Akira Class Retrospective

[@VegetaLF7]

My favorite non-hero ship from Star Trek. I've always felt that the Akira was a perfect compliment to the Sovereign.

[@aeonjoey3d]

totally, it's like a battle hardened version of a same era ship. I literally obsessed over all of the First Contact ships back when it came out, for years.

[@DrWhom]

complement

[@anthonygonzalez2897]

@@DrWhom Thanks, Stannis

[@RaikenXion]

Yes Akira and Sovereign are my all time favorite designs of Federation Starship.

[@GeorgeBPryor]

Same, they go together like the Constitution / Miranda, and the Galaxy / Nebula.

[@jonathankirsch2121]

Surprised you didn't include the details by Alex Jaeger himself: "This was my gunship/battlecruiser/aircraft carrier. It has 15 torpedo launchers and two shuttlebays - one in front, with three doors, and one in the back. I really got into it with this one, with the whole idea that the front bay would be the launching bay, and then to return they'd come into the back, because they'd be protected by the rest of the ship." So there's some motivation behind the catamaran design

[@roetemeteor]

The idea of fifteen torpedo launchers is my favorite detail. Full weapon spread, 3 beams followed by a giant glowing hailstorm of blood red death that fires for mere seconds but seeming like an eternity. Dozens, if not hundreds of photon torpedoes barreling and annihilating the son of a bitch that kicked the hornets nest.

[@simplemotions-2196]

The Akira class is one of my favorite ships in the next generation universe. its very powerfull battle ship and has very good looking design that shows agresive looks as to say don`t mess with me.

[@UberNeuman]

Those aren't space rocks that fly out when there's an explosion inside Federation ships. They're discarded Eaglemoss models.

[@peters8950]

False they're painted way better than any eaglemoss ship

[@imback3200]

J.Jonah Jameson what are you doing here?

[@NashmanNash]

@@peters8950 The rocks are also NOT bend out of shape like Eaglemoss models^^..Had to use a heatgun to get the pylons of my Enterprise E right,and had to rip off the nacelles of the Enterprise D and glue them back on at the correct angle-.-

[@NeonVisual]

Too soon.

[@frictionRx5]

don't complain it could've been United Federation of Plants

[@jamcdani]

frictionRx5 was that the force behind “The Happening”?

[@stardude2006]

frictionRx5 That's the Triffid Empire

"To boldly go where no ficus has gone before"

[@thebookwasbetter3650]

Mexican contractor gets the job. Looks at name box-- USS Just write the name of the ship here in all caps

[@ginagetscreative]

Ever notice that United Federation of Planets and United Feoeraion of Planets have the same acronym? MIND BLOWN!

[@joshuacalkins]

chaynaw Buckle up for some more craziness! None of them are acronyms! When the letters don’t spell any sort of word, as in FBI, it’s just called an initialism. I suppose if you were willing to make the sound “ufp” in public you could still maybe call it an acronym... Anyway, mastering this stuff will make you popular. Your welcome. :)

[@pepe6666]

@@joshuacalkins hello. i am from the future. i actually found this comment useful. thank you sir.

[@joshuacalkins]

@@pepe6666 You are most welcome. So, are we still wearing masks in the future?🖖😄

[@JimFeig]

For some reason your Startrek humor makes me laugh like crazy.

[@NPSao]

The Akira-class is my favorite TNG era ship together with the Sovereign-class. And I'd glady accept a post onboard an Akira-class starship.

[@JohnVance]

Your intro theme is the happiest and purest sound on KZbin.

[@XerShadowTail]

Ah, such wonderful, cheerful, and happy music as the Borg destroy the Starfleet task force!

[@ambarcraft4476]

It was the music they played on their ship.

[@poloMpolo]

this channel will never fall into obscurity or whatever its spelled, much star trek love from Prague

[@jeanport3554]

Dobre den sky max, jak se mate?

