USS Enterprise (alternate reality)

For the mirror universe counterpart, see ISS Enterprise (alternate reality).

For the predecessor of the Enterprise see USS Enterprise.

For the primary universe counterpart, see USS Enterprise (NCC-1701).

STARSHIP
USS Enterprise
Class:	Constitution-class
Registry:	NCC-1701
Affiliation:	Federation Starfleet
Commander:	Christopher Pike (2258), Spock (acting, 2258), James T. Kirk (2258-2259, 2259-2263)
Launched:	2258
Status:	Destroyed (2263)

"Her five year mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no one has gone before."

— James T. Kirk, 2260

The USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) was an alternate reality Federation Constitution-class starship that was in service with Starfleet in the mid-23rd century. It was commanded by Captain James T. Kirk. In 2260 of the alternate reality, the Enterprise became the first Federation starship to embark on a five-year mission of uncharted deep space under the command of James T. Kirk.

After only five years of service, the Enterprise was destroyed during the battle over the planet Altamid in 2263, when it was attacked by Krall and his Swarm ships.

Service history

Construction

The Enterprise was originally scheduled to be launched in 2245, however due to the interference from Nero in 2233 (and based on scans of the Narada), the ship was redesigned and it's launch pushed back to 2258.

The Enterprise under construction in Iowa

The Enterprise was under construction around 2255 at the Riverside Shipyard, Iowa (the vessel was constructed from 2254 to 2258 under the eye of Christopher Pike). The ship was launched into service from the San Francisco Fleet Yards and was designated as the Federation flagship upon its launch, much as her primary universe counterpart.

Maiden voyage

The Enterprise departs spacedock

Its planned maiden voyage in 2258, under the command of Christopher Pike, was brought forward after Earth received a distress call from Vulcan. With the bulk of the fleet engaged in the Laurentian system, the Enterprise departed from Earth Spacedock along with seven other starships to respond to the call. Its departure was delayed when Hikaru Sulu, who had replaced the ship's helmsman after he had fallen ill, failed to disengage the external inertial damper, and it arrived shortly after the rescue fleet had been destroyed by the Romulan mining ship Narada.

The Enterprise warps into Nero's mess

The Enterprise proved to be no match for the technologically-advanced weapons of the Narada. Fortunately, Nero recognized the Enterprise as the vessel that Spock served on. He chose not to destroy the Enterprise to let Spock see the destruction of Vulcan. Enterprise found that it was unable to contact Starfleet or to begin evacuating the inhabitants of Vulcan, as the Narada's drill platform, while in operation, prevented communications and transporter use. After a sabotage of the drill platform, Nero launched a container of red matter into the planet core, which created a singularity that caused Vulcan to implode, along with all but 10,000 Vulcans.

The Enterprise fires on the Narada's missiles

Following the destruction of Vulcan and the capture of Captain Pike, acting captain Spock intended to take the Enterprise to rendezvous with the rest of the fleet at the Laurentian system, but acting first officer James T. Kirk thought it better to attempt to stop Nero. Spock then marooned Kirk for mutiny on Delta Vega, but Kirk managed to beam back on with the help of Spock and Scotty. Spock was forced to resign his command to James T. Kirk according to Regulation 619, and the Enterprise reversed course in an attempt to intercept the Naradabefore it could strike Earth. Emerging from warp in the atmosphere of Titan, the Enterprise hid from the Narada's sensors using the magnetic distortion of Saturn's rings, while beaming Spock and Kirk aboard the Romulan ship before its drill could be ignited. However, the duo could not be rescued as the drill was ignited shortly after. Kirk and Spock then rescued Pike and "liberated" the Jellyfish, Spock using it to destroy the drill. Spock then warped to another part of the system, with Nero pursuing. Spock set a collision course, and Nero launched his remaining missiles to defend the Narada. The Enterprise then warped in, phasers blazing, destroying the missiles, and allowing Spock to continue. Shortly before impact, Spock, Kirk, and Pike were beamed out by the Enterprise. The impact ignited the red matter aboard the Jellyfish, creating a black hole which consumed the Narada.

