Captain Nog's Destroyer: The Chimera

[@oathblade]

Nog deserved that history - it didnt happen too long before the actor passed. He voiced him in several missions.

[@Area51byDaveReale]

Nog did quite well for himself.

[@Voltaic_Fire]

I just hope the captain's chair has a booster seat.

[@ayethein7681]

I was happy when Nog became a starship captain. Though for sure there had been ferenghi captains of starships before.

[@TroyUlysses]

Nog is dead

[@mothafraker]

Aaron Esienberg's death robbed us of a great character. A series centered around Nog would have been awesome.

[@Tylergube616]

Don't worry, in the reality where that's actually possible he's still alive and that actually happened after the Worf spinoff show.

[@marmite8959]

A great character and a talented actor. DS9 & her cast, crew, and actors did so much for Trek and sci-fi in general. Quark's family made Ferengi likeable, totally unthinkable if you only look at their portrayal in TNG.

[@davidscanlon6929]

What the fuck, i just learned of this now, can't believe it, nog was amazing. DS9 will always be the best

[@mothafraker]

@davidscanlon6929 Sadly he died of cancer in 2020... He was 51.

[@fuzztsimmers3415]

Nope

[@thedayidied]

This ship is literally the logical result of Nog's line "Klingons - you just gotta know how to handle 'em." 😂

[@markmarano913]

Personally, I adore the symmetry: Sisko: - Survives a harrowing conflict (in his case, Wolf 359) - Designs a combat ship to protect the Federation - Goes on to captain the prototype of said combat ship - Serves with distinction protecting the Federation from the next great threat (again, in his case, the Dominion) And in the middle of all that, he gives Nog an opportunity to prove that he has something to offer Starfleet - and in the end Nog proves it in spades by following in Sisko's footsteps!

[@Rick79LUFC]

Aron Eisenberg was a wonderful human being I was honoured to became a good friend with Aron in the last year of his life keeping in regular contact till the end ...really miss him 😢 Nog was an amazing character and a even better man playing him a far better man than me RIP Aron gone but never forgotten....🖖

[@nursemark447]

I love the difference in the portrayal of Ferengi from the first time on Next Gen to Nog becoming the captain of a battle boat. That's cool.

[@KevinTheID]

Chimera has always been one of my favorite STO ships. I used it often in game back in the day and it felt like a natural outgrowth/combination of the Intrepid and Defiant, as well as being a sidestep from the Sovereign in some respects. I think it should be made cannon but only in very small numbers specifically for the reason that it was too maintenance and labor intensive to enter mass production. If you ever watch it use the Dynamic Tactical System in game (plus the numerous impulse exhausts), you can see why it would be incredibly difficult to create more than a few of them. It's like Death Blossom from The Last Starfighter but way more involved from an engineering perspective.

[@wolfen001]

The ship use in star trek renegade

[@EnderMalcolm]

Actually, having a "Death Blossom" attack in ST would be pretty silly. The ship would require powerful inertial dampers, but could be armed with just a couple phaser strips and one extra beefy phase cannon or similar. When it enters that mode, it goes absolute apeshit on anything around it, but will need quite the overhaul as it doesn't stop until there are no more enemies, a potential oversight which may cause it to overload systems and blow apart some pretty important stuff.

[@KevinTheID]

@@EnderMalcolm Oh it would be pretty silly. This is more one that doesn't involve the ludicrous spinning of Death Blossom.

[@BlazingOwnager]

When your first posting is the Defiant, it leaves quite an impression.

[@rabidrednek]

This ship and it's KDF equivilant (this was before the Romulan faction) were the final rewards for having an active character for X amount of days. Every hundred days you had an active character you got some reward, like a unique uniform piece or little gadget. The Chimera was the final reward for being active 1000 days. I still remember when the achievement award popped up for me, I was a mix of "This is awesome!" and "OMG I've been playing this THAT LONG?! I have no life.."

[@peridoodle2644]

Later on once the game became free to play, they gave it out to anyone who purchased a lifetime membership.

[@user-xf2oz6gr2o]

You should not use God's name in vain.

[@UGNAvalon]

@user-xf2oz6gr2o That commandment is more towards invoking the name of God for spells & oaths. Besides, “G” could also stand for “gosh”, which is similar to “Lord” in that it explicitly does Not invoke God’s name.

[@user-xf2oz6gr2o]

@@UGNAvalon I think we can assume rabidrednek was not using gosh as his G word. I have talked to a lutheran pastor about this issue. Using OM followed by G is using God's name in vain unless you are quoting Holy Scripture.