[@Pulsar047]

Your channel stands out greatly in quality from other Star Trek channels for some reason. Maybe it's your editing style, music choice, narration cadence or something else entirely. I'm not certain. In any event, please continue. 👍

[@Oniphire]

It's the music & narration style I think. The former is equally wonderfully out of place as well as retro while the latter comfortably conveys intelligence and humor.

[@DrWhom]

It's lighthearted, he avoids the über-nerdy I-know-everything-better-than-you attitude and this is a breath of fresh air. After all, anyone watching this will already know a shitload about ST.

[@DrWhom]

@@Oniphire Yeah, the elevator music circa 1982 is bittersweet. I am old enough to remember a time when folks really thought that style of music to be the cat's pyjamas.

[@ModernCollector]

Subscribed! How the hell have I never seen this channel before. Dedicated one day of my life watching your videos. Great mix of info and humour.

[@JunkBallMedia]

Glad you liked it.

[@brodyalves1861]

This day has gone from a 20 to a 100 really quick

[@lieutenant_dan27lt.d45]

Agreed, same.

[@ussakira7294]

The Akira class is 1 of my favourite Federation Starships & a really great design

[@lordsummerisle87]

A new Junkball vid? Is it Christmas already?

[@adsilcott]

No matter how big a fan one is, somewhere in the back of your head you know just how silly it is to be obsessed with the technical details of fictional vehicles in a fictional world -- which is why I love your videos. They have the kind of great information that you might find in more serious Trek videos, but with the humor that the topic deserves.

[@JunkBallMedia]

Thanks. I don't really care about the fictional stats. I'm more into the real world art and design that went into make these ships.

[@Tony-dh7mz]

Oh Oh, you mentioned the Oberth, You can sit next to me on the bus 😃

[@DrWhom]

If he can stand your BO

[@peachmanflossboypeac]

@@DrWhom Why be mean for no reason

[@DissociatedWomenIncorporated]

@@peachmanflossboypeac no reason? I mean it was a touch mean, but _dude..._ this Tony guy _likes the Oberth class._ (I'm kidding, just in case that's not obvious.)

[@Azraiel213]

The little science vessel that couldn't. 😂

[@sastrei]

Great vid! We get to see the Akira class in combat again in VOY: Message in a Bottle.

[@lieutenant_dan27lt.d45]

This made my Monday brighter.

[@Ship-security]

Great video. Awesome ship really adds to the universe. As a former enlisted member of the US military, I couldn't help but notice how little effort they put into the enlistedsted crew in Star Trek. Star Trek movies 2 through 6 gave enlisted their own uniforms and rank insignia which was great. TOS and TNG never refer to an enlisted member has anything other than crewman. DS9 at some point gave Chief O'Brien a proper enlisted rank insignia which was refreshing to see. Anyway it's a subject that none of the other Star Trek channels have never done an episode on. "The enlisted crew of Starfleet", I figure if anyone would be open to the idea it will probably be you. Just an idea keep up the great work. Definitely the best Star Trek channel on KZbin.

[@erojerisiz1571]

One of my favorite non-enterprise ships along with the miranda and nebula

[@sage11x]

This is my favorite channel and I don’t care if it takes 5 years between vids I’m staying put.

[@jamcdani]

Great video, as always! I consider myself to have a pretty fulfilling life, but little makes me as excited as seeing a new Junkball vid in my feed.

[@stardude2006]

The Akira Class Starship ? " I Like It ! " 👽💚

[@Kaga184]

New intro? New video? Yayyy! Wait... I'll retry. Fascinating.

[@PantslessDragon]

Whenever I see a new Junkball video in my notifications, I instantly stop what I'm doing to watch it (even if it was watching another video, that other video can wait)

[@shirodave]

You misread. It clearly says: United Feoeraion of Planets! Pls fix!

[@Mirandorl]

Maybe its a Jupiter Mining corp spaceship and its written in esperanto

[@chrissonofpear1384]

Subtle...

