149-570: The USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-E) , or Enterprise -E , to distinguish it from other vessels with the same name , is a fictional starship belonging to the United Federation of Planets , commonly known as the Federation, in the Star Trek franchise. It appears in the films Star Trek: First Contact , Star Trek: Insurrection and Star Trek: Nemesis , where it serves as the primary setting. It
298-410: A Declaration -class ship launched in 2123. Its length is given as 300 metres (980 ft), and it has a capacity of 100 crew and 850 passengers. The Star Trek Maps by New Eye Photography Editors, also published in 1979, listed this ship as a fusion drive probe that was Earth's first attempt to explore another star system. The Making of Star Trek: The Motion Picture , published in 1980, describes
447-461: A weapon of mass destruction to destroy all life on Earth. The ship returns to spacedock to undergo extensive repairs. In the penultimate episode of Star Trek: Picard , "Võx", the Enterprise is briefly mentioned as having been later commanded by Worf , but is unusable and out-of service for nebulous reasons. In the novels published by Pocket Books after Nemesis , the Enterprise -E remains under
596-463: A Mirror, Darkly " features a Mirror Universe version of NX-01 Enterprise . This ship is equipped with a cloaking device, deflector shields, a tractor beam, a prototype agony booth, and different exterior markings. It is commanded by Captain Maximilian Forrest, although for a brief time his first officer, Commander Jonathan Archer, takes command following a mutiny. This Enterprise is destroyed by
745-509: A bakery, a farm with a full irrigation system, a city hall, and a city square which was referred to as the "rotunda". The location shoot lasted for six weeks. The buildings included sections built with styrofoam , which were cut out using computer aided design and computer-aided manufacturing techniques. These were covered in hardcoat to make them look as though they were made from stone, but they were not made waterproof. The set suffered water damage following record levels of rainfall during
894-513: A betrayal by Picard's rogue colleague. The draft went through several versions with only the crew's mission and the Briar Patch — named after the area from the Br'er Rabbit stories — remaining. Berman suggested that Data become the renegade crew-member that Picard must deal with. The plot was similar to The Next Generation episode " Homeward " in that a people were being relocated through use of
1043-419: A combined international effort, thus he invented the combined designation NCC. The 1701 had two functions, it represented the first (01) ship of a 17th federation cruiser design, and that the digits were unlikely to be misread, unlike 6, 8, or 9. In Gene Roddenberry's original Star Trek pitch, the starship is described as a "United Space Ship", and in two episodes of The Original Series (TOS), Kirk refers to
1192-595: A flashback to Captain Pike's command in the episode " The Menagerie " (1966), the ship's bridge featured a transparent dome ceiling that was absent for the rest of the Original Series. A significantly redesigned version of Captain Pike's Enterprise appears in Star Trek: Discovery ' s second season , set several years after the events of "The Cage". The new design for the Enterprise , which more closely matches
1341-457: A friend of Piller, suggested Insurrection , which was selected from a choice of Insurrection , Rebellion , High Treason and Act of Treason . After filming was complete, test screenings were held, and the production team became aware of a problem with the ending. In the original ending, Ru'afo is ejected into space from the Son'a collector ship and de-ages rapidly as he floats amongst the rings of
1490-479: A half stars, describing it as a "slickly made" movie with a plot "scaled down to its TV roots", and criticized the "frivolous" romance between Riker and Troi. The Washington Times gave the film one and a half stars, saying that it was "consistently flat-footed and slow on the uptake", and that there was "ramshackle confusion during the climactic scenes". The Scottish Daily Record praised F. Murray Abraham and described Anthony Zerbe as "ever-dependable". It said
1639-576: A holodeck. The use of a duck blind to observe cultures was previously used in the episode " Who Watches the Watchers ". In one draft, Picard kills Data early in the film, and the android is later resurrected to help the Captain in the finale. The first two drafts featured the Romulans as the antagonists, since they had never prominently appeared in a Star Trek film. The second draft was seen by Jonathan Dolgen at
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#17328584404141788-558: A lot of what Gene Roddenberry felt about Star Trek — I think he's going to be very happy up there when he sees this movie." Before the casting process, no actors had been considered for the roles of the Son'a leader, the Ba'ku woman, and the Starfleet admiral. The Son'a leader, Ahdar Ru'afo, was portrayed by F. Murray Abraham, who won an Academy Award for his performance in Amadeus . Abraham
1937-536: A month before the release of Insurrection he appeared in the role in a guest appearance in the Star Trek: Voyager episode " Timeless ". Michael Dorn returned as Lieutenant Commander Worf, having portrayed him in Deep Space Nine since 1995. Reprising her role as Doctor Beverly Crusher , Gates McFadden said that "Shooting Star Trek and getting paid to do it is great. But what's actually changed my life
2086-408: A moral and ethical mindset, and stand for principles that are important to [humanity]". Stewart was later pleased with the film's romantic sub-plot, calling it "charming" and saying that he was "feeling very good about it." He thought that the film had a lighter tone than previous films, saying, "It shows our crew having a little more fun than we normally see them doing". Stewart was disappointed that
2235-436: A movie." Piller re-drafted the script, adding a romantic subplot for Picard in the shape of Anij, a Ba'ku woman. He added gravitas to the Son'a to make them more menacing, and the ending was changed to include a massive Son'a collector ship and a confrontation between Picard and Ru'afo aboard the ship. A version of the script was subsequently leaked onto the internet. At the same time, Piller and Berman were exploring titles for
2384-653: A new character. Patrick Stewart sought a change to the script to have the crew defend the Ba'ku village in the manner of the Battle of the Alamo instead of fleeing into the mountains. Piller could not find a feasible way to include this in the script, and the budget ruled out the creation of Alamo-like structures in the mountains. Several titles were considered for the film as shooting approached. Star Trek: Where Time Stands Still , Star Trek: Forever and Star Trek: Beyond Paradise were all considered but were rejected. Piller's favorite
2533-475: A piano, timpani percussion, and brass, the theme builds until it is interrupted by the action theme as Data opens fire. Goldsmith did not write a motif for the Son'a, but scored the action sequence without designating the Son'a as an antagonist, suggesting the film's revelation that the Son'a and Ba'ku are related. The film's climax is scored with the action theme, which is balanced with "sense of wonder" music similar to cues from The Motion Picture . One scene in
2682-403: A romantic relationship with Anij, a Ba'ku woman. Data and Picard discover a submerged and cloaked Federation ship containing a gigantic holodeck that recreates the Ba'ku village. Data's malfunction stemmed from a Son'a attack, the result of his accidentally discovering their vessel. Picard confronts Dougherty and learns that top Federation officers colluded with the Son'a to deceptively relocate
2831-447: A scene in which Picard and Anij kiss was cut from the final version of the film, saying that "It was a studio decision, but still somewhat inexplicable to me as I feel the audience were waiting for some kind of romantic culmination to the relationship, which did happen and was extremely pleasant." Stewart received a producer's credit on the film. Jonathan Frakes appeared as Commander William Riker, and as with First Contact he directed
