Federation Starships - Class Size Comparisons

[@galbert117]

The Miranda Class. a 23rd century ship that was still in use over a century later. That just shows how reliable it was. Also, it's your starting ship in Star Trek Online if you start with the Federation.

[@WardenWolf]

It makes sense. The Miranda class was a light cruiser while the Constitution was a heavy cruiser. Starfleet only seems to keep a single front-line class in service at a time, the exception being the Excelsiors due to their built-in adaptability. Second-line ships, with their smaller crew requirement, are more suited to second lives as cargo ships and research vessels once their weapons and defensive systems are no longer up to par. So the Constitutions phased out but the Mirandas kept on.

[@reverserobinhood1152]

The Miranda class has always had a soft spot in my heart

[@TheHongKongHermit]

@@reverserobinhood1152 Miranda is the best ship, I will die on this hill.

[@KellingtonDorkswafer]

One can say Starfleet was quite *Reliant* on it! I'll show myself to the turbolift...

[@Maeve_Rose]

Starfleet seemed quite Reliant on it.

[@danahan01]

Whenever I see the Miranda Class star ship I can't get Ricardo Montalban out of my head!!

[@VideoSpaceFX]

"He tasks me and I shall have him!"

[@danahan01]

VideoSpaceFX "I'll chase him 'round the moons of Nibia and 'round the Antares Maelstrom and 'round perdition's flames before I give him up!" Best Star Trek movie ever made!!

[@ZENITH-tr8xy]

We don't want to know about the troubles in your love life, lol

[@danahan01]

Lecy Slade Not sure what you mean Lacie??

[@GeoStreber]

Miranda-class starships are like space-redshirts. They always get distroyed.

[@johannbezuidenhout2976]

For everyone asking about the NX-01. It was an United Earth Starfleet vessel. It was retired in 2161 before the Federation was founded that same year.

[@DavidWatersJames]

Dimensions of the NX-01 ????

[@The_Str4nger]

225m i believe

[@originalmin]

Any idea why it was retired? The USS Franklin was recommissioned as a federation starfleet vessel.

[@TheRezro]

@@originalmin Evolution. New superior designs come in service and so old were decommissioned. It is unclear why Franklin stay in service so long.

[@axenledgie1423]

I always wondered why nobody referred to it as the UES Enterprise. You know, United Earth Ship, rather than United Starfleet Ship. Even though Starfleet existed before the Federation... I guess she should have been called USS Enterprise along with the rest of them.

[@lereff1382]

Voyager is Intrepid class, am I right?

[@SpartacusRyuuou]

yes you are.

[@lereff1382]

SpartacusRyuuou Thanks mate :D

[@drwho6908]

Duh. But wrong name for small ship. Explorer class would be better. Speaking of, Starfleet are supposed to be explorers until the Borg and Dominion and always the Romulans waiting in the wings, causing Starfleet to go Big. So, why was theit never an explorer class? As it turned out, Voyager was up to the task. Should have made 50 of them, upgrading and refitting as they went along. Sending them out every which way on 5 year missions going from the edges of Federation to where no man has gone before. No kids period! Nobody who isn't an academy graduate. Stupid kid with horns on her forehead running around saying she's the captains assistant. Neelix The Hedgehog i yelled with joy at the end of his last episode. Indispensable, captain couldn't run the ship without hm. Give me a break. When they went to the edge of his known space, airlock ciity. 7 of 9 the hottest woman in space. I remember when Troy said sh was the "chick" give me a break.

[@registerednerdpodcast8805]

Yes.

[@HacksignKT]

@LordMIGtau Clearly you're mistaken as it was a K't'inga class . Learn to Star Trek noob.

[@Sgt_Glory]

PIcard: "The Constellation class was overworked and underpowered..." *takes command of Enterprise, meets Wesley. _God I wish I was back on Stargazer_

[@VideoSpaceFX]

Lolz

[@ccghidorah1]

Picard: "If only the Borg took Wesley when Q introduced us to them. Then I would have no regrets giving Hugh back to the collective with a virus bomb."

[@jajuan323]

AEigner you put an entirely new spin on the look on Captain Picard's face when he sees how much Wesley knows about the functions on the bridge of a starship, and on the then brand new Galaxy class at that, that I hadn't even though of until now reading your comment lol.....his face really does seem to say that in that brief second before he utters, "how the hell do you know all that boy?" LOL

[@HacksignKT]

lel

[@blockmasterscott]

Ok that made me laugh out loud lol.

[@accessibleavatar]

To see a comparison of sizes really demonstrates the transformation of each class and each ship. The clip showing the size of the Eiffel Tower and Titanic educated me in the extreme sizes of the ships. Realistic. If these ships were actually built. I am sure one day these will become a reality.. as people pay to leave earth.. Hats off to the designers... Thank you a great video

[@spiritofthewolf15x]

I've always been a fan of the design of the Cheyenne class, real unique design.

[@ZENITH-tr8xy]

Love the music, i'ts one of the things I miss listening to when the films finished, BRING BACK STARTREK

[@tomasinacovell4293]

I can't believe Jerry Goldsmith actually wrote that lovely harp theme that it has, it's just too good.