[@davetron3030]

"oh hey look a new junkball medi-" *sets thrusters to full stop* "NEW JUNKBALL MEDIA"

[@cellokid5104]

Thanks for doing awesome Star Trek content, please never stop doing KZbin

[@erojerisiz1571]

Trekky oh hi Chika

[@cellokid5104]

@@erojerisiz1571 Hi Megumin, you're by far the best girl on your show. (The competition might be trash but still)

[@erojerisiz1571]

Trekky why thank you Also you changed

[@cellokid5104]

@@erojerisiz1571 yeah, you gave me an Idea. Now I'm smug Sokka from avatar the last Airbender

[@pnrcomps]

Always LOVE new Junkball vids! BRAVO!!! nice info!

[@SaintGBar22]

I’ve watched so many of these videos I can’t stop. There something about your dry wit and delivery which I find hilarious. I think I’d watch you review anything at this point.

[@frosch90453]

A new Junkball video? I hit that like button harder than one of Kirk's punches.

[@351cleavland]

A new Junkball video? I hit that like button harder than one of Kirk's green female aliens!!!

[@frosch90453]

@@351cleavland I hit that harder than an Orion slave girl

[@aeonjoey3d]

yup, before the video even started

[@poloMpolo]

I wanna watch videos like this for hours and hours

[@marcusmanchester7095]

This is by far my favorite non-hero ship. There are even hero ships that this edges out!

[@matthewwheatley]

Your entry music brings me endless joy.

[@theworstflash]

Love the Akira, Love Junkball Media. Win Win.

[@QuixoteX]

I went to anime school, but I failed my Akira Class.

[@aeonjoey3d]

BAHAHHAHAA they did indeed name it for AKIRA the anime

[@leondillon8723]

@@aeonjoey3d Not the XXX actress Asa Akira ??

[@jaredloveless]

scolding tone "Tetsuoo!"

[@Menaceblue3]

@@jaredloveless CANADA!

[@erojerisiz1571]

Hmm...

[@aeonjoey3d]

I love the idea that it has an all the way through hangar bay - imagine peregrines flying out as fighters

[@RetroBerner]

Love the Akira, thank you!

[@davitto01]

Was hoping you'd go into detail on the capabilities of the Akira, weapons specifically. Since there's contention over how many torpedo launchers it has.

[@UncleMikeDrop]

I liked it when Starfleet stopped pretending they weren't a military organization. The Akira represents that much needed paradigm shift.

[@robinvan1983]

In my eyes, They still aren't. They are the peacekeeper forces Of The UN, with the federation as the Galactic UN. You can see that before the War with the Bajorans... All their ships have never been specifically used for war

[@internetdumbass]

@@robinvan1983 Yeah, I feel the militrisation was more of a "we will bite back when bitten" thing than "Guess we're nothing more than a space navy now". I think the fact they largely kept the saucer sections in their more combat-oriented ship design phase is testament to that, which our boy Roddenberry added for them to transport colonists and refugees around. If they were purely military... why would you make yourself a bigger target then that? Also, they keep putting the damn bridge in an easily shot place. I like to think they do this as a show of trust to the wider galaxy, showing no, I'm not designed purely for combat, why would I be designed like that if I was. It's also probably handy for earlier warp civilisations to be able to see the Captain through the window, since they might not have compatible com tech yet. Not they they ever don't have compatable com tech, but the thought is there.

[@OpenMawProductions]

The peacekeeper forces of the UN are a military. Gene Roddenberry called them a military in both the Bible and the Season 2 TOS bible.

