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* In the ''[[Star Trek: Starfleet Corps of Engineers|Star Trek: SCE]]'' novellas ''Interphase, Book One'' and ''Interphase, Book Two,'' the crew of the USS ''da Vinci'' rescue the damaged starship ''Defiant'' from interphase and the Tholians in the year [[2376]]; the novellas were written before "In A Mirror, Darkly" was produced, though, interestingly enough, "In A Mirror, Darkly, Part II"'s conclusion does not rule out the possibility of the ''Defiant'' being returned to the rift.
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In the ''[[Star Trek: Starfleet Corps of Engineers|Star Trek: SCE]]'' novellas ''Interphase, Book One'' and ''Interphase, Book Two,'' the crew of the USS ''da Vinci'' rescue the damaged starship ''Defiant'' from interphase and the Tholians in the year [[2376]]; the novellas were written before "In A Mirror, Darkly" was produced though, interestingly enough, "In A Mirror, Darkly, Part II"'s conclusion does not rule out the possibility of the ''Defiant'' being returned to the rift.
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* In the [[DC Comics]] [[TOS Special 2|Special #2]] published late 1994, the story "Raise the Defiant" tells of the USS ''Enterprise'' working to recover the ''Defiant'' from the Tholian rift during the 2280s to recover a classified phase-inverter capable of detecting cloaked vessels.
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In the [[DC Comics]] [[TOS Special 2|Special #2]] (published late {{y|1994}}), the story "Raise the Defiant" tells of the USS ''Enterprise'' working to recover the ''Defiant'' from the Tholian rift during the 2280s to recover a classified phase-inverter capable of detecting cloaked vessels.
* On the {{film|11}} DVD, the special features reveal that the USS ''Defiant'' of the [[alternate reality]] caused by Nero's arrival in the 23rd century, while maintaining the same registry, is a {{ShipType|Mayflower}} starship.
 
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On the {{film|11}} DVD, the special features reveal that the USS ''Defiant'' of the [[alternate reality]] caused by [[Nero]]'s arrival in the 23rd century, while maintaining the same registry, is a {{ShipType|Mayflower}} starship.
   
 
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The USS Defiant (NCC-1764) was a Federation Template:ShipClass heavy cruiser that was in service with Starfleet in the mid-23rd century, and one of at least three Federation starships to carry the name.

Built at Tranquility Base, Luna, the Defiant was named in honor of the British warship HMS Defiant. (ENT: "In a Mirror, Darkly" set decoration)

Final mission and loss

In 2268, the Defiant responded to a distress call in the unexplored Tholian sector claimed by the Tholian Assembly. Shortly after entering the region, the Defiant's crew began experiencing sensory distortion, and insanity quickly spread throughout the ship. The ship's chief medical officer was unable to determine what was happening, and eventually the insanity induced by the phenomenon led the crew to kill each other.

File:NCC1764plaque.jpg

The Defiant's dedication plaque

USS Defiant (NCC-1764) bridge, behind-the-scenes

Main bridge of the Defiant (2268)

Three weeks later, Starfleet ordered the USS Enterprise to mount a search and rescue mission to locate the Defiant. On stardate 5693.2, the Enterprise located the Defiant, only to find it lost between universes in a space warp. The Enterprise's instruments recorded that space itself was literally breaking up, the result of a previously unknown phenomenon known as a spatial interphase. An Enterprise boarding party beamed aboard the Defiant and discovered signs of mutiny and insanity – the captain's neck was broken and his crew were dead.

At that time, the Defiant was visible in the "prime universe" while in the interphase, then, as a result of a later phaser exchange between the Enterprise and the Tholians, a hole created through the spatial interphase pushing the Defiant to parts unknown, and trapping Captain James T. Kirk between universes. Captain Kirk was eventually saved when the Enterprise, encased in a Tholian web, entered the interphase and, upon utilizing full power, was thrown clear of the region while Kirk was locked in the transporter beam. (TOS: "The Tholian Web")

The ship may have visited Exo III as a chart of it appeared on the wall in one of its science labs.

Mirror universe

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The Tholians of the "mirror universe" during the 22nd century, by detonating a tri-cobalt warhead within the gravity well of a dead star, created an interphasic rift and sent the distress call which lured the Defiant from the other side to that universe. Soon after, The Tholians took the Defiant to a drydock built into an asteroid-moon in orbit around a gas giant in the Vintaak system and began a salvage operation. This operation was reported to Commander Jonathan Archer of the ISS Enterprise NX-01 through his contacts shortly thereafter. Archer and the ISS Enterprise were eventually ordered by Admiral Black to investigate. (ENT: "In a Mirror, Darkly")

Arriving in the system, Enterprise was destroyed by a Tholian web shortly after beaming an away team over consisting of Archer, Commander T'Pol, Commander Tucker, and Sergeant Travis Mayweather. They were able to escape by restoring the partially deconstructed Defiant's shields and weapons, and destroyed the drydock.

At first, the Defiant could only reach impulse speeds because a Tholian slavemaster, a Gorn named Slar, had stolen a plasma regulator, one of the key components of the warp engines. After Archer trapped and killed the Gorn, Tucker was able to restore warp drive.