[@kainoat]

This may be 7 years late but I had to comment.. as weak as I thought Insurrection was a film the score throughout was masterful

[@nicholasmorsovillo2752]

When I first saw this video I was really impressed seeing all those different starship classes and I still can't believe how insanely large the Sovereign Class Enterprise is compared to the TOS Constitution Class Enterprise as the TOS Enterprise is about half the length of the Sovereign Classes Warp Engines now that shows how far Starfleet has come in it's starship development and design since the days of Captain Johnathan Archer and Captain James T Kirk who paved the way for Future starship captains like Jean Luc Picard and Katherine Janeway.

[@Wh0isTh3D0ct0r]

I grew up on TNG, but the Constitution refit design has always been my favorite because I love the first 6 movies so much. I have them all practically memorized, even the odd-numbered ones.

[@cscates3598]

I always thought Excelsior was a beautiful ship. That one and the Enterprise refit/A are my favorites.

[@stevencohen624]

I've always loved both the original series' and the refitted Constitution-class Enterprises. In my opinion, they're the most beautiful ships in science fiction.

[@violatutorial6605]

Steven Cohen Indeed they are

[@annstevens6223]

Refit still holds up today and was the perfect upgrade to the 60’s design.

[@bradleyj.fortner2203]

I'm more partial to the Intrepid Class. It looks fast, which it is.

[@noneofyourbusiness5722]

Excelsior and romulan d'deridex are the best

[@jamiethedinosaur869]

I got to see the original studio model of the Enterprise at the National Air and Space Museum this spring. Still a beautiful ship after all these years.

[@luizfcavalcanti]

RIP Leonard Nimoy.

[@Morgana888]

As long as STAR TREK runs in syndication, etc. he'll always be alive. After that Paris in MISSION IMPOSSIBLE...etc. He's at peace but his soul lives through us, those who ALL the STAR TREKS even backward into the first ENTERPRISE with Scott Bakula inspired. I'm of the late 60's series. We will go into true outer space if Obama doesn't stop us. I pray the next president sees the necessity of the Moon Base and back to shuttles. ¬ Janet Thompson Deaver

[@aloranvulcan6612]

Leonard Nimoy lived long, and prospered. And his katra (the vulcan soul) lives on in Trek.

[@SlartibartfastTheFourth]

He could and should have lived longer - if he hadn’t of smoked . Yet another star lost to cancer sticks. Lord bring on the day they are banned !!

[@VideoSpaceFX]

I never owned any of the Technical Manuals I only had the first B&W Encyclopedia and the Chronology. The figures are sourced from the websites in the description, who in turn use all those books as references. I would definitely check them out, especially EAS.

[@VideoSpaceFX]

Indeed, the Galaxy class also has about twice the internal volume of the Sovereign class.

[@imkluu]

And it is all pretty much wasted space.

[@obsidiansands]

@@imkluu the wasted space served a purpose: labs for experiments, evacuation/colonization roles, defense, combat, etc. It was essentially a multi-role vessel. According to several wikis, it's a deep space exploration vessel that doubled as a mobile mini-starbase. It HAD to be self-reliant; hence why it had a TON of replicators that ranged from food replicators, to industrial sized replicators that can churn out parts for the ship. Starfleet made that thing to be modular - the replaceable bridge is a good example. The fact that the original design of the Galaxy class included schools for kids meant that they were also going for a semi-multi generational vessel. It's mission for long deep space exploration also points to the ship being able to be upgradable inside and out. So it being huge AF was intentional, to give it "room to grow". Even in the first episode, they were also ferrying people to Fairpont Station as part of her live-fire shakedown cruise. In that ep, Picard actually complained to having kids along as a permanent part of the crew since Starfleet practically mandated that crewmembers are allowed to ship off with their families on such a vessel due to its intention of being a deep space exploration vessel that won't need to see a main starbase for years on end. The Enterprise was a huge step up for Picard from his former command, the Stargazer - a ship that was purely a "Starfleet" vessel without non-combatants aboard. It was smaller, needed to see Starbases for resupply runs, crew changes, repairs, etc. Having Q introduce the Borg pretty much shocked the Federation out of their complacency, they were entering a renaissance in wanting to explore space again as pioneers - until Q gave them a much-needed kick up the ass to make them realize that there are still dangers that could (and would) destroy them. That's when their design philosophy started changing, until they almost started being complacent again and nearly abandoned the idea of more warships until the Dominion war came about. Basically, Defiant was a step in the right direction - but got mothballed. The next major design philosophy that came about after the Defiant was the Prometheus - another actual warship that seems to have fixed some of the issues they encountered while designing the Defiant.

[@paullynchlfc1263]

The warp nacelles on the enterprise d are bigger that the titanic

[@nicholasmorsovillo2752]

Until I saw the Spacedock video on the Nebula class I always thought the class came out after the Galaxy class but it was actually the other way around the Nebula class was in service while the final designs of the Galaxy Class were being drawn up at the Utopia Planitia Shipyards.

[@rosslambda9613]

i was 5 when i saw the enterprise refit constitution type and i wept and loved the design..

[@VideoSpaceFX]

The VFX on the show usually did not scale things correctly, they made the Ent-D seem smaller next to other ships, although we never saw those two together.

[@kathic6402]

Size isn't everything. Look at the Defiant.

[@DTSephiroth]

True, but remember the Defiant is designed specifically to be a war ship. It didn't need to do anything else and thus it was designed with minimal crew needs, armor, weaponry, essential systems, and not much else. The Galaxy Class is primarily an exploratory vessel. Yes it has decent firepower, but the ship has to be self reliant out in the far reaches of space. That takes a larger crew and more space and systems. The Defiant relied on DS9 for its maintenance and repair needs. Also, the Galaxy Class was basically a luxury liner. Just look at the size of the crew quarters on the Enterprise-E Compared to the bunks on the Defiant. Both ships are awesome in their own way. They simply serve specific purposes. In a fight, I'd take the Defiant over the Enterprise-E, but for general purpose, I'd want something bigger than the Defiant.

