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  • @incendium8348
    @incendium8348 5 років тому +725

    God, why are stealth ships always the best looking if we never see them?

    • @azean84
      @azean84 5 років тому +38

      To awe and distract you so when they de-cloak they can easily blow you up ;-)

    • @LtCWest
      @LtCWest 5 років тому +30

      @@azean84 To buy them those extra miliseconds until the enemys neurons have finally fired up ^^

    • @ooooneeee
      @ooooneeee 5 років тому +28

      Because they are so expensive they might as well look as sexy as they are.

    • @Robocopnik
      @Robocopnik 5 років тому +50

      Could be to minimize the embarrassment if accidentally seen de-cloaked. "They've spotted us!"
      "Damn, did they at least look impressed?"
      "Affirmative, lots of nodding and a couple thumbs-ups! Pretty sure I saw one of them getting out their phone and taking a picture."

    • @casbot71
      @casbot71 5 років тому +10

      They're self-conscious about their looks, as many beautiful individuals are.

  • @jonmichaelmay4912
    @jonmichaelmay4912 5 років тому +236

    That Miranda Class burn was savage...though accurate. "Prefab coffin."

    • @thomas.parnell7365
      @thomas.parnell7365 5 років тому +10

      I suppose be a good supply ship. Stroke movable space station for sleepy quiet colonys of little importance. But right in battle you'd do better with 3 defiant class ships

    • @sixdfx
      @sixdfx 5 років тому +10

      In theory the Miranda has more firepower than Constitution, if only they didn't all came with that same factory hard coded shields remote control code ...

    • @felixleong61
      @felixleong61 3 роки тому +2

      1:37

    • @UglyJaguar
      @UglyJaguar 3 роки тому +2

      That made me chuckle because of how true it is😂😂

    • @01taran
      @01taran 3 роки тому

      @@thomas.parnell7365 I'd say you'd do better with 1 Defiant-class over 3 Miranda-class ships.

  • @primusavenged
    @primusavenged 3 роки тому +57

    What I loved about the Expanse stealth ships was that they demonstrated how terrifying stealth ships would be. You can't see it coming unless it wants you to see it. You can't stop it until it's close enough to tear you apart in moments.

    • @QualityPen
      @QualityPen Рік тому +1

      And it’s also physically impossible. Its thermal signature would have been detected from millions of km away.

    • @primusavenged
      @primusavenged Рік тому +1

      ok???

    • @icantafford
      @icantafford Рік тому +3

      I think the German U-Boats demonstrated that in the early days of WWII

    • @thomasb1889
      @thomasb1889 Рік тому +8

      @@QualityPen A big part of stealth in space is heat and they could use the heat sinks and then radiate the heat out in a direction that would not expose them. The rest of the formula ends up looking a lot like the F-117 which the Amun-Ra emulates beautifully.

  • @spamviking
    @spamviking 5 років тому +839

    We need "Top 5 sci-fi ships that need a damn toilet"

    • @GmodPlusWoW
      @GmodPlusWoW 5 років тому +30

      That's certainly some shit that needs to be explored. I don't recall seeing many ships in sci-fi that actually feature toilets. Only one I can think of off the top of my head is the bog onboard the submarine in Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus.

    • @alduintheanti-dragonborn
      @alduintheanti-dragonborn 5 років тому +25

      @@GmodPlusWoW I'm pretty sure there are restrooms on the Galactica. Other than that I can't really tell.

    • @rdgk1se3019
      @rdgk1se3019 5 років тому +36

      In the future, poop is teleported directly from your colon to the engine exhaust nozzles.

    • @jekubfimbulwing5370
      @jekubfimbulwing5370 5 років тому +4

      You could get 6 from The Old Republic alone.

    • @casbot71
      @casbot71 5 років тому +15

      @@alduintheanti-dragonborn Galactica is the only ship where dramatic scenes were filmed in the bathroom, admittedly it was public unisex and large.
      And every cabin in Trek had a bathroom in that alcove to the right, along with a sonic shower (just ask gratuitous naked B'lana).
      Oh I just thought of _another use_ of the micro transporter and exographic targeting sensor that were fitted on the TR-116 (the sniper rifle from DS9 that could teleport it's bullet in front of you).
      Those technologies have to be controlled, and fitted with synthahol lockouts, or drunk cadets… …

  • @adamdubin1276
    @adamdubin1276 5 років тому +153

    Don't forget the SSV Normandy's greatest asset... she has the best damn pilot in the Systems Alliance!

  • @maurenovick
    @maurenovick 5 років тому +258

    You got to help on the Expanse?! Jealous!!

  • @peteroneill5426
    @peteroneill5426 5 років тому +339

    I tried to do my Top 5 Stealth ships once, but it didn't turn out well. I managed to lose them all...

  • @gelgamath_9903
    @gelgamath_9903 5 років тому +45

    Never thought I'd hear Daniel complement a ship for its beautiful wood paneling

  • @stephenjdutton
    @stephenjdutton 5 років тому +79

    The lack of a toilet aboard a Sith stealth ship might explain why they are so cranky all the time.

