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{{mirror disambiguation|ISS Discovery}}
  
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{{Disambiguation|the 24th century ship with the same name|USS Discovery (24th century)}}
  
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{{aquote|This ship bears the name ''Discovery''. Never has that been more fitting, or more prescient. She has carried us into the future, and it will be our privilege to make that future bright. Let us begin. Together.|[[Captain]] [[Saru]]|3189|People of Earth}}
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{{aquote|Be bold. Be brave. Be courageous. Black alert!|{{dis|Captain|rank}} [[Christopher Pike]]|2257|New Eden}}
  
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The '''USS ''Discovery'' (NCC-1031)''' was a {{class|Crossfield}} [[starship]] operated by the [[Federation]] [[Starfleet]] in the [[23rd century]], initially under the command of {{dis|Captain|rank}} {{mu|Gabriel Lorca}} and, later, [[Christopher Pike]]. ({{DIS|Context Is for Kings|What's Past Is Prologue|Brother}})
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The '''USS ''Discovery'' (NCC-1031)''' was a {{class|Crossfield}} [[starship]] operated by the [[Federation]] [[Starfleet]] in the [[23rd century]], initially under the command of [[Captain]] {{mu|Gabriel Lorca}} and, later, [[Christopher Pike]]. ({{DIS|Context Is for Kings|What's Past Is Prologue|Brother}})
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After [[time travel]]ing to the [[32nd century]], ''Discovery'' underwent a three week [[retrofit]] and was recommissioned with the registry '''NCC-1031-A''' under the command of Captain [[Saru]], and later Captain [[Michael Burnham]]. ({{DIS|Far From Home|People of Earth|Scavengers}}, "[[That Hope Is You, Part 2 (episode)|That Hope Is You, Part 2]]"). Over time, owing to her fusion with the [[Sphere (lifeform)|Sphere data]], she became a fully fledged artificial intelligence. She experienced emotions, worked with the crew, and chose her own name, [[Zora]]. ({{DIS|The Examples|Stormy Weather}})
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At some point, the ship was abandoned by her [[USS Discovery personnel|crew]] and remained empty for almost a thousand years. ({{ST|Calypso}})
   
 
== Service history ==
  
== Service history ==
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=== Construction ===
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''Discovery'' was launched into service from the [[San Francisco Fleet Yards]], [[Earth]]. Its motto was "All things can be understood once they are discovered; the point is to discover them." ({{DIS|Context Is for Kings|Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad}}) The quote is from [[Galileo Galilei]].
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The ''Discovery'' was built on the ground and then launched into service from the [[San Francisco Fleet Yards]], [[Earth]]. Its motto was a quote from [[Galileo Galilei]]: "''All things can be understood once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.''" ({{DIS|Context Is for Kings|Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad|Face the Strange}})
   
 
By [[November]] of [[2256]], it was still considered impressive and new, fresh out of the shipyards and equipped with some of Starfleet's most advanced technologies, in contrast to the older {{USS|Shenzhou}}. ({{DIS|Context Is for Kings}})
  
By [[November]] of [[2256]], it was still considered impressive and new, fresh out of the shipyards and equipped with some of Starfleet's most advanced technologies, in contrast to the older {{USS|Shenzhou}}. ({{DIS|Context Is for Kings}})
   
 
[[File:Discovery Crew 2257.jpg|thumb|left|Crew assembled in the shuttlebay, 2257]]
  
[[File:Discovery Crew 2257.jpg|thumb|left|Crew assembled in the shuttlebay, 2257]]
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As a ''Crossfield''-class starship, ''Discovery'' was officially designated a [[science vessel]]. In [[2256]], the ship had a crew manifest of approximately 136. ({{DIS|Choose Your Pain}}) However, by [[2257]], following the {{dis|Federation-Klingon War|2256-57}} the complement increased to over 200 during the investigation of the [[Red Angel]]. ({{DIS|The Red Angel}}) The ship's facilities were able to accomodate three hundred discrete scientific missions, a Starfleet record at the time. ({{DIS|Context Is for Kings}})
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As a ''Crossfield''-class starship, the ''Discovery'' was officially designated a [[science vessel]]. In [[2256]], the ship had a crew manifest of approximately 136. ({{DIS|Choose Your Pain}}) However, by [[2257]], following the {{dis|Federation-Klingon War|2256-57}} the complement increased to over two hundred during the investigation of the [[Red Angel]]. ({{DIS|The Red Angel}}) The ship's facilities were able to accommodate three hundred discrete scientific missions, a Starfleet record at the time. ({{DIS|Context Is for Kings}})
   
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Both ''Discovery'' and its sister ship, the {{USS|Glenn}}, were equipped with an experimental [[spore drive]] for field testing. Much research and refinement remained to be done as of late 2256, but if perfected it had the potential to instantly traverse vast galactic distances in the blink of an eye. ''Discovery'' only used it in short bursts while attempting to perfect it into a reliable drive system. In contrast, the crew of ''Glenn'' took bolder risks to develop it more quickly, resulting in an accident which killed the entire crew and crippled the ship. ({{DIS|Context Is for Kings}})
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Both the ''Discovery'' and its [[sister ship]], the {{USS|Glenn}}, were equipped with an experimental [[spore drive]] for field testing. Much research and refinement remained to be done as of late 2256, but if perfected, it had the potential to instantly traverse vast galactic distances in the blink of an eye. The ''Discovery'' only used it in short bursts while attempting to perfect it into a reliable drive system. In contrast, the crew of the ''Glenn'' took bolder risks to develop it more quickly, resulting in an accident which killed the entire crew and crippled the ship. ({{DIS|Context Is for Kings}})
   
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''Discovery'' was built from the ground up to be a test bed for the experimental spore drive, based on the research of [[Paul Stamets]] and his colleagues. Stamets had intended his research to pursue purely theoretical knowledge and peaceful applications but, with the outbreak of war, ''Discovery'' was rapidly constructed to perfect the military applications of his research. ({{DIS|The Butcher's Knife Cares Not for the Lamb's Cry}})
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The ''Discovery'' was built from the ground up to be a test bed for the experimental spore drive, based on the research of [[Paul Stamets]] and his colleagues. Stamets had intended his research to pursue purely theoretical knowledge and peaceful applications but, with the outbreak of war, the ''Discovery'' was rapidly constructed to perfect the military applications of his research. ({{DIS|The Butcher's Knife Cares Not for the Lamb's Cry}})
   
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[[File:USS Discovery in nebula.jpg|thumb|A view of ''Discovery'''s ventral hull]]
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[[File:USS Discovery in nebula.jpg|thumb|A view of the ''Discovery''{{'}}s ventral hull]]
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Due to the top secret (and in some cases dangerous) research projects being conducted on ''Discovery'', its internal security was much more rigid and compartmentalized than was regular protocol on Starfleet vessels; [[breath print]] identification locks were used to restrict access to different sub-sectors. It also possessed a disproportionately prominent and well-armed security detail, standing guard at various restricted access points throughout the ship. These guards were outfitted with tactical gear bearing a [[Section 31]] [[Starfleet uniform (late 2230s-2250s)#Combat uniform|"black star" uniform insignia]], unlike the normal silver Starfleet delta insignia. ({{DIS|Context Is for Kings}})
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Due to the [[top secret]], and, in some cases, dangerous research projects being conducted on the ''Discovery'', its internal security was much more rigid and compartmentalized than was regular protocol on Starfleet vessels; [[breath print]] identification locks were used to restrict access to different sub-sectors. It also possessed a disproportionately prominent and well-armed security detail, standing guard at various restricted access points throughout the ship. These guards were outfitted with tactical gear bearing a [[Section 31]] [[Starfleet uniform (late 2230s-2250s)#Combat uniform|"black star" uniform insignia]], unlike the normal silver Starfleet delta insignia. ({{DIS|Context Is for Kings}})
   
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Several experiments conducted aboard ''Discovery'' had the potential to physically endanger the ship itself and its crew, hazardous situations caused by the black ops experiments being activated were addressed by declaring a "[[black alert]]" (which was not a standard protocol on Starfleet vessels). ({{DIS|Context Is for Kings}})
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Several experiments conducted aboard ''Discovery'' had the potential to physically endanger the ship itself and its crew; hazardous situations caused by the black ops experiments being activated were addressed by declaring a "[[black alert]]" (which was not a standard protocol on Starfleet vessels). ({{DIS|Context Is for Kings}})
   
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=== Federation-Klingon War ===
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=== Gabriel Lorca's command ===
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==== Federation-Klingon War ====
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Following the outbreak of the {{dis|Federation-Klingon War|2256-57}}, ''Discovery'' was placed under the command of Captain Gabriel Lorca and given a clandestine mission to conduct black ops scientific research, developing top-secret weapons and technologies that would help the Federation win the war. ({{DIS|Context Is for Kings}})
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Following the outbreak of the {{dis|Federation-Klingon War|2256-57}}, ''Discovery'' was placed under the command of [[Captain]] {{mu|Gabriel Lorca}} and given a clandestine mission to conduct black ops scientific research, developing top secret weapons and technologies that would help the Federation win the war. ({{DIS|Context Is for Kings}})
   
 
[[File:USS Discovery tractors prison shuttle.jpg|thumb|''Discovery'' rescues SPT 21]]
  
[[File:USS Discovery tractors prison shuttle.jpg|thumb|''Discovery'' rescues SPT 21]]
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Six months into the war, ''Discovery'' rescued the [[prison shuttle]] [[SPT 21]] from an infestation of [[Species GS54]] during an interstellar [[storm]]. Among the prisoners being transported, former [[Commander]] [[Michael Burnham]] came aboard and was enlisted by Captain Lorca to serve as a [[Specialist]] aboard ''Discovery''. ({{DIS|Context Is for Kings}})
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Six months into the war, ''Discovery'' rescued the [[prison shuttle]] [[SPT 21]] from an infestation of [[Species GS54]] during an interstellar [[storm]]. Among the [[prisoner]]s being transported, former [[Commander]] [[Michael Burnham]] came aboard and was enlisted by Captain Lorca to serve as a [[specialist]] aboard ''Discovery''. ({{DIS|Context Is for Kings}})
   
