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GALAXY CLASS

LAUNCHED: 2363
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NCC-1701-D
LENGTH: 641 METRES

NUMBER OF DECKS: 42
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04: PROFILE: U.S.S. ENTERPRISE NCC-1701-D

08: CLASSIC SCENE

12: DESIGNING THE SHIP

16: FILMING THE SHIP

18: ON SCREEN

Stand assembly:
Put the hooks over
the saucer.

u
u

u
The lower part of the
stand cradles the
Slide the stand in from the engineering hull.
back of the engineering hull.
U.S.S. ENTERPRISE

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U.S.S. ENTERPRISE NCC-1701-D
SPECIFICATION

REGISTRY: NCC-1701-D

CLASS: GALAXY CLASS

CONSTRUCTED: UTOPIA PLANITIA FLEET YARDS

LAUNCHED: 2363

DESTROYED: 2371

LENGTH: 641 METERS

DECKS: 42

CREW: 1,012

TOP SPEED: WARP 9.6 (SUSTAINED)

WEAPONRY: 12 TYPE X PHASER ARRAYS

3 PHOTON TORPEDO LAUNCHERS

CAPTAINS: Jean-Luc Picard, Edward Jellico

 The U.S.S. ENTERPRISE
NCC-1701-D entered service
in 2363 under the command
of Starfleet veteran Captain
Jean-Luc Picard.

U.S.S. ENTERPRISE

NCC-1701-D
The U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-D was more than a third
of a mile long, and had a crew of over 1,000 people
 SHIP PROFILE

W
hen the Galaxy-class U.S.S. Enterprise due to advancements in hyperflight dynamics,
NCC-1701-D was launched in 2363 – 94 and the saucer section was larger in proportion
years after Captain Kirk completed to the secondary or engineering hull. At 641m
his first, legendary five-year mission on the U.S.S. in length and with 42 decks covering 3.5 million
Enterprise NCC-1701 – it was the largest, most square metres, it had eight times as much interior
advanced vessel Starfleet had ever constructed. space as Captain Kirk’s Enterprise. This meant there
The Enterprise-D was an awe-inspiring technical was 110m2 of living space per person.
achievement that was the result of 20 years of
development work from the finest engineering A SCIENTIFIC MARVEL
minds of the Federation Advanced Starship Design The Enterprise-D’s specifications were mind-
Bureau, including Dr. Leah Brahms, who was largely boggling: it had more than 4,000 internal systems,
responsible for the design of the warp engines. including two LF-41 warp engines that gave it a
The Enterprise-D followed the same basic design top sustainable speed of warp 9.6 (1,909 times
layout as previous Enterprises, but it was sleeker the speed of light). It also had a high-capacity
shield grid, 12 Type-X phaser arrays, three torpedo
launchers and a complement of 250 photon
torpedoes.
Facilities on board included three sickbays,
20 transporter systems and more than 100

 The outer surface of the ENTERPRISE-D featured phaser strips,

transporter emitter pads, subspace radio antennae, active energy
forcefields, navigational sensors, escape pod hatches and hundreds
of viewports. The outermost hull layer was made up of AGP ablative
ceramic fabric segments approximately 3.7m2 in size.

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 SHIP PROFILE NCC-1701-D INTERIOR

u The main bridge,

which was located on
Deck 1 at the top of the
saucer section, was the
nerve centre of the ship.
Using the stations here
a tiny crew could control
the entire vessel.

 Although the research labs dedicated to disciplines such as for exploratory missions, which often took years, if
ENTERPRISE’s primary stellar cartography, exobiology, cybernetics, they could take their families with them and think
mission was deep space
exploration, she was
astrophysics, geosciences, archaeology, cultural of the ship as home.
involved in a number anthropology and botany. There are always inherent risks involved in
of significant conflicts. Amenities included 16 holodecks, a phaser space exploration, but this was a period of
She was the first Starfleet
range, a theatre, a gym, a salon, a restaurant/ unprecedented peace for the Federation – it was
vessel to survive an
encounter with the Borg bar called Ten-Forward, classrooms and even an after the threat of war with the Klingons and the
and two years later the arboretum. In other words, it had everything the Romulans had been removed by the Khitomer
crew was the last line crew of 1,012 could need and it could operate for Accords (2293) and the Treaty of Algeron (2311),
of defense when the
up to seven years without needing to return to a and before new dangers emerged in the shape
Federation repelled the
Borg invasion of 2367. starbase for refurbishment. Even Captain Picard of the Borg and the Dominion. It was therefore felt
was “in awe of its size and complexity” and a that it was safe enough to place families on board,
person could live on it for years and still not know especially as Galaxy-class starships had a neat
their way around all the parts of it. trick in an emergency – they could split into two
The unprecedented size of the Enterprise-D autonomous spacecraft.
and its comprehensive facilities were provided All non-essential personnel could be evacuated
because Starfleet had decided that the crew to the saucer section, which could then detach
would include families and children. It was felt that from the engineering hull and retreat to safety
Starfleet personnel were far more likely to sign up under its own impulse power, while the remaining

