The 10 UGLIEST Ships in STAR TREK

In this video we look at the 10 ugliest ships in Star Trek. These include some classics like the USS Grissom, the Malon Export Vessel, the Pakled ship and many federation starships. Many of these ships appeared in the background in The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine. Some of them were what we call "kit bashes", which means using parts of different model kits together to make a new design.
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[@chimaican01]

Think, if the Borg had encountered the Firebrand class starship rather than the Galaxy class, they'd probably have deemed the Federation as not worthy of assimilation. 😂

[@mattpryokra2245]

.... Touché.

[@johanwittens7712]

Depends on the systems on board. If it had the latest shields, warp core, and other tech, the Borg would definitely assimilate. They care about advanced technology, not size... They assimilated the tiny raven with the Hansen's onboard simply because it had an unknown stealth technology that masked the ship from their sensors. Assimilation is the only real way the Borg advance themselves. So any ship with technology more advanced than theirs is assimilated... ;)

[@starr0401]

Or something like "We will still try to assimilate you out of politeness, but please resist."

[@borgqueen5185]

Appearance is irrelevant. The Federation and its technology has proved worthy of assimilation and will be assimilated. Resistance is futile.

[@tgm250]

Hey leave the freedom class alone. I think it’s a cool design.

[@rivertownproductions]

Spacedock: Sees the Yeager class on this list, *angry Spacedock noises*

[@srptr_w]

😂😂😂 Thats what i was thinking

[@Azreal20]

As mashed up and unrefined as the Yeager class looks, the actual design idea of an "federation bird of prey" is actually kinda...cool. It actually looks like an dedicated warship, someone should try to re-design the marquis part, keep the form, just exchange it with federation steamline visuals and damn one sexy "hunter" it'll be.

[@valor1omega]

Space dock is questionable to be honest. I also agree with GT that is one ugly and dumb looking ship.

[@Destructor111]

Didn't spacedock do a Yeager appreciation video on April Fool's Day?

[@darwinxavier3516]

@@Destructor111 It wasn't April fools and it was sincere appreciation. But he thinks aliens with vastly different cultural and technological growth would realistically gravitate towards the same boxy junkyard human designs as Halo or newBSG or B5. So what the hell does he know.

[@JB-ym4up]

Oberth, the redshirt of ships.

[@bl8danjil]

Not on Deep Space 9, that title belongs to the Miranda class.

[@spadesofpaintstudios1719]

@@bl8danjil that ship is just as bad to me

[@valor1omega]

@@spadesofpaintstudios1719 The Miranda in her day was as strong as the Connie itself just in a more compact form with the need for less crew. The only reason the defiant wasn't a red shirt was because it had plot armor so thick and so strong that it surpassed all other hero ships save for Voyager and Discovery. The only reason they got rid of the first defiant was because they written themselves into a corner they couldn't get out off and seen how much Sisko was becoming a Mary Sue (like Burnham who would come later) they had to knock him down a few pegs(what with him getting away with murder and breaking rules that would have gotten Kirk court marshalled). For me the worse ships in trek are Defiant, discovery, and Voy. In the end DS9 should have had a Miranda class for the hero ship as it could easily be refitted or more quickly made with the same advance technology as seen on the Defiant but quickly reproduced. On a side note The Lacota(sp) was vastly superior to the Defiant after some heavy refitting and could have(and should have) Destroyed the defiant but was saved by plot armor. I swear the Defiant was saved by plot armor more times than Voy. Lol

[@johnruschmeyer5769]

@@bl8danjil TNG, too.

[@mikiroony]

Made 100% of the finest Explodium!

[@PaperbackWizard]

The color brown: *exists* Generation Films: I hate you.

[@kitirena_koneko]

More like... Brown: exists Paramount: "We love this color!" Generation Films: "Why are all your starships the color of excrement?"

[@BernieFishnotes]

@@kitirena_koneko or, you know, wood or chocolate...

[@kitirena_koneko]

@@BernieFishnotes Since you brought up wood and starships, you want to see organic ships done right? Check out the Jurai ships from Tenchi Muyo! Now THOSE are beautiful designs IMHO.

[@EdKolis]

Generation Films is literally Hitler confirmed. 😛

[@Goldsrc17]

To be fair nothing looks good in brown. Like people for example

[@jamespocelinko104]

"Alright guys, we need to design some background ships for Star Trek." "Eh, just slap some starship parts together."

[@KEVMAN7987]

Yes. Kitbashing it's called.

[@scockery]

I think in some cases they used the actual model kits you could buy in stores, since they weren't meant to be seen in up close detail.

[@HufflepuffDaddy]

@@scockery the original Battlestar Galactica is 100% guilty of this. I can see ww2 submarine hulls and upside down jet fighter fuselage/intakes everywhere.

