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This article is about the Star Trek ship name. For the NASA design proposal, seeIXS Enterprise.For the TV series, seeStar Trek: Enterprise.For a list of ships namedEnterprise,seeUSS Enterprise.

EnterpriseorUSSEnterprise,often referred to as theStarshipEnterprise,is the name ofseveral fictional spacecraft,some of which are the main craft and setting for various television series and films in theStar Trekscience fiction franchise. The most notable were CaptainJames T. Kirk'sUSSEnterprise(NCC-1701)from theoriginal 1960s television series,and CaptainJean-Luc Picard'sUSSEnterprise(NCC-1701-D)fromStar Trek: The Next Generation.

Depiction

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Pre-Federation era

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Two spacecraft with the nameEnterprisepredate theUnited Federation of PlanetsinStar Trek's fictional timeline.

XCV 330

Registry:USSEnterprise(XCV 330)
Class:Declaration
Service:circa 2130s
Captain:Unknown
This USSEnterprise(XCV 330) appears inStar Trek: The Motion Picture(1979) among a series of illustrations depicting ships namedEnterprise.It also appears as a model inStar Trek Into Darkness(2013), together with models of theWright Flyer,aV-2 rocket,aBell X-1,aVostok-3KAcapsule, aSpace Shuttle orbiter,and someStar Trekuniverse starships. A painting of this ship hangs on the wall of Earth's 602 Club in flashbacks that appeared in theStar Trek: Enterpriseepisode "First Flight"(2003).

Non-canonsources give more details: The 1979Star Trek Spaceflight Chronologydescribes this "first interstellar liner" as aDeclaration-class ship launched in 2123.[1]Its length is given as 300 metres (980 ft), and it has a capacity of 100 crew and 850 passengers.[1]TheStar Trek Mapsby New Eye Photography Editors, also published in 1979, listed this ship as afusion driveprobethat was Earth's first attempt to explore another star system.The Making of Star Trek: The Motion Picture,published in 1980, describes the ship as "the very first starship U.S.S.Enterprise".[2]

NX-01, main setting ofStar Trek: Enterprise

Registry:Enterprise(NX-01)
Class:NX
Service:2151–2161 (10 years)
Captain:Jonathan Archer(Scott Bakula)
United Earth Starfleet'sEnterpriseis the main setting ofStar Trek: Enterprise(2001–2005).Enterprisewas the first Earth-built starship capable of reachingWarp 5.The ship was commanded by Captain Jonathan Archer and played an instrumental role in the founding of several proto-Federation alliances.Enterprisehad significant engagements with theKlingons,Suliban,Xindiand theRomulansand played a central role in the "Temporal Cold War". It is also featured as a model inStar Trek Into Darkness.As of 2401, an NX class which is heavily modified, is displayed at the Starfleet Museum above Athan Prime, inseason 3ofStar Trek: Picard(2023).

The Original Seriesera

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Three ships named USSEnterpriseare featured in the originalStar Trektelevision series and thefirstthroughseventhStar Trekfilms.

NCC-1701

Registry:USSEnterprise(NCC-1701)
Class:Constitution I, later refit as Constitution II[3][4][5]
Service:2245–2285 (40 years)
Captains:Robert April(James Doohan[voice],Adrian Holmes),Christopher Pike(Jeffrey Hunter,Sean Kenney,Anson Mount),James T. Kirk(William Shatner),Willard Decker(Stephen Collins),Spock(Leonard Nimoy).
TheFederation's firstEnterpriseis the main setting of the originalStar Trekseries (1966–1969) andStar Trek: The Animated Series(1973–74).[6]Having undergone an extensive rebuilding and refitting,Enterprisethen appears inStar Trek: The Motion Picture(1979),Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan(1982), andStar Trek III: The Search for Spock(1984) in which the starship is destroyed by its crew to escape capture.[6]Depictions of theEnterprisemade occasional appearances in laterStar Trekseries, before being reintroduced as the main setting of the prequelStar Trek: Strange New Worlds,portraying the ship's missions in the decade prior toThe Original Series.[7]

Details of the ship's appearance differed in the various series and films in which it appears. In the 1965 pilot episode "The Cage",whose footage was reused for a flashback to Captain Pike's command in the episode"The Menagerie"(1966), the ship'sbridgefeatured a transparent dome ceiling that was absent for the rest of the Original Series. A significantly redesigned version of Captain Pike'sEnterpriseappears inStar Trek: Discovery'ssecond season,set several years after the events of "The Cage".[8]The new design for theEnterprise,which more closely matches the aesthetic ofDiscovery,debuted in 2018 at the conclusion of theseason 1 finale,[8]and would go on to become the main setting of the seriesStrange New Worlds.

