Can the Texas Class STOP The Borg? - Fleet Battle - USS Aledo - Star Trek Starship Battles

[@GreystarSTBC]

Just wait until you guys see my assimilated Texas class

[@77zarick]

Ohhh nice

[@GamingWithColby]

How bout no

[@GamingWithColby]

How bout i dont wanna badgey scares me

[@warwolf88]

can't wait😊

[@almotgaming9398]

​@@GamingWithColby lol😂💀

[@meerkatmusings8450]

That full spread looked delicious! The toast looked well done too :)

[@mijimonmaster]

"Lovable rouge"? He was a psycho 😆

[@Sephiroth144]

He just wants to keep Daddy's heart warm...

[@mijimonmaster]

@@Sephiroth144 "I will burn your heart in a fire" 😆

[@rmartinson19]

Wow. Now I want to see the Texas-class match up against a bunch of other Federation ships. Obviously they dealt with the Sovereign just fine, but it might be fun to see a squad of Texas-class ships go up against a squad of Defiants or something, to say noting of seeing how many of them the Galaxy-X or the World Razer can take on at once.

[@clintmatthews3500]

Not just toast… Texas Toast!

[@robbieatnsudotcom]

For a second, I thought you were going Worf on it by prepaid for ramming speed.

[@TrentonBennett]

This was as fun one to watch. I know I posted yesterday dunno why it didn't show up...ah well. The Texas class is an interesting design for sure. When you mentioned AI controlled...reminds me of the M5 Multitronic unit. Especially with this...maybe M5 controlled gone insane? LOL BTW it was only the Enterprise-E who fired quantum torpedoes at the Borg ship in First Contact. All the other ships fired regular photon torpedoes, even the Akira class.

[@TeraQuad]

In retrospect, these types of ships would be quite formidable and would be an acceptable complement to any fleet. Since there is no crew...... you could double or even triple the hull armor on them since there would be a need to have corridors, sleeping quarters, mess hall, etc. so the frame would be densely packed and far more effective structure internally. It would be extremely maneuverable and agile, even with the most advanced inertia dampeners a human would be flung around at extremely high speeds. You could install some of the most powerful warp cores and conduits without the any repercussion of human safety or fatalities due to radiation of any kind. I would say you could get easily (4) times the power output for shielding and weapons since replicators, lights, sonic showers, medbays, life support, etc. all require power and human intervention/interaction, but if you remove the human element you can divert it to weapons, shielding and speed.

[@JEDAI501ST]

The new federation terminators!😂😂 Texas toast!

[@brutalchicken]

Loved how there's an entire facility of rogue/evil computers and AI and their best solution is not remote controlled drones but fully autonomous ones.

[@CJ-442]

To be fair, when the distance between you and the drone ship you’re controlling is measured in lightyears, you’re probably not going to see the best responsiveness in combat even with subspace communications, so going fully autonomous might just be a matter of practicality rather than preference. The real question is why a ship meant for second contact, utility missions, and towing would need to be so heavily armed. I mean, it took an entire fleet of California classes (the ship it’s supposed to replace) to destroy a single, heavily damaged Texas class. They definitely seemed geared way more towards combat than the kinds of missions we saw the Cerritos getting up to.

[@markeh1971]

Hi, more Texas class ships, given they have no crew! Only limited by the ability to make ships! Take care M.

[@exc911ence_channel]

"Don't mess with Texas" - Texas

[@aquariandawn4750]

Texas class would be great for border patrol duty.

[@XHunter442]

Texas Toast? Ty for the video and LLAP!

[@josephpatterson985]

4:10 A fleet of unmanned ships (I assume that's what you meant, not unarmed) for tactical situations? Maybe they will if they forget about the Planet Killer, M5, Nomad, Val, Landru, Lore, Dreadnaught, the Texas-class, Gul Dukat's security system, Peanut Hamper, Warhead, Pralor androids, Cravic androids, Dejaren, that repair station Enterprise docked at, probably a bunch I'm not thinking of or that we never saw, and honorable mention to the ones that were threatening but not deliberately or irredeemably like Norm, the Whale Probe, V'Ger, and those holograms that escaped the Hirogen.

[@charlessisnett9968]

That was such a good battle too watch

[@newatlantic7228]

I love these battles!

