before she could return to normal galactic space.
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| − | The reality of [[time]] travel, externally influenced, had been known for over a [[century]], but following two accidental [[temporal displacement]]s, the ''Enterprise'' became the Federation's first deliberately-controlled [[timeship]]. Observing the death-throes of [[Psi 2000]], the crew suffered from [[Psi 2000 intoxication|polywater intoxication]] and the ''Enterprise'' nearly lost orbit after an engine shut-down. A previously untested "[[cold start]]", via controlled [[matter-antimatter reaction|matter-antimatter implosion]], saved the ship, but the high-speed escape from the planet's [[gravity well]] caused the ship to travel three [[day]]s into the past.
| + | ==Command Crew Under Kirk== |
| | + | ===[[Science Officer]] [[Spock]]=== |
| | + | [[Lieutenant Commander]] / [[Commander]] |
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| − | [[Image:Enterprise_in_orbit_of_Earth.jpg|left|thumb|Orbiting 1960s Earth]]
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| − | In 2267, while escaping the gravitational pull of a [[black star]], the ''Enterprise'' was hurled through space and time to Earth of 1969. The crew developed and executed a method to return to their own time, by [[warp]]ing around the [[sol|sun]]'s [[gravity]] well in a [[slingshot effect|slingshot maneuver]]. A year later, the ''Enterprise'' was ordered to repeat the recently-proven slingshot effect, and returned to Earth's past on a mission of [[history|historical]] observation.
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| − | [[Image:Amoeba_approach.jpg|thumb|left|The [[space amoeba]] in 2268]] | + | ===[[Chief Engineer]] [[Montgomery Scott]]=== |
| − | Some missions of discovery confronted ''Enterprise'' with entities and mechanisms that threatened great swaths of Federation and neighboring space.
| + | [[Lieutenant Commander]] |
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| − | An ancient "[[Doomsday machine]]", fueled by the consumption of planets it destroyed with its {{MA|Antiproton|antiproton}} weapon, approached Federation population centers in 2267. It required the combined efforts of the ''Enterprise'' and her sister ship {{USS|Constellation|NCC-1017}} to destroy it.
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| − | A [[space amoeba|single-cell organism]] of colossal scale emitted [[negative energy]] toxic to [[humanoid]] life, killing the entire [[Vulcan]] crew of the {{USS|Intrepid|NCC-1631}}. The ''Enterprise'' penetrated the [[cell]] interior and destroyed the organism before its imminent cell division threatened to overwhelm the rest of the galaxy.
| + | ===[[Chief Medical Officer]] [[Doctor|Dr.]] [[Leonard McCoy]]=== |
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| − | ===Battles===
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| − | [[Image:Enterprise firing phaser proximity blast.jpg|thumb|The ''Enterprise'' fires a [[proximity blast]]]]
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| − | 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.
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| − | 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.
| + | ===[[Helm and Navigation#Helm Controls|Helmsman]] [[Hikaru Sulu]]=== |
| | + | **[[Lieutenant]] ([[2266]]-[[2270]]s) |
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| − | 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.
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| − | ====Klingon engagements==== | + | ===[[Communications Officer]] [[Lieutenant]] [[Uhura]]=== |
| − | [[Image:USS_Enterprise-D7_face_off.jpg|left|thumb|The Battle of Organia in 2267]] | + | **([[2266]]-[[2270]]s) |
| − | 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 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''".
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| − | 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]].
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| − | 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. Sabotaged during a 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.
| + | ===[[Helm and Navigation#Navigation Officer|Navigator]] / [[Security|Security Chief]] [[Pavel Chekov]]=== |
| − | | + | **[[Ensign]] / [[Lieutenant]] ([[2267]]-[[2269|69]] / [[2270]]s) |
| − | ====Romulan engagements====
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| − | [[Image:Romulan bird-of-prey, CG TOS-aft.jpg|thumb|[[Neutral Zone Incursion]] of 2266]]
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| − | The [[Romulan Star Empire]] reemerged from a century of isolation to antagonize the Federation with the [[Neutral Zone Incursion]] of 2266. The ''Enterprise'' responded, and was victorious over a new [[Romulan Bird-of-Prey (23rd century)|Bird-of-Prey]] equipped with a [[cloaking device]] and [[plasma torpedo]] system.
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| − | In later encounters, the Romulan fleet used strength of numbers in their efforts to overwhelm the ''Enterprise''. When [[Commodore]] [[Stocker]] took temporary command and violated the [[Neutral Zone]] in 2267, up to ten Birds-of-Prey swarmed and pummeled the starship until Kirk's "[[corbomite]]" [[Maneuvers and tactics|bluff]] inspired their withdrawal.
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| − | In 2268 the ''Enterprise'' violated the Neutral Zone for the purpose of [[espionage]], and was quickly surrounded by three [[Romulan]] [[D7 class|battle cruiser]]s. She escaped by becoming the first Federation vessel to install and successfully utilize a (stolen) Romulan cloaking device.