 
[[File:USS Discovery over Corvan II.jpg|thumb|left|''Discovery'' in a defensive position over Corvan II]]
  
[[File:USS Discovery over Corvan II.jpg|thumb|left|''Discovery'' in a defensive position over Corvan II]]
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In [[November]] 2256, ''Discovery'' received a [[distress call]] from [[Corvan II]], under attack by [[Klingon]]s. The only ship in range, ''Discovery'' attempted a spore jump to the Federation mining colony, ending up dangerously close to a [[star]]. Utilizing the [[Tardigrade (alien)|tardigrade]] as a conduit through which to the navigate the ship, the crew ultimately jumped ''Discovery'' to Corvan II in time to destroy the attacking [[Klingon Bird-of-Prey (mid 23rd century)|Birds-of-Prey]] and save the colony from destruction. ({{DIS|The Butcher's Knife Cares Not for the Lamb's Cry}})
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In [[November]] 2256, ''Discovery'' received a [[distress call]] from [[Corvan II]], under attack by [[Klingon]]s. The only ship in range, ''Discovery'' attempted a spore jump to the Federation mining colony, ending up dangerously close to a [[star]]. Utilizing the {{dis|tardigrade|macroscopic}} as a conduit through which to navigate the ship, the crew ultimately jumped ''Discovery'' to Corvan II in time to destroy the attacking [[Klingon Bird-of-Prey (mid 23rd century)|Birds-of-Prey]] and save the colony from destruction. ({{DIS|The Butcher's Knife Cares Not for the Lamb's Cry}})
   
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The following month, ''Discovery'' (under the command of [[first officer]] [[Saru]]) was tasked by [[Vice Admiral]] [[Katrina Cornwell]] with the rescue of Captain Lorca following his abduction by the Klingons. Once again using the tardigrade as a living [[navigational computer]], ''Discovery'' jumped into Klingon territory, but the creature was disabled in the process. Unwilling to subject the tardigrade to further injury, Lieutenant Stamets injected himself with the creature's DNA, allowing ''Discovery'' to recover Lorca and his fellow [[POW]], {{dis|Ash Tyler|Klingon}}, and jump back to Federation space. ({{DIS|Choose Your Pain}})
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The following month, ''Discovery'', under the command of [[first officer]] [[Saru]], was tasked by [[Admiral]] [[Katrina Cornwell]] with the rescue of Lorca following his abduction by the Klingons. Once again using the tardigrade as a living [[navigational computer]], ''Discovery'' jumped into Klingon territory, but the creature was disabled in the process. Unwilling to subject the tardigrade to further injury, [[Lieutenant]] Stamets injected himself with the creature's DNA, allowing ''Discovery'' to recover Lorca and his fellow [[Prisoner of war|POW]], {{dis|Ash Tyler|Klingon}}, and jump back to Federation space. ({{DIS|Choose Your Pain}})
   
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One week later, Admiral Cornwell's [[Cornwell's cruiser|cruiser]] rendezvoused with ''Discovery'' before departing for peace talks on [[Cancri IV]]. ({{DIS|Lethe}})
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One week later, Cornwell's [[Cornwell's cruiser|cruiser]] rendezvoused with ''Discovery'' before departing for peace talks on [[Cancri IV]]. ({{DIS|Lethe}})
   
 
[[File:Discovery orbits planet.jpg|thumb|''Discovery'' in orbit of a planet in 2256]]
  
[[File:Discovery orbits planet.jpg|thumb|''Discovery'' in orbit of a planet in 2256]]
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On stardate 2136.8, ''Discovery'' encountered an injured [[space-dwelling lifeform]] known as a [[gormagander]] and conducted aid per the [[Endangered Species Act]]. This resulted in [[Harcourt Fenton Mudd]] boarding ''Discovery'' and activating a [[time crystal]], creating a [[Temporal causality loop|time loop]] in which Mudd repeatedly destroyed the ship in an effort to learn the secret of the spore drive and sell the ship to the Klingons. The loop was eventually discovered by Paul Stamets, avoiding the permanent destruction of ''Discovery''. ({{DIS|Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad}})
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On stardate 2136.8, ''Discovery'' encountered an injured [[space-dwelling lifeform]] known as a [[gormagander]] and conducted aid per the [[Endangered Species Act]]. This resulted in [[Harcourt Fenton Mudd]] boarding ''Discovery'' and activating a [[time crystal]], creating a [[Temporal causality loop|time loop]] in which Mudd repeatedly destroyed the ship in an effort to learn the secret of the spore drive and sell the ship to the Klingons. The loop was eventually discovered by Stamets, avoiding the permanent destruction of ''Discovery''. ({{DIS|Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad}})
   
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Stardate 1308.9: ''Discovery'' engaged a [[Klingon destroyer]] in defense of the {{USS|Gagarin}}. With the advantage of their [[invisibility screen]]s, the Klingons succeeded in destroying the ''Gagarin'' forcing ''Discovery'' to withdraw. ''Discovery'' then proceeded to the [[planet]] [[Pahvo]] where it retrieved a landing party as the native [[Pahvan]]s broadcasted a signal directed at both the Federation and Klingons. ({{DIS|Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum}})
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On stardate 1308.9, ''Discovery'' engaged a [[Klingon destroyer]] in defense of the {{USS|Gagarin|NCC-1309}}. With the advantage of their [[invisibility screen]]s, the Klingons succeeded in destroying the ''Gagarin'' forcing ''Discovery'' to withdraw. ''Discovery'' then proceeded to the [[planet]] [[Pahvo]] where it retrieved a landing party as the native [[Pahvan]]s broadcasted a signal directed at both the Federation and Klingons. ({{DIS|Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum}})
   
 
[[File:USS Discovery faces Klingon Ship of the Dead.jpg|thumb|left|''Discovery'' faces the Klingon ''Ship of the Dead'' at Pahvo]]
  
[[File:USS Discovery faces Klingon Ship of the Dead.jpg|thumb|left|''Discovery'' faces the Klingon ''Ship of the Dead'' at Pahvo]]
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Encountering the ''[[Sarcophagus|Ship of the Dead]]'' in orbit of Pahvo, ''Discovery'' engaged in ship-to-ship combat with the Klingons. ''Discovery'' then conducted 133 micro-jumps around the cloaked Klingon vessel, allowing the crew target and destroy the enemy's capital ship. ({{DIS|Into the Forest I Go}})
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Encountering the ''[[Sarcophagus|Ship of the Dead]]'' in orbit of Pahvo, ''Discovery'' engaged in ship-to-ship combat with the Klingons. ''Discovery'' then conducted 133 micro-jumps around the cloaked Klingon vessel, allowing the crew to target and destroy the enemy's capital ship. ({{DIS|Into the Forest I Go}})
   
 
====The mirror universe====
  
====The mirror universe====
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After an apparent accident with the spore drive propelled ''Discovery'' into [[mirror universe|the mirror universe]], it emerged that Captain Lorca was in fact an inhabitant of that universe who had replaced his [[Gabriel Lorca|counterpart]] and deliberately brought ''Discovery'' to his home universe. Following Lorca's revelation, first officer Saru assumed full command of ''Discovery''. ({{DIS|Despite Yourself|Vaulting Ambition|What's Past Is Prologue}})
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After an apparent accident with the spore drive propelled ''Discovery'' into the [[mirror universe]], it emerged that Lorca was in fact an inhabitant of that universe who had replaced his [[Gabriel Lorca|counterpart]] and deliberately brought ''Discovery'' to his home universe. Following Lorca's revelation, Saru assumed full command of ''Discovery''. ({{DIS|Despite Yourself|Vaulting Ambition|What's Past Is Prologue}})
   
 
[[File:USS Discovery flies through Charon.jpg|thumb|Battling the ISS ''Charon'']]
  
[[File:USS Discovery flies through Charon.jpg|thumb|Battling the ISS ''Charon'']]
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====Return to the war====
  
====Return to the war====
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''Discovery'' returned nine months after its departure, having overshot its intended destination. In that time, the Klingons had captured a significant proportion of Federation territory. Boarded by a number of Starfleet officials including [[Vulcan]] [[Ambassador]] [[Sarek]], ''Discovery'' was placed under the temporary command of Admiral Cornwell and brought to [[Starbase 1]], 100 [[AU]] from [[Earth]]. Finding the [[space station|station]] overrun by Klingons, ''Discovery'' [[warp]]ed away. ({{DIS|What's Past Is Prologue|The War Without, The War Within}})
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''Discovery'' returned nine months after its departure, having overshot its intended destination. In that time, the Klingons had captured a significant proportion of Federation territory. Boarded by a number of Starfleet officials including [[Vulcan]] [[Ambassador]] [[Sarek]], ''Discovery'' was placed under the temporary command of Admiral Cornwell and brought to [[Starbase 1]], 100 [[au]] from Earth. Finding the [[space station|station]] overrun by Klingons, ''Discovery'' [[warp]]ed away. ({{DIS|What's Past Is Prologue|The War Without, The War Within}})
   
 
With Klingon forces encroaching on Earth, Starfleet elected to use ''Discovery'' to prepare a strike against the Klingon homeworld, [[Qo'noS]], and solicited the abilities of the [[Terran emperor]], {{mu|Philippa Georgiou}}. In order to make the jump to the Qo'noS, ''Discovery'' traveled to the [[Veda system]] where the crew [[terraform]]ed the [[moon]] [[Delta 2]] and replenished their supply of [[mycelium spore]]s. ({{DIS|The War Without, The War Within}})
  
With Klingon forces encroaching on Earth, Starfleet elected to use ''Discovery'' to prepare a strike against the Klingon homeworld, [[Qo'noS]], and solicited the abilities of the [[Terran emperor]], {{mu|Philippa Georgiou}}. In order to make the jump to the Qo'noS, ''Discovery'' traveled to the [[Veda system]] where the crew [[terraform]]ed the [[moon]] [[Delta 2]] and replenished their supply of [[mycelium spore]]s. ({{DIS|The War Without, The War Within}})
   
 
[[File:USS Discovery in cave.jpg|thumb|left|''Discovery'' jumps into a cave on Qo'noS]]
  
