USS Saratoga (NCC-31911)
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| USS Saratoga | |
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| Class: | Miranda-class |
| Registry: | NCC-31911 |
| Affiliation: | Federation/Starfleet |
| Status: | Destroyed (2367) |
The USS Saratoga (NCC-31911) was a Miranda-class Federation starship active during the mid-24th century. Lieutenant Commander Benjamin Sisko served as the vessel's first officer during the mid-2360s.
In 2367, the Saratoga was part of a fleet of 40 starships massed at Wolf 359 in defense of Sector 001 during an incursion by a Borg cube.
During the battle, the Borg locked the Saratoga in a tractor beam, which drained its shields until they failed. The Borg then fired a cutting beam at the Saratoga, which had a direct hit on decks 1 through 5 as well as causing devastating damage, most notably with the warp core suffering heavy damage that would lead to antimatter containment failure. Although some crewmembers and civilians escaped in lifepods, many died, including the Saratoga's Captain. Commander Sisko escaped with his son Jake, but his wife Jennifer perished during the attack. The ship was ultimately destroyed by a Borg cutting beam. (DS9: "Emissary")
 USS Saratoga (NCC-31911) attacks the Borg cube |
 USS Saratoga (NCC-31911) locked in a Borg tractor beam |
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[edit] Background
The Saratoga was a reuse of the Reliant studio model built for Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, relabeled with a new registry. This time around, however, the model was filmed without a "roll bar", and two large outboard modules (ostensibly referred to by production sources as sensor pods) were installed. The ship fired phasers from an area usually identified as the lower sensor dome, rather than from any of the phaser emplacements built into the model. It was also mentioned in "Emissary" that the Saratoga was equipped with photon torpedoes, but the ship was never seen firing any at all, and the location of the torpedo launchers was never made clear.
The Saratoga destruction sequence, along with the other Wolf 359 visual effects sequences, was one of the first scenes filmed for "Emissary", during preproduction on the pilot episode. The sequence was shot on a Paramount soundstage, rather than at Image G due to safety reasons over the use of explosives. Three takes were required to achieve the desired detonation - using all three breakaway models built for the sequence. (Movie Magic - "Space Effects: The Space Race")
The Saratoga may have been named for the American Revolutionary War Battle of Saratoga.
[edit] External link
- USS Saratoga (NCC-31911) at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
| Starships named Saratoga |
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| Saratoga • USS Saratoga (NCC-1867) • USS Saratoga (NCC-31911) • USS Saratoga |
| Miranda-class starships |
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| USS Brattain • USS Lantree • USS Majestic • USS Nautilus • USS Reliant • USS Saratoga (NCC-1867) • USS Saratoga (NCC-31911) • USS ShirKahr • USS Sitak • USS Tian An Men • USS Trial • Unnamed |