2980-568: A second "C" because he thought it looked better. The Franz Joseph Blueprints , the book The Making of Star Trek , and a handful of Star Trek novels speculate that NCC is an initialism for "Naval Construction Contract". In an interview with the BBC, Jefferies explained that NC is the designation for U.S. civil aircraft and civil aircraft in the Soviet Union used the designation CCCC. He concluded that any major future space projects would likely be
3129-480: A small number of other actresses were seen. She said of the role, "I feel a great honor and responsibility to be a part of this film, because I know that the Star Trek audience has such a devotion to and affection for these richly drawn characters." Anthony Zerbe originally auditioned for the role of Ru'afo, and was considered to be the best choice for it. However, the production team decided instead to cast him in
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#17328584404143278-469: A theatrical run of $ 117.8 million worldwide. Critical responses to the film were mixed; the performance of Patrick Stewart and the directing of Jonathan Frakes were praised, while other critics compared it to an extended episode of the television series. Insurrection was nominated for both a Saturn Award and a Hugo Award , but the only award it received was a Youth in Film Award for Michael Welch . It
3427-490: A total of $ 8,417 per location across 2,620 theaters, but fell short of the opening weekend takings of both First Contact and Generations , which were $ 30.7 million and $ 23.1 million respectively. Insurrection was the highest-grossing film during the first week of its release in the United States, beating A Bug's Life , and stayed in the top ten for a further three weeks. During its first week of release in
3576-528: A way to replicate the Borg's temporal vortex and return to their own time in the 24th century, which he successfully accomplishes and the film ends as the Enterprise travels into the vortex back to the future. In Star Trek: Insurrection , the crew stops a Son'a attempt to forcibly relocate the Ba'ku people from their homeworld. In Star Trek: Nemesis , the Enterprise is heavily damaged while stopping Shinzon from using
3725-508: Is a 1998 American science fiction film directed by Jonathan Frakes . It is the ninth film in the Star Trek film series , as well as the third to star the cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation , with F. Murray Abraham , Donna Murphy , and Anthony Zerbe appearing in main roles. Frakes is also an actor known for playing the Star Trek character William Riker in this film and in Star Trek: The Next Generation . In
3874-561: Is a large auxiliary starship built into the design of several Federation starship designs including the Galaxy -class and Sovereign -class. It was docked to the underside of the saucer section. On USS Enterprise -E, the name of the captain's yacht is the Cousteau . In 2375, the crew of USS Enterprise -E used the Cousteau to travel to the surface of the Ba'ku homeworld, in the film Star Trek: Insurrection . Designer Andrew Probert came up with
4023-518: Is in the Next Generation episode " Yesterday's Enterprise " (1990). It was destroyed attempting to defend the Klingon outpost Narendra III from Romulan attack. Survivors included Tasha Yar ( Denise Crosby ), whose alternate timeline version from "Yesterday's Enterprise" travels with the ship back in time to the battle over Narendra III. The actions of the Enterprise -C's crew became a catalyst for
4172-402: Is made. The game was developed by Presto Studios and published by Activision . An Insurrection "Special Collector's Edition" two-disc set was released in 2005 at the same time as three other Next Generation films and Star Trek: Enterprise ' s fourth season, marking the first time that every film and episode of the franchise was available on home video. The film was presented with
4321-493: Is returned to the Fleet Museum the following year. Registry: USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-E) Class: Sovereign Service: 2372–2384 (12 years) Captains: Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) The main setting for the films Star Trek: First Contact (1996), Star Trek: Insurrection (1998), and Star Trek: Nemesis (2002). She also appeared in the season 1 finale of Star Trek: Prodigy (2022), set in
4470-560: Is shown during its construction phase at the Riverside Shipyard in Iowa during the first film. A brief shot of the NCC-1701 is seen as the shuttlecraft carrying Kirk and the new recruits into space departs the shipyard later on in the movie. At the end of Star Trek Into Darkness , Enterprise started its five-year mission. The ship was later destroyed by Krall and his alien swarm attack during
4619-672: Is similar to that of the USS Excelsior , which first appeared in the 1984 film Star Trek III: The Search For Spock. Differences between the Enterprise -B and the Excelsior include: flarings on the outside of the secondary hull, additional and larger impulse engines, and slight differences between the nacelles as well as the bridge modules. Non-canon information concerning the Enterprise -B includes several licensed Star Trek novels in which Demora Sulu, daughter of Hikaru Sulu, followed Harriman as captain. There are also licensed guides, such as
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4768-492: Is the main setting of the original Star Trek series (1966–1969) and Star Trek: The Animated Series (1973–74). Having undergone an extensive rebuilding and refitting, Enterprise then appears in Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979), Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982), and Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984) in which the starship is destroyed by its crew to escape capture. Depictions of
4917-532: Is the sixth Federation starship to carry the name Enterprise . The ship's captain during the 2370s and early 2380s was Jean-Luc Picard . He was transferred to the Enterprise -E after the Enterprise -D was destroyed in The Next Generation spin-off movie Star Trek Generations . Ronald D. Moore , the co-writer of Star Trek Generations and Star Trek: First Contact , has suggested that construction of
5066-531: Is very seductive." The critical response to Insurrection was mixed. Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gave the film a score of 55% based on 67 reviews, with critic consensus being that, "Although not terrible, the sluggishly paced Insurrection plays like an extended episode of the TV series." On Metacritic the film has a score of 64 out of 100, based on reviews from 19 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave
5215-546: The Wright Flyer , a V-2 rocket , a Bell X-1 , a Vostok-3KA capsule, a Space Shuttle orbiter , and some Star Trek universe starships. A painting of this ship hangs on the wall of Earth's 602 Club in flashbacks that appeared in the Star Trek: Enterprise episode " First Flight " (2003). Non-canon sources give more details: The 1979 Star Trek Spaceflight Chronology describes this "first interstellar liner" as
5364-560: The 20th Youth in Film Awards and won the individual award for Best Performance in a Feature Film: Supporting Young Actor for Michael Welch. The first home media release of the film was made simultaneously on VHS , Laserdisc and DVD on May 11, 1999, in the United States, and outside the US on VHS later that year. The film was released on June 5, 2000, in the United Kingdom, and was one of
5513-594: The Blu-ray (BD) version of the movie gives the length as 2,379 feet (725 m), which would be larger than the Next Generation D and E versions, making it the largest USS Enterprise in the franchise history (not counting the pre-Federation era Enterprise (XCV 330) , seen only as a model). This would result in a height of 167m, and a beam of 339m. Registry: USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-A) Class: Constitution Service: 2263–ongoing Captains: James T. Kirk (Chris Pine) Enterprise -A first appears at