When theEnterprisewas reintroduced in the 1979 filmStar Trek: The Motion Picture,the ship had just completed an extensive refit and redesign that included new slimmer warp nacelles, connected to the secondary hull by angled winglike struts.[9]The updated design would be reused later for theEnterprise's replacement, an identical starship given the nameEnterpriseand registry number NCC-1701-A.

NCC-1701-A

Registry:USSEnterprise(NCC-1701-A)
Class:Constitution II
Service:2286–2293 (7 years)
Captains:James T. Kirk(William Shatner)
This ship first appears at the conclusion ofStar Trek IV: The Voyage Home(1986) and is the main setting in the subsequentStar Trekmovies which use the original crew. The ship is ordered "decommissioned"at the end ofStar Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country(1991).[6]As of 2401, it resides at the Starfleet Museum above Athan Prime, appearing inseason 3ofStar Trek: Picard(2023).Non-canoninformation concerning this ship includes paperwork included with the model kit, which indicated the ship wasmothballedat the Memory Alpha ship museum, and theShatnerversenovelThe Ashes of Eden(1996), which depictedEnterprise-A's removal from the mothball fleet before being destroyed defending the planet Chal.

NCC-1701-B

Registry:USSEnterprise(NCC-1701-B)
Class:Excelsior-class refit[10]
Service:2293–2329 (36 years)
Captains:John Harriman(Alan Ruck),Demora Sulu(portrayed inGenerationsbyJacqueline Kim)
TheEnterprise-B was launched at the beginning of the filmStar Trek Generations(1994). During the ship's maiden voyage, prior to it being properly fitted with essential systems, the crew encountered an energy ribbon known as the Nexus, through which James T. Kirk – captain of the two former Enterprise starships, NCC-1701 and NCC-1701-A – was officially declared missing and presumed dead.[11]

The design of theEnterprise-B is similar to that of the USSExcelsior,which first appeared in the 1984 filmStar Trek III: The Search For Spock.[9]Differences between theEnterprise-B and theExcelsiorinclude: flarings on the outside of the secondary hull, additional and larger impulse engines, and slight differences between the nacelles as well as the bridge modules.Non-canoninformation concerning theEnterprise-B includes several licensedStar Treknovels in which Demora Sulu, daughter of Hikaru Sulu, followed Harriman as captain. There are also licensed guides, such as theHaynes Enterprise Manual,in which a list of the ship's captains includes Demora Sulu, William George, and Thomas Johnson Jr.

The Next Generationera

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Three ships namedEnterpriseare featured inStar Trek: The Next Generationtelevision series and fourTNG-era films. Two additionalEnterpriseships appear in thethird season ofStar Trek: Picard,in whichTNG's command crew are reunited.

NCC-1701-C

Registry:USSEnterprise(NCC-1701-C)
Class:Ambassador
Service:2332[12]–2344 (12 years)
Captains:Rachel Garrett (Tricia O'Neil)
This ship's first and only appearance is in theNext Generationepisode "Yesterday's Enterprise"(1990).[11]It was destroyed attempting to defend the Klingon outpost Narendra III fromRomulanattack.[11]Survivors includedTasha Yar(Denise Crosby), whose alternate timeline version from "Yesterday's Enterprise" travels with the ship back in time to the battle over Narendra III.[11]The actions of theEnterprise-C's crew became a catalyst for the alliance between the Federation and the Klingon Empire.[11]

