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| - By 2375, the Enterprise-E entered an area of space known as the Briar Patch, where it eventually came under fire by Son'a ships. In a maneuver called the Riker Maneuver, Riker, who was in command at the time, ejected the warp core in combination with the use of metreon gas in the Briar Patch to prevent the ship from being destroyed by a subspace tear the Son'a had created as a weapon. Eventually, the Enterprise-E was again refitted and four years later, in 2379, the Enterprise-E under order from Admiral Janeway, Picard and his crew entered Romulan Space as guests of the new praetor of the Romulan Star Empire, named Shinzon, a clone of Picard. While in an attempt to stop Shinzon from both kidnapping Picard and destroying Earth, the Enterprise-E collided with the Scimitar, Shinzon's ship, causing massive damage to the saucer section of the Enterprise-E. After the sacrifice of Lt. Commander Data, the Enterprise-E limped home, for another refit, and a new first officer, Commander Martin Madden.
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