[@The_Keeper]

Nog deserves a series of his own. A series with this ship could be just what modern Trek needs.

[@bluediamondben]

In STO this ship is a reward for Lifetime Subscribers. Each faction (FED/KLG/ROM) has their own variation. They are solid ships gameplay wise and I'd love to see the counterpart ships covered. I personally love the Romulan version (the Dinaes Heavy Destroyer). Quick note for non-STO players. The 2023 refresh was called the Manticor and other than minor changes mostly got one of the giant tactile pods above and behind the saucer similar to the Nebula Class.

[@Hartzilla2007]

"The 2023 refresh was called the Manticore and other than minor changes mostly got one of the giant tactile pods above and behind the saucer similar to the Nebula Class." Actually its referring to the Chimera and Manticore getting visual updates, STO has been doing that to the Federation ships the last few years.

[@PresidentElon]

I Loved This Double-nacelle design

[@Menaceblue3]

Don't you mean quadruple nacelle design? Double nacelles are federation standard

[@darktear099]

Love Captain Nog…

[@anarchyantz1564]

Tough little ship. Nog represent!

[@JoeySwinewood]

rip nog. love ya

[@brenatevi]

I never realized that this ship is a reference to the Last Star Fighter.

[@StilgarAstartes]

Yeah. Thankfully, no Death Blossom spinning required. I doubt the inertial dampeners would play nice with that. And you've got to mind all that Explodium in Federation- issue consoles. :)

[@notagooglesimp8722]

One of the first missions I did logging back in to STO after almost 10 years was with Captain Nog near Earth. Ah good times.

[@chase2806]

Ahh sweet! You are doing STO ships. I hope you cover the Typhoon class. I have been working on a history and technical specs for the series.

[@HellbirdIV]

I kinda love the original _Typhoon_ model, the weird stacked nacelles like B-52 engines and chunky, neckless saucer was the definitive "Federation Dreadnought Battleship", like an overbuild, beefy _Sovereign,_ back before it was basically replaced in that niche by the (even better) _Odyssey_ - and tbh the new model for its reintroduction isn't bad either.

[@christiankolbesberger2980]

YESS! Finally my No.2 fave 4 Nacelle Class in the Spotlight!

[@Voltaic_Fire]

The first being the Stargazer?

[@christiankolbesberger2980]

@Voltaic_Fire No.1 would actualy be the Gemini Class from Star Trek Online

[@Voltaic_Fire]

@@christiankolbesberger2980 An interesting but worthy pick.

[@cmoser22]

Glad you made a video for this shop. I play alot of STO and know my Trek lore, but I did not know alot about this ship past Nogs involvement.

[@jeremydale4548]

I freaking love the Chimera and it's cousin the Manticore. Hell, I love all of the "Veteran Heavy Destroyer" ships in Star Trek. Purely because of the transforming gimmick.

[@the-open-end2975]

Literally my favorite design in all of star trek, and I think it could easily be implemented into prime trek if they changed its backstory a little and got rid of the mega phasers. I would still like it to be made by Nog but maybe change it from a war vessel to something similar to the intrepid class... just with more guns but yeah... the mega phasers do make it difficult to implement but not impossible

[@aurorajones8481]

3:05 The side profile gives off a D'Deredex feeling to me, like if StarFleet were to use that shape ... sort of. The front prow does it for me, and the necessls pulling apart to give the bulk aft of the ship just like te D'Deredx

[@Ithinkiwill66]

Just to think that a Ferengi shines here, like no other Ferengi ever did. Nog was series about being in Starfleet, and I am sure Starfleet appreciated his services. Rest'n Peace to the one whom played as him.....Aron Eisenberg.

[@devilrac0r]

we miss you nog very much...hope you rest well Aron

[@BNuts]

Nice nod to Palleon and Thrawn's ISD the _Chimera_ . Nog was an awesome character, and the _USS Chimera_ is the perfect ship for him, daring, agile, and powerful. I miss Nog. Hopefully they decide to get another voice actor to continue Aaron's legacy. The Manticore variant and its Romulan version are some of my favourite and most used ships in the game.

[@blackdog6969]

Having Nog design this ship in the lore really does make it a symbol of his growth in DS9. Designed a ship O'Brien would be proud of, enough firepower to make even Worf happy and becoming the "Fist of the Federation" following Sisko's footsteps. No Q dare step foot on his bridge.

[@SlungBlade]

I really enjoyed flying this thing in sto. I named mine the Giorgio Marauder which always made me smile.

[@Sealhunt]

A Transformer, a vampire, a mobile weapons platform, and super-powered starship all in one? Man, Nog created a beast of a ship!

