Star Trek: D'deridex Class Romulan Warbird - Spacedock

[@Spacedock]

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[@quincypope8704]

Spacedock do you do animated ships? if so i would like to hear about the SDF-1 from the Robotech/Macross series.

[@quincypope8704]

Spacedock btw love your videos. keep em coming.

[@KingreX32]

Spacedock I've been seeing alot of his work show up on the Starshipporn subreddit.

[@DeconvertedMan]

#spacedock I really want to see you review SDF1 from robotech! :D

[@info7809]

Spacedock please do space hulk does that count or the Star Wars torrent v19

[@weldonwin]

A Romulan admiral looks at a warp core and thinks "Hmmm, having an Anti-matter reactor in the center of my ship is terrifying, but I think we can do better. Lets have a black hole on our ship, that'll really make my engineers shit themselves in mind-breaking fear at the though of having to work on it"

[@qichen85]

It is entirely dependent on how big the singularity is. Today, we know that very small singularity evaporate almost instantly. In fact, with today's science, we can say a artificial singularity core is quite clever, they simply have to feed the singularity enough matter/energy to maintain it between "evaporation" and "growing" and in the event of failure, just stop feeding it energy and the singularity will evaporate on its own (restarting it is going to be a chore though). It essentially works by scattering raw matter into energy, which give you matter/energy conversion ability just like warp drives, but unlike your standard warp drives, only matter is required and no antimatter is present, the potential for explosion is actually a lot smaller. In fact, if the trek writers know today's science, they'd probably consider the artificial singularity core to be a lot safer than anti-matter core.

[@witchdoctor1394]

@@qichen85 Kugelblitz black holes, the kind you'd use for ships like this, have a theoretical matter to energy conversion rate of ~45%...a bit behind the theoretical 100% conversation rate of matter/anti-matter reactions. Still, that kind of energy conversion is nothing to scoff at!

[@marcosrios1246]

@@witchdoctor1394 Dont get offended. In actuality you can't get anywhere near 100% efficiency, per the laws of thermodynamics. The warp core mixes lots of m/a matter together at the same time. Realistically every particle isn't going to find its counterpart and annihilate before the initial blast of energy disperses the remianing particles.

[@robbybee70]

@@rhorynotmylastname7781 .....sure

[@justaguybehindacomputer9804]

I can’t even imagine the logistical nightmare it would be to warp a small black hole across the galaxy (during FTL travel) without it collapsing

[@maxmustermann5331]

The D'Deridex is somehow my most favourite ship of the whole Star Trek universe. I have no idea why, but it looks gorgeous.

[@davidtherwhanger6795]

It just looks like a raptor swooping in on it's prey.

[@aethertech]

Still one of the sexiest ships of any scifi series.

[@alqu6375]

One of the few ships to have a midriff. ;-)

[@nenaviboe1841]

You think so? I always thought the most beautiful ship was the Whitestar from Babylon 5.

[@aethertech]

@@nenaviboe1841 "One of the" you illiterate fuck.

[@basteagui]

it's a shame that the uss enterprise is so damn ugly. a waffle iron. why did roddenberry give the good ship designs to the aliens only

[@Tristan_eCola]

@@aethertech lmao

[@stardude2006]

If the Romulans are an offshoot of my Vulcan blood, and I think this likely Then weakness is something we dare not show ..... - Mr Spock Balance Of Terror

[@luthermcgee432]

I remember.

[@derekburge5294]

No, no, the collapsed singularity isn't a threat to other ships! It's the noble Romulan navy cleaning up after itself! Debris might cause problems for other space faring races, so the Romulans insure that they don't litter. Very noble and altruistic if you ask me.

[@atheistbiker]

Derek Burge and it ensures no evidence is left behind. Cunning, indeed...

[@derekburge5294]

Cannibal_Soup Evidence?! What do you mean? Are you implying wrong doing in the part of the Empire? The merciful Tal-Shiar shall hear of this!

[@SecondSince]

Is that you brother? ;D

[@derekburge5294]

Prophecies speak of the two that stand in the shadow of the sun, distanced by time and space but united in the dark. Passing as ships in the night; no blood 'tween them, though a smiles well shared.

[@meteosurreal]

It's me, Uncle.