Vulcan cruiser destroyed by Defiant

A rebel Vulcan cruiser destroyed in 2155

The USS Defiant then rendezvoused with the remnants of a Terran assault fleet still engaged with rebel forces. Two Andorian battle cruisers, one Vulcan Template:ShipType cruiser, and one Tellarite cruiser were disabling the ISS Avenger NX-09. The Defiant easily destroyed all the rebel ships except one Andorian cruiser, which Archer intentionally allowed to escape.

After seeing how Archer had treated the rebel Vulcans, and learning of the existence of the United Federation of Planets in the other universe, T'Pol and Crewman Soval tried to sabotage the Defiant with Doctor Phlox's help. When Phlox disabled main power, the Defiant was left defenseless, and Avenger, commandeered by Soval and other non-Terrans, began firing at her. The Defiant received heavy damage until Tucker was able to stop Phlox and restore main power. Archer then ordered the destruction of Avenger. The Defiant's phasers and photon torpedoes caused heavy damage to Avenger, with the second barrage of photon torpedoes breaching Avenger's warp reactor, destroying the ship with all hands.

USS Defiant orbiting Earth, 2155

The Defiant in Earth orbit

The Defiant arrived at Earth, now under the command of the self-proclaimed Empress Hoshi Sato. She ordered Admiral Gardner to surrender and stand by for instructions, or she would open fire on Earth. (ENT: "In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II")

Personnel

Template:StarshipDefiant

Appendices

Background information

Origins

While there has been a long line of British naval vessels to bear the name Defiance, including a torpedo school ship and three United States naval vessels, there never was an HMS Defiant in real life. There was a fictional Defiant in the 1962 movie Damn the Defiant! (based on the Frank Tilsey novel Mutiny), which may have been the namesake for the Constitution-class ship.

The registry number NCC-1764 was originally conceived by Greg Jein in an article in T-Negative from 1973. It was subsequently used by Bjo Trimble in her Star Trek Concordance, FASA, and eventually ended up in Michael Okuda's Star Trek Encyclopedia, before finally being seen on screen in "In a Mirror, Darkly" and later in the remastered version of "The Tholian Web". In the same T-Negative article, Greg Jein mentions that the Defiant was known as the "USS Scimitar" in an earlier draft of the script for "The Tholian Web".

Studio model

USS Defiant undergoing interphase

Original Defiant footage

The studio model of the Defiant in the original series was a reuse of the original Enterprise. The CGI model of the Defiant used in Star Trek: Enterprise was wholly built by Koji Kuramura. Nacelles, lighting and certain textures were "tweaked" by Rob Bonchune. The work was done at Eden FX with reference help from Doug Drexler. [1]

According to Bonchune, the location of the aft torpedo launcher on the CGI model of the Defiant was "the little round port right between the impulses engines. We tried to make it logical with what existed so we didn't have to make a new hole on the ship. Everyone agreed, except that apparently if you frame by frame it, they actually come from the hangar bay phaser mounts. Someone in the chain ether decided against it or didn't know. Even one of the writers was surprised it hadn't been done as discussed." [2]

Star Trek: Enterprise teleplay writer Mike Sussman noted in his "In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II" podcast commentary that the aft phasers and torpedoes that the Defiant possessed indicated a variation from its Constitution-class sister ship, USS Enterprise, which apparently lacks or does not use on screen.

It should be noted, however, that in the original series episodes "Arena", "Friday's Child", and "The Doomsday Machine", verbal reference to the Enterprise's aft phasers can be heard in a stock voice loop. Additionally, reference to starboard banks is made in "Balance of Terror", as well as the port weapons mentioned in "Mirror, Mirror".

Props

The Defiant's mission patch was an insignia similar to the pennant on the sides of TOS starships and seen as a set decoration on starbases of that era. A stylized version of this shape makes up the 2150s Earth Starfleet insignia. Three Defiant insignia badges; one command, one science and one engineering were sold in the 40 Years of Star Trek: The Collection auction for US$550 ($660 with premium). [3]

A busy box shown on the Defiant in "In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II" was sold in week 1 of the It's A Wrap! sale and auction for $394.99. [4]

Apocrypha

USS Defiant AR

A pre-textured version of the alternate reality USS Defiant

In the Star Trek: SCE novellas Interphase, Book One and Interphase, Book Two, the crew of the USS da Vinci rescue the damaged starship Defiant from interphase and the Tholians in the year 2376; the novellas were written before "In A Mirror, Darkly" was produced though, interestingly enough, "In A Mirror, Darkly, Part II"'s conclusion does not rule out the possibility of the Defiant being returned to the rift.

In the DC Comics Special #2 (published late 1994), the story "Raise the Defiant" tells of the USS Enterprise working to recover the Defiant from the Tholian rift during the 2280s to recover a classified phase-inverter capable of detecting cloaked vessels.

On the Star Trek DVD, the special features reveal that the USS Defiant of the alternate reality caused by Nero's arrival in the 23rd century, while maintaining the same registry, is a Template:ShipType starship.

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