[@UncleMikeDrop]

@@OpenMawProductions Yes, but IN UNIVERSE Starfleet(post Kittomer) frequently claimed to not be a military. They referred to themselves as scientists, explorers, diplomats, etc. There was much posturing and preaching about "evolved sensibilities" in the "golden age" of the United Federation of Planets. That's one of the things I liked about TOS. They had the decency to call a spade a spade. To a lesser degree, so did DS9. TNG on the other hand, was riddled with hypocritical sanctimonious self-deception. Gene Roddenberry also stated that the greatness of a civilization is not determined by their ability to wage war, but by their ability to prevent them. Starfleet should NOT have demilitarized as demilitarization only prevents war if ALL PARTIES agree to do so. The Romulans didn't. The Klingons didn't. The Federation largely did, but they should not have done it. The Akira Class is representative of Starfleet coming to their collective senses to embrace pragmatism yet again.😁

[@nealsterling8151]

For a short time one could belive in Star Trek (TNG and beyond) Humanity (or better Said the Star Trek as a whole) has evolved beyond waging wars, but at some point the producers decided that explosions are more important (and popular) than a peaceful message. Nice for the American audience... bad for everyone who was (and still is) tired of the same old "war in space" crap.

[@kingssman2]

Your comparison is really awesome! love seeing the models together

[@neto135791]

I’m a simple man, I see a junk(ball media) video, I click

[@mizzmaddieUTube]

Thanks, JB. You made my lunch hour.

[@christopherbridges7902]

The airs class ship always reminded me of the conwing plane baloo has in TALESPIN. The seasick on the shape.

[@Brando501st]

I missed this channel!!

[@preacher3d801]

That Intro .. !!

[@casbot71]

The ships basic frame does include couple of *design flaws* though. First the roll bar is set _so far back and low_ that it has limited firing arcs and can't target anything below the horizontal, and when it gets close to firing directly ahead the bridge crew get nervous. A rapid maneuver (maybe) or getting hit hard enough to change course (or a tractor beam) and they have *just shot their own bridge* at point blank with a photon torpedoe salvo. And what if the safeties or targeting systems are damaged? Then there's the bridge location itself - besides being in the firing line and getting a big distraction whenever they fire as torpedoes wizz past and the have a binding light show and somehow get deafened in space (?). The bridge is supposed to have a commanding view yet it's heavily obscured by the surrounding superstructure and can't see to the sides or much behind either. And while that may seem useful in terms of protection from enemy fire they have to angle the ship to have the enemy on the upper facing to deploy full firepower from the roll bar, which puts it square in the target zone - and that's not including enemy strafing runs from behind where the weapons pod is silhouette against the bridge. A better concept would have been to have the Akira take a design queue from the Defiant and have a *internal bridge.* It could be the design standard for Starfleets _pure combat ships_ - the Jack of all trades multirole ships still have a bridge at the top. And the weapons pod could be mounted in its place or somewhere else closer to the front [there's a concept New Orleans class? (I'll edit in) that has _two_ weapons pods mounted on top of the saucer going the length of the ship]. Or the pods could grow out of the supports for the engines that lead to the saucer and meld into it. Instead they grow into large weapon arrays and give a streamlined integrated look and maybe the impression that they run the length of the ship to where the nacelle pylons branch away, so that the same photon supply can hit behind. Basically integrated weapon pods that run the full length of the ship and are a structural member, almost like the ship was built around them. I did read that around the time when they were planning post Nemesis follow ups, that they were going to have Starfleet have a new design paradigm based round the Defiant, with internal bridges and nacelles blended into the hull. It can be slightly seen with some of the new ships having the nacelles growing from the primary hull, like the Steamrunner. Maybe it will get a _"minor refit"_ in the future.

[@okuno54]

Who would win in a fight: sensible design critique, or putting rocks in all of the bridge panels and rigging them to explode whenever a tilt sensor is tripped? ...Actually now that I think about it, this is one of the few videos that doesn't mention the rocks. You are hereby forgiven!

[@I_am_Diogenes]

3:15 The Constellation class also has hanger bays on both sides of the saucer section , provided the doors with the big numbers on them are hanger bays like on the Miranda . Are you suggesting the Constellation also has a "fly through" saucer ?

