Display graphic depicting the Tian An Men serving in Picard's fleet (2368).
The Tian An Men, Hood and Nautilus escape the exploding moon (2374).
The USS Tian An Men (NCC-21382) was a Miranda-class Federation starship that was in service during the latter half of the 24th century.
In early 2368, the Tian An Men was docked at Starbase 234's spacedock for major repairs. It was prematurely deployed, despite the yard superintendents belief the ship was not ready for launch, to serve as part of Captain Jean-Luc Picard's task force that blockaded the Klingon-Romulan border during the Klingon Civil War. It served as a focal point in the tachyon detection grid, as it was linked to eleven other starships during the grid's initial deployment.
During an attempt by Picard to lure the Romulans through the detection grid, it was decided that the Excalibur should withdraw from the formation with feigned engine troubles, forcing the fleet to be repositioned in such a way that it would open up a small gap in the detection net for the Romulans to attempt to pass through. Once the Romulans were caught attempting to pass through the hole in the net, the Tian An Men and Enterprise-D were to swing around and catch them in act. The ploy, however, failed when the Romulans disrupted the network forcing the fleet to withdraw and regroup at Gamma Eridon. (TNG: "Redemption II")
In late 2373, it was assigned to patrol along the Federation's border with the Cardassian Union. It was reported missing and presumed destroyed by the Jem'Hadar. (DS9: "In the Cards")
The ship was nevertheless recovered and would later fight in the Dominion War at the first Battle of Chin'toka in late 2374. It was in this battle where it, the USS Hood and the USS Nautilus assisted the USS Defiant in destroying the moon that supplied power to the orbital weapon platforms protecting Chin'toka. (DS9: "Tears of the Prophets")
Background
The Tian An Men was incorrectly spelled "Tian Nan Men" in the Okudagram in "Redemption II." It was too, on this Okudagram, that the registry of this vessel was revealed.
The Tian An Men's appearance in "Tears of the Prophets" was confirmed by John Gross and Karen Sickles of Digital Muse in a 25 June 1998 post, by DS9 Visual Effects Supervisor David Stipes, on the newsgroup alt.tv.star-trek.ds9.
One of the Mirandas that appeared in this sequence quite clearly and incorrectly had the registry of NCC-1864.
According to the Star Trek Encyclopedia, the Tian An Men was named in honor of those who lost their lives during the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 in Beijing, China.
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