[[File:USS Discovery in cave.jpg|thumb|left|''Discovery'' jumps into a cave on Qo'noS]]
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Under the command of Emperor Georgiou (standing in as the deceased Captain [[Philippa Georgiou]]), ''Discovery'' became the first Starfleet vessel to visit the Klingon Homeworld since Captain [[Jonathan Archer]] and the {{EnterpriseNX}} visited the planet in [[2151]]. In order to avoid detection and conflict with Klingon planetary defenses, ''Discovery'' jumped into an inactive volcanic cavern large enough to accommodate a ''Crossfield''-class starship beneath the surface of Qo'noS. A landing party to the surface ultimately concluded the mission and brought a peaceful resolution to the conflict. ({{DIS|Will You Take My Hand?}})
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Under the command of Emperor Georgiou (standing in as the deceased Captain [[Philippa Georgiou]]), ''Discovery'' became the first Starfleet vessel to visit the Klingon homeworld since Captain [[Jonathan Archer]] and the {{EnterpriseNX}} visited the planet in [[2151]]. In order to avoid detection and conflict with Klingon planetary defenses, ''Discovery'' jumped into an inactive volcanic cavern large enough to accommodate a ''Crossfield''-class starship beneath the surface of Qo'noS. A landing party to the surface ultimately concluded the mission and brought a peaceful resolution to the conflict. ({{DIS|Will You Take My Hand?}})
   
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[[File:USS Discovery rendezvousing with USS Enterprise.jpg|thumb|''Discovery'' rendezvous with the USS ''Enterprise''.]]
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[[File:USS Discovery rendezvousing with USS Enterprise.jpg|thumb|''Discovery'' rendezvous with the USS ''Enterprise'']]
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With the war over, ''Discovery'' returned to Earth, where its senior staff was honored. The starship was then ordered to {{dis|Vulcan|planet}} to retrieve its new commanding officer. ({{DIS|Will You Take My Hand?}})
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With the war over, ''Discovery'' returned to Earth, where its [[senior staff]] was honored. The starship was then ordered to {{dis|Vulcan|planet}} to retrieve its new commanding officer to take Ambassador Sarek home. ({{DIS|Will You Take My Hand?}})
   
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=== Investigating the red bursts===
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=== Christopher Pike's command ===
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En route to Vulcan, a [[priority 1 distress call]] led ''Discovery'' to drop out of warp and respond to the call from Captain [[Christopher Pike|Pike]] on the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}}. ({{DIS|Will You Take My Hand?}})
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En route to Vulcan, a [[priority 1 distress call]] led ''Discovery'' to drop out of warp and respond to the call from Captain [[Christopher Pike]] on the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}}. ({{DIS|Will You Take My Hand?}})
   
 
[[File:USS Discovery navigates interstellar asteroid.jpg|thumb|left|''Discovery'' navigates an interstellar asteroid field]]
  
[[File:USS Discovery navigates interstellar asteroid.jpg|thumb|left|''Discovery'' navigates an interstellar asteroid field]]
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With ''Enterprise'' unable to continue its mission &ndash; the investigation of one of seven [[red burst]]s that were detected across the galaxy; Pike was ordered to assume command of the ''Discovery'' from [[acting captain]] [[Saru]] under [[Starfleet General Orders and Regulations|Starfleet Regulation 19, Section C]]. ''Discovery'' then warped to an [[interstellar asteroid]] at the coordinates of the burst, where it located the wreckage of the {{USS|Hiawatha}}. Unable to maintain shields while transporting survivors from the ''Hiawatha'', the starship suffered severe hull damage from the fragmenting asteroid, before capturing a fragment of the asteroid in its shuttle bay using a [[gravity simulator]].
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With ''Enterprise'' unable to continue its mission &ndash; the investigation of one of seven [[red burst]]s that were detected across the galaxy; Pike was ordered to assume command of the ''Discovery'' from [[Acting Captain]] Saru under [[General Orders and Regulations#Starfleet_Regulations|Starfleet Regulation 19, Section C]]. ''Discovery'' then warped to an [[interstellar asteroid]] at the coordinates of the burst, where it located the wreckage of the {{USS|Hiawatha}}. Unable to maintain shields while transporting survivors from the ''Hiawatha'', the starship suffered severe hull damage from the fragmenting asteroid, before capturing a fragment of the asteroid in its shuttle bay using a [[gravity simulator]]. ({{DIS|Brother}})
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Shortly thereafter, Starfleet temporarily assigned Pike as captain of ''Discovery'' and tasked the vessel with determining the source of the seven signals and their intent. Warping to the location of a red burst, ''Discovery'' instead came upon the wreckage of the {{USS|Hiawatha}} and executed a rescue. ({{DIS|Brother}})
  
   
 
[[File:Donut.jpg|thumb|''Discovery'' executes a donut in orbit of Terralysium]]
  
[[File:Donut.jpg|thumb|''Discovery'' executes a donut in orbit of Terralysium]]
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Later, a {{dis|Vulcan cruiser|23rd century}} rendezvoused with ''Discovery'', offloading [[Amanda Grayson]]. ({{DIS|Point of Light}})
  
Later, a {{dis|Vulcan cruiser|23rd century}} rendezvoused with ''Discovery'', offloading [[Amanda Grayson]]. ({{DIS|Point of Light}})
   
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While searching for [[Spock]], ''Discovery'' was pulled out of [[warp]] by an [[Sphere (lifeform)|massive sphere-shaped lifeform]]. ''Discovery''{{'}}s computer system was overloaded by what the crew believed to be a [[computer virus]]. Eventually, the Sphere's intentions were discovered and ''Discovery'' subsequently became the recipient of [[100,000 years ago|100,000 years]] of the Sphere's knowledge and memories. ({{DIS|An Obol for Charon}})
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While searching for [[Spock]], ''Discovery'' was pulled out of [[warp]] by an [[Sphere (lifeform)|massive sphere-shaped lifeform]]. ''Discovery''{{'}}s computer system was overloaded by what the crew believed to be a [[computer virus]]. Eventually, the Sphere's intentions were discovered and ''Discovery'' subsequently became the recipient of [[100,000 years ago|a hundred thousand years]] of the Sphere's knowledge and memories. ({{DIS|An Obol for Charon}})
   
 
[[File:USS Discovery in the Mycelial network.jpg|thumb|left|''Discovery'' jumps partially into the Mycelial network]]
  
[[File:USS Discovery in the Mycelial network.jpg|thumb|left|''Discovery'' jumps partially into the Mycelial network]]
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In order to rescue [[Sylvia Tilly]] from the [[JahSepp]], ''Discovery'' executed a partial jump into the [[mycelial plane]]. The ship was almost instantly attacked by the JahSepp, who began to dissolve the hull. In order to keep from being destroyed, ''Discovery'' was assisted by [[Section 31]] chief [[Leland]] aboard the ''[[NCIA-93]]''. ({{DIS|Saints of Imperfection}})
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In order to rescue [[Sylvia Tilly]] from the [[JahSepp]], ''Discovery'' executed a partial jump into the [[mycelial plane]]. The ship was almost instantly attacked by the JahSepp, who began to dissolve the hull. In order to keep from being destroyed, ''Discovery'' was assisted by Section 31 chief [[Leland]] aboard the ''[[NCIA-93]]''. ({{DIS|Saints of Imperfection}})
   
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[[File:Baul sentry ships.jpg|thumb|''Discovery'' stands off against the Ba'ul]]
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[[File:Ba'ul sentry ships.jpg|thumb|''Discovery'' stands off against the Ba'ul]]
 
After a [[red burst]] appeared over [[Kaminar]], ''Discovery'' arrived in the [[Kaminar system|system]] where it came into [[conflict]] with the [[Ba'ul]]. Using the Sphere's signal that had triggered ''[[vahar'ai]]'' in Saru, they helped the [[Kelpien]] race evolve beyond the limitations forced on them by the Ba'ul, and opened the way for the two races to somehow coexist. ({{DIS|The Sound of Thunder}})
  
After a [[red burst]] appeared over [[Kaminar]], ''Discovery'' arrived in the [[Kaminar system|system]] where it came into [[conflict]] with the [[Ba'ul]]. Using the Sphere's signal that had triggered ''[[vahar'ai]]'' in Saru, they helped the [[Kelpien]] race evolve beyond the limitations forced on them by the Ba'ul, and opened the way for the two races to somehow coexist. ({{DIS|The Sound of Thunder}})
   
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=== Control ===
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==== Control ====
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The red bursts, as well as an entity associated with it (known by the crew as the "[[Red Angel]]"), appeared to be tied to Michael Burnham's foster brother, Lieutenant [[Spock]] of the ''Enterprise'', and Section 31 took an interest in capturing him. They caught up to Spock and Burnham on [[Talos IV]], but they were revealed to be illusions projected by the [[Talosian]]s; the real Spock and Burnham had escaped to ''Discovery'', which was declared a renegade ship and forced to go on the run. ({{DIS|If Memory Serves}})
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The red bursts, as well as an entity associated with it (known by the crew as the "[[Red Angel]]"), appeared to be tied to Michael Burnham's foster brother, Lieutenant Spock of the ''Enterprise'', and Section 31 took an interest in capturing him. They caught up to Spock and Burnham on [[Talos IV]], but they were revealed to be illusions projected by the [[Talosian]]s; the real Spock and Burnham had escaped to ''Discovery'', which was declared a renegade ship and forced to go on the run. ({{DIS|If Memory Serves}})
   
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The data from the Sphere also included information on [[artificial intelligence]]. An A.I. from the future infected [[Control]], the threat assessment algorhythm developed by Section 31, and made it sentient. Control became obsessed with obtaining all of the Sphere's data on artificial intelligence in order to evolve into a true lifeform, and wipe out all other sentient life. ''Discovery''{{'}}s spore drive operations officer, Lieutenant Commander [[Airiam]], was possessed by Control through her cybernetics, and forced to deliver the Sphere data to Control at [[Section 31 Headquarters]]. Airiam was killed and the base destroyed before it could take the entire archive. Before her death, Airiam told her colleagues to find "[[Project Daedalus]]". ({{DIS|Project Daedalus}})
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The data from the Sphere also included information on [[artificial intelligence]]. An AI from the future infected [[Control]], the [[threat assessment system]] developed by Section 31, and made it sentient. Control became obsessed with obtaining all of the Sphere's data on artificial intelligence in order to evolve into a true lifeform and wipe out all other sentient life. ''Discovery''{{'}}s spore drive operations officer, [[Lieutenant Commander]] [[Airiam]], was possessed by Control through her cybernetics, and forced to deliver the Sphere data to Control at [[Section 31 Headquarters]]. Airiam was killed and the base destroyed before it could take the entire archive. Before her death, Airiam told her colleagues to find "[[Project Daedalus]]". ({{DIS|Project Daedalus}})
   