5662-689: The Deep Space Nine episodes " Improbable Cause " and " Looking for par'Mach in All the Wrong Places " and the Voyager episode " Gravity ". McKenzie Westmore , daughter of make-up supervisor Michael Westmore , played a Ba'ku woman. She previously appeared as a child in The Next Generation season one episode " When the Bough Breaks " and as Ensign Jenkins in the Voyager episode " Warhead ". Scenes cut from
5811-407: The Enterprise ' s replacement, an identical starship given the name Enterprise and registry number NCC-1701-A. Registry: USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-A) Class: Constitution II Service: 2286–2293 (7 years) Captains: James T. Kirk ( William Shatner ) This ship first appears at the conclusion of Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) and is the main setting in
5960-413: The Enterprise made occasional appearances in later Star Trek series, before being reintroduced as the main setting of the prequel Star Trek: Strange New Worlds , portraying the ship's missions in the decade prior to The Original Series . Details of the ship's appearance differed in the various series and films in which it appears. In the 1965 pilot episode " The Cage ", whose footage was reused for
6109-442: The Enterprise that had appeared in the Star Trek franchise. By contrast, in 2019, SyFy ranked the refit design of the Enterprise (NCC-1701 and NCC-1701-A) as the franchise's best, ranking the original design as only the fourth best version of the starship. Time described each iteration of the Enterprise as "a character in its own right". Over many decades, the starship has influenced real-life activities of NASA and
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6258-458: The Enterprise to transmission range to communicate the violation to Starfleet. The Son'a launch robotic probes to locate and capture the fleeing Ba'ku. The Son'a leader, Ahdar Ru'afo ( F. Murray Abraham ), convinces Dougherty to allow two Son'a ships to attack the Enterprise , but Enterprise escapes. Their plan exposed, Ru'afo insists upon harvesting the radiation source immediately. Picard, Anij, and several Ba'ku are transported as prisoners onto
6407-601: The Enterprise -E began during the final season of The Next Generation (2370), and that the ship was renamed USS Enterprise , which would become the next flagship of the United Federation of Planets after the Enterprise -D had been destroyed. The Enterprise -E is a Sovereign class starship, launched in 2372 from the San Francisco Fleet Yards under the command of Captain Jean-Luc Picard , and most of
6556-566: The Enterprise's presence is unneeded. Captain Jean-Luc Picard ignores orders and takes the Enterprise to recover Data. Captain Picard becomes suspicious when Dougherty insists that the Enterprise is no longer needed and orders Data's malfunction to be investigated. The crew discovers that the Ba'ku are technologically advanced with warp capabilities, but have rejected its use for simpler lives. Due to unique "metaphasic particles" emanating from
6705-658: The Haynes Enterprise Manual , in which a list of the ship's captains includes Demora Sulu, William George, and Thomas Johnson Jr. Three ships named Enterprise are featured in Star Trek: The Next Generation television series and four TNG -era films. Two additional Enterprise ships appear in the third season of Star Trek: Picard , in which TNG ' s command crew are reunited. Registry: USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-C) Class: Ambassador Service: 2332 –2344 (12 years) Captains: Rachel Garrett ( Tricia O'Neil ) This ship's first and only appearance
6854-450: The Romulans , and the Son'a and Ba'ku were introduced in its third draft. After Ira Steven Behr reviewed the script, Piller revised it and added a subplot involving a romantic interest for Jean-Luc Picard . The film's ending was further revised after test screenings. The special effects depicting outer space were completely computer generated, a first for a Star Trek film. The Ba'ku village
7003-457: The Royal Navy . For Insurrection , Blackman initially thought of creating a uniform with short jackets in blue, red and gold, which he later said was "not a good idea". His eventual design minimized the use of division-specific colors. Blackman said, "No matter what, white over black has a formal look to it." Sanja Milkovic Hayes created the remaining new costumes for the film. She avoided making
7152-502: The Star Trek franchise. Bruce French , who portrayed Son'a Officer Number 1, appeared as Sabin Genestra in The Next Generation episode " The Drumhead " and as the Ocampa doctor in the Voyager pilot episode . Son'a Officer Number 3 was played by Joseph Ruskin , who appeared in four episodes across the Star Trek franchise: The Original Series episode " The Gamesters of Triskelion ", and
7301-531: The Tholians . Registry: ISS Enterprise (NCC-1701) Class: Constitution Service: 2260s Captains: Christopher Pike, James T. Kirk (William Shatner), Spock (Leonard Nimoy) A Mirror Universe Enterprise appears in the original Star Trek episode " Mirror, Mirror ". The ship is equipped with an agony booth and the mirror in the captain's quarters conceals Captain Kirk's deadly Tantalus device. ISS Enterprise
7450-457: The U.S. Navy : Celebrity astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson has spoken highly of the influence and legacy of the original Enterprise on other fictional spaceships. Drawing a parallel to comparing athletes between eras, he said of spaceship design, "What matters is not what they look like now, but what they looked to others at the time that they prevailed... There is only one spaceship that's earlier than [the original Enterprise ], and that's
7599-497: The United Federation of Planets in Star Trek ' s fictional timeline. Registry: USS Enterprise (XCV 330) Class: Declaration Service: circa 2130s Captain: Unknown This USS Enterprise (XCV 330) appears in Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) among a series of illustrations depicting ships named Enterprise . It also appears as a model in Star Trek Into Darkness (2013), together with models of
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#17328584404147748-470: The Vulcans , thus preventing the Federation from ever being formed, although the Enterprise crew are as yet unaware of this plan as they follow the vessel into the temporal vortex it had created to travel through time. The Enterprise's crew briefly glimpse the result of the creation of this alternate history while following the vessel back through time; the attack is successful and Earth is wholly assimilated by
7897-425: The massively multiplayer online role-playing game Star Trek Online . Its design is based on the entry submitted by Adam Ihle for the 2011 "Design the next Enterprise " contest, a joint venture between Cryptic Studios, CBS, and Intel, which ran shortly before the game went "free to play". Enterprise -F made its first appearance in the mission "Boldly They Rode", at the point where USS Enterprise -F appears to help
8046-479: The "United Space Ship Enterprise ". In 1976, before Star Trek: The Motion Picture , Paramount had planned a Star Trek film to have been named Star Trek: Planet of the Titans . Early in the production, Ralph McQuarrie had been hired to redesign the Enterprise . The major feature of the redesign was to replace the cigar-shaped secondary hull with a larger, triangle-shaped " delta wing " section. McQuarrie's design
8195-731: The 26th century. In this timeline, Enterprise -J participated in the Battle of Procyon V, a climactic battle in which the Federation successfully drove the invasive trans-dimensional beings known as the Sphere Builders back into their own realm. The ship's crew included a descendant of the Xindi scientist Degra . Registry: UEF Enterprise Class: Constitution Service: circa 2259 Captain: James T. Kirk (Paul Wesley) The "Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow" episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds introduces an alternate timeline where Earth
8344-465: The 32nd century, as mentioned in the Star Trek: Discovery episode " Stormy Weather ", a starship Enterprise noted heated plasma while closing on a subspace rift. No further detail about this ship was provided. Registry: USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) Class: Galaxy refit Service: circa 2395 Captain: Full Admiral William T. Riker ( Jonathan Frakes ) In " All Good Things... ",
