Holy shit I have been here for 2 years. You did a great job growing your channel. Also I wanted to thank you because you brought me to bsg and because of you I tried watching the expanse.
Hey spacedock, have a question you might be able to answer how would a venator stack up against a standard mass effect dreadnaught, also did the republic during the prequel era have a dreadnaught themselves
Spacedock - overall I like the design of the Ent D Galaxy Class. However I think the elliptical saucer section should have been turned around so that ellipse points forward like on Voyager. More aggressive. and the base reinforced to handle more stress. also the neck should be shortened. to offer a more tactical profile. the Star drive section needs upgrades too, like a shorter but thicker neck to support the weight of the saucer section. an overall thicker star drive engineering section, but not as thick as the Enterprise C. With the saucer redesign, the warp nacelle pylons need to be shortened as well. Enterprise D should keep the large main shuttle bay on the saucer. And put two medium shuttle bays in the star drive section. rather than 1x medium and 1x small shuttle bay. Personally I would like to see the saucer get Two Conventional Torpedo launchers, and keep the star drive single one adapted for fireing quantum torpedo. The AFT saucer should have a single conventional torpedo and the AFT star drive should have Twin conventional torpedo. The enterprise D should keep its primary phaser configuration, but add additional secondary phaser arc to cover any blind spots, in its new configuration.
Lawzy...I know! The Galaxy class is so splendid. I often times meditate on walking the decks of the Entreprise D when stressed. I feel so relaxed after. Something about her...most beautiful starships in Star Trek.
The Galaxy Class always seemed like a Culture weapon to me. Kinda like the concept from the original Macross. Going around making 1st contact while bringing a microcosm of your Utopian Civilization as an example/proof.
That's exactly what it was, and is generally the role of a Navy's flag ship (as opposed to the flag ship of say a fleet, which merely means that ship has the fleet's commanding officer on board).
I loved Bones showing up as the newest Enterprise was sent off. I could tell who it was supposed to be just by his speech pattern and asking Data if he was a Vulcan...lol
so true and it does not just apply to startrek ships it applies to all ships (it means treat them well and never misuse them) and they will always see the job done i have a ship that my faction in space engineers built and she has seen us though so much that she is like another player in our world (we run a full community server and this ship was one of the first 3 built) she has had a lot of refits but she is still the pride of our faction and feared by all the others 9 times of 10 when she arrives our enemies run
Daniel, there aren’t many videos that evoke an emotional response from me, but this is one of them. Your script writing, video selection and voice tone and inflections were absolutely outstanding! In the words of Captain Picard, “Well done!”
It's worth noting that for all the talk of superior firing angles of Klingon ships that the Galaxy class's broad surface area and phaser arrays give it some of the widest firing angles of any ship displayed in canon. Which makes sense if your ship is not terribly fast or able to change direction very quickly. One doesn't need to dance with their opponent if one can simply engage them from every approach.
This is one of the reasons it was classified as a battleship. Big, tough, floating weapons platforms. Though they work great as command and control as well as carriers.
The Galaxy also had more rearfacing weapons than the Sovereign,atleast pre Refit(the one that happened canonically between 2375 and 2379).. After all..Just look at the model of the Sovereign(the studio one,which has the same armament as the Insurrection Version)...1-2 Photon Torpedo Launchers...and maybe 2 Phasers.. Have to give the Nemesis refit credit here...Whoever designed that certainly remembered the lack of shown rearward weapons...Probably the reason why of the 6 Torpedo launchers and 4 Phaserarrays..4 Launchers and all Phasers were mounted facing aft :D Granted..we can only see(maybe) 1 of the 2 additional forward Photon Launchers...
Also makes sense if you consider they were fighting Romulans and Klingons, who used cloaked ships. Much easier to fight an enemy you can’t see if you can fire at any angle
There's a reason the Galaxy is a REALLY good "tank" in STO. Also, when you're not limited by the TV show's effects budget, the broadsides of a Galaxy could rightly be called "Beam Spam."
Ok now this was just BEAUTIFUL. A great documentation of the class with an absolutely perfect finish line. It´s rare to get classic phrases woven so seamlessly into a text.
@@paulsmith3266 I've often wondered if it was a generational thing. For some, the 60's Constitution was 'their' ship, for others it was the 80's Constitution. The one I've never warmed to was the Sovreign-class. Whether that's down to childish jealousy as it replaced the Galaxy-class or what I don't know. It's always come across as more of a military ship and very sterile with no 'humanity' to it. Sounds stupid I know but oh well. Even in Star Trek Online it's the one missing ship from my fleet. On purpose! lol
But designed very poorly as any kind of combat vessel, like all the previous Enterprises, the Bridge is at the top of the primary hull and is exposed to a suprise attack. And no escape hatches for the bridge. If those lifts fail, the crew is stuck there
The most beautiful starship to me will always be the Constitution Refit, but the Galaxy Class is the ship that has the soul read on why I love Star Trek: peaceful, elegant, powerful, vast, capable. I loved the first season of TNG where we would often hear things like "this class starship can do [something no other ship before it could do]." It is Roddenberry's vision of fulfilling human potential made manifest!
For me, it’s the reverse. The Galaxy class edges the refit Connies by about half a saucer length. But I totally agree about the generally peaceful outlook of the show.
The Galaxy class is and always will be my favorite of the Federation starships. Also, being the last ship that Gene Roddenberry had a hand in the design makes it additionally special.
I got the technical manual for this ship when I was probably 10. Still have it. Just checked, it's from 1991 I was 9. I wasn't around for the original ST, this ship was my introduction to sci-fi. Always have loved it. Thank you for all the hard work you put into this trip down memory lane for me.
One thing I'd like to point out, is the Saucer of the Galaxy actually has a Warp Field Sustainer to allow it to stay at warp speeds if separated at warp, not the Drive section extending the field. It would drop the saucer's speed to Warp 2 but that would still give it an advantage to get out of a combat zone if needed, hence how the saucer got to Farpoint Station. Otherwise it would have taken far longer than it did to have gotten there at mere impulse speeds.
No the Saucer didn't as the warp sled or warp sustainer for it hadn't been invented in the early 2360s and they could run the impulse drives at near relivistic speed but preferred not to due to time dialation my theory is that as soon as the saucer dropped out of warp once the star drives warpfield no longer enveloped it it continued on to farpoint on maximum impulse
Still, it seems reasonable that a Galaxy saucer could have contained a low-output, limited lifespan warp field generator capable of achieving a low warp factor (somewhere between 1.5 and 3) and sustaining it for a length of time that would permit the saucer to traverse a significant percentage of the trip to the nearest active starbase under its own power in a viable trip duration (days to weeks as opposed to months to a year or more under Emergency impulse). The warpsled technology was demonstrated as a shuttlecraft enhancement during the Kirk era. An uprated version for full-sized ship application should have been viable by Picard's time. That the Enterprise-D didn't have such a thing installed (or parts on board to quickly assemble and deploy it in a lifeboat situation) I would attribute to the extensiveness of civilian support facilities built into the saucer. Perhaps later variants without civilian populations would be equipped with a lifeboat warp system.
I personally think it should have one if it didn't. All Starfleet vessels with primary and secondary hulls (saucer and engineering sections) are capable of saucer separation _once_. They use explosive charges to do this. The original Constitution could use either section as a lifeboat in this way. This was because the nacelles provided both warp field generation and warp propulsion. The refit version and later ships could only use the saucer that way because warp propulsion was merged with the impulse engines. The point of the saucer on the Galaxy is to be a _reusable_ lifeboat for the civilians. At warp 1, it takes 4.3 years to reach the Centauri system from Sol system, and we're _closer_ than average. At sublight, it takes longer. If they need to escape, the impulse engines ain't gonna cut it.
Those were the best kinds of technical problems, though. Artificial intelligence programs became self-aware, people hooked themselves up to the computer to help with processing speed...crazy science stuff!
Those technical problems only plagued one Galaxy class ship. You cant' judge them all based on the performance a vessel used to produce scripted television. I'm sure the producers were behind the scenes arranging for all number of issues to up the drama on the "documentary" they were producing.
I have the blueprints for this beauty. During a 3 day drive in an RV years ago, I studied those obsessively. I counted more than 6000 beds, meaning this ship can very comfortably accommodate thousands of passengers. A deep space mobile city with powerful combat potential.
10:37, definitely one of my favourite battle scenes, as we get to see not only the hulking mass of a Galaxy class, but also this massive f*** you as the cruiser blocks fire at allied ships and smashes the Cardassian ship four times whilst followed up by two from its sister ship.
There was a memofrom HR specifying that you must wear pants with that outfit. Gentlemen were asked to not sit on stools in 10F but could lounge at a table.
The selection of show/movie clips was brilliantly done! So was the timing of the voice over. For example...the look despair on Will Riker's face when you mentioned "long haul" exploration was hilarious!
In my head canon, the Galaxy class essentially replaced the Excelsiors as the workhorses of the fleet, with nearly 250 Galaxy class ships and variants constructed up until around the turn of the 25th century--an average of 10 completed hulls launched per year over a 25 year production run. They essentially become the 'face' of the Federation, representing its latest technologies in constant upgrades and refits, and acting as colony support and the primary first contact and diplomatic vehicle of the fleet. Many Galaxies are refitted as command ships for military and exploratory squadrons, and about half of them make it to their scheduled 100-year decommission date. Nebula class starships end up being an experiment that doesn't pan out. Billed as being the more "economical" version of the Galaxy class, the Nebula class proves to be just as expensive to build, but without the extra efficiency of the Galaxy class' warp field geometry (hull shape and nacelle position matters). The swappable "pod", while giving ships of the class extra modularity, ends up becoming a point of structural failure in combat situations and during high warp maneuvers. It's found that the internal volume of the Galaxy class is more than sufficient for housing any additional mission-specific equipment deemed necessary for the job at hand, rendering moot the "modularity" of the Nebula class. Only 30 Nebula Class ships are ever built, with the last hull being delivered in 2385. Sovereign class starships become the jewels in the crown of Starfleet for over 2 decades. Even the launch of the Odyssey and Vesta class ships in the beginning of the 25th century did not diminish the prestige of captaining a Sovereign class ship. With only 30 Sovereigns completed by the turn of the century, they were a rare enough sight to cause a stir wherever they went. Entire starbases would shut down as officers and visitors alike would run to the nearest viewport or exterior monitor for a glimpse of an arriving Sovereign class starship.
