The USS Titan was a Federation starship in the 24th century.
In 2379, newly-promoted Captain William Riker assumed command of the Titan which was then assigned to a new task force near the Romulan Neutral Zone. Commander Deanna Troi, now married to Riker, also transferred to the Titan with her husband, probably acting as ship's Counselor. (Star Trek Nemesis)
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Background
In the original script for Star Trek Nemesis, Wesley Crusher was to explain at the wedding scene that he was being assigned to the Titan. On Titan, he became the Assistant Chief Engineer with the rank of Lieutenant Commander. In a filmed but deleted scene, Crusher mentions he is on the night shift and that the Titan is equipped with a "double refracting warp core matrix with twin intermix chambers."
The USS Titan was either named after the figures of ancient Human Greek mythology or Saturn's largest moon, Titan, or both.
Apocrypha
Apocryphal depiction of the Titan on the cover of Sword of Damocles
It was never canonically revealed what type of ship the Titan was supposed to be, and it was never shown on screen. In non-canon source, the supplement Starships released for the Decipher Star Trek Roleplaying Game, suggests the Titan was a brand-new Template:ShipClass vessel. Neither of these are borne out by the producer's intentions or any on screen evidence. In the novel series Star Trek: Titan, we learned that the Titan would not be the first ship of its class, with that honor going to the pathfinder of the class, the "USS Luna", and that all Luna-class ships, such as the Titan, were named for moons in the Sol system. The novels also suggested the ship's registry number to be NCC-80102.
Pocket Books has released a series of novels, called Star Trek: Titan, which is based aboard Riker's ship. A competition to design the new vessel was held. Despite early conjectures that the Titan would be as large as its name suggests, the stipulations of the contest reveal that the ship is approximately 450 meters long, which is notably smaller than the last two starships Enterprise, and is only slightly bigger than Voyager. The contest rules established that within the novels' continuity, the ship is a Luna-class starship, with a crew complement of 350, and is intended as an extended-mission, deep-space explorer, apparently as a result of Starfleet's efforts to get back on an exploration standing following the Dominion War.
The winning design appeared similar to the Template:ShipClass, but on a smaller scale, and with a "roll-bar" above the saucer section, similar to that found on the Template:ShipClass. See winning illustration on the artist's website: USS Titan
For more information on the Titan design contest, which ended on August 15, 2005, see Pocket Books' Starship Titan Design Contest Rules
External links
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- USS Titan - the winner of the Titan design contest