STARSHIP
Name:	Columbia
Registry:	NX-02
Class:	NX
Type:	Explorer
Affiliation:	United Earth Federation Starfleet
Status:	crash landed in the Gamma Quadrant, recovered as of 2377
The Columbia under construction in Earth orbit.

Columbia (NX-02) was a NX-class explorer in Earth Starfleet service during the mid-22nd century.

Columbia was launched in November 2154 as the second ship of the NX-class, with several technological upgrades compared to her predecessor. Her first commanding officer was Erika Hernandez. (ENT: "Affliction", "Home")

The logs of the starship Discovery for August 9, 2156 (during the Earth-Romulan War) recommended to Starfleet that Columbia, along with Atlantis, catch the Romulans off-guard by performing surgical ‘calvary raids’ on their outposts. (USS Baldwin: "Against the Wind")

The wreckage of Columbia was found on a planet in the Gamma Quadrant two hundred years after she had been reported lost. It was speculated that the Dominion might have had contact with the Alpha Quadrant far earlier than had been realized. (Ships of the Line; Star Trek: Destiny novel: Gods of Night)

In different realities, Columbia had different designations.

• Columbia NX-02 (ENT, Trekmania, etc.)
• ESS Columbia NX-10 (Starfleet: The First Era)

Fan continuitiesEdit

"As if Rain for Resurrection"Edit

In this continuity, Columbia was not lost in the 2150s, and was in service through at least 2179. An ancestor of James T. Kirk's was a cook aboard Columbia.

Star Trek: ArtemisEdit

In 2385, Columbia was placed under the command of Fleet Captain David Hawk, who has been chosen to lead a team of officers into the past to stop a group of Human Augments from changing Federation history. (Star Trek: Artemis)

External linksEdit

• Columbia (NX-02) article at Memory Alpha, the canon Star Trek wiki.
• Columbia (NX-02) article at Memory Beta, the non-canon Star Trek wiki.