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STARSHIP
USS Saratoga
Class:	Miranda-class
Registry:	NCC-31911
Affiliation:	Federation Starfleet
Status:	destroyed (2367); succeeded in name by Miranda-class USS Saratoga

The USS Saratoga (NCC-31911) was a Miranda-class medium cruiser starship in service to Starfleet in the 24th century. (DS9 episode: "Emissary", Decipher RPG module: Starfleet Operations Manual; ST reference: Star Trek Encyclopedia)

Service historyEdit

In 2358, the Saratoga was docked at Starbase 179. Station resident Robin Lefler was given a tour of the vessel at that time. (NF short story: "Lefler's Logs")

The Saratoga was sent to recover Dr. Rebecca Emmanuelli, who had been illegally held by the Tzenkethi for several years after the end of the Tzenkethi War. (ST novel: Articles of the Federation)

Prior to 2366, Lieutenant Commander Benjamin Sisko was the first officer of the Saratoga. During that time, the ship undertook missions to Guldammur IV, Mariphasa IV and Thetalian Prime. (DS9 novel: Saratoga)

At Guldammur IV, the Saratoga encountered a hostile Breen ship. In a plan devised by Benjamin Sisko and Hranok, a narrow-gauge phaser spread was fired from the weapons of the Saratoga, making several small gaps in the Breen's shields. This allowed the Saratoga crew to beam unwanted items into the Breen's weapon banks, clogging them and leaving them unable to fire. (DS9 novel: Saratoga)

On Mariphasa IV, Sisko, Hranok, Thorn and Laffer were captured by the Cardassians and were about to be tortured to reveal their mission there. They were saved by Doctor Laffer's arguments with the Cardassian in charge, which bought time for Thorn to disarm one of the Cardassians and make their escape. (DS9 novel: Saratoga)

On a mission to Thetalian Prime, Sisko, Hranok, Graal and Laffer were affected by alien organisms until Dr. Laffer was able to find a cure. Some of the organisms, which produced corlandium, remained in their systems. (DS9 novel: Saratoga)

In 2366, the Saratoga was part of the Federation fleet that engaged the Borg at Wolf 359. The Saratoga was among the first ships to arrive and engaged the Borg cube with the USS Gage, the USS Melbourne and the USS Kyushu. The Saratoga was destroyed at the battle, although several escape pods were able to leave the ship. (DS9 episode: "Emissary")

Sisko was sent back to the Saratoga during the battle on a mission by the Prophets and encountered several Borg drones who had boarded the ship. (DS9 video game: Crossroads of Time)

In 2373 the USS Voyager discovered one of the escape pods from the USS Saratoga with survivors aboard. The escape pod (along with several others) had been trapped in a rift where time flowed at a different rate. Unfortunately the survivors had to re-enter the rift to prevent the Voyager from being trapped inside. (VOY comic: "Ghosts")

LegacyEdit

During his first encounter with the Prophets in the Bajoran wormhole, they showed Sisko the last moments of the Saratoga, making Sisko realize he had not moved on. He would later say the Prophets gave him his life back. (DS9 episode: "Emissary")

A model of the USS Saratoga rested in Sisko's office on Starbase Deep Space 9. (DS9 episodes: "Battle Lines", "In the Cards")

In 2372, Starfleet launched the USS Saratoga-A, which was named for its predecessor. The surviving crew were invited to attend, giving Commander Lopez his chance to turn them over to the Retizians for the priceless corlandium-producing organisms in their blood. (DS9 novel: Saratoga)

Jean-Luc Picard recalled the Saratoga just before the second Borg attack and the Battle of Sector 001. (TNG movie: First Contact)

Sisko recalled the Saratoga and its crew after the end of the Battle of Cardassia and the Dominion War itself. (DS9 short story: "Requital")

Known crewmembersEdit

• Constance Barnes
• Selina Barrston
• Delaney
• Garcia
• Graal
• Miriam Laffer
• Esteban Lopez
• Athena Rand
• Benjamin Sisko
• Storil
• Tamamota
• Aidan Thorn
• Hranok Zar

Known civiliansEdit

• Doran
• Jake Sisko
• Jennifer Sisko

AppendicesEdit

ConnectionsEdit

Ships named Saratoga
United Earth, Starfleet	Saratoga
Federation, Starfleet	USS Saratoga (NCC-1724, Constitution-class) • USS Saratoga (NCC-1887, Miranda-class) • USS Saratoga (NCC-3007, Royal Sovereign-class) • USS Saratoga (NCC-31911, Miranda-class) • USS Saratoga (NCC-31911-A, Miranda-class) • USS Saratoga (Sovereign-class)

