USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-E)

The USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-E) is a Sovereign class starship in the Star Trek fictional universe.

This vessel was launched on stardate 49827.5 (2372) from San Francisco Shipyards under the command of Captain Jean-Luc Picard, a year before the 24th Century events of and the Battle of Sector 001.

In 2375, the Enterprise-E would prevent an attempted relocation of the Baku people from their homeworld in the Briar Patch of Federation Space by the Son'a, an off-shoot of the Baku that left the homeworld a century earlier. The events of .

Four years later the Enterprise-E would be featured in , when a renegade clone of Jean-Luc Picard would take control of the Romulan Star Empire and threaten the destruction of Earth.

Due to the fact that this Enterprise was launched and commissioned so quickly following the events of and the destruction of the Enterprise-D many fans speculated that this ship was either a renamed pathfinder for the Sovereign class or a renamed planned vessel of the class. Neither case has been substantially confirmed or denied by any canon Star Trek film or show.