ISS Enterprise (NCC-1701)

The ISS Enterprise (NCC-1701) was a Terran Constitution-class battle cruiser that was in service to Starfleet in the mid-23rd century. It was commissioned in 2245, and decommissioned in 2285. It was succeeded by the ISS Enterprise-A.

Under April
In 2245, former Commodore Robert April assumed command of the newly-commissioned Imperial warship Enterprise. He had previously commanded the ISS Constellation, but was reduced in rank and transferred after his failure to capture the Klingon super-weapon at Strelluf. The Constellation was awarded to Commodore Matthew Decker. Captain April was known as the "Quite Tyrant" for his extreme calm and ruthlessness. However, the real power onboard the Enterprise for the next 6 years was his wife, Dr. Sarah April, Chief Medical Officer. She knew he had failed to comply with imperial orders to recover the Klingon super-weapon by any means necessary, and was blackmailing him.

During April's tenure, the ISS Enterprise led the invasion of the planet Bolarus, and incorporated the Bolians into the Empire. Each of the three nations of Bolarus offered their allegiance to the empire in return for destroying the other two. April made promises to all three nations, and, when ready, betrayed them by destroying 97% of the Bolian fleet. Colonial administrators arrived shortly thereafter and stripped the authority of each nation's governments down to only ceremonial powers.

April also led an Imperial mission to the planet Libros III, where he defeated the Jatohr, and captured the scientist Eljor. Eljor was sent to the Tantalus penal colony, where he was to be tortured into working for the Empire. However, Eljor killed himself to prevent this. The Transfer Key, along with his other effects, were turned over to Dr. Adams at Tantalus to be studied.

Under Franz
Karl Franz's tenure as Captain of the ISS Enterprise was both short and uneventful. He was first officer under Captain April, and then assassinated him in 2251. His ambition overreached his abilities, however. He failed to gain sufficient control over the crew, and misjudged his alliances. After a few months, he was himself assassinated by his own first officer, the young and ambitious Christopher Pike, who became the new Captain of the Enterprise.

Under Pike
Christopher Pike was a pretty boy, who was pushed up the command track to give a better face to Starfleet. His appointment as first officer of the ISS Enterprise came at the behest of his influential father, Senator Charles Pike. After he seized command, however, he proved to be a highly ruthless and paranoid leader, of the kind expected in the Imperial fleet, at least at first. Although Kirk remembered him as a bully, who liked to terrorize junior officers, he would also respect and fear Pike enough to be careful about maneuvering for power, in the beginning.

In 2254, Pike and members of his crew got into a fight with Kaylar warriors on Rigel VII. In retaliation, Pike bombarded the surface, destroying many Kaylar camps and religious sites. In 2262, he recovered a crashed Klingon warship on Rashdin VII, with valuable intelligence for the Empire. He led the Enterprise into many wars with alien ships, and annexed many valuable new colony worlds.

However, his career began to take a dive after his mission to the planet Talos IV. The Talosians broke him, and made him their slave. They sent him back to his ship, and ordered him to recommend that Talos IV be placed off limits to all imperial ships. He became their spy on the Empire. In return, he was able to use the Talosians powers of illusion to keep ahead of his enemies. However, he soon slipped into alcohol and drug abuse, abetted by Dr. Piper, the Chief Medical Officer. He was increasingly dependent on his highly competent first officer Number One to control the ship.

Under Kirk
Shortly after joining the crew, Kirk began maneuvering for power. Pike realized Kirk was a danger, but no longer possessed the strength to top him. Kirk arranged with Orion smugglers to bring the alien device he stole from Tantalus onboard the ship. He formed alliances with Second Officer Spock, and Chief Medical Officer Dr. Leonard McCoy. Kirk eliminated Number One first, so that Spock could become First Officer. In return, Spock maneuvered Pike into a position where Kirk could eliminate him quietly, and seize the position of captain in a nearly-bloodless coup. Kirk's first act as Captain was to trick the Talosians into letting him approach their planet, then bombarding it from space until all of them were exterminated. This was the beginning of the Empire anti-telepaths policy.

