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NCC-1700 was the registry of a 23rd century Federation Constitution-class starship operated by Starfleet. (TOS: "Court Martial"; TNG: "Datalore")

In 2267, NCC-1700 was listed as one of several vessels undergoing repair. Commodore Stone referred to this chart when the USS Enterprise arrived at Starbase 11 following an encounter with an ion storm. (TOS: "Court Martial")

Constitution-class starships

USS Constellation • USS Defiant • USS Enterprise • USS Excalibur • USS Exeter • USS Hood • USS Intrepid • USS Lexington • USS New Jersey • USS Potemkin • NCC-1700 • Unnamed

Mirror universe: USS Defiant • ISS Enterprise

Alternate reality: USS Enterprise • USS Enterprise-A • Unnamed

Alternate timeline: UEF Enterprise

Appendices

Background information

File:Starbase11 chart.jpg

NCC-1700 among other ships listed on Stone's status chart

This starship has never been named in the Star Trek canon. The registry number was first seen in "Court Martial" and was associated with a Constitution-class vessel via a schematic in "Datalore". The Star Trek Encyclopedia named this ship the USS Constitution, and stated that it was the class leader of the Constitution-class. (3rd. ed, pp. 85-86) Michael Okuda, author of the Encyclopedia, based his marrying of the registry to the name by taking his cue from Gregory Jein's influential 1973 article, "The Case of Jonathan Doe Starship". Star Trek studio model builder Jein in turn, had made an attempt in the article to "logically" couple the registry numbers as seen in "Court Martial" with the names listed in the 1968 reference book The Making of Star Trek, and selected the Constitution as the class vessel for a newer "MK IX sub-class", in order to make sense of the lower registry numbers. [1] The "MK IX" specifier was actually used, but unreadable on a graphic on a computer screen that Scotty was reading, showing a phaser bank diagram for the class in the second season episode "The Trouble with Tribbles" of Star Trek: The Original Series.

The name Constitution had already been established by the producers at the start of second season of the Original Series, when they composed a definitive fourteen ship list belonging to the Constitution-class, then still referred to as "Starship-class" by them, including the Constitution. D.C. Fontana's earlier "(...)famous fighting ships of the past(...)" annotation on her first memo proposal, not yet featuring the name, indicated that the producers had the 18th century American warship USS Constitution – one of the first six commissioned by the United States Navy – in mind when adding the name to the list, making her, like her fictional counterpart, a class sister of the historical USS Constellation. (The Making of Star Trek, pp. 164-165) But unlike the fictional USS Constellation, the Original Series has afforded no opportunity to actually feature the ship.

File:Constitution diagram.jpg

NCC-1700 diagram seen in Star Trek II and III

Diagrams seen on monitors of any Constitution-class ship created for the second and third outings of the Star Trek films, depict graphics derived from the Star Fleet Technical Manual by Franz Joseph, who incidentally also coupled the registry number to the USS Constitution as the likewise MK IX class vessel, of the ship being labeled "NCC-1700". The complete original drawing (which was otherwise near indiscernible and/or illegible in its on-screen movie appearances) in the Star Fleet Technical Manual bears the label "Constitution class" in the accompanying text.

Subtle differences between the depictions of NCC-1700 in the Franz Joseph drawings used, and that of NCC-1701 in "The Enterprise Incident" lead to the conclusion that there exist some minor design differences between the two ships. The TOS Enterprise had different dimensions than the Franz Joseph Constitution, as Joseph's drawing had bulkier nacelles and different curves on the saucer and primary hull. Joseph's depiction of the Constitution also featured external phaser mounts and other technical details the original Enterprise model lacked.

Apocrypha

This vessel has also been mentioned in several licensed publications. The depictions of the ship vary as those sources were created separately from the filmed version.

Novels:
- Constitution, Enterprise, Crisis on Centaurus, Cloak, The Wounded Sky, The Pandora Principle and the Errand of Vengeance series all mention the ship (as "NX-1700", circa 2240s, Admiral William M. Jefferies commanding). The novel Final Frontier by Diane Carey lists the background of the Constitution as NCC-1700, however the contract was drawn prior to certain technological advancements. Rather than changing the contract, Starfleet chose to draw another contract, NCC-1701. Captain Robert April was given discretion as to the name of the vessel, leaning towards the USS Constitution, however George Kirk advised April to name the starship Enterprise for the ideals that the naval ships of that name represented.
Games and reference works:
- Cadet's Orientation Sourcebook, Federation Ship Recognition Manual, The Federation Sourcebook, The Four Years War, Return to Axanar, Among the Clans: Andorians, Spacedock Ship Recognition Manual (volume 4), and the Star Fleet Technical Manual all mention the ship.

