The fourth Federation starship to bear the name Enterprise. It was an Ambassador-class vessel, Registry number NCC-1701-C. It was last and assumed destroyed near Narendra III in 2344. the ship was captained by Rachel Garrett. The ship responded to a distress call from the Klingon outpost on Narendra III. The outpost was under Romulan attack. During the Battle, a torpedo explosion opened a temporal rift. The Enterprise was sent some were 22 years forward in time. This was a focal point in history. With the Enterprise gone from the normal timeline an alternate timeline was formed, in which the Federation and the Klingon Empire were engaged in an extended war. The Federation was near defeat by 2366, when the Enterprise-C emerged from the rift. The Enterprise-D encountered it. It was soon realized that the ship must return to its proper time if history was to be restored and the terrible war with the Klingons was to be averted. The tragedy of the war was emphasized when a Klingon attack resulted in the death of Captain Garret, after which Enterprise-C officer Lieutenant Richard Castillo agreed to assume command of his ship, and return it to 2344. Enterprise-D officer Natasha Yar(alternate) who was alive in this timeline, volunteered to return with Castillo to help defend Narendra III against the Romulans. All Enterprise-C personnel understood that returning to the past was a virtual suicide mission because of the intensity of the Romulan attack on Narenda III. Once the Enterprise-C returned though the temporal rift, the time flow returned to normal. History was return to it's proper form.