NX CLASS

   The history of the NX Class begins in 2119 with the opening of the Warp 5 complex by Zephrem Cochrane and Henry Archer. Cochrane, Archer and other scientists hoped to create a warp engine capable of reaching Warp 5. Unfortunately, Cochrane would later disappear in 2119 and Archer would die from Clarke's disease in the 2120's. However progress was made and Earth's Starfleet created the NX Project in about 2140, under the supervision of then-Commodore Forrest, to test the various warp engine systems that the Warp 5 Complex designed. During the 2140's, four Starfleet officers test-pilot the ships outfitted with the experimental engine systems. In 2143, two of these pilots, Commander A.G. Johnson and Commander Jonathan Archer would break the Warp 2 barrier and reach Warp 2.5. Two years later, another pilot, named Duvall, would make history by reaching Warp 3. Construction of Earth's first Warp 5 starship is begun by Starfleet in early 2150. The new Warp 5 ship is commissioned by Starfleet as Enterprise, bearing the registry number, NX-01. Jonathan Archer, now holding the rank of Captain, is given command of Enterprise prior to its earlier than scheduled launch in April 2151. Almost immediately after launching from Earth, Enterprise and its' crew become pawns in a "temporal cold war" being waged amongst various time traveling factions and their agents. Various events take place throughout Enterprise's exploratory mission over the next three years.
   After a horrific attack on Earth that claimed the lives of seven million humans in early 2153, Starfleet recalls Enterprise to Earth. The pilot of the ship that attacked Earth is identified as a member of the Xindi, a species previously known to humans, living in a region of space known as the Delphic Expanse. Enterprise undergoes retrofitting in order to locate the Xindi. This retrofit enhances the ship's hull plating, provides new projectile weapons known as photonic torpedoes and a new information/intelligence gathering commmand center. Over the next year, Archer and his crew aboard the Enterprise seek out the Xindi to prevent a possible second attack on Earth. The mission is successfully completed however 27 members of Archer's crew are killed and Enterprise is severely damaged during the finaly days of the mission. Upon their return home in early 2154, Enterprise undergoes repairs in Earth orbit; while the second NX class starship, already commissioned as Columbia and registered NX-02, is under construction and is scheduled for completion by middle of the year.