[@Tall_Order]

My only worry about ships that can reconfigure like that is what about the people in the corridors. They'd be walking along, and suddenly a force field appears in their face, indicating the next area is off limits during the reconfig "But I needed to get to sick bay!". Edit: Worse off, what if you're IN the restricted area... lol

[@FosterTravis1071]

In hull transporter units might cancel the concern out.

[@Chokah]

I would assume those area would be cleared of Non-essential personnel during a Red Alert anyway, or an announcement before transformation. and the time involved in the actual transformation (No way it's happening in 10 seconds, especially while being peppered with disruptor cannon shots) would almost require it to be done before entering the battlezone if possible.

[@Shapes_Quality_Control]

I remember when the ship was first released watching a guy do a full breakdown on the transformation mechanic and why exactly can’t work with the space allotted. This is by far STO’s most janky and impractical design.

[@peterhans3791]

​@@Chokah in actual gameplay I literally bounce back and fourth between modes so I can use the tachyon weapon and the phaser lotus on cooldown. If my crew needs to get around, they are using a transporter

[@Chokah]

@@peterhans3791 I DO find it interesting that of the 4 ships in that class for all the Factions, the Chimera has the most extreme transformation.

[@OdenKnight]

This is the ship that I used to break torpedo DPS records (and HSE leader boards) pre-torpedo buffs. Love this ship! Thanks @ZEFilms for making this look good!

[@ffnbbq]

I would avoid using "battleship" as a alternative term for "warship", given in both reality and Star Trek, a battleship is a specific type of capital ship. The Defiant is far too small to be described as a battleship, though it outgunned many larger contemporary warships. Thankfully the Memory Alpha description of the Defiant being a "battleship" has been edited out.

[@sunrah27]

Still remember when Sisco confrontend Nog on why he wanted to join Star Fleet and watching Nog break down and reveal how he just wants the opportunity to craft a better, more rewarding future for himself still fills me with emotions.

[@adamglorytoukraine6515]

Leaf spring army in the house!!

[@pher2chris]

I feel like this ship is the actually cool version of the USS Prometheus.

[@chaff5]

This was one of my favorite ships in STO. The transforming effect was a lot of fun.

[@chowdown]

It's very pleasing to look at.

[@Voltaic_Fire]

It is very pretty.

[@Chicken-x6q6d]

I like it! There's a bit of USS Premonition going on there as well with the shape of the bow and the big deflector dish.

[@TechnoDelta]

Also like the lance. It's nerfed :( Otherwise, it would be devastating!

[@jacara1981]

The Phaser lance on it reminds me of the main cannons on the Excalibur in Babylon 5. A weapon that requires so much power that it leave them vulnerable but you wouldn't want to be hit by it.

[@dereksherwood3794]

I've always loved this design. This and the Avenger were lovely :)

[@SpaceWraith131]

I quite like the STO era ships, their sleek curves are a natural evolution of TNG designs

[@cjadams7434]

OK.. this has to be one of my favorite ST ships to date!

[@jarekstorm6331]

That is an amazing starship design, one of the very best I’ve ever seen. It looks good from all angles, which is a must imo. Edit: The transforming hull is a bit unfortunate, alas.

[@wastelander138]

Nog was definitely his father's son. An engineer at heart.

[@HellbirdIV]

STO is still my preferred continuity for Star Trek sequels, and what they did with characters like Nog is part of that. The gradual change of Starfleet into a more distinctly militaristic role - and the struggles the organization faces post-Iconian War in trying to get back to exploration - is also kinda what I expect a post-DS9 Star Trek would've been like, if _Voyager_ hadn't been set half a galaxy away, and _Enterprise_ set 200 years earlier. I don't love the _Chimera_ design but it has grown on me a little, thanks to Nog and to its relatively unique use in the setting. It's there with the _Avenger_ class Battlecruiser as a 'sign of the times' with their shift to dedicated warships with elaborate, variable hull geometrics, rather ugly but grim-faced and serious aesthetics, and emphasis on power in a compact package. The _Chimera_ especially is something that Starfleet would build basically just because it could; the most ridiculously advanced and complex do-it-all warship imaginable, compared to the slightly more reserved _Avenger._

[@geoffreyganoe5246]

Nog applied engineering principles to a tactical problem: "If at first you don't succeed, get a bigger hammer."

[@kingsilvergrass8751]

I like this, it's a good touch for Nog and his accomplishments in Star Fleet, also his Ship is Cool as F.

[@hogfry]

WOO! Chimera getting LOOOOVE!!!

[@Asiandynamo]

What a great way to honor Aron Eisenberg.

