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| Name: |
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Enterprise |
| Class: |
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NX |
| Registry: |
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NX-01 |
| Crew: |
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87 |
| Length: |
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190
meters |
| #
Decks: |
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6 |
| Maximum
Warp: |
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Warp
5 |
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The
Enterprise is the first of 6 NX-class starships to be built
and launched. It is the fastest Starfleet ship of its time
with a warp 5 engine created by Captain Jonathan Archer's
father, Henry Archer and the creator of the warp drive, Doctor
Zefram Cochrane.
The
Enterprise has a standard crew of 87 with a length of 190
meters and has 6 decks. Each deck is represented with a letter
A-F (instead of a number as we've witnessed on past series).
Armaments
The Enterprise has very few weapons and defensive
capabilities. It is equipped with phase cannons and standard
torpedoes. For shielding they can polarize their hull plating,
which does not offer tremendous protection against hostile
aliens. Aboard the ship, they have phase pistols they can use
as hand weapons. The Enterprise was originally equipped with
15 phase pistols. As of the episode "The Expanse"
Enterprise has been equipped with photon torpedoes and phaser
rifles.
Transportation
The Enterprise crew members use shuttlepods most often to
transport officers and supplies from the ship to a planet,
other ship, or station. Transporters are used, however most
often for non-organic materials because of the primitive
technology. Everyone fears having their molecules compressed
into a data stream, who can blame them. Once aboard the
Enterprise, the crew members must go through a decontamination
process. In order to do this, they enter what's called a Decon
Chamber and use a phosphorescent gel.
Food
and Drink The Enterprise has protein resequencers
which are a primitive form of a replicator that can synthesize
meat, vegetables, and other food and drink. In addition to
this, the Enterprise has a chef which is always busy making
different foods for the 87 crew members aboard. Captain Archer
personally requested to have this cook aboard the Enterprise.
Unlike the 24th century, there is no synthehol, all whiskey
and related drinks have real alcohol.
Engineering
The Enterprise is equipped with a warp 5 engine which is
capable of speeds of up to warp 5, however this is risky. The
Enterprise will only exceed warp 4.5 is necessary. To assist
in docking, and grabbing hold of objects in space for whatever
reason, the Enterprise is equipped with 2 grapplers to attach
to another ship or other object. This is the 22nd century
version of a tractor beam.
Quantum
Beacons
After the incident with the suliban at the Peragon colony,
the Enterprise installed 2 quantum beacons on the grappler
arms to detect cloaked ships, especially suliban cell ships
("Shockwave"). These beacons have proven to be
useful with primitive Romulan cloaking devices too
("Minefield").
   
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