Kirk went on to become one of the most distinguished captains in the history of Starfleet. Over the next five years, his exploits were myriad. In addition to the Talosians,he exterminated the Triskelians and the Organians when he found them to be a threat to the Empire, and destroyed the Yonada with all it's people onboard when it threatened to destroy the Imperial world of Daran V. He also used antimatter bombs to obliterate a giant space amoeba on the Romulan frontier that was endangering the ISS Intrepid. He executed two devastating raids on the Romulan Empire, and one on the dying planet of Sarpeidon. He decisively defeated Klingon battle groups in the Battle of Halka, and the Battle of Organia. He liberated Cestus III from the Gorn, which resulted in the Metrons cutting off the Gorn from the Empire for years, and initiated the 100 year war between the First Federation and the Terran Empire by capturing the Fesarius and killing its captain. He suppressed the rebellions on Vega XI, Gorla, and Andoria. He thwarted three attempted coups against the Emperor, by War Minister Kodos, by Grand Admiral Garth of Izar, and by an immortal master schemer named Flint.

He conquered at least ten planets for the Empire, including Elas, Troyius, Corridan, Eminiar VII, Vendikar, Gamma Trianguli VI, Halka, Neural, Scalos, and Platonia. In the course of his conquests and pillaging, he captured many valuable items of loot, most of which were turned over to the Imperial Government in exchange for greater wealth and power (hoarding a few), including Sclosian water, Kironide. a dimensional bridge, an alien obelisk-weapon from Amerind, an ancient Doomsday Machine, the Teacher device of Sigma Draconis VI, an android named Ruk on Exo III, the Pacifier spores of Omicron Ceti III, the Psi 2000 virus, and a Matter Transmuter from a pair of extra-galactic scientists. In 2267, he captured a massive Starship called the Naranda from the Klingons, who had discovered it many years earlier. He learned that it had been accidently sent bakc in time from the future, and it's technology was used to greatly improve Imperial warships. He killed the Horta monster endangering miners in Janus VI, and exterminated all life on Deneva to wipe out a nest of alien parasites. In both cases, he saves samples of the life forms and turned them over for analysis by Imperial Intelligence.

Probably his greatest prize was the Guardian of Forever, a time-travel device he found on the planet Aeternas. It accidentally sent Kirk into the past, where he fathered a son with a woman named Edith Keeler and helped shape Imperial history with his knowledge of the future before Spock brought him home. He would later be ordered by the Empire to use the Guardian to conduct an espionage mission in the 22nd century, to prevent the Vulcan-Andorian-Tellurite alliance from forming. After this use of tactical time-travel warfare, the Enterprise faked the destruction of the Guardian by blowing up Aeternas with an antimatter bomb, but secretly delivered it to Imperial Intelligence for further study.

Because of his exceptional abilities, Kirk would be called on for similar special missions by the Empire. He was ordered to test a controlled steller-slingshot as a methods for traveling through time, and used this to alter the history of the early 1960s, bringing Emperor Oswald to power. He tested the M-5 multitronic unit in Imperial wargames, and the use of Medusan slaves as navigators on starships. He was also sent on a covert operation into Romulan space, where he seduced and killed a Romulan commander and captured a cloaking device, which allowed the Empire to equip their ships with cloaks, just like the Romulans were doing. During Kirk's tenure, the Enterprise was also one of the ships assigned to provide disaster relief to Sherman's Planet after a Klingon bioweapon laid waste to their crops.

Following this string of accomplishments, Kirk was promoted to Admiral, and Spock was finally moved to assume the Captaincy.

