U.S.S. Charleston NCC-42285

Excelsior class (ST-06)
Excelsior class (ST-06)

Excelsior-class starship that ferried three 20th-century Humans who’d been revived from cryogenic stasis back to Earth in 2364.[1] The Charleston later served in an armada to blockade Romulan supply ships from reaching the forces of the House of Duras during the Klingon civil war of 2367.[2] Named for the city in South Carolina on Earth.

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U.S.S. Challenger NCC-71099

Galaxy class (TNG-101-102)
Galaxy class (TNG-101-102)

V201 Timeline

In 2390, the Galaxy-class Challenger, under the command of Captain Geordi La Forge, tried unsuccessfully to prevent Chakotay and Harry Kim from changing history.[1]

STO Timeline

Captain Geordi La Forge, who had previously served as first officer and chief engineer aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-E under Captain Data, was named commanding officer of the Challenger in 2397; he was succeeded as chief engineer on the Enterprise by Lieutenant Commander Nog.[2]

Named for the early human spacecraft, destroyed in 1986 in an explosion that claimed the lives of seven astronauts shortly after launch.

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U.S.S. Carolina

Ranger class (Decipher #3)
Ranger class (Decipher #3)

The Ranger class[2] U.S.S. Carolina apparently sent out a distress signal to the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701 on Stardate 3497.2. The transmission turned out to be a hoax, a Klingon attempt to prevent the Enterprise from returning to Capella IV.[1]

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Capital Gain (Mirror)

Defiant class (DS9-537)
Defiant class (DS9-537)

In the Mirror Universe, the Capital Gain was a warship constructed by the Terran Rebellion,[2] and was based on the Defiant-class specifications stolen from Deep Space Nine in 2371. After the Terran Rebellion on the Mirror Terok Nor built their own Defiant,[1] Generals Zek and Bashir turned the abandoned Empok Nor station into a shipyard capable of producing up to twelve Defiant-class starships at a time. The Capital Gain was the first ship produced there, and was captained by Zek.[2]

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U.S.S. Cairo NCC-42136

Excelsior class (ST-06)
Excelsior class (ST-06)

In 2369 the Excelsior-class U.S.S. Cairo NCC-42136, commanded by Captain Edward Jellico, transported Vice Admiral Nechayev to a rendezvous with the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-D when it was feared that the Cardassians were developing a metagenic weapon.[1] In 2374, the Cairo, now under the command of Captain Leslie Wong, was lost and presumed destroyed by Dominion forces while on patrol near the Romulan Neutral Zone.[2] Named for the capitol city of Egypt on Earth.

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I.K.S. Buruk

Klingon Bird of Prey (ST-05)
Klingon Bird of Prey (ST-05)

K’Vort class Klingon Bird-of-Prey that transported Gowron to a rendezvous with the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-D in 2366.[1]

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U.S.S. Budapest NCC-64923

Norway class (ST-08)
Norway class (ST-08)

Federation starship, Norway class. The Budapest was among the ships defending Sector 001 against the Borg incursion of 2373.[1] Named for the capitol city of Hungary on Earth.

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U.S.S. Brattain NCC-21166

Miranda class (ST-02)
Miranda class (ST-02)

Commanded by Captain Chantal Zaheva. The Brattain mysteriously disappeared in 2367 and was found trapped in a Tyken’s rift near a binary star system by the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-D. All but one of the Brattain crew were found dead, apparently having brutally killed each other. Autopsies conducted by Dr. Beverly Crusher revealed unusual chemical imbalances in their brains, apparently due to severe REM sleep deprivation, believed to be the cause of the bizarre violence. The REM sleep loss was found to be a side-effect of an attempt by an alien ship to communicate from within the Tyken’s Rift. The alien intelligence had apparently been trying to enlist the Brattain‘s crew to help both ships escape the rift.[1] Named for Walter House Brattain (1902-1987), American scientist who won the Nobel prize for Physics in 1956 for the development of the transistor.

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U.S.S. Bozeman NCC-1941

U.S.S. Bozeman (TNG-218)
U.S.S. Bozeman (TNG-218)

U.S.S. Bozeman (TNG-218)
U.S.S. Bozeman (TNG-218)

Soyuz-class Federation starship commanded by Captain Morgan Bateson, a contemporary of Admiral James T. Kirk and Captain Spock. In 2278, three weeks after leaving its home starbase, the Bozeman disappeared near the Typhon Expanse. It re-emerged in a near-collision with the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-D in 2368. The Bozeman had been unknowingly stuck in a temporal causality loop with the Enterprise-D; while the Enterprise crew lost only 17.4 days, the crew of the Bozeman effectively skipped over 90 years. In alternate realities, the two ships had actually collided and destroyed each other, an occurrence which repeated numerous times in the causality loop, until the Enterprise crew became aware of the anomaly and found a way to avert the disaster and break the loop. After a near-collision once the loop had been broken, Bateson—unfamiliar with the design of the other ship—hailed the Enterprise to offer assistance, but was informed by Captain Picard that he and his crew were now in the year 2368.[1]
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Botany Bay

Botany Bay (TOS-24)
Botany Bay (TOS-24)

Botany Bay (TOS-24)
Botany Bay (TOS-24)

Nuclear-powered vessel of the DY-100 class. Named after an infamous Australian penal colony, the Botany Bay was launched in 1996 with refugees from the Eugenics Wars, namely Khan Noonien Singh and his band of genetically-bred “supermen.” The launch was kept secret in order to not alarm a war-weary population that the tyrant who controlled more than one-fourth of the planet from 1992-96 was still alive. After being defeated in Earth’s Eugenics Wars, Khan and his followers hoped to find another world to conquer and rule.[1]

The Botany Bay drifted in space for over two centuries with its passengers in suspended animation, until the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701 discovered the sleeper ship near the Mutara sector in 2266. The ship’s automatic systems attempted to revive Khan first, since he was the leader of the group, but malfunctioned in the process, forcing the Enterprise crew to intervene and save him. Captain Kirk intended to keep the other passengers in stasis until the Enterprise reached Starbase 12 with the Botany Bay in tow, but Khan defied security and transported back to the sleeper ship to revive his crewmates and begin an insurgency. Of the 84 passengers, 72 survived, 30 of them women. The Botany Bay was discarded in deep space when Khan attempted to commandeer the Enterprise,[1] but a variety of belongings were retained, including a collection of classic books and a seatbelt, which found their way to Ceti Alpha V, where Khan and his people were exiled.[2]

References

  • [1]TOS-24: Space Seed
  • [2]ST-02: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
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