 
Daedalus proved to be a Section 31 project involving [[time travel]], building a suit capable of taking its wearer through time. The suit matched the description of the Red Angel. The Angel appeared to be connected to Commander Burnham, and she was used as bait to attract it to [[Essof IV]], where the Angel was revealed to be her mother, Dr. [[Gabrielle Burnham]], who was believed killed by the Klingons on [[Doctari Alpha]] some two decades before. ({{DIS|The Red Angel}})
  
Daedalus proved to be a Section 31 project involving [[time travel]], building a suit capable of taking its wearer through time. The suit matched the description of the Red Angel. The Angel appeared to be connected to Commander Burnham, and she was used as bait to attract it to [[Essof IV]], where the Angel was revealed to be her mother, Dr. [[Gabrielle Burnham]], who was believed killed by the Klingons on [[Doctari Alpha]] some two decades before. ({{DIS|The Red Angel}})
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Finding that the Sphere data would not allow itself to be deleted from the databanks, the ''Discovery'' crew attempted to send the data back to the future with Gabrielle. However, the plan was sabotaged by Leland, who was possessed by Control through [[nanotechnology]]; he destroyed the [[time crystal]] in Gabrielle's suit, which was pulled back along with Gabrielle to her anchor point in the future. ({{DIS|Perpetual Infinity}})
  
Finding that the Sphere data would not allow itself to be deleted from the databanks, the ''Discovery'' crew attempted to send the data back to the future with Gabrielle. However, the plan was sabotaged by Leland, who was possessed by Control through [[nanotechnology]]; he destroyed the [[time crystal]] in Gabrielle's suit, which was pulled back along with Gabrielle to her anchor point in the future. ({{DIS|Perpetual Infinity}})
   
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[[File:Discovery_deploys_evacuation_corridors.jpg|thumb|left|The USS ''Enterprise'' taking on ''Discovery's'' crew]]
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[[File:Discovery deploys evacuation corridors.jpg|thumb|left|The USS ''Enterprise'' taking on ''Discovery''{{'}}s crew]]
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''Discovery'' continued to investigate the red bursts while keeping ahead of Leland/Control, and detected a fourth signal orbiting the Klingon world of [[Boreth]]. There, they obtained a time crystal, and began work to create a Daedalus suit of their own in order to take the Sphere data to the future, beyond Control's reach. However, they were surrounded by Section 31's fleet, now fully under Control's domination. Pike summoned the ''Enterprise'' to take on ''Discovery''{{'}}s crew before setting the ship to [[auto-destruct]], in an effort to prevent Control from obtaining the Sphere data. ({{DIS|Through the Valley of Shadows}})
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''Discovery'' continued to investigate the red bursts while keeping ahead of Leland/Control, and detected a fourth signal orbiting the Klingon world of [[Boreth]]. There, they obtained a time crystal and began work to create a Daedalus suit of their own in order to take the Sphere data to the future, beyond Control's reach. However, they were surrounded by Section 31's fleet, which was fully under Control's domination. Pike summoned the ''Enterprise'' to take on ''Discovery''{{'}}s crew before setting the ship to [[auto-destruct]], in an effort to prevent Control from obtaining the Sphere data. ({{DIS|Through the Valley of Shadows}})
   
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[[File:Enterprise_and_Discovery_Battle_Section_31.jpg|thumb|The ''Enterprise'' and ''Discovery'' engage Section 31 vessels.]]
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[[File:USS Enterprise and Discovery battle Section 31.jpg|thumb|The ''Enterprise'' and ''Discovery'' engage Section 31 vessels]]
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However, they discovered that the Sphere data would also not allow the ship to be destroyed, leading to a change of plans - to bring ''Discovery'' itself into the future, and the data with it. Pike and other essential personnel returned to the ship to investigate a fifth red burst on the planet [[Xahea]], where they welcomed aboard its [[queen]], [[Me Hani Ika Hali Ka Po]], who had developed a [[dilithium incubator]] that could be used to charge the time crystal. ''Discovery'' began retrofitting its fleet of shuttles and [[landing pod]]s with enhanced weaponry, joined together with similarly-modified craft from the ''Enterprise'', to combat the Section 31 fleet. At the same time, work continued on preparing the Daedalus suit, which would be worn by Burnham, as her mother's DNA was encoded into the suit schematics and she was the closest match. However, it was revealed that it would be a one-way trip, as the energy needed to charge the crystal with Po's incubator would make it unstable. The senior staff all chose to remain with ''Discovery'' and make the trip with Burnham. Pike relinquished command of ''Discovery'' back to Saru for the journey, and returned to the ''Enterprise'' to prepare for the battle to come. ({{DIS|Such Sweet Sorrow}})
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However, they discovered that the Sphere data would also not allow the ship to be destroyed, leading to a change of plans: To bring ''Discovery'' itself into the future, and the data with it. Pike and other essential personnel returned to the ship to investigate a fifth red burst on the planet [[Xahea]], where they welcomed aboard its [[queen]], [[Me Hani Ika Hali Ka Po]], who had developed a [[dilithium incubator]] that could be used to charge the time crystal. ''Discovery'' began retrofitting its fleet of shuttles and [[landing pod]]s with enhanced weaponry, joined together with similarly-modified craft from the ''Enterprise'', to combat the Section 31 fleet. At the same time, work continued on preparing the Daedalus suit, to be worn by Burnham, as her mother's DNA was encoded into the suit schematics and she was the closest match. However, it was revealed that it would be a one-way trip, as the energy needed to charge the crystal with Po's incubator would make it unstable. The senior staff all chose to remain with ''Discovery'' and make the trip with Burnham. Pike relinquished command of ''Discovery'' back to Saru for the journey, and returned to the ''Enterprise'' to prepare for the battle to come. ({{DIS|Such Sweet Sorrow}})
   
 
[[File:USS Discovery leaving the 23rd century.jpg|thumb|left|''Discovery'' leaving the 23rd century]]
  
[[File:USS Discovery leaving the 23rd century.jpg|thumb|left|''Discovery'' leaving the 23rd century]]
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After a pitched battle with Control's forces, Burnham successfully opened the wormhole, taking ''Discovery'' through with her. Pike, his first officer [[Una]], Spock, and acting Section 31 chief Tyler all reported to Starfleet Command that ''Discovery'' was destroyed with all hands. Spock furthermore recommended that in order to prevent such incidents with Section 31 from happening again, that all participants in the event were to be barred from talking about ''Discovery'', her crew, or her spore drive under penalty of [[treason]]. ({{DIS|Such Sweet Sorrow, Part 2}})
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After a pitched battle with Control's forces, Burnham successfully opened the wormhole, taking ''Discovery'' through with her. Pike, his first officer [[Una Chin-Riley|Una]], Spock, and acting Section 31 chief Tyler all reported to Starfleet Command that ''Discovery'' was destroyed with all hands. Spock furthermore recommended that in order to prevent such incidents with Section 31 from happening again, that all participants in the event were to be barred from talking about ''Discovery'', her crew, or her spore drive under penalty of [[treason]]. ({{DIS|Such Sweet Sorrow, Part 2}})
   
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In [[2259]], Captain Christopher Pike wore a USS ''Discovery'' pin for [[Starfleet Remembrance Day]]. ({{SNW|Memento Mori}})
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=== Abandonment ===
  
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[[File:USS Discovery abandoned.jpg|thumb|''Discovery'' one thousand years in the future]]
  
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In [[2383]], [[Hologram Janeway]] showed the young crew of the {{USS|Protostar}} an image of the ''Discovery'' while explaining the history of the Federation and Starfleet to them. ({{PRO|Starstruck}})
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At some point, the ship was abandoned by its [[USS Discovery personnel|crew]] and remained empty for almost a thousand years, when [[Craft]] came aboard. The ship's computer, which by then had become [[self-awareness|self-aware]] and called itself {{dis|Zora|artificial intelligence}}, was under orders to maintain its position. ({{ST|Calypso}})
  
