USS Reliant (NCC-1864)

The USS Reliant (NCC-1864) was a Miranda class starship in service in the 23rd century. By the late 2270s, the Reliant was under the command of Captain Clark Terrell.

In 2281, the Reliant proceeded to the planet Halka after learning that they had been attacked by the Orions. Lt. Commander Pavel Chekov led a landing party to the surface and learned that a local boy named Lojur took up arms against the Orions, and was subsequently banned from his village by the Elders. Chekov took pity on the boy and beamed him aboard the Reliant. (TLE novel: The Sundered).

In 2284, the Reliant was detached from active service and assigned to assist Dr. Carol Marcus and her Project Genesis team find a suitable uninhabited planet for testing. In 2285, Terrell and Chekov beamed down to a planet they believed to be Ceti Alpha VI. When they discovered Khan Noonien Singh and his followers, they discovered that they were, in fact, on Ceti Alpha V, and that Ceti Alpha VI had been destroyed.

Using Terrell and Chekov, Khan took control of the Reliant and marooned the crew on Ceti Alpha V. After engaging the USS Enterprise and inflicting heavy damage, Khan took the Reliant to the Regula 1 Space Laboratory where he captured the Genesis Device. A cat-and-mouse game with the Enterprise in the Mutara Nebula led to the Reliant being crippled, and was ultimately destroyed when Khan detonated the Genesis Device in the nebula. (TOS novelization: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan).

Personnel

 * Commanding officer: Captain Clark Terrell
 * First officer: Commander Pavel Chekov
 * Second officer/Comm officer: Commander John Kyle
 * Helmsman: Commander "Stoney" Beach