[@bradbrown8759]

Right?! One or two nacelles? How many we got in the box? 3. Perfect. One on the plate... And two on the ball? Now your cooking with Dilithium crystals. Hey Gene! We need more grey spray paint.

[@That80sGuy1972]

Remember back when before the first Star Trek movie, all ships Starfleet had been pretty much a mix of the exact same parts with those in the same class looking exactly alike? You know, as if they were built by the same organization. Pepperidge Farms remembers.

[@budja1501]

forgive me but I think the enterprise D looks super goofy with its oversized wide saucer

[@MegaBadgeman]

No need for forgiveness, I think you're spot on. I think forced perspective was used in it's design, to increase the wow factor when seen from the front at the expense of ascetics from all other angles.

[@budja1501]

@@MegaBadgeman well said. I will say this- the galaxy class does look very present and imposing, it definitely fits the 'galaxy' aspect of its class name. Honestly, if they turned the saucer sideways to resemble the sovereign class a bit more and made the 2nd hull a little bit bigger, I'd love it.

[@sharonec5419]

The USS Essex is not ugly. It's a simple practicle ship but not ugly.

[@kaos5469]

The Essex/Daedelus Class was early Federation/Starfleet. It's been theorized that the U.S.S. Pasteur is the TNG era equivalent. I agree it's not ugly per se, there are uglier, it just a simple design.

[@TheRoninkai]

It's one of Jefferie's first Enterprise attempts. Look to the, "Making of Star Trek" book from the 1960's.

[@curious5887]

USS Essex is ugly for me, but functional for me

[@curious5887]

Daedalus class is more realistic than constitution class and sovereign class

[@mustang6599]

The USS Essex design was actually chosen to "pay homage" to TOS in that it was based on the original drawing concept for the USS Enterprise. Later designs changed to saucer shape for the series itself.

[@ragnarcroughs2784]

I missed britisch Ben. Good luck he's back.

[@andreos2004]

Hope hes well

[@mikevasquez1103]

I still think that the Yeager-Class should have been called the Liberty-Class. It is literally the Star Trek equivalent of a Liberty Ship.

[@robjones8733]

In case folks don't know, Liberty ships were very quickly made American vessels sent with supplies to Britain in the WW2 era. Just fyi 😉

[@Daedalus-BC308]

Daniel from Spacedock would like to have a word with you about the Yager class.

[@valor1omega]

Spacedock has terrible taste. Most of the people who make fun of the Oberth I have asked said that it looks better than the Yager.

[@Etherus69]

@@valor1omega 🧢

[@VestedUTuber]

@@valor1omega I personally like the Yeager-class myself, although I will agree that it doesn't really fit in with Starfleet aesthetics - I feel like it was designed and built as a cheap filler ship that can be quickly produced using surplus parts from other vessels in order to bolster fleets. As for the Oberth, it's... serviceable - it's the pylons and lower section of that ship that ruins it, if it was just the saucer and rear hull section it would honestly look pretty nice.

[@valor1omega]

@@VestedUTuber I agree on every part including what you said about the Oberth.

[@davepost7675]

I agree 100% about the Nissan Cube. My girlfriend loves it, but I hate it.

[@jeremiahmeadows8891]

I don't know what kind of drugs the person was on that designed the Nissan cube, but I don't want any.

[@namogel67]

They're sexy as. Closest car shape to a borg cube. Resistance is..

[@shinobitreecko8442]

Id rather have a Kia Soul.

[@hellfish2309]

4:33 the Essex is like having a cigarette on the toilet

[@TheMrPeteChannel]

Was that Jabba of Essex?

[@comradecid]

hailing from essex, i can confirm this is true

[@dresdonmccool709]

Its weird how the Oberth class is so aweful yet the Miranda class was stunning

[@valor1omega]

The Oberth is not awful, she is a simple design meant for things like planetary study like gas giants, research and testings, ect. The massive secondary hull was for research labs and or sensors that could be dipped into the atmosphere of a gas giant with special shields that can withstand such pressure. It's single phaser was meant for drilling into space rocks to collect samples, ect. But I agree with you on the miranda,

[@The0mega79]

The Firebrand just offended me for some reason. Probably because it was missing a part.

[@dannyr2976]

Never heard of it until now, but it offends me too!

[@therakshasan8547]

The Fire brand was a pointless design . truely Dysfunctional . The laws of physics would have that ship looping over and over the faster it tried to move

[@TheMrPeteChannel]

The firebrand haves no visible impulse engines.