    • @Surtwo
      @Surtwo 5 років тому +18

      Let the hate flow through you...
      No, through you, not out of you!

    • @Ertwin123
      @Ertwin123 5 років тому +1

      It's not a Sith ship. It's Imperial Intelligence.

    • @Toon_Lucario
      @Toon_Lucario 4 роки тому +1

      The dark side of the force leads to many abilities some consider to be unnatural. Including the ability to not expel inner waste

    • @SWTobito0702
      @SWTobito0702 4 роки тому +2

      I wouldn't be surprised, if the Sith on board just didn't even eat and drink for the duration of the mission.

    • @480JD
      @480JD 4 роки тому +1

      I remember in the old dark Forces computer game there was the level where you were attacking the corellian Corvette on Ramsey's head, and one of the rooms was a bathroom

  • @thomasgodridge5945
    @thomasgodridge5945 5 років тому +60

    I adore stealth vessels, I love these ships to death. Seeing a grounded and realistic stealth ship is something that never ceases to make me happy. The Amun-Ra-class is my favourite thing to come out of The Expanse, and that's saying a lot. I'd really like to see more stealth stuff in the future.

  • @nielsandersen6164
    @nielsandersen6164 4 роки тому +18

    The Amun-Ra is also my #1 choice. I'll never forget the scene in ep. 4 where the unidentified ship decelerating towards the Donnager reveals itself to be 4 baddest ass stealth warships. So far this is THE best implementation of stealth tech in any film or TV show. I absolutely love it.

    • @hanneswiggenhorn2023
      @hanneswiggenhorn2023 Рік тому +4

      What makes it work so well for me is that you look at it, and you know it's a stealth ship. There are no weird magical devices inside that turn your smooth, glowing ball of pure radar reflection invisible. The stealth factor of this ship comes from its exterior design

    • @QualityPen
      @QualityPen Рік тому +1

      It’s not an implementation of stealth tech. The Anum-Ra would show up like I giant “I’m right here!” sign on thermal imaging.
      It’s generating MW to GW levels of energy. All that has to leave the ship as thermal radiation.
      The books make mention of temporarily offloading the heat to internal water and later jettisoning it, but there’s no way the levels of heat generated by the stealth ships could be hidden for longer than a matter of minutes- maybe several hours. It takes days to maneuver within a planet’s space. It takes months to years to maneuver between planets.
      Moreover, stealth would be broken the moment the ship uses weapons or uses thrusters.
      From the perspective of its enemies, they’d see a ship moving towards them for days and then maybe disappear from thermal for an hour, during which time it’d be unable to do anything.
      If they know the enemy knows of ships, they could just extrapolate the ship’s position based on its velocity before going dark and launch a missiles at it, then make a minor course correction to avoid ever coming within 10,000 km of the stealth ship.

  • @derekburge5294
    @derekburge5294 5 років тому +26

    "A handy prefab coffin for 400 Federation officers-"
    Thanks, dude. I really wanted to choke on my coke and get it all over my desk. Really, thanks.

  • @Praetorian_Rex
    @Praetorian_Rex 5 років тому +40

    ONI Prowlers from Halo would be a great pick too. Their properties are especially well described in several of the Halo books.

    • @sicstar
      @sicstar Рік тому +3

      Yeah those would have fit perfectly. Designed for fast in/exfil operations and minelaying etc. Also they look really nice and there are different classes around. The Point Blank- class looks like its right out of the Expanse universe but around the same size of a Donnager.

  • @aethertech
    @aethertech 5 років тому +51

    Spacedock throws shade at the Miranda-class?
    Instant like.

    • @DIEGhostfish
      @DIEGhostfish 5 років тому +4

      Miranda Class is pretty well armed and decently fast even into later eras, it's just not all that durable and without the cloak as a crutch it suffers.

    • @sparrowlt
      @sparrowlt 5 років тому +2

      the Miranda class is cool but what they did with her was apaling..
      They simply kept reusing the model in a history set 100 years later.. same as with the Excelsion and Oberth class just to save money reusing the models.. why we dont see more Constellations (a design delivery created for TNG and suposed to be more modern) or ambassadors .. or for the same logic more Constitutions.. even having the Soyuz class "mod" they only showed one....
      I never coulg get why the top sci-fi show of the time was going so cheap .. and then they had the Mirandas and Excelsiors being poor performers for what we saw onscreen

    • @EvilDogMedia
      @EvilDogMedia 5 років тому +3

      "Pre-fab coffins" made me chuckle.

