USS Stargazer (NCC-82893)

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The USS Stargazer NCC-82893 was a Sagan Class Federation Starship active in the early 25th century. It was the first of its class to be equipped with components derived from the research on the Borg technology of the Artifact, an abandoned Borg cube. She was also the third vessel to bear the name Stargazer. (PIC: "The Star Gazer")

History

In 2401 the Stargazer was under the command of Captain Cristóbal Rios in his recognition of having saved Coppelius from a Romulan attack two years prior. In that year, she was assigned to investigate a recently appeared spatial anomaly. After picking up Doctor Agnes Jurati from Raritan IV, the Stargazer raced to the anomaly and found La Sirena and Seven of Nine already there. Shortly after, the anomaly began broadcasting a message pleading for help from Admiral Jean-Luc Picard. When Picard arrived and responded, the massive Singularity emerged from the anomaly.

The Borg announced their intention to send their Queen for negotiations. Rios was unwilling to allow her aboard his ship, but the Borg ship's transporter beam penetrated the Stargazer's shields and materialized the Queen on the bridge. Stating that she first needed "power", the Queen began assimilating the Stargazer by taking advantage of its Borg-derived technology. Using the ship as a hub, she was also able to obtain command codes for the entire Starfleet armada reinforcing the Stargazer. With their hand phasers useless against the Queen, Picard saw no choice but to activate the Stargazer's self-destruct before she gained total control. (PIC: "The Star Gazer")

Moments before the explosion, after being returned from 2024 by Q, Picard stopped the auto destruct, recognizing the Queen as the same one who had merged with Dr. Agnes Jurati in 2024. On Picard's order, the Borg Queen was allowed to coordinate the fleet and her own ship to use their shields to block an approaching energy wave that threatened millions of lives. With Rios having chosen to remain in 2024, Picard gave Seven of Nine a field commission to the rank of Captain and command of the Stargazer. (PIC: "Farewell")

External links

• USS Stargazer (NCC-82893) article at Memory Alpha, the canon Star Trek wiki.
• USS Stargazer (NCC-82893) article at Memory Beta, the non-canon Star Trek wiki.