Ranking Every Starship Enterprise from Worst to Best

[@Spacedock]

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[@yashroy7424]

Gonna do an expanse trailer breakdown video??

[@merkarion7883]

I am absolutely your opinion that the Excelsior Refit (Enterprise-B) looks better as the original Excelsior Design ;)

[@Ushio01]

Disappointed that the Enterprise D refit from the final TNG episode isn't featured.

[@zoberraz]

I could've predicted your #1 favorite was the Enterprise-E. the rest was a pleasant surprise; also nice to see your reasonings for how the other ships stood out positively or negatively. :) You did not include the Enterprise-F that Star Trek Online introduced. I was curious to know if you had any opinion on it. Though, if you were sponsored by STFC... probably hard to refer to a ship that's from a different game than theirs (and that they possibly don't have licence to include in their game).

[@David-jt9nt]

i stand with with you on everything except the NX was my favorite for me it would be a clean move from 5 to 1 with everything just shifting down. IDK why but I liked it the best

[@MethodSkeptic]

My favorite thing about the NX class is just how much it cuts the silhouette of a Constitution class from so many angles but then the camera moves or it changes course and it suddenly reveals that it’s an entirely distinct construction. I never get tired of that.

[@KMCA779]

Agreed. While there are aspects of the NX I don't particularly like I will say that as a pre-Federation, purely Earth design it's perfect. Plus it has my absolute favorite warp core.

[@thomasbranch3826]

I really like the NX class it looks like it was the predecessor to the Tos constitution class ships.

[@irregularassassin6380]

I like how the NX looks like it's a tool that's barely going to be up to the task, and then you see it in its element and you realize that it's not the best ship we've ever seen, but it's all that it's crew will ever need. It can scan well enough, fly fast enough, take enough of a beating to let its crew handle the job and get back to exploring. It's a leading-edge, all-rounder, workhorse with a supercharged engine and a powerful scanner packed into a durable chassis. What more do you want? A holodeck? Nah, son, we've got a projector and a shit-ton of popcorn, we're good.

[@virginiaconnor8350]

@@thomasbranch3826 It was more realistic in being a pre-1701 ship than the too modern JJ Abrams and Discovery ships. Having grown up watching "TOS", I wouldn't expect the ship in the first JJ Abrams to immediately follow the NX-01.

[@filthycasual8187]

@@virginiaconnor8350 According to the comics, it didn't. There was another Enterprise commanded by Captain Robert April that more closely resembled the TOS Enterprise before the Kelvin Timeline Enterprise was built.

[@jonathanayres6005]

The Sovereign Class Enterprise is gorgeous, from the hull exterior to the layout of the bridge. The bridge design, now over 25 years, still looks modern and sleek today, can't fault it.

[@michelseibriger12]

Agreed- looking back, the effects in the battle of the Basin Rift of Star Trek Nemesis aged like a fine wine, in no small part due to seeing the Sovereign

[@roaldjeanstorbank1351]

The first time I saw it on screen, I hated it... I was expecting a beefed up Galaxy and I felt the E was a fat looking crap pile. In time however, I have come to Love it, especially once I started realizing how they designed it (the Warship over Love-boat design)

[@fuzzyduck2682]

25 years!!!! thanks for making me feel older than the ark! ..... jeeeez

[@CaptRicoSakara]

For me, the first version of the Sovereign Bridge, with the Holo-Viewscreen and dim lighting was the overall BEST design. It pissed me off that they removed the holo-screen with a small, Voyager-like view screen and brighten up the lighting in the later two films - those two didn't work for me. Screw you, behind-the-scenes budget costs! XP

[@00nick7]

Agreed!

[@jamesgates5375]

NCC-1701-A, from ST IV, V, and VI. Hands down. Even though it's pretty much identical to the Refit from TMP, there's no denying how iconic this design is, and how beautiful it looks. This will always be my favorite of all the Enterprise designs.

[@AT2Productions]

Externally, other than a color update for ST:VI, the A is the same as the refit from ST:TMP/II/III.

[@GoonerJim1]

The way the A was shot in VI was fantastic, best rendition of the Enterprise for me

[@Restitutor_Orbis_214]

Totally agree it's the most beautiful Enterprise of all designs and most iconic.

[@katherineberger6329]

@@AT2Productions In fact it's the same model just with the NCC-1701 decaling rotated slightly and a "-A" added.

[@cliffcorson4000]

The enterprise-B style looks like a warship version of the Excelsior class. The flaring around the nacelles and deflector dish look like extra armor plating

[@seanmmccarthy]

All that extra plating didn't help Kirk much though did it?

[@joshuahadams]

Calling back to torpedo bulges in battleships, eh?