[@jasonyoung7705]

So you're walking along the coridor, looking for the toilets, you're still drunk. Ah, this IS the right door. The saucer section reconfigures itself. You find yourself pissing in the captains shoe closet.

[@bigboy4006]

Such a gorgeous ship!

[@colepreston4872]

I always want know more about this since first time seeing it in your STO walkthrough

[@hikikomicklori9290]

I always pictured Nog joining the Starfleet Corp of Engineers.

[@jerrybot3000]

Everybody in Star Trek eventually became captain or admiral. Even Picard’s blue barber became captain of a starfleet battlecruiser.

[@Jfleshman1209]

Great looking ship and backstory.

[@barrybend7189]

Now do the Typhoon.

[@pricelessppp]

That carrier thing?

[@barrybend7189]

@pricelessppp no that's the Typhon.

[@Noodledorf]

The Chimera and Manticore are some of my favorite designs from Star Trek Online, and probably in the Start Trek universe. It's a well designed ship(s).

[@samuelchappell7280]

Everyone knows that Starfleet's first consideration is to explore the galaxy, and then the universe. To that end, sensors of many calibers are needed. Hasn't anyone ever considered that maybe Federation starships should come with a "black box" which records everything that a ship's sensors picks up for later study by scientists and/or officers? Even a battleship, such as the one above, can have a part to play into space exploration with it's own black box.

[@gearandalthefirst7027]

Absolutely gorgeous ship, wish I'd stuck with STO long enough to get it. Well, at least the default configuration, the Exploding Lotus Form is a little tacticool for me.

[@Aragorn7884]

Someone got the fast track promotion...😅

[@ricknose]

I remember despising this thing when it was first released in STO. I hated the deflector dish and the way the saucer moved to reveal the big phaser strips. Then, all of a sudden, I fell in love with it and it became my favourite and most used ship. Rest in peace U.S.S. Glasgow NCC-93325-A. 🫡

[@XanderKHD]

I'm guessing the fact that Nog somehow crashed the Kobayashi Maru simulation by haggling with it, that was enough for Starfleet to give him this vessel. XD

[@Ksathra2012]

Always loved this ship and it's other variant the Manticore. Maybe do a video on the Manticore sometime in the future?

[@somestormchaseridjitwithwi2024]

Wow. I always thought the Chimera was meh. I very much stand corrected. Now I want one. XD

[@tachikata]

I always wanted a Captain Worf, first officer Commander Nog, Head of tactical Lieutenant commander Harry Kim, chief medical officer Ogawa. It would take place after the collapse of the Klingon empire. Most Cardassian and Klingon planets have joined the federation. A new type of high speed travel has been invented and they begin traveling to nearby galaxies. Space and time bending and spanning problems and adventures arise.

[@braddl9442]

Nog said, what if a defiant but bigger

[@CristySFM1234]

Speaking od destroyers... Love to see a video on the fed, kdf, and rom republic dyson ships

[@stevieturner9338]

Thank you Rick

[@Daginni1]

I will forever roll my eyes at the idea that Star Fleet is not in any way a military organization. That is a primary plotpoint of TNG, where they were enjoying a golden age, and got a arrogant view on themselves. It took Q showing Picard the Borg, and Wolf 359 to knock Star Fleet some sense.

[@3Rayfire]

And I will forever roll my eyes when someone says that they got arrogant instead of it being the natural function of reallocating resources in a time of peace. Starfleet was never the organization that went out there looking to pick fights and always made it a point to not be aggressive. They didn't disarm their ships or mothball Starfleet.

[@chrisc6857]

@@3Rayfire I don't think we have to fully choose one explanation or the other. On the one hand, you are correct that redistribution of resources is natural during extended times of peace and prosperity. On the other hand, Starfleet absolutely had gotten arrogant and overconfident and the one two punch of Dominion and Borg knocked a lot of that out of them.

[@3Rayfire]

@@chrisc6857 I don't see how they got arrogant when they had captains like Jellico and Maxwell on hand. The Borg and Dominion were out of context problems from different quadrants that were impossible to prepare for. They were well equipped for any conflict with the powers they naturally would've ran into.

[@ngb802]

I love this ship !!

[@DanielSolis]

It was fun hearing you on TrekCulture!

[@STSGingie]

I could see the Chimera being refit in a post war era to be more multipurpose. In the DS9 relaunch novels we saw just that happen to the Defiant. If It can be remotely for exploration I don't see why the Chimera can't too.

[@feralprocessor9853]

Right off the bat, a star wars cemeo.