The Enterprise being pulled into the black hole

The Enterprise was nearly pulled into the black hole as well, but the ship was saved when the ship's warp core was ejected and detonated, the shock wave from the blast propelled the Enterprise to safety.

Following the successful mission of the Enterprise, Pike was promoted to admiral, and James Kirk was assigned to command the Enterprise as his relief, with Spock as his first officer.

Later missions

Months after the destruction of Vulcan, the Enterprise set out on a mission to the edge of the Milky Way Galaxy. By this time Kirk had recruited Gary Mitchell and Lee Kelso to his crew. The ship's encounter with the force field at the edge of the galaxy mutated Mitchell into a superhuman being. Kirk attempted to maroon Mitchell on Delta Vega I, where Mitchell killed Kelso. Kirk was forced to kill Mitchell.

The ship was assigned to take High Commissioner Ferris to help with a delivery of supplies to Makus III, but stopped briefly to investigate the Murasaki 312 formation. When the shuttlecraft Galileo was affected by the formation and crash landed, Nyota Uhura managed to pilot another shuttle and rescue the Galileo crew. The ship continued onward to Makus III for the supply delivery.

Nibru

Enterprise resurfacing on Nibiru

In 2259, the Enterprise was sent to survey Nibiru when the crew discovered a volcanic eruption would render the primitive Nibirans extinct. Kirk parked the Enterprise underwater, despite Scotty's protests, and this ultimately forced Kirk to expose the ship to the natives in order to transport Spock out of the volcano before the cold fusion device he placed detonated. Returning to Earth, Kirk was demoted, but Pike convinced Admiral Alexander Marcus to let him appoint Kirk as his first officer.

Going after John Harrrison

The Enterprise departs Starbase 1

That evening, the rogue agent John Harrison attacked Starfleet Headquarters to assassinate Marcus, but killed Pike instead. Marcus gave a vengeful Kirk permission to take the Enterprise to Qo'noS where Harrison had fled, and fire on his location with 72 experimental photon torpedoes. Chief Engineer Scott protested the loading of the torpedoes onboard Enterprise without his chance to examine them, offering his resignation, which Kirk accepted. Chekov was appointed as Scotty's replacement.

Enterprise and Vengeance come face to face

Kirk found Harrison on Qo'noS and had him brought to the brig. Harrison was reticent about his motives, but suggested Kirk examined the torpedoes Marcus gave him, and also gave him a set of coordinates, which the captain sent to Scotty to investigate. Marcus's daughter Carol and McCoy opened up a torpedo and discovered it held a man in cryogenic stasis. Harrison revealed he was Khan Noonien Singh and the torpedoes held his fellow Augments, whom Marcus had threatened him into cooperation with. Marcus arrived in the USS Vengeance and demanded Kirk hand over Khan, but Kirk refused, intending to expose the conspiracy by bringing Khan to trial on Earth.

The USS Vengeance fires on the USS Enterprise

The Vengeance caught up with the Enterprise in the warp tunnel and fired on it, halting it as it arrived outside Earth. Marcus beamed up his daughter before preparing to wipe out all other witnesses to his plot, but Scotty, who had snuck aboard the Vengeance at the coordinates given by Khan, deactivated its weapons. Kirk and Khan donned thruster suits to commandeer the Vengeance, while Spock ordered McCoy to remove the cryochambers from the torpedoes.

The Enterprise crippled and spiraling down to Earth

Aboard the Vengeance, Khan killed Admiral Marcus and demanded Spock hand over the torpedoes in exchange for Kirk, Scotty and Carol and the safety of the Enterprise. Spock agreed but Khan reneged on letting the Enterprise survive, so the transported torpedoes were detonated in the Vengeance's cargo bay.

The damage inflicted caused both ships to hurtle to Earth, but Kirk was able to repair the warp core before the Enterprise crashed into San Francisco.

The five-year mission

The USS Enterprise in 2260

Severely damaged, the Enterprise had to undergo a repair and refit to mend the damage caused by the attack by the Vengeance. In 2260, the ship was rechristened and assigned to a five-year mission of uncharted deep space exploration.