Under Spock
After Kirk was promoted to the Admiralty, Spock succeeded him as Captain of the ISS Enterprise. The Enterprise underwent a refit at this time, largely designed by Chief Engineer Montgomery Scott. Grand Admiral Matthew Decker wanted his son, Willard, to become the new Captain of the Enterprise, but the influential connections of Spock's family, plus the support of Kirk, guaranteed him the spot. Willard Decker became first officer, but never stopped scheming against Spock, with the support of his father. Discipline aboard the ship improved substantially under Decker's supervision. Still, he was often ignored by his commanding officer, to the point of being left out of tactical planning or diplomatic efforts, something he attributed to Spock's distrust of his father.

During these two years, Spock was placed in-charge of rooting at a secret organization of liberal reformers in the Empire called the Oswaldites. This campaign occupied him for most of this time. He eventual tired of Decker's attempts to plant a spy in his confidences, and maneuvered Commander Decker into making an attempt on his life. Decker was killed by Spock's Vulcan bodyguards. The Grand Admiral swore revenge

However, before he could do anything about it, the V'Ger entity attacked Earth. Spock led the Enterprise into battle with V'Ger, Along with the rest of Starfleet. He manipulated Grand Admiral Decker into using his flagship, the ISS Doomsday Machine, to destroy V'Ger, knowing that the Grand Admiral would die in the process. Kirk became Grand Admiral, and Spock was made Minister of War.

Under Reilly
Acting first officer Montgomery Scott had no desire to be captain, so Kevin Reilly became the new Captain of the ISS Enterprise. He led the Enterprise into many engagements against the Klingons and the Cardassians, and was a strong supporter of Spock and Kirk.

Most famously, from 2283 to 2285 he led the Enterprise in battle with Vulcan Rebellion of T'Pau. When T'Pau and her allies (Gorn, Alliance, and members of the anti-Imperial human underground) tried to capture the Genesis Weapon at the Imperial research base on Regula I, It was Reilly who led the Enterprise to stop her, accompanied by Spock and Kirk. Eventually, Kirk ended up alone in the weapon chamber with T'Pau and Carol Marcus. Marcus, equipped with an exoskeleton that gave her 4 times normal human strength, fought him hand-to-hand, seeking blood repayment for her romantic disappointment. However, T'Pau was mortally wounded after suffering an accidental blow from Marcus' exo-suit. In the course of the fight, the Genesis Weapon was activated and aimed at the uninhabitable planet of Ceti Alpha V. Marcus was thrown into the beam by a callus Kirk and was scattered to atoms, with the beam feedback destroying the weapon (Although Imperial Intelligence had made secret copies of all the research). Spock was slain by phaser fire, which had been fired by David Marcus, the illegitimate son of Captain Kirk, an attack which Kirk replayed in kind. He vaporized his own son, never knowing his identity. A short time later, a funeral was held for Spock, which was presided over by M'Benga. Spock's body was placed in a coffin and shot onto the surface of Ceti Alpha V. The revivifying energy of the Genesis Effect took the DNA from Spock's body and replicated it, returning Spock back to life. The Enterprise crew braved a combined Klingon-Cardassian-Gorn assault to rescue him. Alliance forces briefly occupied the Enterprise but were destroyed by an array of booby-traps installed by Scotty.

Later that same year, the ISS Enterprise was chosen to lead the Imperial fleet in an invasion of the Prime Universe. In the course of this attempted invasion, the ship was occupied by the Prime-counterparts of the crew, and Grand Admiral Kirk ordered Reilly to activate the self-destruct in order to try and destroy them. Reilly was later executed for incompetence, when the invasion failed to conquer the United Federation of Planets, due to the interference of the Klingons and the Romulans. Despite this failure, the invasion did lead to the Empire capturign vast amount of intelligence from the Federation, including the full blueprints of the USS Excelsior.

Commanding officers

 * Robert T. April (2245-2251)
 * Karl Franz (2251)
 * Christopher Pike (2251-2264)
 * James T. Kirk (2264-2270)
 * Spock (2271-2272)
 * Kevin Reilly (2272-2285)