USS Constitution (22nd century)
- For other uses, seeConstitution.
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TheUSSConstitution was aFederationstarship inStarfleet service in the22nd century.
In the midst of the era of theFederation-Tarn War, theConstitution was answering adistress call in the2160s when aTarn vessel appeared andopened fire. Two hundredConstitutioncrewmembers were killed, includingGeordi La Forge's ancestor,EnsignLa Forge. It was later revealed that the distress call was a ruse to attract the vessel into the Tarn's range, although the Tarn defend their attack as a necessary step to prevent theConstitution from reinforcing combatants fightingTarn starships at the front lines of the conflict.
Geordi and TarnCommanderHarna Karish discussed their opposing views of the blame for theConstitution incident over two hundred years later in theten forward lounge of theUSSEnterprise-D. Although much time had past, neither of the former enemies were ready to discuss theConstitution amicably. (TNGnovel:The Forgotten War)