[@kathic6402]

Missionary of the Adepta Sororitas True enough. Each ship will have its own advantages. I always have a soft spot for the Defiant class because it was their first real warship.

[@Revan2908]

On top of all that, the Galaxy class was also meant to serve as an emergency evacuation ship. Total normal crew complement was just over 1,000...but could evacuate up to 15,000 people.

[@Kube_Dog]

Is there a starship version of truck balls you can hang on these?

[@faizalf119]

Kathic Defiant is what happened when they put a cockpit on a giant engine and crammed all federation weaponry in it. That thing actually shake like crazy when it accelerated to its fastest warp.

[@bushwhakked]

The Miranda Class is the red shirt of ships.

[@sim.frischh9781]

But she still manages to deliver a mean punch whenever a Miranda gets in a fight. She might lose, but not without giving an enemy something to think about.

[@sgtmyers88]

I always thought it was the Oberth class. Think of STIII and the 3rd episode of TNG lol

[@LoneBrowncoat]

I really despise it when TNGer's use the Okuda designations, rather than the original, the Reliant was an Avenger class Heavy Frigate [why'd you think it had those heavy phaser cannons and torpedo launchers fore and aft? To kick the crap out of D-7s and K'tingas] born out of the refit of the Surya class Frigates. The Grissom was a Glenn class scout/science vessel, named after the Apollo and STS Astronauts. Then Rick Berman's crew mucked up the scaling on that model for "The Pegasus" which made the model appear larger [and in taking it out of storage, they repaired/altered the physical appearance a bit] so you could say that the larger versions were Oberth class [and in some episodes prior and after, but still a science vessel] both before and after that episode. In the same era as the Surya, were the Coventry class Frigates, though never onscreen at any time they were in the same coffee-table book, and more of a medium workhorse, as they had all the facilities of a Constitution class but less expensive, so more were made than the Connies and possibly replaced the Independence class armed Freighters {Pirates of Orion} since they were faster and better equipped to deal with the Orion Pirate and Syndicate Ships. However, the Mastercom series of books are post-TMP and TWOK but pre-TUC, and long out of print, AFAIK, which adds to the confusion.

[@michaelbressette2599]

LOL

[@wadeleetorres2585]

Ha! Ha!😄....Very True🖖😎

[@Laceykat66]

I never got a good idea of the size of the Defiant until your video. Thank you.

[@perfectsplit5515]

"Yesterday's Enterprise": Enterprise-D meets its time-traveling predecessor, Enterprise-C "Babylon Squared": Babylon 5 meets its time-traveling predecessor, Babylon 4 Galaxy-Class Enterprise D: 5th starship to bear the name Babylon 5: 5th space station to bear the name Galaxy-Class Enterprise D: Biggest of the starships Enterprise Babylon 4: Biggest of the Babylon stations Refitted Constitution-class Enterprise: Went down in a blaze of glory taking out Klingon crew Minbari Whitestar: Went down in a blaze of glory taking out capital city of the Shadows

[@SuperGamefreak18]

wow nice comparison

[@SuperGamefreak18]

SuperGamefreak18 now just tell me that the Babylon 5 was destroyed in such an odd way like the D was

[@perfectsplit5515]

Unfortunately, I do not consider those events analogous. Babylon 5 was destroyed on purpose, by its owning nation. The Enterprise D was not destroyed on purpose. It crash-landed.

[@SuperGamefreak18]

perfectsplit true so true

[@Johnboydownunder]

Re" Enterprise D: 5th starship to bear the name"....it was actually the 7th according to the book: Star Trek, Spaceflight Chronology: The Human Adventure Beyond Our World. 1) XCV330 was the first 'Starship' Enterprise 2) NX-01 3) NCC-1701 4) NCC-1701A 5) NCC-1701B 6) NCC-1701C 7) NCC-1701D

[@kojifresh]

You know you've been playing a lot of STO when you're classifying the ships via science, engineer, and tactical class lol!

[@tricky2258]

Thanks for the size comparisons. Very informative

[@zarmindrow5831]

that's what she said

[@VideoSpaceFX]

We did see them in the 24thC and they were updated. Riker commands one during the fleet blockade in "Redemption". There are small differences between 0:13 and 1:05 showing the Enterprise-C and later appearances. They should have used them in the Dominion battle scenes of DS9.

[@nicholasmorsovillo2752]

The one other thing I liked about this video was showing the Galaxy Class Enterprise D among others like the Space Shuttle the Eiffel Tower and I was even surprised that they included the Titanic.

[@sergeantassassin3425]

Miranda-class The Redshirt of the Federation Fleet.

[@jaspervlogt3843]

+sergeantassassin3 Count on them to blow up - since 2285

[@robinhyperlord9053]

Miranda is useful for most scientific missions or light fighting.

[@justlaugh87]

Remember folks, it's not the size of the starship that matters, it's the power of the impulse engine that counts.

[@badlandskid]

justlaugh87 It's ok if you are a small starship, as long as you have a huge nacelle. 🚀

[@justlaugh87]

badlandskid "I intend to calculate thruster ignition and acceleration rates to coincide with the opening of the V'Ger orifice" -Spock, Star Trek - The Motion Picture

[@badlandskid]

That Spok... so calculating

[@TheSighphiguy]

the muster of the thruster. the tork of the warp. the rhythm of the dilithium.