NCC-1701-D

Registry:USSEnterprise(NCC-1701-D)
Class:Galaxy
Service:2363–2371 and 2401–2402 (9 years)
Captains:Jean-Luc Picard(Patrick Stewart),William T. Riker(Jonathan Frakes),Edward Jellico(Ronny Cox)
The main setting ofStar Trek: The Next Generation(1987–1994).[11]DuringStar Trek Generations,Enterprise-D was lost in 2371 after an attack by theDuras sisters' renegade Klingon Bird-of-Prey which caused extensive damage, leading to a warp core breach. Although the saucer section was safely separated before the breach, the shock wave from the exploding engineering hull threw it out of control, and caused it to crash-land on Veridian III.[11]The ship also appears in the firstDeep Space Nineepisode "Emissary"and the finalEnterpriseepisode "These Are the Voyages...".It appears in a dream sequence in the pilot ofStar Trek: Picard,and after its saucer section was retrieved and placed in the Fleet Museum, it is revealed to have been reconstructed in full byGeordi La Forgeas a working ship in the penultimate episode, set in 2401. In the final episode,Enterprise-D engages the Borg one last time and is returned to the Fleet Museum the following year.

NCC-1701-E

Registry:USSEnterprise(NCC-1701-E)
Class:Sovereign
Service:2372–2384 (12 years)
Captains:Jean-Luc Picard(Patrick Stewart)
The main setting for the filmsStar Trek: First Contact(1996),Star Trek: Insurrection(1998), andStar Trek: Nemesis(2002). She also appeared in the season 1 finale ofStar Trek: Prodigy(2022), set in the mid-2380s. As aSovereign-class vessel, it was the most advanced vessel inStarfleet,and an active participant in theBattle of Sector 001and theDominion War.

NCC-1701-F

Registry:USSEnterprise(NCC-1701-F)
Class:Odyssey
Service:2386–2401 (15 years)
Commanding officer:Fleet AdmiralElizabeth Shelby(Elizabeth Dennehy)
This ship appeared inseason 3ofStar Trek: Picard(2023). In the year 2401, the ship was set to bedecommissionedfollowing the Frontier Day festival. The ship first appeared in thenon-canonvideo game,Star Trek Online,and was designed by artist and graphics designer Adam Ihle as part of a fan competition.

NCC-1701-G

Registry:USSEnterprise(NCC-1701-G)
Class:Constitution III
Service:2396–2401 (as USSTitan), 2402– (as USSEnterprise)
Captains:Liam Shaw (Todd Stashwick),Seven of Nine(Jeri Ryan)
TheEnterprise-G appeared in season 3 ofStar Trek: Picard(2023). In the year 2401, the ship was originally designated as theUSSTitan(NCC-80102-A)under the command of Captain Liam Shaw. By 2402, theTitan-A was renamed and rechristened as theEnterprise-G, in honor of the crew of the USSEnterprise-D, for their contributions in battle against the Borg.

Registry:USSEnterprise
Service:circa 3190
In the 32nd century, a starship Enterprise noted heated plasma while closing on a subspace rift. Little else is known about this vessel, as it was only mentioned by name.

Alternate timelines

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Alternate future

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NCC-1701-D refit

Registry:USSEnterprise(NCC-1701-D)
Class:Galaxyrefit
Service:circa 2395
Captain:Full AdmiralWilliam T. Riker(Jonathan Frakes)
In "All Good Things...",the final episode ofStar Trek: The Next Generation,Enterprise-D was shown in an alternate future where it had not crashed during the events ofStar Trek Generations,and instead had been made Admiral William T. Riker's personal flagship. A third warp nacelle allowed the ship to reach at least Warp 13, and theEnterprise-D had also been equipped with a spinal phaser lance, large phaser cannons on the saucer section, and cloaking ability, making it one of the most powerful starships seen in theStar Trekfranchise.[13]

NCC-1701-J

Registry:USSEnterprise(NCC-1701-J)
Class:Universe
Service:26th century
The "Azati Prime"episode ofStar Trek: Enterpriseinvolves time travel and features a scene in whichEnterprise-J appears.Enterprise-J operates in a possible timeline during the 26th century. In this timeline,Enterprise-J participated in the Battle of Procyon V, a climactic battle in which the Federation successfully drove the invasive trans-dimensional beings known as theSphere Buildersback into their own realm. The ship's crew included a descendant of theXindiscientistDegra.[14]