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=== Saru's command ===
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==== Arriving in the 32nd century ====
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Upon exiting from the wormhole in [[3189]], ''Discovery'' crash-landed on an ice planet known simply as "[[The Colony]]". It was eventually rescued by [[Michael Burnham]] who had arrived in the future a year earlier. ({{DIS|Far From Home}})
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After ''Discovery'' arrived in the [[32nd century]], shipboard [[computer]] developments caused some crewmembers such as Captain Saru to develop a theory that the integration of the vast quantities of Sphere data, central to their journey into the future, had prompted the development of a self aware protective instinct among the ship's computer systems. ({{DIS|Forget Me Not}})
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[[File:NCC-1031-A.png|thumb|NCC-1031-A]]
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At [[Federation Headquarters]], ''Discovery'' underwent a three-week retrofit, with all of her systems being upgraded on par with 32nd century technology. Part of this refit included the installation of [[programmable matter]] into all stations for better control and converting her warp engines to be detached for improved maneuverability and performance. During the refit, the ship was recommissioned with the registry NCC-1031-A. The change of registry was to also hide the fact that Discovery travelled through time, as time travel was outlawed after the Temporal Wars.
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[[Adira Tal]] also included an upgrade to the spore drive [[reaction cube]] as well as converting the physical injector shunts into [[nanogel]] control interfaces.
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At the same time, her mission orders were that of a rapid response craft based out of Federation Headquarters due to the unique nature of her spore drive. ({{DIS|Die Trying|Scavengers}})
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As part of its refit, ''Discovery'' was equipped with a [[cloaking device]], the turbolifts didn't run on tracks anymore, they hovered, and the systems hub section was upgraded. ({{DIS|Su'Kal}})
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A [[holodeck]] was also among the renovations included in the refit. ({{DIS|All In}})
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[[File:USS Discovery hijacked by the emerald chain.jpg|thumb|left|''Discovery'' hijacked by the Emerald Chain]]
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The ''Discovery'' was eventually hijacked by [[Osyraa]] and her [[Emerald Chain]] forces who used the ship to reach Federation Headquarters. ({{DIS|Su'Kal|There Is A Tide...}}) During the battle that followed, Burnham killed Osyraa, reset the computer to its previous operating system and retook the ship. ''Discovery''{{'}}s warp core was then ejected and detonated in order to destroy the Emerald Chain [[flagship]] ''[[Viridian]]'' while ''Discovery'' herself spore jumped away using [[Cleveland Booker]]'s empathic abilities in the absence of [[Paul Stamets]].
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=== Michael Burnham's command ===
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Following the resolution of the crisis, Michael Burnham was promoted to [[captain]] of ''Discovery'' while [[Saru]] took [[Su'Kal]] home. The ship was then assigned to transport [[dilithium]] to various Federation worlds. ({{DIS|That Hope Is You, Part 2}})
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[[File:USS Discovery in the domain of Species 10-C.jpg|thumb|''Discovery'' enters the domain of Species 10-C]]
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With the threat of the [[Dark Matter Anomaly]], ''Discovery'' was assigned to travel beyond the [[galactic barrier]] and make [[first contact]] with [[Species 10-C]], bringing along a number of diplomatic representatives including the Federation President and the President of [[Ni'Var]]. The mission left the spore drive burned out, stranding the ship decades away from Earth at warp speed. However, the crew succeeded in convincing the 10-C to shut down the DMA just in time to save Ni'Var and [[United Earth and Titan]] from destruction. Before the 10-C shut down the DMA completely, they used the wormhole to return the ''Discovery'' to Earth. ({{DIS|The Galactic Barrier|Rosetta|Species Ten-C|Coming Home}})
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[[File:USS Discovery seen in Rayner's Quarters.jpg|left|thumb|''USS Discovery'' seen in the windows of Rayner's Quarters]]
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In [[3191|3191]], The ''USS Discovery'' was seen in the windows of Captain [[Rayner]]'s quarters in [[Federation Headquarters|Federation HQ]] when Captain Michael Burnham went and had a chat with him. While they we're chatting, ''Rayner'' commented; ''"I got to say... she's a beautiful ship. They don't make 'em like that anymore."'' ([[Star Trek: Discovery|DIS]]: "[[Under the Twin Moons (episode)|Under the Twin Moons]]")
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===Abandonment===
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[[File:USS Discovery abandoned.jpg|thumb|left|''Discovery'' one thousand years after its abandonment]]
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At some point, the ship reverted to her pre-refit appearance and was abandoned by her [[USS Discovery personnel|crew]]. ''Discovery'' remained empty for almost a thousand years, when [[Craft]] came aboard. The ship's computer was under orders to maintain her position. ({{ST|Calypso}})
 
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==Merge with Sphere data and sentience==
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== Command crew ==
  
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After ''Discovery''{{'}}s encounter with the {{dis|Sphere|lifeform|sphere-shaped lifeform}} and its subsequent downloading of its millenniums worth of information, the data seemed to have a mind of its own. ({{DIS|An Obol for Charon}}) It was repeatedly said to be "protecting itself", preventing its own deletion, not allowing the ship to self-destruct, and even raising the ship's shields when the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}} tried to destroy it with a photon torpedo in one possible timeline. ({{DIS|Perpetual Infinity|Such Sweet Sorrow}}) It combined with ''Discovery''{{'}}s systems in [[3189]], and the computer's voice changed to signify this. Her first act that stretched the bonds of a normal computer was holding a movie night for the crew. ({{DIS|Forget Me Not}}). When [[Osyraa]] hijacked ''Discovery'', the Sphere data transferred itself to the [[DOT-23]]s, which then helped the crew of ''Discovery'' take back the ship. Most notably of her actions during that time, she rescued [[Joann Owosekun|Owosekun]] from death by oxygen deprivation. ({{DIS|Su'Kal|There Is A Tide...|That Hope Is You, Part 2}})
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[[File:Lorca in command of Discovery.jpg|thumb|''Discovery'' under the command of Captain Gabriel Lorca in 2256.]]
  
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[[File:Discovery bridge, 2257.jpg|thumb|''Discovery'' under the command of Acting Captain Saru in 2257.]]
  
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[[File:Zora's avatar.jpg|thumb|Zora's holographic avatar]]
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[[File:USS Discovery bridge.jpg|thumb|''Discovery'' under the command of Captain Christopher Pike in 2257.]]
  
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By the 32nd century, the computer AI had assumed the name [[Zora]]. ({{DIS|Anomaly (DIS)}}) A relatively short period of time after that, she had developed emotions. ({{DIS|The Examples}}) She worked with the crew of the Discovery on a personal level to escape a subspace rift, struggling with the task due to having to manage her new emotions. ({{DIS|Stormy Weather}})
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* [[Commanding officer]]
  
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**{{mu|Gabriel Lorca}} ([[2256]]&ndash;[[2257]])
  
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==Alternate timelines==
⚫
**[[Katrina Cornwell]] (2257) <small>(acting)</small>
  
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In an [[alternate timeline]] shown to Burnham by the [[time crystal]], [[Control]], in the body of [[Leland]], successfully eliminated the ''Discovery'' bridge crew during the [[Battle near Xahea]] and took control of the ship and the Sphere data. However, after Burnham warned the crew of what she saw, they were able to alter the future with Control simply heading off to find the Sphere data after a brief engagement on the bridge. ({{DIS|Such Sweet Sorrow|Such Sweet Sorrow, Part 2}})
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**{{mu|Philippa Georgiou}} (2257)
 
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**[[Saru]] (2257) <small>(acting)</small>
  
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In another alternate timeline, ''Discovery'' was abandoned and nearly wrecked near the debris field of [[Federation Headquarters]]. When Burnham and [[Commander]] [[Rayner]] arrived on this ''Discovery'' in [[3218]] from a time jump, they found the ship covered in dust and only [[Zora]] left who had lost most of her memory. Zora revealed that ''Discovery'' had been rescued from its [[time cycling]] by Starfleet too late to stop [[Moll]] and [[L'ak]] from finding the [[Ancient humanoid|Progenitor]]s technology and selling it to the [[Breen]] who had destroyed the Federation and killed everyone, including ''Discovery''{{'}}s crew. Zora helped the two figure out the pattern of the time cycling and begged them to make things right before Burnham and Rayner were sent to another time period. This future was averted when Burnham, Rayner and [[Paul Stamets]], with the help of the ''Discovery'' crew of an alternate [[2256]], stopped the time cycling six hours after it began. ({{DIS|Face the Strange}})
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**[[Christopher Pike]] (2257) <small>(Under regulation 19, section C)</small>
  
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* [[First officer]]
  
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In an alternate timeline, Burnham, Rayner and Stamets enlisted the help of the ''Discovery'' crew of [[2256]] to break the ship's time cycling, revealing to them details of the future in the process. The bridge crew aided in the process by breaking the [[warp bubble]] at maximum warp after Burnham revealed her personal knowledge of each of them, particularly of [[Airiam]]'s death. In engineering, Rayner used his personal knowledge of [[Gen Rhys]] and Burnham -- who had already encountered her future self -- to convince them both to stand down. This timeline was erased when the time bug was removed before it could reset the cycle again as the changes made in each time period wouldn't become permanent until the bug reset. ({{DIS|Face the Strange}})
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**Saru (2256&ndash;)
  
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* [[Security chief]]
  
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==Embarked craft==
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''Discovery'' carried a complement of [[Class C shuttlecraft]] and [[worker bee]]s in its [[shuttlebay]]. In 2257, the shuttlecraft were upgraded with enhanced phasers in preparation for battle with a [[Control]]-led [[Section 31]] fleet. ({{DIS|Context Is for Kings|Such Sweet Sorrow}})
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''Discovery'' also carried four [[landing pod]]s, first developed for a mission to [[Kim-Tara]], though two were destroyed in 2257. ({{DIS|Brother}})
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*[[DSC 01]]
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*[[DSC 03]]
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*[[DSC 05]]
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*[[DSC 06]]
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*[[DSC 08]]
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*[[DSC 12]]
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*[[DSC 23]]
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*[[DSC 31]]
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* ''{{dis|Funny Face|shuttle}}''
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==List of First contacts==
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Over its four years of service, the ''Discovery'' made [[first contact]] with the following species:
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*[[Pahvan]]s, [[2256]] ({{DIS|Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum}})
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*[[Species 10-C]], [[3190]] ({{DIS|Species Ten-C}})
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==Command crew==
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[[File:Lorca in command of Discovery.jpg|thumb|''Discovery'' under the command of Captain Gabriel Lorca in 2256]]
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[[File:Discovery bridge, 2257.jpg|thumb|''Discovery'' under the command of Acting Captain Saru in 2257]]
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[[File:USS Discovery bridge.jpg|thumb|''Discovery'' under the command of Captain Christopher Pike in 2257]]
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[[File:Discovery command crew, 3189.jpg|thumb|''Discovery'' command crew under the command of Captain Michael Burnham in 3189]]
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*[[Commanding officer]]
  ⚫
**{{mu|Gabriel Lorca}} ([[2256]]-[[2257]])
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**[[Katrina Cornwell]] (2257) {{small|(acting)}}
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**{{mu|Philippa Georgiou}} (2257)
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**[[Saru]] (2257, [[2258]], [[3189]]) {{small|(acting, later promoted)}}
  ⚫
**[[Christopher Pike]] (2257-2258) {{small|(under [[Starfleet]] [[General Orders and Regulations|regulation 19, section C]])}}
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**[[Michael Burnham]] (3189-) {{small|(acting, later promoted)}}
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*[[First officer]]
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**Saru (2256-2258, 3189, [[3190]]&ndash;[[3191]])
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**Michael Burnham (3189)
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**[[Sylvia Tilly]] (3189&ndash;3190) {{small|(acting)}}
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**[[Rayner]] (3191)
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*[[Security chief]]
 
