I'm sorry but the Enterprise E was the best Enterprise, your title is practically disregards the other Enterprises, you need to be more fair and more inclusive.
Absolutely true. In real life this is the longest "serving" Enterprise and she deserves the title. The original was onscreen for 3 seasons, the refit was around for 6 films, the E was only on screen for 3 movies and the D was onscreen for 7 years and one movie. May she long be remembered as the largest and classiest.
I remember a lot of people thought that the Galaxy class was sorta weird looking, but seeing it in Picard just made everyone cry with happiness and a "hell yeah, it was so beautiful!!!"
Yeah, I was never a huge fan of the Galaxy class but damn I was giddy as a school girl when I saw it in Picard. The design grew on me throughout the years.
It still looks weird. It's massive and bulky, but elegant and sleek at the same time. It's by far the most memorable (and imo the best) ship design in ST.
What do you want to hear SHE IS THE BIG E the most seminal star ship in the star trek Canon SHE is the most recognizable star ship in the whole franchise That's just how it is The fact that SHE is also on of the most beautiful doesn't exactly detract from HER legacy as well for 75% of star trek fans as being the ship we grew up with So SHE will have a place in sooo many minds and hearts 💕💞♥❤ For years to come That's just facts baby Just saying 🇧🇻
30 years later and still the most majestic, regal and elegant ship in all starfleet history. The gentle lines and futuristic curves just make it look like one seamless piece of engineering marvel. It also visually represents the epitome of starfleet and Roddenberry's vision: a hopeful, optimistic, & utopian future for humanity. Considering how long ago TNG came out, I'm disappointed in the other starship designs since then. There was a kind of majesty and elegance to the design of D that hasn't been duplicated since.
Indeed. Watched season 3 with family, and my brother and I went all 'Turn the lights on!' when they finally stepped into the bridge XD A lot of the newer ships are so dark and gloomy to let the rest of the lights do some work. It's not bad, but it takes away from the optimism that was implied even in the aesthetics of the D' s bridge.
She is still MY Enterprise I'm old enough to have see encounter at farpoint when it premiered And seeing her as the beauty that she is in the last episode of Picard was just incredible It closed a 35 year old arc in sci-fi that I've always wondered about What happened after that last poker game What did the crew of MY ENTERPRISE Go on to do after that And to YOU all the haters out there Go f.... your selves you have your favorite and you don't see me dissing you about it so mmmmm Fly on my beautiful D fly on Just saying 🇧🇻
Geordi: (greasy, straining w/ wrench) “fuqqin everyone talks about O’brien strapping things together w/ paperclips and spit; who dafuq you think trained him?!? Maxwell?!?”
I’m going out on a limb here with saying it was beyond practical repair. Imagine restoring an old classic car from the ground up, it’s not practical to do but possible
The ending with 7 of 9 on the bridge giving the order to move out and then thinking about That you have several let's face it next generation people on bord and Raffiella as number one I mean if there were ever a setup for a spinoff I don't think I've seen on like it Just saying 🇧🇻
That's one thing that always got me in Star Trek discourse. The klingons basically used a spy to bypass the shields on enterprise. People keep using the fact that it was destroyed by an outdated bird of prey to claim it was a bad ship. Thanks for bringing that up.
The Enterprise-D tells a lot about where humanity is after 75 years from the original series. First, the design of it screams of new engineering concepts, perhaps learned from alien races who joined the Federation. The organic flow of its lines describes a reason why the ship moves faster through space. Then on the inside, it feels like you’re on a cruise liner with all the luxurious that goes along with it. You have families which states a new trust in the galaxy they travel through. It indicates a more peaceful period. The bridge being so open with much fewer control panels indicates technology doesn’t have to be at your fingertips as much and that the ship itself does not need as many crewmen to keep it operational. Personal space is important on this ship with the Captain having his own office off the side of the bridge. Crew quarters are larger. Holodecks to allow people to be creative and escape into their creations. There is a large forward lounge to have people meet and talk or just hang out looking at the stars. If I were to explore space, that’s the ship I’d want to do it in. It feels like a place of learning and introspection. Perfect for writers to type out drama. I wish they’d go back to that type of creative style again. The dark brooding sets are scary and it makes one fearful of whats around a corner. That’s more mirror universe like than Roddenberry’s idea of an evolved humanity.
I always loves the navigational deflector - it made me think of a great eye, gazing out in the universe. It was a character of its own, which was one of the reasons I never warmed to the E
ICONIC. LEGENDARY. HEROIC. This ship is the reason why I learned English and learned to be altruistic 30 years ago! Also, lmfaooooo poor Stardrive. Great video!!🖖🏼 OH MY GOOOOOD, THE POKEMON REFERENCE. This clip is LATINUM 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🔥🔥🔥🔥
Just a few extra notes. You forgot the Galaxy class ships in Voyager the alternate future USS Challenger under Captain La forge. Several that was seen under construction along with Voyager at Utopia Planitia in the episode Relativity and Several unnamed Galaxy's that welcomed Voyager home in Endgame. Finally you forgot the USS Venture the enhanced Galaxy class ship with added phasers on the nacelles that docked at DS9 at the end of Way of the Warrior episode ( the USS Magellan is also believed to be a Galaxy class as she is named along side the Venture by Sisko in Favour the Bold episode ) also no other Galaxy class ships were lost to the Dominion in DS9 after the USS Odyssey. Only the USS Galaxy was badly damaged at the first battle of the Chin'toka System.