[@victoria19853]

The new definition of don’t mess with Texas.

[@_quantum808_]

If the Galaxy-X from Hell saw a fleet of Texas Classes, it would basically see them as flies on a dartboard. Also, how would an Excelsior-II fair against Two Nova Classes...

[@chrislarson9366]

One V one verse defiant

[@martinbuhlmeier3138]

"A nice Halloween - Special been"!!! 👻🎃🍭🍬Have a funny Time been. Video with Firestorm 🔥🌪️ is 🌟🌟🌟🌟🖖🖖🖖🖖been !!!

[@aquariandawn4750]

I'd expect something called the Texas class to be larger than that. Still looks good though

[@ralphreinhardt6020]

Well Retro B, I think you may have put this ship upon a shelf.

[@Brando501st]

Awesome video!

[@Ronald006]

If the continuum has told you once, they told you a thousand times DON'T provoke THE BORG!

[@BlissTcat]

I doubt that Star Fleet would actually build an AI controlled ship. Remember what happened when the M5 computer was installed on the U.S.S. Enterprise in the original series?

[@ytmndman]

The interface for the computers in the LD episode was made to look like the M5 on purpose.

[@matthewray6286]

3:10 the Texas doing ballet in space 😂

[@jkeelsnc]

Actually, for Starfleet this is a good idea. And they should be kept at strategic locations in the Federation. Imagine if they had these during the Dominion War? Just a few in every fleet would've made a real difference.

[@Sephiroth144]

Just use freaking DATA as the AI source code.

[@jkeelsnc]

@ Or The Doctor.

[@oldschooloverlord]

​@@Sephiroth144yes, definitely no chance they end up with Lore in there instead.

[@Sephiroth144]

@@oldschooloverlord Not the shampoo! Also, specifically Data- not Soong-type AIs

[@cosmeticscameo8277]

problem with borg vs starfleet ships is that borg ships are so huge it can absorb so much more damage and have superior damage control that it can outlast starfleet ships in battle hence why it takes a whole fleet to stop just one cube... starfleet needs to field larger universe class ships to even take on a borg cube.

[@keyboardt8276]

Imo going with a larger fleet of smaller replaceable vessels is viable as well, just like the concept behind the Defiant

[@Fetzenkrieger]

Federation council: How much firepower can you cramp into a tiny starship ? The Defiant's not good enough anymore. Engineer: Yes! Just don't have any crew! Kirk: We already tried that idea with the M5 and it turned out really bad! Riker: A fleet of remote controlled ships all acting according to the same fundamental programming ? Something that's already a bit Borg-like might be cracked more easily by them and then what if we have to face our own drones ? Engineer: The borg are way too interested in self-preservation to even try and incorporate the operating system I have in mind for these ships. I call it 'Badgey'. There's no need to worry! Quark: There certainly isn't. The prices for quantum torpedoes will jump to warp 10 the moment these ships see the light of day...

[@mrichar9]

That full spread looks DELICIOUS! APPETITES TO MAXIMUM!!! SET A COURSE FOR THE KITCHEN... WARP 78!

[@crownprincesebastianjohano7069]

I think drones would be far more common place. We saw how even the Cardassians were able to construct very advanced drones before the DW. Sure Starfleet could build ones that weren't crazy. Attack-ship sized drones would be perfect. As would runabout sized ones whose function is delivering a bunch of photons.

[@stevelapierre4776]

😲😨Oh my gosh Admiral.. lol. yes, I saw this and the ship looks great, MSR did amazing job. and the voice also, wow.. The Texas class in the show was scary.. eeh.. I would scream like Boimler too.. lol. oh gosh.. took out Sovereign.. I forgot, need to go see that again, and That is a point, AI, ships vs The Borg.. eeh.. *Love your ''spread'' images, looks scrumptious... it does lol. Yes, the ship has ''Badgy's'' program from Rutherford.. gosh, and was the Admiral, that made Rutherford's Tech.. Amazed at the power reserves gosh.. 🤔Yes, Anti Borg weapon, install a few anti psychotic programs and shields.. yes.. that would work.. interesting.. Love the battle and now gonna go watch the episodes lol. 😊🖖 * I saw a short video, and In Star Wars, Boba Fett's seismic charges.. the no sound at first and then bang and torn an Empire Star destroyer in 2 ..eeh this would be good in Starfleet ships lol.