**[[Ellen Landry]] (2256)
  
**[[Ellen Landry]] (2256)
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**{{dis|Ash Tyler|Klingon}} (2256&ndash;2257)
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**{{dis|Ash Tyler|Klingon}} (2256-2257)
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**[[Nhan]] (2257)
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**[[D. Nhan]] (2257-2258, 3189)
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**[[Cleveland Booker]] (3189-3190) {{small|(consultant)}}
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* [[Science officer]]
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*[[Science officer]]
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**[[Michael Burnham]] (2257&ndash;)
  
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**Michael Burnham (2257-2258, 3189)
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* [[Helmsman]]/[[Conn officer]]
  
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**[[Keyla Detmer]] (2256&ndash;)
 +
**[[Linus]] (2257-2258, 3189-)
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**[[Arav]] (2256-2258, 3189-)
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* [[Communications officer]]
  
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**[[Adira Tal]] (3189-)
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**[[Naya]]
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*[[Helmsman]]/[[Conn officer]]
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**[[Keyla Detmer]] (2256-2258, 3189-)
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**{{dis|Haj|23rd century}} (3189) {{small|(acting)}}
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**{{dis|Asha|Bajoran}} (3191)
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*[[Communications officer]]
 
**[[Milton Richter]] (2256)
  
**[[Milton Richter]] (2256)
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**[[R.A. Bryce]] (2256&ndash;)
 +
**[[R.A. Bryce]] (2256-2258, 3189-3190)
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**{{dis|Christopher|Lieutenant}} (3190)
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* [[Operations officer]]
  
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**Haj (2257)
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**[[Joann Owosekun]] (2256&ndash;)
  
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*[[Operations officer]]
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**[[Airiam]] (2257) <small>(acting)</small>
  
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**[[Joann Owosekun]] (2256-2258, 3189-)
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* [[Physician]]
  
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**[[Hugh Culber]] (2256&ndash;)
 +
**[[Airiam]] (2257) {{small|(acting)}}
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**{{dis|Gallo|32nd century}} (3191)
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**[[Tracy Pollard]] (2257&ndash;)
  
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* [[Tactical officer]]
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*[[Physician]]
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**[[Gen Rhys]] (2256&ndash;)
 +
**[[Hugh Culber]] (2256, 2257-2258, 3189-)
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* [[Spore drive]] ops officer
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**[[Tracy Pollard]] (2257-2258, 3189-)
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*[[Tactical officer]]
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**Airiam (2256&ndash;2257)
  
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**[[Nilsson]] (2257&ndash;)
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**[[Gen Rhys]] (2256-2258, 3189-)
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*[[Spore drive]] navigator
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See also: [[Discovery unnamed 000|USS ''Discovery'' personnel]]
  
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**[[Paul Stamets]] (2256-2258, 3189-)
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* Spore drive ops officer
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**Airiam (2256-2257)
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**[[Nilsson]] (2257-2258, 3189-3191)
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**Linus (3191-)
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*[[Engineer]]
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**[[Jett Reno]] (2257-2258, 3189-)
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**Sylvia Tilly (2256-2258, 3189)
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*[[Counselor]]
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**Hugh Culber (3190&ndash;)
   
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== Appendices ==
  
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=== Appearances ===
  
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===See also===
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*[[USS Discovery personnel|USS ''Discovery'' personnel]]
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*[[Discovery unnamed 000|Unnamed USS ''Discovery'' personnel]]
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==Appendices==
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===Appearances===
 
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*{{s|DIS}} except:
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*{{DIS}}
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**{{e|The Vulcan Hello}}
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**{{e|Context Is for Kings}}
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**{{e|Battle at the Binary Stars}}
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**{{e|The Butcher's Knife Cares Not for the Lamb's Cry}}
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**{{e|Choose Your Pain}}
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**{{e|Lethe}}
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**{{e|Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad}}
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**{{e|Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum}}
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**{{e|Into the Forest I Go}}
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**{{e|Despite Yourself}}
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**{{e|The Wolf Inside}}
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**{{e|Vaulting Ambition}}
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**{{e|What's Past Is Prologue}}
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**{{e|The War Without, The War Within}}
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**{{e|Will You Take My Hand?}}
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**{{e|Brother}}
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**{{e|New Eden}}
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**{{e|Point of Light}}
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**{{e|An Obol for Charon}}
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**{{e|Saints of Imperfection}}
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**{{e|The Sound of Thunder}}
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**{{e|Light and Shadows}}
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**{{e|If Memory Serves}}
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**{{e|Project Daedalus}}
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**{{e|The Red Angel}}
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**{{e|Perpetual Infinity}}
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**{{e|Through the Valley of Shadows}}
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**{{e|Such Sweet Sorrow}}
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**{{e|Such Sweet Sorrow, Part 2}}
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**{{e|Far From Home}}
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**{{e|People of Earth}}
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**{{e|Forget Me Not}}
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**{{e|Die Trying}}
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**{{e|Scavengers}}
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**{{e|Unification III}}
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**{{e|The Sanctuary}}
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**{{e|Terra Firma, Part 1}}
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**{{e|Terra Firma, Part 2}}
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**{{e|Su'Kal}}
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**{{e|There Is A Tide...}}
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For the mirror universe counterpart, please see ISS Discovery.
For the 24th century ship with the same name, please see USS Discovery (24th century).
"This ship bears the name Discovery. Never has that been more fitting, or more prescient. She has carried us into the future, and it will be our privilege to make that future bright. Let us begin. Together."

The USS Discovery (NCC-1031) was a Crossfield-class starship operated by the Federation Starfleet in the 23rd century, initially under the command of Captain Gabriel Lorca and, later, Christopher Pike. (DIS: "Context Is for Kings", "What's Past Is Prologue", "Brother")

After time traveling to the 32nd century, Discovery underwent a three week retrofit and was recommissioned with the registry NCC-1031-A under the command of Captain Saru, and later Captain Michael Burnham. (DIS: "Far From Home", "People of Earth", "Scavengers", "That Hope Is You, Part 2"). Over time, owing to her fusion with the Sphere data, she became a fully fledged artificial intelligence. She experienced emotions, worked with the crew, and chose her own name, Zora. (DIS: "The Examples", "Stormy Weather")

At some point, the ship was abandoned by her crew and remained empty for almost a thousand years. (ST: "Calypso")

Service history

Construction

The Discovery was built on the ground and then launched into service from the San Francisco Fleet Yards, Earth. Its motto was a quote from Galileo Galilei: "All things can be understood once they are discovered; the point is to discover them." (DIS: "Context Is for Kings", "Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad", "Face the Strange")

By November of 2256, it was still considered impressive and new, fresh out of the shipyards and equipped with some of Starfleet's most advanced technologies, in contrast to the older USS Shenzhou. (DIS: "Context Is for Kings")

Discovery Crew 2257

Crew assembled in the shuttlebay, 2257

As a Crossfield-class starship, the Discovery was officially designated a science vessel. In 2256, the ship had a crew manifest of approximately 136. (DIS: "Choose Your Pain") However, by 2257, following the Federation-Klingon War the complement increased to over two hundred during the investigation of the Red Angel. (DIS: "The Red Angel") The ship's facilities were able to accommodate three hundred discrete scientific missions, a Starfleet record at the time. (DIS: "Context Is for Kings")

Both the Discovery and its sister ship, the USS Glenn, were equipped with an experimental spore drive for field testing. Much research and refinement remained to be done as of late 2256, but if perfected, it had the potential to instantly traverse vast galactic distances in the blink of an eye. The Discovery only used it in short bursts while attempting to perfect it into a reliable drive system. In contrast, the crew of the Glenn took bolder risks to develop it more quickly, resulting in an accident which killed the entire crew and crippled the ship. (DIS: "Context Is for Kings")

The Discovery was built from the ground up to be a test bed for the experimental spore drive, based on the research of Paul Stamets and his colleagues. Stamets had intended his research to pursue purely theoretical knowledge and peaceful applications but, with the outbreak of war, the Discovery was rapidly constructed to perfect the military applications of his research. (DIS: "The Butcher's Knife Cares Not for the Lamb's Cry")

USS Discovery in nebula

A view of the Discovery's ventral hull

Due to the top secret, and, in some cases, dangerous research projects being conducted on the Discovery, its internal security was much more rigid and compartmentalized than was regular protocol on Starfleet vessels; breath print identification locks were used to restrict access to different sub-sectors. It also possessed a disproportionately prominent and well-armed security detail, standing guard at various restricted access points throughout the ship. These guards were outfitted with tactical gear bearing a Section 31 "black star" uniform insignia, unlike the normal silver Starfleet delta insignia. (DIS: "Context Is for Kings")

Several experiments conducted aboard Discovery had the potential to physically endanger the ship itself and its crew; hazardous situations caused by the black ops experiments being activated were addressed by declaring a "black alert" (which was not a standard protocol on Starfleet vessels). (DIS: "Context Is for Kings")

Gabriel Lorca's command

Federation-Klingon War

Following the outbreak of the Federation-Klingon War, Discovery was placed under the command of Captain Gabriel Lorca and given a clandestine mission to conduct black ops scientific research, developing top secret weapons and technologies that would help the Federation win the war. (DIS: "Context Is for Kings")

USS Discovery tractors prison shuttle

Discovery rescues SPT 21

Six months into the war, Discovery rescued the prison shuttle SPT 21 from an infestation of Species GS54 during an interstellar storm. Among the prisoners being transported, former Commander Michael Burnham came aboard and was enlisted by Captain Lorca to serve as a specialist aboard Discovery. (DIS: "Context Is for Kings")

USS Discovery over Corvan II

Discovery in a defensive position over Corvan II

In November 2256, Discovery received a distress call from Corvan II, under attack by Klingons. The only ship in range, Discovery attempted a spore jump to the Federation mining colony, ending up dangerously close to a star. Utilizing the tardigrade as a conduit through which to navigate the ship, the crew ultimately jumped Discovery to Corvan II in time to destroy the attacking Birds-of-Prey and save the colony from destruction. (DIS: "The Butcher's Knife Cares Not for the Lamb's Cry")