But a few galaxy class starships were lost at the second battle of Chintoka. The entire fleet was except on klingon Bird of Prey. Whatever modifications that were done to it that made it not affected by the Breen energy dampening weapon.
The E is when the starfleet ships went downhill: all the sharp and weird angles, and an explosion of aztec-ing, and everything became so dark in the interior to the point where you cant even see the bridge anymore. Nothing about it is sleek or elegant. It looks over designed like a early 2000s aesthetic
F it i'm down with the E. The D has always been a nice ship and they made the right move bringing the D back for Star Trek Picard as its the most iconic ship for the crew of the Next Generaction but I personally prefer the design of the E!
@@eskanda3434 the interior is a bit more militaristic but the silhouette is pretty damn sleek. The D only looks good at certain angles, but at those angles it looks great. I prefer the E overall too
Terry Matalas has breathed new life into Star Trek...Season 3 of Picard was awesome...the Enterprise D was my favorite and was saddened by its demise in Generations...thanks for posting this video
Back in the day, I think we all took the Enterprise D for granted. She really is everything you want for traveling through space. She has comfortable seating. She has comfortable living quarters. She has so many holodecks
So many holodecks where you can have sex with the girl/boy/alien of your dreams for free and without consecuences (and yes, they are used for that in Starfleet ships too, not only in Quark's in DS9, it is even hinted in the Technical Manual), although is explicitly prohibited to program holocharacters that are other crew members or living personnel/relatives without their consent (interesting is, do those image rights expire? Can I program... Charlize Theron in 2370 without legal consecuences? Mmmm...)
to gain access to how the galaxy class was a power house ship. you would have to revisit the dominion war where the galaxy class was used as a power house to pound the big dominion ships with firing waves of phaser fire. it kept the galor ships on their toes and made good at keeping the dominion battleships at bay.
Well the Enterprise D flying inside the the Borg cube like the Millenium Falcon flown inside the Death Star and at least the star drive didn't explode in the last episode of Picard
Glad you like the D. So glad it has its fans. Is it my favorite? No. The refit will always have my heart 2nd being the Enterprise C. I just couldn’t get over the duckbill platypus design. Even some of the Star Trek creators said it only had 2 good Beauty shots. Everything else looked disproportionate, awkward. And I agree. But the D is a beauty when it comes to the F the J or the Kelvin time line Enterprise. Those I hate with a passion. Hailing frequencies closed.
The F is a beauty too, yes I too love the refit it will always be my favorite but the F was a design experiment for Star Trek Online and was not part of the designs from jj trek (can't stand the design of the A from beyond) but it is a favorite of mine including the Yorktown refit of F in STO. Give the F a chance she is just as a beauty as the D. And just like Worf I like the E for her additional weapons. We need to see what happen to her.
Crewed by about 1012 or so. Which always seems really small. The WW2 Carriers that Roddenberry’s Starships drew inspiration from had almost 3000. A modern Nimitz class comes close to 6000.
"crewed by" i don't think they are counting families, tourists and so on. average family being 3 people. spouse and kid, we could easily assume 3 times 1000 souls on board.
😂 I'm so mad that out of all the funny parts you snuck in this video, it was the dang Team Rocket reference that got the biggest chuckle out of me🤣🤷🏾♂️🖖🏾
One little nitpick, the ships in yesterday's enterprise were Kvort Class battlecruisers, there was also a bird of prey in that episode. The dialogue suggests the enterprise is more the a match for them but they had to manouvere to protect the C which resulted in limited defensive options to them.
@@LgiovanniF correct. They are massive and slow. Slightly bigger than D, but smaller in volume & mass. Interesting thing is, I suspect her wings aren't moveable, as somehow she always been seen w/ her wing in atmospheric mode even in space.
Probsbly someone already said it, but: the stardrive section did not have a third, forward facing torpedo launcher. It had an additional forward-facing phaserbank. The saucer section was the one with the third torpedo launcher that became operational only after separation, but it was facing aft. Why? The stardrive section already had the two torpedo launchers (one fore, one aft) that would be used even if the ship wasn't separated. Upon separation, the saucer section would be left with none, if these were the only two launchers. So a third launcher is installed in the docking cradle holding the stardrive section in normal combined flight mode which would only be exposed to space if the ship separated. Think of it as an extra poop chute revealed only when the ship dropped its pants.
Fun alternate idea: After ol’ Enterprise-D saves the day (in Picard S3) and shows its capability against the entire “modern” Starfleet (with only a 7-person crew), they decide to give her a third nacelle and massive railgun-looking weapon, make her the new/old flagship. AND Captain Riker takes command. Q (death retcon’d) would approve 😉
The only argument I would make about the Constitution separation is that it was ONLY an emergency procedure, acting as a life-raft, allowing for it to safely crash land on a planet. Unlike the Galaxy class, it couldn't reattach itself, and required a shipyard to properly reconnect. It is a long-standing part of the specifications. You even claim we "never" see it on screen and then bring up this requirement when it was finally shown? The Galaxy is clearly the superior vessel, with the first (but not last) able to separate and reattach on a whim, but that doesn't mean we just ignore what we knew and finally saw. Like Boba-Fett's knee-rockets, it was something we saw and were excited to finally see acknowledged.