Other sources have listed additional starships that have borne this name:

USS Constitution (22nd century): Torpedoed by the Tarn (Pocket TNG: The Forgotten War)

USS Constitution (NCC-2025): Excelsior-class (Star Trek: The Next Generation Officer's Manual)

USS Constitution (Galaxy-class)

Commanded by Captain Jules van Osterlich in 2364 (Pocket TNG: Infection)
Commanded by Captain Tiyo Soya in 2370 (Pocket TNG: Possession)

USS Constitution (NCC-41869): In an alternate reality, commanded by Captain Robert Picard (Pocket TNG: Forever Dark)

External link

USS Constitution (NCC-1700) at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works

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-        Image= USS Constitution (Datalore).jpg
+|image      = Constitution class, NCC-1700, Datalore.jpg
-|        Name= ''Unknown (NCC-1700)''
+|Class      = {{class|Constitution}}
+|Registry   = NCC-1700
-|       Class= {{ShipClass|Constitution}}
+|owner      = {{Federation}}
-|    Registry= NCC-1700
-| Affiliation= [[Federation]]/[[Starfleet]]
+|operator   = [[Starfleet]]
-|      Status= Active
+|Status     = Active
-|  Datestatus= 2267
+|Datestatus = 2267
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+__NOTOC__
-'''NCC-1700''' was the [[registry]] of a {{ShipClass|Constitution}} [[Federation]] [[starship]] in the [[23rd century]].({{TOS|Court Martial}}; {{TNG|Datalore}})
+'''[[NCC]]-1700''' was the [[registry]] of a [[23rd century]] [[Federation]] {{class|Constitution}} [[starship]] operated by [[Starfleet]]. ({{TOS|Court Martial}}; {{TNG|Datalore}})
-In [[2267]], NCC-1700 was listed as one of several vessels undergoing repair. [[Commodore]] [[Stone (Commodore)|Stone]] referred to this data when the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}} arrived at [[Starbase 11]] following an encounter with an [[ion storm]]. ({{TOS|Court Martial}})
+In [[2267]], NCC-1700 was listed as one of several vessels undergoing repair. [[Commodore]] [[Stone (Commodore)|Stone]] referred to this chart when the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}} arrived at [[Starbase 11]] following an encounter with an [[ion storm]]. ({{TOS|Court Martial}})
+{{Constitution class starships}}
-==Appendices==
-===Background===
-[[Image:Starbase11 chart.jpg|thumb|NCC-1700 among other ships listed on Stone's status chart]][[Image:Constitution diagram.jpg|thumb|NCC-1700 diagram seen in ''Star Trek II'' and ''III'']]
-NCC-1700 has never been seen or named in any ''Star Trek'' production.  The registry number was first seen in "Court Martial" and was associated with a ''Constitution''-class vessel in "Datalore".  So for canon purposes, a ''Constitution''-class ship with registry NCC-1700 existed.  ''[[The Making of Star Trek]]'' listed the ''Constitution'' as one of fourteen starship names established by the production staff in 1968, but did not identify it by class or registry.  The [[Star Trek Encyclopedia]] names this ship the USS ''Constitution'', and states that it is the [[prototype]] of the ''Constitution''-class.
+== Appendices ==
-Of interest is the class name of "Constitution".  Although widely believed by fans that the USS ''Constitution'' was the prototype of the class, that has not been established in the episodes or movies.  The class name first appears to have come up in {{TOS|The Trouble with Tribbles}}, where Scotty is seen looking at a [[technical journal]] on a desk monitor.  The barely-seen graphic depicts a primary phaser from a ''Constitution''-class vessel. [http://trekplace.com/article10.html here]  An article by [[Greg Jein]] in a {{y|1975}} [[fan fiction|fanzine]] states this graphic also was used in the staging of {{TOS|Space Seed}}, but it does not appear in the final episode.  During that same time, however, drawings of the USS ''Enterprise'' reproduced in ''The Making of Star Trek'' identified it a "Space Cruiser, Starship Class".  It is possible, then, that the technical artwork was originally intended to be from a ''different'' class of ship than the ''Enterprise''.  Regardless, the class name was finally resolved as "Constitution" and associated with the ''Enterprise'' herself for canon purposes in dialog in [[TNG]] and on a blueprint visible in the sixth film.
+=== Background information ===
+[[File:Starbase11 chart.jpg|thumb|left|NCC-1700 among other ships listed on Stone's status chart]]
