Dark Starship

The Dark Starship was an alternate reality Starfleet starship, similar in size and shape to the Excelsior-class.

Named "dark" due to its hull's dark shark gray, nearly black, color, the Dark Starship was stolen from an alternate universe by Samantha Delaney and her followers. She outfitted the ship with a folded space drive prototype, allowing it to travel through time and space.

With the prototype installed, the ship also was outside of normal space-time, protecting it from conventional weaponry.

In 2361, the Dark Starship confronted the USS Cartwright and severely damaged the Cartwright, dragging it forward in time. The Cartwright, severely damaged, separated the ship, allowing the saucer section to crash on the planet's surface. (: "Bitter Sweet")

In 2373, Elizabeth Singh, aboard a runabout from Deep Space 4, was sent into an alternate reality by the Dark Starship. Limited sensor data was gathered by the surviving crew aboard the runabout. (: "Stranger Than Fiction")

Helena Bourget was taken aboard the Dark Starship as a member of her crew. (: "She Woke Up Screaming Aloud, A Prayer From Her Secret God")

The USS Cantabrian tracked down the Dark Starship and fought in a cat-and-mouse battle with it, finally cornering it with the help of the Aotearoa. With two options -- let the Dark Starship go and save his crew, or take out the Dark Starship and his ship at the same time -- Captain Noel Turner decided to take out the Dark Starship, but Delaney had a different plan, firing the Dark Starship ' s temporal weapon and throwing the Aotearoa to a different space-time. (: "Best Served Cold")

The cat-and-mouse game heated up and came to a head in late 2373 when Delaney pushed the Dark Starship into the heart of the Federation. With several starships taking the Dark Starship on and losing, the Dark Starship forced its way to Earth. The Cantabrian took out the folded space drive, bringing the Dark Starship into phase with normal space-time. With an away team led by Turner boarding the Dark Starship, they captured the ship and Delaney, but not without sacrifice: in order to stop the temporal weapon from firing at Earth, Turner threw himself into the temporal stream. (: "By All Means Necessary")

Starfleet Corp of Engineers took control of the Dark Starship to research its technology.