  • @patsfreak
    @patsfreak 5 років тому +30

    Prefab coffin for 400 Starfleet officers... best description of the Miranda class ever

    • @blubberyoyster4
      @blubberyoyster4 5 років тому +2

      Oberth class science vessel also fits that description

    • @thomas.parnell7365
      @thomas.parnell7365 5 років тому

      @@blubberyoyster4 o yes 1 phaser emittor. Be better off in a eva suit with a phaser rifle near the airlock

    • @vic5015
      @vic5015 4 роки тому

      @@blubberyoyster4 to be fair, the Oberth-class is a lightly armed and shielded science vessel. It also probably best represents the Federation's ideals.

  • @steveanderson6170
    @steveanderson6170 5 років тому +30

    Klingon Bird of Prey - the U-boat of the Star Trek Universe

    • @zafranorbian757
      @zafranorbian757 5 років тому +1

      To be fair the entire Star Trek ship interiour design and Combat basics are based of U-boats.

    • @ZlothZloth
      @ZlothZloth 4 роки тому +2

      That would be the Romulan War Eagle. See the original series' episode where they first introduced the Romulans.

  • @casbot71
    @casbot71 5 років тому +43

    The Miranda was a damn good ship …
    In the time of Kirk.

    • @ICommitWarCrimes1
      @ICommitWarCrimes1 5 років тому +4

      Still looked cool until the moment before it got polaron beamed or some crazy space thing befell the crew.

    • @ryanarment5393
      @ryanarment5393 3 роки тому +1

      Ahhh yes a ship made from pure explodium with c4 packed inside of the consoles for good measure.

  • @yodayoda1782
    @yodayoda1782 5 років тому +63

    “Handy prefab coffin[Miranda Class] for 400 people.” ~Spacedock

  • @Shatterverse
    @Shatterverse 5 років тому +16

    The Honor Harrington novels didn't forget about counter-missiles.

    • @VTX00128
      @VTX00128 4 роки тому +2

      Ah someone else who's reads' David Webber the Tom Clancy's of SCI FI books ('Oops!')🤓

  • @MrMoxes
    @MrMoxes 5 років тому +12

    Wait, what?! You were responsible for helping the Expanse? These ships gave me chills when I first saw them in the show.
    Spot on job m8!

  • @autumngottlieb3071
    @autumngottlieb3071 5 років тому +10

    9:15 I knew that was coming the moment I clicked on the notification.
    Edit: I also really like the Sahara-Class Heavy Prowler from Halo as a dedicated stealth ship.

    • @7BearBrown
      @7BearBrown 5 років тому +1

      I thought the exact same thing. The Expanse is truly awesome. "Exactly what science fiction should strive to be" - Daniel, Spacedock

  • @johnsondelvetto4387
    @johnsondelvetto4387 5 років тому +169

    You didnt mention it but the oni prowler is alsa a very good stealth ship

    • @GeofftheIronwolf
      @GeofftheIronwolf 5 років тому +2

      Yes thankyou

    • @johnsondelvetto4387
      @johnsondelvetto4387 5 років тому

      chris sonofpear1 do they need so many prowlers?

    • @JaydenDimaio
      @JaydenDimaio 5 років тому +9

      Don't bother, Spacedock doesn't acknowledge any franchise that isn't SW, ST, Battlestar or The expanse. Especially Halo.

    • @johnsondelvetto4387
      @johnsondelvetto4387 5 років тому +5

      Jayden Dimaio hes done it before

    • @johnsondelvetto4387
      @johnsondelvetto4387 5 років тому +6

      Jayden Dimaio heres a few things he’s acknowledged halo, stargate, space battleship yamato to name a few

  • @osirisluca9893
    @osirisluca9893 5 років тому +13

    I Love the Normandy SR-2 from Mass Effect 3 because of its Interior layout, like the war room were you can see your fleets and allys throughout the war against the Reapers but I also love the Amun-Ra class and I'm absolutely behind you for the pros and cons of this awesome vessel. By the way great Video.

  • @jilleshoedemaker1954
    @jilleshoedemaker1954 5 років тому +23

    Ahh, the Anubis!
    Currently I am up to book 7 of the expanse and just introduced to the Tempest.
    and she is one hell of a ship!

    • @filiphastik4493
      @filiphastik4493 5 років тому

      Maan, I envy you... I'll have to wait about a year till it's translated to my language. How is the last book?

    • @polygondwanaland8390
      @polygondwanaland8390 5 років тому +1

      @@filiphastik4493 Try it in English, it's not like Isaac Asimov, it's written to a very pedestrian level

    • @protege1717
      @protege1717 2 роки тому +1

      Its briefly seen in the expanse season 6.

    • @chimalez2924
      @chimalez2924 Рік тому

      @@filiphastik4493 the last book is an excellent way of ending all the main plotlines, but the ending is honestly really disappointing in a sense. I wont give away any spoilers since the book is still relatively new but it's basically impossible to create any large-scale lore in the post-book time period.

    • @galacticgold507
      @galacticgold507 Рік тому

      @@protege1717 thats the construction platform, not the tempest itself

  • @matthewrye3156
    @matthewrye3156 5 років тому +43

    Shadow Cruisers from Babylon 5 would have been on my top 5 list

    • @voltairedecent255
      @voltairedecent255 4 роки тому +3

      YES! Thank you!