[@cliffcorson4000]

@@seanmmccarthy that's because his plot armor wasn't due till tuesday

[@cliffcorson4000]

@@joshuahadams basically If you also look at it as what was done with the T-34 Russian tanks with the sloped armor could help deflect impacts so that if a torpedo were fired at the nacelles or defector dish areas it could restrict damage

[@Th0ughtf0rce]

To me it’s the long-range exploration or command version. Meant to serve as a small base of operations in uncharted regions or the frontline. Even as a light carrier in a pinch. The extra volume was for added shuttle/secondary craft capacity and the extra impulse engines to compensate for the extra mass.

[@mitwhitgaming7722]

The Galaxy Class is my favorite. It perfectly encapsulates the exploration, diplomatic and the defensive facets of Star Fleet.

[@DaiKam84]

Totally

[@tastycheddar7958]

And I would add the alternate timeline Enterprise D refit with the third nacelle and big fuck-off phaser cannon.

[@pjduker05]

I'd say it does that. But only for its time. For that era of Trek it's perfect in every way. He said it in the video. Like a luxurious cruise ship that just happens to have great weapons as a side feature. Like if I had to go to war, then give me the E all day long. But if I'm doing the Enterprise's main mission, seeking out new life and new civilizations, doing that long term deep space exploration kind of work? Yeah I'd much rather have D and have my wife and son on board and have a nice bar kind of place and civilian activities for us to do. You need a break from work and I garuntee E never got any complaints about the lack of comfort on board. Well when the ship wasn't in danger anyway, lol

[@steemlenn8797]

@@pjduker05 Yes, If you design a ship for "to boldly go", that's the Galaxy. Not the timid "every step is new" of Archer's ship, but the "we may not know what we will find, but we have a lot of experience with unknown and are well equipped, so let's go" feel.

[@pjduker05]

@@steemlenn8797 100 my friend! And while the Galaxys certainly get a lot of hate for being a "flying 5 star hotel", let's be honest. Is that really something to complain about? I mean unless you're a Klingon I'd think you would want nice soft carpets and luxurious living quarters over metal bulk heads and a nice "clank clank clank" sound everytime you walk across your tiny metal bunk room. How about we ask our modern sailors? What's that? You'd rather be on a Carnival Cruise Ship than a Navy Fleet Tanker? Room service is better than 3 room mates to your section of hallway bunks on that Ohio class submarine? Go figure! Lol Admittedly though, I'd still probably settle with E. The sovereign is still plenty of luxurious enough by any normal standards and if my wife and kid were to be on board with me, then perhaps it would be nice to know the ship can handle anything. And I mean like we don't even worry about a Borg Cube. In fact we all rush to a forward view port to watch the quantum torpedoes be fired. "Wow Daddy look!" "Yes son. Those mechanical monsters are about to have a really bad day."

[@TheUglyPrimadonna]

Galaxy class fanboi here. Maybe because of nostalgia as it was my first exposure to Trek (that together withVoy on Sunday noon TV in Germany during the early noughties) but I just really dig how something that was designed to be futuristic in the eighties still looks modern and yes, futuristic, in this day and age. To me it just aged incredibly well, much better that the TOS era designs. I also love how the warp nacelles are balanced in between the saucer and secondary hull, not stick out far above or below either section - which to me would just be unbalanced for a propulsion system that is needed to move mass in a vacuum

[@singletona082]

I feel they kinda squandered some of the design choices but that's a case of budget and the like more than anything. Still. the Galaxy Class Enterprise really is a grand old girl.

[@ibamarcel4577]

Galaxy class is the best looking ship

[@williamegan6756]

When I first saw the Sovereign-class Enterprise in First Contact, I gasped in awe - it is just such a thing of beauty! At that time I didn’t think anything could replace my love for the Constitution-class refit we got in the movies, but one glorious shot of the Enterprise E in that nebula blew it all away. Deservedly ranked first for me as well, an none of the others even come close.

[@singletona082]

Connies are such an iconic design. Fine it has flaws (the disc new worlds connie is REALLY growing on me now that i can SEE the fucking thing. Fuck that blue doom lighting. Just.. FUCK THAT...) but like c'mon... It's the connie.

[@hastekulvaati9681]

Junkball media has an amazing video about the Sovereign Class. The detail they put into the practical model is mind blowing. The craftsmanship puts the slapped together CGI ships at the end of Picard to shame.

[@ZedanB]

Personally my favorite will always be NX-01 Enterprise, because of the realistic (as much as possible) design, as it's similar to something we could make some time in the near future.