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 SHIP PROFILE

 The ENTERPRISE-D
had 20 transporter
rooms, including six
main personnel
transporters. They were
capable of beaming
individuals distances of
up to 40,000km almost
instantaneously.

Stardrive section, which was capable of warp a field promotion to captain) and in the blockade  The Galaxy class
flight and optimized for combat, engaged the of Klingon space during the Klingon civil war. followed the same design
principles that Zefram
threat. The two sections could then reattach once It was designed to be operational for Cochrane established on
the danger was over. approximately 100 years with major refits scheduled Earth’s first faster-than-
for every 20 years, but it was in service for just eight light ship and used twin
nacelles to generate fields
PICARD’S STARSHIP years before it was destroyed by a renegade
that warped space.
The Enterprise-D was constructed under the Klingon vessel led by the Duras sisters in the Veridian
supervision of Commander Orfil Quinteros at the System in 2371.
Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards, 16,625km above Mars.
Its primary mission was one of exploration, but it DATA FEED
was also regularly tasked with diplomatic and
The Enterprise-D had a crew of 1,012 that included a
humanitarian missions and defending the security significant number of civilians such as Mot the Bolian
of the Federation. barber and botanist Keiko O’Brien. As you would
The ship remained under the command of expect on a Federation ship, the Enterprise-D’s crew
Captain Picard throughout its career, apart from was made up people from many different planets
one brief period when Captain Edward Jellico and species. In 2366, there were said to be 13
different species on board, while in 2369 there were
took command when Picard was on a covert
17 members of the crew from non-Federation worlds,
mission. It played a major role in defending the including the Bajoran Ro Laren.
Federation against the Borg (when Riker was given

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 SHIP PROFILE NCC-1701-D CLASSIC SCENE

1 In normal flight mode the saucer and stardrive sections were docked to create a single, streamlined shape. 2 When the command was given, docking clamps on the

Saucer
Separation
L
ike all Galaxy-class ships, the U.S.S. Enterprise In exceptional circumstances, the two separate sections
NCC-1701-D was designed to separate into of the ship could engage the threat together, attacking from
two autonomous craft and then reattach into a fully different angles and in effect doubling the firepower, giving
functioning single vessel again. them a tactical advantage.
This ability was a remarkable feat of engineering and During its eight years of service the Enterprise-D employed
resulted in huge advantages. In the event that the ship its saucer separation maneuver on four occasions. The first
came under severe threat, all non-essential personnel could time was during its inaugural mission in 2364 when the ship
be moved to the Saucer section. It would then detach from was threatened by the seemingly omnipotent being Q. The
the Stardrive section and retreat to safety under its own second time was later that year when it came under attack
engine power. from the automated Minosian weapons system. The third
The Stardrive section, or Battle section, which contained occasion was during the Borg incursion of 2367 when it
the majority of the weapons systems, could then engage the proved pivotal in rescuing the assimilated Captain Picard.
threat with only essential crew on board. Once the danger The final time it was employed was in 2371 when it saved
was over, the two halves could rendezvous and reconnect the lives of the entire crew after an attack led by the Klingon
into a single vessel. Duras sisters.

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 SHIP PROFILE

‘neck’ of the stardrive section released the saucer section. 3 Once the saucer had been released, the docking clamps retracted and both sections operated independently.