    • @petebelshaw1801
      @petebelshaw1801 4 роки тому +2

      Also wondering if the Technomage ship from Crusade classes as stealth?

    • @zariumsheridan3488
      @zariumsheridan3488 4 роки тому +1

      But they are not really stealth, It's how they phase in and out of hyperspace. Besides, they don't really need to hide from pretty much anyone.

    • @tyree9055
      @tyree9055 3 роки тому

      Considering the Shadows themselves are "cloaked" they have the ultimate level of camouflage, nevermind their ships! 😅

  • @MrNoob_11
    @MrNoob_11 5 років тому +46

    This is actually 10 through 6 of the top 10. The top 5 haven't been found yet.

  • @flare2000x
    @flare2000x 5 років тому +77

    Expanse fanboy detected.
    Which is fine, because the expanse is amazing!

    • @Aniket2712
      @Aniket2712 3 роки тому

      Expanse has realistic ships!

  • @Grubnar
    @Grubnar 5 років тому +11

    How about a BOTTOM Five Sci-Fi Stealth Ships?
    I don't know about the other 4, but my pick would be the TIE Stealth from Rebel Assault II.
    It was not custom built, it was a re-purposed system patrol craft, didn't really have the size or power output to be able to use a cloaking field, and the scaled-down cloak-technology didn't even work reliably, making it just another failed "wunderwaffe" of the Empire!
    The game it stared in was a lot of fun though.

  • @ModernDayWarrior
    @ModernDayWarrior 5 років тому +19

    Me: He'd better do Amun-Ra. He'd better do Amun-Ra. He'd better do Amun-Ra...
    YEEEAAAAAAAHHH!!

  • @LickMyRainbow77
    @LickMyRainbow77 5 років тому +21

    Here an idea for a future video: cool or unique means of space travel or FTL in sci-fi. Can cover everything from your standard hyperdrives to 40k’s shortcut through the Hell dimension that is the Warp

    • @battleoid2411
      @battleoid2411 4 роки тому

      Late to this comment, but the honor Harrington books use a pair of gravity wedges almost like sails to accelerate extremely fast

    • @syzerix3157
      @syzerix3157 3 роки тому

      i think the coolest one and the most unique one was in altered carbon. They basically transport their conscience across star systems in electromagnetic beams. Basically they travel at the speed of light.

  • @rfhero71
    @rfhero71 5 років тому +7

    I love it. “No toilet”! Did they just use the Star Trek Replicators to “transporter” the crap out of you? Lol

  • @LKPrime
    @LKPrime 5 років тому +5

    Part of why I love the Phantom from SW:TOR is that part of the design ideas is that it's meant to look like an unarmed diplomatic ship, so that even when uncloaked it didn't look like a threat.

  • @AvroBellow
    @AvroBellow 5 років тому +12

    No Romulan D'Deridex-class Warbird? Daniel, you're breaking my heart!

    • @matthewday7565
      @matthewday7565 5 років тому +1

      Much scarier than the Klingon when it decloaks

    • @AvroBellow
      @AvroBellow 5 років тому

      @@matthewday7565 Absolutely. It's in the top three for most frightening vessels in Star Trek along with the Borg Cube and Dominion Battleship. It's also by far the most beautiful (IMO of course).

    • @KaiserFranzJosefI
      @KaiserFranzJosefI 2 роки тому

      The D'Deridex's definitely isn't a stealth ship, it's a battleship that happens to have cloaking device

  • @darthXreven
    @darthXreven 5 років тому +9

    my fave is Normandy SR2 [Alliance colors] but I admit the amun-ra class is one hell of a ship, even losing 90% of the fleet taking out the Donnager, even a single ship was a hell of a force to be reckoned with.....a small squadron like that that can take out a dreadnaught is a powerful force.....

  • @dave1994jones
    @dave1994jones 5 років тому +10

    I'm actually surprised you didn't include the stealth viper from BSG, considering it was hand build by the crew and allowed them to get in the middle of the cylon fleet close enough to get up close photos

  • @spectroeveryday6016
    @spectroeveryday6016 5 років тому +26

    Gets first commission as a Starfleet Officer: YES
    Sees first posting is on a Miranda Class: Pikachu face

    • @casbot71
      @casbot71 5 років тому +8

      Could be worse, could be a *Oberth …*
      Remember it's made out of explodeanium.
      The _U.S.S Expendable_

    • @twotailedavenger
      @twotailedavenger 4 роки тому +1

      ST:O in a nutshell.

    • @moosue9744
      @moosue9744 3 роки тому

      Better than being sent to a planet in deep space and near the border of some evil species..