[@virginiaconnor8350]

My only question is how did they get Ericsson's wheelchair everywhere if they had those hatches in the doorways? I'm guessing they didn't have them everywhere? I loved the uniforms better in "STE" than in "TOS". My brother served in the US Navy in the early-mid '70s and served on an Enterprise. I have a patch from a shirt of his and went aboard a ship he served on: the USS Savannah: AOR-4 in '70. I wish there was a starship by that name in "Star Trek".

[@Alex-Rocks]

Some surprises, but no complaints! Love the Sovereign Class, def my favourite Star fleet ship Design! Also, I'm thankfull the NX- Class gets some well deserved love, it's such a great looking early stage Enterprise- esque ship... Only change I'd make would be to rank the KTL ships higher, these are just gorgeous in my opinion!

[@MichaelMonroe88]

I LOVE the Enterprise-B and I, too, thought I was alone in that opinion! It was so nice to see her get the respect she deserves. I always liked the flared secondary hull and the extra impulse module. (I love the Disco Enterprise as well!)

[@bitharne]

I really like the back-top of the saucer. Such a nice arrangement of greeblies

[@commanderjaw]

I think this is perhaps the best ranking video I've ever seen. Informative, fair and straight to the point. ^_^

[@ps36081]

The Enterprise A from ST6 was my favourite ship and really got me into Star Trek. It could have been the Constitution Class refit from ST2. Next for me was the Enterprise D

[@singletona082]

D has its flaws but.... c'mon it's the star trek series i grew up with.

[@therealshadow99]

Personally I always felt the Sovereign was the Excelsior done right. They have some strong similarity with a much more developed secondary hull and slimmer nacelles. It's still my favorite Enterprise and deserved to be alongside some of my other favorite vessels. Though of TOS 'inspired' designs... I'm torn between the KTL A redesign and the Discovery era... Both have a lot of points in common as well. The big thing I really appreciate is a thought to the weapons that didn't really go into the original series, such as turrets.

[@Parabueto]

A year on, I find my Favourite Enterprise has changed from the B to the D. Just the whole concept of a slice of the Federation on tour and the general lines of the ship have just grown on me, massively.

[@shmehfleh3115]

I was never in love with the Galaxy class. It's grown on me a bit over the past 30+ years, but I'm still not sold over bulbous exterior shape, and the Love Boat interiors. And you can count me among the people who didn't like the Enterprise B's goofy added-on gewgaws. The Excelsior's original lines are so much cleaner and less busy. They only added those weird scoups to the sides of the deflector so they could blow them up without damaging the Excelsior model underneath... Which the glue they used ended up doing anyway.

[@pyronuke4768]

My favorite Enterprise would be the NCC-1701-F from Star Trek: Online. I love how it combines the sleek sexiness of the -E with the organic curves of the -D, and unlike the -J looks like a plausible evolution to the Enterprise lineup. My favorite cannon Enterprise is the -E, followed closely by the -A.

[@Kakarott03512]

The only thing I dislike about the F is the bridge. It's to big. If you're in a combat situation and something happens to the tactical officer there's no way to quickly get to that station from any other station. I guess you could just reroute the controls to your station but still. It's just unnecessarily huge.

[@DreadWulf221]

I agree, the F is the absolute best in my opinion, but if we're only talking non sto then the E takes it hands down

[@varthelm]

@@Kakarott03512 I like the bridge that came with the original Anniversary ship.

[@Kakarott03512]

@@varthelm the one that looks like a upgraded version of the D? That one was a little big too, but it looking like the D makes me like it more.

[@godzillakaijuboy]

I dislike the hole in between the neck, but it looks great otherwise

[@Devalinor]

I love that you use the Battlezone 2 main menu music for your intro. Oh and the ingame music for your outro.

[@cdanielh128]

well done! I stopped watching the latest shows so did not see the new model of the Constitution. I have to agree with exactly what you said. Its a beautiful ship and lots of detail the couple of glimpses without all the "Blue Hue of Doom" but knew the heat would head that way for messing with it. It seems to fit the time so well. Now I want to go look it up more. And yes, number 1 is your pick. Very thoughtful overall. Again well done!

[@virginiaconnor8350]

My brother served on an Enterprise. He was in the US Navy during the '70s and gave me a patch from his arm sleeve. He also served on the Lafferty and the USS Savannah AOR-4. It's retired forever and there's a new Savannah ship.

[@mattp1337]

You're definitely not alone in loving the refit Excelsior class. It's a well-deserved nod that the Excelsior was the best design of the TMP era, just as the Sovereign was the apex of TNG styling. Other than that, I'd demote the Discovery-era Enterprise a few spots, and raise the Ambassador class a little, but this list is good overall.

