For other uses, see Discovery.

Discovery (NX-04) was an NX-class starship in service to the United Earth's Starfleet in the 22nd century. It was the first United Earth NX-class starship to be lost. (ENT - The Romulan War novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)

History[]

Discovery was on the drawing board as early as 2151. Following the launch of Enterprise NX-01, Starfleet planned the then-unnamed NX-02, NX-03 and NX-04. (ENT episode: "Fortunate Son")

In 2155, Discovery was under construction at the San Francisco Fleet Yards, and launched in late August, under the command of Captain Curtis. (ENT - The Romulan War novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)

During one operation, Discovery and a Vulcan Suurok-class combat cruiser maneuvered in close proximity to each other through a yellow cloud. At this point, the ship sported an Enterprise-like deflector dish rather then the squared version of the NX-02. (SOTL calendar: Ships of the Line 2019 February image: "Horizon")

On November 8, Discovery responded to a distress call from United Earth's Starbase 1 on Berengaria VII. When Discovery arrived, it found the Human and Vulcan bases on the planet had been wiped out. Before search and rescue operations could commence, Discovery was ambushed by a Romulan Nei'hrr-class attack raptor force that used old-style nuclear weapons. This attack blinded Discovery's sensors and the Romulans used this opportunity to inflict mortal damage to the ship. Most of the crew survived in escape pods and landed on Berengaria VII, however Captain Curtis died ensuring that the ship's log buoy and the crew escape the warp core breach. (ENT - The Romulan War novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)

Crew[]

• commanding officer:
  • Captain Curtis
• tactical officer:
  • Lieutenant Commander Brent
• science officer:
  • Lieutenant Carpenter
• helmsman:
  • Ensign Travis Mayweather
  • Ensign Regina Tallarico

Appendices[]

Connections[]

Ships named Discovery
United States of America, NASA		Discovery (OV-103, space shuttle)
United Earth, Earth Starfleet		Discovery (NX-04, NX-class) • USS Discovery (NCC-100, Discovery-class) • see also: Discovery-class (scout)
Federation, Starfleet	USS Discovery (Daedalus-class) • USS Discovery (NCC-1031, Crossfield-class) • USS Discovery (NCC-1798, Constitution-class) • USS Discovery (NCC-3006, Royal Sovereign-class) • USS Discovery (NCC-62049, Nebula-class) • USS Discovery (NCC-52333, Steamrunner-class) • USS Discovery (NCC-85527/NCC-91784, Discovery-class) • USS Discovery (NCC-1031-A, Crossfield-class) • see also: Discovery-class (25th century)
Terran Empire, Starfleet		ISS Discovery (NCC-1031, Crossfield-class)
Cardassian Union		CDS Discovery (Nerok-class)		ISC	Discovery (ESR-1 survey cruiser)

NX-class cruiser starships
United Earth, Starfleet	Enterprise (NX-01) • Columbia (NX-02) • Challenger (NX-03) • Excalibur (NX-03) • Discovery (NX-04) • Constellation (NX-04) • Atlantis (NX-05) • Slayton (NX-05) • Endeavour (NX-06) • Intrepid (NX-07) • Defiant • Lexington • Avenger (NX-09) • Currie (NX-16) • unnamed
Federation, Starfleet	Enterprise (NX-01 replicas) • Columbia (NX-02) • Challenger (NX-03) • Avenger (NX-09) • Tyson • Utopia (NCC-2151-01)
Federation Starfleet (Kelvin timeline)	Slayton (NX-05)
Terran Empire Starfleet (mirror universe)	Enterprise (NX-01) • Akagi • Avenger (NX-09) • Bismarck • Broadsword • Dauntless • Interceptor • Khan's Wrath • unnamed

Appearances[]

• ENT episode: "Fortunate Son" (indirect mention)
• ENT novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing
• ENT - Rise of the Federation novel: A Choice of Futures (mentioned only)
• ENT - Rise of the Federation novel: Tower of Babel (mentioned only)

External link[]

• Discovery (NX-04) article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.