USS Trial
The USS Trial (NCC-1948) was a 23rd century Federation  starship operated by Starfleet.

History 
In early 2372, the Trial, accompanied by the  and two  starships, were part of Admiral Hastur's task force that relieved Deep Space 9 following the First Battle of Deep Space 9. The ship later docked at the station after the Klingon withdrawal. ()

It returned to visit Deep Space 9 again in 2373. () 

The Trial later fought in the Dominion War, and took part in Benjamin Sisko's fleet assigned to retake Deep Space 9. It was one of the first starships to arrive at the station after the Dominion withdrawal. ()

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Background information 
The Trial was built from an AMT/Ertl model kit of the . The origin of the name is a result of the rearrangement of the letters R-E-L-I-A-N-T to get T-R-I-A-L (minus the E-N). The registry was also conceived the same way, rearranging 1-8-6-4 to get 1-9-4-8 (turning the 6 upside down, making it a 9). A similar method was used in naming and registering of the  (NCC-65674), created from  (NCC-74656) and the registry of the  (NCC-1017) from the  (NCC-1701).

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