U.S.S. Republic NCC-1371
The Constitution class Starship Republic was commissioned in May 2246.[2] James T. Kirk served aboard the Republic[3] for his first cadet cruise in 2254 while attending Starfleet Academy.[4] While aboard the vessel, he befriended an older officer, Lieutenant Ben Finney, but that friendship didn't prevent Kirk from logging an incident in which Finney left a circuit to the vessel's reactor core open, endangering the ship. The incident report caused Finney to be moved to the bottom of the promotions list, and resulted more than a decade of enmity from the older man.[3] The Republic later resolved the threat of piracy by Orion raiders in the Volus Corridor, and deterred Klingon border incursions along the Neutral Zone.[5]
The Republic was lost in January 2265.[2] On Stardate 8087.3, the Republic was discovered in the Styx Rift by the U.S.S. Excalibur NCC-1711; the crew had been taken over by the same species of Neural parasites that attacked Deneva in 2266, but fast thinking by the ship's science officer left the ship stranded in the rift for fifteen years.[6]
Note
The registry listed for the Name in the "Star Fleet Technical Manual," NCC-1707, conflicts with other sources and must be disregarded.
References
- ↑ "Dagger of the Mind."Star Trek, Episode 10. Television. 3 November 1966.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Federation Ship Recognition Manual." Star Trek: The Roleplaying Game, Supplement 2302. Game. 1985. FASA.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Court Martial." Star Trek, Episode 14. Television. 2 February 1967.
- ↑ "My Brother's Keeper, Book One: Republic." Star Trek, Book 85. Novel. January 1999. Pocket Books.
- ↑ "Starships." Star Trek Roleplaying Game, Book 4. Game. 2003. Decipher, Inc.
- ↑ Star Trek III Sourcebook Update: "Lost and Presumed Dead." Star Trek: The Roleplaying Game, Supplement 2214. Game. 1984. FASA.