Registry:UEFEnterprise
Class:Constitution
Service:circa 2259
Captain:James T. Kirk (Paul Wesley)
The "Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow" episode ofStar Trek: Strange New Worldsintroduces an alternate timeline where Earth was attacked by Romulans, and the United Federation of Planets subsequently never formed. The UEF Enterprise (United Earth Ship Enterprise) was constructed at the Luna Shipyards on Luna as part of the United Earth Fleet.

Games (non-canon)

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NCC-1701-F

Registry:USSEnterprise(NCC-1701-F)
Class:Odyssey(Yorktownrefit)
Service:2409–
Captain:Va'Kel Shon
One version of USSEnterprise(NCC-1701-F) appears in themassively multiplayer online role-playing gameStar Trek Online.Its design is based on the entry submitted by Adam Ihle for the 2011 "Design the nextEnterprise"contest, a joint venture between Cryptic Studios, CBS, and Intel, which ran shortly before the game went" free to play ".Enterprise-F made its first appearance in the mission "Boldly They Rode", at the point where USSEnterprise-F appears to help the player defeat the Dominion fleet surrounding Deep Space Nine. In 2018, the in-game appearance of the ship was changed to that of a "Yorktown Class" vessel, after the ship was damaged and refit as part of the game's story.[15]The original, Odyssey class version of the ship would later appear in Season 3 ofStar Trek: Picardin February 2023, making theEnterprise-F part of the officialStar Trekcanon.[16][17]

Mirror universe

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TheMirror Universefirst appeared in the original series as analternate realitywhere the militaristic Terran Empire exists in place of the regular universe's United Federation of Planets ( "Mirror, Mirror"). A montage in the opening credits of theStar Trek: Enterpriseepisode "In a Mirror, Darkly"shows the Terran Empire logo in use by at least World War II, with licensed novels putting the divergence before Shakespeare, or even classic Greek literature.

Registry:ISSEnterprise(NX-01)
Class:NX
Service:2150s
Captains:Maximilian Forrest (Vaughn Armstrong), Jonathan Archer (Scott Bakula)
TheStar Trek: Enterpriseepisode "In a Mirror, Darkly"features a Mirror Universe version of NX-01Enterprise.This ship is equipped with a cloaking device, deflector shields, a tractor beam, a prototype agony booth, and different exterior markings. It is commanded by Captain Maximilian Forrest, although for a brief time his first officer, Commander Jonathan Archer, takes command following a mutiny. ThisEnterpriseis destroyed by theTholians.

Registry:ISSEnterprise(NCC-1701)
Class:Constitution
Service:2260s
Captains:Christopher Pike, James T. Kirk (William Shatner), Spock (Leonard Nimoy)
A Mirror UniverseEnterpriseappears in the originalStar Trekepisode "Mirror, Mirror".[6]The ship is equipped with an agony booth and the mirror in the captain's quarters conceals Captain Kirk's deadly Tantalus device.[6]ISSEnterprisewas originally the same shooting model as the regularEnterprise.[6]The remastered version of "Mirror, Mirror" includes a CGI version ofEnterprisewith "ISS" markings on the hull and minor physical differences from USSEnterprise,such as a larger deflector dish, a taller bridge, and altered nacelle details. The ship was also shown orbiting the planet in the opposite direction (clockwise instead of counter-clockwise).[18]InStar Trek: Discoveryseason 5,the ISSEnterprisereturns in the episode "Mirrors" where it is found stuck in interdimensional space, having been used by refugees fleeing the mirror universe (after the death of the Terran High Chancellor) who subsequently abandoned ship when it got stuck. TheEnterpriseis freed by the USSDiscoveryand sent to Federation Headquarters for storage. The crew of theDiscoverylearns from Federation databases that most of thisEnterprisecrew had survived and found new lives in the prime universe.

