The Sakurazaka was a far future Federation starship, a Federation timeship in Starfleet service for thousands of years. Its commanding officer was an artificial intelligence with rigid programming. (TNG comic: "Waypoint, Issue 1")
- The ship may have the USS or UTS, or another registry prefix.
Service history and disposition[]
The Sakurazaka entered service at an unspecified point in time when the United Federation of Planets was thousands of years old. It had a Human crew complement of 200 engineers. The ship's mainframe and captain was an artificial intelligence. The ship operated as a timeship. Protocols it observed included Starfleet's Prime Directive.
The Sakurazaka was in service for thousands of years. At some point, it travelled to the 2380s decade in the late 24th century. The Sakurazaka suddenly popped into existence in a sector. Its appearance was investigated by Captain Geordi La Forge and Commander Data of the USS Enterprise. The crew of the Chimer-class cruiser consisted of one physical copy of Data, and several holographic versions projected across the ship.
Initially, the Enterprise crew was unable to identify the Federation timeship. Data recognised that the Sakurazaka's message was not aimed at Humans, and consisted of the Prime Directive. Data and the AI captain interfaced. The Sakurazaka was going to self destruct to avoid contamination of a lesser civilization. Data argued for sparing the lives of the Sakurazaka crew. However, the AI captain stated that no commanding officer on record had ever broken the prime directive - a fact Commander Data recognised as false. He advised the AI to review the record of Admiral Jean-Luc Picard but the captain was not swayed. Data committed mutiny against Captain La Forge to merge with the timeship's mainframe, allowing the Human crew to be beamed to Enterprise.
The Enterprise warped out as the Sakurazaka self-destructed. La Forge underwent an investigative hearing at Starfleet Headquarters in San Francisco on Earth, and convinced Admiral Picard to employ the Sakurazaka engineers in La Forge's next project, the reconstruction of Data. (TNG - Waypoint comic: "Puzzles")
Personnel[]
- commanding officer:
- captain, unnamed AI
- crew:
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Connections[]
- The ship may be named for the Human science fiction author Hiroshi Sakurazaka.