[@pathfinder2reality]

Romulan war birds look so badass

[@Zer0C0re]

The one thing I love about Romulan ships is that very thing that makes them such a risky proposition: their singularity cores. They can be made small and compact (even Romulan shuttle craft have them), they don't require antimatter to run (and can run on just about anything you can toss into the black hole in the middle of it), and no antimatter means no dilithium requirements (in short, no mining required, no refinement facilities needed, _and above all else, NO BURN; I'm looking at you, Discovery.)_

[@SPACETVnet]

" You see, Picard, after we dissect your Enterprise for every precious bit of information, I intend to display its broken hull in the center of the Romulan capital as a symbol of our victory. It will inspire our armies for generations to come. "

[@sabin97]

as soon as i got to "dissect" i knew exactly what you would say. it was an awesome line, delivered awesomely.....gotta love tng

[@davecrupel2817]

"And serve as a warning for any future rebellious traitors willing to cause ripples of disloyalty"

[@CharlesUrban]

"The Romulan Air and Space Museum is gonna love me for this!"

[@rhorynotmylastname7781]

Wouldn't they have like robots?

[@adambrandist2233]

If the cause is just they are prepared to give there lives are you prepared to die today tomolok

[@jasonsylvander3089]

my favorite ship... too bad we never really get to see its full potential as far as firepower goes...

[@thrakerzad5874]

Jason Sylvander yeah, in tng they were only ever on the brink of war or just firing pop shots, were never got to really see a full weapon buffet by this ship

[@jasonsylvander3089]

would have loved to see a warbird fighting off dominion ships with all of its disrupters....

[@zethwitt384]

Yeah, it said in DS9 that during the final battle of Cardassia the Romulan flagship was destroyed, and that it was A B-Type D'deridex class. I would have loved to watch it go down fighting at full power

[@ib_aryayogabharata]

Jason Sylvander the full potential only seen during the joint operation of Tal Syiar and Obsidian Order during the battle of Omarion Nebula

[@Akira2805]

I recently purchased this ship from Eaglemoss, and let me tell you. It's a perfect representation of its onscreen counterpart. The mold and paint applications are amazing. Capturing everything we all know and love about this sexy beast of a ship.

[@biostemm]

One of my favorite Star Trek ships! Cheers!

[@ryalsian1]

imo...this is the best video Spacedock has published, both in content and aesthetics.

[@stevefelten1197]

By far my favorite Romulan ship, thank you.

[@ExUSSailor]

My favorite ship of the TNG era! Thanks for doing this awesome ship!

[@nicholasmorsovillo2752]

The first time this ship was seen was in the last episode of Season 1 of Star Trek the Next Generation 'The Neutral Zone' when we first got to see the D'Deridex Class Warbird was when it decloaked right in front of the Galaxy Class U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-D.

[@craigstarfury3246]

Good Video, probably my favorite ship after the Enterprise. I also recognized the music...Star Trek Bridge Commander...I lost days playing that :-)

[@Alphasiera1701]

This series is amazing. Excellent work, sir. Please continue.

[@thrakerzad5874]

this is by far one of my favorite ships, such a ship is powerful enough by itself but to also have such an effective cloaking device puts it way over the top.

[@marsm9]

Thankyou for that vid! Very well done, alot of shots and a few stats I have never seen before. Well done sir!

[@Lukos0036]

I always liked the romulan ship designs. They look less like the collection of random parts federation ships do, or the shipping container crates glued to an airplane that klingon designs tend toward.

[@kyle857]

Lukos0036 Random parts? Federation ships follow a pretty standard deign with a few ugly outliers that were mostly kit bashed.

[@Lukos0036]

With the exception of the intrepid and defiant, most federation ships are composed of a saucer, a secondary hull, and warp nacelles mounted on long spindly struts. It makes them look like a collection of random parts instead of a coherent design. STO tried to remedy some of this when they designed the Vesta, and the star cruisers. Those still have a general federation shape but the separation between primary and secondary hull are blurred entirely. It makes for a much more modern looking vessel that isn't attempting to modernize 60s pop art.

[@Khuratokh]

at the time (in the 60's ) it was quite the revolutionary design, as most ships up to that point just resembled rockets.

[@Lukos0036]

I understand that, but it was a very date specific design. Today it looks awkward and disjointed. Which is why so many ship designs since Voyager have attempted to rectify it by making appear more integrated. Though I'm not personally a fan of the Prometheus multi vector mode. It seems....over complicated for what should otherwise be a straight forward ship.

[@kyle857]

The Enterprise refit and A are two of the best looking ships in all of science fiction and they use the exact pattern of the original but with updated hull detailing.