DATA FEED
The Constitution-class U.S.S. Enterprise
NCC-1701 commanded by captains Kirk
and Pike could also separate the saucer
section from the rest of the ship, though
the idea was that this would only be used
to save the crew when the ship was in
danger of being destroyed.

 Once it had separated the

ENTERPRISE-D could operate as two
independent ships. The intention was
for the Saucer section to head to safety.

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 SHIP PROFILE NCC-1701-D PLAN VIEWS

Saucer Impulse Engine

DEFLECTOR DISH
One of the most important features of the
Enterprise-D was its navigational deflector. This Warp Field Grille
oval shaped device was located on the front Warp Engine Nacelle
of the Stardrive section and pushed space
debris clear of the ship’s path. At warp speeds
even microscopic particles of asteroids or other
particulates could cause massive damage if
they collided with the ship’s hull. The deflector
dish projected a powerful graviton beam that
swept large objects, such as asteroids, out of
the way. At the same time, a low-power beam,
created a shield nearly two kilometers ahead
of the ship that deflected the microscopic
interstellar debris out of the way. Shuttlebay 2

Aft Phaser Array

Main Impulse Engine

The long range sensors were directly behind

the deflector dish. These were located on
decks 32-38 and were the most powerful
scientific instruments aboard the Enterprise-D.

Shuttlebay 3

DATA FEED
The Enterprise-D’s most powerful weapons
were its photon torpedoes. Each one had
a yield of 18.5 isotons and had a range of
3.5 million km. Launchers were fitted to the
neck and the rear of the stardrive section
between the nacelle pylons.

Warp Engine Field Grille

Aft Torpedo Launcher

 The impulse engines were marked by a red glow on the rear of
the Saucer section and at the back of the Stardrive section below
the doors for Shuttlebay 2/3.
Phaser Array

10 NCC-1701-D PLAN VIEWS

 Observation Lounge

Escape Pod Hatches

ESCAPE POD HATCHES

The surface of the hull
was marked by 400
escape pod hatches.
Starfleet called them
‘autonomous survival
and recovery vehicles’
and each one could
sustain four occupants
Dorsal Phaser Array for up to 86 days.

PHASER ARRAY
There were 12 Type-X
phaser arrays located
at various strategic
points on the hull giving
full 360-degree cover.
Main Shuttlebay The main dorsal array
Main Bridge
was made up of 200
emitters with each
RCS Thrusters
one capable of a 5.1
megawatt burst.

MAIN BRIDGE
Ten Forward Located on Deck
1 at the top of the
saucer section, this
egg-shaped room was
Captain’s Yacht Ventral Phaser Array the nerve center of the
ENTERPRISE-D and
from where all aspects
Forward Torpedo Launcher of running the ship and
directing its missions
were controlled.
Phaser Array
DESIGNING THE

ENTERPRISE-D
A new STAR TREK series meant a new Starship Enterprise and a design
that combined the new and the old to create something iconic

I
n October 1986 it was officially that the design of the ship was right.
announced that a new STAR TREK With this in mind, one of the first
series would be hitting TV screens in people Gene Roddenberry hired to
September 1987. Among the huge work on the new show was concept
challenges STAR TREK creator Gene designer Andrew Probert, who had
Roddenberry faced in making the new previously worked on STAR TREK: THE
series was the ‘simple’ problem of MOTION PICTURE as a concept
updating the technology and in designer/illustrator.
particular the Starship Enterprise. The The first item Probert turned his mind
original ship was seen as a character to designing was the Main Bridge as this
 The Enterprise-D’s designer, Andy Probert, had a
that was just as important to the show as would be the most-filmed area aboard huge influence on the look of STAR TREK: THE NEXT
Kirk, Spock and McCoy, so it was vital the ship. He knew that the interior had GENERATION.
 DESIGNING THE SHIP

 Probert’s original drawing that provided

the direction for the final design.