[@slabgizor1176]

Doesn't help much if they're offline or unresponsive every time you run into a bad situation.. Dang ships are falling apart all the time

[@rickylovesyou]

What is the name of that beautful song?

[@andrewgordon235]

I remember in TOS all ships looked like enterprise. They had one episode were Kirk's ship was fitted with an AI controlled that went haywire and destroyed a bunch of other ships that looked exactly like it. I think they called those ships heavy cruisers back then.

[@jessejauregui]

The French horn from the sound track I’m mean come on! That’s speaks to my heart plus the harp. The flute and the incredible music. Basic compare to others but simplicity can be refreshing.

[@Cornodebassetto]

It’s from the score to Star Trek Insurrection

[@pendragonshall]

Fantastic video. Just very nicely done all the way around. Thank you for posting this.

[@Beherit_Demon]

What about the Enterprise NX - 01 or the Relativity? Are they no federation ships?

[@registerednerdpodcast8805]

NX-01 was not. It was an Earth ship.

[@JRChadwick]

The Enterprise-B was a Excelsior-refit.

[@registerednerdpodcast8805]

Not a refit, but a subclass.

[@kyle857]

Yeah, subclass.

[@Barbariandisks]

And only two of that subclass was ever built, the Enterprise-B and the Lakota.

[@BasementBerean]

Thanks for the size comparison, but the music is amazing. One of the great things about Star Trek is so much of the music just stands on its own, without even being in the Trek context.

[@VideoSpaceFX]

Absolutely agree! Goldsmith and Horner were geniuses.

[@MURD3RMAK3R]

Fred Miller, Star Trek doesn't need to be gritty. There's a million other franchises with grit. ST is a promise of a better future, of a better human experience. It's something to strive for.

[@RandyLRhoades]

But part of striving for a better future means accepting and acknowledging the worst if humanity and the darkness of it all.

[@MURD3RMAK3R]

Randy Rhoades exactly, and they did that. Which is why they are an example of what we could become if we did the same. Although, writers have been trying to make ST more darker since DS9, which is slowly making ST look more like today's society with space ships.

[@RandyLRhoades]

Technically speaking that might make it a good thing because you're being more direct and much more about the message of a story. People don't like it when people from a supposed "Better lifestyle" ect. come in and tell them what to do, I am a Trek fan and I believe in the ideals of Star Trek but there is a bit of realism in making The Federation society more accurately and more realistic and not all perfect like Gene intended it to be. Technically speaking if Star Trek truly were a Utopia, there'd be NO CONFLICT at all; which is the point of TOS and TNG, it shows that even in the future passed all our modern problems that we will inevitably always get passed through in time, that there'd still be similar if not worse problems in the future. If we brought a person from the early 1800's into our time today, that person would perceive our world as a Utopia of sorts even though some of the more cynicals of our time would go through great lengths to deny. Meanwhile the Ancestor would tell tales of how the threat of dying from animals in the wilderness or poisonous food and how the government is being split into a Civil War and that the coal mines were the best ways to make money but like all jobs differed in pay and that payment enveloped into how much the boss likes your work instead of being guaranteed equal payment like the rest and how African American's were slaves and were forbidden to learn how to read and that any "Free Man" could have been taken into custody by the Confederacy on accusation of being a runaway slave alone and be totally legal, so on and so forth. The point is, things will always get better, it's like Captain Picard once said; "Vigilance Mr. Worf. That is the Price we have to pay."

[@nccmax]

Randy Rhoades What do you not understand. You HAVE realistic today, enjoy it! ST is about what we can be, it is an ideal to strive for. If you can't accept when some one smarter tells you that you are wrong, then that is your problem, get over it (i know nothing of you, i was talking in general).

[@RandyLRhoades]

nccmax I am sure it is you my good sir who does not understand. As a longtime fan since my early teenage years I must say that I find that the fans do not like it when Star Trek goes into a darker aspects always a rather hypocritical move by my fellow fanbases' part. Star Trek is not perfect, the Federation is not perfect and it certainly never will be which is the whole point of the series. It;s purpose to say that we will get through all our troubles eventually but there will always be crossroads and challenges that need to be made and things that we may not even want to think of; HAVE to be spoken of and dealt with. ST is not a religion where it creates morals for you and that you have to look up to it as those who follow a particular religion with their religious texts. It's meant to be a thought provoking television series that has morality aspects but isn't afraid to stray away from them at times. It dealt with serious dark moments (especially early season 1 TOS) and made them into great stories that can make you think. It's okay to feel inspired by Trek but by no means is it meant to be the all powerful and all good of who and what we can become,.

[@matthewstamper5688]

Your Ambassador class is a actually the Zhukov variant on the ambassador. I believe there is a tiny length difference along with the under shuttle-bay extension.

[@moonbear1st]

very nicely set up thanks..

[@borghome]

No NX 01, Enterprise G and F.

[@framstagbeipenny6353]

and J

[@gordon5004]

I love the Insurrection music. I know it's not everybodies favourite Star Trek movie, but I enjoy the character development. It showed Picard for the complex and strong person that he is.

[@clydebalcom8252]

It's my favorite.