  • @CybershamanX
    @CybershamanX 5 років тому +6

    The Normandy: A list-crasher, if I've ever seen one. It seem like it's in a lot of lists, regardless of the criteria. ;)

  • @diamondflaw
    @diamondflaw 4 роки тому +4

    The Phantom is my favorite, followed by the Normandy, but I have to say that I also really like what they did with the Nebula Stealth Cruiser from FTL.

  • @andybrooks7228
    @andybrooks7228 5 років тому +5

    All starships use the blackadder 2 toilet system.
    You crap out of the window ( full ventilation and wide guttering below)

  • @alexandertheprotogen6180
    @alexandertheprotogen6180 2 роки тому +1

    I love that in the expanse we have a lot of stuff named after Egyptian deities warms my heart

  • @angusirwin3862
    @angusirwin3862 5 років тому +7

    When I saw this pop up in my feed I automatically knew what the last two ships would be.

  • @darwinxavier3516
    @darwinxavier3516 5 років тому +27

    Stealth ships? I don't see any stealth ships around here.

  • @Liopleurodon
    @Liopleurodon 5 років тому +20

    Pre watching: Iconic wise: "B'rel" Bird of Prey
    but realistic I throw in to the ring: Expanses "Amun-Ra"

  • @charlespfaff6585
    @charlespfaff6585 5 років тому +2

    Scout/Stealth ship (SS) Chuck’s Favorites 2019 June 14
    5. Romulan V-8 class Bird of Prey Cruiser (Star Trek)
    4. Carrion Spike stealth corvette (Star Wars)
    3. Blackbird stealth fighter (Battlestar Galactica 2003)
    2. Phantom Cruiser (Space Ghost)
    1. Klingon K-22 B'rel (D'Gamma) Bird of Prey Scout (Star Trek)

  • @furykillerBZ
    @furykillerBZ 5 років тому

    One of my favorite videos from you in awhile

  • @UltraDonny5000
    @UltraDonny5000 5 років тому +3

    How did the Defiant not make this list?!
    *nerd rage intensifies*
    great video for real tho

    • @cmdraftbrn
      @cmdraftbrn 5 років тому

      because its stealth was a luxury afforded by the romulan star empire.
      plus the scimitar was overkill for a stealth ship and yet a dinky b'rel makes the list.

    • @vic5015
      @vic5015 4 роки тому

      It's not a dedicated stealth ship. He *specifically* says at the start that things that have stealth/a cloaking device as an add-on were excluded.

  • @solstormgaming2689
    @solstormgaming2689 5 років тому +11

    I'm sad that the UNSC prowlers isn't in this but overall a good list

    • @BeyondDaX
      @BeyondDaX 5 років тому

      They are no better than The B'rel, probably

    • @markmulder9845
      @markmulder9845 5 років тому

      Prowlers have little to no combat ability. I'm saying that as a person who was also disappointed prowlers didnt show up

    • @solstormgaming2689
      @solstormgaming2689 5 років тому

      @@markmulder9845 it's more similar to the Normandy from Mass effect 1. It's not heavily-armed with weapons. it meant to go in scout the enemy forces and deploy a spec ops team and stop with what the enemies doing in that area.

    • @markmulder9845
      @markmulder9845 5 років тому

      I'm fully aware. I'm saying this as the ships he listed have higher combat abilities than a prowler. Other than that, prowlers are dedicated stealth craft that I believe should have been up here.

    • @solstormgaming2689
      @solstormgaming2689 5 років тому

      @@markmulder9845 yeah that's true but for the sr1 Normandy can someone show me the weapons for that. I always thought it was under arm for a frigate even a stealth frigate

  • @dwainchambers6363
    @dwainchambers6363 5 років тому

    Amazing content. Keep up the great work!

  • @nick-314
    @nick-314 5 років тому +4

    Can you do a top 10 hero ships? Id love to hear your take on the best hero ships that are aesthetically pleasing and practical designs.

  • @thebronzedragon1
    @thebronzedragon1 5 років тому +2

    In defence of the Puddlejumper, it is built to observe primitive civilisations which would detect it by sight ....just felt i needed to defend it

  • @filipsuchy3784
    @filipsuchy3784 5 років тому

    Great video Spacedock!!!

  • @gphoenix51
    @gphoenix51 5 років тому +4

    A great episode, I especially liked the Normandy being mentioned, but something is missing. The Scimitar Class Reman Warbird - The Cloak is Perfect. Really not a stealth/spy vessel, but the perfect cloaking device alone should have rated a mention.

    • @GarfieldofBorg
      @GarfieldofBorg 5 років тому +1

      gphoenix51 The Scimitar's cloaking was perfect because it most likely had more than one cloaking device, which is implied to be the case by dialogue from "Star Trek: Nemesis". Also, the Scimitar was probably also equipped with the most advanced Romulan cloaking device(s) that Shinzon and his followers could get their hands on.

    • @gphoenix51
      @gphoenix51 5 років тому +1

      @@GarfieldofBorg All of that makes sense, I mean it had redundant everything pretty much. And it had the ability to partially drop its cloak.