12:38 - You're not completely wrong... While it was said that other ships, like the OG 1701 could separate, I seem to recall that the big deal with the Galaxy Class separation was that it was the first one that could also reassemble without the help of a starbase. I don't recall where I read this from, but it's a very clear memory for some reason. The old ships had to tractor the saucer section back to have it externally reconnected. Maybe someone else can fill in the blank on where I might have heard this from. Assuming this isn't some Berenstain Bears BS on my part.
1701-D will always be special to me. I saw the first episode when TNG first aired. Captain Picard looking around the bridge, taking it all in, 10 year old me was hooked! I would go on to design my own spaceships in HS, collect technical manuals, take Klingon language lessons via mail (I still have the book and lesson corrections) belong to a Star Trek club under my dad's name, attend cons around the Bay Area, and dream about space exploration on the Enterprise while monitoring the skies through my telescope and atop Mt. Hamilton. I only have Shuttle Atlantis left to visit in Florida. Standing beneath them and wondering who will be standing in this exact spot two hundred years from now wondering themselves about those living in Orbitor times who dreamt of a life in space.
I was glad to see the Enterprise-D display its full tactical capabilities in Picard. The class was never represented properly due to story needs or due to special effect limitations of the time.
The best Enterprise is the -A refit. Also I'm pretty sure my marriage would end if I had to spend time with the Duras sisters. I can name four reasons. 🤨
I personally disagree with the premise it's the best, but I gladly accept the fact that, for lots of people, it is. Mine is the 1701 refit. But, I'll bet that for others it's Voyager or perhaps even the pluckily "little" Defiant or Cerritos. Now, carry on. because the Galaxy-class has a beauty all her own.
I’m so happy you guys showed the USS Enterprise-D firing off 10 photon torpedoes as manual says it should ❤ a lot of us thought 5 forward an 5 aft when that happened but ya know there’s tons of room to stack um that way an fire away , rapid fire 10 of those baby’s an fire phasers at same time like riker commanded worf to do when the hunook ship battled the D just as always those writers let the other guys win , I’d like for once when they hammer an enemy with a ship like the D it does some damage to its equal
Sorry the 3rd torpedo launcher is in the 'Saucer Module' aft facing and can only be used in saucer separation mode and not in the Star Drive. pg 128 Star Trek: The Next Generation technical manual. It's an older type and not one of the Star Drive's tree deck tall mass driver 8 round bust fire/shotgun mode doom cannons.
Mr Adam it is becoming increasingly common to rewind your presentations as vital information is often misheard due to your comical delivery. A genius plan to double the viewing statistics.
If the Galaxy Class Enterprise was to introduce herself to a hostile species, I think that she would probably paraphrase Grunt from Mass Effect 2: "I am Pure Starfleet. You should be in Awe."
Enterprise D was my favorite. It was luxurious like a Lexus and a whole city compared to a more boring typical star ship for long deep space missions and of course the hollodeck
The Galaxy Class Enterprise D is my most favorite ship. Period. It is the most beautiful ship ever made and had so much character. Voyager was ok. The Defiant was too small but what they needed. A warship. But the D. The D is the ship that could do mostly anything. I'd love to see a Galaxy II Class. Keeping the shape of the original but just...enhancing it. I also love the ending of TNG. The Galaxy Class IV Dreadnought Enterprise D. If the Federation wanted too. The Galaxy class would become probably their mobile fortresses if they out fitted her to be for war. I know in the Dominion War they had wings of Galaxy's but got to realize that those galaxy classes where in complete. They had most of their systems complete but the interior was not. Just enough to function as fighter carriers, command ships, medical ships, transport ships, and such. Crewed with minimal crew to avoid loosing thousands of crew. The Galaxy class is the best ship period. She is a character herself. TNG got me into Star Trek. It's the only reason why I stay.
As they mentioned in the video the Ross Class is the next version of the Galaxy Class, with larger more circular less elliptical saucer section, larger deflector and updated nacelles. It features warp rings embedded in the saucer for warp travel at warp 6 when separated. Industrial replicators included to set up colonies, crews 2,500 people, dubbed a "mobile Starbase" an evolution from Galaxy Class "mobile city".
What about Baryon sweeps? It seems like no one mentions that you can’t be in space too long before you’ll have to come back to sweep the ship every few years
At least every 5 years. But enterprise spends a lot of time at warp so maybe needed it ahead of schedule some ships probably could last for longer with the sweap
That third torpedo launcher was in the saucer facing aft. Great vid about a great ship. Thank you producers of Picard for reminding us how awesome it really is.
The 3rd torpedo launcher was on the saucer section facing aft. It was only usable when separated since it was covered by the stardrive when docked. It makes since so that it could fire on vessels pursuing it when separated.
I grew up on the films, dad took me to see wrath of khan, search for Spock and voyage home when I was 7, 9 and 11 respectively. That should explain why my far favorite Enterprise or any other ship is the Enterprise refit, or the 1701A since body wise they were the exact same. I watched Next Generation from the start and it took me a long time to like the D. I thought it was too wide anf flat, and I thought the deflector looked like a cinnamon roll. As the years past though I came to really get a comfortable feeling with the D, I guess after 5 or so seasons it began to feel like home As the years past and we got into the next gen films and onto the E (which I loved too) I really kinda missed the D. With the way it went down leaving just the saucer section along with the fact that they didn't recreate it with the E the way they redid the refit body with the A, I figured I'd never see it again. Was pleasantly incorrect about that.
