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Aft view of Illyrian starship
The Illyrian starship was a class of starship utilized by the Illyrians during the mid-22nd century. This class of vessel is equipped with a minimal armament of particle weapons and was tactically inferior to a NX class starship. This class was also notable for having its warp coil, which was tied into the ship's injector system, protected by a force field.
In late 2153, the badly-damaged United Earth starship NX-01 Enterprise encountered a damaged Illyrian starship in the Delphic Expanse. The Illyrian starship was damaged while studing a red giant by the spatial distortions of the Expanse, causing damage to their ship's engines and life support.
Captain Jonathan Archer asked the Illyrian ship's captain for his warp coil in exchange for food and supplies. The captain refused, as the loss of their warp coil would leave them with a three year journey to their homeworld – a journey for which his ship was not equipped. As Enterprise required the warp coil in order to continue his mission to find and destroy the Xindi superweapon before it destroyed Earth, Archer was forced to take an away team aboard the Illyrian starship and steal the coil.
Aboard the Illyrian ship, the Enterprise crewmembers encountered a force field surrounding the warp coil. It was only after T'Pol had Enterprise destroy the ship's power junction using phase cannons that the force field was lowered, allowing the away team to remove the coil.
Before leaving the Illyrian ship, Archer had Enterprise transport food, supplies, and three containers of trellium to the Illyrians' cargo hold to assist them in their three-year journey back to the homeworld. (ENT: "Damage")
- The CGI model of the Illyrian starship was a modified reuse of the Mazarite warship that appeared in "Fallen Hero".