  • @ODST_Parker
    @ODST_Parker 5 років тому +3

    I love the Phantom because it's designed to be both a luxury vessel and a stealth combat vessel. You know, for when you get boarded and you're just like, "What do you want? This is clearly just a civilian yacht and I'm clearly just rich enough to afford blaster cannons, concussion missiles, torpedo launchers, and military-grade armor plating and shield generators. There's very obviously nothing suspicious about this ship or any of my heavily armed... passengers..."

    • @LordTuskk
      @LordTuskk 5 років тому

      Reminds me of a Nubian Yacht

  • @scelonferdi
    @scelonferdi 5 років тому +6

    "Yeah, one of the most sophisticated ships we've seen on the show" Well let me add the single word "yet" to that sentence. There is some interesting stuff coming as the timeline of the expanse progresses.
    Overall really good picks. Just for Star Wars I'd definetly go with the clone wars stealth corvette. The submarine atmosphere of that thing is just unbeatable (great episode).

  • @veruspatri
    @veruspatri 5 років тому +2

    Honorable mentions,. Halo's - Prowler Stealth Corvettes and, or ONI's "Stealth Cruiser'" - The UNSC Point of No Return.

    • @veruspatri
      @veruspatri 5 років тому

      @@chrissonofpear1384 I thought, I messed that class up. Correction made, thanks

  • @TheVeritas1
    @TheVeritas1 5 років тому +3

    Daniel,
    This was a superb video. I completely agree with the picks.
    I also Finally got a name for the Battlestar in BSG Blood and Chrome. The Orion Class is a top notch stealth ship.
    Now a request: Top 5 Battleship/Carrier hybrids.

  • @maggieo
    @maggieo 5 років тому

    Perfect list!

  • @willcarmichie698
    @willcarmichie698 2 роки тому +1

    I really love the stealth ship from TCW that later became Tarkin's personal vessel, the Carrion Spike.

  • @CrimsonTemplar2
    @CrimsonTemplar2 5 років тому +1

    Great list. The Amun-Ra definitely deserves to be the top of the list.

  • @AfrinonM
    @AfrinonM 5 років тому +7

    Nice, posted 37 seconds ago.
    Great video as always!

  • @OptimusPrime-ll9xj
    @OptimusPrime-ll9xj 5 років тому +5

    No Romulan Warbird :(

    • @thitsugaya1224
      @thitsugaya1224 4 роки тому +1

      Romulans had the original stealth ship.

    • @moosue9744
      @moosue9744 3 роки тому +1

      @@thitsugaya1224 they also had the best looking ships

    • @thitsugaya1224
      @thitsugaya1224 3 роки тому +1

      @@moosue9744 Agreed.

  • @Dr.Westside
    @Dr.Westside 4 роки тому +2

    No need for toilets in Trek. Just call for an emergency beamout. Condition brown.

  • @benduston
    @benduston 5 років тому +4

    I love the Amon Ra. It’s my favourite ship in the show and I’d love to see them come back in the next book somehow. Not likely but they’re cool

    • @lukasvillar9328
      @lukasvillar9328 5 років тому +1

      I agree, they are truly fascinating, they are like ghosts in space, waiting and watching you in the darkness and the cold of the void.
      I think we're still going to see some of that sneaky technology, probably on a Martian navy ship.

  • @TomMcD71
    @TomMcD71 5 років тому +1

    Number 4 is my favorite even though I haven't played the games it's in and it's why Legends is awesome.

  • @ameliuslantea1789
    @ameliuslantea1789 5 років тому +3

    What about the Scimitar from Star Trek Nemesis? I mean damn. Shinzon's Scimitar is a badass STEALTH-DREADNOUGHT 😁👌

    • @RoballTV
      @RoballTV 5 років тому +1

      If I remember right he doesn't like that ship, because it's too hollywood 'badguy superweapon' ish.
      Kinda agreed, still a guilty pleasure though ^^

    • @ameliuslantea1789
      @ameliuslantea1789 5 років тому +1

      @@RoballTV Well the Scimitar IS a stealth ship but arguably also a bigass Warship....even if he doesn't like it, the Scimitar should still be mentioned because Captain Kang's Bird of Prey was kind of similar in the sense that it could fire while cloaked and the latter was included in the video 🤔

  • @ArmouredProductions
    @ArmouredProductions 5 років тому +3

    Hell yeah, the X-70B is my favorite from SWTOR. Long live the Sith Empire!

  • @GunnerTaft
    @GunnerTaft 5 років тому

    I would have been very disappointed if the Normandy wasn't on this list. Glad to see that I wasn't. Great vid

  • @marcmagnier
    @marcmagnier 5 років тому +1

    I knew that the Expanse would be number one, you have impeccable taste. Still the most brutal stealth thingy I have ever read about is definitly Marco Inaros stealth "very large rock". That was a real nightmare weapon when you think about it...

