ISS Enterprise (ICC-1701-B)

STARSHIP
ISS Enterprise
Class:	Excelsior-class
Registry:	ICC-1701-B
Affiliation:	Terran Empire, Imperial Starfleet
Launched:	2294
Status:	Active (2290s)

In the dark mirror universe, the ISS Enterprise (NCC-1701-B) was a Terran Empire Excelsior-class starship in service to the Imperial Starfleet in the late 23rd century, constructed in 2294 after the ISS Enterprise-A was decommissioned.

History

Construction

The Enterprise was built at the Antares Ship Yards; the decision to model the ship after the failed experiment ISS Excelsior was highly controversial. However, Starfleet decided to use it for both economic and technical reasons, as Excelsior classes had shown that they could withstand the test of time; indeed, they would still be in service nearly a century after first being developed.

Maiden voyage

The Enterprise-B trapped in the Nexus

By 2294, construction work on the Enterprise had been completed, with only a few components needing to be installed such as a tractor beam and the loading of photon torpedoes. Despite this, the Enterprise-B was launched from a drydock orbiting Earth on a maiden voyage with three honored guests aboard in the form of Fleet Admiral James T. Kirk and Captain Montgomery Scott and Commander Pavel Chekov, as well as a large number of journalists.

Although the maiden voyage was just meant to be a short trip out to Pluto and back again, the Enterprise received a[distress call from two Terran transport ships who were bringing Terran refugees back to Earth. Although not fully equipped, there were no other vessels in range, and Captain Harriman reluctantly gave the order to intercept them. Upon arrival, the Enterprise discovered that the transports had become trapped in an energy ribbon called the Nexus, and the starship herself became ensnared in when moving into transporter range. Unfortunately, the Enterprise was too late to help the crew of one transport, the ISS Robert Fox, as it exploded and was only able to rescue 47 people out of 150 aboard the ISS Lakul, before it too was destroyed.

Captain Scott devised a way to free the ship using a resonance burst from the deflector dish to simulate an antimatter explosion, after a plan to use torpedoes was discarded, as there weren't any on board. Commander Chekov went to deflector control in order to make the necessary modifications as the Enterprise's secondary hull was struck by an energy tendril. The Enterprise escaped with minor casualties and a major hull breach along sections 20 through 28 on decks 13 through 15. Chekov was believed killed in the breach, and the mission became notorious due to his loss.