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Off Topic => Holodeck => Topic started by: Clark Kent on January 14, 2005, 05:46:58 pm
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Sorta in line with my last post in here, what is your favorite ship/ship class from ST? Doesn't matter, TOS, TMP, TNG or beyond. Pick one from each era if you like. Just wanna hear what you like and WHY. Of course, ultimately my answer is the only right one, and you must al bow to my opinion. ;)
To make sure the topic starts out open,
TOS- what other choice is there? Constitution class, of course, but I'll go with the USS Lexington since I liek the name. No other real reason.
TMP- Tough choices here, as there are alot of fine ships to choose from. I really really like the TMP versions of the enterprise, but ultimately I'd think I'd go with the Enterprise B (Excelsior refit). I like the overall feel and design of the ship, and bet it would have had more than a footnote in history if the captain hadn't been such a wuss.
TNG- Several good choices here, some better than othersbut I think I'd go with the Lakota (Excelsior refit class) since it seems to pack the same punch after refit as the best of the TNG era ships- given its refit.
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ooh... let me see...
TOS: This is an easy one.... The SS Aurora... Just kidding!!! Constitution Class, or should that be Starship Class ;D ;D ;D
TMP: The refitted Enterprise all the way... And by extension the refitted Constitution Class, or should that be Enterprise Class ;D ;D ;D I know this is all opinion and such but I disagree with Clark Kent on the Enterprise - B... The original Excelsior is much much cleaner, and in my opinion the so called "refit" looked bloody awful... I hate it.... In my opinion...
TNG and beyond: Personally, I dont like any of them... Gods honest truth there... but if I MUST make a choice then I'll go for the Excalibur Class... I know it's fan created and therefore non-canon and it's never been seen on screen but it's about the only one I like the look of...
Just my opinion of course....
DC
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TOS- only one candidate, the Warbird... simple, clean lines, great paint.
TMP- The Klingon BoP, it was supposed to be a Romulan ship that Kruge stole. Graceful and very predatory.
TNG- D'Deridex... all except for the green paint!
Post-TNG- I'll have to go with the Sovreign, no good Roms from that time period.
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Well mine is no secret.I like 1701-A,1701refit,1701 TOS,1701-E,1701-D,1701-B and 1701-B
Klingon K-7Ting'a ,Bop ,K'vort ,Negh'var and Vor'cha
Romulan Bop,Warbird and Shrike.
I am going with is in the show not in game.The 1701-A ,1701refit well it is in my sig afterall these are mine.
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Enterprise C - Ambassador class.
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Let's see. Of the top of my head.
TOS - really tough to decide, I'll go with Constitution
TMP - Refit-Connie
TNG - D'deridex
ENT - Xindi Aquatic
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The TOS Klingon D7. Menace personified.
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The TOS Klingon D7. Menace personified.
Indeed. Where would the Constitution-class be without it's fearsome rival?:)
When they used the model in 'Unexpected' (Enterprise), a friend hollered incoherently when it appeared before chanting 'they are so screwed' four or five times in a row. What else could've got that reaction? ;D
For TMP, I'm rather fond of the Miranda-class. Always just liked something about the design.
TNG? The Vor'cha-class is too close to the D7 design for me to say it....hmmmm....possibly the Akira or Intrepid-class.
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The TOS Klingon D7. Menace personified.
Absolutely. In my opinion, probably the coolest spaceship in all of science fiction.
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NX-01
Miranda-class
Ambassador-class
Steamrunner-class
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The TOS Klingon D7. Menace personified.
you mean the D6, D7 is tmp, anyway
in tos i like the romulan warbird or bird of prey, the constitution class
in tmp i like the enterprise class and the enterprise B and excelsior and miranda class
tng i like the defiant class the vorcha class klingon ship
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you mean the D6, D7 is tmp, anyway
The TMP ship is a K'Tinga not a D7. In SFC2 that is the K-D7T.
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Didn't DS9 finally 'canonize' the term D7 in 'Trials and Tribbilations' when Kira referred to Koloth's ship as one?
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I'm going to be more open on choices, as I would have a tough time choosing. I will pick two to three ships, one from each species/government, for TOS, TMP, and TNG. I won't bother with Pre-TOS, as I'm sure non-canon designs are unallowed and even if they aren't, it'd give me a harder time choosing.
To make sure the topic starts out open,
TOS Starfleet: No contest: The Constitution-class. Aside from the Enterprise, if I was given command of one, it'd be the non-canon NCC-1716 U.S.S. Endeavour.
TOS Alien #1: Tholian ship. Add a little paint job, crystalize it a bit more, and give the species some more variance, I'd definately be intrigued by this species. The design may be simple, but I like it.
TOS Alien #2: Because combat isn't totally-realistic, I say the D7. Efficient warp drive systems, disruptors, and built for battle, an efficient battlecruiser that was made to rival the Constitution-class, I guess. Or was it vice versa?
TMP Starfleet: It's a real tough choice... I certainly would rule out the pathetic-excuse for a refit for the Enterprise-B: As the huge impulse engines would've actually melted off the pylons. I prefered the original streamlined Japanese-esque design of the Excelsior-class, yet with the minor refit touches seen in Star Trek VI. However, the beauty of the Constitution-class's refit rivals the Excelsior's own distinct beauty. Probably the Excelsior-class, a more-modern design proved efficient since 2285, and whether hauling butts between Starbases in the mid-2360s or vaporizing bugs in the Dominion War in the mid-2370s, it is a formidable 90-year-old design. I might choose this, but I definately wouldn't forget the beautiful Constitution-class refit. My decision between those two ships aren't final, though.
TMP Alien #1: K'T'inga-class Klingon Battlecruiser, successor to the D7 class, and the first bunch of ships we see digitized into data patterns for V'Ger's knowledge in Star Trek: The Motion Picture.
TMP Alien #2: V'Ger. One of the most-powerful ships in the known galaxy, let-alone universe, it can produce an energy cloud up-to 2 AUs in diameter (or 82 AUs in diameter, if you prefer the original cut) and digitize just about most any ship it encounters. That character shielding is an exception, which is exactly why the Enterprise survived (unless they sent the Hood for assistance or whatever other ship the original script called for). TMP is an under-appreciated movie that's actually mostly Gene Roddenberry-influenced right down to the uniforms. But then again, I'm all for unique tastes that are minor. But don't let the Borg come near this thing, or it'll be digitized into data patterns until they're extinct!
TNG Starfleet: A tough choice: Many good selections. I'd have to say the Galaxy-class Starship. The one, the original TNG Starfleet design Probert made that defined the look of TNG starships (until Eaves started going for cool looks and ratings instead of prefering design lineages). An under-appreciated design, like the Ambassador-class I would guess, a very-good design in itself that derived from one of Probert's original sketches of the Enterprise-D.
TNG Alien #1: The all-too-beautiful-yet-all-too-menacing Romulan D'deridex-class "B-type" Romulan Warbird, a Warbird bigger and better than the Galaxy-class, and perhaps the Sovereign-class as well! Or so in my opinion. A beautiful design nonetheless.
TNG Alien #2: Vor'cha-class. The first true Klingon design that also defined TNG ships for the Klingons. A design that borrowed from the K'T'inga and D7-class starships, a ruggedly-beautiful yet built-for-battle Klingon starship.
Don't ask me any overall choices, I would have a hard time choosing. But that's my taste of starships for now.