Was the Galaxy class a Failure? | Star Trek
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- I have seen in multiple form that the Galaxy class was a failure which all ways confused me. In this video, we will be finding out the reason why some fans think the Galaxy class is a failure and if it lines up to the series.
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This just shows how well designed the ship was. Originally intented as for exploration, but was flexible to conduct other missions.
I agree with you there. The class was perfect for its intended purpose, exploration, but used it as too much of a jack of all trades and wasted the potential. It would have been an excellent dedicated deep space exploration ship that embarked on a 5 year mission-style quest.
And that’s what the show was intended to be in the planing stages of TNG.
if there had been no Borg encounter or Dominion war the Galaxy would have worked but tactical and political upheaval forced new technological jumps and mission changes the Galaxy just wasn't intended for
I don't think it was a failure but it's just the mission profile changed to not be a fit for it's capabilities. It's too Big and unweildy for heavy combat and the Sovereign was too focused as combat. So the Odyssey class is the perfect successor for both. Its a problem any navy deals with.
Agree 👍
I disagree on the maneuverable. She was very nimble you just never got to really see it till flashes in ds9 or picard.
But she had weaknesses. A seperated saucer was not warp capable. At all, it was a liferaft instead of an actual escape mechanism.
She had the unfortunate aspect of being one of the last environmentally unfriendly capital designs which forced her to slow down, making her less usefull for deep space missions.
But she did hit the marks on being a place where families lived. An alien species is going to be a lot more amicable to a ship in orbit when they find out that they actually bring their children with them.
I would say Galaxy was the first of her lineage. The flying city. Odyssey is ok, but she is a straight line beast. Honestly seeing her in Picard made me realize I am done with dark lighting and no carpet.
@@chrissyclark7836 not that maneuverable in context to everything else. But overall I think refiting to modern warp friendly capabilities would have been good but her time as a Frontline explorer type is numbered. Also STO has the aesthetic of white walls with silver accentuated walls and red carpets. Not black and gunmetal grey.
During the Dominion War, no Galaxy class ships were destroyed during the war proper. Some were badly damaged, but none lost. I'd say that's a very successful use of the ship in combat.
And it should also be noted that the Galaxy-class is often on the front lines, leading the charge and were the point of the spear, so that says even more for the classes combat abilities. These are Starfleet's battleships. Which is unsurprising, since the great Explorer ships of history, were also warships.
USS Odyssey sacrifices angels then the engagement of the cardassian planet with the self controlled weapons platform.
@@terranheartofsole1243 The Odyssey isn't counted specifically as a Dominion War loss, because a state of war had not been declared prior to that point. Durring the war, no Galaxy-class starship was destroyed. Damaged, yes. But none was destroyed. Period. Those damaged ships, all returned to drydock and were repaired to return to the front lines. That was confirmed by the production staff too at the time.
@@terranheartofsole1243 The Odyssey was destroyed during first contact, not the war.
None of the other instances you mentioned was one destroyed. Damaged yes, but not destroyed.
The Galaxy Class is perfect! It was designed in real life during a time of peace in the 1980s, and in the show was set in a time of peace as well. The Cardassian war would not be ret-conned until the fourth season, the Romulans were AWOL, the Ferengi turned out to be quite humorous after all, and the Klingons, in the first season of TNG, seemed essentially to be part of the Federation. TNG aired in syndication in San Antonio at ten thirty on Saturday nights. And I was the only one awake in the house sitting in my living room watching it, and I remember thinking their bridge is so much like the living room I’m sitting in. The Galaxy Class is perfect! It represents a more civilized age, before the dark Times, before Nu-Trek.
The 1980s weren't a time of peace. Cold War was still on, as well a lot of trouble around the world like today.
The '80s a time of peace? The Cold War, War between Iran and Iraq, the Soviets at war in Afghanistan, the US intervening in Grenada and the Middle East, various conflicts in Central America, The Falklands War, South Africa a mess, the US literal war on drugs, and terrorism everywhere. And this is only the middle of the decade.
But yes, agreed, the Galaxy class was perfect, the first star of the show! And I too recall watching late at night, and later every afternoon and at night.
