Editing Starship Enterprise (section)

=== The original ''Star Trek'' and first films ===
[[File:USS Enterprise (NCC-1701), ENT1231.jpg|thumb|left|[[Matt Jefferies]] designed the first of many starships named ''Enterprise'' in the ''Star Trek'' franchise.]] 
'''Ship:''' [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)|USS ''Enterprise'', NCC-1701]]<br />
'''Introduction''': [[Star Trek: The Original Series|''Star Trek'']] (1966–1969)<br />
The USS ''Enterprise'', led by Captain [[James T. Kirk]], is the main setting of the original ''Star Trek'' series and ''[[Star Trek: The Animated Series]]'' (1973–74).<ref name="compendium">{{cite book |last=Asherman |first=Allan |url={{GBurl|JL-OAAAACAAJ}} |title=The Star Trek Compendium |publisher=Titan |year=1993 |isbn=978-1-85286-472-9}}</ref> [[Matt Jefferies]] designed the ship, and its core components – a saucer-shaped primary hull, and cylindrical secondary hull, and a pair of outriding engine nacelles – established the core ship design for the franchise. ''Enterprise'' footage was [[rotoscoped]] for its depiction in the animated spinoff.<ref name="RetFan1">{{cite journal |last=Mangels |first=Andy |date=Summer 2018 |title=Star Trek: The Animated Series |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IeNgDwAAQBAJ&q=Mangels%2C+Andy+%28Summer+2018%29.+%22Star+Trek%3A+The+Animated+Series%22.+RetroFan&pg=PA25 |url-status=live |journal=RetroFan |location=United States |publisher=[[TwoMorrows Publishing]] |issue=1 |pages=25–37 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117212623/https://books.google.com/books?id=IeNgDwAAQBAJ&q=Mangels%2C+Andy+%28Summer+2018%29.+%22Star+Trek%3A+The+Animated+Series%22.+RetroFan&pg=PA25 |archive-date=2020-11-17 |access-date=2020-10-28}}</ref>

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[[File:USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-A).jpg|thumb|left|The same filming model was used to depict two different vessels named ''Enterprise'' in the franchise's first six films.]]

'''Ship''': [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)|Refit USS ''Enterprise'', NCC-1701]]<br />
'''Introduction''': ''[[Star Trek: The Motion Picture]]'' (1979)<br />
Jefferies created an updated ''Enterprise'' design for the ''[[Star Trek: Phase II]]'' series. He left the project when ''Phase II'' halted and production began on the first ''Star Trek'' film, ''Star Trek: The Motion Picture''. Several artists, including [[Andrew Probert]], contributed to the film redesign. Several aspects of the ship, such as the engine nacelle grills, were influenced by [[Art Deco|art deco]]. The ship's significantly different appearance compared to the television show was attributed to an 18-month refit. The ship is heavily damaged in ''[[Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan]]'' (1982), and it is destroyed in ''[[Star Trek III: The Search for Spock]]'' (1984).

'''Ship''': [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)|USS ''Enterprise'', NCC-1701-A]]<br />
'''Introduction''': ''[[Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home]]'' (1986)<br />
Captain Kirk is given command of a new vessel named ''Enterprise'' at the end of ''Star Trek IV''. Despite being a new ship narratively, the  producers used the same filming model, redressed to include the new "NCC-1701-A" registry. The vessel appears in next two films, ''[[Star Trek V: The Final Frontier]]'' (1989) and ''[[Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country]]'' (1991). The ship is ordered [[Ship commissioning#Ship decommissioning|decommissioned]] at the end of the sixth film, and it appears in a Starfleet Museum in the [[Star Trek: Picard season 3|third season of ''Star Trek: Picard'']] (2023).