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| Name: | USS Andromeda |
| Registry: | NCC-75009 (previously NX-75009) |
| Class: | Sovereign |
| Type: | heavy cruiser |
| Affiliation: | Federation Starfleet |
| Status: | active (2398) |
The USS Andromeda (NCC-75009) was a Sovereign-class heavy cruiser in service during the 24th century. It was deployed to the Second Fleet.
Alternate timelines[]
In the continuity of Star Trek: Messenger, the Andromeda's officers and crew were mostly killed due to a Dominion experiment in 2376. The Andromeda itself had to be destroyed by the USS Messenger for the threat to the quadrant to be defused.
Nomenclature[]
The ship was named after Andromeda (mythology), the daughter of Cepheus and Cassiopeia. She boasts of her beauty and the deity Poseidon has her changed her a rock where she is threatened by the monster Cetus. She is saved by Perseus. Their story is considered the forerunner of "princess and dragon" tales throughout Earth history.
The ship may also be named after the Andromeda Galaxy, the nearest large galaxy to the Milky Way. It is located 2.5 million light-years from Earth.
Background[]
The rich multiverse influenced the name with Andromeda (TV series) (formally titled Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda) a space opera television series, based on unused material by Gene Roddenberry, developed by Robert Hewitt Wolfe, and produced by Roddenberry's widow, Majel Barrett.
| Sovereign-class starships |
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| Prototype (2370): USS Sovereign - Block I (2372): USS Black Hawk - USS Enterprise-E - USS Honorius - USS Independence - Unrevealed (after 2372): USS Arsinoe - USS Atlas - USS Bozeman-A - USS Chancellor - USS Constellation - USS Erebus - USS Gibraltar - USS Gilgamesh - USS Hrothgar - USS Hutchinson - USS Igraine - USS Musashi - USS Okuda - USS Pachacuti - USS Roosevelt - USS Tempest - USS Tirpitz - USS Valkyrie - USS Venture - USS Warpite - USS Yorktown |
| Black Hawk subclass: USS Black Hawk-A |
| Mirror universe: Enterprise |
| Beverly Crusher Investigates: USS Grissom - The Devastating Discoveries: USS Anne Frank - USS Beast - USS Behemoth - USS Ravana - USS Sathanas - USS Violet Baudelaire - Fleet 31: USS Cebu |
| Starfleet International: USS Alba - USS Andromeda - USS Antares - USS Appomattox - USS Archangel - USS Aries-B - USS Asclepios - USS Atlantis - USS Black Hawk - USS Black Hawk-A - USS Caledonia - USS Chicago - USS Columbia - USS Constellation - USS Constitution - USS Hadfield - USS Judgord - USS Liberator - USS Liberty - USS Liberty Belle - USS Narragansett - USS Neptune - USS Ohio - USS Olympus - USS Protector - USS Reginald Mitchell - USS Reprisal - USS Reuben James - USS Russell Camp III - USS Silver Moon - USS Sovereign - USS Theresa Sylvester - USS Tiberius - USS Vandalia - USS Veritas - USS Versailles - USS Victorious - USS Vimy Ridge - USS Wildhorse |
| Star Trek: Black Hawk: USS Black Hawk - USS Black Hawk-A - Star Trek: Constance: USS Khitomer - Star Trek: Crusader: USS Federation - Star Trek: Dauntless: USS Dauntless - Star Trek: Distant Horizons: USS Pir - Star Trek: Excelsior: USS Excelsior-C - Star Trek: Hidden Frontier: USS Independence - USS Saratoga - Star Trek: Independence: USS Independence - Star Trek: Liberty: USS Excelsior-B - USS Freedom - USS Liberty - Star Trek: New Order: USS Prince of Wales - Star Trek: Omega Force: USS Yagami - Star Trek: Pendragon: USS Advantage - USS Alhambra - Star Trek: Phoenix-X: USS Zephyra - Star Trek: Remington: USS Kyle Fitzgerald - Star Trek: The Adventures of Argus: USS Argus - USS Challenger - USS Excelsior - USS Freedom - USS Independence - Star Trek: The Cantabrian Expeditions: USS Advantage - Star Trek: The Helena Chronicles: USS Gibraltar - Star Trek: Unity: USS America - USS Hawk-A - USS Incipiens - To Boldly Go: USS Monarch - Trekmania: USS Excelsior - USS Baldwin: USS Edmund Fitzgerald |
| Starships named Andromeda |
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| USS Andromeda (NCC-179) - USS Andromeda (NCC-2006) - USS Andromeda (NX-75009) - USS Andromeda (prototype) |
Fan organizations[]
USS Andromeda club insignia
The USS Andromeda (NCC-75009) has been a chapter of Starfleet International since 2017, run by founding (2017-2021) chapter president Commodore Alvin Dozier, Jr. Its current (2021) chapter president is Captain Jesse Taggart.