Well, I didn’t mean to suggest that there was no conflict upon the face of the Earth. But as opposed to Vietnam in the 60s and early 70s, and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq in the 21st century. To an average American teenager, the 80s seems to be more peaceful and with fewer wars and conflict that Americans were involved in. The wars and conflicts were less in the news in the 80s than they were before and would be after. ;)
Well put
The galaxy handled the cardassians with ease. The romulans always operated in squadrons and had the galaxies out out numberer(we never truly saw a one on one with a romulan b type warbird) Everyone was outclassed by the borg so that argument is on unstable ground. And the Dominion operated was more advanced and had new tech. The defiant was protected by plot armor as thick as the pauldrens on Abaddons shoulders...😂
Star treks arrogance about conflict is part of the reason i kinda hate it. Its far too naive, i mean, these guys really wouldnt build dedicated warships after encountering the klingons? Really? Bullshit
Yes the galaxy was designed for exploration, but still was a very powerfull combat vessel. In every encounter in the show she stood her ground very well against all sorts of enemies. She could stand against klingon ships, even vorcha battleships, could go toe to toe with a d'deridex, could take on a galor class, etc. Every time the enterprise retreated or was cautious was because she was outnumbered 2 or even 3 to one.
This idea that a galaxy class wasn't built for combat is simply false. It has a huge range of fire with strategically placed, powerfull phaser strips all over its hull, and foreward and aft torpedo launchers. And they had the most powerful shields in star fleet at the time. Add in the dominion war mods and the galaxy class was a beast.
Also take into account the enterprise-d was the flagship of the federation, and so it took on a more diplomatic role, and a role as a symbol of federation presence. So it's asignments and missions probably were not typical of all galaxy class vessels. It's role as a flagship placed it at the core of many diplomatic conflicts, and even there every enemy thought twice before taking on a galaxy class starship.
Heck I'm just rewatching tng and in its first encounter with the borg, the enterprise managed to disable a borg cube with only 2-3 phaser blasts. Sure the borg adapted quickly, but it does show how powerful a galaxy class was.
Galaxy class is excellent when used for it's intended purpose. However times change and so did star fleets needs. The galaxy class needed a full refit if not a complete redesign and rebuild to make it relevant to the changing circumstances that it found it's self in. I would haved loved to have seen the galaxy class with upgrades in sensors, shields a more efficient warp drive and ablative hull armour along side more and better photon torpedoes and phasers. As part of a borg buster program in phase 1.
Phase 2. Sovereign class, escort class, akira class, steam runner class ect. Kind regards from Daniel Harman.
How much do we really know about how they were used? Aside from the Enterprise, we've only occasionally seen other ships of the class and don't necessarily know what they've been up to. The Emterprise itself, given its name and status, would always have an additional role as a fleet-in-being and a symbol that the eyes of the Federation were on a location.
The galaxy class was basically a luxury hotel in space, however, it became and dated the second the Borg attacked
Launched at wrong time
It’s a glass cannon. Powerful weapons and shields, but once shields are gone, it’s lack of armor makes it weak and vulnerable or damage or destruction.
Block 1 Galaxies, that may be true, before the refits. Block 2 War Galaxies though are a different matter. Not one Galaxy-class was lost in the Dominion War (Odyssey pre-dates the start of the war) and they were usually to absolute front line and leading the charge. They may have taken damage, but no Galaxy went down in combat. So the War Galaxies were nothing to sneeze at, they were Starfleet's battleships through the whole of the conflict as only one, possibly two Sovereigns even participated in the war in limited capacities.
Her capacities with upgrades and refits , her speed and armaments were 4 times as fast or powerful as when she was launched. .
The war variants were very powerful. And were carriers. And battleships . How many first contracts did the enterprise d have ? She also saved earth from the first borg incursion. ( not to mention the last one ) .
Coming from the Original crew ST, watching the luxury 7 stars space hotel for the first time was GLORIOUS.. A too comfortable ship, not for a klingon 🧐
The new Holodeck technology, but... Civilians 🤔 😬
TL:DR ? No the Galaxy Class was not a failure but a product of her time.
Cardassian Wars over, the Romulans not back (YET) and a golden age of exploration where the Galaxy Class was essentially to operate far away from Starbases for long sustained periods of time just like the Constitution 5 year missions before it.
However, little thing called shit happens and the Galaxy Class quickly adapted to being the Jack of all trades and master of well who knows until the Sovereign Class and latter Ross Class came along...