+This starship has never been named in the ''[[Star Trek]]'' [[canon]].  The registry number was first seen in "Court Martial" and was associated with a ''Constitution''-class vessel via a schematic in "Datalore". The ''[[Star Trek Encyclopedia]]'' named this ship the USS ''Constitution'', and stated that it was the [[class leader]] of the ''Constitution''-class. (3rd. ed, pp. 85-86) [[Michael Okuda]], author of the ''Encyclopedia'', based his marrying of the registry to the name by taking his cue from [[Gregory Jein]]'s influential 1973 article, "[[The Case of Jonathan Doe Starship]]". ''Star Trek'' [[studio model]] builder Jein in turn, had made an attempt in the article to "logically" couple the registry numbers as seen in "Court Martial" with the names listed in the 1968 [[reference book]] ''[[The Making of Star Trek]]'', and selected the ''Constitution'' as the class vessel for a newer "MK IX sub-class", in order to make sense of the lower registry numbers. [http://www.trekplace.com/article10.html] The "MK IX" specifier was actually used, but unreadable on a [[:File:Constitution primary phaser.jpg|graphic]] on a computer screen that [[Scotty]] was reading, showing a [[phaser]] bank diagram for the class in the [[TOS Season 2|second season]] episode {{e|The Trouble with Tribbles}} of ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]''.
+The name ''Constitution'' had already been established by the producers at the start of second season of the ''Original Series'', when they composed a definitive [[Constitution class#Footnotes|fourteen ship list]] belonging to the {{class|Constitution}}, then still referred to as "''Starship''-class" by them, including the ''Constitution''. [[D.C. Fontana]]'s earlier "(...)famous fighting ships of the past(...)" annotation on her first memo proposal, not yet featuring the name, indicated that the producers had the 18th century [[United States of America|American]] warship {{w|USS Constellation (1797)|USS ''Constitution''}} &ndash; one of the {{w|Original six frigates of the United States Navy|first six}} commissioned by the [[United States Navy]] &ndash; in mind when adding the name to the list, making her, like her fictional counterpart, a class sister of the {{w|USS Constellation (1797)|historical USS ''Constellation''}}. (''The Making of Star Trek'', pp. 164-165) But unlike the fictional {{USS|Constellation|NCC-1017}}, the ''Original Series'' has afforded no opportunity to actually feature the ship.
-Diagrams seen on monitors of any ''Constitution''-class ship after TOS show a drawing by [[Franz Joseph]] of the ship being labeled "NCC-1700". (The ''Star Trek II'' and ''III'' appearances were scanned from pages of the ''[[Star Fleet Technical Manual]]'', for instance.) The complete original drawing (unseen and/or illegible on-screen) in the ''Star Fleet Technical Manual'' bears the label "''Constitution'' class" in the accompanying text.
+[[File:Constitution diagram.jpg|thumb|NCC-1700 diagram seen in ''Star Trek II'' and ''III'']]
-Subtle differences between the depictions of NCC-1700 in the Franz Joseph drawings used, and that of NCC-1701 in {{TOS|The Enterprise Incident}} lead to the conclusion that there exist some minor design differences between the two ships. The TOS ''Enterprise'' had different dimensions than the Franz Joseph ''Constitution'', as Joseph's drawing had bulkier nacelles and different curves on the saucer and primary hull. Joseph's depiction of the ''Constitution'' also featured external phaser mounts and other technical details the original ''Enterprise'' model lacked.  This is not fully evident in the episodes themselves, though, and it is unclear whether the production staff actually intended that such differences exist.
+Diagrams seen on monitors of any ''Constitution''-class ship created for the second and third outings of the {{Star Trek films}}, depict graphics derived from the ''[[Star Fleet Technical Manual]]'' by [[Franz Joseph]], who incidentally also coupled the registry number to the USS ''Constitution'' as the likewise MK IX class vessel, of the ship being labeled "NCC-1700". The complete original drawing (which was otherwise near indiscernible and/or illegible in its on-screen movie appearances) in the ''Star Fleet Technical Manual'' bears the label "''Constitution'' class" in the accompanying text.
+Subtle differences between the depictions of NCC-1700 in the Franz Joseph drawings used, and that of NCC-1701 in {{e|The Enterprise Incident}} lead to the conclusion that there exist some minor design differences between the two ships. The TOS ''Enterprise'' had different dimensions than the Franz Joseph ''Constitution'', as Joseph's drawing had bulkier nacelles and different curves on the saucer and primary hull. Joseph's depiction of the ''Constitution'' also featured external phaser mounts and other technical details the original ''Enterprise'' model lacked.