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| − | Near [[Tau Ceti]], Kirk employed the [[Cochrane deceleration maneuver]], allowing the ''Enterprise'' to defeat Romulan forces.
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| − | ===Casualties===
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| − | Service aboard the ''Enterprise'' proved to be hazardous duty. At least fifty-eight officers and crew were killed between 2265 and 2269 – 13.5% of the standard complement of 430. Incidents with multiple fatalities included five [[security guard]]s killed by the [[dikironium cloud creature]] on {{MA|Argus_X|Argus X}} in [[2267]], and the four security guards and two [[engineering]] [[technician]]s killed by [[Nomad]] in 2268. An outbreak of [[Rigelian fever]] in 2269 killed three crewmen and imperiled the rest until a source of [[ryetalyn]] could be obtained.
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| − | ==Refit and further service==
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| − | [[Image:USS Enterprise, The Cage.jpg|thumb|USS ''Enterprise'' in 2254.]]
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| − | The ''Enterprise'''s first documented refit occurred sometime between 2254 and 2265. Minor changes were made to the ship's exterior (most notably the impulse engines, warp nacelles, running lights, and hull markings). More substantial changes were made to the interior color scheme and layout of the ship.
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| − | A second, more extensive refit occurred at some point after her encounter with the "galactic barrier" in 2265. It involved replacing the bridge module, a newer, smaller deflector dish, and refinements to her warp nacelles. The ship's interior was also upgraded.
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| − | At the end of her five-year mission, the ''Enterprise'' returned to Earth in [[2270]]. Following her success, the ship had become a recognized symbol of Star Fleet and the Federation. Star Fleet's array of unique [[assignment patch]]es were abandoned for the universal adoption of the ''Enterprise'' [[delta]] symbol.
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| − | The stalwart vessel herself was by then twenty-five years old and returning from a deployment that included a unprecedented number of warp-speed records, [[Hull]]-pounding battles, and frame-stressing maneuvers.
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| − | [[Image: Enterprise11.jpg |thumb|In [[spacedock]], 2272]]
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| − | System upgrades with new [[technology|technologies]] after long deployments weren't unusual in her history, but the ''Enterprise''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s overhaul of the early 2270s became a keel-up redesign and reconstruction project.
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| − | The very [[heart]] of the ship was replaced with a radically different vertical [[warp core]] assembly, linked to new [[warp engine]] [[nacelle]]s atop swept-back [[nacelle pylon|pylons]] and integrated with the [[impulse]] engines. The new drive system allowed for an expanded [[cargo bay|cargo hold]] in the [[Hull|secondary hull]], linked to the [[shuttlebay]].
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| − | Weapons system upgrades included nine dual-[[phaser|phaser banks]] with [[energy|power]] channeled directly from the warp engines. A double [[photon torpedo|photon torpedo/probe]] launcher was installed atop the secondary hull.
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| − | Multiple egress points now included a [[port]]-side [[spacedock]] hatch, dual [[ventral]] [[extravehicular activity|EVA]] bays, four [[dorsal]] service hatches, and a standardized [[docking ring]] port [[aft]] of the [[bridge]] on the [[Hull|primary hull]]; four more docking ring ports, paired on the port and [[starboard]] sides of the launcher and secondary hulls respectively, and service hatch [[airlock]]s on the port and starboard sides of the hangar bay's main clamshell doors.
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| − | A new bridge module reflected the modern computer systems, operating interfaces, and ergonomics that ran throughout the ship.
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| − | Following Kirk's promotion to [[Rear Admiral]] as [[Chief of Star Fleet Operations]], his hand-picked successor, Captain [[Willard Decker]] oversaw the refit, assisted by [[Chief engineer]] Commander [[Montgomery Scott]].
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| − | After two-and-a-half years in drydock for refit, the ''Enterprise'' was pressed into service, [[week]]s ahead of schedule, in response to the ''[[V'Ger]]'' crisis, once again under Kirk's command.
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| − | [[Image:V'ger3.jpg|thumb|Making contact with ''V'Ger'']]
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| − | Decker was temporarily demoted to commander and served as science officer because of his familiarity with the new design. Incomplete systems had to be serviced during her [[shakedown cruise]] ''en route'' to ''V'Ger'', including the first test of the new warp engines.
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| − | A [[antimatter|matter/antimatter]] intermix malfunction led to the ''Enterprise'''s entry into an unstable [[wormhole]]. Commander Decker belayed an order from Admiral Kirk to destroy an asteroid in their path with phasers. Using them would had blown up the ''Enterprise'' since the ship's phaser banks now drew their power directly from the warp engines; a design change that Kirk was unaware of. Decker ordered the use of [[photon torpedo]]es instead. The timely arrival of Commander [[Spock]] brought correction to the intermix problem.