[@TheSilverPhoenix100]

Honestly SF Debris breaks down a great idea as to where that movie could have gone to make it feel more worthy of a movie instead of feeling like a TV episode which was my only real problem with it. Have the crew come into conflict not only with the Son'a and Ba'ku but for the first time each other as well. Have the crew pitted against each other with Picard, Data and Beverly siding with the Ba'ku against the federation relocation givin how it's against the core principles of the federation and how it will result in these people's deaths, and Riker, Worf and Geordi siding with the Son'a and Federation due to having actually experienced the horrors of the Dominion War and how the particles of the Ba'ku planet could be used to save billions of lives thus creating a needs of the many vs needs of the few situation. The hardest part I think is to make both sides have absolutely valid points so there really isnt a good or bad side (somthing when Trek pulls off is usually done incredibly well), and this making the division more powerful as you really dont know which side to root for.

[@koyuki4848]

Excelsior class has that beautiful yet impractical look like a super skinny runway model. My favourite is the Galaxy class and constitution class.

[@blockmasterscott]

Always does my heart good to see the Constitution class. :)

[@guinnessman1965]

I am a tad late to this video. My favorite ships are the Original and Refit Constitution class. After a while (Gene Roddenberry's passing) a lot of the ships started going against his design aesthetic. Although some were real cool looking, they just did not have the grace of the classic or the refit. I LOVED the Star Trek: Insurrection theme playing in the background. Star Trek: Insurrection, to me was a great movie. I loved the episodic feel and tenor to it, and I loved how this theme played in the opening of the film and credits showing the peaceful Baku population and then went hard and frantic as the Sona were chasing Data through the village. The stark contrast between the calm peace of the Baku and the interference of that peace by the Federation and Sona still gets me every time I watch it.

[@disintegration04]

Very nice music.. Where can I find it?

[@VideoSpaceFX]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZmPMiWtoedJrhc0

[@johnd5574]

+VideoSpaceFX Really beautiful, thanks! :)

[@aperson22222]

What about the NX class?

[@NeoSoldner]

aperson22222 I was wondering the same

[@kyle857]

NeoSoldner We try to forget about that abomination.

[@NeoSoldner]

Kyle Bartley Why? It's better than all the other series combined.

[@kyle857]

It is! Except for the constant continuity gafs, ugly ship, insane captain, boring characters and poorly thought out stories. Other than all that, it's the best!

[@NeoSoldner]

Ugly ship? Subjective. It's the first Enterprise, so you don't expect it to be better than the later ones. Though it does look wildly better than the TOS ships. Insane captain? It's the only one where the captain isn't portrayed as some infallible god who triumphs every time just because he's the main character. Also, he's the only captain who realizes that they are in fact a military operation, and doesn't lie to himself that they are "peaceful explorers". Boring characters? Other than Spock and Bones in TOS, there isn't one single non-captain in ANY of the series who isn't incredibly dull. Phlox, Shran, Hoshi, Reed, Mayweather, - all extremely interesting Poorly thought out stories? LMAO! Its the only one where every goddamn episode isn't mind-numbingly predictable. Other than the awful "temporal cold war" episodes, the series is goddamn good. And who cares about the continuity gaffs? Thanks to the new timeline, we can relegate all the old Treks that happen after Star Trek 2009 to the bin of history.

[@avenuePad]

So cool! I forget how big the Galaxy and Sovereign classes are.

[@tommmymason9744]

Very well done!

[@axenledgie1423]

1:08 Why does the Challenger have one nacelle mounted on a regular pylon and the other on a brick turret?

[@jamiegray6931]

It was only used in background shots of the best of botb worlds, they didn't put any real thought into the design, being just what can we put together that looks like a ship from these model kit parts.

[@southparkfan2717]

I'm not quite sure about all of these, I think the Sovereign class might have been a little bigger then the Galaxy class, but I could be wrong, as the Galaxy class was built for exploration, battle if necessary (as it often was), and to house families. The Sovereign class was built for exploration (as that's Starfleets main purpose), but it was more specifically built to be a battle ship (as Starfleet started building ships built more for battle in the 24th century, starting with the Defiant class but then they got bigger, as they had to build battle ships, even if they didn't want to but they had no choice with the growing threats from both the Dominion and the Borg), The Sovereign class didn't house families for this reason, it was a battle ship. I still thought it was bigger then the Galaxy class though, but as I said, I could be wrong, as size isn't everything.

[@PetersonZF]

It doesn't need to be physically bigger to be more powerful. A Defiant class could take out a Galaxy class in a straight fight.

[@shiningarmor3597]

The Sovereign was actually less massive than a Galaxy class, also it had a smaller crew complement (around 200 less if memory serves). The Galaxy was an exploration ship, the Sovereign was built mostly for diplomacy, which for some reason meant more fire power... A retrofit Galaxy vs a Sovereign would be a balanced fight, but in terms of war which the Federation encountered more and more of as time progressed, the Sovereign was a 'cheaper' ship with less lives on the line than a retrofit Galaxy

[@shiningarmor3597]

PetersonZF Not true, a Defiant class could take on a retrofit Excelsior class which was still weaker than a Galaxy class... if a Galaxy class was equipped with quantum torpedoes the Defiant class, even the USS Defiant itself (with its own quantums) would be torn to bits.

[@brianlindee2086]

ShiningArmor359 isn't that the same case for the maranda class during the dominion war because they were easy and less spendy to make

[@john091077]

Than. Bigger THAN.

[@PennsyPappas]

The sad thing is, is that even as big as the Galaxy class ship was it's smaller than so many of the major capital ships of the star wars universe. Heck the Confederate frigates were 800 some meters longs. And that's a small ship. Of course completely different animals but still.