Wow,... a really entertaining presentation of Gene's Beloved Galaxy Class Starship - with great insights into it's development & operation. Well done 😙.😉
All those ships being basically the same size in the fleet museum really upset me, the size of that bird of prey ffs, such a shame otherwise pretty damn cool.....👍👌👍
I didn't care for the 1701-D's design. It didn't do much and never got into big skirmishes. And when it did, it wasn't very long. But I did enjoy seeing it come back. Though the E was better suited for fighting the Borg. Inwould have preferred the E to come in and dominate the final borg cube. 😇 But seeing the D, I had to put some respect on its name, especially seeing Data drifting around with it.
🖖😎👍Very cool and very nicely well done and very well informatively explained and executed in every way and detail possibly provided indeed, But my problem with the ship was how large the saucer primary hull section was twice as large as the secondary hull drive section and then the idea of having families and children on board for a ship that as well was an exploration vessel was also highly geared up for battle, which if it should be fully destroyed would kill everyone on board period!,🤔. And also in Startrek Continues on Utube also shows a saucer separation of the TOS Enterprise in episode 11 To Boudly Go with both parts of the ship in battle against another ship, like Enterprise-D in the best of both worlds and reattached after wards as well,just thought I'd let you know 😉.
Dude I like the refit Enterprise which is the coolest Enterprise .Or at least I think so ,And the Iron Lady was starting her second reign terror over in your next the woods ,Since I got expeince a English summer which is wet ,When I was tourist there .Not big fan of rainy weather in the rainy capital of the world ,But the D did look nice on tv back In 87 .As pretty cool in DC comics where they did a mini series of "Star Trek The Next Generation ".I would recommend it ,But it out print in comics ,And never got reprint or paperback for that matter .So still like the refit Enterprise .And can still like the D cause its your video dude .
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I'm sorry but the Enterprise E was the best Enterprise, your title is practically disregards the other Enterprises, you need to be more fair and more inclusive.
Did I hear you say you love Picard's ⚾⚾'s ??? 😏
Love the channel, keep up the good work!
Absolutely true. In real life this is the longest "serving" Enterprise and she deserves the title. The original was onscreen for 3 seasons, the refit was around for 6 films, the E was only on screen for 3 movies and the D was onscreen for 7 years and one movie. May she long be remembered as the largest and classiest.
I remember a lot of people thought that the Galaxy class was sorta weird looking, but seeing it in Picard just made everyone cry with happiness and a "hell yeah, it was so beautiful!!!"
Yeah, I was never a huge fan of the Galaxy class but damn I was giddy as a school girl when I saw it in Picard. The design grew on me throughout the years.
i was hoping they would fly the refit 01 to save the day........
It’s still weird-looking. One of my least favorite Starfleet starship classes.
It still looks weird. It's massive and bulky, but elegant and sleek at the same time. It's by far the most memorable (and imo the best) ship design in ST.
What do you want to hear
SHE IS THE BIG E
the most seminal star ship in the star trek Canon SHE is the most recognizable star ship in the whole franchise
That's just how it is
The fact that SHE is also on of the most beautiful doesn't exactly detract from HER legacy as well for 75% of star trek fans as being the ship we grew up with
So SHE will have a place in sooo many minds and hearts 💕💞♥❤
For years to come
That's just facts baby
Just saying 🇧🇻
You're killing me with that "Poor stardrive"! Lol!
30 years later and still the most majestic, regal and elegant ship in all starfleet history. The gentle lines and futuristic curves just make it look like one seamless piece of engineering marvel. It also visually represents the epitome of starfleet and Roddenberry's vision: a hopeful, optimistic, & utopian future for humanity. Considering how long ago TNG came out, I'm disappointed in the other starship designs since then. There was a kind of majesty and elegance to the design of D that hasn't been duplicated since.
sEAmless..
Yup, all that and still not as pretty as a Connie😜
@@gmon78
constitution class is as "pretty" as a Volkswagen Golf MK1
Indeed. Watched season 3 with family, and my brother and I went all 'Turn the lights on!' when they finally stepped into the bridge XD A lot of the newer ships are so dark and gloomy to let the rest of the lights do some work. It's not bad, but it takes away from the optimism that was implied even in the aesthetics of the D' s bridge.
She is still MY Enterprise
I'm old enough to have see encounter at farpoint when it premiered
And seeing her as the beauty that she is in the last episode of Picard was just incredible
It closed a 35 year old arc in sci-fi that I've always wondered about
What happened after that last poker game
What did the crew of MY ENTERPRISE
Go on to do after that
And to YOU all the haters out there
Go f.... your selves you have your favorite and you don't see me dissing you about it so mmmmm
Fly on my beautiful D fly on
Just saying 🇧🇻
"The latter two canonical cases saw both saucers crashing down *beyond repair*..."
Geordi LaForge: Challenge *accepted.*
Geordi: (greasy, straining w/ wrench) “fuqqin everyone talks about O’brien strapping things together w/ paperclips and spit; who dafuq you think trained him?!? Maxwell?!?”
@@hellfish2309 if anything he should come and work for LaForge at the fleet museum and pay his dues
Just saying 🇧🇻
"Hold my Romulan ale. . . "
I’m going out on a limb here with saying it was beyond practical repair. Imagine restoring an old classic car from the ground up, it’s not practical to do but possible
O'Brien helped fix her I'm sure, well for a few bottles off scotch
Seeing the Enterprise D show up on Picard this season was like coming home. It gave me all the feels. She is certainly a beauty.
So true,now I'm ready for a new,next generation Trek,Picard's 3nd season just fed a hungry sci-fi SHARK'S appetite. LOL.