Miranda-class class XI medium cruiser/destroyer starships
Federation Starfleet	Accommodator • Achilles (I) • Achilles (II) • Administrator • Alabama • Alameda • Alamo • Alexandria • Aliyah • Aloia • Amador • Andover • Archer • Ardent • Ares • Armstrong • Artemis • Asclepius • Assawari • Athena • Atlanta • Atlantis • Audacious • Avenger • Azov • Baba Yaga • Bacchus • Beijing • Berkeley • Berlin • Blade of Tellar • Bolivar • Bombay • Boston • Brattain • Brave Shield • Brisbane • Britannia • Brunswick • Buenos Aires • Calgary • Callahan • Carthage • Ceres • Chagaris • Champion • Chandalar • Chicago • Chronos • Circe • Clancy • Clausewitz • Cluster • Commencement • Concord • Condamine • Condor • Conqueror • Coronado • Cortez • Courage • Courageous • Covington • Coyle • Crommalen • Daredevil • Daring • Dayton • Defender • De Ruyter • DeForest Kelley • Defence • Delbora • Demeter • Devastator • Dionysus • Dominator • Encounter • Enforcer • Eradicator • Everett • Forceful • Ford • Formidable • Fuller • Furious • Fusilier • Gallant • Georgia • Gladstone • Glorie • Glorious • Gneisenau • Gorbachev • Grenadier • Grissom • Grochenko • Gromykii • Groton • Groznyy • Guardian • Harold • Hartt • Hathor • Helmsdale • Hephaestus • Hera • Hermes • Hestia • Hoagland • Hypnos • Immortal • Iowa • Invicta • Invincible • Isis • Jomini • Kearsarge • Kings Destroyer • Kinshasa • Kirkland • Kobayashi Maru II • Korolev • Kortenauer • Lachlan • Lantree • L'aventure • Legionaire • Leonov • Lifeforce • Littorio • London • Los Angeles • Mahan • Majestic • Mali • Mecca • Meko • Mendoza • Michigan • Mikasa • Milwaukee • Minerva • Miranda • Missouri • Mondial • Montréal • Moreno • Moscotivitch • Mutso • Nagato • Naken • Nautilus • New Mexico • New York • Newport • North Carolina • Oberon • Odessa • Odysseus • Olympia • Omaha • Osiris • Oxford • Pacific • Pegasus Bay • Perseus • Pervenetz • Philadelphia • Phoebus • Piorun • Plato • Polaris • Portia • Poseidon • Prinz Eugen • Pugilist • Ra • Ramadan • Ramilles • Ranger • Redan • Redoubt • Reforger • Regulator • Reliant (I) • Reliant (II) • Renown • Repulse • Richelieu • Rigorous • Rivadavia • Rockford • Rutherford • Sakai • Samson • Saratoga (I) • Saratoga (II) • Saratoga-A • Scharnhorst • Sentinel • Sergei • ShirKahr • Sitak • Somali • Der Sonnenaufgang • Stockholm • Strasbourg • Stratford • Striker • Sun Tzu • Sverdlov • Tacitus • Tangiers • Tempest • Terminator • Terror • Thetis • Thoth • Thurgon • Tian An Men • Tian Nan Man • Tokyo • T'rin'saz • Triumph • Truong • Udzha • Ulysses • Valhalla • Valor • Valorous • Vanguard • Varyag • Venerable • Vengeance • Venice • Venture • Vesta • Victory • Vigilant • Vindicator • Virgil • Vision • Vosper • Warrior • Warspite • Webber • Winnipeg • Yellowknife • Zephyr • NC-141 • unnamed Miranda-class starships
Terran Empire Starfleet (mirror universe)	Brigand • Havoc • Malicious • Malevolent • Nogura • Ranger • Reliant • Ruthless
Miranda subclasses: Anton-class • Reliant-class • Soyuz-class

Ships at the Battle of Wolf 359
Federation Starfleet	USS Ahwahnee • USS Bellerophon • USS Bonestell • USS Buran • USS Chekov • USS Endeavour • USS Firebrand • USS Gage • USS Hoagland • USS Kadosca • USS Kyushu • USS Liberator • USS Melbourne (Excelsior-class) • USS Melbourne (Nebula-class) • USS Princeton • USS Righteous • USS Roosevelt • USS Saratoga • USS Tolstoy • USS Victory • USS Yamaguchi
Borg Collective	Locutus's cube

Appearances and referencesEdit

• NF short story: "Lefler's Logs"
• ST novel: Articles of the Federation
• DS9 novel: Saratoga
• Arcade (DS9 Young Readers novel)
• "Emissary" (DS9 episode and novelization)
• Fallen Heroes (DS9 novel)
• "Requital" (short story, Tales of the Dominion War)
• Avatar (DS9 novel)
• Inferno (DS9 novel, Millennium mini-series)
• Rising Son (DS9 novel)
• The 34th Rule (DS9 novel)
• The Siege (DS9 novel)
• Betrayal (DS9 novel)
• "Battle Lines" (DS9 episode)
• Crossroads of Time (DS9 Super Nintendo Video Game)
• Dominion Wars (DS9 Computer Game)

External linkEdit

• USS Saratoga (NCC-31911) article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.