USS Saratoga (NCC-31911)

USS Saratoga (NCC-31911)

The USS Saratoga (NCC-31911) was a Miranda-class Federation starship active during the mid-24th century. Lieutenant Commander Benjamin Sisko served as the vessel's first officer during the mid-2360s.

In 2367, the Saratoga was part of a fleet of 40 starships massed at Wolf 359 in defense of Sector 001 during an incursion by a Borg cube.

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USS Saratoga (NCC-31911) is locked in a Borg tractor beam

During the battle, the Borg locked the Saratoga in a tractor beam, which drained its shields until they failed. The Borg then fired a cutting beam at the Saratoga, causing devastating damage. Although some crewmembers and civilians escaped in lifepods, many died. Commander Sisko escaped with his son Jake, but his wife Jennifer perished during the attack. The ship was ultimately destroyed by a warp core breach. (DS9: "Emissary")

As registries have been known to change, it remains possible that the NCC-31911 is the NCC-1867.

Saratoga personnel

• See: USS Saratoga (NCC-31911) personnel

Background

The Saratoga was a reuse of the Reliant studio model built for Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, relabeled with a new registry. This time around, however, the model was filmed without a "rollbar", and two large outboard modules (ostensibly referred to by production sources as sensor pods) were installed. The ship fired phasers from an area usually identified as the lower sensor dome, rather than from any of the phaser emplacements built into the model.

The Saratoga may have been named for the USS Saratoga, an aircraft carrier.

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