[@Omniseed]

I'm not a big Star Trek guy but I do agree, I like the belled-out lower hull, it looks like it has plenty of internal space to support lots of different projects and missions.

[@littletimelord2755]

Excelsior refit is amazing. I genuinely love it more than the original, so you’re not alone in that.

[@edschultheis6767]

Can we just take a moment to talk about the newspaper article at 8:09. "LeVar Burton - The New Spock." No name or anything. That's some stellar journalism right there.

[@TenchiJeff]

What I loved about the NX Enterprise, humanity gave their all in this ship, and once they got into space, there's the realization that this ship is totally outclassed in almost every way by almost every other ship. Humanity worked so hard making a slow, underpowered, underarmed ship. But it's Captain and crew made up for the ships shortcomings, and it did get upgrades over the years. It would have been lovely to see the fully Refit version in action, but there's Star Trek Online for that.

[@RivalIndigo]

Dang, I love the J. I'm a huge fan of "Here's a massive saucer section that's not a damn arrowhead" with nacelles.

[@ArchOfWinter]

I agree with most of the list. However, I would add in the F as number 2 even though it is a beta cannon ship. The F is a logical next step in design trends coming from the E. The bridge is a little big but mostly because of the need to fit the in-game camera, but the design and layout is fantastic.

[@elenadirectorofmiiss7942]

The Excelsior Class reminds me of the New Jersey Class Battleship with it coming out of retirement multiple times to serve.

[@austinguthrie5528]

Glad to see the DIS Connie is getting love absolutely love DIS Era ships and designs

[@USSAnimeNCC-]

Same and it look better with the light ghost grey color in the art work imo

[@forrestpenrod2294]

The Dis Connie is drop dead gorgeous! Would love to see it in lighter colors to make it really pop, atm it’s a little too dark for my taste.

[@scpguy1381]

Love the Refit Excelsior too!

[@CaptainRhodor]

I get lots of flak for saying that the Enterprise-D is one of my least favorite starship designs in all of Star Trek while the Enterprise-E is my absolute favorite...

[@palin30]

This is my first ever comment on KZbin - I completely agree with your list ; especially your choice for #1: Enterprise E is simply perfect.

[@o.k.productions5202]

I love the shovel bow on the secondary hull.

[@GreatStarOcean117]

I agree with almost every opinion of yours except one. I love the Kelvin Timeline Enterprises. They are by far my favorite ones. It's my daily and go-to ship in Star Trek Online.

[@jonathanhernandez4304]

That ranking was spot on actually. I'm old enough to have grown up with the original series syndication and the old Enterprise got us out of the gate, it gets great marks for that. But, it's far from the best Enterprise. The ranking is probably the best one I've seen and I agree with it 100%.

[@NotThatGuy_YepThatGuy]

Agreed, Surprisingly, with a bunch of your pics which you said many fans will likely disagree on. But my excitement built more and more as the E wasn't mentioned. "Oh shit! It's his number one too?!

[@kevinbrewer8868]

The NX-01 refit is my favorite of the ships. Odd, I know, but is such a great visual and character driven trek. Great video mate!

[@blade40012]

I like the Refit Excelsior over the original and I love the Sovereign class. The Enterprise F in STO looks kinda nice as well

[@jokerz7936]

Personal for me it goes from best to worst. 1: Constitution Refit. 2: Galaxy. 3: Sovereign. 4: NX. 5: JJ/Kelvin. 6: TOS. 7: Ambassador. 8: Neo Constitution. 9: Enterprise-B (Although the original Excelsior design would be way higher). 10: SNW/DISCO Enterprise. 11: Odyssey Class (I hate the neck). 12: JJ/Kelvin Enterprise-A. 13: Enterprise-J. 5

[@vulcanhobo2147]

I can agree completely with your rank of the TOS Enterprise. Too much like a standard anitmated UFO from the 60s.

[@KAGosage25]

I think the Sovereign class and the Refit Enterprise in TMP are the best! The "D" was a great update from the refit Enterprise to give it an even more futuristic style spin from the Enterprise-A. There was no better version of the constitution class Enterprise than TMP. What could have made it a 3-way tie is if they increased the size of the Nacelles for the "D" - to make it look a bit more proportionate.

[@zacharyquisenberry89]

While my list would be a little different I agree with your love the Enterprise in all it's iterations! Thank you for your work and content! Keep it up! Fantastic job!

[@warrentanksley2510]

There's one version that never gets mentioned. The Enterprise from "All Good Things" was pretty cool with the three warp nacells.

[@jayaniceday3602]

I agree. Though my favorite design was the Sovereign class and I never really got into the Galaxy class design, they really did a good job of making that class ship look like a warship. The scene where that ship decloaked and annihilated the Klingon ship was one of the best scenes in that episode.