[@srptr_w]

It violating warp bubble rule about nacelle must 2 or 4 or 6 or whatever 2 idk whats the english to create a warp field

[@DouglasWalrath]

i kinda love it, but then i love ships with unusual numbers of warp nacelles

[@KuDastardly]

USS Pegasus was also an Oberth ship, look what happened to it. Meanwhile... USS California: _"Dodged a bullet"_

[@josephamendolea3431]

The Freedom-class USS Firebrand is like a 24th-century remake of the 23rd-century Saladin-class destroyer

[@christovog]

Yeah but weirdly uglier.

[@That80sGuy1972]

Hey! When I played the FASA Star Trek pen-n-paper role-playing game, I was a captain of a Firebrand ship. Via alien contacts, elevating my security clearance level, and some great engineers, my "ugly" single-nacelle ship became a great vessel that I refused to give up. It became far better than most Constitution-class starships. I just had to make the nacelle into a double nacelle and really amp-up shield power because the superstructure was relatively fragile. Oh, and the larger sensor array/probe launcher can be seen from the outside. My "crappy little ship" became one of the best long-range omni-purpose ships... only a bit of a glass cannon when my shields were down. Oh, and its only shuttle (because of space) was an outside attachment. So, if you get past the shield and want to just blow up my shuttle, that was easy as pie. Wait... come to think of it, my USS Sling of David was ugly compared to other Firebrand ships. Okay, shutting up now.

[@JB-ym4up]

The one ball per ship design philosophy was the sign of weakness the Klingons needed to start the 4 years war.

[@ReddwarfIV]

TBH I'd happily command a _Yeager_ class. I'm with Spacedock on this one, it looks cooler than the _Intrepid_ whilst probably having a lot of mechanical issues to give it character. Having owned a 20 year old van, I imagine it would have that feel even when it was new.

[@kephryccephryc863]

the first ship looks to me like some federation kningon hybrid ship ;D

[@nagash303]

It an upside down K'tinga.

[@brandonbacordo1774]

ok boomer

[@illidin23]

and not to be confused with Kitt bashing "Smells like Hasselhoff"

[@McSkumm]

Somebody's been hitting the Junkball.

[@illidin23]

@@McSkumm yup I like his humor way too much I feel like have to quote him when someone mentions kit bashing

[@darwinxavier3516]

Surprise twist. Michael is actually grown up Cory from Boy Meets World and they programed his car to sound like Mr. Feeny to annoy him.

[@Scioneer]

The Oberth has a bit of charm at least, and for the Firebrand, If the neck was shorter it wouldn't look all that bad.

[@h2overthinker]

I actually like Firebrand, I think it's an cool design

[@adamnelson4428]

The firebrand isn’t ugly, it’s practical, one saucer, one nacelle, a phase cannon and torpedo launcher the ship should be easy to build and repair like pontoon torpedo boats during ww2

[@titan-1802]

its pretty much a Cursed Starship design

[@randybaumery5090]

Neck is too long.

[@hobomike6935]

*ONE* warp nacelle. wtf?? How is that practical? If it gets messed up you’re f///ed, and it looks cursed because all the other ships have 2 or more nacelles.

[@geekinreviews]

I’ve still got my trek technical manual from about 25 years ago

[@its6696]

Still have mine from 1979 :-)

[@valor1omega]

@@its6696 Mine is the first edition, got it from my older brother before he left home.

[@its6696]

@@valor1omega Did you spend hours going over it like I did? I thought it was the coolest thing ever because Star Wars didn't have one :-) Have to admit,it's a little the worse for wear but I'll keep it till I die.

[@valor1omega]

@@its6696 yeah I did, I pull it off the shelf every day at least once.

[@srvfan454]

I think the Oberth class ships are beautiful in a quirky way. I also love the Daedalus class.

[@mattlewandowski73]

Firebrand was just an "aesthetic update" to the TOS scout class vessels... a design back when the number of nacelles correlated with how big and powerful the ship was. by comparison a cruiser like the enterprise had 2 and a dreadnought had 3... At least based on the TOS technical manual.

[@grizzlybozak]

How is it Kazon ships didn’t make this list? Kazon ships are wayy uglier than both Discovery & Oberth.

[@thomaspohl5845]

And they're brown! 😂😂😂

[@johnlockhart7751]

Was thinking that too.

[@USSVoyager5]

another UGLIEST Ship seen and Playable in Star Trek Online Khitomer Alliance Battlecruiser, thats one of the Ugliest ship also Universe Class USS Enterprise J is also the UGLIEST Ship.

[@andrewtaylor940]

Regarding the Oberth class. Everyone gets it wrong. The large canoe underneath it is not the Engineering Hull. The Oberth Class is really just the upper half of what we see. It’s a general Utility ship. The Canoe thing is the mission pod that the Grissom was carrying. A Planetary Survey Sensor platform. Think of it as the Big Saucer on top of an AWACS plane. While it did have decks and spaces, and could be accessed via the pylons. It wasn’t routinely crewed except for service and maintenance. The Warp Core and Engineering spaces were in the back half of the square section behind the saucer. Much like they were in the Reliant.

