Editing Starship Enterprise (section)

=== ''The Next Generation'' productions ===
[[File:Enterprise Forward.jpg|thumb|left|[[Andrew Probert]] designed a new ''Enterprise'' for a television series that takes place over 70 years after the original ''Star Trek''.]]

'''Ship''': [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D)|USS ''Enterprise'', NCC-1701-D]]<br />
'''Introduction''': ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' (1987–1994)<br />
Andrew Probert designed the ''Enterprise'' created for the franchise's return to television, taking place on a new ''Enterprise'' led by Captain [[Jean-Luc Picard]] 70 years after the events in the original series. This ''Enterprise'' also appears in the first film featuring the ''Next Generation'' cast, ''[[Star Trek Generations]]'' (1994). The ship's engineering section is destroyed in ''Generations'', but its saucer section crash lands on an alien planet. In the third season of ''Star Trek: Picard'', the saucer section has been attached to a different vessel's engineering hull, and it features prominently in the show's climax before becoming part of the Fleet Museum.

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[[File:STYestEnterprise.jpg|thumb|left|Producers created a ship meant to bridge the appearance of the ''Enterprise''-D and the ''Excelsior'' class for the episode "[[Yesterday's Enterprise]]".]]
'''Ship:''' USS ''Enterprise'', NCC-1701-C<br />
'''Introduction''': "[[Yesterday's Enterprise]]" (1990) episode of ''Star Trek: The Next Generation''<br />
A third-season episode of ''The Next Generation'' includes a depiction of the ''Enterprise''-D's predecessor, the ''Enterprise''-C. [[Rick Sternbach]] used an illustration created by Andrew Probert as the design basis for the ''Enterprise''-C, executing a final design that could be more easily produced on a television episode's budget. Led by Captain Rachel Garrett, the ''Enterprise''-C is destroyed protecting a [[Klingon]] outpost from a [[Romulan]] attack, strengthening an alliance between the Federation and the Klingon Empire.<ref name="Encyc">{{cite book |last=Okuda |first=Michael |author-link=Michael Okuda |title=[[The Star Trek Encyclopedia]] |author2=Denise Okuda |author3=Debbie Mirek |publisher=[[Pocket Books]] |year=1999 |isbn=0-671-53609-5}}</ref>

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[[File:USS Enterprise-B in drydock.jpg|thumb|left|The opening sequence of ''Star Trek: Generations'' was an opportunity to depict the ''Excelsior''-class ''Enterprise''-B.]]
'''Ship:''' USS ''Enterprise'', NCC-1701-B<br />
'''Introduction:''' ''[[Star Trek Generations|Star Trek: Generations]]'' (1994)<br />
The opening of ''Generations'' depicts the maiden voyage of the ''Enterprise''-B, during which James Kirk is lost and presumed dead. The vessel serves after Kirk's ''Enterprise''-A and before the ''Enterprise''-C from "Yesterday's ''Enterprise''". The filming model was a modification of the ''Excelsior'' created for ''Star Trek III'', with some components added to depict damage to the ship without harming the underlying model.

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[[File:USS Enterprise E First Contact.jpg|thumb|left|The destruction of the ''Enterprise''-D in ''Generations'' created the opportunity to design a new vessel for the sequel, ''First Contact''.]]
'''Ship:''' [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-E)|USS ''Enterprise'', NCC-1701-E]]<br />
'''Introduction:''' ''[[Star Trek: First Contact]]'' (1996)<br />
With the ''Enterprise-''D's destruction in ''Generations'', a new film vessel for Picard and his crew was designed as the main setting for its sequels: ''Star Trek: First Contact'', ''[[Star Trek: Insurrection]]'' (1998), and ''[[Star Trek: Nemesis]]'' (2002). It also appears in the first-season finale of ''[[Star Trek: Prodigy]]'' (2022) and the series finale of ''[[Star Trek: Lower Decks]]'' (2024). The ship is disabled or destroyed under [[Worf|Worf's]] command.

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