Starfleet Academy Courses: Basic Warp Design. Propulsion Technology: Inertial Damping System. When the USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D was severely damaged by the Klingons, Commander Riker had to separate the saucer from the rest of the ship and land on a planet. The inertial dampers, fully loaded, prevented significant casualties. However, the ship, damaged beyond repair, had to be replaced with the NCC-1701-E. Star Trek Starfleet Command | Starfleet Academy

Starfleet Records. Federation starships: USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-E) The Borg threat. Return to Earth: The Enterprise crew was successful in helping Cochrane make his flight and instigate First Contact with Vulcans. Using the gravitational field of Luna allowed the Enterprise to remain undetected by the Vulcan ship and the Enterprise was able to recreate the vortex used by the Borg to return to 2373 where the Borg components were removed, the ship repaired and subsequently returned to service. A