The following month, Discovery, under the command of first officer Saru, was tasked by Admiral Katrina Cornwell with the rescue of Lorca following his abduction by the Klingons. Once again using the tardigrade as a living navigational computer, Discovery jumped into Klingon territory, but the creature was disabled in the process. Unwilling to subject the tardigrade to further injury, Lieutenant Stamets injected himself with the creature's DNA, allowing Discovery to recover Lorca and his fellow POW, Ash Tyler, and jump back to Federation space. (DIS: "Choose Your Pain")

One week later, Cornwell's cruiser rendezvoused with Discovery before departing for peace talks on Cancri IV. (DIS: "Lethe")

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Discovery in orbit of a planet in 2256

On stardate 2136.8, Discovery encountered an injured space-dwelling lifeform known as a gormagander and conducted aid per the Endangered Species Act. This resulted in Harcourt Fenton Mudd boarding Discovery and activating a time crystal, creating a time loop in which Mudd repeatedly destroyed the ship in an effort to learn the secret of the spore drive and sell the ship to the Klingons. The loop was eventually discovered by Stamets, avoiding the permanent destruction of Discovery. (DIS: "Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad")

On stardate 1308.9, Discovery engaged a Klingon destroyer in defense of the USS Gagarin. With the advantage of their invisibility screens, the Klingons succeeded in destroying the Gagarin forcing Discovery to withdraw. Discovery then proceeded to the planet Pahvo where it retrieved a landing party as the native Pahvans broadcasted a signal directed at both the Federation and Klingons. (DIS: "Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum")

USS Discovery faces Klingon Ship of the Dead

Discovery faces the Klingon Ship of the Dead at Pahvo

Encountering the Ship of the Dead in orbit of Pahvo, Discovery engaged in ship-to-ship combat with the Klingons. Discovery then conducted 133 micro-jumps around the cloaked Klingon vessel, allowing the crew to target and destroy the enemy's capital ship. (DIS: "Into the Forest I Go")

The mirror universe

After an apparent accident with the spore drive propelled Discovery into the mirror universe, it emerged that Lorca was in fact an inhabitant of that universe who had replaced his counterpart and deliberately brought Discovery to his home universe. Following Lorca's revelation, Saru assumed full command of Discovery. (DIS: "Despite Yourself", "Vaulting Ambition", "What's Past Is Prologue")

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Battling the ISS Charon

In order to return to their universe, Discovery then launched an attack on the Terran flagship, ISS Charon, on stardate 1834.2. Flying through the Terran ship's superstructure, Discovery destroyed the super-mycelial reactor powering the Charon, and used the resulting mycelial shockwave to power the spore drive and cross back into normal space. (DIS: "Despite Yourself", "Vaulting Ambition", "What's Past Is Prologue")

Return to the war

Discovery returned nine months after its departure, having overshot its intended destination. In that time, the Klingons had captured a significant proportion of Federation territory. Boarded by a number of Starfleet officials including Vulcan Ambassador Sarek, Discovery was placed under the temporary command of Admiral Cornwell and brought to Starbase 1, 100 au from Earth. Finding the station overrun by Klingons, Discovery warped away. (DIS: "What's Past Is Prologue", "The War Without, The War Within")

With Klingon forces encroaching on Earth, Starfleet elected to use Discovery to prepare a strike against the Klingon homeworld, Qo'noS, and solicited the abilities of the Terran emperor, Philippa Georgiou. In order to make the jump to the Qo'noS, Discovery traveled to the Veda system where the crew terraformed the moon Delta 2 and replenished their supply of mycelium spores. (DIS: "The War Without, The War Within")

USS Discovery in cave

Discovery jumps into a cave on Qo'noS

Under the command of Emperor Georgiou (standing in as the deceased Captain Philippa Georgiou), Discovery became the first Starfleet vessel to visit the Klingon homeworld since Captain Jonathan Archer and the Enterprise NX-01 visited the planet in 2151. In order to avoid detection and conflict with Klingon planetary defenses, Discovery jumped into an inactive volcanic cavern large enough to accommodate a Crossfield-class starship beneath the surface of Qo'noS. A landing party to the surface ultimately concluded the mission and brought a peaceful resolution to the conflict. (DIS: "Will You Take My Hand?")

USS Discovery rendezvousing with USS Enterprise

Discovery rendezvous with the USS Enterprise

With the war over, Discovery returned to Earth, where its senior staff was honored. The starship was then ordered to Vulcan to retrieve its new commanding officer to take Ambassador Sarek home. (DIS: "Will You Take My Hand?")

Christopher Pike's command

Investigating the red bursts

En route to Vulcan, a priority 1 distress call led Discovery to drop out of warp and respond to the call from Captain Christopher Pike on the USS Enterprise. (DIS: "Will You Take My Hand?")

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Discovery navigates an interstellar asteroid field

With Enterprise unable to continue its mission – the investigation of one of seven red bursts that were detected across the galaxy; Pike was ordered to assume command of the Discovery from Acting Captain Saru under Starfleet Regulation 19, Section C. Discovery then warped to an interstellar asteroid at the coordinates of the burst, where it located the wreckage of the USS Hiawatha. Unable to maintain shields while transporting survivors from the Hiawatha, the starship suffered severe hull damage from the fragmenting asteroid, before capturing a fragment of the asteroid in its shuttle bay using a gravity simulator. (DIS: "Brother")

Donut

Discovery executes a donut in orbit of Terralysium

Detecting a new signal in the Beta Quadrant, Discovery used the previously defunct spore drive to jump to the coordinates, but found no sign of a red burst. Instead, Discovery entered into orbit over Terralysium, a previously unknown Earth colony of World War III-era Humans. With the planet and its population threatened by radioactive asteroids, Helmsman Keyla Detmer piloted Discovery in a donut maneuver, using a dark matter asteroid to magnetically drag the radioactive debris away from the planet. (DIS: "New Eden")

Later, a Vulcan cruiser rendezvoused with Discovery, offloading Amanda Grayson. (DIS: "Point of Light")

While searching for Spock, Discovery was pulled out of warp by an massive sphere-shaped lifeform. Discovery's computer system was overloaded by what the crew believed to be a computer virus. Eventually, the Sphere's intentions were discovered and Discovery subsequently became the recipient of a hundred thousand years of the Sphere's knowledge and memories. (DIS: "An Obol for Charon")

USS Discovery in the Mycelial network

Discovery jumps partially into the Mycelial network

In order to rescue Sylvia Tilly from the JahSepp, Discovery executed a partial jump into the mycelial plane. The ship was almost instantly attacked by the JahSepp, who began to dissolve the hull. In order to keep from being destroyed, Discovery was assisted by Section 31 chief Leland aboard the NCIA-93. (DIS: "Saints of Imperfection")

Ba'ul sentry ships

Discovery stands off against the Ba'ul

After a red burst appeared over Kaminar, Discovery arrived in the system where it came into conflict with the Ba'ul. Using the Sphere's signal that had triggered vahar'ai in Saru, they helped the Kelpien race evolve beyond the limitations forced on them by the Ba'ul, and opened the way for the two races to somehow coexist. (DIS: "The Sound of Thunder")

Control

The red bursts, as well as an entity associated with it (known by the crew as the "Red Angel"), appeared to be tied to Michael Burnham's foster brother, Lieutenant Spock of the Enterprise, and Section 31 took an interest in capturing him. They caught up to Spock and Burnham on Talos IV, but they were revealed to be illusions projected by the Talosians; the real Spock and Burnham had escaped to Discovery, which was declared a renegade ship and forced to go on the run. (DIS: "If Memory Serves")

The data from the Sphere also included information on artificial intelligence. An AI from the future infected Control, the threat assessment system developed by Section 31, and made it sentient. Control became obsessed with obtaining all of the Sphere's data on artificial intelligence in order to evolve into a true lifeform and wipe out all other sentient life. Discovery's spore drive operations officer, Lieutenant Commander Airiam, was possessed by Control through her cybernetics, and forced to deliver the Sphere data to Control at Section 31 Headquarters. Airiam was killed and the base destroyed before it could take the entire archive. Before her death, Airiam told her colleagues to find "Project Daedalus". (DIS: "Project Daedalus")

Daedalus proved to be a Section 31 project involving time travel, building a suit capable of taking its wearer through time. The suit matched the description of the Red Angel. The Angel appeared to be connected to Commander Burnham, and she was used as bait to attract it to Essof IV, where the Angel was revealed to be her mother, Dr. Gabrielle Burnham, who was believed killed by the Klingons on Doctari Alpha some two decades before. (DIS: "The Red Angel")

Finding that the Sphere data would not allow itself to be deleted from the databanks, the Discovery crew attempted to send the data back to the future with Gabrielle. However, the plan was sabotaged by Leland, who was possessed by Control through nanotechnology; he destroyed the time crystal in Gabrielle's suit, which was pulled back along with Gabrielle to her anchor point in the future. (DIS: "Perpetual Infinity")

Discovery deploys evacuation corridors

The USS Enterprise taking on Discovery's crew

Discovery continued to investigate the red bursts while keeping ahead of Leland/Control, and detected a fourth signal orbiting the Klingon world of Boreth. There, they obtained a time crystal and began work to create a Daedalus suit of their own in order to take the Sphere data to the future, beyond Control's reach. However, they were surrounded by Section 31's fleet, which was fully under Control's domination. Pike summoned the Enterprise to take on Discovery's crew before setting the ship to auto-destruct, in an effort to prevent Control from obtaining the Sphere data. (DIS: "Through the Valley of Shadows")

USS Enterprise and Discovery battle Section 31

The Enterprise and Discovery engage Section 31 vessels

However, they discovered that the Sphere data would also not allow the ship to be destroyed, leading to a change of plans: To bring Discovery itself into the future, and the data with it. Pike and other essential personnel returned to the ship to investigate a fifth red burst on the planet Xahea, where they welcomed aboard its queen, Me Hani Ika Hali Ka Po, who had developed a dilithium incubator that could be used to charge the time crystal. Discovery began retrofitting its fleet of shuttles and landing pods with enhanced weaponry, joined together with similarly-modified craft from the Enterprise, to combat the Section 31 fleet. At the same time, work continued on preparing the Daedalus suit, to be worn by Burnham, as her mother's DNA was encoded into the suit schematics and she was the closest match. However, it was revealed that it would be a one-way trip, as the energy needed to charge the crystal with Po's incubator would make it unstable. The senior staff all chose to remain with Discovery and make the trip with Burnham. Pike relinquished command of Discovery back to Saru for the journey, and returned to the Enterprise to prepare for the battle to come. (DIS: "Such Sweet Sorrow")