[@valor1omega]

It always reminded me of more crammed bulky and small Miranda inspired craft with the warp neccels up top.

[@DrewLSsix]

@@valor1omega my going theory is the Oberth is actually a very old design, even by the time its first seen in in the films. The (rough) guidelines for ship registry numbers is something like the development number of the class + the construction sequence of the individual ship. Ie the TOS enterprise was of the 17th design and the second of her class. 1701, the 01 being the second ship as the first ship would have been 1700. Likely the USS Constitution NX/NCC-1700 Then theres the Reliant, NCC-1864 Suggests the design was next in line after the Constitution and the Reliant was the 65th ship of its type. The Grissom was NCC-638, I would accept that ships of different general types wouldn't fall into the same exact numbering scheme, like smaller ships get their own sequence of registrations while the larger cruisers get another, but a 3 digit registry still suggests an older design, especially when you might expect smaller tender type ships to out number the frontier fleet. Either way I would expect the Oberth class to date to sometime relatively soon after the founding of the Federation and be a roughly century old design by the time we see the first one on screen.

[@andrewtaylor940]

@@valor1omega The Warp Nacelles on top and the very flush bottom lend very much to the theory that the core Oberth is basically an interplanetary equivalent of an ocean going tug, or barge hauler. With a somewhat broader mission profile. Probably a very old design but one produced for a very long time. With incremental upgrades and refits. The sort of ship that would be used for thousands of internal Federation missions. Rigged for science when needed. Hauling large items when needed etc. and never ever intended for combat.

[@valor1omega]

@@andrewtaylor940 I agree, she was never built for combat but for things like scientific missions. Now that you mention it she can easily be a cargo hauler as well. Yeah I also agree she looks like a very old design.

[@valor1omega]

@@DrewLSsix I learned something new. neat :)

[@andyhart358]

From FASA's RPG Federation Ship Recognition Files (released back in the 80' I believe), you have the Nelson Class Scout (TOS era), and the Durret Class cruiser (post STAR TREK The Movie era), both with single nacelles slung underneath. These would have been the precoursers of the 'Firebrand'.

[@goughrmp]

That’s a stew not a curry

[@not2tired]

The ship or the dish? Erm, both, right?

[@mister-v-3086]

For what its worth: It seems the FIREBRAND design is/was based on art from the original Star Trek Technical Manual, where a page was dedicated to all Starfleet ships of the time (TOS). The Saucer/pylon/single warp engine was labeled as a Destroyer

[@davidalangay1186]

I actually liked the Oberth design. Yes, the lack of a forward next threw me at first, but it grew on me. It had a very sleek oval shape to it.

[@kenharrison4413]

The discovery ship looks like a pizza cutter.

[@roberthundley6]

Yeah for real

[@brandonbacordo1774]

stop with the discovery insult

[@kenharrison4413]

@@brandonbacordo1774 The look of the ship is the least that is wrong with that giant turd discovery, every trek fan should pretend it does not exist.

[@brandonbacordo1774]

@@kenharrison4413 ok boomer

[@valor1omega]

@@brandonbacordo1774 Man that has to be the weakest insault I have ever seen. Feel free to call me a boomer, I would be a young boomer then as I was not born during the era that "boomer" would be a part of.

[@mynkir-sol2150]

This one barely earns its 'Like' as the Freedom, Daedalus, Oberth & Crossfield-class ships are ones that i like. In retaliation, your dreams shall be haunted by a Battle Fleet, comprised of 600 Curry-type Missile Cruisers, 600 Curry-type LSTs/Tank Carriers (Space Tanks are basically Runabouts with heavy armor & Bigger Fucking Guns), 500 Yeager-type Assault Frigates, a few hundred of each of the other ships on this list, and a couple hundred ugly ships not on this list...

[@andrewbutton2039]

I kinda like the original discovery design, though I do think the nacelles are a bit far forward and it could do with a nicer paintjob.

[@paulrasmussen8953]

Well a prefer it to the current design. She just doesn't fit

[@brandonbacordo1774]

@@paulrasmussen8953 I like the current one better

[@sardonicspartan9343]

It was rejected for a reason.

[@jameslewis2635]

Ben, while you go around launching torpedo's into Nissan Cubes, please remember to save a few rounds for the likes of the Fiat Multipla. Possibly the most ugly vehicles I have had the misfortune to see.

[@MCEvans66]

Have you seen the old Pontiac Aztec? A black hole wold reject it.

