(Stardate: Unknown- late in 2372) During its primary shakedown cruise, Captain Morgan Bateson defied Starfleet orders in an effort to strike at the heart of the newly aggressive Klingon Empire, only to have the ship commandeered and used against the Cardassian Union. The vessel would later be recovered and transferred to the command of Captain Jean-Luc Picard. (TNG novel: Ship of the Line) (Stardate: 49710.1) Three months later, the Enterprise attended a security summit called by Admiral Jeremiah Hayes at Starbase 19. (TNG eBook: Slings and Arrows: The Insolence of Office)