Final voyage

The Enterprise at Starbase Yorktown in 2263

The Enterprise in the Necro Cloud

Soon after docking at Yorktown, the Enterprise was ordered to traverse the Necro Cloud to rescue Kalara's crew, allegedly stranded on the planet Altamid. Despite the navigational difficulties presented by the cloud, the Enterprise was equipped with the most advanced navigational sensors and emerged from the nebula in orbit of Altamid – immediately coming under attack by Swarm ships commanded by the tyrant Krall.

The Enterprise was unable to handle this style of attack: the ship's phasers having minimal to no effect against the swarm and the photon torpedoes proving to be ineffective, and the shields unable to identify the assaulting ships as threats, leaving them open to attack.

The first assault destroyed the Enterprise's main deflector dish and, as the ship attempted to warp back to the nebula, the swarm severed its warp nacelles. The ship was then boarded by Krall's drone soldiers and his henchman Manas, searching the ship for an artifact known as the Abronath and killing many Enterprise crew members.

Krall's swarm overwhelms the Enterprise

As Lieutenant Sulu attempted to pilot the Enterprise away from Altamid at impulse speed, Krall ordered yet another assault on the ship, this time severing the primary hull from the secondary hull. With the Enterprise critically damaged, Captain Kirk ordered all hands to evacuate and the ship's escape pods were launched. However, Krall's ships captured the pods and carried them to the surface of Altamid.

The remains of the secondary hull drawing power from the impulse engines prevented the saucer from escaping until Lieutenant Uhura successfully separated the ship. However, the Enterprise was too far gone and – with the Abronath safely hidden away – Kirk ordered the last of his crew to man their Kelvin pods and abandon ship. The primary hull was then captured by the gravitational pull of Altamid and crash landed on the planet's surface.

The saucer of the Enterprise burns on Altamid

Kirk and Chekov return to the wreck of the Enterprise

With the crew scattered on Altamid, Kirk and Ensign Chekov later returned to the wreck of the Enterprise, reactivating the ship's sensors and locating survivors. Pursued through the ruined ship by Kalara – revealed to be aligned with Krall – and several drone soldiers, Kirk and Chekov ignited the thrusters, causing a massive explosion and the ship to flip over. As Kirk and Chekov escaped, the saucer landed on Kalara and killed her.

Upon reuniting and ultimately defeating Krall, the surviving members of the Enterprise crew were later reassigned to a new starship, the USS Enterprise-A and continued their mission of exploration.

Crew

The Enterprise's senior officers

The Enterprise crew in 2263

Command Division

• Commanding officer:
  • Captain Christopher Pike (2258)
  • Commander Spock (2258)
  • Lieutenant James T. Kirk (2258)
  • Admiral Christopher Pike (2258)
  • Captain James T. Kirk (2258-2259)
  • Admiral Christopher Pike (2259)
  • Commander/Captain James T. Kirk (2259-2263)
  • Lieutenant Hikaru Sulu (2259) (acting)
• First officer:
  • Commander Spock (2258)
  • Lieutenant James T. Kirk (2258)
  • Commander Spock (2258-2259)
  • Commander James T. Kirk (2259)
  • Commander Spock (2259-2263)

Pilots

• Chief Helmsman:
  • Kyle McKenna (2258)
  • Lieutenant Hikaru Sulu (2258-)
• Helmsman: Lieutenant Hikaru Sulu (2258-2263)

Navigators

• Ensign Pavel Chekov (2258-2259)
• Ensign Darwin (2259) (acting)
• Ensign Pavel Chekov (2259-2263)

Communications

• Chief communications officer:
  • Lieutenant Hawkins (2258)
  • Lieutenant Nyota Uhura (2258-2263)

Engineering

• Chief Engineer:
  • Olson (2258)
  • Lieutenant Commander Montgomery Scott (2258-2259)
  • Ensign Pavel Chekov (2259) (acting)
  • Lieutenant Commander Montgomery Scott (2259-2263)

Sciences Division

• Chief science officer: Commander Spock (2258-2263)
• Science officer: Lieutenant Carol Marcus (2259-2260s)

Medical

• Chief medical officer:
  • Doctor Puri (2258)
  • Doctor Leonard McCoy (2258-2263)
• Nursing staff: Christine Chapel (2258-2259)