[@Tomcat115]

If you think the Fiat Multipla was ugly, don’t lookup the monstrosity known as the Nissan Murano Crosscabriolet. It would make you want to unload all of the quantum torpedoes at it.

[@bartscanland9415]

@@MCEvans66 the Aztek is somewhat attractive compared to the other vehicles listed in this thread. Ahead of its time if you will. Sadly, vehicle design has been dead since the mid '90s.

[@gundamwarrior]

The Discovery looks like a paper airplane with two straws and a paper plate attached to it. Thats what its design is.

[@Bakuryu0083]

Looks like they tried to make the star trek pizza cutter into an actual ship.

[@johnbockelie3899]

The U.S.S. Discovery., AKA U,S.S. pizza Cutter.

[@willyorgy4677]

Paper plates and straws are too advanced for the people in charge of “Star trek” now

[@kdrapertrucker]

The original design that the hacks at CBS copied was a concept for a late 1970s star trek project designed by Ralph Macquarie, the guy who did the early design work for Star Wars. Thats why it looks like they slapped a saucer section on an imperial Star Destroyer.

[@jimskywaker4345]

@@kdrapertrucker and the concept was rejected for a reason

[@colinmoore7460]

Any Starfleet ship with a single warp nacell would give Rodenberry a fit (as in to be tied) Warp Nacelle should be in pairs (2, 4, 6, etc) for a symmetrical warp field!

[@DarthAzabrush]

The Daedalus is actually my favourite. Mostly because its working lifespan was well over 150 years.

[@AlexSDU]

8:59 Excelsior's ribbed neck make it look like it can extend longer, if pull, like those ribbed washing machine's hose

[@kjodleken8810]

Kind of like what E.T. did.

[@thomasjenkins5727]

When designing your own interstellar navy, I recommend designing an entire navy. That will save you the need to kit-bash later on. Every kit-bashed ship, without exception, belongs on the "Just... Why?" list.

[@emancoy]

Starship Discovery Klingon "it shouldn't be hauling garbage, it should be hauled as garbage!"

[@therakshasan8547]

I find that design [the one that shows up in STO ] to be structually sound and functional use of space .

[@TheCormTube]

When they said that about the Enterprise, said Klingon got a Scotty fist to the face. If they said it about this ship, Scotty would have nodded, said "aye" and swigged his whisky.

[@brandonbacordo1774]

@@therakshasan8547 thank you!!! not an insult at least

[@SMunro]

I thought it would be interesting if the discovery was a warship designed to deploy the saucer as a medical facility while the rest pretended to have a klingon battle cruiser silhouette.

[@DocWolph]

The Firebrand/Freedom-class is a successor to the Saladon-class and those were meant specifically to be quickly produced and deployed in the event of war. It is not so much ugly as incredibly basic.

[@HitodamaKyrie]

7:22 Don't let Spacedock hear you included the Yaegar on this list :P

[@k1productions87]

Especially not when the Universe-class Enterprise-J is missing from this list...

[@cmallen0999]

The USS Firebrand looks like the TOS USS Saladin

[@warlordmacilvernock1979]

Federation Destroyer/Scout class of ships. You are correct.

[@johnbockelie3899]

U.S.S. Pizza Cutter.

[@valor1omega]

@@johnbockelie3899 That title belongs to the discovery, nice try though.

[@warlordmacilvernock1979]

The Firebrand appears to be the Next Gen universe version of the Federation Destroyer class of ships. The Destroyer/Scout series with a single warp nacelle were developed in the Star Trek Technical Manual published by Franz Joseph Designs with approval from Gene Roddenberry.

[@tomf3150]

Look at Kilrathi ships in the Wing Commander games. And Enterprise D was ugly af. That overinflated saucer, yuk !

[@Ryarios]

The D was ugly IMO.

[@toumbryth7862]

The C and E were way better looking.

[@valor1omega]

The D&E are indeed very ugly. The saucer section should have been reduced in size by what 25% - 50%? Would have looked better.

[@jamesgabbard3666]

I agree with the rest of the list, but I do like the Discovery design.

[@falconforce8953]

Ikr, I think the discovery is one of my favourite ships

[@lordsylph414]

@Mark Grant how original, that joke was stale back in 2017

[@lordsylph414]

@Mark Grant I know you’re infected, probably picked it up at one of your nostalgia circlejerks. But we’re not talking about you

[@alexruddies1718]

Play nice kids...

[@kdrapertrucker]

@@lordsylph414 much like discovery, stale in 2017.

[@albusplaustrum06]

"How dare you?!?", brilliant.