Pretty much fits with STO. And the two modernized variants of the Galaxy. That, and Geordi's ship, the USS Challenger being a ship recognizeable and rightly feared by the KDF.
I own the TNG technical manual for the Galaxy class starship. Fascinating reading. Amidst the treknobabble there is a tritanium core of realism that makes me love this ship even more. I watched TNG religiously growing up. I might have missed two or three episodes. I've been, and always shall be, a trekker nerd. Unapologetic and knowing things about Star Trek that others have forgotten. Love this channnel too.
The problem with the Galaxy Class in combat: turn rate of DEATH! Seriously, they steer like a cow. Refit for carrier duty and then functioning as a command vessel that could carry several thousand troops and massive amounts of supplies was an excellent use of them in war time.
The turn rate was offset however by their massive firing arcs, with most forward facing weapons having around the 180-degree arc range (the phasers are pretty much 360-degree). The only place I can see them having trouble is at the back and to the side (there is a single torpedo launcher facing backwards) as there isn't much there but phasers.
The enemy, if more maneuverable, can concentrate fire on one side or flank two separate shield arcs at once putting massive stress on the shields, causing collapse. That curvy hull doesn't come with armor either, so if the weapons have bleed through like Dominion polaron weapons do or you start to loose shield the ship will be destroyed.
KnightsWithoutATable is this a fact? I know that the enterprise seems to turn pretty quickly in some episodes. Like when the Borg cube is on its way to invade earth.
Usually, large ships has low turn rates but rely on either armor/shields or wide weapon coverage. The Galaxy seems to have a decent sublight speed though but her biggest blind spot is her aft ventral section. As a fighter carrier, I can see her taking on almost anything short of a dreadnought or even a squad of small attack ships.
Wow, very informative video. The Galaxy Class Starship is my favorite Starfleet vessel. The bridge hands-down is the best of all the other ships in Starfleet. Really love the tactical station.
Definitely got to be one of my favourite Star Trek ships, second only to the D'Deridex. It didn't have that CG sheen, it wasn't dangling on strings, this thing looked like it was _built_. It could look majestic and imposing from any angle, and it occasionally fired phasers out the torpedo tube...
[TLDR: a spare saucer just full of weapons, that can be hot swapped in case of trouble or war]. (TLDR Warning is not idle). Starfleet should take advantage of the modular nature of the detachable saucer section. Apparently it's a lot easier to build a saucer section than a drive section (makes sense, it's just a simple shape with components filled in to requirements) as shown by it being used in other designs, such as the Nebula, and even fitted together as space stations. Specialised saucer sections could be constructed, optimised for specific mission concepts. To very quickly develop a world, a saucer could be dropped off at a planet and either become a fully capable orbital facility (And that may be how the multihulled saucer stations were deployed), or deorbited (in a controlled non "Generations" manner) and become a ready built city on the ground, opening up and expanding to become the hub of a future metropolis. However, one shot hulls that just use the drive section as a tender are just the beginning. Instead of having to refit for 'possible' future conflicts, which takes time, have a saucer that was effectively a battlestation or weapons platform - nothing else, no crew except for maintenance access, minimal life support (or uses drive sections life support) ect. It's fitted to a Galaxy's secondary hull when needed, swapping out the 'nice' friendly peacetime hull, and relying on the battle bridge, warp core and shields (although it may have extra shielding and ablative armour) ect of the drive section. And while fitting it with an arsenal of phasers is tempting and useful, it's still just one ship with one set of shields and can be destroyed as such, if you can briefly withstand the fire. At close range it would be priority target number one of the enemy fleet, and it needs a lot of power for all the extra phasers (secondary reactors?). Still some more phasers would be handy for missile defense and eliminating attack ships and corvettes, lower power phaser strips wouldn't tax the systems too much as the primary damage dealer is just torpedo after torpedo continuously hitting. Using it as a missile truck/artillery barrage is a better use of it's abilities. The saucer could hold thousands of photon torpedoes (not quantum torpedoes, they are 'expensive' and in limited supply, and space is not an issue - quantum are more compact) and dozens of launchers for simultaneous launch of large salvos. Plus the massive computer systems of the Galaxy could handle the processing of all that targeting information. It could have similar firepower to DS9 (which had 5000 photon torpedoes), but in a mobile package. And then it just rains down massive long range barrages of photons at range, sort of like a souped up version of the homewold missile destroyer. Imagine a fleet manoeuvre where as an opening salvo, hundreds of photons rain down on the enemy fleet as they approach for engagement. It could also be disguised to look like a regular saucer section to sensors, with dampening fields hiding the arsenal if the extra expense was warranted in peacetime, before the Dominion war. If expecting trouble (say going to Romulan space on a piece of unconfirmed intelligence) it could be swapped into the drive section and potential adversaries would never know what they were facing. Or just keep them in reserve in Federation facilities without the extra build requirements of *Q-ship systems, in case of a hot war, which could break out at any moment with the Romulans, and without the structural compromises of windows and other ergonomic hull cut outs. Also since they are just a standard hull design without a warp core, navigation, sensors or other complicated components they are easy to build. Since, as mentioned above, the same saucer is used for the Nebula class saucer Starfleet obviously has mass production for it. Or once the Dominion war started they are built to reequip every Galaxy in the fleet. After the first is built and swaps out the standard saucer, the previous saucer section is retrofitted, and as each ship gets it's battle saucer fitted, the old saucer can be quickly stripped out and modified to replace the peace saucer on the next ship, leaving no down time for ships in the field. Considering that war time Galaxies had up to 65% free space, it's obvious that more systems could be fitted, if they had greater down time. And magazines for torpedoes are the simplest (and most effective use) of all that real estate, even without turning it into a unmanned remote weapons station. Or different concepts could be utilised, with a more tanky direct damage phaser version with a lot of extra reactors, a fighter carrier and general field support ship (a bit of a waste, just reequip a older ship) and so on. Note this concept could also be used for Excelsior class ships, as they have detachable saucer sections. Although the ability to reattach is an upgrade, a quick swap could be done at a shipyard. To standardise, Galaxies could be the longer range missile boats and the Excelsiors could be the closer range direct energy shooters with extra phasers and even disruptors - as many guns as it could carry. *Q-ships were used in WW2, it was a freighter turned into a gunboat with hidden rapid fire cannons behind panels ect. It was designed to sucker submarines into surfacing to use their deck guns to destroy lone unarmed ships instead of wasting expensive, limited torpedoes. As soon as the sub surfaced and before the deck gun could be manned the panels fell away and the sub was sunk before they could react. In Star Trek they could be used if you didn't happen to have three cloaked warbirds to back you up.
Great proposal and breakdown! Extending that, it would be great to see a carrier where the max width of the main shuttlebay was taken advantage of. Picture a smaller, slimner Defiant, being able to fully slot into the bay for battlefield repairs. Actually, the size and shape would be extremely similar to a Millennium Falcon :)
Hm. Not sure how power distributions works in this case-as the Stardrive had 12.75 exajoules of energy output of itself, which is GENERALLY way beyond what a fusion Impulse Reactor can provide for similar space. But, the realistics aside, I feel like both the 'rely on all the power from the stardrive to launch a collosal torpedo salvo' would probably leave ample power to spare. I suppose you could build... well. I'll just say what I *personally* would build for hotswaps. Rescue modification-Life support and stasis equipment-which is old tech at this point and very, very cheap comparatively, no non-replicatable components-stacking much of the inside of the galaxy class saucer. Combine it with a singular Impulse Reactor and Drive, allowing rapid point-to-point beam out of people from critically damaged ships. Now... the outermost portions, cover entirely with shield generators. Enough to mitigate the bleed-through effect of Polaron Beams with the multiple shield layers... and when I mean pack the sucker-i mean PACK IT. Line the outside of the hull and every space close enough for them to be efficient-with those high capacity shield generators. Strategy-jump in, evacuate colonists to the deeper portions of the saucer section, which are all life-support chambers for refugees/survivors/stasis pods for critically injured, where you then offload everything when you get close to the nearby staging area. You hot-drop the saucer section and let it coast-and then maneuver-into dock with it's low-powered impulse drive and reactor. Hotswap with a fresh one while the other is still getting sortie'd, go right back to the battle lines-one with fresh shields and an empty hold for new evacuees/full shields to rescue and provide cover for other ships through shield extension. Long-Range dreadnaught modification-pack the saucer with short-recharge shield generators, like on science vessels. Give it backup impulse reactors for auxilliary power-if needed, those are optional. And then just pack every single avaliable surface space with phasers and phaser capacitors. Very simple. Strategy-This one is for longer engaugements and tactical momentum gathering. You jump into a combat zone and just FRY EVERYTHING YOU SEE with those phasers. And, you're also tougher because of all those auxilliary shield emitters. Also, you can use the impulse reactor-if you have one-for Multi-Vector-Assault, just using the phaser capacitors and the impulse reactor-but only seperate if you think you can win. Then, you yeet yourself into combat and you come at them with everything you've got, you hit them hard, you hit them fast, you steamroll over smaller forces... and then you recollect your saucer if you deployed it-and continue to the next engaugement. There's the reason for rapid recharge shields-By the time you're at the next battle, you're fully charged, both phasers and shields all over again, and ready to rinse/repeat. Starburst Modification-Simple, simple, simple. As many torpedo tubes, launchers, and spare torpedoes as you can POSSIBLY fit in one spot. Jump in, unload, retreat, repeat. Supernova modification-Make this as CHEAP AS YOU CAN. Pack it with as much antimatter as possible, or, failing that, fusionable materials. Yeet that sucker at Warp directly at your enemy, launch a probe, do a 180, and fly as fast as you can away from the miniture sun you just threw at your enemy. Say hello to my little friend-400,000 cubic meters of antimatter, assuming it's stored in a highly compressed state like anti-osmium... Enough firepower to singlehandedly crack the crust of an entire planet with ease-and we've seen what warp cores to the face can do in the series. This is basically that, but on steroids. Man oh man, would the Dominion or the Borg be in for a surprize when they get hit with the equavelent of several thousand warp core breaches *directly to the face*. I'm not saying all are ethical... I'm saying they're the kind of stuff I'd pull.