[@vinnietorres1145]

I'm not sure what its classified as officially but STO has it as a Dreadnaught Cruiser class with Galaxy, Yamato, Monarch and Venture class variants.

[@CptJistuce]

I can't argue with the list, but I'd put the refit Constitution-class at #1. I've always loved how she looks. I think most of the NextGen and later designs have a sort of melty look as they introduced aerodynamic curves(or just pleasure yacht curves). The older ships cut a much sharper outline, and make it clear they didn't worry about wind or water slowing them down. They're built like really elegant bricks. And in fairness to the original TV model, while I rank it low as well, largely due to the lack of detail... I feel obliged to acknowledge that if they'd put huge amounts of detail on, most of that detail would've been lost in the original viewing environment. Sixties TV sets just weren't good enough to render all the detail you could technically fit into an NTSC broadcast.

[@patrickcromwell7554]

The Excelsior is also one if my favorites and its only flaw for me is that the saucer is just slightly too small. It doesn't need to be too much bigger, like not even more than say maybe 25%. But just a little.

[@Sovereignty420]

My favorite has been and will always be the NCC-1701-E the Sovereign Class Enterprise. The first time I saw the ship I fell in love. She's still beautiful even 20+ years later. I have two models of this ship with lights and audio from the movies. One model is from First Contact and the other is from Nemesis with the Aztec painting.

[@exoticspeedefy7916]

And sephiroth too I assume....

[@charlespfaff6585]

Instead of my list, I'm going to post my son's half-serious list: Justin’s Favorite Enterprises 1. USS Enterprise (CVN-65), a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier (1961-2017) 2. Space Shuttle Enterprise, the first orbiter built for NASA's Space Shuttle system 3. USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-B), of the seventh Star Trek feature film 2293 4. USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-E), the setting of the 8th, 9th, and 10th Star Trek films 2373 5. USS Enterprise (NCC-1701), the principal setting of “Strange New Worlds”

[@sithlordjeffbledsoe651]

Ah yes the HMS enterprise I imagine a Brit wouldn’t want to mention the ship we took away from the misfits we kicked outta our country. 😉

[@seantressel1754]

I love the TOS AND DSC Consitution Class as well...

[@dcwad1]

No I wouldn't throw a "molotov cocktail" at you, I would take you out for some beers. An enjoyable introspective video. Thank you.😎

[@patrickwilkinson7351]

I've always loved the Ambassador class. It's a great mix of what we saw in TNG, and from the earlier movie era. That being said, I've also thought that the original concept for the Ambassador, the one with the more sloped secondary hull, would have worked great as a design placed between the Ambassador and the Galaxy. The Enterprise-C served for 12 years before its destruction, and then there was a 20 year gap between its loss, and the Enterprise-D entering service. That nearly 30 year gap is ample enough time to have designed a new exploration cruiser, and then start developing the Galaxy. During the episode "Booby trap", we find out some holographic design improvements scheduled to be integrated into the next upcoming starship class, meaning that even when the Galaxy class was only three-four years old, the Sovereign class was already in development.

[@arthurpendragon8192]

O.o No mention of the Enterprise J. no matter how 'rushed' it was it still made it into cannon in Enteprise at the battle of Procyon V

[@jlewis6932]

The Excelsior refit looks amazing.

[@drkntetas]

I grew up with TNG and was devastated when the mighty D got destroyed in Generations. But then the Sovereign arrived and everything was going to be ok. As you put she's the absolute apex of starfleet design. What a beautiful ship the Enterprise E is and I hope we see her again in Picard.

[@IAMainvision]

A great list, but I grew up with the original series and my #1 favourite design is your #4, the Enterprise of Star Trek: The Motion Picture.

[@Defiantt13]

I partly agree with your list. On my list, all Constitution class ships would be in the rear, preceded by Enterprise, Enterprise B,C, D, and E.

[@DocD173]

You are a very brave man. However other than the relatively low ranking of the Galaxy Class D, I actually completely agree. I absolutely love the E and SNW Enterprises in the same order you have them

[@tred6292]

I definitely think the Refit Excelsior looks better than the original. The original Excelsior is a beautiful ship design without a doubt, but the Excelsior Refit does what the Kelvin Enterprise A did for their constitution class, it took everything great about the original design and made it better. I also really like the NX class ship for all the reasons stated in video. I’m also a huge fan of the Sovereign class Enterprise. My top three Enterprises would probably be: Enterprise E NX 01 Enterprise Kelvin Enterprise A

[@seanm4095]

I liked the polarize hull plating! Though I would have liked to see first real sheilds?

