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[[File:Enterprise legacy.jpg|thumb|Featured in a display (middle, rear) of several ships named ''[[Enterprise history|Enterprise]]'' prior to [[2364]]]]
 
[[File:Enterprise-B sketch.jpg|thumb|A sketch of the ''Enterprise''-B]]
 
The ''Enterprise''-B was a reuse of the {{USS|Excelsior}} model designed by [[Bill George]] for {{film|3}}. The miniature was given several modifications designed by [[John Eaves]] and [[Herman Zimmerman]], including an extra set of [[impulse engine]]s on the [[saucer section]], flares on the side of the engineering hull, new caps on the front of the [[warp nacelle]]s, and fins on the back of the nacelles. The blue accents on the ship were repainted to a teal color. The flares were added for the specific purpose of damaging them during the Nexus escape sequence and as a way to keep the ''Excelsior'' model beneath undamaged. The modifications were also by request of producer [[Rick Berman]], who felt the ''Excelsior'' design had been overused in the previous motion pictures and in the television series. The NCC-1701-B was also rendered as a CGI model for certain sequences within the Nexus. As it turned out, the glue used to attach the additional parts did in fact damage the original model, so the modifications were never removed. The physical model was later relabeled to become the {{USS|Lakota}} in the ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' episode {{e|Paradise Lost}}.
 
 
The [[bridge]] was a redress of the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-A|-A}} bridge from {{film|5}}, which was also seen as the [[Amargosa observatory]] in {{film|7}}. The [[sickbay]] was the drydock observation area seen earlier in the film, while deflector control was a new set.
 
 
The ''Enterprise''-B was established as an ''Excelsior''-class ship during the first season of ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'' when a series of relief sculptures depicting the history of the ''Enterprise'' name was added to the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D|-D}} [[conference lounge]] set. They were present for the first four years of the series and a flashback during {{TNG|All Good Things...}} The sculpture used represented the original ''Excelsior'' design. However, the accurate models in the lounge of the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-E|-E}} for {{film|8}} and {{film|10}} showed the ''Enterprise''-B as it was in ''Generations''. Furthermore, the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-C|-C}} sculpture also differed from the final {{ShipClass|Ambassador}} design, meaning the sculptures were probably meant to be abstract.
 
 
The model of the ''Enterprise''-B (Lot #998) was sold at the [[40 Years of Star Trek: The Collection]] auction on October 7, 2006 for US$132,000 including the buyer's premium (the winning bid was US$110,000). The model is now part of ScienceFictionArchives.com collections. [http://sciencefictionarchives.com/en/object/276/uss-enterprise-b-model-ncc-1701-b.htm]
 
 
A box of video tapes of the computer graphics, including [[RADAR]] and [[subspace scan]], aboard the ''Enterprise''-B during its red alert was sold off on the [[It's A Wrap! sale and auction]] on eBay. {{stala|9299}}
 
 
According to the ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual]]'', the ''Enterprise''-B was involved in exploration beyond the Gourami sector, charting 142 [[star system]]s and making [[First Contact]] with seventeen new civilizations prior to her decommissioning.
 
   
 
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Revision as of 15:11, 19 March 2013

"Damn fine ship, if you ask me."

- Montgomery Scott, 2293 (Star Trek Generations)

USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-B) was a modified Federation Template:ShipClass starship that was in service with Starfleet in the late 23rd century. This was the third Federation starship to be commissioned to bear the name Enterprise.

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The USS Enterprise-D cut-away poster lists a Captain "Tomas Johnson, Jr." for the Enterprise-B. The USS Enterprise Owners' Workshop Manual establishes that "Thomas Johnson, Jr." was the ship's final captain serving from the early 2320s through the ships loss in 2329.

The Enterprise-B is involved in:

Which provide the following timeline:

  • 2301 - Demora Sulu is promoted to first officer.
  • 2311 - Following the Tomed Incident with the Romulan Star Empire, Captain Harriman steps down, and Demora Sulu is promoted to captain.
  • 2315 - Captain Sulu gives up command – for one year – to care for her terminally-ill paternal grandmother, Hana Shimizu.
  • 2320s – The ship, under Captain Johnson is assigned to patrol the Cardassian border.
  • 2328 – Offers assistance to many Bajorans fleeing Cardassia's annexation of Bajor.
  • 2329 – Lost (presumed destroyed) after the crew reports contracting an unknown infection.

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