8493-544: The Ba'ku child Artim. Michael Horton returned as the tactical officer he portrayed in First Contact ; his character was called Lieutenant Daniels in this film. Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave guitarist Tom Morello played a Son'a warrior. Morello's make-up regime began at 5 am, at which time he said he would normally "be crawling back into my coffin". Several of the film's actors had previously appeared in
8642-418: The Ba'ku look too cute, and used material made from cellulose fiber specifically created for Insurrection . She said it was organic, and was simply cooked and then glued together. The Son'a costumes were made from layers of crushed velvet and metal strips. The female bodysuits were made of latex; Hayes wanted them to appear "sexy, but not vulgar" and described the outfits as "very conservative". Insurrection
8791-410: The Ba'ku to another planet, allowing for the particles to be collected on a mass scale (poisoning the planet in the process). Dougherty then orders the Enterprise to leave. Picard defiantly retorts that the particles' medical benefits do not justify Dougherty's plans for the Ba'ku and that they violate Starfleet's Prime Directive . Picard and some crew help the Ba'ku escape abduction while Riker moves
8940-450: The Borg had teleported to the Enterprise before their vessel was destroyed. The Borg proceed to hijack and almost assimilate the entire ship until Captain Picard and Commander Data reclaim it and rescue the crew. After that, the crew witness Cochrane's flight and humanity's successful first contact, then Commander Geordi La Forge , the ship's Chief Engineer, informs Picard that he has found
9089-417: The Borg vessel's target was Bozeman, Montana , the launch site of Cochrane's first faster-than-light flight. This leads to the crew now realizing that the Borg's reason for time-travelling was to stop the first contact event and they decide to covertly assist Cochrane in his preparations in a bid to ensure the flight happens as intended and history remains intact. However, the crew are unaware that some of
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#17328584404149238-454: The Borg. Once the Enterprise arrives over Earth shortly after the Borg vessel, the vessel quickly targets a particular spot on Earth and attacks, but the Enterprise manages to destroy it before it does any serious damage. After the attack, the Enterprise crew determine that they have arrived in the year 2063, the year humanity made first contact with the Vulcans, and they also determine that
9387-491: The Federation, using a Borg Cube. Picard's haunting memories of his former experience as a Borg drone in The Next Generation granted him knowledge on a vulnerable spot on the seemingly-indestructible cube, which he passed on to the other participating Federation ships and they subsequently attacked the spot and destroyed the cube. The Borg cube launches a smaller vessel prior to its destruction, which travels back in time in an attempt to stop Zefram Cochrane 's first contact with
9536-720: The ISS Enterprise returns in the episode "Mirrors" where it is found stuck in interdimensional space, having been used by refugees fleeing the mirror universe (after the death of the Terran High Chancellor) who subsequently abandoned ship when it got stuck. The Enterprise is freed by the USS Discovery and sent to Federation Headquarters for storage. The crew of the Discovery learns from Federation databases that most of this Enterprise crew had survived and found new lives in
9685-446: The Line , written by Star Trek ' s technical consultant Michael Okuda , states that the Enterprise can travel at up to warp 9.995. In 2018, Io9 / Gizmodo ranked the fictional spacecraft design shown in the films First Contact , Insurrection , and Nemesis , the Enterprise -E, as the third best version of starship Enterprise of the Star Trek franchise. In 2019, SyFy ranked
9834-452: The Son'a ship. Dr Crusher discovers that the Son'a and the Ba'ku are the same race. Picard then informs Dougherty that the Son'a are a splinter faction of Ba'ku who abandoned their bucolic existence a century earlier and embraced technology. Their attempt to seize power failed, and the Ba'ku elders exiled them from the planet, denying them the rings' rejuvenating effects. The Son'a developed an artificially imperfect means to extend their lives at
9983-549: The UK, it was the highest-grossing film, exceeding the takings of the Will Smith film Enemy of the State . Insurrection enjoyed a two-week spell at the top of the UK box office and eventually earned £7,429,398, roughly the same as Generations . It went on to gross $ 70,187,658 in the US and $ 47,612,342 in other countries for a total of $ 117,800,000 worldwide against a $ 70 million budget. It
10132-472: The actions of Data and the Ba'ku child Artim in Insurrection are seen as "a metamorphosis motif where a child becomes computerlike and a computer/android becomes more childlike". Data specifically "is a metaphor for a child who seeks to understand what being human means and then, like the velveteen rabbit, wishes to become. From confronting his father and evil brother to finding his mother, Data also represents
10281-454: The aeroshuttle and the waverider, respectively. As on the Enterprise -D, however, these vessels were only depicted on technical schematics and never seen in operation or referred to in dialog. Gizmodo 's Io9 blog ranked the original design of the USS ; Enterprise (NCC-1701) as the best version of the Enterprise , characterizing the original as still superior to 11 later versions of
10430-466: The aesthetic of Discovery , debuted in 2018 at the conclusion of the season 1 finale , and would go on to become the main setting of the series Strange New Worlds . When the Enterprise was reintroduced in the 1979 film Star Trek: The Motion Picture , the ship had just completed an extensive refit and redesign that included new slimmer warp nacelles, connected to the secondary hull by angled winglike struts. The updated design would be reused later for
10579-487: The alliance between the Federation and the Klingon Empire. Registry: USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) Class: Galaxy Service: 2363–2371 and 2401–2402 (9 years) Captains: Jean-Luc Picard ( Patrick Stewart ), William T. Riker ( Jonathan Frakes ), Edward Jellico ( Ronny Cox ) The main setting of Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1994). During Star Trek Generations , Enterprise -D
10728-579: The audience would not want to see an entire film in which Picard is not the lead star — the character would look like Patrick Stewart, but would be different. A further idea from Berman would have seen the return of Lore , last seen in the episode " Descent ", in a film which was described as similar in tone to Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan . Piller initially thought to write a Fountain of Youth -type story, later saying: "Everybody's consumed with images of youth. There's commercials, plastic surgery — our culture seems obsessed with youth." He called
10877-491: The climactic scene between Picard and Ru'afo. Because of the dangers of the four-story scaffolding-like set, the actors were attached by safety cables at all times. Paramount's B tank, which was used to represent San Francisco Bay in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home , was used to shoot footage of Picard, Data and Anij at the Ba'ku lake. For a scene in which Data walks along a lake bed, the actor's tricorder prop
11026-604: The command of Picard as of 2385 in the 2013 novel miniseries Star Trek: The Fall . Data was resurrected in the novels similarly to the comic miniseries Countdown , but he decided not to re-enter Starfleet. A designer's blueprints show that the Enterprise has new phaser banks and torpedo launchers in Star Trek: Nemesis that were not present in Star Trek: Insurrection . It also shows the warp nacelles have been moved upwards and forward slightly. Star Trek: Ships of
