USS Sovereign (NCC-73811)
The USS Sovereign is a starship in the Star Trek universe. The USS Sovereign was Launched in the next generation 7th season in 2370. the USS Sovereign never actually appeared in any of the Star Trek shows or movies, but it did appear in a game called Star trek Bridge Commander. The USS Sovereign was first commissioned with registry NX-73811 then was later changed to NCC-73811. The USS Sovereign was also the first ship of her class. the USS Honorious was supposed to be the second of the sovereign class starships to be launched, but due to the distruction of the Galaxy class starship USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D at Viridian III in 2371 the USS Honorious was renamed USS Enterprise NCC-1701-E. Unlike the USS Excelsior the USS Sovereign did not have transwarp drive.
The USS Sovereign was the class leader, or prototype, as all other ships of the same design are called Sovereign class starships. Only one Sovereign-class starship Was featured in the Star Trek: The Next Generation feature films Star Trek: First Contact, Star Trek: Insurrection and Star Trek: Nemesis the Sovereign class starship to be featured in those three films was the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-E) the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-E) was a Sovereign-class starship, as established in the 1996 feature film Star Trek First Contact it was also the sixth ship to bare the name Enterprise. The USS Enterprise NCC-170-E was known as the federation FlagShip.
Known Sovereign-class starships
The exact number of Sovereign-class ships constructed is not known. Tabulation is complicated by the fact that, while many have been mentioned, most of them appear in the Pocket Books spin-off novels, which are not considered canonical to the franchise. Ships introduced in canon sources include:
- USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-E) : The Federation Flagship, commanded by Captain Jean-Luc Picard, the Enterprise was launched in 2372 from the San Francisco Yards. The next year, the Enterprise fights in the Battle of Sector 001 before being transported back to 2063 where the Borg partially assimilate it during their attempt to PReVENT first contact between humans and Vulcans. In 2375, the Enterprise crew prevents the forced relocation of the Ba'ku people from their planet in the Briar Patch. In 2379, the ship travels to Romulus to meet with Praetor Shinzon. The Enterprise is severely damaged while fighting Shinzon's Scimitar, and shortly thereafter undergoes major repairs in ORBit over Earth.
Additionally, non-canon sources introduce the following ships:
- USS Sovereign (NX-73811, later NCC-73811) : The pathfinder for the class appears in Star Trek: Bridge Commander, serving as the player's flagship for the second half of the game. Also, it becomes Admiral Kathryn Janeway's flagship and is destroyed by a warp core breach in the novel Captain's Glory by William Shatner.
- USS Gibraltar : A Sovereign-class ship that was destroyed over Korvat in 2381 by the Borg.
- USS Atlas : A Sovereign-class ship under the command of Morgan Bateson in 2381. It was leading the defense of Vulcan against the Borg.
- USS Musashi : A Sovereign-class ship under the command of Alex Terapane. It was destroyed over Deneva during the Borg Invasion of 2381.
- USS Ranger: A "Sovereign"-class ship that was defending Khitomer in the Borg invasion of 2381, rammed the invading vessel to destroy it.
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