Changes: USS Potemkin (Excelsior class)

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For the other starship of the same name, please see USS Potemkin (NCC-1657).

The USS Potemkin was a 24th century Federation Excelsior-class starship operated by Starfleet.

In 2361, the Potemkin was the last Federation starship to make contact with the failed colony on the planet Turkana IV until 2367. The personnel of the Potemkin were warned by the colony's ruling cadres that anyone transporting to the colony would be killed. (TNG: "Legacy")

It was also in 2361 that Lieutenant William T. Riker was assigned to the Potemkin. During his tenure on this ship, Riker led an away team to evacuate the science outpost on Nervala IV because of a dangerous energy distortion field covering the planet. It was not realized at the time that this distortion field caused the Potemkin's transporter to malfunction, materializing a duplicate Riker on the planet's surface. The Potemkin left orbit, unknowingly abandoning the duplicate Riker for eight years. The original Riker was promoted to lieutenant commander after this rescue mission. However, his duplicate was discovered in 2369 by the USS Enterprise-D and subsequently began a new life as Thomas Riker and reassigned to the USS Gandhi. (TNG: "Second Chances"; DS9: "Defiant")

The Potemkin's officers routinely held a poker game. As a young officer, William Riker took up the game so he could ingratiate himself to his seniors. Fortunately, they realized he was young and inexperienced and decided not to hold it against him, something Deanna Troi reminded him of when Riker later believed Ensign Sam Lavelle was doing the same thing aboard the Enterprise-D. (TNG: "Lower Decks")

It was also on the Potemkin that Riker tried an unconventional tactic of positioning the ship over a planet's magnetic pole and shutting down the power, in order to confuse an opponent ship's sensors. (TNG: "Peak Performance")

In 2368, the Potemkin ferried Dr. Toby Russell, a neuro-specialist, to the Enterprise-D in order to help Lt. Worf recover from a severe spinal injury. (TNG: "Ethics")

During the Dominion War, the Potemkin was part of the Ninth Fleet around Bajor. In 2374 she visited Deep Space 9 to be repaired along with the USS Exeter, the USS Sutherland, and the USS Akagi. (DS9: "You Are Cordially Invited")

Personnel

See: USS Potemkin personnel

Excelsior-class starships

USS Berlin • USS Cairo • USS Charleston • USS Crazy Horse • USS Enterprise-B • USS Excel • USS Excelsior • USS Farragut • USS Fearless • USS Fredrickson • USS Gorkon • USS Hood • USS Lakota • USS Malinche • USS Melbourne • USS Potemkin • USS Repulse • USS Valley Forge • Unnamed

Appendices

Background information

USS Potemkin, Ambassador class, LCARS — LCARS of the *Potemkin*

In an internal list of starships, from 26 September 1990, the Potemkin's registry was NCC-8253. [1] The non-canon user manual for the video game Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, released in 1997, listed the ship with the registry NCC-18253. It is unclear where this new number came from.

In the original Star Trek Encyclopedia (1st ed., p. 321), the ship's registry from the ship list was mentioned, while the newer Star Trek Encyclopedia (4th ed., vol. 2, p. 176) mentions NCC-18253 as the Potemkin registry.

The LCARS graphic appearing in "Second Chances" depicted the Potemkin with the silhouette of an Ambassador-class starship, contrary to the ship's earlier appearance as an Excelsior class. The number, 42547, that was next to the silhouette might be the ship's registry; however, this was uncertain.

According to the Star Trek Encyclopedia (4th ed., vol. 2, p. 176), the Potemkin, like the previous ship of the same name, was "named for Grigori Alexandrovich Potemkin (1739-1791), a Russian military figure under Catherine II."

Apocrypha

The Excelsior-class Potemkin was also mentioned in the non-canon reference book Star Trek: The Next Generation Officer's Manual, but with the registry NCC-2005.

According to the 1994 Malibu Comics Star Trek: Deep Space Nine issue #6, the Potemkin participated in the Battle of Wolf 359 in 2367.

In the Doctor Who crossover comic Assimilation², the Potemkin joined the USS Lassiter (β) in responding to the joint Borg/Cybermen invasion of Delta IV on stardate 45635.2. The Lassiter was destroyed by a Borg cube almost immediately, while the Potemkin was heavily damaged. Its commanding officer at the time was Captain Marcus Bertrand (β), who was captured and assimilated into the Borg Collective. The work of the Enterprise crew and the Eleventh Doctor and his companions led to the prevention of the Borg/Cyberman alliance, so the events at Delta IV were erased from history beyond the people involved maintaining their memories of the events.