As a 40k fan, the amount of firepower these ships have is terrifying - photon torpedoes can be tuned up to obliterate planets (mentioned in Voyager) and this family filled exploration vessel has over 200 of them. The emperor approves!
Can I just say: I love these videos. You give us everything we need to know. Also, I couldn’t help but smile when you said “To boldly go where no one has fond before.” Great way to conclude the video about a great class of starship.
As mentioned it was made for long missions, to house crew at their families, mainly made for research and discovery, something cramped like today submarines would not do.
Legend has it - modifications can be made to the ships dilithiun power grid when in close proximity to a gravitational anomaly that allows Holodeck Threes A.I. access to the replicator ODS, transporter pattern buffers, and navigation shields so that it can run Crysis.
Ya know, I always thought the the saucer split roles should be reversed… The saucer being the “lifeboat” is kinda weird if it’s range is FAR less than the drive section, which is suppose to basically buy time for the escape. Like, if the drive section does get destroyed, well, the saucer can’t be more than a system away at BEST no matter HOW LONG the drive section holds out.
i remember when i saw this ship on tv for the first time in 1987 in a commercial for the show a couple of weeks before the first episode aired it blow my mind
I wonder if Starfleet ever considered keeping the engineering section but designing a new, more compact saucer section better suited for combat missions. Perhaps the older saucer section could have been used as a miniature space station or for some other purpose.
I'd keep the saucer as is, that much space make for a lot of potential weapon hard points. Especially when separated from the drive section, that can be very formidable combination.
@@HeadlessChickenTO Worf comments that the ship is over all better in combat when it deploys the saucer because it loses the vast majority of it's bulk while retaining it's main power generator (the warp core) making it much more nimble. You can't just load the current saucer up with more weapons as those weapons require power to fire.
@@kyle857 When we see the drive section separated from the saucer, it didn't seem to be that much more maneuverable...at least on screen. Besides as a battlecruiser, you generally are not used in a manner that requires you to be nimble. That role is left to frigates, destroyers, and some light cruisers. The Galaxy is a hard hitter.
For that purpose, I think an entirely new design would work better. You need more than lots of guns to make a good warship. The way I see to prolonged the life of a Galaxy-class is to convert all those extra luxury area into reconfigurable area that could be reconfigure from luxury area like the standard Galaxy-class into militarized compartment, either for troop transport, extra shield generator, or other purpose. (obviously not to the degree of fan-design Insignia-class where they literally swap sections of saucer section for mission specific module, but the same idea.) Also, Galaxy-class already have advantage in sensor and communication system, so further modified her into command ship might also be very beneficial. She's already have lots of space, suitable for flag officers and their staffs.
the sad part is we never saw shuttle bay 1 on the show, these things should have been carriers not battleships with the massive hanger that took up a large fraction of the saucer space.
Did he actually say 70% less weight without the civilian based equipment aboard ? I would think the Galaxy class stripped down would be a great massive troop transport along with fighters and cargo so many options, but it would need an escort loaded up.
From what this video says the Galaxy class . Which that stripped down version was not called the Galaxy class vessel, but an unknown name was converted to command vessel with long range sensors and lots of fighters. It makes sense with all that empty space , but I agree with you I think it makes more sense as a troop transport.
The way Starfleet had these Galaxy Wings with so many ships set around a Galaxy Class Starship was like it was with the 20th century naval fleets with different support ships set around supply convoys or aircraft carriers.
Great video, but I am a real nerd. I pulled all of my Star Trek (including TNG) to verify the dimentions, only to find that your lenth is spot on and I calculated the width of the Galaxy Class to 559.74 meters. Loved the video.
I've watched alot of videos about star trek in general. As far as the direct explanation and technical layout of a class of ship, this was the best. Well done. sir.
Might I ask for you to do a breakdown of the Yamato from Space Battleship Yamato 2199 and 2202 please? The bow mounted gun would be very interesting for you to explain in detail if possible.
Official explanations vary, but the most consistent is that the Wave Motion Gun gathers and directs energy from the Wave Motion Engine, which is able to harness the near-infinite (or sometimes actually infinite) "wave motion energy" present in the interstellar vacuum/other convenient subspace handwave. The resulting beam has enough destructive power to destroy a small planet, which our -Star Blazers- intrepid crew try not to do very often.
But the ship does seem to suffer from the sea vessel in space design that a lot of Star Wars Imperial vessels succumb to …👨🚀🚣♂️ Not very good coverage on the underside.
The USS Galaxy or at least the idea of it always kind of captured my imagination. She's not only the prototype, and constantly used to test bed new refits and technology...but outlasted both its sister ships (including the Enterprise D) by a long long time, even surviving wars it wasn't originally meant to fight... even though it was supposed to be overshadowed. I think it's the only one of that first generation of Galaxy's that survives longer than a decade. I dunno, I just love the idea of the first ship, and the test ship at that, which I like to think was never meant to shine as bright as its more "finished" sister ships including an Enterprise, somehow ironically lasting decades longer and due to all its upgrades probably ending up a far more powerful vessel. Like, I like to think its a ship with a lot of quirks and problems since its the prototype and they're always testing new systems with it, but somehow it just always miraculously pulls through. I bet it has quite a story.
It's like what Captain DeSoto said in the TNG Season 3 episode 'Tin Man' calling the Enterprise a 'Luxury Liner' and sadly the Galaxy Class Starships were almost like the 24th century equivalent of the R.M.S. Titanic before the Dominion War.
One of the sexiest ships ever designed in the Star Trek Universe. Aesthetically pleasing with it's lines but not fragile looking like many of the Starfleet ships. I always thought many of them looked like they could just be snapped in half at the neck, but not this baby.
Ian Dickerson I agree. There is something so evocative about this ship. It just speaks to me. It has s super consistent design that is still appealing 30 years later.
To be honest, all things considered, this ship is probably my favorite Star fleet ship. It may not be the most powerful anymore, but it’s the perfect representation of what star fleet is supposed to be.
That Dominion War upgrade was no joke, the shields alone made it the toughest ship among the Alpha Quadrant powers. A shame it didn't get the Phaser Lance.
@@UkrainianPaulie When was that? The fact is, a pre-war Galaxy class ship (the Odyssey) sustained direct hits from multiple Jem'Hadar attack ships for minutes without the protection of shields. The Odyssey only succumbed when the attack ship rammed her star-drive section. The Enterprise D herself has survived no less than 12 direct, consecutive hits from disruptors and photon torpedoes with her shields down (ST: Generations). Galaxy Class armor, or hull plating if you prefer, is pretty, darned tough, I'd say.
Wooohooo, love me some Enterprise D! I believe I read somewhere once upon a time that Gene Roddenberry saw the new Galaxy vessels as a giant city in space. They didn't have the budgets during TNG to show all the things that the Enterprise had. I think Enterprise was supposed to have an massive aquarium even, with dolphins. And the crew compliment was supposed far larger than the 1000k ish they had ultimately. Roddenberry assigned the number arbitrarily because he said they couldn't show the true size due to budget. Oh well, we can only imagine i guess. :D
I have watched a lot of good Galaxy Class videos but this was certainly the best. You gave the old girl the respect and dignity she deserved. I tend to be in a minority of Galaxy Class lovers these days but you reinvorgated my love of the design, good Sir.
I hope someone makes a virtual recreation of a Galaxy Class starship. That would be so cool... ...oh...right...it got C&Ded by Crap Builder Studios (CBS).
I wish you had visited Las Vegas in 2003. I did, and at the Hilton, I visited Quark's bar, Discussed Klingon History with two Warriors, and ventured onto the E-D's bridge whilst under attack. Complete with shaking bridge. I'm serious.
I always thought it odd that the saucer section had no warp drive. Even just a small one that could go up to warp 3. If the star drive section lost in battle. The enemy would easily be able to find the saucer section and destroy it too. But ifvonce the saucer is out of the warp bubble. The saucer sections warp drive could CV continue to get them to a class M planet or starbase.
You'd probably need a crew of engineers to take care of the other warp core too. It would be a vulnerability that could explode and wipe out all of the escaping people. I think it makes sense not to have it. It would help provide massive power to shields, though.
“I’ve been looking forward to this.” Wait, wrong franchise. :P But, seriously as an avid Star Wars and Star Trek fan, I’ve been enjoying channel very much. And this beautiful rundown of my personal favorite fictional starship class was just so well-done and clearly showed the amount of effort you put into it. I hope you plan on doing extended breakdowns on the Intrepid and Defiant-class soon! Cheers!
The Enterprise-D was not just a flag ship and powerful vessel but was designed to be a luxury liner. Like combining a Destroyer and a Carnival Cruise ship. It was loaded down with a lot for entertainment. More holodecks than any other ship and more ship space for relaxing than deep space nine. I mean if you spread out the crew then it matched up to scenes where you see people alone walking the corridors. The only real place you see a lot of people is the bridge and 10-forward. Compared to older version of the Enterprise it was truly a vessel to not only work on but live on and be happy to do so. It held like 1k crew members families included but could hold over 6k people. I am not sure if families were 100% pulled from being on Federation vessels just because of the Dominion war which did not last as long as it seemed. What is considered the golden age of the Federation where vessels could be powerful but used for exploration and have families aboard as well may have ended but I do not believe it ended entirely. The real crazy version of the Enterprise was the USS NC1701-J. That thing was the size of 7 to 10 Borg Cubes. Larger than all the Enterprise ships combined that came before it. I have no clue why a ship that large would be needed by the Federation. Having a city size ship is one thing but having a ship the size of 3 cities is just beyond me. I cannot even imagine just having 1 bridge crew and 1 Captain being in control of a ship that size. I mean how many warp cores did it need to power that thing? How much of starfleet members were needed just to fill the stations and where did it dock for repairs? When the ship is larger than space stations then where the hell does it go to get repaired when it is damaged. Not even the city ships from Stargate Universe The Destiny was that large and it was truly a flying city. Think about how long it took to build such a massive ship and I am sure they only turned out 1 of these size ships. It would take decades to turn out a fleet. I can only imagine the federation building such a ship to be used to not just travel our galaxy but travel to others for exploration. That might make sense to build a ship that size. I mean I know they were fighting a Temperal war but dam do u need a ship that big? Wtf Starfleet.