  • @CmdrSloanne
    @CmdrSloanne 5 років тому +4

    The original Battlestar Galactica's 2nd. Season Galactica: 1980's improve Vipers & Turbo Cycles we're equipped with stealth when they finally got here to Earth. Love that new edition. Stargate SG-1's puddle jumper. Babylon 5's Shadows ships and technomage ships, no love for DS9's USS Defiant.

    • @archangel6676
      @archangel6676 5 років тому

      none of those were designed as stealth ships, especially the defiant as that was a combat vessel designed to fight the borg

  • @campino4149
    @campino4149 5 років тому

    Nice video 👍

  • @Hallo1248574
    @Hallo1248574 5 років тому +4

    Hmmm..the Star Wars ship looks like an incarnation of the SR-71 Blackbird .

  • @Halotaku
    @Halotaku 5 років тому +2

    Wait.
    Hold on.
    BACK UP.
    YOU GOT TO WRITE ON THE EXPANSE?!?
    Deets.
    NAO.

  • @entropy11
    @entropy11 5 років тому +4

    Aside from no toilets, the phantom apparently doesn't have real engines, just lights stuck onto the back of the hull.

    • @BobTheTesaurus
      @BobTheTesaurus 5 років тому

      or if it does actually have engines, they are entirely inaccessible for maintenance and the empire just buys a new ship every time they start having engine trouble
      which sounds like a very empire thing to do

  • @scottj.burrell969
    @scottj.burrell969 4 роки тому

    Good stuff, strangely interesting comfort food tech for sci fi people/ Scortt Burrell : Moon Called Triton

  • @The_Natalist
    @The_Natalist Рік тому +1

    Anti missle missles make alot of sense for space ships, since they give you true 360 degree protection pretty easily with them. Sadly people think tracer fire looks cooler

  • @Hailfire08
    @Hailfire08 3 роки тому

    Spacedock: designs the Amun-Ra class
    Also Spacedock: "really awesome design"

  • @JohnCena-fd5yw
    @JohnCena-fd5yw 5 років тому

    10/10 agree.really glad normandy and amun-ra got in here

  • @MrStrikecentral
    @MrStrikecentral 5 років тому +3

    If I had my choice of these...definitely the Phantom.

  • @ThePCguy17
    @ThePCguy17 5 років тому +1

    The Orion was actually just featured in the fanfic _Invincible_ by Darth Marrs. And honestly, more people should check out that fanfic in any case, it's an amazing blend of magic and sci-fi. If you're after the sci-fi bits, you do have to wait several chapters, but they're well into the Galactica crossover by now, and it's fraking awesome.

  • @CyberBeep_kenshi
    @CyberBeep_kenshi 3 роки тому

    The expanse is simply fantastic.

  • @joshfritz5345
    @joshfritz5345 5 років тому

    The battle of thoth station was extremely satisfying, especially when the Rocinante gets to lay into the stealth ship with a PDC broadside at point blank range.

  • @saturnv2419
    @saturnv2419 5 років тому +1

    My favorite one is actually the MCRN ballistic platform in the Expanse. I just love its symmetric and very sleek design. Also judge from the world of the Expanse, I actually think the ballistic platform is more stealthy than the stealth frigate.

  • @andrewmontgomery5621
    @andrewmontgomery5621 5 років тому +13

    7:00: Kind of appropriate because tomorrow will be the 75th anniversary of D-Day

  • @timcasey5835
    @timcasey5835 2 роки тому

    I don’t think Daniel describing things as being very cool will ever be lost on me:) but hey I’m here watching and commenting so that irony isn’t lost either:)

  • @silvergriffen
    @silvergriffen 5 років тому +1

    Have you thought about doing a top 5 video on your favorite infantry weapons or melee weapons in sci-fi?

  • @BirdOPrey5
    @BirdOPrey5 5 років тому

    The Klingon Bird Of Prey is by far the best known of these 5 and on that alone should be #1.

  • @jeffvader811
    @jeffvader811 5 років тому +266

    My girlfriend is the best stealth ship, one might say that she doesn't even exist!

    • @MazaAzi
      @MazaAzi 5 років тому +12

      No stealth system can beat the C.A.N.A.D.A stealth system

    • @TheMegamaster44
      @TheMegamaster44 5 років тому +4

      🤣

    • @taelim6599
      @taelim6599 5 років тому +8

      Nah, my motivation is better at staying hidden. Still haven't found it.

    • @kellenwong1321
      @kellenwong1321 4 роки тому +4

      Feelsbadman.

    • @happytomato1135
      @happytomato1135 3 роки тому +1

      Still don't know why people post these cringe incel jokes all over the internet. Since when does being pathetic automatically means funny?

  • @rakisuzuki-burke4148
    @rakisuzuki-burke4148 4 роки тому +1

    The Gamillon subspace submarine from Space Battleship Yamato 2199 was a really good stealth ship. It hid in another dimension and could fire torpedoes at ships in realspace from there.