[@Amar7605]

Comparing the Galaxy class ship to a Boeing 747 really shows how huge the starship is.

[@flatheadgg2443]

Just wanna see that Boeing 747 next to a D'deridex warbird or a Jem'hadar battleship

[@Nighthawke70]

A 747 compared to the Defiant would be more comparable than the 747/Galaxy mismatch.

[@properfunny]

It is big yes. However you would think that it would be far bigger.

[@BeckettSong]

Even the Titanic is a lot bigger than a Boeing 747. LOL!

[@ViroVV]

Would love to have this updated with the current fleet additions

[@CynicalVision]

No NX-01 love?

[@EarlofCrawford]

Haha....I think that has been demoted to Fan-Fiction, not worthy of the canon.

[@The_Str4nger]

the NX 01 was no federation ship. It was decommissioned in the same year before the federation was founded

[@robinhyperlord9053]

@@The_Str4nger It is a museum ship...

[@robinhyperlord9053]

@@EarlofCrawford It is cannon, you mindless troll.

[@erikpiron]

the ones shown were starfleet ships, and starfleet was around well before the founding of the federation. If they wanted to show all "federation" ships they forgot some, like the vulcan science vessels, shown in TNG

[@Thrilla4romManila]

1701-D is the dreams that made up my childhood. Most elegant starship in science fiction.

[@TheSignOfZeta]

I had no idea that the Nova class was that small.

[@gmon78]

Nova Class is just a small planetary survey/science vessel, designed for short range missions. It was intended to replace the old Oberth Class science vessels which were also very small. Interested to note, according to the DS9 technical manual, the basic spaceframe of the Nova class was originally designed to be the defiant class, but when the Defiant design went in a different direction this spaceframe was shelved for a time before later being dusted off and reincarnated as the Nova class.

[@dylanmacaya9166]

I love the Nova class! It's the size of ship that I would want to captain with a crew of just a few dozen or so.

[@Sarasdad91]

Loved this video. Always wondered about Starship class and size comparison. Thanks for uploading.

[@DarkestVampire92]

No NX class. I am disappoint. And yes i´m aware the NX didn´t start out as a federation ship, but they served into the first few decades of its existance.

[@robinhyperlord9053]

I like your name.

[@zapusama67]

SO COOL! Watched the Romulan one as well. NEED a Klingon ship comparison... please!

[@Capt_Frost]

I don't know why, but I really dislike the form of a lot of these later ships.

[@Zorro9129]

That's because they were cobbled together and made obviously too large to fit their proportions. It looks a lot worse when, in contrast to the more "professional" ships have plenty of windows to show the size, they have just a smattering of windows.

[@mekrabj2901]

This was a great vid. I thought I knew all the ships of Star Trek. I knew all but 6. I love the Warp Nacell design. So original.

[@generalmehk]

goes to show just how large a ship the enterprise-d is

[@kyle857]

Truely massive. The shuttle bay on the saucer section is almost the same size as the entire saucer of the enterprise A.

[@hamhockbeans]

@@kyle857 But yet in Generations the writers had it pretty much get destroyed by a old Klingon bird of prey. The Enterprise-1701 no bloody A,B or C took a no shields pounding from Reliant and a bird of prey and did not explode until the crew set her to self destruct.

[@Zorro9129]

It's basically a cruise liner.

[@Nighthawke70]

Rick did an overlay of a GALAXY class over downtown Los Angeles, to give an idea how huge it was and it is staggering.

[@blackmondayy1]

Great video.....how large is a romulan warbird ?

[@blackmondayy1]

***** So is way bigger than enything the federacion has right ?

[@KristerAndersson-nc8zo]

***** It is nice to know that the hippies has so many variants of ships to surrender in.

[@Shapes_Quality_Control]

Krister Andersson And that's why Kirk and crew were kicking ass and taking names for 30 years right? XD

[@darwinxavier3516]

The size of the Romulan D'deridex class Warbird is misleading. There is a ginormous hole in the middle of the ship. The exact reason for this I haven't found. But my guess is that it was designed to intimidate the enemy by making itself look larger than it actually is. If we were to scrunch it down it would still be a little more massive than a Galaxy class. However, how much of the warbird's mass is actually necessary is uncertain. Federation ships are very pragmatically designed with little waste for aesthetics. The 4 wings of the warbird could simply be overly massive nacelle pylons.

[@KristerAndersson-nc8zo]

CaptainCognitive Well Kirk was not that hippielike since the PC concept has not been invented in the middle of the sixties. Think about it I am certain your navy as well as mine have survey vessels, icebreakers, laundryships and so on, what do you get if you put missilebatteries on a surveyship? Simple, a lousy naval vessel right? Then take the hippies in their longjohns, no we do not need warships we surrender all the time, having some dreadnoughts and heavy cruisers is just so plain wrong. That is why I prefer B5 or the mirror universe.

[@johnwang9914]

Maybe include the Yonanda, a generation ship for TOS that had been traveling for 10,000 years presumably some of which being off course. The original version of the episode it was in, had Spock saying it was driven by Orion tubes implying by atomic explosions hence a technology we currently have. For some reason, the updated CGI episode removed that line.