AFAIK the _Enterprise_ alone could carry everyone on Deep Space Nine and their belongings, and it’s own crew and passengers comfortably with room to spare. Like, the _Galaxies_ can carry something like fifteen thousand people in a pinch. _Wonder of the Seas,_ the largest cruise ship currently in service, has a maximum capacity of seven thousand. Makes sense looking at it, she’s about the length of a _Galaxy’s_ saucer and nowhere near as wide.
This was a BEAUTIFUL Video! As someone who is a fan of the Galaxy Class for decades by now, i need to say this Video (especially the end) almost made me cry. You perfectly catched the point and "soul" of this ship. I have not yet seen a better researched Video about this ship class yet, great work! (Btw, one thing i missed was a short note about the phaser arrays, which must be the most powerful ones in Starfleet history)
A classic design but flawed in several ways. The escape craft (sauccer section) carried the vessels most potent phaser arrays leaving the stardrive section with secondary arrays for combat. It also lacked the ability to warp away meaning that it was only useful as a lifeboat if you knew ahead of time that you were going into combat. The huge number of science labs, auxiliary vehicles and the massive resources and number of personnel it could carry really did make the Galaxy class a true mobile starbase.
You didn't even mention the Dolphin tanks (mentioned in The Perfect Mate). Pffff. Sure, mention shields and shit, but not "Holy shit, it somehow has dolphins inside!"
I wonder now if the dolphin tank would’ve been temporarily used. I’m sure in the real world it would be dangerous to always keep it filled, like how The Voyage Home temporarily converted a whale tank for the one mission.
It’s worth noting that the Dominion’s huge tactical advantage, of their polaron weapons being capable of penetrating Federation shields, did not last forever. Starfleet eventually developed a countermeasure to neutralise this advantage before the war, but in a strategic ploy, they deliberately didn’t refit the fleet immediately, even while Jem’hadar warships inflicted mounting losses on Federation starships in border skirmishes. Instead, Starfleet waited until the outbreak of the war, when the Federation deliberately provoked the Dominion into a premature invasion, to allow all Federation ships to adapt their shields to defend against polaron weaponry. The resulting surprise allowed the Federation to gain some early victories, inflicting heavy casualties on the Dominion as Starfleet began a steady retreat to establish fortified lines. Other Dominion advantages soon turned the war around. Superior strategies, numbers, Changeling infiltrators and the fearsome Jem’hadar began to gain the upper hand on the Federation and the Klingon Empire, inflicting horrific casualties on both powers. However, Starfleet’s decision to wait to implement the upgraded shields was likely one of the main reasons why the Federation didn’t lose the war in those early months and ultimately regain the initiative in a huge counterattack aimed at Deep Space Nine.
Imagine if one of these had been lost in the Delta Quadrant instead. Yes it couldn't maneuver in the Badlands, but a fully equipped Galaxy could do very well on the other side of a wormhole, depending on the tech level of the new neighbourhood.
Frankly the Galaxy was ideal for that type of thing and would've done just fine. She's designed to have twenty year endurance away from a Starbase. Legitimate Deep Space Exploration Vessel.
@@histguy101 That's conjecture. Intrepid was a more efficient, compact version of Galaxy, but it didn't make her better in every way. Voyager was refit every episode because Bermin wanted the show to be episodic. There were plotlines where Voyager was critically low on reserves, the first wasn't long after they arrived. Eventually, they were getting pretty sparse on crew, even after addition of the Maquis, Seven, the survivors of Equinox, and enhancements made by Borg. A Galaxy could have either attracted more enemies or friends. Surely, the Kazon would have had pause going up against one. In some situations, they would have had to stop for maintenance, but they were no less suited to deep space exploration. It arguably had more survivability, endurance, and power projection.
@@Euripides_Panz Put Picard with the Enterprise D in the Delta Quadrant and he would´ve had less fights..and gotten home sooner than Voyager :D...The second part might be actually the worse option considering all the data and technologie Voyager aquired
I always loved the flowing lines of a Galaxy Class I mean yea sure its a tad awkward seeming due to the huge saucer but regardless the ship was a beautiful design. And I really like how the stayed true to the class on Star Trek Online
When it comes to online discussions of "what sci-fi ship would you love to have," the Galaxy-class is always my answer. I'd take the Enterprise D over any other sci-fi vessel. Plus, it has holodecks. You could live your entire life on a galaxy and have plenty of room, food, entertainment, protection, family, friends, and cool space stuff to see. You already know all of this, you're here! Honestly the only vessels in my mind that come close would be a Sovereign-class like the Enterprise E, or on the Star Wars side of the house, a MC80 Mon Calamari Star Cruiser. At least Mon Cals were converted luxury liners. They wouldn't be so spartan and bleak like most other interiors of Star Wars ships.
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Holy shit I have been here for 2 years. You did a great job growing your channel. Also I wanted to thank you because you brought me to bsg and because of you I tried watching the expanse.
Hey spacedock, have a question you might be able to answer how would a venator stack up against a standard mass effect dreadnaught, also did the republic during the prequel era have a dreadnaught themselves
@@Shadowpack95 eckhart?
Spacedock Can you do The Intrepid class next please.
Spacedock - overall I like the design of the Ent D Galaxy Class.
However I think the elliptical saucer section should have been turned around so that ellipse points forward like on Voyager. More aggressive.
and the base reinforced to handle more stress. also the neck should be shortened.
to offer a more tactical profile.
the Star drive section needs upgrades too, like a shorter but thicker neck to support the weight of the saucer section. an overall thicker star drive engineering section, but not as thick as the Enterprise C.
With the saucer redesign, the warp nacelle pylons need to be shortened as well.
Enterprise D should keep the large main shuttle bay on the saucer.
And put two medium shuttle bays in the star drive section. rather than 1x medium and 1x small shuttle bay. Personally I would like to see the saucer get Two Conventional Torpedo launchers, and keep the star drive single one adapted for fireing quantum torpedo. The AFT saucer should have a single conventional torpedo and the AFT star drive should have Twin conventional torpedo.
The enterprise D should keep its primary phaser configuration, but add additional secondary phaser arc to cover any blind spots, in its new configuration.
I know it was just a show we all watched decades ago, but the Galaxy class feels like HOME.
I personally liked defiant class ships.....small and packed one hell of a punch 😁😁
I couldn't agree more @Lawzy - well said!
Same
Same here... also add DS9 and Babylon 5.
Lawzy...I know! The Galaxy class is so splendid. I often times meditate on walking the decks of the Entreprise D when stressed. I feel so relaxed after. Something about her...most beautiful starships in Star Trek.
The Galaxy Class always seemed like a Culture weapon to me. Kinda like the concept from the original Macross. Going around making 1st contact while bringing a microcosm of your Utopian Civilization as an example/proof.
And then it had to go fight in wars, lol.
Thought you meant Culture as in the Culture and I was thinking.
"No, this has too much gravitas to be the Culture"
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That's exactly what it was, and is generally the role of a Navy's flag ship (as opposed to the flag ship of say a fleet, which merely means that ship has the fleet's commanding officer on board).
Thats exactly it.
"You treat her like a lady, and she`ll always bring you home"
-Admiral Lenorad McCoy, 2364
Is that McCoy's Russian cousin?
Is he a doctor or an escalator
It's Leonard McCoy.
I loved Bones showing up as the newest Enterprise was sent off. I could tell who it was supposed to be just by his speech pattern and asking Data if he was a Vulcan...lol
so true and it does not just apply to startrek ships it applies to all ships (it means treat them well and never misuse them) and they will always see the job done i have a ship that my faction in space engineers built and she has seen us though so much that she is like another player in our world (we run a full community server and this ship was one of the first 3 built) she has had a lot of refits but she is still the pride of our faction and feared by all the others 9 times of 10 when she arrives our enemies run
So many star ships in science fiction and I think this continues to be my favorite. Beautiful and timeless design.
Daniel, there aren’t many videos that evoke an emotional response from me, but this is one of them. Your script writing, video selection and voice tone and inflections were absolutely outstanding!
In the words of Captain Picard, “Well done!”
truly well done!!!
Daniel set out to make an impressively good breakdown, and he made it so!
Amen.
Neil Newhall - And the perfect background music!
Well done indeed
It's worth noting that for all the talk of superior firing angles of Klingon ships that the Galaxy class's broad surface area and phaser arrays give it some of the widest firing angles of any ship displayed in canon. Which makes sense if your ship is not terribly fast or able to change direction very quickly. One doesn't need to dance with their opponent if one can simply engage them from every approach.
This is one of the reasons it was classified as a battleship. Big, tough, floating weapons platforms.
Though they work great as command and control as well as carriers.
The Galaxy also had more rearfacing weapons than the Sovereign,atleast pre Refit(the one that happened canonically between 2375 and 2379)..
After all..Just look at the model of the Sovereign(the studio one,which has the same armament as the Insurrection Version)...1-2 Photon Torpedo Launchers...and maybe 2 Phasers..
Have to give the Nemesis refit credit here...Whoever designed that certainly remembered the lack of shown rearward weapons...Probably the reason why of the 6 Torpedo launchers and 4 Phaserarrays..4 Launchers and all Phasers were mounted facing aft :D
Granted..we can only see(maybe) 1 of the 2 additional forward Photon Launchers...
Also makes sense if you consider they were fighting Romulans and Klingons, who used cloaked ships. Much easier to fight an enemy you can’t see if you can fire at any angle
There's a reason the Galaxy is a REALLY good "tank" in STO.
Also, when you're not limited by the TV show's effects budget, the broadsides of a Galaxy could rightly be called "Beam Spam."
@@templarw20 so true lmao, i love beamspamming my galaxy
Ok now this was just BEAUTIFUL.
A great documentation of the class with an absolutely perfect finish line.
It´s rare to get classic phrases woven so seamlessly into a text.