The ending with 7 of 9 on the bridge giving the order to move out and then thinking about
That you have several let's face it next generation people on bord and Raffiella as number one
I mean if there were ever a setup for a spinoff I don't think I've seen on like it
Just saying 🇧🇻
@@yvindwestersund9720 thats the bridge of the enterprise G though
@@Ottophil I know that it's the G
But my main point was the spinoff part though
It really was a truly welcomed homecoming. All of the feels!
That's one thing that always got me in Star Trek discourse. The klingons basically used a spy to bypass the shields on enterprise. People keep using the fact that it was destroyed by an outdated bird of prey to claim it was a bad ship.
Thanks for bringing that up.
Also don't forget the " All Good Things " Enterprise-D refit with 3 nacelles and a whopping great phser cannon..
Good god that was ugly
I always thought it would have made sense if that version of the galaxy class turned up during the dominion war.
Tbh, I really wish that Future Galaxy X you mentioned would be for Enterprise G
The Enterprise-D tells a lot about where humanity is after 75 years from the original series. First, the design of it screams of new engineering concepts, perhaps learned from alien races who joined the Federation. The organic flow of its lines describes a reason why the ship moves faster through space. Then on the inside, it feels like you’re on a cruise liner with all the luxurious that goes along with it. You have families which states a new trust in the galaxy they travel through. It indicates a more peaceful period. The bridge being so open with much fewer control panels indicates technology doesn’t have to be at your fingertips as much and that the ship itself does not need as many crewmen to keep it operational. Personal space is important on this ship with the Captain having his own office off the side of the bridge. Crew quarters are larger. Holodecks to allow people to be creative and escape into their creations. There is a large forward lounge to have people meet and talk or just hang out looking at the stars. If I were to explore space, that’s the ship I’d want to do it in. It feels like a place of learning and introspection. Perfect for writers to type out drama. I wish they’d go back to that type of creative style again. The dark brooding sets are scary and it makes one fearful of whats around a corner. That’s more mirror universe like than Roddenberry’s idea of an evolved humanity.
I loved Captain Shaw.
The turbo lift scene was like the perfect troll moment 😊😂
hot drop what?
Galaxy class or as is commonly known as the Hyatt Convention Center with guns and engines.
“Poor Alexander”
[shows the star drive exploding.]
I always loves the navigational deflector - it made me think of a great eye, gazing out in the universe.
It was a character of its own, which was one of the reasons I never warmed to the E
ICONIC. LEGENDARY. HEROIC. This ship is the reason why I learned English and learned to be altruistic 30 years ago! Also, lmfaooooo poor Stardrive. Great video!!🖖🏼 OH MY GOOOOOD, THE POKEMON REFERENCE. This clip is LATINUM 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🔥🔥🔥🔥
Just a few extra notes. You forgot the Galaxy class ships in Voyager the alternate future USS Challenger under Captain La forge. Several that was seen under construction along with Voyager at Utopia Planitia in the episode Relativity and Several unnamed Galaxy's that welcomed Voyager home in Endgame. Finally you forgot the USS Venture the enhanced Galaxy class ship with added phasers on the nacelles that docked at DS9 at the end of Way of the Warrior episode ( the USS Magellan is also believed to be a Galaxy class as she is named along side the Venture by Sisko in Favour the Bold episode ) also no other Galaxy class ships were lost to the Dominion in DS9 after the USS Odyssey. Only the USS Galaxy was badly damaged at the first battle of the Chin'toka System.
But a few galaxy class starships were lost at the second battle of Chintoka. The entire fleet was except on klingon Bird of Prey. Whatever modifications that were done to it that made it not affected by the Breen energy dampening weapon.
This video is relegated to the versions of only ships that held the Enterprise moniker.
I do love the 'D' but think the 'E' is sleeker, more powerful, and simply stunning. "E' for me!
The E is when the starfleet ships went downhill: all the sharp and weird angles, and an explosion of aztec-ing, and everything became so dark in the interior to the point where you cant even see the bridge anymore. Nothing about it is sleek or elegant. It looks over designed like a early 2000s aesthetic
F it i'm down with the E. The D has always been a nice ship and they made the right move bringing the D back for Star Trek Picard as its the most iconic ship for the crew of the Next Generaction but I personally prefer the design of the E!
@@eskanda3434 the interior is a bit more militaristic but the silhouette is pretty damn sleek. The D only looks good at certain angles, but at those angles it looks great.
I prefer the E overall too
@@eskanda3434 Nah, I don't think so.
She was a the most jaw droppingly beautiful ship to ever Grace the screen!
I think I still prefer the Constitution refit class. But the Galaxy class did grow on me.
Terry Matalas has breathed new life into Star Trek...Season 3 of Picard was awesome...the Enterprise D was my favorite and was saddened by its demise in Generations...thanks for posting this video
Back in the day, I think we all took the Enterprise D for granted. She really is everything you want for traveling through space. She has comfortable seating. She has comfortable living quarters. She has so many holodecks
True, although this type of ship became outdated very quickly
I took it for granted over 7 seasons ( 26 episodes each season )and 2 films.
@@powerbadpowerbad 1 film, unfortunately
but no cup holders
So many holodecks where you can have sex with the girl/boy/alien of your dreams for free and without consecuences (and yes, they are used for that in Starfleet ships too, not only in Quark's in DS9, it is even hinted in the Technical Manual), although is explicitly prohibited to program holocharacters that are other crew members or living personnel/relatives without their consent (interesting is, do those image rights expire? Can I program... Charlize Theron in 2370 without legal consecuences? Mmmm...)
