USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-C)
The USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-C) was a 24th century Federation  starship operated by Starfleet. It was the fourth Federation starship to bear the name Enterprise. In 2344, Captain Rachel Garrett served as the ship's commanding officer.

Lineage 
See Enterprise history

History

Final mission at Narendra III 
Main article: Battle of Narendra III

In 2344, the Enterprise responded to a distress call from the Klingon outpost on Narendra III, which was under attack by the Romulan Star Empire. When the Enterprise arrived at the outpost, she was engaged by four s. The ship suffered major damage to her warp nacelles and external hull, with 125 crew members surviving.

During the firefight, a temporal rift was created. The ship entered it and, almost instantly, emerged from it. ()

 Creation of an alternate history 
The severely damaged Enterprise drifted through the rift, emerging in the year 2366 (precisely twenty-two years, three months, and four days later), and encountered her successor, the  . The crew discovered that the outpost at Narendra III had been completely destroyed, and a state of  existed between the Klingon Empire and the Federation. Both crews eventually realized that the current timeline was a result of the Enterprise-C's absence from the battle, and determined that the Enterprise-C needed to return to its own time through the rift.  

While the Enterprise-D assisted in repairs, both ships soon came under attack from the Klingons, and Captain Garrett was subsequently killed. 

Lieutenant Natasha Yar, the Enterprise-D's tactical officer, learned from Guinan that, if the Enterprise-C was successful, in the new timeline that would be created she would die a meaningless death. Not comfortable with that idea, Yar requested and was granted a transfer to the Enterprise-C.

The last surviving senior officer of the Enterprise-C, Lt. Richard Castillo, assumed command of the ship and, under the protection of the Enterprise-D, took her back into the rift to return to 2344. ()

 Back to 2344 

The Enterprise-C returned at the same time it left its timeline. It engaged the Romulans and was eventually destroyed. In the aftermath of the battle, the Klingons were deeply impressed by the act of self-sacrifice by a Starfleet crew to protect a Klingon outpost, and the Enterprises ultimate legacy was reinforcing the relations between the Klingon Empire and the United Federation of Planets, leading to a close alliance of peace. 

A number of the ship's crewmembers, including Yar, were captured by the Romulans and held prisoner. Yar later gave birth to a half-Romulan daughter named Sela. () 

 Legacy 
Starfleet did not commission another Enterprise until nearly two decades later in 2363. ()

Sculptures of the Enterprise-C later adorned the walls of the observation lounges on both the  until 2368 and the  launched in 2372. (; ; )

Commander William T. Riker's questions on Professor Berlinghoff Rasmussen's questionnaire dealt mostly with previous Starfleet ships, including innovations of the Enterprise-C. ()

 Command crew 
 Commanding officer
Rachel Garrett (2340s–2366) 
Richard Castillo  
 Helmsman
Richard Castillo (2340s–2366) 
Fredericks  
 Operations officer
 
 Tactical Officer
Natasha Yar  

See also: USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-C) personnel

 Appendices 
 Appearances  
 

 References  
 
 
 
 
 

 Background information 
A dedication plaque was made by Michael Okuda for the bridge set. However, due to camera angles and lighting conditions, it was unreadable. The plaque made an appearance in the . According to the plaque, the Enterprise-C was built at the Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards. 

 Apocrypha 
According to the non-canon Lost Era s – The Art of the Impossible and Well of Souls – the Enterprise-C was launched in 2332 with Garrett in command. The Star Trek: The Next Generation - Future's Past video game for Super Nintendo follows the Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual (p. 4) in claiming the Enterprise-C was constructed at Earth Station McKinley.

In the Star Trek Online mission "Temporal Ambassador", it was revealed that the Enterprise-D's battle with the Klingons in  caused the Enterprise-C to emerge from the temporal rift in 2409 rather than 2344. The alternate timeline remained in place, and the Federation has fallen to the Klingon Empire. However, the Klingon Empire, including the former Federation, and the Romulan Star Empire have been conquered by the Dominion. The Tholian Assembly holds the Enterprise-C at a base in the Azure Nebula, and the player joined forces with Richard Castillo and Tasha Yar to take the Enterprise-C back through another temporal rift to once more restore the timeline.

Also in Star Trek Online, a plaque commemorating the Enterprise-C can be seen inside certain fleet starbases. According to the plaque, she was launched in 2332, the date given in the Lost Era novel Well of Souls''.

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