Yes, this was one of your best videos ever... With a TRUKY perfect finish line!! 😍
I totally agree. Awesome video and the narration is beautifully written.
Everyone has their favourite ship. But THIS will always by mine. Those curves!
Marvin James I agree, a masterpiece of design, fiction or no.
@@paulsmith3266 I've often wondered if it was a generational thing. For some, the 60's Constitution was 'their' ship, for others it was the 80's Constitution. The one I've never warmed to was the Sovreign-class. Whether that's down to childish jealousy as it replaced the Galaxy-class or what I don't know. It's always come across as more of a military ship and very sterile with no 'humanity' to it. Sounds stupid I know but oh well. Even in Star Trek Online it's the one missing ship from my fleet. On purpose! lol
that clip of riker was perfect!
The Galaxy is a damn majestic looking ship.
Aye, that it is. Always liked its design.
If by 'majestic' you mean 'ugly as hell', then yes
BygPhattyPlus Agreed
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The galaxy class was good for its time but give me the sovereign class any day! 😁
But designed very poorly as any kind of combat vessel, like all the previous Enterprises, the Bridge is at the top of the primary hull and is exposed to a suprise attack. And no escape hatches for the bridge. If those lifts fail, the crew is stuck there
The most beautiful starship to me will always be the Constitution Refit, but the Galaxy Class is the ship that has the soul read on why I love Star Trek: peaceful, elegant, powerful, vast, capable. I loved the first season of TNG where we would often hear things like "this class starship can do [something no other ship before it could do]." It is Roddenberry's vision of fulfilling human potential made manifest!
For me, it’s the reverse. The Galaxy class edges the refit Connies by about half a saucer length. But I totally agree about the generally peaceful outlook of the show.
The Enterprise A was the most beautiful ship I've ever seen
The Galaxy class is and always will be my favorite of the Federation starships. Also, being the last ship that Gene Roddenberry had a hand in the design makes it additionally special.
Agreed. Even though the connie refit has a special place in my heart...
Cant say any other ship like the Galaxy class has ever evoked such beauty and magesty.
I got the technical manual for this ship when I was probably 10. Still have it.
Just checked, it's from 1991 I was 9. I wasn't around for the original ST, this ship was my introduction to sci-fi. Always have loved it. Thank you for all the hard work you put into this trip down memory lane for me.
The Galaxy Class evokes feelings the later Sovereign Class never attained. This ship just feels like home. It always will.
You're correct, and I too never cared for the Sovereign Class.
The Sovereign Class wasn't meant to be home. It was meant to own the Borg and Dominion.
Which makes it all the more ridiculous considering that Starfleet kept it away from both conflicts.
Sovereign is everything the galaxy couldn’t be. It is the Lamborghini of starfleet. The galaxy is the ugly cousin
It's a hotel that travels faster than light.....
12.75 BILLION GIGAWATTS?!?!!! GREAT SCOTT!!!!
Is it wrong that I read that as 'great, Scotty'?
That's heavy!
@@stevetheveteran - Maybe that's why the Galaxy Class is so sluggish to turn. ;-)
The Dark Mirror's ISS ENTERPRISE packed 300+ Terawatts of raw plasma power. It was simply put, a planet killer.
thinking the same thing
One thing I'd like to point out, is the Saucer of the Galaxy actually has a Warp Field Sustainer to allow it to stay at warp speeds if separated at warp, not the Drive section extending the field. It would drop the saucer's speed to Warp 2 but that would still give it an advantage to get out of a combat zone if needed, hence how the saucer got to Farpoint Station. Otherwise it would have taken far longer than it did to have gotten there at mere impulse speeds.
No the Saucer didn't as the warp sled or warp sustainer for it hadn't been invented in the early 2360s and they could run the impulse drives at near relivistic speed but preferred not to due to time dialation my theory is that as soon as the saucer dropped out of warp once the star drives warpfield no longer enveloped it it continued on to farpoint on maximum impulse
Still, it seems reasonable that a Galaxy saucer could have contained a low-output, limited lifespan warp field generator capable of achieving a low warp factor (somewhere between 1.5 and 3) and sustaining it for a length of time that would permit the saucer to traverse a significant percentage of the trip to the nearest active starbase under its own power in a viable trip duration (days to weeks as opposed to months to a year or more under Emergency impulse).
The warpsled technology was demonstrated as a shuttlecraft enhancement during the Kirk era. An uprated version for full-sized ship application should have been viable by Picard's time. That the Enterprise-D didn't have such a thing installed (or parts on board to quickly assemble and deploy it in a lifeboat situation) I would attribute to the extensiveness of civilian support facilities built into the saucer. Perhaps later variants without civilian populations would be equipped with a lifeboat warp system.
I personally think it should have one if it didn't.
All Starfleet vessels with primary and secondary hulls (saucer and engineering sections) are capable of saucer separation _once_. They use explosive charges to do this. The original Constitution could use either section as a lifeboat in this way. This was because the nacelles provided both warp field generation and warp propulsion. The refit version and later ships could only use the saucer that way because warp propulsion was merged with the impulse engines.
The point of the saucer on the Galaxy is to be a _reusable_ lifeboat for the civilians. At warp 1, it takes 4.3 years to reach the Centauri system from Sol system, and we're _closer_ than average. At sublight, it takes longer. If they need to escape, the impulse engines ain't gonna cut it.
1:24 Technical problems. Like the holodeck always going bonkers and trying to kill them?
Scotty: Aye, sir. The more they overthink the plumbing, the easier it is to stop up the drain.
LOL
Thank you Mr Broccoli
Those were the best kinds of technical problems, though. Artificial intelligence programs became self-aware, people hooked themselves up to the computer to help with processing speed...crazy science stuff!
Those technical problems only plagued one Galaxy class ship. You cant' judge them all based on the performance a vessel used to produce scripted television. I'm sure the producers were behind the scenes arranging for all number of issues to up the drama on the "documentary" they were producing.
I remember the first time this video came out.
I'm going to repeat what I said back then "Do SpaceBall one"
YES
it has to be in the same serious documentary style
@@Formulka exactly play it 100% straight. it's the perfect April fools video for this channel
Hell yes!
Even the Galaxy-class doesn't have a 3 Ring Circus.
That's ludicrous! ;)
For any fans that love the Galaxy Class
Do yourselves a favour and get the STNG Technical Manual
It's full of amazing information about this class.
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I have the blueprints for this beauty. During a 3 day drive in an RV years ago, I studied those obsessively. I counted more than 6000 beds, meaning this ship can very comfortably accommodate thousands of passengers. A deep space mobile city with powerful combat potential.
They shall remember the name Enterprise.
CVN-80 USS Enterprise, they're laying down the keel this year!
Memorable description of the Galaxy-class starship! Well done!
This is the type of stuff that keeps me going with Star Trek. Thank you
10:37, definitely one of my favourite battle scenes, as we get to see not only the hulking mass of a Galaxy class, but also this massive f*** you as the cruiser blocks fire at allied ships and smashes the Cardassian ship four times whilst followed up by two from its sister ship.
@5:29 That uniform was seen once, certain costume designers went "missing" and it was never seen again.
It's seen several other times, often on Troi and on lots of extras. I think even Dr. Crusher wore it once or twice.
@@willythemailboy2 You're right, I'm wrong. You'd think as a fan of TNG I'd know better.
There was a memofrom HR specifying that you must wear pants with that outfit.
Gentlemen were asked to not sit on stools in 10F but could lounge at a table.
The selection of show/movie clips was brilliantly done! So was the timing of the voice over. For example...the look despair on Will Riker's face when you mentioned "long haul" exploration was hilarious!
5:30 I'd like to take a moment to pay my respects to this man's dignity..
This is probably the most accurate and faithful rundown of a Federation Starship I have ever seen. Great job, Spacedock!
In my head canon, the Galaxy class essentially replaced the Excelsiors as the workhorses of the fleet, with nearly 250 Galaxy class ships and variants constructed up until around the turn of the 25th century--an average of 10 completed hulls launched per year over a 25 year production run. They essentially become the 'face' of the Federation, representing its latest technologies in constant upgrades and refits, and acting as colony support and the primary first contact and diplomatic vehicle of the fleet. Many Galaxies are refitted as command ships for military and exploratory squadrons, and about half of them make it to their scheduled 100-year decommission date.
Nebula class starships end up being an experiment that doesn't pan out. Billed as being the more "economical" version of the Galaxy class, the Nebula class proves to be just as expensive to build, but without the extra efficiency of the Galaxy class' warp field geometry (hull shape and nacelle position matters). The swappable "pod", while giving ships of the class extra modularity, ends up becoming a point of structural failure in combat situations and during high warp maneuvers. It's found that the internal volume of the Galaxy class is more than sufficient for housing any additional mission-specific equipment deemed necessary for the job at hand, rendering moot the "modularity" of the Nebula class. Only 30 Nebula Class ships are ever built, with the last hull being delivered in 2385.
Sovereign class starships become the jewels in the crown of Starfleet for over 2 decades. Even the launch of the Odyssey and Vesta class ships in the beginning of the 25th century did not diminish the prestige of captaining a Sovereign class ship. With only 30 Sovereigns completed by the turn of the century, they were a rare enough sight to cause a stir wherever they went. Entire starbases would shut down as officers and visitors alike would run to the nearest viewport or exterior monitor for a glimpse of an arriving Sovereign class starship.
Pretty much fits with STO. And the two modernized variants of the Galaxy. That, and Geordi's ship, the USS Challenger being a ship recognizeable and rightly feared by the KDF.
I actually got teary-eyed as this video closed out with the heartwarming, respectful homage to the Galaxy Class' primary mission. Well done!
A fine ship, just don't bump the nacelles.
*bink*
Those nacelles aren't just dangerous, they're ugly as sin.
@@rkbkirin5975 uglier than sovereign class nacelles
@@curious5887 Blame the Tellarites. They designed the aesthetics.
I own the TNG technical manual for the Galaxy class starship. Fascinating reading. Amidst the treknobabble there is a tritanium core of realism that makes me love this ship even more. I watched TNG religiously growing up. I might have missed two or three episodes. I've been, and always shall be, a trekker nerd. Unapologetic and knowing things about Star Trek that others have forgotten. Love this channnel too.