[@JeanLucCaptain]

Irrelevant: YOU WILL BE ASSIMILATED

[@AvangionQ]

When corporations destroy the world and nations fail to prevent that destruction, dooming the next generation to inevitable suffering, "how dare you" is appropriate. Brilliant? Unbelievable. 👎

[@chuckoneill2023]

Firebrand was based on the "scout class" ships, which were an original series concept. Franz Joseph came up with the idea for his Starfleet Tech Manual book. That book, while authorized by Paramount, wasn't cannon. But, the drawings were cool.

[@brandonbacordo1774]

discovery is on the list Me: It's the best looking ship seriously?? wtf?

[@CrocCodes]

it is the best

[@k1productions87]

And yet the Universe-class Enterprise-J is not on the list... travesty

[@jmfowler9062]

"the sleek curvaceous design of other ships" Looks at TOS Eh...okay.

[@tomf3150]

She was beautiful !

[@KBhattacharya13]

Just hating on Disco because it is different

[@valor1omega]

@@KBhattacharya13 Std sucks just like all of the ships found in it.

[@KBhattacharya13]

@@valor1omega can you give me a well reasoned argument as to why it sucks?

[@valor1omega]

@@KBhattacharya13 Hmm, I'll try but I will be honest I have never done well with putting my thoughts to text at times. The ship itself is too advanced It makes no sense to go from something so advanced to what we seen on the Enterprise which underwent a refit before Kirk got her. They used the movie refit of the Enterprise instead of her TOS look. It breaks too many canon events For example the Klingons don't get cloaking tech until much later when they worked with the romulans(ENT broke these as well). The Klingons look like something you would see in wh40k (aka orks). The Discovy has too many weak points in the "saucer Section" that if the enemy targeted those supports then you can kiss those rings goodbye. The million shuttles that the discovery shat out. The vast roller coaster in the ship. Burnham the mary sue. They ripped off SW and Ironman. The ship itself is ugly over all. I am sure someone else can do a better job than myself. Come to think of it Anti-trekker (don't let the name fool you he is a Trekkie), Birdoprey5, and Trekyards does a better job.

[@artembentsionov]

The Pakleds in Lower Decks become a serious foe, at least to California-class ships. The Titan makes short work of them, though, or maybe it was just Riker’s beard

[@hikikomicklori9290]

I don't know why but I dig the Firebrand design. I kind of wish they used the ship a little more than all the Miranda class ships they kept throwing into the series.

[@bensakschek615]

You know what I call the Starship Discovery? The Pizza Cutter, because the way it's saucer section spins around reminds me of a Star Trek pizza cutter.

[@brandonbacordo1774]

sigh

[@naomy1701]

i get most of the entries, but the Discovery oO realy...? * *sad noises* *

[@lordsylph414]

It’s the TOS Nostalgia, makes people irrational

[@brandonbacordo1774]

totally correct

[@ThatShyGuyMatt]

The Curry (when shown in space briefly) looks like a giant toilet.

[@mulgerbill]

Perfect way to make the Excelsior class even uglier

[@ThatShyGuyMatt]

@@mulgerbill Could be an improvement. At least calling it crap wouldn't be wrong.

[@warreng675]

Where it ends up

[@valor1omega]

@@warreng675 At least they aren't as bad as std ships, lol.

[@kailimyee7253]

They certainly could've done a better job of making a Miranda variant of the Excelsior...

[@drakeilt5776]

This may have already been mentioned: the Essex is canon as a version of it was in the original Star Trek Concordance (of which I have a copy): It had a TOS nacelle and a deflector dish that hung from the center section of the saucer.

[@dearzoshka]

Is it just me, or do I just enjoy this type of content regardless of the accuracy because it’s just things that are interesting?

[@bradleypotts9865]

How about the USS Zheng He and all her sister ships at the end of Star Trek Picard. There were some ugly starships.

[@nunya3163]

Picard is not star trek.

[@sardonicspartan9343]

@@nunya3163 nether is STD and they included that trash ship Discovery.

[@nunya3163]

@@sardonicspartan9343 true story.

[@nolanturner5607]

@@nunya3163 It's full title is Star Trek Picard. So, yes it is.

[@nunya3163]

@@nolanturner5607 Sticking a brand label onto a cheap knock-off product, does not make it the name brand product. Picard does not hold up the any of the tenants established by Roddenberry, and is nothing more than a cheap and inferior knock-off that bears little to no resemblance to the actual product.

[@Terrible_Pirate]

Personally I really like the sharp, industrial design of the Discovery, it's maybe even one of my favourites. If I think of weird and rather bad looking ships from the Star Trek universe, I would probably pick the Voyager from the main ships of the starfleet.