11175-524: The concept of the captain's yacht while designing the USS Enterprise -D . Although it was never seen in use, it is labeled on the master systems display screen in main engineering, docked at the bottom of the saucer section almost directly opposite the main bridge. Probert suggested possible ways for the yacht to be used during the first season, including not showing the yacht but mentioning it in dialogue, but his ideas were rejected. The producers almost used
11324-410: The cost of disfigurement and now seek revenge. Ru'afo kills Dougherty after he reneges on their plan and moves to complete the collection. While Picard is prepared for execution, he convinces the disillusioned Son'a Gallatin to help him stop Ru'afo. Picard masterminds a ruse to transport Ru'afo and his bridge crew to the holoship and disable the harvester. Ru'afo discovers the deception and transports to
11473-461: The crew a feeling of family, with a story featuring overtones of the Joseph Conrad novel Heart of Darkness . Rick Berman wanted to see Picard undertake a rescue mission in a similar manner to the 1937 film, The Prisoner of Zenda . Berman also originated an idea to have Picard kidnapped, and replaced with a surgically modified imposter. Piller was doubtful about Berman's idea, reasoning that
11622-474: The design's growth in size during early production of the film: "Once we got the ship built and started putting it in environments it felt too small. The shuttle bay gave us a clear relative scale – shuttlecraft initially appeared much bigger than we had imagined – so we bumped up the Enterprise scale, which gave her a grander feel and allowed us to include more detail." A special feature on starships in
11771-497: The end of Star Trek Beyond after the destruction of the original Enterprise when the crew resume their five-year mission. Sean Hargreaves 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 Jefferies' original design. According to The Star Trek Encyclopedia , the registry number NCC-1701 was devised by Matt Jefferies , art director of
11920-460: The events of Star Trek Beyond . Measurements of this ship's length have ranged from 295 meters to 910 meters. In an article about the 2009 film's visual effects, Cinefex wrote, "The reconfigured ship was a larger vessel than previous manifestations – approximately 1,200 feet (370 m) long compared to the 947 foot (289 m) ship of the original series", and quoted Industrial Light & Magic art director Alex Jaeger discussing
12069-572: The fictional starship design, the NCC-1701-E Enterprise , as the third best version of the starship in the Star Trek science fiction universe. In 2014, a building in China was designed to resemble the ship. Starship Enterprise Enterprise or USS Enterprise , often referred to as the Starship Enterprise , is the name of several fictional spacecraft , some of which are
12218-402: The film a grade B+. The Los Angeles Daily News said that the film had the "bare bones of one of those pseudo-philosophical political allegories Trek has always done so entertainingly. But the movie blows it." It praised the directing of Jonathan Frakes and the computer generated special effects and gave the film two and a half stars overall. The Daily Herald also gave the film two and
12367-459: The film old-fashioned, but "in the best sense of the word", and said that the film did what the "doctor – make that Dr. 'Bones' McCoy – ordered". British journalist Simon Rose , writing for The Daily Mirror was more critical of the film, saying that it failed to break the odd-numbered Star Trek film curse, and that it was "feeble", "moribund" and "tedious". However, Josh Spiegel writing for The Buffalo News said that Insurrection broke
12516-615: The film shows Patrick Stewart and Brent Spiner conducting a duet of "A British Tar" from the Gilbert and Sullivan comic-opera H.M.S. Pinafore . This replaced the original idea of Picard and Data reciting scenes from Shakespeare 's play King Lear . Stewart had suggested that they sing " Three Little Maids From School Are We " from The Mikado instead, but the producers described this as "too vulgar". Stewart and Spiner had previously sung together on Spiner's 1991 album Ol' Yellow Eyes Is Back . In 2013, GNP Crescendo Records re-released
12665-447: The film was a step back in scope from First Contact , was consulted on the treatments. Piller drafted the first version of the script and asked Ira Steven Behr , executive producer of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine , to review it. Behr was critical of the script, describing the Son'a as " paper tigers ". Piller said that "I knew he was right. There's no question that first draft was trying to tell two stories, and that's one too many for
12814-475: The film would have featured two of the actors who played Ferengi on Deep Space Nine : Max Grodénchik , more familiar as Rom , was to have appeared as a Trill in the library scene. Armin Shimerman filmed a scene in his role as Quark , in which he tries to set up timeshares on the Ba'ku planet at the end of the film. Following the success of First Contact , Paramount Pictures wanted a change in pace to give
12963-459: The film's action sequences. The Ba'ku are scored with a pastoral theme with repeating harps, string sections and a woodwind solo. The Ba'ku's ability to slow time was accompanied with a variation of this music. Goldsmith used quick bursts of brass music to accompany the starship sequences. For scenes in which observers are watching the Ba'ku unseen, Goldsmith used a "spying theme" that resembles his conspiracy theme from Capricorn One . Composed of
13112-405: The film, eighteen more than used in the previous film in the series. Zimmerman said that it was "probably the most scenery we've built for a Star Trek motion picture since the first one, when everything was brand new". The Ba'ku village was built in full scale on location at Lake Sherwood, California, with architectural designs combining Thai, Balinese and Polynesian styles. The village included
13261-402: The film, including Prime Directive , The Directive , The Resignation , The Enemy Within , Breach of Promise , Dereliction of Duty and Apostasy , because, they reasoned, that they could not submit it to the studio under the title of Stardust . They could not settle on a title, so they submitted it as Star Trek IX . The studio was pleased with the post-Behr version of the script, which
13410-491: The film, the crew of the USS Enterprise -E rebels against Starfleet command after they discover a conspiracy with a species known as the Son'a to steal the peaceful Ba'ku's planet for its rejuvenating properties . Paramount Pictures sought a change of pace after Star Trek: First Contact (1996). Michael Piller was asked to write the script of the next installment, which was created from story ideas by Piller and producer Rick Berman . The story's first drafts featured
13559-458: The final Enterprise episode " These Are the Voyages... ". It appears in a dream sequence in the pilot of Star Trek: Picard , and after its saucer section was retrieved and placed in the Fleet Museum, it is revealed to have been reconstructed in full by Geordi La Forge as a working ship in the penultimate episode, set in 2401. In the final episode, Enterprise -D engages the Borg one last time and
13708-412: The final episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation , Enterprise -D was shown in an alternate future where it had not crashed during the events of Star Trek Generations , and instead had been made Admiral William T. Riker's personal flagship. A third warp nacelle allowed the ship to reach at least Warp 13, and the Enterprise -D had also been equipped with a spinal phaser lance, large phaser cannons on
13857-471: The first Next Generation film, Star Trek Generations , was too much like a television episode but thought that his character, Captain Jean-Luc Picard, was redefined as a "movie hero" in Star Trek: First Contact . He was concerned that in the new film the character would return to that seen in the television series. Michael Piller said that in order to be a hero, Picard "should be acting out of