The Dominion War showed the Galaxy Class made for very formidable siege platforms and battleships. Fit out the Saucer Section properly and there goes some 5,000 troops that could be hot dropped on a planet while the Stardrive was in orbit in support. The Dominion rarely took the Galaxy Wings as brush offs either
The Romulans created the D'deridex arguably to counter the Galaxy Class so someone on Romulus was paying attention
And in Picard the Borg Queen found out her arse was to be handed to her - AGAIN by a Galaxy Class - the D of all starships
So no the Galaxy Class was not a failure
More a product of her time and having to be retrofitted very fast given she was indeed the big boy of the fleet as someone else noted
Look how the IRL US Navy has adapted her Destroyers, Cruisers, Carriers, Fast Attack Subs and Missile Boats as the parameters changed over time
Galaxy Class a failure? Heck no! It's the most wildly successful sucessor in television history, carried a crew on the impossible mission of continuing and expanding upon an iconic franchise. Its success is without equal. Launched at teh wrong time? No! 1987 was the perfect time, to benefit from the institutional memory of those who worked on TOS and train up a new generation of creators.
(I know I'm not answering the question the video is asking. )
The Federation knew the neighborhood they existed in, and as such should have made ready for things to inevitably go off the rails. The peacetime Galaxy class could've progressed as is, but when the drums of war started to be beaten, then a Tactical Warp-capable saucer could be swapped out at a Starbase to meet the rising threat. The USS Odyssey would have greatly benefitted from such.
I agree on your points about the Galaxy Class. They were basically at peace-time; and in their wanting to go back to their exploration mandate, they (Starfleet) became slightly lax and arrogant in their thinking. They sort of became stagnant for a time. In a way, Q was right to take them down several pegs by "introducing" them to the biggest outright threat they could face: The Borg. Despite the horrendous lessons they learned from Q and the appearance of the Borg, it was due to that introduction to that kind "paranoia" that they weren't completely blindsided by the Dominion. During its time in service, the USS Enterprise D had several internal refits to help overcome some of its shortcomings.
This is where the Galaxy Class actually shone in one regard: the ship is VERY modular internally to accommodate generational upgrades had it kept on going. I wouldn't be surprised if whole sections (inside and outside) of the ship could be dismantled to and reassembled to make room for upgrades to the latest tech. This is probably how Geordi was able to rebuild the Enterprise D for the museum fast even when he was doing it on his downtime. That was what the class was going for initially as a generational exploration vessel that go beyond the 5-year mission duty per captain/crew.
In the early to mid 24th century Starfleet seemed to have believed that its shield technology was the answer to all tactical problems. Just build a ship a with a powerful shield grid and nothing can get through! This is why the Galaxy class was an built like a pleasure yacht with a thin hull, unnecessarily large curved surface area, thousands of windows, vulnerable shuttle bays, exposed nacelles and bridge. The shields were its armour. We see that both the Enterprise and Odyssey were destroyed because their opponents had found a way to negate their shielding.
All thiat is kinda true, but also the Enterprise D was also the Starfleet Flagship! I would think that would make it too Important to send off Exploring. It would be used for more Politcal Reasons instead.
It was like a luxury liner with teeth and they tried to make it a battle ship. The Galaxy Class really reflected the time it was built. A long period of peace with the Federation's greatest enemy, the klingons. The romulans had been quiet for decades so all the big threats seemed to be delt with. I think the Federation was just caught with their pants down between dealing with the borg, cardassians, and the dominion. That's why I think all their war ships were all grouped together under the "anti-borg" banner. So the Federation wouldn't be saying out loud they were making those ships to deal with more immediate threats.
For such an amazing exploration ship, The Galaxy class never did much deep space exploration. 😂. It always stayed near the Federation!
The Galaxy Class is the big guy in the room, more than capable for standing up for itself alone, and with most possible hostile encounters it may run into on an expiration mission. However war needs team players, that isn't the galaxy class as it would be to big and bulky, also being so powerful itself it makes itself a primary Target.
We only see a few named ships on screen, The Enterprise, Yamato, Odyssey and maybe the Venture. The Enterprise being the flagship would stay inside federation space or explore just outside of it. We know very little about the Yamato other then it was eventually destroyed not to mention the Odyssey. The Venture's missions are never shown or told but we know it was refitted for the Dominion War. I can only assume that a few Galaxy Class ships were indeed sent on exploration missions that would last years, far into the Alpha and Beta Quadrants but we never get to see those. I think back to a Voyager episode where Admiral Paris told Janeway that he was rerouting two deep space explorer vessels on a course to meet up with Voyager which would mean they were already pretty deep into the Beta Quadrant so the timeline would fit that atleast one of them was a Galaxy Class.