I preferred the weapons systems of the E. More phaser arrays. Quantum Torpedoes. 🤤
How many times do you need to hear _no_ , Worf?
Guinan said it best:
“This is not a ship of war, it’s a ship of peace!”
pieces rather lol.
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2 pieces, to be exact.
Enterprise-D was an amazing ship. I'm old enough to have watched TNG when the show first aired in 1987.
💯
Snap
Snap.
You act like most of the people watching a video about the Enterprise D aren't.
to gain access to how the galaxy class was a power house ship. you would have to revisit the dominion war where the galaxy class was used as a power house to pound the big dominion ships with firing waves of phaser fire. it kept the galor ships on their toes and made good at keeping the dominion battleships at bay.
Well the Enterprise D flying inside the the Borg cube like the Millenium Falcon flown inside the Death Star and at least the star drive didn't explode in the last episode of Picard
Poor star drive
@@PsychoticG Those things are a dime a dozen. ;)
in 1987 I was 10 years old. There was Thundercat's, Ghostbusters, and watching this beauty on my television screen.
I appreciated the Cetacean Operations joke.
Definitely gets an up 🖖
Glad you like the D.
So glad it has its fans. Is it my favorite? No. The refit will always have my heart 2nd being the Enterprise C.
I just couldn’t get over the duckbill platypus design. Even some of the Star Trek creators said it only had 2 good Beauty shots. Everything else looked disproportionate, awkward. And I agree. But the D is a beauty when it comes to the F the J or the Kelvin time line Enterprise. Those I hate with a passion.
Hailing frequencies closed.
The F is a beauty too, yes I too love the refit it will always be my favorite but the F was a design experiment for Star Trek Online and was not part of the designs from jj trek (can't stand the design of the A from beyond) but it is a favorite of mine including the Yorktown refit of F in STO. Give the F a chance she is just as a beauty as the D. And just like Worf I like the E for her additional weapons. We need to see what happen to her.
Seeing the saucer separation in the first episode at 8y/o was awesome!
Crewed by about 1012 or so. Which always seems really small. The WW2 Carriers that Roddenberry’s Starships drew inspiration from had almost 3000. A modern Nimitz class comes close to 6000.
The Ford-class carriers have about 25% fewer than the Nimitz-class. Automation and all that; a trend that is likely to continue.
"crewed by" i don't think they are counting families, tourists and so on. average family being 3 people. spouse and kid, we could easily assume 3 times 1000 souls on board.
@@chaosconspectus crew was about 800-850, there were about 160 civilians, including about 40 children, so yes, the 1014 odd people included civilians.
My personal favorite is the updated Constitution class Enterprise / Enterprise A. To me she is the most beautiful and Majestic ship of the line
You are by far my favorite from Trek Central. I wish you did more videos! you are really good at this.
Thank you 🫠
Absolutely!!!! The way you say "poor star drive" makes me laugh every single time😂
😂 I'm so mad that out of all the funny parts you snuck in this video, it was the dang Team Rocket reference that got the biggest chuckle out of me🤣🤷🏾♂️🖖🏾
One little nitpick, the ships in yesterday's enterprise were Kvort Class battlecruisers, there was also a bird of prey in that episode. The dialogue suggests the enterprise is more the a match for them but they had to manouvere to protect the C which resulted in limited defensive options to them.
K'vort are the big ones aren't they?
@@LgiovanniF correct. They are massive and slow. Slightly bigger than D, but smaller in volume & mass. Interesting thing is, I suspect her wings aren't moveable, as somehow she always been seen w/ her wing in atmospheric mode even in space.
@@thunderboltcougar5626 That was because it was the ST 3/4 filming model. After filming ST 4 the wing moving mechanism was broken.
@@mattmuttley oh.. daamn..
The k'vort ate sized up B'rel... bird of prey.
I was in the Army when STNG came out. Someone brought in a tiny B/W tv and a bunch of us gathered around to watch.
Probsbly someone already said it, but: the stardrive section did not have a third, forward facing torpedo launcher. It had an additional forward-facing phaserbank. The saucer section was the one with the third torpedo launcher that became operational only after separation, but it was facing aft. Why? The stardrive section already had the two torpedo launchers (one fore, one aft) that would be used even if the ship wasn't separated. Upon separation, the saucer section would be left with none, if these were the only two launchers. So a third launcher is installed in the docking cradle holding the stardrive section in normal combined flight mode which would only be exposed to space if the ship separated.
Think of it as an extra poop chute revealed only when the ship dropped its pants.
Fun alternate idea: After ol’ Enterprise-D saves the day (in Picard S3) and shows its capability against the entire “modern” Starfleet (with only a 7-person crew), they decide to give her a third nacelle and massive railgun-looking weapon, make her the new/old flagship. AND Captain Riker takes command. Q (death retcon’d) would approve 😉
I mean, that would be a great tie-in to All Good Things.
they have to fix the ramp first. Watch Marina in her heels. Geordie didn't get the ramp right.
The only argument I would make about the Constitution separation is that it was ONLY an emergency procedure, acting as a life-raft, allowing for it to safely crash land on a planet. Unlike the Galaxy class, it couldn't reattach itself, and required a shipyard to properly reconnect. It is a long-standing part of the specifications. You even claim we "never" see it on screen and then bring up this requirement when it was finally shown? The Galaxy is clearly the superior vessel, with the first (but not last) able to separate and reattach on a whim, but that doesn't mean we just ignore what we knew and finally saw.
