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In the fictional Star Trek universe, the Columbia is a 22nd century Earth Starfleet NX class starship featured in several episodes of Star Trek: Enterprise. The vessel carries the registry number NX-02 and is the Enterprise (NX-01)
History Construction of the vessel began in 2151 after the launch of Enterprise (Ent: "Fortunate Son") and is shown on screen for the first time, albeit without a name, in the second season's "The Expanse". The vessel receives its moniker in the following season's "E²". The naming of Starfleet's first two NX class ships as Enterprise and Columbia follows NASA's pattern of giving the same names to its first two space shuttles. The ship's first commanding officer is Captain Erika Hernandez (Ent: "Home"). The vessel, which has improved weapons and hull plating compared to its older sister ship, was launched in late 2154, after numerous construction-related delays. When Klingon sabotage prevents Enterprise from dropping out of warp, forcing it to travel at dangerously high speeds in order to avoid catastrophic engine failure, Commander (Star Trek) Trip Tucker makes a risky maneuver by traveling along a tether from Columbia to Enterprise while both vessels were travelling at warp. Tucker subsequently receives temporary reassignment to Columbia in order to assist in repairing major damage experienced due to the Klingon incident (Ent: "Affliction" and "Divergence"). Tucker's transfer to Columbia is brief, and he eventually requests and receives transfer back to Enterprise (Ent: "Bound"). Columbia does not appear again. According to the non-canon book Ships of the Line *, Columbia went missing and eventually ended up in the Gamma Quadrant, where it crash landed on a desert planet. It remained there for two centuries until being discovered early in the Dominion War. Trivia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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