USS Excelsior (NCC-21445)

For other uses, see Excelsior.

USS Excelsior
Registry:	NCC-21445
Affiliation:	Federation, Starfleet
Launched:	24th century
Status:	active (2370), succeeded in name by the Excelsior-class USS Excelsior-D

The USS Excelsior (NCC-21445) was a Federation starship in service to Starfleet, commissioned in the 24th century.

History

This ship was named as a successor to previous vessels named Excelsior of history, notably the 23rd century Excelsior-class prototype USS Excelsior.

In the year 2365, the Excelsior was under the command of Captain Muriel Epstein. She was assigned to captain Excelsior on a deep space exploration mission in sector 034. this informtion was listed on a starship deploy status report on a viewscreen on Starbase 173. (TNG episode: "The Measure of a Man")

In 2370, the Excelsior was assigned to participate in the search for the missing USS Hera, which had been lost in space near Starbase Deep Space 3. (TNG episode: "Interface")

Crew manifest

• Captain Muriel Epstein (circa 2365)

Appendices

Background

Non-canon sources, Ships of the Line 2014 and Star Trek Online both state that the prototype Excelsior was maintained as an operational vessel and remained in existence even during and after this vessel's dates of service. One explanation for the apparent contradiction would be that the NCC-2000 Excelsior was taken out of commission during the NCC-21445 vessel's career, and then brought back into service afterwards. No such explanation has been offered in the source material, however, but the long-lived original Excelsior has also been noted to exist at the same time as a 25th century counterpart, the USS Excelsior-D.

Appearances and references

• TNG episode: "The Measure of a Man" (in set artwork)
• TNG episode: "Interface"

External link

• USS Excelsior (NCC-21445) article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.