The USS Nautilus NCC-853962 was commissioned early in 2376 at the Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards on Mars. Built at the end of the Dominion War, the Nautilus missed seeing combat by only a matter of months. She was named to honor the USS Nautilus NCC-31910 that had been destroyed during the conflicts closing stages. As a Ronin Class Strike Cruiser, the Nautilus would spend her early career an uncertain element in Starfleet's postwar fleet.