While many of the Federation starships are destroyed early in the engagement, the Defiant manages to continue fighting the Borg Cube as it approaches Earth. (ENT: "In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II"), Recovered Defiant data with slight variations, Due to its potentially incendiary nature, the exact circumstances of the Defiant's arrival in the mirror universe (and the universe it came from) remained highly classified. When Phlox disabled main power, the Defiant was left defenseless, and Avenger, commandeered by Soval and other non-Terrans, began firing at her. decommissioned (2376), The USS Defiant (NCC-1764) was a Federation Constitution-class (Bonhomme Richard sub-type) heavy cruiser in service to Starfleet in the 23rd century. An agreement between the Federation and the Romulans limits the use of the cloak to intelligence-gathering missions in the Gamma Quadrant in exchange for all of Starfleet's intelligence on the Dominion. It was developed in response to the Borg threat as originally encountered in 2365. Nevertheless, Moore stated that as far as he was concerned, the change did happen. [5], The moment when Sisko decloaks the Defiant spacecraft for the first time in "The Search" was rated by Geek.com in 2015 as one of the top 35 moments in Star Trek; they said it marked a "great start" to the third season of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. When Starfleet refused to surrender, the Defiant was forced to engage a fleet of seven Terran vessels; including the dreadnought ISS Imperator, four NX-class battlecruisers, including the ISS Broadsword and ISS Khan's Wrath as well as a pair of destroyers. The USS da Vinci was sent to salvage the vessel until the Tholian vessel opened fire. (DIS: "Vaulting Ambition"), The USS Defiant was originally named the "USS Scimitar" in an early draft of the script for "The Tholian Web." The invention of the USS Defiant was preceded by Ira Steven Behr and Robert Hewitt Wolfe discussing, for some time, the possibility of giving the main characters of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine a method to leave space station Deep Space 9 en masse. [5] In the final draft script for "In a Mirror, Darkly," a note read, "We'll suggest the Defiant is a slightly newer vessel than Kirk’s ship; the exterior shows slightly more detail... intricate hull plating patterns can be visible in reflected light, etc. (SCE eBooks: Interphase, Part One, Interphase, Part Two; VAN novel: What Judgments Come; DSC episode: "Vaulting Ambition"), Time was altered when the Na'kuhl, bent on revenge towards the Tholians for the destruction of their homeworld, ambushed the Tholian colony that was nearby, murdering an entire generation of Tholians. The ship later participated in the battle over Aldus Prime against rebel ships in an attempt to rescue Empress Sato. During the early years of her service, the Defiant conducted many missions of importance for Starfleet, and constantly patrolled the Klingon Neutral Zone as tensions between the two powers continued to rise. Arriving in the system, Enterprise was destroyed by a Tholian web shortly after beaming an away team over consisting of Archer, Commander T'Pol, Commander Tucker, Lieutenant Reed, and Sergeant Travis Mayweather. (DIS: "Despite Yourself"), Burnham was able to retrieve some information on the Defiant's crossover from the Shenzhou, however the information she had access to was heavily redacted. Archer and the ISS Enterprise were eventually ordered by Admiral Black to investigate.