14006-402: The first Star Trek series, inspired by an old science fiction cover that Gene Roddenberry liked, with a starship flying through space. Jefferies, who was a pilot, based NCC on United States aircraft pre-1949 registration codes . In such pre-1949 usage, an "N" first letter refers to an aircraft registered in the United States. A "C" for a second letter refers to a civil aircraft. Jefferies added
14155-509: The first titles to be released on DVD by Paramount Home Entertainment International in Europe and Japan. A video game which followed up on the events of Insurrection was released in 2000. Entitled Star Trek: Hidden Evil , it was set nine months after the events depicted in the film. In its narrative, a Son'a colony has been created on Ba'ku, and an archaeological discovery which shares similarities with The Next Generation episode " The Chase "
14304-500: The flying saucer from The Day the Earth Stood Still . So, what matters here is, what did [the Enterprise ] look like at the time it came out (1966) compared with anything that had been imagined before? And when you consider that, that is the most astonishing machine that has ever graced the screen." On the ship's influence upon scientists, Tyson wrote, "The Enterprise was the first ever spaceship represented in storytelling that
14453-433: The follow-up film a lighter tone. Because Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home is light in tone, yet was the most successful of all the Star Trek films at the box office as of then, Paramount reasoned that this success could be repeated with the new film. Michael Piller was asked to write the script, and accepted the position. Piller wished to escape the development hell his other projects were stuck in. He wanted to give
14602-647: The founding of several proto-Federation alliances. Enterprise had significant engagements with the Klingons , Suliban , Xindi and the Romulans and played a central role in the "Temporal Cold War". It is also featured as a model in Star Trek Into Darkness . As of 2401, an NX class which is heavily modified, is displayed at the Starfleet Museum above Athan Prime, in season 3 of Star Trek: Picard (2023). Three ships named USS Enterprise are featured in
14751-452: The harvester ship to manually restart the process. Picard follows and sets the harvester to self-destruct, killing Ru'afo just as the Enterprise rescues Picard. The remaining Son'a are forgiven and welcomed back by the Ba'ku. Picard arranges a meeting between Gallatin and his Ba'ku mother to thank him for his help. The crew takes a moment to enjoy their rejuvenated selves before returning to their previous mission. Patrick Stewart thought that
14900-417: The initial treatment "Heart of Lightness". Piller's first draft treatment for the film was titled Star Trek: Stardust , taken from the 1927 song "Stardust" by Hoagy Carmichael after hearing Nat King Cole 's version on the radio. The treatment featured Picard resigning from Starfleet after he is sent to retrieve a population and their youth-giving power, and bring them to an alien government, and included
15049-402: The key officers from the Enterprise -D. According to the non- canon novel Ship of the Line , the originally planned name for the vessel was USS Honorius , and Montgomery Scott was part of the team of engineers that designed the Enterprise -E. In the film Star Trek: First Contact , the Enterprise participates in the Battle of Sector 001, a Borg attack directly on Earth, the capital of
15198-420: The look. The prosthetics for Ru'afo consisted of overlapping layers that were stretched over Abraham's head. Westmore said Abraham's prosthetics was "like a rubber band, F. Murray Abraham could turn his head and the skin would look translucent. It was so thin, and the layers were pulling on each other." The two other aliens on the Son'a vessels also had specific prosthetic make-up designs created. The Tarlac's look
15347-519: The main craft and setting for various television series and films in the Star Trek science fiction franchise. The most notable were Captain James T. Kirk 's USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) from the original 1960s television series , and Captain Jean-Luc Picard 's USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) from Star Trek: The Next Generation . Two spacecraft with the name Enterprise predate
15496-528: The mid-2380s. As a Sovereign -class vessel, it was the most advanced vessel in Starfleet , and an active participant in the Battle of Sector 001 and the Dominion War . Registry: USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-F) Class: Odyssey Service: 2386–2401 (15 years) Commanding officer: Fleet Admiral Elizabeth Shelby ( Elizabeth Dennehy ) This ship appeared in season 3 of Star Trek: Picard (2023). In
15645-503: The model of the Enterprise-E was created from a series of close-up photographs of the model Enterprise which had been used in First Contact . The planet-based effects, such as phaser fire, transporter effects and the Son'a drones were created by Blue Sky Studios . Peter Lauritson was the co-producer for post-production. Herman Zimmerman was the production designer, and had three months to design and construct 55 full sets for
15794-458: The most is traveling around and ... being a tiny little part of this huge mythology that has changed people's lives, in many ways for the better." Marina Sirtis appeared once more as Counselor Deanna Troi. She was positive about the film, saying "we've been involved with this for eleven years, we've done 179 episodes, three movies, and there are still surprises. There are more layers in this movie, it's not as black and white. It goes back to
15943-557: The mountains were shot on location above Lake Sabrina in the Sierra Nevada in locations which could only be reached by helicopter. The location was around 10,000 feet (3,000 m) above sea level, and a medic was on standby with oxygen if the cast or crew required it. After filming, parts of the interior sets of the So'na ships were added using CGI. Stage 15 on the Paramount lot was used for
16092-530: The odd-numbered film rule. Further criticism came from the Birmingham Evening Mail , which said that it was "an adult form of entertainment equivalent to Teletubbies for babies", and that there were "lots of repetition, rubbery faces, gibberish dialogue, characters leaping up and down in funny suits and some very basic effects". The reviewer gave the film two stars for fans, and none for non-fans. In Folklore/Cinema: Popular Film as Vernacular Culture ,
16241-535: The original Star Trek television series and the first through seventh Star Trek films. Registry: USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) Class: Constitution I, later refit as Constitution II Service: 2245–2285 (40 years) Captains: Robert April ( James Doohan [voice], Adrian Holmes ), Christopher Pike ( Jeffrey Hunter , Sean Kenney , Anson Mount ), James T. Kirk ( William Shatner ), Willard Decker ( Stephen Collins ), Spock ( Leonard Nimoy ). The Federation 's first Enterprise
16390-753: The original series as an alternate reality where the militaristic Terran Empire exists in place of the regular universe's United Federation of Planets (" Mirror, Mirror "). A montage in the opening credits of the Star Trek: Enterprise episode " In a Mirror, Darkly " shows the Terran Empire logo in use by at least World War II, with licensed novels putting the divergence before Shakespeare, or even classic Greek literature. Registry: ISS Enterprise (NX-01) Class: NX Service: 2150s Captains: Maximilian Forrest ( Vaughn Armstrong ), Jonathan Archer (Scott Bakula) The Star Trek: Enterprise episode " In
16539-434: The planet Ba'ku. Test audience members found this climax underwhelming, and some weren't even sure that Ru'afo had died. The revised ending saw the Enterprise swoop in at the last minute to save Picard while the collector ship explodes with Ru'afo aboard. The studio liked the new ending but wanted a bigger space battle. The production team agreed providing they could postpone the release to allow enough time for this. Because
