The USS Defiant is the name of two starships in the Star Trek media franchise, most notably featured in the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993–1999) and the film Star Trek: First Contact (1996).

After the USS Odyssey was destroyed in late 2370, Commander Benjamin Sisko, who served on the team that designed the Defiant, requested that the vessel be pulled out of storage and assigned to Deep Space 9 to counter a new threat of the Dominion.

The USS Defiant docked at Deep Space 9. The Defiant-class was heavily armored and incorporated the latest in Starfleet weaponry and defensive technology along with a class-7 warp drive.

Feb 5, 2021 · The USS Defiant was made famous by Star Trek: Deep Space Nine but there were actually 4 starships named Defiant that all don't share a legacy. Every Defiant changed the fate of the Prime and Mirror Universes.

Jan 20, 2025 · A heavily-armed warship designed, in part, by Captain Benjamin Sisko (Avery Brooks), the USS Defiant was the prototype of a new starship class designed to fight the Borg. DS9 repurposed the Defiant as Sisko's main weapon against the Dominion.

The USS Defiant (NX-74205), formerly the USS Sao Paulo (NCC-75633), was a Federation Defiant-class starship operated by Starfleet during the 24th century. It was assigned to Deep Space 9 in the final weeks of the Dominion War.

May 21, 2024 · Star Trek: Deep Space Nine's iconic starship, the USS Defiant, got its name thanks to Star Trek: Voyager. The Defiant was introduced in DS9 season 3, episode 1, "The Search, Part 1", written by Ronald D. Moore, the writer's first script for Deep Space Nine.

The Defiant is a highly controversial ship in some ways. Firstly, it throws up yet another error in the DS9 TM. The book has the Defiant with a top speed of Warp 9.982, while the episode "The Sound of her Voice" establishes a more modest top speed of Warp 9.5. But this is peanuts compared to the issue of the Defiants size.

Jan 14, 2025 · Set over 200 years after Star Trek: Enterprise, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine unveiled a second starship named Defiant in its Mirror Universe storyline. The ISS Defiant was crafted by the Terran resistance using schematics from …

The USS Defiant NX-74205 was the prototype vessel for the Defiant-class starships. It was Starfleet's first true warship and had no provisions for families or diplomatic missions, no science lab, no holodecks, or any of the other comforts of home.