USS ''Enterprise'' (NCC-1701-A)

USS Enterprise
USS Enterprise-A as seen in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
First appearance Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Affiliation United Federation of Planets
Starfleet
Decommissioned 2293
General characteristics
Class Constitution[1][2]
Registry NCC-1701-A
Auxiliary craft Shuttlecraft
Armaments Photon torpedoes
Phasers
Defenses Deflector shields
Propulsion Impulse engines
Warp drive
Power Matter/anti-matter reaction chamber
Length 304.8 metres (1,000 ft)

USS Enterprise NCC-1701-A (or Enterprise-A, to distinguish it from other vessels with the same name) is a starship in several Star Trek films.

Origin and design

The Enterprise-A used the same shooting model as the preceding NCC-1701. When unveiled in the concluding sequence of Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986), the main hull numbers are changed to NCC-1701-A. Some sets from earlier films were used for the Enterprise-A, though others were newly built or redresses from Star Trek: The Next Generation.

Depiction

The Constitution-class starship Enterprise-A was commissioned in 2286, at the end of the events depicted in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home and is the second Federation starship to carry the name Enterprise. While the ship's history before its recommissioning as Enterprise has never been officially stated, several non-canon sources (such as the AMT/Ertl Model kit documentation[3]) have claimed it to formerly be USS Yorktown (NCC-1717); others cite it as the newly built (but not yet commissioned) former USS Ti-Ho (NCC-1798),[4] or the also newly built USS Atlantis.[5] The ship is placed under the command of newly demoted Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner) as "punishment" for his and his crew's actions in the rescue of Captain Spock (Leonard Nimoy) in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock. It replaces the original Enterprise (NCC-1701), destroyed in Star Trek III. Though outwardly identical to its refitted and updated predecessor, in its debut, the new ship is beset with teething problems and Chief Engineer Montgomery Scott and Commander Uhura are shown making numerous repairs and reconfigurations to the new ship before deployment.

Replica of Enterprise-A in Vulcan, Alberta

In Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, the ship is dispatched to rescue hostages on Nimbus III. The Vulcan renegade Sybok (Laurence Luckinbill) and his followers hijack the ship and take it to a planet at the center of the galaxy, where Kirk and his crew eventually regain control of the ship. Several novels and comics explore the six-year period between the fifth and sixth films. In Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, Enterprise escorts Klingon chancellor Gorkon (David Warner) to a peace summit on Earth. The renegade Klingon general Chang (Christopher Plummer), assisted by traitors aboard Enterprise, makes it appear that Enterprise had fired on the chancellor's vessel. The Klingons take Kirk and Leonard McCoy (DeForest Kelley) prisoner; Spock and Enterprise crew disregard Starfleet orders and instead rescue Kirk and McCoy. Enterprise encounters and, with aid from Captain Sulu and the USS Excelsior, destroys Chang's ship, and the crew protects the Federation President from an assassination attempt. The film concludes with Starfleet ordering a return to Spacedock to be decommissioned, an order which Kirk and the crew gleefully disregard.

There is no canon information about the ship's fate beyond Star Trek VI. In the epilogue of Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, Uhura had stated they received a communication from Starfleet Command that ordered Enterprise to report to space dock to be decommissioned. However, she may have been speaking only of the ship's original crew members as Captain James T. Kirk previously stated his crew was due to stand down in three months, while Spock noted this would be his last voyage on Enterprise as a member of her crew; and Captain Kirk states in his closing log entry the ship "will become the care of another crew," but no further information is given. Documentation provided with the Bandai model states that the ship was displayed in the Starfleet Museum at Memory Alpha. According to the non-canon novel The Ashes of Eden, written by William Shatner, Starfleet Commander-in-Chief Androvar Drake orders Enterprise-A decommissioned and destroyed during war games and weapons testing, but the Chal government intervenes. Ultimately, Enterprise is destroyed to prevent Drake's completion of a disastrous personal agenda.

Kelvin timeline

Enterprise (NCC-1701-A) was already under construction at the time of its predecessor's arrival at Star base Yorktown. Following the destruction of its predecessor, its crew was reassigned to the NCC-1701-A after its completion.

A new design for Enterprise NCC-1701-A appears in Star Trek Beyond, designed by Sean Hargreaves.[6] Hargreaves, who also designed the swarm ships and USS Franklin for the film, stated that he was given the brief to "beef up the neck and arms" on the Ryan Church design, but went further to give the ship echoes of Matt Jeffries' original design.

Cultural impact

In October 2006, Christie's auctioned the Enterprise-A shooting model for $240,000.

References

  1. ↑ "Constitution-Class Refit". startrek.com. Retrieved August 23, 2018.
  2. ↑ Chao, Tom (May 14, 2013). "USS Enterprise Evolution in Photos: The Many Faces of Star Trek's Favorite Starship (13 of 20)". Space.com. Purch Group. Retrieved August 25, 2018.
  3. ↑ AMT/ERTL USS Enterprise NCC-1701-A and Shuttle Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country Model Kit, 1991, AMT 8617
  4. ↑ Johnson, Shane (1987). Mr. Scott's Guide to the Enterprise. Pocket Books. ISBN 0-671-70498-2.
  5. ↑ Barton, William (1986). Star Trek IV Sourcebook Update. FASA Corporation. ISBN 1-555-60002-6.
  6. ↑ "The Trek Collective: Star Trek Beyond's new USS Enterprise, by Sean Hargreaves". The Trek Collective. August 6, 2016. Retrieved August 27, 2016.


Preceded by
USS Enterprise		 Succeeded by
USS Enterprise-B
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