 The only major changes made

to Andy Probert’s design involved
lengthening the nacelles to give
them proportions that were
more like those of the original
ENTERPRISE.

to match the exterior of the ship, so he

pinned up some sketches he had
already made of what the Enterprise
might look like for inspiration. These
illustrations were based on an earlier
painting he had come up with shortly before he knew it, Gerrold had taken and they all agreed that was to be
after the first STAR TREK movie when, for the sketch and disappeared. When the new ship. It really sent my head
his own amusement, he thought about Gerrold reappeared a short time later, spinning. From that point on, it was
what a starship might look like even he told Probert that it was indeed going a matter of refining the shapes and
further into the future. to be the new Enterprise. adding the details.”
While Probert was developing his To say Probert was taken aback Probert wanted to create an
ideas, STAR TREK writer and producer at this news would be a massive advanced version of Kirk’s ship and
David Gerrold stopped by, noticed understatement. “In answer to my hoped to retain the feel of its forebear
these design sketches and asked if this astonished look and babbling,” says to assuage the reservations some STAR
was the new Enterprise. Probert replied Probert, “Gerrold explained that he took TREK fans had about their beloved
that he had no idea at this stage, but the sketch into a producers’ meeting original version being “replaced”.

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 DESIGNING THE SHIP NCC-1701-D

As a result, he kept the basic layout  Probert’s original

idea for the Battle
of the ship the same, but changed its Section was that it
proportions, making the Saucer Section would nestle into the top
much larger in relation to the of the Saucer Section.
engineering hull. He also kept the warp
nacelles at the rear of the ship, but
unlike on the original Enterprise where
they were positioned above the saucer
rim, he moved them down to a position
between the two hull sections, closer to
the ship’s centre of mass.

MOVING FORWARD
Another change Probert made was to (where it would be protected) and for the saucer with the round part toward
slant the struts holding the saucer the warp nacelles to be made longer. the front and then extend the serifs,
section and warp engines towards the The only part of the design that those would be two warp engines. This
front of the ship. This gave the new caused any real problems was that it thing would be nestled into the top of
Enterprise a “feeling of aggressive had to separate and that the two the saucer and it would separate to go
forward movement, like a lunging cat,” sections had to look as good apart as fight the battles.”
as he describes it. they did together. Probert’s initial design The producers rejected this solution
Probert’s initial sketch worked so did not take this into account, and and asked for the ship to separate
successfully that Gene Roddenberry when he showed the producers how he between the saucer and the
had only two changes. He wanted the envisioned this might work, it was not engineering hull. At first Probert could
Main Bridge put back on top of the what they wanted. “What I came up not work out how to make the
Saucer Section as Probert had moved it with was a shape like the letter D,” says engineering hull look right as a separate
somewhere in the middle of the ship Probert. “If you lay that down on top of vessel. After playing around with several

 Probert later
experimented with the
idea of having even more
parts of the ship separate
off. The smaller parts of
the saucer section would
be lifeboats.

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 t The final solution
for separating the new
ENTERPRISE into two
different sections.

designs, he eventually hit on the idea of where he reasoned the crew would
leaving part of the Saucer Section on want to look out and keep in touch with
the Stardrive section, which not only their environment. Probert even added
acted as a broad mounting point for the ship’s dedication plaque and
the saucer, but made the Stardrive various paintings to the walls of some of
section look better. the interior sets.
One element that Probert meant to
FINAL DETAILS design for the Enterprise-D, but ended
Once this part of the design was up omitting was landing gear. He had
finalised all Probert had to do was add designed four landing pads on the
a few finishing touches. He placed the underside of the saucer on the refit
Captain’s Yacht on the underside of the Enterprise for STAR TREK: THE MOTION
Saucer Section in the same area as PICTURE, so it was very much in his mind
what had been the dome-shaped to do something similar for the
sensor array on Kirk’s ship. He also Enterprise-D. “I started to do the landing
added lots of windows in various shapes gear,” says Probert, “but I was distracted
and sizes all over the hull, particularly away from it and that poor ship
towards the front of the Saucer Section eventually paid the price!”

u The trick to giving the

Stardrive section an attractive
shape was to take part of the
saucer section with it, creating
a ‘cobra head’ shape.
FILMING THE

NCC -1701-D
 FILMING THE SHIP

Putting the Enterprise-D on screen has

involved not one but three different studio
models, and two different CGI versions