Reboot (Kelvintimeline) films

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The 2009Star Trekfilm takes place in anew realitycreated when the RomulanNerotraveled through time via anartificial black holecreated byred matter.

NCC-1701

Registry:USSEnterprise(NCC-1701)
Service:2258–2263 (5 years)
Captains:Christopher Pike(Bruce Greenwood),James T. Kirk(Chris Pine)

The main setting for the filmsStar Trek(2009),Star Trek Into Darkness(2013), andStar Trek Beyond(2016).Enterpriseis shown during its construction phase at the Riverside Shipyard in Iowa during the first film. A brief shot of the NCC-1701 is seen as the shuttlecraft carrying Kirk and the new recruits into space departs the shipyard later on in the movie. At the end ofStar Trek Into Darkness,Enterprisestarted its five-year mission. The ship was later destroyed by Krall and his alien swarm attack during the events ofStar Trek Beyond.

Measurements of this ship's length have ranged from 295 meters[19]to 910 meters.[20][21][22][23]In an article about the 2009 film's visual effects,Cinefexwrote, "The reconfigured ship was a larger vessel than previous manifestations – approximately 1,200 feet (370 m) long compared to the 947 foot (289 m) ship of the original series",[24]and quotedIndustrial Light & Magicart director Alex Jaeger discussing the design's growth in size during early production of the film: "Once we got the ship built and started putting it in environments it felt too small. The shuttle bay gave us a clear relative scale – shuttlecraft initially appeared much bigger than we had imagined – so we bumped up the Enterprise scale, which gave her a grander feel and allowed us to include more detail."[24]

A special feature on starships in theBlu-ray(BD) version of the movie gives the length as 2,379 feet (725 m), which would be larger than theNext GenerationD and E versions, making it the largest USSEnterprisein the franchise history (not counting the pre-Federation eraEnterprise(XCV 330),seen only as a model). This would result in a height of 167m, and a beam of 339m.

Registry:USSEnterprise(NCC-1701-A)
Class:Constitution
Service:2263–ongoing
Captains:James T. Kirk(Chris Pine)
Enterprise-A first appears at the end ofStar Trek Beyondafter the destruction of the originalEnterprisewhen the crew resume their five-year mission.

Sean Hargreaves stated that he was given the brief to "beef up the neck and arms" on the Ryan Church design, but went further to give the ship echoes of Matt Jefferies' original design.

Development

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According toThe Star Trek Encyclopedia,the registry numberNCC-1701was devised byMatt Jefferies,art director of the firstStar Trekseries, inspired by an old science fiction cover that Gene Roddenberry liked, with a starship flying through space.[citation needed]Jefferies, who was a pilot, based NCC onUnited States aircraft pre-1949 registration codes.In such pre-1949 usage, an "N" first letter refers to an aircraft registered in the United States. A "C" for a second letter refers to a civil aircraft. Jefferies added a second "C" because he thought it looked better.[11]

TheFranz JosephBlueprints,the bookThe Making of Star Trek,and a handful ofStar Treknovels speculate that NCC is aninitialismfor "Naval Construction Contract".

In an interview with the BBC, Jefferies explained that NC is the designation for U.S. civil aircraft and civil aircraft in theSoviet Unionused the designation CCCC. He concluded that any major future space projects would likely be a combined international effort, thus he invented the combined designation NCC. The 1701 had two functions, it represented the first (01) ship of a 17th federation cruiser design, and that the digits were unlikely to be misread, unlike 6, 8, or 9.[25]

In Gene Roddenberry's originalStar Trekpitch, the starship is described as a "United Space Ship", and in two episodes ofThe Original Series(TOS), Kirk refers to the "United Space ShipEnterprise".

Redesign forStar Trek: Planet of the Titans

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Ralph McQuarrie's redesignedEnterprisefromStar Trek: Planet of the Titans

In 1976, beforeStar Trek: The Motion Picture,Paramount had planned aStar Trekfilm to have been namedStar Trek: Planet of the Titans.Early in the production,Ralph McQuarriehad been hired to redesign theEnterprise.The major feature of the redesign was to replace the cigar-shaped secondary hull with a larger, triangle-shaped "delta wing"section. McQuarrie's design was discarded in favor of keeping the general shape of theEnterpriseintact for the redesign unveiled inStar Trek: The Motion Picture.

