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It was the ship of Kirk, Spock et al. in the original NBC TV series Star Trek. It is established in the 1979 movie that this vessel has been out of commission for some time, undergoing an extensive rebuild and upgrade while in dry-dock orbiting Earth under the command of Willard Decker. The registry number (1701) of the ship was chosen to be easily visible at a glance. "NCC" was chosen by analogy to modern civil aircraft identification codes.
While never seen on film, it is generally accepted that the first commanding officer of the Constitution-class Enterprise was Robert April. Christopher Pike was seen as commanding officer of the Enterprise for at least one, and possibly two, five-year missions of the ship before Kirk's fabled voyages.
In , Khan Noonien Singh stole the USS Reliant and used her to disable the Enterprise. Kirk employed a strategy to equally disable the Reliant. Khan planned to use a weapon called Genesis to destroy the Reliant and the Enterprise, but the Enterprise and her crew were able to survive, partly due to the self-sacrifice of Mr. Spock.
In , Starfleet decided to scrap the ship, thinking that the age of the ship wouldn't make a repair worthwhile. Nevertheless, the command crew stole the ship and took it to the Genesis planet, to bring Spock's body back to VulcanVulcans are a humanoid alien race in the the fictional Star Trek universe who reside on the planet Vulcan and are noted for their attempt to live by reason and logic. Star Trek series. Perhaps the best known Vulcan. Biology Physical Attributes The main ex. At the Genesis planet, the Enterprise was beaten by a KlingonThis page is about the fictional race. For the language, see Klingon language. Klingons a race of humanoids in the fictional Star Trek universe, were the main antagonists in Star Trek: The Original Series and later became the uneasy allies of the United F crew under the command of Capt. Kruge. Despite being able to inflict some damage on the Klingons, the control systems began to fail, and a torpedo from the Klingons disabled them completely. Faced with being captured by a Klingon boarding party or being killed, Kirk, ChekovPavel Chekov a character from the fictional Star Trek universe, was the Navigator and Weapons Officer on the Starship Enterprise. His rank was Ensign in Star Trek: The Original Series, but was promoted to the rank of lieutenant in Star Trek: The Motion Pi, and ScottMontgomery Scott usually known as Scotty is a character in Star Trek: The Original Series played by James Doohan. He served as the Starship Enterprise's chief engineer, spoke with a thick Scottish accent, and was seen as a 'miracle-worker'. The character set the ship to self-destructIn the fictional Star Trek universe, all Starfleet vessels are equipped with auto-destruct devices. These devices are placed in the vessel to ensure that neither the ship itself or the technology contained within that ship would fall into the hands of ene. The primary hull was blown apart, and the secondary hull fell into the Genesis planet's atmosphere and was incinerated.