Star Trek: 10 Secrets About The USS Enterprise-F You Need To Know

According to Star Trek: Picard, the NCC-1701-F was only in service for around 15 years. The reason for its decommissioning after Frontier Day 2401 is that during the 'Monfette Gambit' the Odyssey Class vessel suffered a catastrophic systems failure. It was deemed easier to take the ship out of service than it was to fix her, potentially leaving Starfleet without an Enterprise.

This does place the F as one of the longest surviving Enterprises in history. The original explored the galaxy for 40 years but the A,B,C, D and E all ended their careers well within that 15-year total. The Enterprise-D was only around for seven years making it one of the shortest in the lineage.

The Picard Logs which preceded season three revealed that the F was commissioned in 2386 with a series of unidentified captains during its lifetime. Admiral Shelby was noted by exec producer Terry Matalas to only be a ceremonial captain a part of the Frontier Day celebrations.

In Star Trek Online the Enterprise-F would only be commissioned in 2409, which suggests that the Sovereign Class E had a significantly longer career, though its final fate may still have been 'not Worf's fault'.