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| − | Once the ''V'Ger'' threat was averted, Captain Decker was listed as "missing in action" and the ''Enterprise'' remained under [[Admiral]] Kirk's command for an interim period. At some point, Kirk passed command on to Captain Spock.
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| − | The new designs and components tested and proven aboard the ''Enterprise'' influenced a generation of starship design, from the {{ShipClass|Miranda}} to the {{ShipClass|Constellation}}, as well as other retro-fitted ''Constitutions''.
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| − | In [[2285]], the ''Enterprise'' was in a low-tempo training cycle, based in the [[Sol system]]. Admiral Kirk boarded his old command to observe a [[cadet]] [[training cruise]].
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| − | Meanwhile, [[Khan Noonien Singh]] had escaped from his exile on [[Ceti Alpha V]] and [[piracy|hijacked]] the {{USS|Reliant}}, leading to his theft of the [[Genesis Device]] from the {{MA|Regula_I|Regula I}} [[space station]].
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| − | The ''Enterprise'' was tasked to investigate, and Spock deferred his command to Admiral Kirk. The subsequent [[Battle of the Mutara Nebula|engagements]] with ''Reliant'' left the ship badly damaged with cadet and crew deaths, including Captain Spock.
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| − | [[Image:Uss enterprise self destruct.jpg|thumb|"''My God, Bones... what have I done?''" - Admiral James T. Kirk]]
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| − | Upon her return to Earth, Star Fleet [[Commander in Chief]] Admiral [[Harry Morrow]] announced that the starship, then forty years old (although Morrow mistakenly claimed it was twenty years old; he might have been referring to the length of time that passed since her massive refit), would be decommissioned. When Morrow denied Kirk's wish to return to the [[Mutara sector]], Kirk conspired with his [[senior officer]]s and stole the ''Enterprise'' from [[Earth Spacedock]], in order to recover Spock's body from the [[Genesis Planet]]; to bring it, and his ''[[katra]]'', to [[Vulcan (planet)|Vulcan]].
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| − | At her destination, a [[Klingon Bird-of-Prey]]'s attack left the ''Enterprise'' disabled. After setting an [[auto-destruct]] sequence, Kirk and his crew abandoned the ship for the surface. [[bomb|Demolition charges]] in place throughout the ship <nowiki>'</nowiki>s saucer section exploded, killing the [[Klingon]] [[boarding party]]. The secondary hull (with what's left of the saucer) fell from orbit and immolated in the planet's atmosphere.
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| − | [[Image:There will be no tribble at all.jpg|thumb|The crew of the USS ''Enterprise'' having a joyous moment]]
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| − | * [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) personnel|List of USS ''Enterprise'' (NCC-1701) personnel]]
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| − | ===Commanding Officers===
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| − | *[[Captain]] [[Robert April]] (2245) | |
| − | *[[Captain]] [[Christopher Pike]] (2250s through early 2260s)
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| − | *[[Captain]] [[James T. Kirk]] (2265-2270; as [[Rear Admiral]] in early 2270s) | |
| − | *[[Captain]] [[Willard Decker]] (during refit in early 2270s)
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| − | *[[Captain]] [[Spock]] (2281 through 2285)
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| − | *[[Admiral]] [[James T. Kirk]] (during the Khan crisis of 2285)
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| − | ===Command crew under Kirk's command===
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| − | *[[Commanding Officer]]
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| − | **[[Captain]] [[James T. Kirk]]
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| − | *[[Executive Officer|Executive]] and [[Science Officer]]
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| − | **[[Lieutenant Commander]]/[[Commander]] [[Spock]]
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| − | **[[Captain]] [[Willard Decker]] (briefly in 2273)
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| − | *[[Chief Engineer]]
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| − | **[[Lieutenant Commander]] [[Montgomery Scott]]
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| − | *[[Chief Medical Officer]]
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| − | **[[Doctor]] [[Mark Piper]] (2265)
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| − | **[[Doctor]] [[Leonard McCoy]] (2266-70, 2270s)
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| − | *[[Helmsman]]
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| − | **[[Lieutenant Commander]] [[Gary Mitchell]] (2265)
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| − | **[[Lieutenant]] [[Hikaru Sulu]] (2266-2270s)
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| − | *[[Communications Officer]]
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| − | **[[Lieutenant]] [[Alden]] (2265)
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| − | **[[Lieutenant]] [[Uhura]] (2266-2270s)
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| − | **[[Lieutenant]] [[M'ress]] (2269-70)
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| − | *[[Navigator]]
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| − | **[[Lieutenant]] [[Lee Kelso]] (2265)
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| − | **[[Ensign]] [[Pavel Chekov]] (2267-69)
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| − | **[[Lieutenant]] [[Arex]] (2269-70)
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| − | **[[Lieutenant]] [[Ilia]] (2272)
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| − | *[[Security Chief]]
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| − | **[[Lieutenant Commander]] [[Giotto]] (2267)
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| − | **[[Lieutenant]] [[Pavel Chekov]] (2270s)
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