For other uses, see Sovereign.

The USS Sovereign (NCC-73811, also registered as NX-90201 and NCC-17454) was the prototype for the Sovereign-class starships in service to Starfleet in the 24th century. She was commissioned in the 2370s decade as the first of her class. She was the sister ship of the USS Enterprise-E. (TNG video game: Bridge Commander; Decipher RPG module: Starships; Last Unicorn RPG module: The Price of Freedom)

Service history and disposition[]

2370s[]

In June 2370, the Sovereign was launched however, initial testing of the Sovereign's new additions to its defensive and offensive systems proved disappointing. Design flaws in the regenerative shields led to phase synchronization instabilities in the graviton polarity generators powering the upgraded shields. The enhanced deflector system, which was upgraded with a new gravimetric distortion package, required extensive amounts of power that caused a drain on other essential systems. It was deemed too inefficient by Starfleet standards and the Sovereign was sent back to the Mars shipyards for storage and design reference. Many of these problems would be fixed by 2372 however. (TNG video game: Bridge Commander; SCE - What's Past eBook: The Future Begins)

From 2372 through 2375, Captain Montgomery Scott served as the vessel's chief engineer, part of that time under Captain George Sanders. The ship's chaplain during this time was named Blackwell. (SCE - What's Past eBook: The Future Begins)

Sanders must have taken command in 2373 or later, because prior to that he was in command of the USS Malinche, as per the DS9 episode: "For the Uniform".

The Sovereign's blueprints and schematics were incorporated into the USS Enterprise-E's computer systems. Unfortunately, many of the systems used aboard the Sovereign and Enterprise were different, especially offensive and defensive capabilities. (TNG eBook: A Sea of Troubles)

When the Sovereign was tested, the prototype regenerative shields failed. However, the Sovereign became the baseline for 2 anti-Borg design technologies: The regenerative shields on the Prometheus-class and the Defiant-class ablative armor. (ST video game: Bridge Commander)

In the year 2374, the Sovereign recorded data about the black hole designated 024 Gamma. (Starfleet Academy SCISEC Briefs episode: "SCISEC Brief 001: Mystery Behind Voyager")

The Sovereign was assigned to the Maelstrom in 2374 for research. In 2378, she was slated for a massive refit with an escort of 2 Klingon Bird-of-Preys. She was attacked by Romulan Warbirds who mistakenly believed that the destruction of the Vesuvi Star was the test-firing of a Federation weapon and that the two Sovereign-class ships were part of a Starfleet effort to claim the Maelstrom. During the attack, the Sovereign suffered minor damage but was saved by the USS Dauntless. She was later escorted to Starbase 12 by the USS Zhukov

Following the refit, the crew of the Dauntless was transferred to the Sovereign and helped by turning down the Cardassian rebellion. During the conflict, the Sovereign made first contact with the Kessok race and managed to destroy numerous Cardassian Galor-class and Keldon-class starships, as well as destroying a number of Cardassian stations, including the Nor-class Station, Litvok Nor. The Sovereign was part of the joint Federation-Klingon-Romulan-Kessok task force that launched an assault on the Cardassian controlled system Omega Draconis. After destroying multiple Cardassian Hybrid ships, and successfully contacting the Kessok colony on Omega Draconis III, she later pursued Legate Matans Keldon into a Solar orbit where she disabled his remaining Star-Destroying Probe and, later destroyed Matan's ship. She was assigned to the Maelstrom until the present. (ST video game: Bridge Commander)

Sovereign was modified for service as a fleet dreadnought, in active service around the year 2378. (ST video game: Starfleet Command III)

No specific history or definitive final fate was established for this vessel as its name was randomly selected for a dreadnought by the SFC3 game software, and is placed randomly each time the ship appears.

2380s[]

In 2384, the Sovereign was part of a Federation armada dispatched to intercept the wayward USS Protostar. The ship would later be infected by the living construct placed on board the Protostar. The deliberate destruction of the Protostar by its crew liberated the Sovereign from the Vau N'Akat weapon's influence. (PRD episode: "Supernova")

2410s[]

Following the Undine attack on the Sol system in early 2410, the Sovereign was assigned as part of a permanent picket guarding Earth Spacedock. (STO - New Dawn mission: "Welcome to Earth Spacedock")

Alternate timelines[]

