Changes: USS Monitor (Defiant class) (I)

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The USS Monitor was a Defiant class Federation starship in service in the late 24th century.

In 2371, under the command of Captain John Lewinski, the Monitor defeated the Romulan warbird Avatar of Tomed. She was then placed under the command of Captain Spock and dispatched on a mission to the Borg homeworld to stop the Romulan-Borg invasion of the Federation. Before departing on the mission, Captain Lewinski had the name USS Enterprise painted on her hull as a tribute to her new temporary crew. The Monitor successfully completed her mission, when Captain Kirk sacrificed himself to destroy the Borg nexus. (TOS novel: The Return)

In 2375, the Monitor was later fitted with a recovered Borg transwarp drive and was lost with all hands while conducting tests on her transwarp drive traveling between Starbases 324 and 718 with a skeleton crew of thirty-eight, twenty of whom were warp engineers/specialists. While conducting the tests the Monitor was swept into Intra-galactic space between the Milky Way and Andromeda Galaxies, 350,000 light-years from the Milky Way with an inoperative Transwarp drive and a centuries long return trip home, at warp speeds, ahead of them.

Three years later, the Monitor, which was about to be destroyed by a phenomenon the crew dubbed "The Distortion" (later revealed to have been a "projection" of the Totality) relayed a burst transmission to the Federation by way of the Kelvan expeditionary mission return probes warning them of the threat of the Distortion. (TOS novels: Captain's Peril and Captain's Glory).

Personnel

Commanding officer:

Captain Spock (2371)

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 The '''[[USS Monitor|USS ''Monitor'']]''' was a [[Defiant class]] [[Federation]] [[starship]] in service in the late [[24th century]].
-In [[2371]], under the command of [[Captain]] [[John Lewinski]], the ''Monitor'' defeated the [[Romulan]] warbird ''[[IRW Avatar of Tomed|Avatar of Tomed]]''.  She was renamed USS Enterprise for a covert mission to the borg homeworld (''[[TOS]]'' [[novel]]: ''[[The Return (novel)|The Return]]'')
+In [[2371]], under the command of [[Captain]] [[John Lewinski]], the ''Monitor'' defeated the [[Romulan]] warbird ''[[IRW Avatar of Tomed|Avatar of Tomed]]''.  She was then placed under the command of [[Captain]] [[Spock]] and dispatched on a mission to the [[Borg homeworld]] to stop the [[Romulan]]-[[Borg]] invasion of the Federation.  Before departing on the mission, Captain Lewinski had the name [[USS Enterprise|'''USS ''Enterprise'']]''' painted on her hull as a tribute to her new temporary crew.  The ''Monitor'' successfully completed her mission, when Captain Kirk sacrificed himself to destroy the Borg nexus. (''[[TOS]]'' [[novel]]: ''[[The Return (novel)|The Return]]'')
 In [[2375]], the ''Monitor'' was later fitted with a recovered [[Borg]] [[transwarp]] drive and was lost with all hands while conducting tests on her transwarp drive traveling between [[Starbase]]s [[Starbase 324|324]] and [[Starbase 718|718]] with a skeleton crew of thirty-eight, twenty of whom were warp engineers/specialists. While conducting the tests the ''Monitor'' was swept into Intra-galactic space between the [[Milky Way Galaxy|Milky Way]] and [[Andromeda Galaxy|Andromeda]] [[Galaxy|Galaxies]], 350,000 light-years from the Milky Way with an inoperative Transwarp drive and a centuries long return trip home, at warp speeds, ahead of them.