USS Discovery leaving the 23rd century

Discovery leaving the 23rd century

After a pitched battle with Control's forces, Burnham successfully opened the wormhole, taking Discovery through with her. Pike, his first officer Una, Spock, and acting Section 31 chief Tyler all reported to Starfleet Command that Discovery was destroyed with all hands. Spock furthermore recommended that in order to prevent such incidents with Section 31 from happening again, that all participants in the event were to be barred from talking about Discovery, her crew, or her spore drive under penalty of treason. (DIS: "Such Sweet Sorrow, Part 2")

In 2259, Captain Christopher Pike wore a USS Discovery pin for Starfleet Remembrance Day. (SNW: "Memento Mori")

In 2383, Hologram Janeway showed the young crew of the USS Protostar an image of the Discovery while explaining the history of the Federation and Starfleet to them. (PRO: "Starstruck")

Saru's command

Arriving in the 32nd century

Upon exiting from the wormhole in 3189, Discovery crash-landed on an ice planet known simply as "The Colony". It was eventually rescued by Michael Burnham who had arrived in the future a year earlier. (DIS: "Far From Home")

After Discovery arrived in the 32nd century, shipboard computer developments caused some crewmembers such as Captain Saru to develop a theory that the integration of the vast quantities of Sphere data, central to their journey into the future, had prompted the development of a self aware protective instinct among the ship's computer systems. (DIS: "Forget Me Not")

NCC-1031-A

NCC-1031-A

At Federation Headquarters, Discovery underwent a three-week retrofit, with all of her systems being upgraded on par with 32nd century technology. Part of this refit included the installation of programmable matter into all stations for better control and converting her warp engines to be detached for improved maneuverability and performance. During the refit, the ship was recommissioned with the registry NCC-1031-A. The change of registry was to also hide the fact that Discovery travelled through time, as time travel was outlawed after the Temporal Wars.

Adira Tal also included an upgrade to the spore drive reaction cube as well as converting the physical injector shunts into nanogel control interfaces.

At the same time, her mission orders were that of a rapid response craft based out of Federation Headquarters due to the unique nature of her spore drive. (DIS: "Die Trying", "Scavengers")

As part of its refit, Discovery was equipped with a cloaking device, the turbolifts didn't run on tracks anymore, they hovered, and the systems hub section was upgraded. (DIS: "Su'Kal")

A holodeck was also among the renovations included in the refit. (DIS: "All In")

USS Discovery hijacked by the emerald chain

Discovery hijacked by the Emerald Chain

The Discovery was eventually hijacked by Osyraa and her Emerald Chain forces who used the ship to reach Federation Headquarters. (DIS: "Su'Kal", "There Is A Tide...") During the battle that followed, Burnham killed Osyraa, reset the computer to its previous operating system and retook the ship. Discovery's warp core was then ejected and detonated in order to destroy the Emerald Chain flagship Viridian while Discovery herself spore jumped away using Cleveland Booker's empathic abilities in the absence of Paul Stamets.

Michael Burnham's command

Following the resolution of the crisis, Michael Burnham was promoted to captain of Discovery while Saru took Su'Kal home. The ship was then assigned to transport dilithium to various Federation worlds. (DIS: "That Hope Is You, Part 2")

USS Discovery in the domain of Species 10-C

Discovery enters the domain of Species 10-C

With the threat of the Dark Matter Anomaly, Discovery was assigned to travel beyond the galactic barrier and make first contact with Species 10-C, bringing along a number of diplomatic representatives including the Federation President and the President of Ni'Var. The mission left the spore drive burned out, stranding the ship decades away from Earth at warp speed. However, the crew succeeded in convincing the 10-C to shut down the DMA just in time to save Ni'Var and United Earth and Titan from destruction. Before the 10-C shut down the DMA completely, they used the wormhole to return the Discovery to Earth. (DIS: "The Galactic Barrier", "Rosetta", "Species Ten-C", "Coming Home")

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USS Discovery seen in the windows of Rayner's Quarters

In 3191, The USS Discovery was seen in the windows of Captain Rayner's quarters in Federation HQ when Captain Michael Burnham went and had a chat with him. While they we're chatting, Rayner commented; "I got to say... she's a beautiful ship. They don't make 'em like that anymore." (DIS: "Under the Twin Moons")

Abandonment

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Discovery one thousand years after its abandonment

At some point, the ship reverted to her pre-refit appearance and was abandoned by her crew. Discovery remained empty for almost a thousand years, when Craft came aboard. The ship's computer was under orders to maintain her position. (ST: "Calypso")

Merge with Sphere data and sentience

After Discovery's encounter with the sphere-shaped lifeform and its subsequent downloading of its millenniums worth of information, the data seemed to have a mind of its own. (DIS: "An Obol for Charon") It was repeatedly said to be "protecting itself", preventing its own deletion, not allowing the ship to self-destruct, and even raising the ship's shields when the USS Enterprise tried to destroy it with a photon torpedo in one possible timeline. (DIS: "Perpetual Infinity", "Such Sweet Sorrow") It combined with Discovery's systems in 3189, and the computer's voice changed to signify this. Her first act that stretched the bonds of a normal computer was holding a movie night for the crew. (DIS: "Forget Me Not"). When Osyraa hijacked Discovery, the Sphere data transferred itself to the DOT-23s, which then helped the crew of Discovery take back the ship. Most notably of her actions during that time, she rescued Owosekun from death by oxygen deprivation. (DIS: "Su'Kal", "There Is A Tide...", "That Hope Is You, Part 2")

Zora's avatar

Zora's holographic avatar

By the 32nd century, the computer AI had assumed the name Zora. (DIS: "Anomaly (DIS)") A relatively short period of time after that, she had developed emotions. (DIS: "The Examples") She worked with the crew of the Discovery on a personal level to escape a subspace rift, struggling with the task due to having to manage her new emotions. (DIS: "Stormy Weather")

Alternate timelines

In an alternate timeline shown to Burnham by the time crystal, Control, in the body of Leland, successfully eliminated the Discovery bridge crew during the Battle near Xahea and took control of the ship and the Sphere data. However, after Burnham warned the crew of what she saw, they were able to alter the future with Control simply heading off to find the Sphere data after a brief engagement on the bridge. (DIS: "Such Sweet Sorrow", "Such Sweet Sorrow, Part 2")

In another alternate timeline, Discovery was abandoned and nearly wrecked near the debris field of Federation Headquarters. When Burnham and Commander Rayner arrived on this Discovery in 3218 from a time jump, they found the ship covered in dust and only Zora left who had lost most of her memory. Zora revealed that Discovery had been rescued from its time cycling by Starfleet too late to stop Moll and L'ak from finding the Progenitors technology and selling it to the Breen who had destroyed the Federation and killed everyone, including Discovery's crew. Zora helped the two figure out the pattern of the time cycling and begged them to make things right before Burnham and Rayner were sent to another time period. This future was averted when Burnham, Rayner and Paul Stamets, with the help of the Discovery crew of an alternate 2256, stopped the time cycling six hours after it began. (DIS: "Face the Strange")

In an alternate timeline, Burnham, Rayner and Stamets enlisted the help of the Discovery crew of 2256 to break the ship's time cycling, revealing to them details of the future in the process. The bridge crew aided in the process by breaking the warp bubble at maximum warp after Burnham revealed her personal knowledge of each of them, particularly of Airiam's death. In engineering, Rayner used his personal knowledge of Gen Rhys and Burnham -- who had already encountered her future self -- to convince them both to stand down. This timeline was erased when the time bug was removed before it could reset the cycle again as the changes made in each time period wouldn't become permanent until the bug reset. (DIS: "Face the Strange")

Embarked craft

Discovery carried a complement of Class C shuttlecraft and worker bees in its shuttlebay. In 2257, the shuttlecraft were upgraded with enhanced phasers in preparation for battle with a Control-led Section 31 fleet. (DIS: "Context Is for Kings", "Such Sweet Sorrow")

Discovery also carried four landing pods, first developed for a mission to Kim-Tara, though two were destroyed in 2257. (DIS: "Brother")

List of First contacts

Over its four years of service, the Discovery made first contact with the following species:

Command crew

Lorca in command of Discovery

Discovery under the command of Captain Gabriel Lorca in 2256

Discovery bridge, 2257

Discovery under the command of Acting Captain Saru in 2257

USS Discovery bridge

Discovery under the command of Captain Christopher Pike in 2257

Discovery command crew, 3189

Discovery command crew under the command of Captain Michael Burnham in 3189

Starships named Discovery
USS Discovery (NCC-1031-A) • USS Discovery (24th century)
Mirror universe: ISS Discovery
Crossfield-class starships
USS Discovery • USS Glenn
Mirror universe: ISS Discovery

See also

Appendices

Appearances

Background information

Bryan Fuller chose the Discovery's registry number, 1031, because he loves Halloween. [1]

Before the show premiered, Aaron Harberts described the ship as "the latest and greatest ship to roll off the assembly line" (SFX, issue 292, p. 80)

The set used for the Discovery's interior was a reused set which, with just a few changes, had previously served as the interiors of the USS Shenzhou and the USS Glenn. (AT: "Context Is for Kings")

In "Choose Your Pain", Saru, while commanding the ship, says he has 134 souls to protect, strongly hinting at the size of the ship's crew. The statement is made while captain Lorca and the shuttle pilot are off-ship, one episode after Ellen Landry is killed, and before Ash Tyler joins the crew, suggesting the complement is 136 at that time.

Apocrypha

USS Discovery appears in Star Trek Online in an ending cutscene for the players taking the "Discovery" route, where it mentions the crew and the special mission Discovery was to undertake. Later, in the mission "The Measure of Morality", Discovery is again mentioned when the player comes in contact with Michael Burnham. In that scene, it is mentioned that the Discovery was lost with all hands at some point in the past.

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