Three decades later, the McQuarrie design for theEnterprisewas adopted as the basis for the design of the USSDiscoveryinStar Trek: Discovery,a 2017 series that takes place ten years earlier than the originalStar Trek.[26]

Captain's yacht

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The captain's yacht is a large auxiliary starship built into the design of several Federation starship designs including theGalaxy-class andSovereign-class. It was docked to the underside of the saucer section. On USSEnterprise-E, the name of the captain's yacht is theCousteau.In 2375, the crew of USSEnterprise-E used theCousteauto travel to the surface of theBa'kuhomeworld, in the filmStar Trek: Insurrection.

DesignerAndrew Probertcame up with the concept of the captain's yacht while designing theUSSEnterprise-D.Although it was never seen in use, it is labeled on the master systems display screen in main engineering, docked at the bottom of the saucer section almost directly opposite the main bridge. Probert suggested possible ways for the yacht to be used during the first season, including not showing the yacht but mentioning it in dialogue, but his ideas were rejected. The producers almost used the yacht in the episode "Samaritan Snare",but decided to use an" executive shuttlecraft "due to budgetary constraints.[27]According to Patrick Stewart, the yacht would have been called theCalypso.[27]ProducerRonald D. Moorenoted in theStar Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manualthat real-life naval tradition would insist on calling such a craft thecaptain's gig,rather than the captain's yacht.[27]

Rick Sternbach later designed similar craft for USSVoyagerand USSEquinox,known as the aeroshuttle and the waverider, respectively. As on theEnterprise-D, however, these vessels were only depicted on technical schematics and never seen in operation or referred to in dialog.

Reception and influence

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Gizmodo'sIo9blog ranked the original design of theUSSEnterprise(NCC-1701)as the best version of theEnterprise,characterizing the original as still superior to 11 later versions of theEnterprisethat had appeared in theStar Trekfranchise.[28]By contrast, in 2019,SyFyranked the refit design of theEnterprise(NCC-1701 and NCC-1701-A) as the franchise's best, ranking the original design as only the fourth best version of the starship.[9]

Timedescribed each iteration of theEnterpriseas "a character in its own right".[29]Over many decades, the starship has influenced real-life activities ofNASAand theU.S. Navy:

  • In 1976, as the result of a successful letter writing campaign by fans, NASA named the initial flight-testSpace ShuttleEnterprise.[30][31]However, the shuttle itself was never intended to fly in space, to be used only for initial atmospheric flight tests.
  • For three days in October 1994, the aircraft carrierUSSEnterprise(CVN-65)hosted half-hour tours for thousands of fans attending aStar Trekconvention inNorfolk, Virginia,andStar Trekmemorabilia could be found throughout the ship.[32][33]
  • In 2014, NASA named itsIXSEnterpriseadvanced propulsion concept vehicle after theStar Trekvessel.[34]

Celebrity astrophysicistNeil deGrasse Tysonhas spoken highly of the influence and legacy of theoriginalEnterpriseon other fictional spaceships. Drawing a parallel to comparing athletes between eras, he said of spaceship design, "What matters is not what they look like now, but what they looked to others at the time that they prevailed... There is only one spaceship that's earlier than [the originalEnterprise], and that's the flying saucer fromThe Day the Earth Stood Still.So, what matters here is, what did [theEnterprise] look like at the time it came out (1966) compared with anything that had been imagined before? And when you consider that, that is the most astonishing machine that has ever graced the screen. "[35]On the ship's influence upon scientists, Tyson wrote, "TheEnterprisewas the first ever spaceship represented in storytelling that was not designed to go from one place to another; [it was] only designed to explore. It was revolutionary in terms of what we would think space would, and should, be about. "[36]

NetDragon Websoft,a gaming and mobile Internet company inFuzhou,China, based the architectural design of its headquarters building on theNext Generation-eraEnterprise(primarily theEnterprise-E), under an official license from CBS.[37]

See also

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References

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