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A ''[[Galaxy class]]'' extended-duration starship and the flagship of [[Starfleet]], the ''Enterprise'' was commanded by [[Captain]] [[Jean-Luc Picard]].<ref name="TNG101"/> The ''Enterprise'' was commissioned on [[Stardate]] [[2363#SD40759|40759.5]], more than a decade after the first two spaceframe components, the Deck 10 computer core elliptical compression member and the starboard main longitudinal compression bulkhead, were gamma-welded during a brief ceremony on [[2350#JUN03|3 June 2350]], at the [[Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards|Utopia Planitia]] assembly site, in synchronous orbit 16,625[[kilometer|km]] above the surface of [[Mars]].<ref name="TNGTM"/>

In {{date|Prime|2358}}, an ejectable bridge module was docked to the ''Enterprise.'' A minimum flight test program crew completed preliminary training aboard ship, and the ''Enterprise'' was launched from its dock on maneuvering thrusters. The flight test crew continues developmental shakedown trials in Mars space through {{date|Prime|2359}}, when the ''Enterprise'' was at last declared deep-spaceworthy and warp-capable. By {{date|Prime|2360}}, the ''Enterprise'' had achieved warp flight in the outer [[Sol system]]. An operational bridge module was docked, and in {{date|Prime|2363}}, the ''Enterprise'' was officially commissioned in a ceremony at Utopia Planitia. The [[U.S.S. Galaxy NCC-70637|U.S.S. ''Galaxy'' NCC-70637]] and the [[U.S.S. Yamato NCC-71807|U.S.S. ''Yamato'' NCC-71807]], the first two ''Galaxy'' class starships completed, sent congratulatory messages via [[subspace radio]].<ref name="TNGTM"/>

With a total of 42 decks, the ''Enterprise'' was twice the length and had eight times the interior space of the [[Constitution class|''Constitution'' class]] ships of the previous century, and carried a combined crew and passenger load of more than one thousand. When the ''Enterprise'' left the Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards, approximately 35% of the ship's internal volume had not yet been filled with room modules, and remained as an empty spaceframe for future expansion and mission-specific applications.<ref name="TNGTM"/>

Defensive systems included 11 Type X [[phaser]] arrays, 250 [[photon torpedoes]], and a high capacity shield grid; there were some 4,000 power systems in all aboard the ship. Full acceleration time from reverse, sub-light impulse through nominal top [[warp drive|warp]] speed, warp 9, was 0.03 milliseconds.<ref name="TNGTM"/> The ship achieved a maximum speed of warp 9.5 when pursued by [[Q]]; at warp 9.3 its engines had passed the red line.<ref name="TNG101"/>

An average day aboard ship, according to [[Starfleet Lieutenant Commander|Lieutenant Commander]] [[Data]], included four birthdays, two personnel transfers, two [[chess]] tournaments, a secondary school play, four promotions, the celebration of the [[Hindu]] [[Diwali|Festival of Lights]]&mdash;and a birth and [[marriage|wedding]].<ref name="TNG185"/>

During the [[Borg]] incursion of {{date|Prime|2366}}, Decks 23-25 were sliced open by the enemy during the final battle over [[Earth]],<ref name="TNG175"/> requiring a refit at [[Earth Station McKinley]] which lasted about 6 weeks.<ref name="TNG178"/> It was far less damage than the kamikaze warp-driven collision acting-Captain [[William Riker]] had readied as a last recourse, however.<ref name="TNG175"/> During that refit, the starship received a phaser upgrade as well as damage repair and a new [[dilithium]] chamber articulation frame.<ref name="TNG195"/>

The ship off-loaded the original three [[Danube class|''Danube'' class]] runabouts and several officers at [[Deep Space 9]] following the [[Cardassian Union|Cardassian]] withdrawl from [[Bajor]].<ref name="DS9401"/> The ''Enterprise'' was destroyed in {{date|Prime|2371}}, after an attack by renegade [[Klingons]] breached the warp core; although the saucer section separated before the breach, the force of the explosion caused it to crash on [[Veridian III]]. Fortunately, losses were minimal, though the ship itself was beyond repair.<ref name="ST07"/>
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==Image Gallery==
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galaxy_class_bridge-tng-101-102.jpg|U.S.S. ''Enterprise'' bridge ({{TNG101}})
galaxy_class_saucer_crashed-st-07.jpg|U.S.S. ''Enterprise'' saucer crashed ({{ST07}})
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