[@brianburke3460]

Nice! I think it was good it starfully had like 12 of them. It probably was like I'll barbecue without a problem if you upgrades

[@MisterMarin]

Sacrificing an entire fleet of Texans to an explosion blast of a single ship doesn't seem very cost-effective, methinks.

[@russc788]

It’s worth it to defeat a Borg ship

[@oopsydaisy4637]

Loving the full spread and toast

[@compmanio36]

MIRV = "Multiple Independently-targetable Reentry Vehicle" So nuclear ICBMs have MIRVs because they reenter the atmosphere from orbit. This would be more aptly named a cluster quantum. Just to be pedantic. 😁

[@kevinwestrom4775]

The potential tactics of a fleet of uncrewed AI-controlled ships would be fascinating, in going up against a Borg Cube or other such vessel..

[@fredconnelly5846]

Seven ships attacked as one ship that's pack that is Wolfpack or more ships.

[@TheFamilyPlayz]

Well ask Kirk about his experience with M5... ;)

[@thelegendarysolocard]

Hey RBG while i was doing my research I came across a reference from official source material stating the yield of quantum torpedoes was anywhere from 50 to 150 that of the most powerful photon torpedoes. So it makes sense the borg would not be able to adapt.

[@MarinaSally]

Well the borg can beam over and assimilate the technology in the ship

[@MisterMarin]

I reckon the ship's AI would just lock on to the drones and beam them out into space, if Texans have their own transporters.

[@kevinwestrom4775]

​@MisterMarin i would think so, for large-scale self-repair functions, perhaps with the repair drones seen in TNG..

[@kevinwestrom4775]

The Galaxy class/Enterprise D did have the Cetacean navigators sections not seen on screen too, btw,..

[@kamenriderblade2099]

The concept is solid, I agree the fleet of small remote controlled AI powered StarShips could be really awesome. Just don't get an Emo ensign to program the AI. Make it Open Source AI that can be validated and fixed for flaws. Also Lt. Commander Data level AI would make it awesome. On top of making him locally networked. If you've watched Macross Frontier & Macross Plus, you can see the value of AI drone fighters mixed with people operated units. The future isn't Man OR Machine IMO. It's Man & Machine teaming that is the future.

[@mrlodwick]

LOVE IT

[@b003]

vs an M5 Connie would be good.

[@kevinwestrom4775]

I was thinking the exact same thing..how the m5-controlled Connie would do up against it..

[@UncommonKnowledge587]

Those quantums have flower power 🖖

[@reubenmorris487]

Put a fleet of these Texas class ships on that Flying Starbase ship.

[@chrisd.4676]

Gotta design a Texas X Class. That mini 3rd nacelle would be adorable 🥰. Also while we're at it ... an Enterprise F X Class and a Cereties X Class from hell. I'd bet $ it'd be a match for the Exile

[@retluoc]

That's right, now I remember... they went mad like that computer Daystrom made. (I forget its name). Or like Skynet. I just hope that no one ever makes a sentient computer. They'd have to have many extra GoTo 10 lines (a Basic joke... I'm old 😆) OK, on with the fight. Yes, no living beings were in danger, I just hope that the Borg can't capture the programming for the Texas. They will add its technological distinctiveness to their own. 😄

[@MisterMarin]

Also, Echo Papa 607.

[@retluoc]

@MisterMarin yes, that too...

[@retluoc]

I looked up the name of Daystrom's computer... I was going to say Mark 5, but it was just M-5. (Daystrom voice): You see your mighty fleet... they're like toys to him! 😄

[@denbaker7358]

I like how this ship is a remake of the strider ship from star trek legacy

[@Thurgosh_OG]

I thought it looked familiar. Cheers.

[@randybentley2633]

Speaking of the Defiant, I’d love to see a squadron of them going up against a Borg Cube.