[@babbyfacerevocation2740]

I love all the federation starships they're the most majestic in all of Sci-Fi. With the exception of the millennium falcon.

[@kendellmoraldo8195]

I use to love bridge command. Fleet command just completed the nostalgia

[@NotDuncan]

I agree with the retro fit Excelsior, I think it looks like a solid ship

[@Hessi]

When we first saw the Enterprise E in the movie theatre in the 1990s, my cousin and I laughed our heads off. For us, the design doesn't work at all. I've never seen so many Trekkies scowl at me. I also still find the Enterprise E to be absolutely featureless. Yeah, there's some spaceship flying around. How big is that thing? I don't know. Reminiscent of a Star Trek spaceship with textures from Star Wars. The D really took some getting used to, but after many years and a model I built of it, at least I got used to it.

[@Enraged-Gecko]

The OG Constitution Class was a large plywood model. Because of that, the level of detail of the refit shown in the films just wasn’t possible. It was well built and futuristic for the era, but hasn’t stood the test of time (hence why it was almost completely redesigned for Star Trek: Discovery and the upcoming Strange New Worlds) As for the Enterprise D’s saucer lacking warp capability, that’s not much of a problem. 1.) If separated while at warp, the saucer section would be able to maintain warp velocity for quite some time - as indicated by the saucer section arriving at the Bandai homeworld independent of the drive section. 2.) The saucer section likely has it’s own matter/antimatter reactor to generate power. Also, replicator use can be rationed and life support on non-essential decks shut down to prolong the length of time a crew can survive while awaiting rescue. 3.) In the event of damage to the sub-space radio, the saucer section is home to the primary shuttlebay, which has warp capable shuttlecraft - shuttlecraft which have their own means of long range communication. 4.) In a worst case scenario, the aforementioned warp-capable shuttles can ferry people to the nearest habitable world. While it’s far from ideal to be stuck in a ship without warp drive, it’s survivable. Hell, the Tarellian ship maintained a crew for years while it travelled to the planet Haven at sub-light speeds (ST:TNG S1 E11 “Haven”)

[@katherineberger6329]

The Sovereign class shows up in Picard Season 2 - not the Enterprise herself, but several ships of the class :)

[@dennyallman5399]

I don’t know if I 100% agree with this ranking, but I can see your point of view with all your reasons for placing them in that order. I do think the E is the best-looking version of Enterprise.

[@sycyourtube]

Well I agree about the refit Excelsior. I would swap the NX and galaxy but good list well explained!

[@daviewizzle]

Great selection. I agree, and number 1 is beautiful

[@stitchingsteve]

The excelsior refit.. I like it and I think it pays a certain homage or likeliness classics such as 2001: a space Odyssey and also early retro nintendo consoles for some reason.

[@kalebwick3429]

I agree with you on the Excelsior refit looking better than the original. The original design looks too plain and base, and I’m glad they made the Enterprise Excelsior version look distinct from the standard look.

[@darrellhebert8405]

also a big fan of the enterprise b. i did think it a little odd the first time i saw it but its really grown on me

[@1701msa]

Great choice for #1 USS Enterprise being the Sovereign Class was always better than the Galaxy was always a bit weak.

[@Tar-Numendil]

I agree on the 1701. I love the Constitution class, but it's far from my favorite. The 1701-F (Yorktown class) is my favorite.

[@techtubeB]

Yes the Excelsior refit is a vast I'm improvement, it's not just you!

[@mikeroylance289]

I agree with a lot of your breakdown. The Enterprise J, while it was neat to hear the designer laying out his concept for it, just wasn't a great looking ship. I'd personally have put the Enterprise B at the top of the list. Original, refit, whatever, to me it's just the most gorgeous and stately Starfleet design of all time. The only complicated difference of opinion I have is regarding the NX Class. I agree 100% with everything you said about the interior, which I think was the best made of any ship in any franchise...barring the decon chamber, which was nothing more than a flimsy excuse for showing skin. Everything makes sense. You can see both the real life, present day inspirations behind everything, as well as a believable high tech evolution. And the uniforms are fantastic. I agree, the ones introduced in First Contact are my favorite, but the Enterprise ones aren't far behind. The exterior...different story. It's not a bad looking ship, by any means, but it just looks too much like the Akira for me. Too sleek, too futuristic, too familiar. To me, the opportunity of a prequel is to present a new look at something familiar, something visibly on its way to what we're use to perhaps, but different enough to show that it's very much of an earlier era and an evolving aesthetic. If the NX Class did that for you, then cool. But I'd have liked to see something different. Less polished. More clunky, frankly. To me, the old Daedalus hull (With some visual upgrades to bring it up to modern television standards, sure.) with the NX interior would have been absolutely perfect.