-===Apocrypha===
-This vessel has also been mentioned in several non-[[canon]] sources, such as licensed publications. The depictions of the ship vary as those sources were created separately from the filmed version.
+=== Apocrypha ===
+This vessel has also been mentioned in several licensed publications. The depictions of the ship vary as those sources were created separately from the filmed version.
 *[[Novels]]:
-**"''[[Constitution (novel)|Constitution]]''", "''[[Enterprise (novel)|Enterprise]]''", "[[Crisis on Centaurus]]", "[[Cloak (novel)|Cloak]]", "[[The Wounded Sky]]", "[[The Pandora Principle]]" and the ''[[Star Trek: Errand of Vengeance]]'' series (mentioned as "NX-1700", circa [[2240s]], [[Admiral]] William M. Jefferies commanding). The novel "[[Final Frontier (novel)|Final Frontier]]", by Diane Carey, lists the background of the Constitution as NCC-1700, however the contract was drawn prior to      certain technological advancements. Rather than changing the contract, Starfleet chose to draw another contract, NCC-1701. Captain Robert April was given discretion as to the name of the vessel, leaning towards the USS Constitution, however George Kirk advised April to name the starship Enterprise for the ideals that the naval ships of that name represented.
+**''[[Constitution (novel)|Constitution]]'', ''[[Enterprise (novel)|Enterprise]]'', ''[[Crisis on Centaurus]]'', ''[[Cloak (novel)|Cloak]]'', ''[[The Wounded Sky]]'', ''[[The Pandora Principle]]'' and the ''[[Errand of Vengeance]]'' series all mention the ship (as "NX-1700", circa [[2240s]], [[Admiral]] William M. Jefferies commanding). The novel ''[[Final Frontier (novel)|Final Frontier]]'' by Diane Carey lists the background of the ''Constitution'' as NCC-1700, however the contract was drawn prior to certain technological advancements. Rather than changing the contract, Starfleet chose to draw another contract, NCC-1701. Captain Robert April was given discretion as to the name of the vessel, leaning towards the USS ''Constitution'', however George Kirk advised April to name the starship ''Enterprise'' for the ideals that the naval ships of that name represented.
 *[[Games]] and [[reference works]]:
-**''[[Cadet's Orientation Sourcebook]]'', ''[[Federation Starship Recognition Manual]]'', ''[[The Federation Sourcebook]]'', ''[[The Four Years War]]'', ''[[Return to Axanar]]'', ''[[Among the Clans: Andorians]]'', ''[[Spacedock Ship Recognition Manual (volume 4)]]'', ''[[Star Fleet Technical Manual]]''
+**''[[Cadet's Orientation Sourcebook]]'', ''[[Federation Ship Recognition Manual]]'', ''[[The Federation Sourcebook]]'', ''[[The Four Years War]]'', ''[[Return to Axanar]]'', ''[[Among the Clans: Andorians]]'', ''[[Spacedock Ship Recognition Manual (volume 4)]]'', and the ''[[Star Fleet Technical Manual]]'' all mention the ship.
 Other sources have listed additional starships that have borne this name:
 ;USS ''Constitution'' (22nd century)
-:Torpedoed by the Tarn. ([[Pocket TNG]]: "[[The Forgotten War]]")
+:Torpedoed by the Tarn ([[Pocket TNG]]: ''[[The Forgotten War]]'')
 ;USS ''Constitution'' (NCC-2025)
-:[[Excelsior class|''Excelsior''-class]]. (''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation Officer's Manual]]'')
+:{{class|Excelsior}} (''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation Officer's Manual]]'')
-;USS ''Constitution'' ({{ShipClass|Galaxy}}):
+;USS ''Constitution'' ({{class|Galaxy}}):
-:*Commanded by Capt. Jules van Osterlich in [[2364]]. ([[Pocket TNG]]: "[[Infection]]")
+:*Commanded by Captain Jules van Osterlich in [[2364]] ([[Pocket TNG]]: ''[[Infection]]'')
-:*Commanded by Capt. Tiyo Soya in [[2370]]. ([[Pocket TNG]]: "[[Possession]]")
+:*Commanded by Captain Tiyo Soya in [[2370]] ([[Pocket TNG]]: ''[[Possession (novel)|Possession]]'')
 ;USS ''Constitution'' (NCC-41869)
-:In an [[alternate timeline|alternate reality]], commanded by Capt. [[Robert Picard]]. ([[Pocket TNG]]: "[[Forever Dark]]")
+:In an [[alternate timeline|alternate reality]], commanded by Captain [[Robert Picard]] ([[Pocket TNG]]: ''[[Forever Dark]]'')
-===External link===
+=== External link ===
-* {{NCwiki|USS Constitution (NCC-1700)|USS ''Constitution'' (NCC-1700)}}
+* {{mbeta|USS Constitution (NCC-1700)}}
-{{ConstitutionClassStarships}}
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