The problem with the Galaxy Class in combat: turn rate of DEATH! Seriously, they steer like a cow. Refit for carrier duty and then functioning as a command vessel that could carry several thousand troops and massive amounts of supplies was an excellent use of them in war time.
The turn rate was offset however by their massive firing arcs, with most forward facing weapons having around the 180-degree arc range (the phasers are pretty much 360-degree). The only place I can see them having trouble is at the back and to the side (there is a single torpedo launcher facing backwards) as there isn't much there but phasers.
The enemy, if more maneuverable, can concentrate fire on one side or flank two separate shield arcs at once putting massive stress on the shields, causing collapse. That curvy hull doesn't come with armor either, so if the weapons have bleed through like Dominion polaron weapons do or you start to loose shield the ship will be destroyed.
KnightsWithoutATable is this a fact? I know that the enterprise seems to turn pretty quickly in some episodes. Like when the Borg cube is on its way to invade earth.
Usually, large ships has low turn rates but rely on either armor/shields or wide weapon coverage. The Galaxy seems to have a decent sublight speed though but her biggest blind spot is her aft ventral section.
As a fighter carrier, I can see her taking on almost anything short of a dreadnought or even a squad of small attack ships.
This is why they drop most of their bulk before combat. At least that was the idea.
Daniel, I can say wholeheartedly that you have outdone yourself with this. An immensely rigorous and exquisite watch. Keep up the magnificent work.
Wow, very informative video. The Galaxy Class Starship is my favorite Starfleet vessel. The bridge hands-down is the best of all the other ships in Starfleet. Really love the tactical station.
Definitely got to be one of my favourite Star Trek ships, second only to the D'Deridex. It didn't have that CG sheen, it wasn't dangling on strings, this thing looked like it was _built_. It could look majestic and imposing from any angle, and it occasionally fired phasers out the torpedo tube...
"The Children of Tama."
Let's see what this Galaxy Class Starship can do....ENGAGE!
-Capt Jean Luc Picard [2364]
Until one Dominion ship took it out.
@@UkrainianPaulie nah that was another galaxy class, the og enterprise of picard was destroyed before the war by alex from clockworck orange
Definitely one of my favorite ships and ship designs. The consistent sleek and curved design is just so iconic. It was a full setting in itself.
[TLDR: a spare saucer just full of weapons, that can be hot swapped in case of trouble or war]. (TLDR Warning is not idle).
Starfleet should take advantage of the modular nature of the detachable saucer section. Apparently it's a lot easier to build a saucer section than a drive section (makes sense, it's just a simple shape with components filled in to requirements) as shown by it being used in other designs, such as the Nebula, and even fitted together as space stations.
Specialised saucer sections could be constructed, optimised for specific mission concepts. To very quickly develop a world, a saucer could be dropped off at a planet and either become a fully capable orbital facility (And that may be how the multihulled saucer stations were deployed), or deorbited (in a controlled non "Generations" manner) and become a ready built city on the ground, opening up and expanding to become the hub of a future metropolis. However, one shot hulls that just use the drive section as a tender are just the beginning.
Instead of having to refit for 'possible' future conflicts, which takes time, have a saucer that was effectively a battlestation or weapons platform - nothing else, no crew except for maintenance access, minimal life support (or uses drive sections life support) ect. It's fitted to a Galaxy's secondary hull when needed, swapping out the 'nice' friendly peacetime hull, and relying on the battle bridge, warp core and shields (although it may have extra shielding and ablative armour) ect of the drive section.
And while fitting it with an arsenal of phasers is tempting and useful, it's still just one ship with one set of shields and can be destroyed as such, if you can briefly withstand the fire. At close range it would be priority target number one of the enemy fleet, and it needs a lot of power for all the extra phasers (secondary reactors?). Still some more phasers would be handy for missile defense and eliminating attack ships and corvettes, lower power phaser strips wouldn't tax the systems too much as the primary damage dealer is just torpedo after torpedo continuously hitting.
Using it as a missile truck/artillery barrage is a better use of it's abilities. The saucer could hold thousands of photon torpedoes (not quantum torpedoes, they are 'expensive' and in limited supply, and space is not an issue - quantum are more compact) and dozens of launchers for simultaneous launch of large salvos. Plus the massive computer systems of the Galaxy could handle the processing of all that targeting information.
It could have similar firepower to DS9 (which had 5000 photon torpedoes), but in a mobile package.
And then it just rains down massive long range barrages of photons at range, sort of like a souped up version of the homewold missile destroyer. Imagine a fleet manoeuvre where as an opening salvo, hundreds of photons rain down on the enemy fleet as they approach for engagement.
It could also be disguised to look like a regular saucer section to sensors, with dampening fields hiding the arsenal if the extra expense was warranted in peacetime, before the Dominion war. If expecting trouble (say going to Romulan space on a piece of unconfirmed intelligence) it could be swapped into the drive section and potential adversaries would never know what they were facing.
Or just keep them in reserve in Federation facilities without the extra build requirements of *Q-ship systems, in case of a hot war, which could break out at any moment with the Romulans, and without the structural compromises of windows and other ergonomic hull cut outs. Also since they are just a standard hull design without a warp core, navigation, sensors or other complicated components they are easy to build. Since, as mentioned above, the same saucer is used for the Nebula class saucer Starfleet obviously has mass production for it.
Or once the Dominion war started they are built to reequip every Galaxy in the fleet. After the first is built and swaps out the standard saucer, the previous saucer section is retrofitted, and as each ship gets it's battle saucer fitted, the old saucer can be quickly stripped out and modified to replace the peace saucer on the next ship, leaving no down time for ships in the field.
Considering that war time Galaxies had up to 65% free space, it's obvious that more systems could be fitted, if they had greater down time. And magazines for torpedoes are the simplest (and most effective use) of all that real estate, even without turning it into a unmanned remote weapons station. Or different concepts could be utilised, with a more tanky direct damage phaser version with a lot of extra reactors, a fighter carrier and general field support ship (a bit of a waste, just reequip a older ship) and so on.
Note this concept could also be used for Excelsior class ships, as they have detachable saucer sections. Although the ability to reattach is an upgrade, a quick swap could be done at a shipyard. To standardise, Galaxies could be the longer range missile boats and the Excelsiors could be the closer range direct energy shooters with extra phasers and even disruptors - as many guns as it could carry.
*Q-ships were used in WW2, it was a freighter turned into a gunboat with hidden rapid fire cannons behind panels ect. It was designed to sucker submarines into surfacing to use their deck guns to destroy lone unarmed ships instead of wasting expensive, limited torpedoes. As soon as the sub surfaced and before the deck gun could be manned the panels fell away and the sub was sunk before they could react. In Star Trek they could be used if you didn't happen to have three cloaked warbirds to back you up.
you need a wall of text warning there XD
ok then
Make a saucer section that can be totally flooded for an all cetacean crew.
Great proposal and breakdown! Extending that, it would be great to see a carrier where the max width of the main shuttlebay was taken advantage of. Picture a smaller, slimner Defiant, being able to fully slot into the bay for battlefield repairs. Actually, the size and shape would be extremely similar to a Millennium Falcon :)
Hm. Not sure how power distributions works in this case-as the Stardrive had 12.75 exajoules of energy output of itself, which is GENERALLY way beyond what a fusion Impulse Reactor can provide for similar space.
But, the realistics aside, I feel like both the 'rely on all the power from the stardrive to launch a collosal torpedo salvo' would probably leave ample power to spare. I suppose you could build... well. I'll just say what I *personally* would build for hotswaps.
Rescue modification-Life support and stasis equipment-which is old tech at this point and very, very cheap comparatively, no non-replicatable components-stacking much of the inside of the galaxy class saucer. Combine it with a singular Impulse Reactor and Drive, allowing rapid point-to-point beam out of people from critically damaged ships. Now... the outermost portions, cover entirely with shield generators. Enough to mitigate the bleed-through effect of Polaron Beams with the multiple shield layers... and when I mean pack the sucker-i mean PACK IT. Line the outside of the hull and every space close enough for them to be efficient-with those high capacity shield generators.
Strategy-jump in, evacuate colonists to the deeper portions of the saucer section, which are all life-support chambers for refugees/survivors/stasis pods for critically injured, where you then offload everything when you get close to the nearby staging area. You hot-drop the saucer section and let it coast-and then maneuver-into dock with it's low-powered impulse drive and reactor. Hotswap with a fresh one while the other is still getting sortie'd, go right back to the battle lines-one with fresh shields and an empty hold for new evacuees/full shields to rescue and provide cover for other ships through shield extension.
Long-Range dreadnaught modification-pack the saucer with short-recharge shield generators, like on science vessels. Give it backup impulse reactors for auxilliary power-if needed, those are optional. And then just pack every single avaliable surface space with phasers and phaser capacitors. Very simple.
Strategy-This one is for longer engaugements and tactical momentum gathering. You jump into a combat zone and just FRY EVERYTHING YOU SEE with those phasers. And, you're also tougher because of all those auxilliary shield emitters. Also, you can use the impulse reactor-if you have one-for Multi-Vector-Assault, just using the phaser capacitors and the impulse reactor-but only seperate if you think you can win. Then, you yeet yourself into combat and you come at them with everything you've got, you hit them hard, you hit them fast, you steamroll over smaller forces... and then you recollect your saucer if you deployed it-and continue to the next engaugement. There's the reason for rapid recharge shields-By the time you're at the next battle, you're fully charged, both phasers and shields all over again, and ready to rinse/repeat.
Starburst Modification-Simple, simple, simple. As many torpedo tubes, launchers, and spare torpedoes as you can POSSIBLY fit in one spot. Jump in, unload, retreat, repeat.
Supernova modification-Make this as CHEAP AS YOU CAN. Pack it with as much antimatter as possible, or, failing that, fusionable materials. Yeet that sucker at Warp directly at your enemy, launch a probe, do a 180, and fly as fast as you can away from the miniture sun you just threw at your enemy. Say hello to my little friend-400,000 cubic meters of antimatter, assuming it's stored in a highly compressed state like anti-osmium... Enough firepower to singlehandedly crack the crust of an entire planet with ease-and we've seen what warp cores to the face can do in the series.