  • @oskarngo9138
    @oskarngo9138 5 років тому +4

    What about Wonder Woman’s Invisible jet- it can go into outer space and it Has a toilet!!

  • @marcisb73
    @marcisb73 5 років тому +2

    Once i begun to watch i immediately figured out which will be the number one :)

    • @TheVeritas1
      @TheVeritas1 5 років тому

      Same here. But the Amun Ra is hard sci-fi stealth ship that is also cool to watch. It's also very intimidating.

  • @Helycon
    @Helycon 5 років тому +1

    You forgot the Griffin from starcraft 2 who's captain is nova.
    It is designed to do covert operations also the crew is made up of dominion ghosts who are specifically designed humans to be sent on stealth missions. Maybe it's not worth a spot on the list but maybe an honourable mentions?

  • @lenaistalar8032
    @lenaistalar8032 5 років тому +1

    I knew the amun-ra was first place when I saw the video title. And I knew it was there although I forgot you were involved with naming and background and stuff xD

  • @ala5530
    @ala5530 5 років тому

    I'd throw in a few extras: from the Honorverse, the Mesan Alignment's Shark- and Leonard Detweiler-class battleships (plus the virtually unarmed Ghost-class scout frigates): equipped with a Spider drive that rendered them virtually undetectable to the gravimetric sensors that formed the primary detection methods of their contemporaries, albeit at a fraction of the possible acceleration, and equipped with low-signature stealthed weapons pods for long-range strikes, they are excellent silent killers. Unfortunately, the hull configuration, and mass/cubage required by the Spider meant they were unable to mount conventional drives as well, nor to project the "sidewall" shields other navies used for protection, meaning they were slow and vulnerable... if something spotted them.
    From the Jenkinsverse, the Drunker On Turkeyer (no, seriously, that's what it's called): the personal flagship of Great Father Daar of the Gao, fitted with the very best in drives and capacitors for boisterous sub-light manoeuvring and frankly ridiculous FTL speeds, radar-absorbent stealth composite hull, a generous EWAR suite (they can't see you if you've blinded them), a shield designed to redirect virtually all of an attack's energy back at an attacker as a gamma-ray laser, or dump a ship's waste heat out through the same system in a directed stream away from enemies to reduce noticeable emissions. Add to that a large battery of railguns, missiles, lasers and potentially access to wormhole-delivered ordnance (via their alliance with Earth, although once the Dark Eye nanofact can be repurposed from the rebuilding of Gao, it's likely that capacity would be used to build up their own strategic weapons reserve), and it's one hell of a bruiser that'll likely only be seen if they want to be.

  • @raybloodypurchase1941
    @raybloodypurchase1941 5 років тому +3

    Wait, you contributed a ship design for the Expanse show?

    • @vonfaustien3957
      @vonfaustien3957 5 років тому

      Cant wait untill a few more season go by and we can see the magnetar class some actual specs would be nice on that thing.

  • @corruptangel6793
    @corruptangel6793 4 роки тому

    My number one favorite stealth ship is Darth Maul's personal custom freighter: The Scimitar. I love it's sleek design and color schematics, the green engins and dark hull create a beautifull yet sinister aesthetic. And it's armament of 6 laser canons is nice too.
    Though the X-7OB Phantom is gorgeous too.

  • @CaptPatrick01
    @CaptPatrick01 5 років тому +3

    The Phantom looks like something Frontier would come up with...

    • @LtCWest
      @LtCWest 5 років тому

      Oh please yes!
      I would pay hard Euro to get an X-70B in Elite ^^

  • @eugenebrown5827
    @eugenebrown5827 5 років тому

    Love the expanse.

  • @JustTooDamnHonest
    @JustTooDamnHonest Рік тому

    Amun-Ra, Normandy and X-70B are the MVPs among the stealth ships and they are beauties as well as dangerous if you cross them.

  • @KillianoC
    @KillianoC 5 років тому

    Was hoping to see the Amun-Ra. Was not disappointed when I got to number 1!

  • @captbrody5036
    @captbrody5036 5 років тому

    This is a great list. Ever since I saw the Orion class in Blood and Chrome I loved it. After doing some research on it, it became my favorite BSG ship. I think the Orion class proves one thing...it's not the size of the weapon but how you use it that matters. I also like how the designers used a sensor cloak over a visual cloak.
    Also I have received my stuff from the Sojourn fund raiser and couldn't be happier. Though our local post office decided to disregard the instructions of not bending it, at least they didn't fold it. As for the downloads I am unclear where to go for those. The last few emails I have received have been unreadable for some reason. I am currently searching for a good frame for the Letter of Mark, and am trying to decide on what the patch will go. The pin looks awesome and will be put onto my Con bag. I look forward to answering the questions I'm sure will come by having it there.
    Anyway thanks for all the hard work you guys do. Your content is informative and entertaining. BTW are you guys going start back on Twitch soon? I'm sure you all are super busy but the content there is missed.