[@alexispeyton649]

What about the Galaxy class refit with the phaser Lance under the Saucer section?

[@haroldcarfrey4206]

Enterprise era they got the torpedo yield wrong, the US military has not used a 13KT nuke since the 1950s, even nuclear Cruise missiles are 130KT and full scale missiles are in the MT range. And the 130 KT warhead is the size of the one we see on screen

[@tarync6539]

The J looks incredible its not about it looking structurally sound its built like that because they could! They've made it so big and so beautiful because they could! The technology of its era meant they could do that kind of thing and the other ships of that time look like smaller versions its the time of the tenporal wars. The F is just a big E its not exciting its not anything new its so boring. The best is the Excelsior its just so elegant and the Excelsior 2 is even more beautiful 💞

[@nemo64920a]

I have to agree with you on the excelsior class refit

[@rorywilson656]

Galaxy class is the most beautiful. Long live the D!

[@svenschwingel8632]

I am with you on that list with one exception: I never liked the Excelsior design so I'd swap it with the Galaxy. You could have also put in Riker's enhanced version from the TNG finale. And yes, the Sovie is a gorgeous design from any angle. And that is something the Galaxy design struggled with at times.

[@artic6015]

I would move the Enterprise NCC 1701 up to 8th place as she was the first. I still hold a fondness for this ship. The Enterprises that are from the KTL should be at the bottom because they aren't from the original time line. I would even put her higher because she was the first heavy cruiser in which all other designs are based on.

[@grafithuszar]

I agree with the Sovereign-class. It's simply the best Starfleet design

[@MGower4465]

The -D never appealed to me just because its scale is awful. The saucer section is bloated and over-large.

[@shiningbluenebula]

I never liked the Constitution class ships but I liked the Excelsior class the Sovereign class the best but the Galaxy class is my favorite because there is so much versatility with the design.

[@ethangarofolo8170]

What if the one in the future parts of TNG “All Good Things”?

[@rocketr2]

Enterprise D Galaxy Class is the best. Even Picard dreams of it on the latest show, probably because he don't care for Enterprise E.

[@captainsinclair7954]

looks like we need to update this video at last

[@mickey_mousey]

The Enterprise B ( 11:58 ) looked like a flying bath tub with weird lookin pylons glued in.

[@vts0361]

Your list is definitely justified. But, honestly, I prefer the original TOS enterprise than the refit Connie.

[@DarkRigel1]

I agree that the refit excelsior class is definitely better looking than original. They gave ot more muscle so to speak. Looks more versatile.

[@two-four-five_trioxin124]

The Enterprise D saucer section does have a warp drive. The warp drive kind of sucks but it does have one.

[@revran01]

i also prefer the refit. i still fly it in sto. i adore the changes over the original just to keep it a little bit different than the others to re affirm enterprise was a special model

[@troylowe814]

Kirks Enterprise from TOS is, and always will be the best. It's refit from TMP is a close second, followed by 1701-D

[@libbydibbydoo]

I love the NX01, especially how manual it all is. You have to open doors with a button, and step over thresholds like in a sub. The texture is amazing, with all those individual labeled panels. The pilot uses a joystick. And the grappler, my favorite low tech weapon. Of all of the Ents, the NX01 felt the most high stakes and fragile, just right for humanity’s first foray into space.

[@SportyMabamba]

Similar technology vibe to the 2000s remake of Battlestar Galactica, doors and thresholds and buttons 😁

[@filthycasual8187]

@@SportyMabamba Funny you should mention that. They came out at around roughly the same time; at the very least they were contemporaries of one another.

[@a.tiberiusk4725]

I so agree it’s like how Tom Paris had his shuttle with knobs, and lever’s.

[@AlistairAi]

Star Trek Enterprise was so slept on it’s sad

[@SumDumGy]

@@AlistairAi Slept on?

[@zeekfarrongaming5302]

Even though it isn’t canon, I absolutely love the Odyssey class Enterprise F from Star Trek Online and is probably my favorite in all of Star Trek

[@KevinMcClelland1701]

Actually the Odyssey and Yorktown are canon due to being featured in the canon Star Trek Picard tie-in graphic novel Prelude. It clearly shows Picard and Raffi being in command of the U.S.S. Verity. I just checked and its not listed on memory alpha but it is on memory beta. I believe any books published since Discovery are now canon. But i do very specifically recall especially the picard prelude was canon to season 1 of Picard. If i can find any links to support this, i will try and update this comment with them, for now a pinch of salt I guess. Cheers!