16688-552: The planet's rings, the inhabitants are effectively immortal. By contrast, the Federation's allies, the Son'a, are a decrepit race who rely on medical technology to delay death; excessive cosmetic surgery gives them a mummified appearance. The Enterprise crew experience the rejuvenation effects of the planet: Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge can now see without ocular implants, Lt. Commander Worf experiences puberty symptoms, Commander William Riker and Counselor Deanna Troi rekindle their long-abandoned relationship, and Picard develops
16837-607: The player defeat the Dominion fleet surrounding Deep Space Nine. In 2018, the in-game appearance of the ship was changed to that of a "Yorktown Class" vessel, after the ship was damaged and refit as part of the game's story. The original, Odyssey class version of the ship would later appear in Season 3 of Star Trek: Picard in February 2023, making the Enterprise -F part of the official Star Trek canon. The Mirror Universe first appeared in
16986-417: The plot was good, but that it was simply an extended episode of The Next Generation , and gave it a score of six out of ten. The British newspaper The People also said it was an extended television episode. The Independent said that Insurrection "never stops being familiarly jolly and antiquated", and called the entire Star Trek film franchise "old-fashioned". The Washington Post also called
17135-508: The potential within all of us to quest for a fuller humanity". The film was nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film at the 25th Saturn Awards ; the prize was shared by Armageddon and Dark City . In 1999, it was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation , which went to The Truman Show . It was nominated for Best Family Feature Film: Drama at
17284-558: The prime universe. The 2009 Star Trek film takes place in a new reality created when the Romulan Nero traveled through time via an artificial black hole created by red matter . Registry: USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) Service: 2258–2263 (5 years) Captains: Christopher Pike ( Bruce Greenwood ), James T. Kirk ( Chris Pine ) The main setting for the films Star Trek (2009), Star Trek Into Darkness (2013), and Star Trek Beyond (2016). Enterprise
17433-416: The project. Brent Spiner starred as Lieutenant Commander Data, asking for the character to be killed in Insurrection out of concern for aging out of the role. His copy of the script came with a note from the production team saying, "Sorry, kill you later". The underwater scene required Spiner to wear extra makeup to make it waterproof. LeVar Burton reprised his role of Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge;
17582-447: The role of Admiral Matthew Dougherty. During Zerbe's audition, instead of reading the lines provided, he recited Dante's Inferno before seamlessly moving into the script. Frakes and the producers unanimously decided to award him the part of Dougherty. In the film's smaller roles, Stephanie Niznik played Ensign Kell Perim and Daniel Hugh Kelly appeared as Sojef. Gregg Henry appeared as Gallatin, and 10-year-old Michael Welch played
17731-437: The same technical specifications as the previous release and a new DTS soundtrack, but it shipped without an audio commentary. The DVD includes a text track by Michael and Denise Okuda that provides production trivia and relevant facts about the Star Trek universe. The second disc contains six "making-of" videos, including one about the construction of the Ba'ku village and one about Michael Westmore's make-up designs for
17880-403: The saucer section, and cloaking ability, making it one of the most powerful starships seen in the Star Trek franchise. Registry: USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-J) Class: Universe Service: 26th century The " Azati Prime " episode of Star Trek: Enterprise involves time travel and features a scene in which Enterprise -J appears. Enterprise -J operates in a possible timeline during
18029-478: The scenery". He was particularly pleased to be working with Patrick Stewart. Donna Murphy played the Ba'ku woman Anij, who is Picard's love interest. Eighty actresses auditioned for the role, which was awarded to Murphy who had previously won two Tony Awards for her roles in the Broadway musicals Passion and The King and I . Murphy was such a favorite of Frakes and the producers that after auditioning, only
18178-419: The scoutship flown by Data was originally the cockpit of the Voyager ' s shuttlecraft , while the interior of the Enterprise shuttlecraft used the interior set from a Star Trek: Deep Space Nine runabout . Filming began on March 31, 1998, and concluded on July 2. According to Frakes, half of the time shooting was spent on location. The scenes in which the Enterprise crew and the Ba'ku take refuge in
18327-522: The ship as "the very first starship U.S.S. Enterprise ". Registry: Enterprise (NX-01) Class: NX Service: 2151–2161 (10 years) Captain: Jonathan Archer ( Scott Bakula ) United Earth Starfleet's Enterprise is the main setting of Star Trek: Enterprise (2001–2005). Enterprise was the first Earth-built starship capable of reaching Warp 5 . The ship was commanded by Captain Jonathan Archer and played an instrumental role in
18476-641: The ship was mothballed at the Memory Alpha ship museum, and the Shatnerverse novel The Ashes of Eden (1996), which depicted Enterprise -A's removal from the mothball fleet before being destroyed defending the planet Chal. Registry: USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-B) Class: Excelsior -class refit Service: 2293–2329 (36 years) Captains: John Harriman ( Alan Ruck ), Demora Sulu (portrayed in Generations by Jacqueline Kim ) The Enterprise -B
18625-425: The soundtrack for the film as an expanded collector's edition [GNPD 8082], featuring previously unreleased tracks by Goldsmith plus four bonus tracks. The world premiere of Insurrection launched the 1998 CineVegas film festival. It went on general release in the U.S. and Canada on December 11, 1998. The film grossed $ 22.4 million over the opening weekend; the most of any film during that period. It averaged
18774-527: The spring of 1998. The foam warped as it dried out in the sun, causing delays in shooting while repairs were made. Sets built for use in Star Trek: Voyager were redressed to appear as the Enterprise -E in Insurrection ; Captain Janeway 's quarters became Picard's, the Voyager briefing room became Riker's quarters, and part of the Voyager engineering set became the Enterprise library. The interior of
18923-418: The studio wanted Insurrection to be released in time for Christmas, no further revisions were made to the ending. Piller would agree to write a book about the making of Insurrection and the writing process for Pocket Books . They hired Eric A. Stillwell as Piller's typist and research assistant (he was also Piller's executive assistant and script coordinator). The book, however, went unpublished, and it
19072-462: The studio; Dolgen was not pleased and Patrick Stewart thought that it would have been only suitable for a television episode. In the third draft, the Son'a were introduced as the children of the Ba'ku and the alien race that wanted to plunder the planet. That version also included the crew sub-plots, such as the Troi-Riker romance and the regeneration of La Forge's eyes. Stewart, who was concerned that
19221-399: The subsequent Star Trek movies which use the original crew. The ship is ordered " decommissioned " at the end of Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991). As of 2401, it resides at the Starfleet Museum above Athan Prime, appearing in season 3 of Star Trek: Picard (2023). Non-canon information concerning this ship includes paperwork included with the model kit, which indicated
19370-645: The yacht in the episode " Samaritan Snare ", but decided to use an "executive shuttlecraft" due to budgetary constraints. According to Patrick Stewart, the yacht would have been called the Calypso . Producer Ronald D. Moore noted in the Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual that real-life naval tradition would insist on calling such a craft the captain's gig , rather than the captain's yacht. Rick Sternbach later designed similar craft for USS Voyager and USS Equinox , known as
