History about the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-D
In the star trek persception of the future. The world will enter a third an extremely brutal world war. Which will kill about 600 million people. After senseless violence and virutally shut down planet. In 2053, a psychics scienstist Dr. Zephren Cochrine will devleop the first light speed (or commonly known as "Warp") driven space craft, the Pheonix. At the time of its first successful flight, the warp signature of the vessel was detechted by a alien race known as the Vulcans and although passing by the solar system on a survey mission, they change course make first contact with earth. This event allows earth to finally live in complete and total peace with no war, disease, or poverty.
With the concepts of the warp drive engine, humans are now capable of exploring the galaxy and the first United Federation of Planets starship Enterprise NX-01 is made. Follow its exploratory journey is other ships that continue to explore the galaxy, most notably the starship U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701 which has been under the care of three different captains, but most notably the esteemed James T. Kirk.
Kirks missions have saved Earth and the Federation countless of times, but also disobedied Starfleet Regulations multiple times as well. After Kirk directly disobedied orders to save a dead comrad to his former crew which cost the starship U.S.S. Enterprise her life, he saved Earth from its self demise. This act of salvation to the planet earned him the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-A. It is this event which led the Enterprise to be the flagship of the United Federation of Planets. About 80 Earth years laters, Captain Jean Luc Picard was given command of the first Galaxy class vessel U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-D. Which had led multiple successful missions for the Federation. After eight years, the Enterprise-D well victim to a rebel Klingon attack. While most of the crew escape with their lives, what exists of this memorable ship lies on the vacant planet of Viridian 3.
Later Picard is given the Enterprise-E the first Sovergn class starship and for the rest of the future, well who knows.