[@waveman0]

no mention that The Akira was one of latest, new breed of Perimeter defense vessels (with the Akira, and along with the Steamrunner, Saber and Norway) with the Akira being the biggest and as it was a Heavy Cruiser forming the backbone of Starfleet battle groups. It also served as a carrier and could house between 30 and 50 StarFleet Attack Fighters (that's what that massive sauser through hagger bay you mentioned was for) It was also very heavily armed, among the most heavily armed of any Starfleet vessel (except for the Defiant, Sovereign and Prometheus classes) boasting 6 type X phaser arrays and 15 photon torpedo launchers, and an impressive 900 torpedo magazine storage capacity allowing it to stay in a fight for extended periods.

[@guidoencalada3336]

What a good way to kick off the summer

[@Obssy]

Stop making me feel bad about wanting to spend my next few minutes watching stuff about star ships. And keep'em coming :D

[@ricardioscarbonara102]

keep it up junkball, we love you!

[@johnkingmob]

Great. Now I know that typo is on my Akira model...

[@MrAldurVale]

Just checked mine. It's there. Sorry. For both of us.

[@shadowvessel]

The only problem I have with your videos is that they're not longer 😂 Great work man. The Akira is my second favorite class of ship.

[@andymac4883]

I think there's another design inspiration taken from the BoP, and that's the deflector dish and the whole bulbous section on the bottom of the saucer that houses it. I never really noticed it before, but looking at the two side by side it really reminds me of the torpedo launcher on the BoP's 'head'.

[@ThommyofThenn]

That scotty video was so much fun! Now I see you have videos on some of the neatest ship classes?? I'm subbed now :)

[@stevenewman1393]

🖖😎👍Very cool and very well and nicely done and very informatively executed and explained indeed 👌.

[@philismenko]

I love the akira class, if not only because of the thunderchild, which i love because the war if the worlds concept album haunted me with the thunderchild song

[@Zeithri]

The majority of people whom seen the Akira class, who watches videos about the Akira class. Will say that they love the Akira class. And this is absolutely true as I love it as well. Also,I think it reminds me a bit in 'design philosophy' to MS Gundam's Musai class ship.

[@stevefelten1197]

My favorite class, it's so sleek and modern, and it has quite a arsenal of weapons, enough to give the Galaxy class a run for it's money.

[@uss_04]

02:29 that juxtaposition is both appropriate and unsettling. Bravo

[@lovipoekimo176]

The Akira IS my favorite Starfleet ship because of how awesome.and simple it looks

[@0meat]

I'm also a fan of Mass Effect, I do RP with some friends and have a Quarian I've run for several years now. His little ship is built from mismatched ship parts, I named it the Junkball to kind of pay tribute to your channel a bit. Also, I'm working on turning it into a 3d model.

[@Nodux359]

I love that design! Rivals even my love for the Sovereign class

[@SvnLyrBrto]

Bravo. The Akira class is also one of my favorites. And I wish it got more love and attention than it has. One thing you missed though, when going over the influences on its (And the NX-class'.) design is the non-canon Akyazi-class perimeter action ship from the old Ships of the Star Fleet Vol. 2 tech manual of TMP-era "fanon". It's unofficial, and good luck finding the books themselves now that CBS is so anal about letting others play in Roddenberry's sandbox. But you can find much of the content from the book online. And it is VERY obviously a major inspiration for both the Akira and NX.

[@maggieo]

You are the BEST. Thank you.

[@jamiebraswell5520]

The Akira Class is a great design. I liked the other new ship designs from First Contact as well.

[@cybercitycircuits]

Ohhhhh boy! I've always wanted to know all of this about the Akira Class!!!

[@astra0329]

I seriously love ur videos thank you

[@gabryaelharrisson9852]

One of my favorite design !

[@joshuacalkins]

Great stuff! Akira was also supposedly slated to be the ship used in Enterprise, even though that made no sense at all, so the designers just agreed, sought time to “modify”, and then came up with the NXO1. When that ship was shown, and the obvious Akira/WW2 plane inspiration was on display, the top down look made it difficult to tell that the nacelles would be articulated up instead of down, so I thought it was going to be even more like Akira. What was the name of that airplane model, anyone recall?

