Object
U.S.S. Enterprise‑C (NCC-1701‑C)
The Constitution‑era Starfleet cruiser U.S.S. Enterprise‑C (NCC‑1701‑C): a battered, battle‑scarred vessel that appears through a jagged temporal rift. Presents scorched hull plating, torn sensor arrays and intermittent power echoes; registers as a large, crewed ship on long‑range sensors and functions in‑scene as the concrete marker of a timeline alteration that forces moral and tactical choices for Picard and his crew (featured in the TNG episode “Yesterday's Enterprise”).
2 appearances
Purpose
Crewed Starfleet warship and exploration vessel used for front‑line defense, patrol, and diplomatic escort duties; here it functions as an identifiable ship‑of‑record whose arrival constitutes a tactical contact and temporal anomaly marker.
Significance
Its appearance functions as an inciting reversal: the presence of the Enterprise‑C signals an altered timeline, forces immediate moral and strategic choices about restoring history, and heightens stakes by making abstract temporal danger concrete and personal for Picard and his crew.
Appearances in the Narrative
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