What REALLY Happened to the USS ENTERPRISE-E? - Star Trek Explained

Missing in action, lost with all hands, or perhaps just decommissioned? Today we're diving into Star Trek Explained to talk about what really happened to the USS Enterprise-E. This Sovereign-class starship was commanded by Captain Jean-Luc Picard after the loss and destruction of the Galaxy-class USS Enterprise-D

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Sources:
Memory Alpha / Memory Beta
IDW Publishing
ViacomCBS / Paramount Pictures

Video Credits:
Written by Jack T
Presented by @CaptainJack

Special thanks to:
- @TheZEFilms for use of the Star Trek Online Enterprise-F Footage
- Archers Theme remixed
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[Aleksandarix]

Shame he never listened to Kirk. Never let them take you off the bridge of that ship.

[savagebear]

The Sovereign class was one of my favorite ship designs along with the Intrepid class.

[Joshwall]

Regarding decommissioning the Enterprise E, given that the Excelsior class was in service some 80+ years, I find it hard to believe they'd have the Sovereign class would only be in service for 20 years given how advanced the class is.

[stevenbaumann]

You have to remember, the Galaxy class starships were built to be in service for 80 years. It’s reasonable the E could be built for service at least that long.

[motaz]

and yet there are 100 year old mirandas and excelsiors flying around but a 30 year old ship is decomissioned?

[probochronicles]

Despite the reprimand, Worf was given command of the Defiant several times during the Dominian War and against the Borg. Considering Dax was a Trill with 8 lifetimes of experience it was a justifiable choice to save her.

[martinjrgensen]

The Sovereign class was the bleeding edge of tech. It would have a service way longer than 20 years, so ofc it would still be out there kicking ass.

[DshibiVideo]

Starships named Enterprise tend to have short lives. The D only served for 8 years. Picard technically commanded the E for a longer time but because we only saw her in three movies compared to all of the episodes in TNG, people think of the D more often. Anyway, I hope the E is still out there somewhere. Even Star Trek Online didn't give us a proper explanation as to what happened to it, and any timeline saying Data was captain has been voided by ST Picard.

[HondaGrant]

God, I hope she is still on the go, we need to see her again!!

[vincentstrack]

The Aircraft carrier Enterprise lived for over 50 years before being decommissioned. Enterprise-E should be around at least as long unless something happened to it.

[AdmiralStilesSciFiGaming]

The Enterprise E is such a beautiful ship, too bad so many games don't capture it's majesty

[dissectingdiy]

The Sovereign class is by far one of my top favorites and it had such a short life.

[steviepguy]

Now that Paramount owns ALL Star Trek, the Enterprise-E could very well still be in service. She was one of the most powerful ships in the fleet, so there’s every reason to think she’d be around at the time of Picard. The reason why the ships we know and love with the exception of the “D” weren’t in any of the series on CBS All Access, is because Paramount owned the Rights to TOS TOS- Movies and TNG Movies. That’s why the original Enterprise looks so different in Discovery. They had to make enough changes in the design to not have an issue. That should all be gone now, so I’m hopeful we’ll see the Enterprise E as well as a more normal TOS Enterprise in the coming Strange New Worlds Series and Picard.

[deaks]

In ST:Ent, when Archer is taken onto the Enterprise J, we see Defiant class and a Prometheus class ships in the battle. Given that the Sovereign class is at least as modern as those two, and is as capable at peaceful operations such as exploration as it is in combat, and more in line with the 'traditional' Starfleet mandate, to me it's very simple; the Enterprise E would still be in service and I'd expect at LEAST 40-50 years worth of service for the class.
Perhaps if the class is still in service when the Odyssey class, and the Enterprise F is brought into service as flagship, the E could be renamed and recommissioned (it is a thing, both IRL and in Trek) because it's still a Sovereign class ship, so would still be a very useful, capable and potent vessel.

[Restilia_ch]

We really need to praise the Odyssey class more. It is a fan design, chosen by competition for Star Trek Online to become the new Enterprise. And that fan design is now canon thanks to the Picard comics in the form of the Verity.

[brettcooper]

Considering how long Excelsior and Miranda ships were in service, there is absolutely no reason to not believe the Enterprise-E is still in service as of 2399 short of it being lost in battle or some other equally destructive circumstances.

[andrasbalogh]

Excelsior and Miranda class starships were in service in TNG and DS9, more than 80 years after their original design and took part in the Dominion war. Decommissioning a souvereign class after 30 years makes no sense.

[munkykng]

the sovereign class would be middle aged by the time of the picard series, i don't think it would have been decommissioned. The excelsior class....

[charliekeene]

I'd be happy to see Geordi in command of the Enterprise if not Worf.

[cardinalchris]

All I know is it wasn't Worfs fault.