[@flood256]

no memory alpha entry on the verity so hard to say, (i know it's a fan wiki but it's generally kept up to date on things considered canon)

[@neilsonnentag917]

In my world I'll consider the enterprise-f cannon before I ever consider the enterprise-j or any of the j.j. prizes

[@NotThatGuy_YepThatGuy]

I like the Odyssey class, but not as an Enterprise. Good on ya though

[@HHHTheGame01]

Well, wish granted... it looks absolutely stunning in that one shot too. Looking forward to seeing it in action.

[@shmehfleh3115]

I'm surprised the roided-out Enterprise from All Good Things didn't get a mention. There's something endearingly over-the-top about its third grafted-on nacelle and the giant guns mounted on the saucer. It's like something a 12-year-old me would've drawn in math class.

[@TheTransporter007]

Roided out is probably the most underrated way to describe the 1701-D from that episode. 🤣

[@kaseyboles30]

That third nacelle was a bad idea. The underslung cannon was good though. That and a cloak alone were enough to sell it as a major refit version.

[@Mirage_Mach5]

I've always thought the Enterprise Refit/-A were the most beautiful versions of the Enterprise. The least elegant was the Enterprise-J.

[@michaelwhiles5282]

Agreed - they reached a design peak - so well balanced - frankly the JJ & TRASH trek ships are just that - TRASH - the J stands for JOKE.....however I quite liked the NX too..

[@IchigoKurosakicool]

@@michaelwhiles5282 Uhm, J is from the original TV series and not Kelvin Timeline. JJprise is as beautiful as some other ships you'd see, people have preferences so just calling things trash isn't the way, and there's a ton more ships in kelvin timeline that looks phenomenal.

[@cobracommander2778]

@@michaelwhiles5282 the js stand for JAR JAR abrams.

[@cobracommander2778]

@@IchigoKurosakicool hello joke....the only good thing to be said about anything from the jjverse is that its not a bad as std and star tp and anything else from the even bigger piece of garbage than jar jar abrams kirkman.

[@cobracommander2778]

@@IchigoKurosakicool oh and the enterprise J is NOT from the original series. It is from enterprise. No wonder u like jarjarverse.

[@Magnogen]

YES! "The Blue Hue of Doom" is such a good way to describe the space scenes of Discovery. I will definitely use that in the future!

[@johnbockelie3899]

The crew of Enterprise J have their own personal vehicles to drive around from deck to deck.

[@johnbockelie3899]

JJ Enterprise has its own brewery.

[@johnbockelie3899]

Originally the Galaxy class was built during the " Glory" days of the Federation when their ego was big. They believed the Galaxy was at peace , and optimism was big. Then came the new enemies. The Galaxy class had to prove her worth in New battles.

[@johnbockelie3899]

That shot of every ship showing up at once. " Captain Kirk, .....the Enterprise is the only ship in the quadrant." They only wanted Kirk to quit lounging around in the movies. In Picard, we see that star fleet had plenty of other ships on hand.

[@esecallum]

yes the lighting was crap...dark blue neon dark blurry. hazy depressing.

[@raptor050]

Agreed. The Sovereign Class Enterprise has to be one of the most elegant Federation Starship design. It's beauty matches its ferocity in the Battlefield of Starships.

[@pjduker05]

If the future holds ships like this for us it would be a huge mistake and missed opportunity to not build the real thing. Like the way they build modern cars with 50s and 60s designs esthetics. And in an era where form no longer has to follow function. Why not right?

[@johnathanbutler7718]

I agree with you on the B looking better then the og excelsior. But the sovereign is roughly the same size as the galaxy while it is shorter deckwise its longer

[@emperorgizmo3014]

@@johnathanbutler7718 it's not that much longer and the D as way more internal volume. If I were on a five year mission I want the Galaxy Class. If I were going into battle, no question the Sovereign is what you stand the best chance with.🙂👍

[@emperorgizmo3014]

@@kobayashimaru8114 there's no reason why it can't be both.

[@johnathanbutler7718]

@@emperorgizmo3014 that's likely true but the size isn't that signicant. The crew of the E was around 700 and we never see family onboard (though it likely did have families on board after the dominion war) the D had a total crew complement of around 1000 including families. Also I don't know where this notion that the galaxy was weak or somehow just a huge luxury liner. She was still the premier starship of the line and sent out when starfleet need to make a show of strength. I think people missed the point of the Odyssey being destroyed by the dominion in DS9

[@hajkie]

I think galaxy class must be my favorite, just because of how much over the 7 years we get to explore over it. The ship becomes so personal somehow.

[@KH4444444444N]

Galaxy Class is the most elegant and beautiful.

[@purefoldnz3070]

yes this list is a travesty.

[@Fallschirmjager4242]

The .galaxy looks like a bloated whale ugliest class 8n in trek