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{{Infobox Fictional Spacecraft
| name = ''Sovereign'' class
| image = USS Enterprise E First Contact.jpg
| caption = The ''Sovereign'' class starship USS [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-E)|''Enterprise''-E]] in ''First Contact''
| first = ''[[Star Trek: First Contact]]''
| last = ''[[Star Trek Nemesis]]''
| affiliation = [[United Federation of Planets]]<br/>[[Starfleet]]
| launched = approximately 2371
| decommissioned =
| registry = 
| auxcraft = shuttles<br>captain's yacht<br>runabouts
| armaments = 12 Type XII Phaser Arrays (16 in refit)<br/>[[Weapons of Star Trek#Quantum torpedoes|Quantum torpedoes]]<br/>[[Weapons of Star Trek#Photon torpedoes|Photon Torpedoes]]<br/>[[Phaser (Star Trek)|Phaser]]s
| defense = [[Deflector shields]]
| propulsion =  [[RCS thrusters]]<br/>Impulse engines<br/>[[Warp drive (Star Trek)|Warp drive]]
| Maximum warp factor = 9.985
| power = Warp reactor
| length = 685.7 meters
| width =
| height =
| decks = 24-29
}}
The '''''Sovereign''''' class is a fictional class of [[Starfleet]] [[starship]] in the [[Star Trek]] science fiction franchise. The sole member of this line has been the''Sovereign''-class [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-E)|USS ''Enterprise''-E]], which as of 2373as designed by  [[Herman Zimmerman]] and illustrator [[John Eaves]] for ''[[Star Trek: First Contact]]''. As of 2373, the ''Enterprise''-E is the most advanced Starfleet ship to have been built,<ref name="ST:FC">''[[Star Trek: First Contact]]'' (1996)</ref> and is the [[United Federation of Planets|Federation]] [[flagship]] as late as 2379. The model for the ''Sovereign''-class was designed by  [[Herman Zimmerman]] and illustrator [[John Eaves]] for ''[[Star Trek: First Contact]]''. <ref name="ST:N">''[[Star Trek Nemesis]]'' (2002)</ref>

The ''Sovereign''-class ''Enterprise'' has an [[ellipse|elliptical]] saucer section attached to the central mass with two symmetrical nacelles running parallel to the main hull. The bridge, impulse engines, main shuttlebay, [[Lifeboat (shipboard)|lifeboat]]s, and [[phaser (Star Trek)|phaser arrays]] are on the dorsal surface of the saucer section while additional phaser (contracted; show full)27;ku]] people from their planet in the Briar Patch.<ref name="ST:I">''[[Star Trek: Insurrection]]'' (1998)</ref> In 2379, the ship travels to [[Romulus and Remus (Star Trek)|Romulus]] to meet with Praetor [[Shinzon]]. The ''Enterprise'' is severely damaged while fighting Shinzon's ''[[Scimitar (Star Trek)|Scimitar]]'', and shortly thereafter undergoes major repairs in orbit over Earth.<ref name="ST:N" />
 Interestingly, ''Enterprise''-E has been the sole member of [[Sovereign class starship (Star Trek)|her class]] featuring in canon sources, unlike her ''Enterprise'' predecessors who have numerous sister ships.

Additionally, non-canon sources introduce the following ships:

; USS ''Sovereign'' (NX-73811, later NCC-73811) : The pathfinder for the class appears in ''[[Star Trek: Bridge Commander]]'', serving as the player's flagship for the second half of the game. Also, it becomes Admiral [[Kathryn Janeway]]'s flagship and is destroyed by a warp core breach in the novel [[Captain's Glory]] by [[William Shatner]].

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