Pierce committed suicide in the same manner, leaving a telepathic imprint in a bulkhead that was not discovered until 2370. He killed the two officers, Marla Finn and William Hodges, then disposed of their bodies in the plasma stream. A member of the construction team, Walter Pierce, became jealous of a former lover's new relationship. One of the ship's nacelle tubes was the site of a multiple murder- suicide while it was still under construction at Utopia Planitia.
( TNG: ' The Pegasus') In an alternate timeline, the Enterprise was the first Galaxy -class warship constructed. ( TNG: ' Booby Trap', ' Galaxy's Child') Some of the Enterprise's components were derived from technology originally developed on the USS Pegasus. Leah Brahms was responsible for much of the Enterprise's warp propulsion system design. ( TNG: ' Booby Trap', ' Eye of the Beholder') Construction was supervised by Commander Quinteros. The construction was a massive undertaking, involving thousands of people across disciplines. The Enterprise was built at Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards orbiting Mars in the Sol system.
6.4 Barash’s simulation – Captain Riker.