Like Boba-Fett's knee-rockets, it was something we saw and were excited to finally see acknowledged.
12:38 - You're not completely wrong... While it was said that other ships, like the OG 1701 could separate, I seem to recall that the big deal with the Galaxy Class separation was that it was the first one that could also reassemble without the help of a starbase. I don't recall where I read this from, but it's a very clear memory for some reason. The old ships had to tractor the saucer section back to have it externally reconnected.
Maybe someone else can fill in the blank on where I might have heard this from. Assuming this isn't some Berenstain Bears BS on my part.
YAAAAASSSSSSS, 🙇🏻♂️bow down🙇🏻♂️ To the D! Love.. Love… Love the video Thank you Lt Commander Adam and the Trek Central team!
1701-D will always be special to me. I saw the first episode when TNG first aired. Captain Picard looking around the bridge, taking it all in, 10 year old me was hooked! I would go on to design my own spaceships in HS, collect technical manuals, take Klingon language lessons via mail (I still have the book and lesson corrections) belong to a Star Trek club under my dad's name, attend cons around the Bay Area, and dream about space exploration on the Enterprise while monitoring the skies through my telescope and atop Mt. Hamilton. I only have Shuttle Atlantis left to visit in Florida. Standing beneath them and wondering who will be standing in this exact spot two hundred years from now wondering themselves about those living in Orbitor times who dreamt of a life in space.
I was glad to see the Enterprise-D display its full tactical capabilities in Picard. The class was never represented properly due to story needs or due to special effect limitations of the time.
The Enterprise D is by far the best looking ship in all of star trek in my opinion. :)
The best Enterprise is the -A refit. Also I'm pretty sure my marriage would end if I had to spend time with the Duras sisters. I can name four reasons. 🤨
I personally disagree with the premise it's the best, but I gladly accept the fact that, for lots of people, it is. Mine is the 1701 refit. But, I'll bet that for others it's Voyager or perhaps even the pluckily "little" Defiant or Cerritos. Now, carry on. because the Galaxy-class has a beauty all her own.
I’m so happy you guys showed the USS Enterprise-D firing off 10 photon torpedoes as manual says it should ❤ a lot of us thought 5 forward an 5 aft when that happened but ya know there’s tons of room to stack um that way an fire away , rapid fire 10 of those baby’s an fire phasers at same time like riker commanded worf to do when the hunook ship battled the D just as always those writers let the other guys win , I’d like for once when they hammer an enemy with a ship like the D it does some damage to its equal
Sorry the 3rd torpedo launcher is in the 'Saucer Module' aft facing and can only be used in saucer separation mode and not in the Star Drive. pg 128 Star Trek: The Next Generation technical manual. It's an older type and not one of the Star Drive's tree deck tall mass driver 8 round bust fire/shotgun mode doom cannons.
This was a fantastic video! Well done
Mr Adam it is becoming increasingly common to rewind your presentations as vital information is often misheard due to your comical delivery. A genius plan to double the viewing statistics.
Looks like the Enterprise is warping off again!
It was a Space Marriot Convention Center and Concert Hall
If the Galaxy Class Enterprise was to introduce herself to a hostile species, I think that she would probably paraphrase Grunt from Mass Effect 2:
"I am Pure Starfleet. You should be in Awe."
Love this
Enterprise D was my favorite. It was luxurious like a Lexus and a whole city compared to a more boring typical star ship for long deep space missions and of course the hollodeck
The Galaxy Class Enterprise D is my most favorite ship. Period. It is the most beautiful ship ever made and had so much character. Voyager was ok. The Defiant was too small but what they needed. A warship. But the D. The D is the ship that could do mostly anything. I'd love to see a Galaxy II Class. Keeping the shape of the original but just...enhancing it. I also love the ending of TNG. The Galaxy Class IV Dreadnought Enterprise D. If the Federation wanted too. The Galaxy class would become probably their mobile fortresses if they out fitted her to be for war. I know in the Dominion War they had wings of Galaxy's but got to realize that those galaxy classes where in complete. They had most of their systems complete but the interior was not. Just enough to function as fighter carriers, command ships, medical ships, transport ships, and such. Crewed with minimal crew to avoid loosing thousands of crew.
The Galaxy class is the best ship period. She is a character herself. TNG got me into Star Trek. It's the only reason why I stay.
Actually watch the last two eps. There are updated galaxy class ships in the mix.
As they mentioned in the video the Ross Class is the next version of the Galaxy Class, with larger more circular less elliptical saucer section, larger deflector and updated nacelles. It features warp rings embedded in the saucer for warp travel at warp 6 when separated. Industrial replicators included to set up colonies, crews 2,500 people, dubbed a "mobile Starbase" an evolution from Galaxy Class "mobile city".
"Earth-shattering kaboom."
And, I'm ded.
Cheers Adam. I remember both . ( hurricane and the next generation) I slept through the hurricane 😆
My favorite host! Thank you! Hilarious!
20:02 - 20:30
Somebody please tell me I’m not the only one who laughed at this and/or went “oh, hell no!”.
I was 12 years old when TNG came out and loved the design of Enterprise D even to this day
That went places.
Still mad that StarTrek shut down the Stage-9 project. I enjoyed walking around the D. Sadly I don't have the download anymore.
Favorite part of this ship was that it had a barbershop!