[@danbuck3223]

I really appreciate your input and information thanks

[@epsilonlive9448]

you forgot about the Centaur Class that was seen in DS9. It was Charlie Reynolds Ship. It was a Excelsior saucer with Nacelles like a NX-01

[@k1productions87]

The Centaur is not that bad, especially when you spend some time flying around in one in STO

[@smithwriter69]

I would have included the JJ Abrams's Enterprise. It looks like a 10 year old tried to draw the real Enterprise, but got the dimensions all screwed up. Also would have included the crappy 'Romulan' spikey ship commanded by Nero.

[@darwinxavier3516]

I absolutely loathe the Narada for the behind the scenes reason for why it looks that way. It might've been an ok new alien ship though, but not a Romulan ship.

[@Noriko_riri]

@@darwinxavier3516 could have passed as a tyranid ship tbh

[@chrisjohnston4445]

"Yaegar"? Wow, you really butchered the spelling of "Yeager"!

[@stevenewman1393]

🖖😎👍Very cool and very well done indeed guys 👌...

[@dieseljester3466]

USS Cerritos from ST: Lower Decks: "WOOHOO! We didn't make the cut!"

[@k1productions87]

Meanwhile... where is the Universe-class Enterprise-J?

[@mdteletom1288]

I thought the Curry was spelled Curie and named for Marie Curie.

[@scockery]

I recall it was named after Dan Curry who worked on the show.

[@mithonig6553]

Excuse me, what? THE DISCOVERY IS BEAUTIFUL!!!

[@brandonbacordo1774]

agree 100%

[@valor1omega]

Your kidding me right?

[@sardonicspartan9343]

Notice how these STD, NPCs use the exact same descriptor. Its almost like the are programmed.

[@CrocCodes]

100%

[@LinariaKofi]

I love the discovery as well, I feel like I'm the weird one seeing others comment

[@bobross4886]

The Yeager class is like the coolest fugly ship in Star Trek. I would proudly rock one. It’s got the cobbled together mad max spaceship vibe you don’t see in Star Trek very often.

[@jordanpeterson5140]

You gotta love that they canonized kitbashing though.

[@Tar-Numendil]

I absolutely despise the Yeager class.

[@tedwojtasik8781]

To be fair, the Yeager class despises you as well

[@Tar-Numendil]

@@tedwojtasik8781 Is that supposed to make me mad or something? That a fictional inanimate object despises me?

[@tedwojtasik8781]

@@Tar-Numendil Well, it was just a joke but you are obviously too thick to understand such a concept. Let me guess...a Trump supporter ;-)

[@TheAgent0060]

@@tedwojtasik8781 I like tge Yeager design. Like another person said give it some of those Starfleet rounded off parts and redesign tge Maquis part a bit and it would be super fire.

[@andyb1653]

Designing USS Discovery: "Just glue a circle to a triangle and be done with it"

[@HeffryCuddles]

To be fair literally all starfleet designs are the gluing together of a circle, cylinders and other shapes except the Defiant

[@andyb1653]

@@HeffryCuddles Yes but they usually look decent at the end of the day. Not that one tho

[@DanBen07]

In regards to the borg ship. Voyager scorpion part 2. 7 of 9 has a plan to use a mine and shows an image of it on a monitor screen and it look like this ship. Also the curry class was named after Dan curry- Trek visual effects supervisor.

[@markbernero9302]

Awesome video!

[@joshuablackman4801]

I disagree with one thing its that the USS. Discovery isn't ugly it's actually one of the most beautiful ships if seen is star trek I dont think we should judge her just because she came from failed modelsnofnher kind . Remember she is the successful design of her predecessors and from what I seen in her series has one of the slickest designs n smooth operations

[@sardonicspartan9343]

It was rejected for a reason. Its trash.

[@InvincibleSol]

@@sardonicspartan9343 Both of you made such horrible points. Op mischaracterized the argument. The respondent appeals to some kind of authority and doesn't even support his point.

[@patrickradcliffe3837]

Sorry I think the Excelsior's are a hideous design and the Curry kitbash was a improvement.

[@SorenNido]

Hey those last 2 are lovely little works of kitbash art!

[@mustang6599]

The USS Essex was actually chosen for it's look, as it was based on the original drawing concept for the USS Enterprise. Later designs changed to saucer shape for the series itself.

[@Obsidian_Gargantuan_Leviathan]

1:28 this thing looks like a sort of mutant baby of a star wars star destroyer and a star trek ship. for me this ship is the ugliest my favorite ship is the Sovereign Class from ALL ships from all sf series (including star wars and battlestar galactica)

[@Name-ps9fx]

The Excelsior...”one of the most beaut... *cough, cough* ? Sorry, couldn’t even finish the quote. That ship was a big disappointment for me when I first saw it...and seeing it stumble on its first voyage was icing on the big cake of disappointment.