The video game Star Trek: Resurgence established that during Riker's time on the Potemkin, he met Captain Zachary Solano of the USS Resolute back when he was the first officer of the USS Tuckerman during a mission where Riker piloted Solano and the Potemkin's science officer in a shuttle to survey quantum resonance in the planetary rings of Resedia VI. At that time, Solano would give Riker good advice about being a first officer.

External link

USS Potemkin (NCC-18253) at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works

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+The '''USS ''Potemkin''''' was a [[24th century]] [[Federation]] {{class|Excelsior}} [[starship]] operated by [[Starfleet]].
 In [[2361]], the ''Potemkin'' was the last Federation starship to make contact with the failed [[colony]] on the [[planet]] [[Turkana IV]] until [[2367]]. The personnel of the ''Potemkin'' were warned by the colony's ruling cadres that anyone transporting to the colony would be killed. ({{TNG|Legacy}})
-It was also in 2361 that [[Lieutenant]] [[William T. Riker]] was assigned to the ''Potemkin''. During his tenure on this ship, Riker led an [[away team]] to evacuate the science [[outpost]] on [[Nervala IV]] because of a dangerous energy distortion field covering the [[planet]]. It was not realized at the time that this distortion field caused the ''Potemkin''{{'}}s [[transporter]] to malfunction, materializing a duplicate Riker on the planet's surface. The ''Potemkin'' left orbit, unknowingly abandoning the duplicate Riker for eight years. The original Riker was promoted to [[Lieutenant Commander]] after this rescue mission. However, his duplicate was discovered in [[2369]] by the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D|-D}} and subsequently began a new life as [[Thomas Riker]] and reassigned to the {{USS|Gandhi}}. ({{TNG|Second Chances}}; {{DS9|Defiant}})
+It was also in 2361 that [[Lieutenant]] [[William T. Riker]] was assigned to the ''Potemkin''. During his tenure on this ship, Riker led an [[away team]] to evacuate the science [[outpost]] on [[Nervala IV]] because of a dangerous energy distortion field covering the [[planet]]. It was not realized at the time that this distortion field caused the ''Potemkin''{{'}}s [[transporter]] to malfunction, materializing a duplicate Riker on the planet's surface. The ''Potemkin'' left orbit, unknowingly abandoning the duplicate Riker for eight years. The original Riker was promoted to [[lieutenant commander]] after this rescue mission. However, his duplicate was discovered in [[2369]] by the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D|-D}} and subsequently began a new life as [[Thomas Riker]] and reassigned to the {{USS|Gandhi}}. ({{TNG|Second Chances}}; {{DS9|Defiant}})
-The ''Potemkin''{{'}}s officers routinely held a poker game. As a young officer, William Riker took up the game so he could ingratiate himself to his seniors. Fortunately, they realized he was young and inexperienced and decided not to hold it against him, something [[Deanna Troi]] reminded him of when Riker later believed [[Ensign]] [[Sam Lavelle]] was doing the same thing aboard the ''Enterprise''-D. ({{TNG|Lower Decks}})
+The ''Potemkin''{{'}}s [[Potemkin senior staff 001|officers]] routinely held a [[poker]] game. As a young officer, William Riker took up the game so he could ingratiate himself to his seniors. Fortunately, they realized he was young and inexperienced and decided not to hold it against him, something [[Deanna Troi]] reminded him of when Riker later believed [[Ensign]] [[Sam Lavelle]] was doing the same thing aboard the ''Enterprise''-D. ({{TNG|Lower Decks}})
 It was also on the ''Potemkin'' that Riker tried an unconventional tactic of positioning the ship over a planet's magnetic pole and shutting down the power, in order to confuse an opponent ship's [[sensor]]s. ({{TNG|Peak Performance}})
-In [[2368]], the ''Potemkin'' ferried Dr. [[Toby Russell]], a [[genetics|neurogeneticist]], to the ''Enterprise''-D in order to help Lt. [[Worf]] recover from a severe spinal injury. ({{TNG|Ethics}})
+In [[2368]], the ''Potemkin'' ferried [[Dr.]] [[Toby Russell]], a [[neuro-specialist]], to the ''Enterprise''-D in order to help Lt. [[Worf]] recover from a severe [[spine|spinal]] injury. ({{TNG|Ethics}})
-During the [[Dominion War]], the ''Potemkin'' was part of the [[Ninth Fleet]] around [[Bajor]]. In [[2374]] she visited [[Deep Space 9]] to be repaired along with the {{USS|Exeter|NCC-26531}}, the {{USS|Sutherland}}, and the {{USS|Akagi}}. ({{DS9|You Are Cordially Invited}})