Think there was any dice or domino action going on?…..haha
Amazing ship, but my favorite is the Constitution refit!
I love the e....
But the d has a homely feel to it 😊
It's Lt Commander Adam!
What about Baryon sweeps? It seems like no one mentions that you can’t be in space too long before you’ll have to come back to sweep the ship every few years
At least every 5 years. But enterprise spends a lot of time at warp so maybe needed it ahead of schedule some ships probably could last for longer with the sweap
If I had known, I would have made a drinking game of this video... Every time 'poor stardrive' is said I'd take a shot.
13:39 I'm really enjoying the jokes teases and puns you edited into this video.
After picking myself up off the floor from laughing. BRAVO!
Dude, I've seen a lot of your stuff. This takes the cake! 💯🫡
"No bloody A or B or C or D" ! said by Scotty !
That third torpedo launcher was in the saucer facing aft. Great vid about a great ship. Thank you producers of Picard for reminding us how awesome it really is.
She is gorgeous. It was Incredible to see her once again saving the day.
The 3rd torpedo launcher was on the saucer section facing aft. It was only usable when separated since it was covered by the stardrive when docked. It makes since so that it could fire on vessels pursuing it when separated.
I grew up on the films, dad took me to see wrath of khan, search for Spock and voyage home when I was 7, 9 and 11 respectively. That should explain why my far favorite Enterprise or any other ship is the Enterprise refit, or the 1701A since body wise they were the exact same.
I watched Next Generation from the start and it took me a long time to like the D. I thought it was too wide anf flat, and I thought the deflector looked like a cinnamon roll. As the years past though I came to really get a comfortable feeling with the D, I guess after 5 or so seasons it began to feel like home
As the years past and we got into the next gen films and onto the E (which I loved too) I really kinda missed the D. With the way it went down leaving just the saucer section along with the fact that they didn't recreate it with the E the way they redid the refit body with the A, I figured I'd never see it again.
Was pleasantly incorrect about that.
The retrofit and the the E are so much better looking than the D.
6:06 Geordi was able to get her up to warp 9.97 in the episode "The Survivors."
Been my favorite ship since I was a little kid.
It’s okay guys! The star drive section is fine now!
Hail to the Queen!
Wow,... a really entertaining presentation of Gene's Beloved Galaxy Class Starship - with great insights into it's development & operation. Well done 😙.😉
I love how your editing around “poor Alexander” suggests he was on the star drive.
"Poor Star-drive!"
She is a beautiful and elegant ship the Enterprise D is my ship.
All those ships being basically the same size in the fleet museum really upset me, the size of that bird of prey ffs, such a shame otherwise pretty damn cool.....👍👌👍
This is my 5th favorite Enterprise after Constitution refit, original Constitution, Enterprise G and E. In that order.
Loved the video and continued specific explanations of all things Trek. The Enterprise D will always be the best of the best.
Man, this guy really likes the Stardrive section. I don't blame him.
@12:35 not that far fetched. Armies used to have soldiers families follow on the march for centuries.
I always crack up at your way on Chief Miles Edward O'Brian.
The D is,was and always be the best ship . Beauty to ever grace space 😌
I feel the "Initial -D" joke was a missed opportunity. Should have played that music while showing the ship "drifting" through the giant cube ;).
Kelsey Grammer did a great job of narrating this.
The saucer section to me looked way oversized but it looked pretty good.
I love USS Enterprise once again featured on Season finale of Picard ❤
You don't say!
@@AWMJoeyjoejoe sounds like a human reply no? Jesus the bots don't even try anymore.
I didn't care for the 1701-D's design. It didn't do much and never got into big skirmishes. And when it did, it wasn't very long. But I did enjoy seeing it come back. Though the E was better suited for fighting the Borg. Inwould have preferred the E to come in and dominate the final borg cube. 😇
But seeing the D, I had to put some respect on its name, especially seeing Data drifting around with it.
The Borgs first encounter with Humanity was the D and it’s last encounter was the D… poetic
🖖😎👍Very cool and very nicely well done and very well informatively explained and executed in every way and detail possibly provided indeed, But my problem with the ship was how large the saucer primary hull section was twice as large as the secondary hull drive section and then the idea of having families and children on board for a ship that as well was an exploration vessel was also highly geared up for battle, which if it should be fully destroyed would kill everyone on board period!,🤔. And also in Startrek Continues on Utube also shows a saucer separation of the TOS Enterprise in episode 11 To Boudly Go with both parts of the ship in battle against another ship, like Enterprise-D in the best of both worlds and reattached after wards as well,just thought I'd let you know 😉.
Dude I like the refit Enterprise which is the coolest Enterprise .Or at least I think so ,And the Iron Lady was starting her second reign terror over in your next the woods ,Since I got expeince a English summer which is wet ,When I was tourist there .Not big fan of rainy weather in the rainy capital of the world ,But the D did look nice on tv back In 87 .As pretty cool in DC comics where they did a mini series of "Star Trek The Next Generation ".I would recommend it ,But it out print in comics ,And never got reprint or paperback for that matter .So still like the refit Enterprise .And can still like the D cause its your video dude .
9:51 i can assure you, whatever is underneath those blue rectangle windows, it’s not 3 story tall trees
Poor Stardrive. You are missed.
This was super entertaining. Thank you!
11:09
"Don't answer that!"
Me: Of course I I know my way. I have the Starfleet Technical Guide to help me on my way!
>:) Mwahahaha!