Editing USS Defiant (section)

==Depiction==
[[Benjamin Sisko]] helped design the ''Defiant'', which was conceived as a prototype vessel to counter the [[Borg (Star Trek)|Borg]]. Sisko receives command of the ''Defiant'' in 2370 to make contact with the Dominion in the show's third-season premiere. Unlike most [[Starfleet]] ships, the ''Defiant'' is built for combat rather than science and exploration. The ''Defiant'' remains attached to ''Deep Space Nine'' under Sisko's command for the remainder of the series, carrying the crew on missions beyond the space station. It appears briefly in ''Star Trek: First Contact'' under the command of [[Worf]] where it's left badly damaged and the crew has to evacuate to the ''Enterprise''-E after life support fails. The [[Breen (Star Trek)|Breen]] destroy the ''Defiant'' during the show's finale arc. Starfleet gives Sisko command of a new ship of the same class, the USS ''Sao Paulo'', of which he is given special dispensation to change the name and registry to be the same as the previous ''Defiant''. The ''Defiant'' is seen briefly in the ''[[Star Trek: Picard]]'' third season episode "The Bounty", out-of-commission and docked at Starfleet's Fleet Museum.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Baugher |first=Lacy |date=2023-03-23 |title=Star Trek: Picard Season 3 Episode 6 Review - The Bounty |url=https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/star-trek-picard-season-3-episode-6-review/ |access-date=2023-03-24 |website=Den of Geek |language=en-US}}</ref> It's also amongst the ships that fall under the control of the living construct in ''[[Star Trek: Prodigy]]'s'' two-part [[Star Trek: Prodigy season 1|season one]] finale "Supernova."

The ''Defiant'' also appears in numerous spin-off books, comics, and video games.