[@sketchpro12]

Haha! Awesome review and design break down! Thanks for that!! Cheers!

[@Captain11890]

How did I miss this JBM video

[@willdogg01]

Fantastic, as usual!

[@SoranoGuardias]

I think the Akira-class is essentially the Dominion War's version of the Miranda.

[@darxcyber]

Star Trek armada 1 had the Akita class, it housed a special type of photon torpedo in the roll bar section called the chain reaction pulsar that when hit, would bounce off to the next nearest enemy but slightly less powerful.

[@austin1839]

I'm so looking forward to the Eaglemoss XL Thunderchiild due out later in this year. I will be buying it and hopefully it will be 100% die cast metal like the XL Voyager.

[@illyth63]

Love the video (always do), but this time I'm SLIGHTLY disappointed that you didn't mention that the OG Akira was the U.S.S. Thunderchild, and that it was named after the HMS Thunder Child which somewhat successfully battled the Martian tripods in H.G. Wells's novel War of the Worlds.

[@aeonjoey3d]

wut?! really? haha had no idea.

[@chrissonofpear1384]

Ooh... la?

[@DrWhom]

somewhat successfully? it sank! but then I guess you are right, Carrie's ship did manage to get way.

[@simonm.946]

my favourite ship of the federation! Loved it on star trek armada!

[@huggiesunrise]

My fav ship done on my favorite channel the day before my birthday!?!? Eeeeeeeeee!

[@Kaga184]

Happy Birthday in advance! Live long and prosper!

[@Morgan423Z]

Interesting design choice in removing the front navigational deflector, considering it's what helps move objects out of the ship's way in flight.

[@DarinRWagner]

The Saber class also has a forward shuttlebay.

[@Carstuff111]

I am here, so yes, I want to learn about the Akira Class in the next few minutes.... :P

[@MrHawkins01]

i always love the look of the akira class :)

[@Jim202030]

Love your factoids.

[@CmdrSloanne]

The Akira class is one of my favorite 24th century Starfleet ships, 2nd. After the USS Defiant.

[@Sarahjanam]

Love these videos.

[@pinoi78]

Can’t wait for the Eagle Moss XL Akira Class.

[@zahidnoor2267]

The Akira Class looks similar to the Discovery Class towards the rear,doesn't it?? ☺

[@jonathankirsch2121]

I swore I saw it for sale on the website at one point but they took it down

[@drockjr]

This blunt is for you. Why? Because you made a video about an Akira class ship from only a few obscure Trek episodes. (Loved it.)

[@Thekalistor]

Now all I need is a new Guru Larry video and 2019 can be over

[@joejupiter4138]

No mention of the fanfiction/semi-canon Akyazi-class perimeter action ships that have a suspiciously similar planform and were published in the book "Ships of the Star Fleet" by Calon Riel in 1992, some three years before "Star Trek: Fist Contact" began development?

[@Gibson99]

2:04 that's the strangest looking Galaxy class I've ever seen...

[@PsychoGallagher]

1:45 Still, you can see Miranda class ships fighting the Borg cube in First Contact. I guess, they threw everything they had against them.

[@Scripture-Man]

Another great vid. Just a couple of details to watch - Your video assumes we all know details like the Akira was from the First Contact movie, and that the NX-01 was from Enterprise, but for the sake of newcomers it may be helpful to clarify details like these. I mean for a while I was genuinely thinking this ship was from the TNG episode "First Contact". Also, when you showed "concept art" that confused me because I didn't even know what the actual ship looked like at that point, nor did I realize that you were showing a series of different concept drawings - I assumed they were all evolutions of the same ship. When the real ship appeared I didn't know I was seeing it. So just pay attention to making clear WHERE these ships are from, and signposting WHAT we're looking at. Thanks! :)

[@schristy3637]

lordsummerisle87 is right. Must be Christmas. Great video!