B
ack in 1987 there was only one realistic than had been planned. Working with the six-foot
way to film a starship – you had to build a model was proving more than tricky. It took six
physical model. The contract to build the people to lift the model off its mount, and it was
Enterprise-D was given to ILM, who made two so large that the camera couldn’t get far enough
different versions of the new ship – a six-foot model way to create moving shots. So at the beginning
that would be used for most effects shots and a of TNG’s third season the producers took the
smaller two-foot model that would be used for decision to build a more manageable four-foot
the going to warp shots. The team that built the version of the model. Once again this was built
models was led by Greg Jein and Bill George. by Greg Jein, who by now had left ILM. If you look
Painting the model proved problematic. Andy closely at the new model you can see that it is
Probert had designed the ship to have a blue/ subtly different to its predecessor.
green tint that was reminiscent of the blue-ish When it came to making the movie STAR TREK
colour created by 1960s VFX techniques. However, GENERATIONS, it was obvious that the four-foot
this idea created a problem. For VFX techniques to model wasn’t detailed enough to be used for big
work the ship couldn’t be blue so the lighting was screen effects, so the original six-foot model was
adjusted to make the ship more of a pearl grey brought out of retirement. By now it was in need of
colour. This is one of the reasons people have had refurbishment and ILM set about stripping it back
such difficulty establishing the ‘correct’ colour of and giving it a new coat of paint. Once again, the
the Enterprise-D: simply put, the studio model and look of the ship changed subtly.
the version you see on screen are different colours. By the next time the Enterprise-D appeared on
The original plan had been to create a handful screen the VFX team had abandoned practical
of VFX shots that could be used again and again, models in favour of CG. A basic CG version of a
much as they had been on the original STAR TREK Galaxy-class starship appeared in STAR TREK: DEEP
series. However, STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION SPACE NINE. But for her final appearance, the
had taken a new approach to their visual effects Enterprise-D was given a major makeover. The last
by using video technology rather than film. This episode of STAR TREK: ENTERPRISE is actually set on
was much faster and cheaper than had been the D, and by now the series was being filmed in
expected and the producers loved the results. HD. This meant that a new CG model had to be
As a result the show was using more effects shots built for its final appearance to date.

 The original practical model of the U.S.S. ENTERPRISE NCC-1701-D

in its original 1987 state (left) and after being refurbished and repainted
for its appearance in STAR TREK GENERATIONS (right). 17
 APPEARANCES NCC-1701-D
NCC-1701-D

ON SCREEN TRIVIA
GALAXY-class starships like the
ENTERPRISE-D appeared in every episode
of STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION, the
film STAR TREK GENERATIONS, STAR TREK:
DEEP SPACE NINE, STAR TREK: VOYAGER
and STAR TREK ENTERPRISE. This means
the only series they did not appear in is the
original STAR TREK.

In the first season of TNG, the ship has

a variety of senior engineers. This was
because the producers felt the engines were
FEATURED TV SERIES: STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION unlikely to malfunction. They later decided
FIRST APPEARANCE: ‘Encounter at Farpoint’ (TNG) that the role of Chief Engineer was too useful
so they promoted Geordi La Forge.
MOVIE APPEARANCES: STAR TREK GENERATIONS

FINAL APPEARANCE: ‘These Are The Voyages’ (ENT)

DESIGNED BY: Andrew Probert

KEY APPEARANCES one of the most important battles in the

‘Encounter at Farpoint’ history of STAR TREK. Picard has been
The U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-D was taken prisoner by the Borg. Riker is left in
introduced in the first episode of STAR command of the ship and launches a
TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION, which desperate attack to rescue the captain In the original series ships are often shown
opens with Captain Picard taking a tour and save the Earth. travelling at speeds faster than Warp 10. For
of his new ship. At the time, it was the TNG the warp scale was redrawn so that
first major new STAR TREK ship to appear STAR TREK GENERATIONS Warp 10 was the speed of infinity, meaning
on television in nearly 20 years. That first The Enterprise-D made the transition to that a ship travelling at that speed would
TNG episode also demonstrated the the big screen in the first STAR TREK: THE literally occupy every point in the universe.
However, in the fifth TNG episode ‘Where
Enterprise-D’s ability to separate in two. NEXT GENERATION movie, when it was
No One Has Gone Before’ the ship exceeds
destroyed near Veridian III. In the next
Warp 10. This was subsequently explained
‘The Best of Both Worlds’ movie it was replaced with the U.S.S.
as actually being Warp 9.99999.
The Enterprise-D takes on the Borg in Enterprise NCC-1701-E.

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