[@anthonyoneill7946]

You should try the massive Borg cub in last episode of Picard season 3 that would be good to see

[@petertyson4022]

Never seen the TV show. But a good idea. As military drones are the thing now days. Right at this moment , their looking at AI drones. So why not in space. 🛸👍

[@matthewfergusons4318]

Can you imagine this class of ships in Star Trek nemesis I think that the battle with so much differently

[@asksearchknock]

4:15 you could call it “control” 😂

[@jefferygeter4998]

If I was a fleet admiral I would assign the Texas class for long range portal of the federation border they are the perfect starship next to the defiant escort class in deep space military defense of the federation and they did very well against the borg I would like to see them against a Dominion fleet next?🤔

[@kevinwestrom4775]

At 4:14, you did say "a huge fleet of unarmed ahips",.. vs uncrewed as earlier, but anyway, its an interesting idea..

[@kevinwestrom4775]

An entire fleet of uncrewed ships.; I'm surprised it took so very long to do...

[@NoFormalTraining]

I dunno, the Texas class just seems to lack... The Human Touch! :D And a pair of six shooters!

[@paul_8472]

The borg would just need to snag one Texas class in a tractor beam and assimilate it to compromise the entire fleets AI. So then you would be dealing with one cube with about a dozen or so wingman AI pets. (Yes, the Wingman mechanic in Star Trek online is fun)

[@joshuaniven]

1:16 (Concerned bridge crew.wav)

[@kadindarklord]

Texas-class = M5 Computer 2.0. That being said, put a Minimal crew on her with an advanced tactical predictive model, that's something else.

[@jrcash7546]

I haven't watched beyond season 1 of Upper Decks as it isn't really my thing. But this ship looks pretty cool. It was interesting that I was looking at it going "where is the detailing?" and you were saying how impressed you were with the detailing. I assume this is because it is true to the cartoon? You did say something about the weapons being canon. I really hope we are not considering the cartoon as canon Star Trek? I don't think the original Star Trek cartoon was ever considered canon. I suppose there is an interesting debate to be had there.

[@siyanoq]

You're choosing to miss out on the most lore-friendly of the current shows. It is Canon. There was a crossover episode with Strange New Worlds and everything.

[@jrcash7546]

@@siyanoq I did watch the first season. It didn't draw me in. I did see the cross over with SNW. And I did enjoy that one. I still struggle seeing a cartoon as canon. There is a debate to be had about that.

[@BrianGriffinQuahog]

"A huge fleet of UNARMED ships for TACTICAL situations" You sure about that? 🤪

[@anthonybonawitz444]

10-15 of these little buggers versus Deep space nine.

[@willjohnson846]

Yeah, the Federation includes more than just Earth and humans...duh....

[@willjohnson846]

says that just gets me, when Dr. Crusher says if Earth falls so too does the Federation.... The Federation is an alliance so it is not about the Capital of the Federation.

[@cross3052]

Texas toast is a thing. Basically it's just really thick sliced bread. Makes good cheese toast or grilled cheese sandwiches.

[@RetroBadgerGaming]

Cool! I've never actually heard of that! We call it Toastie Bread in the UK. I'm assuming it's named Texas as the State is so big? 🖖

[@mjpbase1]

Fun.

[@PhoenixBird9000]

@ 4:10 I think you meant a huge fleet of uncrewed ships, not unarmed ships. 😸

[@Daginni1]

The Texas class may of defeated a Sovereign, but that was 3 on one. Its primary purpose was to replace the California class duties. So it isn't exactly the strongest for combat, but can replicate anything a colony needs with its industrial sized replicators.

[@CrashCraftLabs]

2:30 what in the laser slicer magic! oh right borg cutter beams?

[@BdogFinal14]

I’d use the Texas as a heavy escort for other capital ships, like the Galaxy.

[@skyserf]

8:05 Is Bridge Commander CPU or GPU dependent? RB what are your system specs?

[@alanbaker2347]

WOW that was Totally Amazing the Texas class is seriously amazing I'd love 2 C how many it would take to take out the Andromeda Ascendant

[@ldarksong]

Retro where are you finding these ships? I checked Gamefront constantly and I've yet to see any of these ships there. The last one I saw there was The Shelby.

[@crownprincesebastianjohano7069]

*_Oh Gosh that was too big!_* Is Riker in the sector again?

[@seanwolslau-holdren6731]

The only major problem with the Texas Class Ship is that it can't track more than one target, as evidenced by the California Class Fleet all firing at once.