+During the [[Dominion War]], the ''Potemkin'' was part of the [[Ninth Fleet]] around [[Bajor]]. In [[2374]] she visited [[Deep Space 9]] to be repaired along with the {{USS|Exeter|NCC-26531}}, the {{USS|Sutherland|NCC-72015}}, and the {{USS|Akagi}}. ({{DS9|You Are Cordially Invited}})
+== Personnel ==
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-== Background information ==
+{{Excelsior class starships}}
+== Appendices ==
+=== Background information ===
 [[File:USS Potemkin, Ambassador class, LCARS.jpg|thumb|LCARS of the ''Potemkin'']]
+In an internal list of starships, from 26 September 1990, the ''Potemkin''{{'}}s registry was [[NCC]]-8253. {{twitter|trekdocs/status/846068126181666817}} The non-canon user manual for the video game ''{{dis|Star Trek: Starfleet Academy|game}}'', released in 1997, listed the ship with the registry NCC-18253. It is unclear where this new number came from.
-The [[LCARS]] graphic appearing in "Second Chances" depicted the ''Potemkin'' with the silhouette of an {{ShipClass|Ambassador}} starship, contrary to the ship's earlier appearance as an ''Excelsior''-class. The number, 425x7, that was next to the silhouette might be the ship's registry; however, this was uncertain.
+In the original {{STE|1|321}}, the ship's registry from the ship list was mentioned, while the newer {{STE|4|2|176}} mentions NCC-18253 as the ''Potemkin'' registry.
-According to the ''[[Star Trek Encyclopedia]]'', the ''Potemkin'', like the [[USS Potemkin (NCC-1657)|previous ship of the same name]], was "''named for {{w|Grigori Alexandrovich Potemkin}}, a Russian military figure under Catherine II.''"
+The [[LCARS]] graphic appearing in "Second Chances" depicted the ''Potemkin'' with the silhouette of an {{class|Ambassador}} starship, contrary to the ship's earlier appearance as an ''Excelsior'' class. The number, 42547, that was next to the silhouette might be the ship's registry; however, this was uncertain.
-A small error made in the ''Star Trek Encyclopedia'' caused for two different registry numbers for this vessel to be listed in different sections of the book. The error was corrected in later editions to the proper NCC-18253.
+According to the ''Star Trek Encyclopedia'' (4th ed., vol. 2, p. 176), the ''Potemkin'', like the [[USS Potemkin (NCC-1657)|previous ship of the same name]], was "named for {{w|Grigori Alexandrovich Potemkin}} (1739-1791), a [[Russian]] military figure under {{w|Catherine II}}."
+=== Apocrypha ===
 The ''Excelsior''-class ''Potemkin'' was also mentioned in the non-[[canon]] [[reference book]] ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation Officer's Manual]]'', but with the registry NCC-2005.
-According to the {{y|1994}} [[Malibu Comics]] [[Malibu DS9|''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'']] [[Field Trip (comic)|issue #6]], the ''Potemkin'' participated in the [[Battle of Wolf 359]] in [[2367]].
+According to the {{y|1994}} [[Malibu Comics]] ''[[Malibu DS9|Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' [[Field Trip (comic)|issue #6]], the ''Potemkin'' participated in the [[Battle of Wolf 359]] in [[2367]].
+In the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' crossover comic ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation - Doctor Who: Assimilation²|Assimilation²]]'', the ''Potemkin'' joined the {{mb|USS Lassiter|USS ''Lassiter''}} in responding to the joint [[Borg]]/[[w:c:tardis:Cyberman|Cybermen]] invasion of [[Delta IV]] on [[stardate]] 45635.2. The ''Lassiter'' was destroyed by a [[Borg cube]] almost immediately, while the ''Potemkin'' was heavily damaged. Its [[commanding officer]] at the time was [[Captain]] {{mb|Marcus Bertrand}}, who was captured and [[assimilate]]d into the [[Borg Collective]]. The work of the ''Enterprise'' crew and the [[tardis:Eleventh Doctor|Eleventh Doctor]] and his companions led to the prevention of the Borg/Cyberman alliance, so the events at Delta IV were erased from [[history]] beyond the people involved maintaining their [[memory|memories]] of the events.
+The video game ''[[Star Trek: Resurgence]]'' established that during Riker's time on the ''Potemkin'', he met Captain Zachary Solano of the USS ''Resolute'' back when he was the first officer of the USS ''Tuckerman'' during a mission where Riker piloted Solano and the ''Potemkin''{{'}}s [[science officer]] in a shuttle to survey quantum resonance in the planetary rings of Resedia VI. At that time, Solano would give Riker good advice about being a first officer.
+=== External link ===
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