[@etexpatriate]

The sudden expansion of ship-designs In First Contact and DS9 has been not unfairly described as "we'll fly anything with a couple nacelles." It begs the question, how many legitimate unique purposes can there be to justify all these similarly-sized vessels? Are Starflleet naval architects just fickle? Also, how the heck does warp-drive technology tolerate all those wildly different arrays?

[@lordsummerisle87]

I think of it a bit like the weird weapons Germany was trying in the 1940s. Any engineer with a wacky idea and a slide rule appear to have been given research funding that would have been better spent almost anywhere else (though I'm glad it got spaffed up the wall on dead-end development rather than solid and workable solutions). The closer Allied troops got to Berlin the more "out there" the designs got. Rocket-powered fighter with 5 minutes of fuel and no landing wheels anyone? Vertical-takeoff fighter with enough acceleration to make the pilot black-out on takeoff? Some worked and had enormous impact on the world post-1945, like the STG44 which was the world's first assault rifle. Others sorta worked but were more proof-of-concept than functional, effective weapon like the V2 rocket which was the direct ancestor of the Saturn V rockets which sent men to the moon. As always there were a million more absolutely wank ideas than good ones, but the wank ideas in less desperate times would have gone no further than the drawing board and the better designs given more resources. This I think is what "happened" to Starfleet post Wolf 359. Until that point a few conservative designs of starship were produced per decade, many staying in use or even production for a significant portion of a century. Most followed a certain "type" and were general-purpose machines of various sizes with emphasis on pastel-decorated lounge bars and science labs full of mysterious jars of coloured fluid than actually doing any specific thing like space flight or space fight. Suddenly the United Ostriches of Planets realised that (a) they needed a buttload of new ships, (b) amateur dramatics theatres aren't very combat effective and (c) they needed them yesterday. We get a bunch of weird and wacky starship classes suddenly come out, with emphasis either on overwhelming power (Sovereign), low resource cost (Sabre), more dakka (Akira torpedo cruiser) pure firepower (Defiant), or some combat gimmick (Prometheus). It was a literal case of "We don't know what could possibly stop the Borg/Dominion. TRY EVERYTHING!"

[@TheAjajadude]

It makes sense they'd have a larger pool of ship classes that are more mission specific. TNG generally had a handful "jack of all trades" starship classes whereas DS9 ships showed a post- Wolf 359 reality where more military specific designs were necessary: something more than exploration vessels with phaser emitters and torpedo launchers bolted on. Also, it's far easier and quicker for Starfleet to replace small military ships lost in combat than larger, more complex ships. Starfleet seemed over-saturated with cruisers, anyway. More destroyers and escorts ftw!

[@casbot71]

Also they had the huge advantage of the technology paradigm that enables unique and bespoke designs to be quickly implemented. Look at the *Delta flyer,* a medium sized ship [Voyager] can independently design and build its own combat shuttle in a few weeks total (if you include the preliminary work each designer had done before deciding to collaborate) without any outside help, or specialist ship designers. And the technology was plug and play, implementing new systems and mixing tech was easy with little compatibility issues except with totally alien tech that used different technological concepts - and even then, Starfleet personnel were suprised when they couldn't implement a work around. After all, look how many refits and modifications various ships got, putting a working ship together from a random parts bin wasn't a issue, even if the donors were different species ships. So it was the design concept, not getting the f@#£ing thing to work that was the limiting factor. Basically they could Kerbel space program anything without worrying about ducting, wiring, voltage limits ect. And they could design and build a working F-35 in a college class.

[@DrWhom]

"begging the question" does not actually mean to raise or prompt a question. It means assuming as a premise the very thing you are trying to argue.

[@Raptor302]

3:15 That's gonna take a lot of spacewalks to fix.

[@cuddlebuff]

YAAAS! I love your videos!