In an alternate timeline, the USS Sovereign was Jean-Luc Picard's command, in place of the USS Enterprise-E. In 2380, the end of the multiverse loomed because They were bored. At the same time, the Enterprise of the First Splinter^[5] timeline was swept to Gorsach IX by a quantum fissure. When the hostile IKS Qu' attacked the starship native to that universe, Picard of the Sovereign was among the captains ordering the Qu' to stand down. The Sovereign, the FSS Enterprise and other Enterprises intervened, protecting the USS Enterprise and firing on the Qu'. When the local Captain Jean-Luc Picard and Q convinced Them to spare the multiverse, all the ships were returned to their native realms and the quantum fissure closed. (TNG novel: Q & A)

First Splinter timeline[]

In 2381 of the First Splinter timeline, the Sovereign was docked at Starbase 22 following the Borg Invasion of 2381. (ST novel: A Singular Destiny)

Mirror universe[]

In the mirror universe, the ISS Sovereign (NC-30478) was a 25th century Imperial Terran Sovereign-class star cruiser in Imperial Starfleet service in the 2400s. (STO - Call to Arms mission: "Defend the Beta Ursae Sector Block")

USS Sovereign personnel[]

See USS Sovereign personnel.

• commanding officer:
  • Captain Randle (circa 2374)^[6]
  • Captain George Sanders (circa 2375)^[3]
  • Captain Alvarez (circa 2376)^[7]
  • Captain Tejeda (circa 2376)^{[citation needed]}
  • Captain Jonathan Soto (until 2378)^[1]
  • unnamed USS Sovereign commanding officer (circa 2378)^[1]
  • Captain Jean-Luc Picard (alternate timeline, circa 2380)^[8]
• first officer: Commander Saffi Ingrid Larsen (from 2378)^[1]
• science officer Lieutenant Commander Miguel Diaz (from 2378)^[1]
• tactical officer: Lieutenant Felix Savali (from 2378)^[1]
• chief engineer:
  • Captain Montgomery Scott (2372-2375)^{[citation needed]}
  • Chief Petty Officer Solian Brex (from 2378)^[1]
• flight controller: Ensign Kiska LoMar (from 2378)^[1]
• chaplain: Blackwell (circa 2375)^{[citation needed]}
• recreation officer: Lieutenant Commander Byron Fantomos (circa 2381)^[9]

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Connections[]

Ships named Sovereign
Federation, Starfleet	USS Royal Sovereign • USS Sovereign (Sovereign-class prototype) • USS Sovereign (NCC-74977-A, Sovereign-class) • see also: Sovereign-class • Royal Sovereign-class
Terran Empire, Starfleet	ISS Sovereign • ISS Sovereign-C

Sovereign-class starships
Federation Starfleet	standard configuration	Aeon • Alexandra • Antietam • Archangel • Aries • Ark Royal • Arsinoe • Atlas • Avalon • Avatar • Bismarck • Bozeman-A • Brigadier • Calabria • Cavalier • Challenger • Coburn • Colossus • Constellation • Croatan • Danvers • Davis • Destiny • Endurance • Enterprise-E • Erebus • Essex • Faithful • First Minister • Formidable • Gibraltar • Gilgamesh • Hickey • Honorius • Hope • Horizon • Hrothgar • Hutchinson • Hyperion • Independence • Integrity • Justice • Legacy • Leviathan • Lorraine • Magnificent • Majestic • Marshall • Mayflower-E • Midway • Monterey • Musashi • Nelson • Nimitz • Odin •Okuda • Oxford • Pachacuti• President • Princeton • Provence • Providence • Ramillies • Rand • Resolution • Richelieu • Roderick • Roosevelt • Saratoga • Sentinel • Sevastopol • Sovereign • Sovereign (II) • Tempest • Tiberius • Tirpitz • Valiant • Valkyrie • Vanguard • Venture • Warspite • Wellington • Yamashiro • Yamato • Yorktown • Zuikaku
	fleet dreadnoughts late 2370s decade	Affiliation • Agamemnon • Alliance • Association • Babylon • Consortium • Directorate • Entente • Federation • Harrier • Solidarity • Sovereign • Unification • Unity
	variant configurations	Archon-subclass: Archon • Imperial-subclass: Imperial • Landcaster • McDonough • Majestic-subclass: Majestic • Noble-subclass: Drummond • Khitomer • Noble • Regent-subclass: Leviathan • Musashi • Regent • Renown • Resolution
Terran Imperial Starfleet (mirror universe)		Enterprise • Sovereign • Sovereign-C		Klingon-Cardassian Alliance (mirror universe)	Enterprise

Appearances and references[]

Appearances[]

• ST video game: Starfleet Command III

References[]

External links[]

• USS Sovereign (prototype) article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.