[@southparkfan2717]

As much as I loved TNG as a show, really does anybody disagree with me on this, I wouldn't understand why anybody would disagree, but I think the Enterprise-D, or the Galaxy class starship in general to be more specific really looked stupid. It just looked like a much bigger, clunkier version of the Constitution class, but the Sovereign class (which the Enterprise-E was) I think looked awesome, it was exactly what a bad ass good guy starship should look like.

[@warptek]

Depended on the angle. In later seasons when newer footage of the D was filmed some of the angles the D looked gorgeous. For instance, that side profile it looked intimidating.

[@gmon78]

I disagree. The Sovereign Class looks far more like the Constitution Class than the Galaxy ever did. I will say this though, the Galaxy Class is only good looking for certain angles. From others, it looks daft. Constitution on the other hand looks great from any angle. One of the reasons that it is the prettiest ship ever seen in Star Trek:)

[@robertvirnig638]

triple nacelle version of the Enterprise D looked much more balanced. Problem with that ship is the saucer was so big compared to the rest of the ship.

[@RandyLRhoades]

Disagree completely, While the six foot model had a more clunky/blocky look to it; the ship is a definite beauty at any angle with a nice pristine white to it. The ship looked alive and took a means of looking and feeling more futuristic than even the Sovereign.

[@karlaelia4275]

It’d be cool to see an updated one of this since they’ve added a few more new classes of ships on Picard and lower decks. This is really good. We’ll dome. :)

[@starlord2112]

put the TARDIS next to these and it will be bigger than all of them. On the inside anyhoo...

[@LoneBrowncoat]

Yeah, but I'd rather have a Type 80 or 90 [like The Master or The Rani used to purloin] rather than a rickety old Type 40 that was in the shop for repairs. Actually, I don't know what models they were using, but in the old episodes The Master and The Rani TARDISes always had a 'sleeker' or 'newer' look.

[@78beast]

The Galaxy class was the most awesome ship designed. (IMO)

[@opsimathics]

galaxy class is an absolute monster

[@VideoSpaceFX]

Seems to get some hate but i actually love the design.

[@Nighthawke70]

A Paramount artist superimposed a Galaxy hull over the heart of Los Angeles, giving the producers and writers a perspective as to how big NCC-1701D was. Needless to say, it was humbing and stunning at the same time.

[@HacksignKT]

have a picture?

[@robinhyperlord9053]

I like the Galaxy.

[@HacksignKT]

I touch myself to the Oberth class, I love how it spontaneously combust.

[@colinmoore5991]

Does anyone know if the Niagara class was still running duotronics, or were they using isolinier circuitry? The reason I ask is because I believe the New Orleans class was supposed to be the test bed for the latter and wasn't sure if they were supposed to be contemporaries.

[@wargamer2100]

the new Enterprise from the recent movies is just lame (on the outside) and too steam-punk in the Engineering section bridge is great

[@Revan2908]

I thought the bridge, while looking advanced, was just a little too reminiscent of Apple products.

[@TheSilverPhoenix100]

Ill actually defend the Engineering section in the JJ movies, a Matter-Anti Matter reactor I feel should look like somthing that you dont just go screwing with. However the outside design yeah it feels off like its a mix of a more modern designed starfleet ship and TOS era one, but I do prefer it to the original constitution class of TOS which looked kind of clunky instead of advanced. I really wish in Star Trek Beyond when we get the Enterprise-A they had made it a Consitution Refit rather than just making the exact same ship again as I love the more sleak refit design

[@jbartol1973]

Love the Star Trek "Insurrection"movie song while playing this video!

[@Retaile23]

Only the Enterprise 1701, refit and A are the only recognizable true icons.

[@BigHairyKev]

*You get my **_HAIRY BLUE THUMB of ENCOURAGEMENT!!!_* ⭐😃👍

[@gromit8023]

I never got why some had 4 engines. surly if 2 works why the over kill?:)

[@craycejedi]

Not sure about the others but the Prometheus has four because it splits apart into three independent modules and two of them get a pair of the warp nacelles each. Although that always struck me as strange since it looks like one of the modules isn't warp capable because it doesn't have warp engines unless they're internal somehow.

[@silversurfer8818]

Could be due to redundancy, how many times haven’t we seen the Nacelles being damaged, or even been completely severed in combat.

[@orionred2489]

Shows what YOU know. Of COURSE four is better!

[@flatheadgg2443]

Constitution and galaxy class Dreadnoughts have three engines

[@VideoSpaceFX]

Using a real world example, the A330 and A340 airliners have the same fuselage but one has 2 and the other 4 smaller engines. The 2 engined plane is more fuel efficient but potentially less safe as you get a 50% loss with a one engine failure. In-universe you could say that the Constellation class was planned with smaller nacelles that ending up having design issues, so it was decided to go with what worked even if that meant she was over-engineered in terms of propulsion. Picard's line that the Stargazer was "overworked and underpowered" could refer to the fact that the warp reactor was not up to the task of fulfilling the full capability of the 4-nacelle design. End of conjecture.

[@samualbickensworth183]

You don't realise how big Enterprise D is until it is compared with smaller starships. I would like to see a design of a 25th century starship that would be over 2000 metres long. Wouldn't that be magnificent to see in space?

[@PetersonZF]

"I don't think there is a design here that looks aesthetically bad, especially compared to the JJprise.." Ummm... Yeager class? The Frankenstein ships were butt ugly, but I suppose that was their charm in a way. It's a shame we didn't have an episode centred around one, because it must have been a rather crap posting for whatever poor bastard got made Captain of a ship that couldn't even generate a proper stable warp field.