19519-569: The year 2401, the ship was originally designated as the USS Titan (NCC-80102-A) under the command of Captain Liam Shaw. By 2402, the Titan -A was renamed and rechristened as the Enterprise -G, in honor of the crew of the USS Enterprise -D, for their contributions in battle against the Borg, with Seven of Nine taking over as captain. Registry: USS Enterprise Service: circa 3190 In
19668-606: The year 2401, the ship was set to be decommissioned following the Frontier Day festival. The ship first appeared in the non-canon video game, Star Trek Online , and was designed by artist and graphics designer Adam Ihle as part of a fan competition. Registry: USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-G) Class: Constitution III Service: 2396–2401 (as USS Titan ), 2402– (as USS Enterprise ) Captains: Liam Shaw ( Todd Stashwick ), Seven of Nine ( Jeri Ryan ) The Enterprise -G appeared in season 3 of Star Trek: Picard (2023). In
19817-424: Was Star Trek: Sacred Honor , but the studio rejected this, because they were concerned that it sounded too religious. When shooting began, the film was still called Star Trek IX . The final version of the script was distributed to the cast, but Patrick Stewart did not receive a copy. Berman was concerned that if anyone had a problem with it, they would call Stewart to complain, and it would appear as though Stewart
19966-422: Was alleged that Paramount Pictures suppressed it due to its portrayal of the development process. Following Piller's death in 2005, the book, titled Fade In , was published on the internet for free. Make-up supervisor Michael Westmore aimed to create a look for the Son'a that was not exaggerated. He consulted several sculptors; Dean Jones , who was on the production staff for Star Trek: Deep Space Nine , created
20115-530: Was attacked by Romulans, and the United Federation of Planets subsequently never formed. The UEF Enterprise (United Earth Ship Enterprise ) was constructed at the Luna Shipyards on Luna as part of the United Earth Fleet. Registry: USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-F) Class: Odyssey ( Yorktown refit) Service: 2409– Captain: Va'Kel Shon One version of USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-F) appears in
20264-467: Was based on reptilian skin, while the Ellora required only nose and forehead prosthetics. The film also gave costume designer Robert Blackman an opportunity to address issues with the Starfleet dress uniforms, which Blackman had changed on several occasions during The Next Generation . The uniforms appeared for the first time in the episode " Lonely Among Us ", and were based on the 18th century designs for
20413-439: Was being left out because he had criticized the story. LeVar Burton called Stewart to praise the script. Stewart was sent a copy and requested a meeting to discuss changes. Piller feared the worst, but after a twenty-minute meeting with Stewart, who requested several dialogue changes, the script was finalized. During pre-production, the marketing department wanted to decide a title, preferring Star Trek: Revolution . Alan Spencer ,
20562-430: Was covered with plastic to make it watertight. The score for Insurrection was composed by Jerry Goldsmith ; his fourth score for the franchise. Goldsmith continued using the march and Klingon themes written for Star Trek: The Motion Picture in 1979, adding new themes and variations. Insurrection opens with Alexander Courage 's Star Trek: The Original Series fanfare, introducing a six-note motif used in many of
20711-454: Was discarded in favor of keeping the general shape of the Enterprise intact for the redesign unveiled in Star Trek: The Motion Picture . Three decades later, the McQuarrie design for the Enterprise was adopted as the basis for the design of the USS Discovery in Star Trek: Discovery , a 2017 series that takes place ten years earlier than the original Star Trek . The captain's yacht
20860-474: Was followed by Star Trek: Nemesis in 2002. Lieutenant Commander Data , an android, is temporarily transferred to an undercover mission observing the peaceful Ba'ku people. He suddenly malfunctions and reveals the presence of the joint Federation –Son'a task force observing the Ba'ku. Admiral Matthew Dougherty contacts the USS Enterprise -E to obtain Data's schematics for recovery purposes, but adamantly states
21009-468: Was fully built on location at Lake Sherwood, California , but suffered weather damage. Sets from the television series Star Trek: Voyager and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine were reused and redressed. Insurrection was the highest-grossing film on its opening weekend, earning $ 22.1 million in the United States and Canada. The film went on to gross $ 70.2 million in the United States and Canada, and an additional $ 42.4 million in other territories, for
21158-415: Was given the role without an audition. Abraham said of the franchise, "I was around when the series was first introduced to television and it was a hoot". He praised his make-up and prosthetics, saying "The idea that you can be somebody else behind the mask is an extraordinary feeling — it's very primitive and mysterious. A gap opens somewhere in the brain and it encourages wildness. It had me chewing at
21307-463: Was launched at the beginning of the film Star Trek Generations (1994). During the ship's maiden voyage, prior to it being properly fitted with essential systems, the crew encountered an energy ribbon known as the Nexus, through which James T. Kirk – captain of the two former Enterprise starships, NCC-1701 and NCC-1701-A – was officially declared missing and presumed dead. The design of the Enterprise -B
21456-463: Was lost in 2371 after an attack by the Duras sisters ' renegade Klingon Bird-of-Prey which caused extensive damage, leading to a warp core breach. Although the saucer section was safely separated before the breach, the shock wave from the exploding engineering hull threw it out of control, and caused it to crash-land on Veridian III. The ship also appears in the first Deep Space Nine episode " Emissary " and
21605-518: Was not designed to go from one place to another; [it was] only designed to explore. It was revolutionary in terms of what we would think space would, and should, be about." NetDragon Websoft , a gaming and mobile Internet company in Fuzhou , China, based the architectural design of its headquarters building on the Next Generation -era Enterprise (primarily the Enterprise -E), under an official license from CBS. Son%27a Star Trek: Insurrection
21754-468: Was originally the same shooting model as the regular Enterprise . The remastered version of "Mirror, Mirror" includes a CGI version of Enterprise with "ISS" markings on the hull and minor physical differences from USS Enterprise , such as a larger deflector dish, a taller bridge, and altered nacelle details. The ship was also shown orbiting the planet in the opposite direction (clockwise instead of counter-clockwise). In Star Trek: Discovery season 5 ,
21903-405: Was the first Star Trek film to be promoted through the official website, which was called the "Star Trek Continuum" at the time. Following the success of the film, Rick Berman said that he wanted to release the next film in the series three years after Insurrection . Referencing Stanley Kubrick 's 2001: A Space Odyssey , he said: "The notion of releasing a science fiction film in the year 2001
22052-403: Was the first Star Trek film with space-based effects produced entirely using computer-generated imagery (CGI). While CGI had been used for specific effects since Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan ; Insurrection was the first Star Trek film to be made without using physical models of spacecraft. Santa Barbara Studios produced the effects, which included CGI starship models. The texture on
22201-471: Was the first version of the script they saw, having previously only seen pre-script treatments. In a memo to Piller, it was described as "easily the funniest and sexiest Star Trek story to date". They gave Piller a series of directions, including a request for a resolution to the Troi and Riker romance and for the character of Reginald Barclay to be replaced with expanded roles either for Beverly Crusher, Worf, or
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