When Star Trek Picard returns for its final season it will feature a version of the U.S.S. Titan in Star Trek for the first time in live action. The ship was brought into the lore in the late 90s as the command vessel of William Riker and was even brought up during the events of Star Trek Nemesis. Though to the best of my memory it never appeared in the film. The ship was mostly referenced in the extended universe novels that are largely considered non canon.
The Titan did appear on Star Trek Lower Decks however with Riker in command of the ship. That finally gave fans something in canon to appreciate.
The ship will make its live action debut in Picard but it does not appear to be the same one that we have seen in Lower Decks. This Titan looks more like a modified Excelsior class ship as opposed to the Luna class ship we saw in Lower Decks.This Titan is apparently referred to as the U.S.S. Titan A so not exactly the same ship Riker was on but close enough that it should give fans those warm fuzzies that they were hoping for when they first saw the ship. The folks at Star Trek Picard have done a really bad job across the board, but one of the big core elements of Trek is that every show is about the ship and its crew. Picard lost that plot and never made the ship its primary focus as every other show has.
Even Deep Space Nine made its ship which was actually a space station the focus of the show. The plot of Picard seems to feature a rescue attempt on Beverly Crusher so clearly the Titan would not play center stage as so many other ships have done but the Titan has to be well used in this series. Its not only the last chance to tie a ship to Picard in a profound way but it might be the last chance for this eras Titan to get some much needed love.
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