[@PetersonZF]

Also, I think the JJprise looks good from the outside... it's only the interiors with their weird spotlights in your face and a brewery for an engine room that I could have done without. ;)

[@Novasky2007]

PetersonZF I thought the addition of a theme park waterslide was certainly an odd design choice :D

[@coraline7866]

The Excelsior class is my favorite ship class.

[@saltyshackles5227]

Federation ships...so much variation and imagination in the designs compared to other Sci-Fi universes.

[@LordDarthHarry]

Dont oyu think you ma be a tiny bit biased saying that. Take a lcoser look. The miranda is mostly a reconfiguration of the Constitution's components. the centaur is essentialy an Excelsior Saucer with warp engines straped to it. Most early TNG ship designs are a reconfiguration of the galaxy's components. Heck the nebula is basicaly a miranda using Galaxy parts. I realy owudnt be praising the crativity in ship design until lwe get to the Dominion War/First Contact era when they stoped making kitbashes and REALY started making unique ships like the intrepid, Defian, Akira etc. Not that I blame the creators. They hadno choice but modify existing models becouse of their limited budget.

[@Th0ughtf0rce]

LordDarthHarry But let's not forget that the ugliest of kitbashed starships in sci-fi history were also from DS9. Compared to them kitbashes of TNG were brilliant.

[@saltyshackles5227]

Lads I was being sarcastic, I think Fed ships are disasters. The only one I liked was when Voyager received her armor upgrade. :/

[@saltyshackles5227]

Yes Gandalf.

[@mr.h4646]

I enjoyed this video!Thank you VideoSpaceFX!

[@scotteakins7203]

Do the make miniatures of all these. If so where can you find them.

[@MoonarEclipse]

I don't quite understand what unit of measurement is being used for how big they are... Is it miles???

[@johannbezuidenhout2976]

+Kitzy kat It's in meters. millimeters=mm centimeters=cm meters=m Kilometers=km

[@MoonarEclipse]

Johann Bezuidenhout how long is a meter in reference to a mile? i wanted to convert meters to miles so i could understand it better because i think in miles because america

[@johannbezuidenhout2976]

1 mile = 1609.34 m = 1.60934 km So miles are closer to kilometers. So 305 meters = 333.552 Yards Google has a calc for this if you type in the values in the search field.

[@VideoSpaceFX]

+Kitzy kat Well I'm British and we have to use both. All road signage is legally required to be in feet, yards and miles. Some height restrictions also have metric but MUST display "imperial" measurement if they are on a public road. Surprising question considering Star Trek itself and scientists use metric?!

[@MoonarEclipse]

VideoSpaceFX well in america we have to use both as well in science and stuff but naturally we don't THINK in metric system... like i want to be able to imagine how long a starship would really be, but i don't think in metric system so i'd convert it over to miles for me to put perspective into it so like if something was 300 miles long and i know it takes 300 miles to get from one end of alabama to another... then i know that whatever it is, is as long as alabama which is huge wtf

[@daniellafferety4025]

What class is Prometheus? What sizes would 25th through 31 century j class ship, of romulian, and kliningon, or other ships like borg look like, and if compared to the j type fed ship, what could moble solar system sized ships do?

[@jamiegray6931]

Prometheus is the Prometheus class being the first ship of the line.

[@adamharwood5379]

thankyou! ive always wanted to see a well know object next to a starship like that... i heard somewhere there is a 'photo' of the enterprise d next to the empire state building i could never find it though.. this was def close enough...

[@Batchad28]

Very cool! Thanks for sharing!!!!

[@neomp5]

you should make a comparison video showing the comically massive sizes of the abramsverse ships compared to the canon ones. some people still believe the abrams films are in continuity, but the size and design of the kevlin blow that out of the water.

[@yashkumar-tb3it]

Oh! The music is heavenly.

[@somebuddyX]

originally they had planned to have the stargazer be a constitution class so we might have seen it in 'the battle' episode. also this was really amazing, thanks for making it so.

[@bsharpmajorscale]

Yeager class looks like a ship I want a series about. Scrounged together, possibly having a crew to match, and having to deal with all the partly incompatible parts in both technology and personnel. A scrappy crew getting up to wacky hijinks. Dear CBS, plz hire me. :P

[@stabilisedchaos]

Does the Freedom class ship come with extra water boarding?

[@godsashtray4827]

0:13 1:06 Spot the difference in the Ambassador Class

[@HufflepuffDaddy]

Additional (lower) shuttle bay? Or housing for a rear photon torpedo bay?

[@antaripbiswas1022]

What about the Dreadnought class? I think you could add the sub-classes of Galaxy ships such as Envoy....

[@brianjeremyadeva]

Is the niagara class a rebirth of the constellation class?

[@vanessajazp6341]

I didn't realize the Galaxy Class ships were SO huge compared to all the others.

[@LordShadrach]

What song is playing?

[@CrazyGraham]

Was the song for the Ba'ku village in ST Insurrection by Jerry Goldsmith. Not the most popular film but some of his best music though.

[@mikefulton1963]

Where do those sizes come from? I gotta say that 170m for the Defiant seems way too big

[@Zeithri]

I was hoping to see the Dreadnought class in this video since it's so large it dwarfs all other in comparison.

[@shmeerlubs5506]

the centaur(class) is a 24th century ship, released in the dominion war because the starfleet needed to build ships quickly with parts of old ships and unfinished projects.

[@jeffsmart110]

love the music..homerun!-thany you so much for this...!!