This is basically that, but on steroids. Man oh man, would the Dominion or the Borg be in for a surprize when they get hit with the equavelent of several thousand warp core breaches *directly to the face*.
I'm not saying all are ethical... I'm saying they're the kind of stuff I'd pull.
Awesome! Now that's what I'm all for; longer breakdowns. Love it! Well done! More please!
The Galaxy was also a test bed for revolutionary uniform designs, such as the Skort at 5.30, and the cheerleader as well.
casbott , worst uniform design EVER!
This is by far, the most in depth video on the Galaxy class starships I've seen. 👏👏👏👏👏
The front view makes this class look so muscular and strong. Awesome ship.
As a 40k fan, the amount of firepower these ships have is terrifying - photon torpedoes can be tuned up to obliterate planets (mentioned in Voyager) and this family filled exploration vessel has over 200 of them. The emperor approves!
5:30 - I forgot that men could wear the Skirt uniform if they wanted.
That's full gender equality. Or it's MaAm! :D
Dude just wheeling around...
What happens if he see Riker and the front of the skirt goes up?📈💦☔️would they just cut to a commercial?🤷♂️
John Reese We would see Riker’s second beard.
@@sartainja Lt. Worf would consider that a security violation! 🤔🤓🤭
He’s free balling too
Can I just say: I love these videos. You give us everything we need to know.
Also, I couldn’t help but smile when you said “To boldly go where no one has fond before.” Great way to conclude the video about a great class of starship.
"65% empty space"
Uhhh... Hrm... Well... Spaced armor! Yeah, that's it! It's just spaced armor.
they didnt think to add more fusion reactors for power tho
As mentioned it was made for long missions, to house crew at their families, mainly made for research and discovery, something cramped like today submarines would not do.
Legend has it - modifications can be made to the ships dilithiun power grid when in close proximity to a gravitational anomaly that allows Holodeck Threes A.I. access to the replicator ODS, transporter pattern buffers, and navigation shields so that it can
run Crysis.
Ya know, I always thought the the saucer split roles should be reversed…
The saucer being the “lifeboat” is kinda weird if it’s range is FAR less than the drive section, which is suppose to basically buy time for the escape.
Like, if the drive section does get destroyed, well, the saucer can’t be more than a system away at BEST no matter HOW LONG the drive section holds out.
i remember when i saw this ship on tv for the first time in 1987 in a commercial for the show a couple of weeks before the first episode aired it blow my mind
Beautifully done. I can only hope you'll do the Sovereign-class next.
I wonder if Starfleet ever considered keeping the engineering section but designing a new, more compact saucer section better suited for combat missions. Perhaps the older saucer section could have been used as a miniature space station or for some other purpose.
I'd keep the saucer as is, that much space make for a lot of potential weapon hard points. Especially when separated from the drive section, that can be very formidable combination.
@@HeadlessChickenTO Worf comments that the ship is over all better in combat when it deploys the saucer because it loses the vast majority of it's bulk while retaining it's main power generator (the warp core) making it much more nimble. You can't just load the current saucer up with more weapons as those weapons require power to fire.
@@kyle857
When we see the drive section separated from the saucer, it didn't seem to be that much more maneuverable...at least on screen. Besides as a battlecruiser, you generally are not used in a manner that requires you to be nimble. That role is left to frigates, destroyers, and some light cruisers. The Galaxy is a hard hitter.
For that purpose, I think an entirely new design would work better. You need more than lots of guns to make a good warship.
The way I see to prolonged the life of a Galaxy-class is to convert all those extra luxury area into reconfigurable area that could be reconfigure from luxury area like the standard Galaxy-class into militarized compartment, either for troop transport, extra shield generator, or other purpose. (obviously not to the degree of fan-design Insignia-class where they literally swap sections of saucer section for mission specific module, but the same idea.)
Also, Galaxy-class already have advantage in sensor and communication system, so further modified her into command ship might also be very beneficial. She's already have lots of space, suitable for flag officers and their staffs.
the sad part is we never saw shuttle bay 1 on the show, these things should have been carriers not battleships with the massive hanger that took up a large fraction of the saucer space.
Space, the final frontier.
these are the voyages of the Starship Enterprise.
To seek out new life, and new Civilizations.
and to boldly go where no man has gone before.
Let's see what this Galaxy class starship can do!
Whens there going to be a final final fantasy is what i wanna know.
Qaulity video, I know these extended breakdown of ships might be alot of work for you but keep them up, They are SO much fun to listen too
Did he actually say 70% less weight without the civilian based equipment aboard ? I would think the Galaxy class stripped down would be a great massive troop transport along with fighters and cargo so many options, but it would need an escort loaded up.
From what this video says the Galaxy class . Which that stripped down version was not called the Galaxy class vessel, but an unknown name was converted to command vessel with long range sensors and lots of fighters. It makes sense with all that empty space , but I agree with you I think it makes more sense as a troop transport.
This may be my favorite video you have ever made! Well done!
The way Starfleet had these Galaxy Wings with so many ships set around a Galaxy Class Starship was like it was with the 20th century naval fleets with different support ships set around supply convoys or aircraft carriers.
UA-cam just recommended your channel to me yesterday out of nowhere, didn't know how much i needed this in my life XD
Will we get a video on the Constellation-class? It seems like that ship must have an interesting history.
I love it! I absolutely love this video!!! It brought a tear to my eye. Everything about it was perfection!
Great video, but I am a real nerd. I pulled all of my Star Trek (including TNG) to verify the dimentions, only to find that your lenth is spot on and I calculated the width of the Galaxy Class to 559.74 meters. Loved the video.
I've watched alot of videos about star trek in general. As far as the direct explanation and technical layout of a class of ship, this was the best. Well done. sir.
Might I ask for you to do a breakdown of the Yamato from Space Battleship Yamato 2199 and 2202 please? The bow mounted gun would be very interesting for you to explain in detail if possible.
Well it basically just manipulates mass to emulate a black hole and use the Laser of Hawking radiation to destroy whatever is infront of it.
Zafran Orbian I know that, but wouldn’t it be cool for Spacedock to explain it?
Official explanations vary, but the most consistent is that the Wave Motion Gun gathers and directs energy from the Wave Motion Engine, which is able to harness the near-infinite (or sometimes actually infinite) "wave motion energy" present in the interstellar vacuum/other convenient subspace handwave. The resulting beam has enough destructive power to destroy a small planet, which our -Star Blazers- intrepid crew try not to do very often.
But the ship does seem to suffer from the sea vessel in space design that a lot of Star Wars Imperial vessels succumb to …👨🚀🚣♂️
Not very good coverage on the underside.
@@casbot71 unless it is the 2199 version as it had torpedo launcher under it
Oh that monologue ending almost had me in tears. Love it. You are awesome, Daniel.
The USS Galaxy or at least the idea of it always kind of captured my imagination. She's not only the prototype, and constantly used to test bed new refits and technology...but outlasted both its sister ships (including the Enterprise D) by a long long time, even surviving wars it wasn't originally meant to fight... even though it was supposed to be overshadowed. I think it's the only one of that first generation of Galaxy's that survives longer than a decade.
I dunno, I just love the idea of the first ship, and the test ship at that, which I like to think was never meant to shine as bright as its more "finished" sister ships including an Enterprise, somehow ironically lasting decades longer and due to all its upgrades probably ending up a far more powerful vessel. Like, I like to think its a ship with a lot of quirks and problems since its the prototype and they're always testing new systems with it, but somehow it just always miraculously pulls through. I bet it has quite a story.
Man, oh Man! This was your best video yet!!!
This video was downvoted by the Borg
Your comment was up voted by The Federation.
It's downvoted by all the Star Wars fans who like to think that this could be destroyed by an Imperial Star Destroyer (it couldn't).
haha
But disliking is futile!
This ship was no match for the Borg. They owned the Enterprise-D
It's like what Captain DeSoto said in the TNG Season 3 episode 'Tin Man' calling the Enterprise a 'Luxury Liner' and sadly the Galaxy Class Starships were almost like the 24th century equivalent of the R.M.S. Titanic before the Dominion War.
One of the sexiest ships ever designed in the Star Trek Universe. Aesthetically pleasing with it's lines but not fragile looking like many of the Starfleet ships. I always thought many of them looked like they could just be snapped in half at the neck, but not this baby.
I always thought the same
Ian Dickerson I agree. There is something so evocative about this ship. It just speaks to me. It has s super consistent design that is still appealing 30 years later.
@@midshipman8654 OMG
The Next Generation is 30 years old
Good designs last. Thank Andrew Probert for the Big D. A dignified and professional looking ship.
Good designs last. Thank Andrew Probert for the Big D. A dignified and professional looking ship.
One of the best overview videos of my favourite star ship class!
To be honest, all things considered, this ship is probably my favorite Star fleet ship. It may not be the most powerful anymore, but it’s the perfect representation of what star fleet is supposed to be.
Watch Picard season 3 😅
@@motcroquet8871 I did, before I saw this video.
I honestly don’t understand what you’re trying to point out, so please explain it to me.
Wow. Love the incorporation of videos! Well done sir. Well done!
That Dominion War upgrade was no joke, the shields alone made it the toughest ship among the Alpha Quadrant powers. A shame it didn't get the Phaser Lance.
Wtf are you smoking? One dominion fighter took it out by ramming. Tough? Gmafb!
@@UkrainianPaulie When was that? The fact is, a pre-war Galaxy class ship (the Odyssey) sustained direct hits from multiple Jem'Hadar attack ships for minutes without the protection of shields. The Odyssey only succumbed when the attack ship rammed her star-drive section. The Enterprise D herself has survived no less than 12 direct, consecutive hits from disruptors and photon torpedoes with her shields down (ST: Generations). Galaxy Class armor, or hull plating if you prefer, is pretty, darned tough, I'd say.
@@UkrainianPaulie that was before the beginning Dominion war. The Galaxy-class got buffed up a lot during the Dominion war.
This was a very solid breakdown. Alot more comprehensive than most.
For me the galaxy class is the most beautiful ship in all of sci-fi... But that's maybe just me.
Thank you,... appreciated-
Star Trek ships are ugly.
The Galaxy class is among the ugliest of them.