[@vegeta002]

Fun fact; the Daedalus class actually WAS seen onscreen. A pair of them are seen docked at Starbase 25 in Lower Decks (a bit after this video was made, but a bit amusing in hindsight).

[@krisgonynor689]

The " Firebrand" looks like a TNG version of the old destroyer class shown in the Star Trek Technical manual that would have been in service alongside the original Constitution Class ships. I think it was supposed to be either used as a destroyer if the Federation was in a war but classified as scout ship due to Star Fleet supposedly being non military in its original form. The ship looked good in the technical manual but I don't think it ever made it onscreen. It had the same type of saucer section, though smaller, than the Constitution Class with a single warp drive below on a pylon (the pylons were a must as the old style warp drives emitted too much radiation while in use to be directly attached to the ship, it took until the Defiant class was built to solve that problem). It also had impulse drive(s) on the saucer section as well as a small shuttle bay door.

[@therakshasan8547]

2 ships on your list I find Functionally well designed, and 3 ships that were not on your Ugly list like the Excelcsior .

[@DrForrester87]

U wot?

[@lordsylph414]

@@DrForrester87 excelsior looks like beer bellied Thor, accept it

[@DrForrester87]

@@lordsylph414 how dare

[@lordsylph414]

@@DrForrester87 I dare because it’s true Look at the Excelsior’s profile Then look at Endgame!Thor Tell me you don’t see the similarity

[@DrForrester87]

@@lordsylph414 blasphemy

[@lordsylph414]

Calls Excelsior one of the most beautiful.... That beer-bellied freak of nature? For real?

[@khathaway414]

What is that thing under the Firebrands warp nacelle?

[@VunterSlaush1650]

Looks like a small deflector dish or emitter I think.

[@cowsagainstcapitalism347]

I love all the small, undergunned Starfleet ships like the Oberth. In reality, I'd try to be on an unimportant ship.

[@Xiuhcoatl1971]

Dont like Uss Cerritos design All Oberth class permutations as well

[@ReddwarfIV]

I think the _California_ class is more awkward looking than ugly. And at the very least it had thought put into why it was designed so weirdly.

[@Xiuhcoatl1971]

@@ReddwarfIV lts Post Nemesis Epoch Starfleet would design better Starship designs

[@ReddwarfIV]

@@Xiuhcoatl1971 For war, sure. Then again, I think the _Saber_ class is uglier than the _California._

[@Xiuhcoatl1971]

@@ReddwarfIV of course hate such design as well he he he follow the Guy from Spacedock know such awful design

[@maciek_k.cichon]

Oberth may be a worthless war canoe, but it's a beautiful, slick and proud worthless war canoe.

[@gtschapek]

I love the shirt.

[@Arcboltkonrad13]

Hey, the Olympic and Curry classes looks great!

[@sharonec5419]

The Oberth class ship is a great little science vessel and it is a great boat too I would say. That's why the bottom half is like that so it can land on seas on new planets and sample the fish there. Also there are these things called lifts/elevators that run up and down the two pylons. Nothing complicated about that.

[@SR71ABCD]

Where's is it's deflector dish can't go to warp without a Deflector dish.

[@ebikeengineer]

Excelsior, definitely one of the ugliest. But the single engine 'destroyer type' goes back to TOS, you can find them in the original Tech Manual.

[@ebikeengineer]

@xheralt The secondary hull definitely has that 'pregnant guppy vibe! LOL! But the nacelle struts with a 90 degree bend in them are not only aesthetically bad, engineering wise they screw with my brain.

[@terencemulvey778]

what is the first book from the right in the background?

[@Ryarios]

“Captain, you are ordered to take command of the Firebrand” “FU, I quit!”

[@brielsaideles]

The Discovery is not that bad, mate. Actually, I'm quite fond of her design.

[@UndyingNephalim]

When I first saw the Curry I didn't realize it was its own ship, I thought it was just the salvaged broken parts of an Excelsior that was blown apart in the battle beforehand being taken to a scrapyard.

[@3dartstudio007]

The Larson class USS Yamato was one of those single nacelle "beauties" you could add if you ever make a top 20 list. The borg can assimilate ships as well as people, and it probably explains the asymmetrical ship in the list. If you do a star wars list definitely put the B wing at the top. WHY have an atmospheric stabilizer wing jutting 40 feet out the bottom of an offset hull in space? Makes no sense. Good list, I totally agree with it!

[@Kerorofan1990]

Hot take: The Enterprise-D should have been on this list. Love TNG, but that ship was fugly.

[@maciek_k.cichon]

Well I value your opinion.

[@NightHawke]

I was largely okay with the look of the ship, despite deploring the show, until I discovered that the primary hull was ovular, not circular. That just ruins the aesthetic.