Failure? Can't speak to that, I just know it is damned ugly. 😝 Subjective assessment to be sure, and perhaps even a hot take, but there it is. _I hate that thing._
The Galaxy class ships were built for when the Federation was at peace, however the galaxy changed, once friends became enemies. The weaker races grew stronger and set their eyes on conquest. In a age that ship lines could last 100 years or more, the Galaxy was perfect, and if the Federation never met the Borg or the Dominion, they would likely be still building them. However during times of war you enter into a arms race against your enemy. Large ships like the galaxy class take to much time and resources to build. By the time they are done, its possible your enemy already has something to defeat it.
I would argue that large ships take too much time and resources to build. We're talking about a Post Scarcity economy and a supranational entity that is estimated to have been 10,000 (Early Rick Berman estimate) to 32,000 (current estimate). Before Wolf 359 only 6 Galaxy-class starships were built with another 6 spaceframes completed for emergencies, broken up and shipped around the federation for rapid completion. Why only 6? A trial period, and possibly, with all the other aged but still servicable ships, only 6 were deemed necessary at the time.
We see in the lead up to the Dominion War and durring, 7 or more onscreen at the same point in a relatively small portion of the ongoing battle and war. So obviously Starfleet pulled the stops out and dozens have been built in a relatively short span of time of a few years. We also know, the Nebula-class was far more common, with estimates of a couple hundred by the same time and the Nebula-class is just about the same resource investment.
As a battleship, the Galaxy is a beast with a flawless wartime record. And with it's modularity and ability to be upgraded, along with Cracker Jack Starfleet Engineers around, it's an invaluable platform even if the enemy has built something to compete with it.
@ealan3694 true but it really only works well when going up against other capital ships. Kind of like Battleships, they did really well when up against other battleships, however they became an almost waste of money and resources when they faced and enemy with vastly superior numbers. Such as was the dominion, as they could pump out a ship 1 a week at each shipyard.
Remember a armored knight maybe able to take on another knight, but is almost helpless against a bee swarm lol
No the Galaxy class wasn't a failure...
I suppose it depends upon how you define failure. I personally don't consider the design a failure so much as a terrible idea from the start. Having the families of the Starfleet crew aboard is just a disaster waiting to happen, and considering how many Galaxy Class ships were shown to be destroyed in TNG & DS9, it happened far too often. It certainly explains why none of the following ships to inherit the name Enterprise after 1701-D was decommissioned had families.
That would be a policy failure, not a design failure really attributable to the class. And policy is subject to change, which we see in the lead up to DS9. Galaxy-classes no longer carried families or extensive civilian contingents and many Galaxy-classes did not have those amenities completed at the time of their launch for the Dominion War. For those already completed, it's not like the spaces went to waste either as the space could be used for mission specialists and troops, and with the modularity of the class, the civilian specific spaces could be repurposed. So, it all ties back to policy.
@@ealan3694 Hence, why I said I didn't consider the design to be a failure.
I don't know how the Galaxy class could be anything but a success. While yes it was built originally as an explorer, a large part of it's profile was upgradability. It had its issues, however, as far as we know, no galaxy class outside the USS Odyssey was lost in war time. It performed its role as a Command and Control vessel, with impressive firepower and upgradablily where it needed to. Both the Yamato and Enterprise where lost in peace times.
Not only could it C&C it carried fighters and shuttle, large compliments of marines for ground warfare. It's biggest downside is its cost and time to construct. In the middle of war you need to pump out fast and cheap ships, not large expensive ships and with the pole of technology moving so quickly at the time i doubt that the galaxy would see much construction past the first 13 ships that we know of. Obviously more could have come but with the Soveign and the Odyssey classes coming later i don't think more really needed to be built.
The only flaw we see with the Galaxy class is the coolent leak flaw, which may have been a way for writers to give tension to the older episodes because of how big and powerful the ship really was.
In times of peace or war the Galaxy can fill almost any role needed, and give that the Federation is all about adapability, i would definately say the Galaxy Class exceeded in every role it was given.
Yes, I think the Galaxy class was a failure.
I also don't think it was the Galaxy class's fault. The Galaxy class is a victim of being designed and constructed in the wrong time.
When it was first designed and built, it was the most advanced ship in the Fleet. Within just a few years of the first one rolling off the line, there were more advanced designs being laid down.