[@Rick79LUFC]

A fleet of 500 of these ships would completely nullify the need for crewed ships in any military engagement the crewed ships could stick to exploration and diplomacy why the Texas Fleets say 9 500 in each could be dispersed and deployed along boarders planetary defence convoy patrols and verious other defence dutys and if needed redeployed to there assigned fleets if war ever came this could eliminate or drastically reduce the loss of life due in Fleet engagements .....great as all ways RB 😊

[@Child_of_woe_1994]

isn't there also a temporal borg cube thats extremely powerful?🤔 maybe one if them against the 11 Texas class ships

[@MarkLLawrence]

Be careful, it wants to burn your heart in a fire.

[@thatepicguy001]

To my understanding the borg can't adapt to Quantum torpedoes because they are Subspace weapons that work with vacuum energy and have Quantum uncertainty. i think that's why the Borg started using regular Shields later in the series

[@EtsuMatsuya]

In cannon AI ships have not gone well for the Federation. So maybe best to avoid anything of that nature in Sci-Fi, as it rarely goes well. Though what they could do is build more small gun boats. As seems gun boats work well, just a ship that can automate firing as many quantums or photons as quickly as possible. A few large vollies tends to do wonders against even the biggest ships.

[@James-qv2ye]

It's A.I. is based on pre warp accident Rutherford .

[@nicholastrascik705]

Bajor for the bajorians

[@Allkair]

I think something is wrong with the shields. They do not seem to stop many things.

[@GreystarSTBC]

In order to balance out the ship, I more or less made it a glass cannon

[@Allkair]

@@GreystarSTBC first of all, outstanding work, looks amazing! Second I think you might be safe adding something to shields, not much, but things were getting through while the shields were up and nearly full from both the Borg and the E which seemed off. Third, thanks for all the mods and designs you have done!

[@GreystarSTBC]

@Allkair I tried to correct it and I'm still trying to correct it, but there is an unfortunate bug in the Bridge commander coding and it causes for lots of shield bleed through for certain ships. There is no pattern to be able to change it, so I've been trying to find a workaround for these ships

[@Allkair]

@@GreystarSTBC you are a far smarter human than I.

[@MisterMarin]

@@GreystarSTBC Chief Engineer Ace Ventura: It's in the code! It's in the code!

[@NexusSeries6]

The people designing ships on that show need their heads examined

[@lauriewhite8153]

well I guess Badgey burnt someone's heart in a fire, it just wasn't Rutherford's

[@peteby485]

Enterprise D vs the normandy mark 2 please

[@stevebotham2018]

They need to rename that ship Badgies revenge

[@thetalkingbear]

Abominable Intelligence controlling a warship? The Emperor would not approve.

[@andrewrichards312]

A fleet of AI vessels would be disastrous - just look at the AI revolt at Utopia Plantia, at the start of Pukehard Season 1.

[@jaspergk]

I wonder what will happen to the Borg if they assimilated Badgey?

[@RetroBadgerGaming]

He'd take over the collective and assimilate the entire Galaxy! 😂🖖

[@Sephiroth144]

"Three of them were able to disable even a Sovereign Class" EASILY. The three Texans easily curbstomped the Van Citters. Wait, wait wait, they could create a huge fleet of unARMED ships? Dude, whose side are you on...? And if you think the Thunderchild didn't pump Quantums into the Borg first, even before the USS Pimp Hand... well, we would disagree- but I'd give the Torpedo Boat Akira the honors to introducing the Borg to the new obloid cylinder of destruction.

[@BdogFinal14]

What would happen if a Texas class got in close to a cube, then rammed it a full warp?

[@OMEGAXvwAsDEOlpjdjehdhsbHb]

A ai Fleet of Texas and Ross class ships could give the borg a run for their money

[@donoakes85]

At 4:14 you said could create a huge fleet of unarmed ships 🤣🤣🤣 You definitely meant unmanned ships cause unarmed would be only good for kamikaze runs which I suppose would be devastating still.

[@JackSterlingUK]

You should fly much further away from it when it's health gets very low, so you're not caught in the blast.

[@ajteer]

2:30. The Borg sent that Cylon virus to you and disabled you.

[@johnstephens1447]

Does the M5 computer ring any bells !

[@huzudra]

Texas toast?