[@korvusknull1447]

🔥EXCELLENT 👍

[@ThanksIfYourReadIt]

You could do a video about the various race's bank holidays and their origins!

[@mountedpatrolman]

You can't seriously tell me that after the Borg, and Dominion that the Federation would not have started making full on dedicated warships. After watching the, The Best of Both Worlds part 1 and 2 as a kid the logical conclusion I had is they would have started churning out full blown USS Iowa style full size battleships with massive "16inch gun" style armament.

[@sasquatchandme3673]

Now that STD has been decanonized as an alternate reality, do you think they will reflect that in STO at some point? I mean, they've already twisted up the space/time continuum to accommodate that show in-game story-verse. What can they do?

[@Chokah]

Not like it's not already dealing with Alternate Universes in the current arc anyway.

[@Arrowthorne]

Why the Regenerative Shields were such a BIG THING is such: Originally shields could not regenerate. To borrow terms from ST: O you had a certain Shield Hit Point capacity, lets say for this example 1,500. When damaged by say a Disruptor Beam it would take 100 points off the 1,500 so now it's 1,400. Now what you can do, and is done in the show, is REINFORCE the shield either from diverting power from other system or some other method. This makes the disruptor beam do -80 or -60 points of Shield damage instead of the -100. So the remaining shield takes less damage. Starfleet before this time DID NOT have the science/engineering knowhow to make Regenerative Shields. Shielding systems needed to be taken offline and reset to gain the full amount of 'Shield Capacity' But what you could not do is regain those lost Shield Hit Points MID combat. That's why when they first encountered the Borg, there Regenerative Shielding was such a massive shock. Regenerative shielding is THE Holy Grail of Shield systems, shields that can regain those 'Hit Points' during combat.

[@Chokah]

Right, even then the repair/restoring of the shields is massively hampered in combat situations, what with various systems and personnel being otherwise occupied.

[@AberrantChibi]

Would it be possible to create a Chimera variant which would be more... Mass-producable, for lack of better word, if it didn't feature the dynamic tactical system? Or was the DTS simply too 'baked in' to the ship design to be seperatable? A light chimera variant, if you will. I would also like to note that the ship changing shape like that when the DTS is activated strongly brings to mind the extension of the 'neck', sort to speak, of the Ferengi D'Kora class. Maybe that is the Ferengi ingenuity and understanding of business that Nog brought to the table.

[@seanbumstead1250]

Awesome ship

[@GrandHeresiarch]

It's better than an undine destroyer. That alone makes it a success.

[@OneCut1Slash]

Nog, I can’t remember, but did he ever get a leg replacement with a cloned leg?

[@50043211]

Risking to blow apart the saucer section while getting hit is tight.

[@davidfeatch1436]

The side profile of the ship is very Romulan, what with the 'dropped' nose section at the front.

[@1TakoyakiStore]

Those warp nacelles look like Covenant Plasma Pistols from the Halo series.

[@whirledpeaz5758]

435m in length, makes this "destroyer" larger than the current day Nimitz class carrier.

[@jonathancraven1163]

The warp nacelles remind me of the Halo Covenant plazma rifle. But still cool ship

[@markmcminn5100]

thank you

[@DissociatedWomenIncorporated]

Rule of Acquisition #48: The bigger the smile, the sharper the knife.

[@grovermoore4071]

Star trek limits itself to much on the ships it shows. That was a nice design.

[@ets2atstruckermartin527]

Did Geordi in Star Trek: Picard the Enterprise D restored alone?

[@Twitchguy]

It even looks like a ferangi ship with a federation look kinda nice

[@Comet5551]

I can’t help but each time i look at the nacelles I see the plasma rifle from Halo

[@ericjhubbell]

Promethius: Check out my cool gimmick... Chimera: Hold my, my... it is green Love this design

[@harvest5218]

I want to like this ship but it just loves blowing up, or at least I haven't figured out how to keep it from doing that. Plus, I think all the lance weapons should become slots so we can upgrade them and swap them out.

[@AEFisch]

Nice. Could have been the "new" Stargazer. Or better than renaming Titan-A Enterprise-G. I never understood that.

[@aurongrande6141]

Please do a video on the "Andromeda Class Exploration Cruiser" from Star Trek Online.

[@Voltaic_Fire]

I love the dynamic nature of the variable assault thing and the aesthetic is gorgeous but it is a bit silly. Making the big cannons out of patented Oberth explodium and having their use drain all other systems makes no sense; if you can't armour the flimsy parts then you give them their own dedicated shielding or wait until you can make them less volatile, you also don't let them suck your ship dry either when fitting them with capacitors to build up a charge in is an obvious option.