Also, the ship very seldom got to actually go on the mission. It was originally designed for mainly being a craft of exploration. Instead, it was used as a border patrol vessel, a diplomatic vessel, and a warship most of the time.
The federation actually built very few of them. This is a ship that was meant to stay top of the line for 50 years and have a service life running around a 100 years. However, just 10 to 15 years after the first one rolls off of the assembly line, they get better designs such as transwarp and slip stream drives, which renders the vessel obsolete in its primary function as an exploration vessel.
After all, one of the largest most advanced ships in the Fleet is now 1 of the slowest. You wouldn't use it for exploration after that. Then it's secondary function as defense. They get better designs for tougher stronger ships that have more firepower rendering it obsolete for that function.
Ultimately, the roles left for the Galaxy class are as a diplomatic vessel and a scientific vessel.
They're last attempt to upgrade the design of the Galaxy class by creating the Ross class was a last-ditch effort to get the design of the ship to finish out its anticipated service life, which ultimately seems like it will be a failure.
Ultimately it seems like most of the non exploration or diplomatic jobs the Galaxy class would be doing will be handed over to the ross class, and the galaxy class will be Relegated to almost a strict diplomatic and science vessel function.
The Galaxy had a number of shortcomings. Her armament for the time wasn't really one of them. She could take on almost any known threat, and then some but not by much. Her defensive systems however was a little lacking. The Galaxy is a glass canon past her shields, which were at least formidable. Starfleet basically erected a brickwall in front of paper mache. But even a brickwall can be penetrated. Add in bleed through, and she could be damaged more easily than most ships, let alone versus other ships of her size.
But despite this, the Galaxy can be extremely versatile. The Dominion War modified design beefed her up to be a beast of a battleship. She had enough internal space to act as a carrier, troop transport with training facilities, and medical/hospital ship all at once. Powerful sensor suites and deflector array for ECM/ECCM, communication for fleet C&C. And it could all be converted back to exploration post-war.
But the issue wasn't really that she wasn't used for exploration. Despite the fact she is classed as a Heavy Exploration Cruiser, virtually all Starfleet ships of the era are built as Jack-of-all-trades design principles. They're all multi-roled cruisers only separated by their tonnage. That's why we see the Galaxy class fulfilling a lot of other mission profiles. The same was done to their line of Excelsiors, Mirandas, Nebulas, Oberths, heck we even saw a Defiant do a scientific survey mission in the middle of a war.
Based on the title i say no
Overall, I agree. Its not a failure. :)
For what she was built for she was a success.
Her dominion war adaptions made it a beast..
In some ways with the fighters and shuttles onboard and More space for power generation and phasers, she was like the star Trek version of battlestar Galactica
The federation actually had Carrier ships for fighters. Sadly never saw them on screen due to budget reasons. They are the ships that warp in, drop off the figher wings then warp outside the area of battle and wait to pick up the fighters.
@@jacara1981 technically the Akira class could be considered a carrier too. It has multiple shuttle bays front/aft for fighter launch/land... And surly has the torpedo armament for long range defence.
@saalkz.a.9715 yeah I would of loved to seen one on screen, if you really dig you can find the concept art for them. Another class is the Colony/Transport class ships. They max out at warp 7, carry up to 50k colonists normally and everything they need to start a colony (all the materials, animals, food and such). They are loaded with transporters and shuttles.
We actually hear them talked about a few times during TNG episodes like the one with the Sheliak, the ships would take several weeks to get there because of their slow top speed.
We were suppose to see them again in DS9 with one purposed episode of one getting stuck in the wormhole because of how large it is. Again due to budget it didn't get far.
@@jacara1981 I always thought that the Curry and Soyuz class could have been a good candidate for the role of a carrier. They both have the extra shuttle bays to carry/launch/land fighter.
Oh, well. "Money, Money, Money..." the lack of it is source of all the problems. 😅
@@jacara1981 Shuttlebay 1 had room for 32 shuttles and 4 runabouts if crammed in.
Dominion refits had fighters galore to pester galors.
Then bay 2 & 3 were each able to stow at least 4.
It was a Cruise ship. That simply long range exploration vessel for families.
And in Picard season 3 it was flying around like a World war II fighter plane 🫤
It wasn't a failure. It was a ship of its time. When Star Fleet had decades of peace. Making Star Fleet and the FEDERATION to look at it's self more as just explorers than also as the military backbone of the FEDERATION.
It wasn't until the Borg attack that they realized they needed bigger guns and a new reality set in. As well as the Domenion War.