Fat and slow, a blunted weapon and a useless lab.
Brilliant, you obviously read the technical specs but also read between the lines at the human factors. Great video, cheers. x
Wooohooo, love me some Enterprise D! I believe I read somewhere once upon a time that Gene Roddenberry saw the new Galaxy vessels as a giant city in space. They didn't have the budgets during TNG to show all the things that the Enterprise had. I think Enterprise was supposed to have an massive aquarium even, with dolphins. And the crew compliment was supposed far larger than the 1000k ish they had ultimately. Roddenberry assigned the number arbitrarily because he said they couldn't show the true size due to budget. Oh well, we can only imagine i guess. :D
That clip with Riker at 8:00 is great. It's as if he is reacting to what is being said. Nice editing.
take note of the mentioned Galaxy class upgrades. I have a feeling we are gonna see a Galaxy come back in Picard S3E7-10.
I have watched a lot of good Galaxy Class videos but this was certainly the best. You gave the old girl the respect and dignity she deserved. I tend to be in a minority of Galaxy Class lovers these days but you reinvorgated my love of the design, good Sir.
I hope someone makes a virtual recreation of a Galaxy Class starship. That would be so cool...
...oh...right...it got C&Ded by Crap Builder Studios (CBS).
Still no toilets.
I'm glad you mentioned the C& D because that was what I was going to say!!
Stage 9? Shame.
Designed by Douglass Trumbull
I wish you had visited Las Vegas in 2003. I did, and at the Hilton, I visited Quark's bar, Discussed Klingon History with two Warriors, and ventured onto the E-D's bridge whilst under attack. Complete with shaking bridge. I'm serious.
You're like the "Jane's Fighting Ships" of sci-fi. Thanks so much for the obvious work that goes into this channel!
I believe there were 3 torpedo launchers. The 3rd was in the saucer section and was only available when separated from the stardrive.
I always like these ship break downs. Thank you!
I always thought it odd that the saucer section had no warp drive. Even just a small one that could go up to warp 3. If the star drive section lost in battle. The enemy would easily be able to find the saucer section and destroy it too. But ifvonce the saucer is out of the warp bubble. The saucer sections warp drive could CV continue to get them to a class M planet or starbase.
You'd probably need a crew of engineers to take care of the other warp core too. It would be a vulnerability that could explode and wipe out all of the escaping people. I think it makes sense not to have it. It would help provide massive power to shields, though.
“I’ve been looking forward to this.” Wait, wrong franchise. :P
But, seriously as an avid Star Wars and Star Trek fan, I’ve been enjoying channel very much. And this beautiful rundown of my personal favorite fictional starship class was just so well-done and clearly showed the amount of effort you put into it. I hope you plan on doing extended breakdowns on the Intrepid and Defiant-class soon!
Cheers!
"Jean-Luc, *I'm* your father."
Oops, wrong galaxy, wrong millenium, wrong leadership group.
The Enterprise-D was not just a flag ship and powerful vessel but was designed to be a luxury liner. Like combining a Destroyer and a Carnival Cruise ship. It was loaded down with a lot for entertainment. More holodecks than any other ship and more ship space for relaxing than deep space nine. I mean if you spread out the crew then it matched up to scenes where you see people alone walking the corridors. The only real place you see a lot of people is the bridge and 10-forward. Compared to older version of the Enterprise it was truly a vessel to not only work on but live on and be happy to do so. It held like 1k crew members families included but could hold over 6k people. I am not sure if families were 100% pulled from being on Federation vessels just because of the Dominion war which did not last as long as it seemed. What is considered the golden age of the Federation where vessels could be powerful but used for exploration and have families aboard as well may have ended but I do not believe it ended entirely. The real crazy version of the Enterprise was the USS NC1701-J. That thing was the size of 7 to 10 Borg Cubes. Larger than all the Enterprise ships combined that came before it. I have no clue why a ship that large would be needed by the Federation. Having a city size ship is one thing but having a ship the size of 3 cities is just beyond me. I cannot even imagine just having 1 bridge crew and 1 Captain being in control of a ship that size. I mean how many warp cores did it need to power that thing? How much of starfleet members were needed just to fill the stations and where did it dock for repairs? When the ship is larger than space stations then where the hell does it go to get repaired when it is damaged. Not even the city ships from Stargate Universe The Destiny was that large and it was truly a flying city. Think about how long it took to build such a massive ship and I am sure they only turned out 1 of these size ships. It would take decades to turn out a fleet. I can only imagine the federation building such a ship to be used to not just travel our galaxy but travel to others for exploration. That might make sense to build a ship that size. I mean I know they were fighting a Temperal war but dam do u need a ship that big? Wtf Starfleet.
AFAIK the _Enterprise_ alone could carry everyone on Deep Space Nine and their belongings, and it’s own crew and passengers comfortably with room to spare. Like, the _Galaxies_ can carry something like fifteen thousand people in a pinch. _Wonder of the Seas,_ the largest cruise ship currently in service, has a maximum capacity of seven thousand. Makes sense looking at it, she’s about the length of a _Galaxy’s_ saucer and nowhere near as wide.
This was a BEAUTIFUL Video!
As someone who is a fan of the Galaxy Class for decades by now, i need to say this Video (especially the end) almost made me cry. You perfectly catched the point and "soul" of this ship. I have not yet seen a better researched Video about this ship class yet, great work!
(Btw, one thing i missed was a short note about the phaser arrays, which must be the most powerful ones in Starfleet history)
A classic design but flawed in several ways. The escape craft (sauccer section) carried the vessels most potent phaser arrays leaving the stardrive section with secondary arrays for combat. It also lacked the ability to warp away meaning that it was only useful as a lifeboat if you knew ahead of time that you were going into combat. The huge number of science labs, auxiliary vehicles and the massive resources and number of personnel it could carry really did make the Galaxy class a true mobile starbase.
I really liked this extended format, including highlights of individual ships’ fate.
You didn't even mention the Dolphin tanks (mentioned in The Perfect Mate). Pffff. Sure, mention shields and shit, but not "Holy shit, it somehow has dolphins inside!"
That'll get the Star Wars fans aggravated, they are anti dolphin #humanityfirst.
I wonder now if the dolphin tank would’ve been temporarily used. I’m sure in the real world it would be dangerous to always keep it filled, like how The Voyage Home temporarily converted a whale tank for the one mission.
BigGhilz They have cetaceans aboard
Yes
They compliment navigation in space.
The 1701 D Blueprints show them
Those dolphins are Starfleet Officers. (Kind of)
Silent Drew Yes !
This is so well made! Thank you for making such a awesome video!
It’s worth noting that the Dominion’s huge tactical advantage, of their polaron weapons being capable of penetrating Federation shields, did not last forever. Starfleet eventually developed a countermeasure to neutralise this advantage before the war, but in a strategic ploy, they deliberately didn’t refit the fleet immediately, even while Jem’hadar warships inflicted mounting losses on Federation starships in border skirmishes. Instead, Starfleet waited until the outbreak of the war, when the Federation deliberately provoked the Dominion into a premature invasion, to allow all Federation ships to adapt their shields to defend against polaron weaponry. The resulting surprise allowed the Federation to gain some early victories, inflicting heavy casualties on the Dominion as Starfleet began a steady retreat to establish fortified lines.
Other Dominion advantages soon turned the war around. Superior strategies, numbers, Changeling infiltrators and the fearsome Jem’hadar began to gain the upper hand on the Federation and the Klingon Empire, inflicting horrific casualties on both powers. However, Starfleet’s decision to wait to implement the upgraded shields was likely one of the main reasons why the Federation didn’t lose the war in those early months and ultimately regain the initiative in a huge counterattack aimed at Deep Space Nine.
Truly a Love letter ,dedication and passion are dripping from screen watching this ,along with tears of joy and admiration🖖🏻✨
Imagine if one of these had been lost in the Delta Quadrant instead.
Yes it couldn't maneuver in the Badlands, but a fully equipped Galaxy could do very well on the other side of a wormhole, depending on the tech level of the new neighbourhood.
Imagine if a Galaxy class got modded and pimped out like Voyager did at the of its series?
Frankly the Galaxy was ideal for that type of thing and would've done just fine. She's designed to have twenty year endurance away from a Starbase. Legitimate Deep Space Exploration Vessel.
It wouldn't do as well. Imagine the resources needed to keep that thing going. Voyager was perfectly equipped for getting lost in space
@@histguy101 That's conjecture. Intrepid was a more efficient, compact version of Galaxy, but it didn't make her better in every way. Voyager was refit every episode because Bermin wanted the show to be episodic. There were plotlines where Voyager was critically low on reserves, the first wasn't long after they arrived. Eventually, they were getting pretty sparse on crew, even after addition of the Maquis, Seven, the survivors of Equinox, and enhancements made by Borg.
A Galaxy could have either attracted more enemies or friends. Surely, the Kazon would have had pause going up against one. In some situations, they would have had to stop for maintenance, but they were no less suited to deep space exploration. It arguably had more survivability, endurance, and power projection.
@@Euripides_Panz Put Picard with the Enterprise D in the Delta Quadrant and he would´ve had less fights..and gotten home sooner than Voyager :D...The second part might be actually the worse option considering all the data and technologie Voyager aquired
great video... I was enthralled every second of it!
I always loved the flowing lines of a Galaxy Class I mean yea sure its a tad awkward seeming due to the huge saucer but regardless the ship was a beautiful design. And I really like how the stayed true to the class on Star Trek Online
Really good coverage of an awesome ship.
When it comes to online discussions of "what sci-fi ship would you love to have," the Galaxy-class is always my answer. I'd take the Enterprise D over any other sci-fi vessel. Plus, it has holodecks. You could live your entire life on a galaxy and have plenty of room, food, entertainment, protection, family, friends, and cool space stuff to see. You already know all of this, you're here! Honestly the only vessels in my mind that come close would be a Sovereign-class like the Enterprise E, or on the Star Wars side of the house, a MC80 Mon Calamari Star Cruiser. At least Mon Cals were converted luxury liners. They wouldn't be so spartan and bleak like most other interiors of Star Wars ships.
Robotech SDF-1. Massive war machine plus an entire city inside