So they upgraded the Galaxy class. And made a 2nd generation of the Galaxy class as well, with it being more of a battleship/ explorer.
I argue that it had the wrong lay out for the defense missions before the Dominion War. Starfleet adapted quickly when the Odyssey was destroyed by 3 Jem'hadar attack Craft. The War refit for all pre Borg designs, (I refer to Nebula, New Orleans, and Excelsior classes) where all taken from the ideas in the Borg Buster ships. Thus the Galaxy preformed excellently in the role of a Starfleet Battle Cruiser.
To quote Gul Dukat: "I have it wise to never underestimate the Federations Technical skill."
Star fleet was having problems recruiting the best people for long term missions If you have kids taking a mission of 5+ years as a parent you may not want to lose those years with your kids it is kind of hard to make that time up. As Picard Told Q Start Fleet believed it could handle anything out there. Star fleet was wrong. The Galaxy class was not a war ship you do not put children on a war ship. The fact that children were on the galaxy class ship proved that the ship was not meant to be hostel. systematic exploring is boring surveying thousands of solar systems before you find anything with life on it much less a culture with faster than light ships. You might survey a million cubic light years and not see a ship. It is like sending a cruse ship into a combat zone. A cruse ship might have to defend itself from piracy not a aircraft-carrier.
I argue the galaxy class was too successful. The reason it was sent less on exploration and everything Starfleet needed for high-risk missions was because to make the best exploration vessel, Starfleet made the most powerful and capable ship it could.
Its weapons, necessary to protect itself in case it made first contact with hostile and advanced civilizations, made it too powerful to not use as a battleship.
Its sensors used to survey and conduct research, along with high speed built for endurance made it perfect for patrolling the border of empires that can win one-on-one combat of starships in a similar weight class.
The engineering equipment and medical facilities needed for a ship that would never find support so far in Federation space made it perfect for engineering projects or used for emergencies on the outskirts of UFP space.
And those are the smallest examples that come to mind.
in numberous times, the crews of the Enterprise D had shown result in turning scientific features of the ship into formidable weapons.
I thought the class was kool add warp drive to the saucer section in the refit of the class and use her like the excelsior build a tone of them and the class could be sround for 70 plus years like the excelsior
Thanks
I don't think it was expanded on properly enough, great design but the highlighted flaws could be were either bad luck or simply wrong mission profile. The evolution to the Galaxy Dreadnought was never explored, and hence the initial design concept and ultimate potential never was either, no Galaxy X in Dominion War. The thing had enough power to house a phaser lance, but that was a different timeline. Why didn't the Borg busters have a lance? How many Galaxy Class starships were left over by the end of the Dominion War is anything thing maybe.
Lots of space to future proof it and to incorporate future technologies, hence the increased firepower and third nacelle on the Galaxy X. Downside is the devotion of resources to the project, a luxury cruiser. It's like the argument with Death Star, build one Death Star or loads of Star Destroyers.
Too many windows. The ship designed with a cruise ship in mind.
clearly not they were very useful in the dominion war.
Dominion War showed what this class could do.
the defiant was a failure
seems possibly more devious.
"no were not building warships over here, we wouldnt do that"
all these rooms and power wouldnt make the perfect invasion platform
How many Galaxy class ships did Starfleet make ?
And, wasn't the Enterprise-D taken down by two punk bitches in a Bird of Prey ?
Dozens at least, by the end of the dominion war probably 50 or more.
The destruction of the Enterprise-D was obviously a plot device. Cannonically, the Enterprise-D's crew should have known well enough to rotate the shield frequencies if weapons fire was pentrating the shields like that. Historically, that would have been their first reaction to the first hit. So Worf must have been off his game.
a lot they were several in combat against the dominion war.
Its ugly.
This had so much potential to be longer than 3 minutes..
The Enterprise and its sister ship Yamato were named after actual war ships. If it's supposed to be an exploration ship, why does is share a lineage with historical military vessels?
I do not believe that Star Fleet is a non-military organization and that their mission is peaceful exploration.
Star Fleet is one of the most powerful military space navies in the galaxy and its purpose is conquest and colonization. It is clearly modelled after the United States and NATO and the Federation is analogous to the United Nations.
It seems that the Prime Directive is also violated whenever it is convenient.
i say no it did its job at the time of peace at war time not so
I love the galaxy class. Starfleet was not souly military. A refit galaxy would dominate