[@JustTooDamnHonest]

The D'deridex Class Warbird of the Romulan Star Empire is a thing of beauty.

[@TheH3dgie]

Sexiest ship in all of Trek

[@Tzryylon5]

My favourite Star Trek ship! Always loved the negative space!

[@robertparry3104]

Galor class ships should be featured on your next Star Trek focus .

[@stardude2006]

robert parry Galors are Cool

[@venomgeekmedia9886]

thanks for another awesome video. my favorite ship of all time, just so cool and menacing.

[@loucifer323]

This and the cardassian galor class were the coolest looking ships

[@sseltrek1a2b]

love the vibe of these vids- informative and well done...

[@ODST_Parker]

After recently encountering this ship again in SWTOR, and being reminded of its sheer awesomeness, I'd like to request the Harrower class dreadnaught.

[@marshall104]

yeah that and/or the Ebon Hawk

[@Thatslifebro_]

This is a great shit but there will always be just one love in my heart when it comes to Star Trek: The Enterprise-D.

[@magicgfingergrant6751]

I went and played Star Trek Armada 3 after watching this. Best mod ever

[@James-lh7rj]

thanks spacedock always enjoyed​ the Romulan designs and how unique they were compared to the Federation and especially the Vulcan counterparts, I'd love it if you could do a Romulan Scout in one of your upcoming videos thank you 😎

[@garrenseifert790]

Need to do the scimitar

[@MLHardaway]

Agreed

[@AllknowingUnknown]

excellent video as always spacedock!!!

[@tennoshenaniganizer9234]

can you do the star trek Scimitar please?

[@the_mastermage]

then fire at Will ;D

[@CCJJ160Channels]

Just discovered Spacedock and l an currently watching everything as l subscribe and like every video!

[@AllknowingUnknown]

excellent video as always spacedock

[@AllknowingUnknown]

excellent video as always spacedock!!!!

[@parallaxgames]

I can't imagine you won't get to these at some point, considering the roles that they played in Star Trek, but I'm looking forward to reviews of both the Excelsior class and the Klingon K'tinga.

[@lolshark99b49]

Alway loved the Romulans and this ship

[@mastermasonjoewillis3904]

I'd like to see a video on the ships of the Dominion, as well as the tactics they use.

[@Psiros]

I remember seeing these in battle in DS9. Some of the enemy torpedoes went through the center gap of the warbird. At that point, that's why I thought it was designed the way it is.

[@samrizzardi2213]

So beautiful that it was almost sad seeing so many get destroyed by Jem'Hadar fighters.

[@antwan1357]

I always felt that the gaping hole inside the D'Deridex was always a carrier in a way for freighters no better way to protect a ship then allowing enough space literally to get inside that area then activate shields covering the outside area.

[@Lankythepyro]

This is just about the only ship in Star Trek that ever felt single-handedly a serious threat and match in every aspect to the Galaxy class Enterprise.

[@twotailedavenger]

This thing was the bane of my existence during my early days playing STO. They all had the same trick - grab you with a tractor beam, then shove Heavy Plasma Torpedoes down your throat.

[@thomashill6347]

One of my favorite ships of all races in Star Trek

[@MrApplemat]

Always loved that ship, there are 2 ships I'd like to know more about both from star wars, the cloakshape fighter and the marauder corvette.

[@SinbadNaiver]

One thing, the D'Deridex class, A BATTLECRUISER, MY ASS. That thing is litterally as huge and as powerful and as tanky as a dreadnought!

[@luthermcgee432]

DARN! I thought that you were going to show a romulan battleship entering a romulan space dock. But I must admit- I'm new here on this channel.

[@duvethvem]

Spacedock i love your videos. Could you make something about Vorlon Dreadnought?

[@TheHorus12]

I'd be very interested to see an episode about the Andromeda Ascendant from the Andromeda series.

[@kyle857]

TNG sometimes fell into the trap of thinking enemy ships must be ludicrously huge to be intimidating.

[@Palpatine001]

I believe the Warbird of that era was also created to specifically counter the class of the Federation's new (at the time) Galaxy Class starships which despite faulty Warp Cores could put up a fight and take an equal beating in return (Enterprise vs the Borg, and the other occasion Riker ordered all weapons to full). I do know the Klingons had respect for the Galaxy Class and I believe the Romulans did as well

[@nicholasmorsovillo2752]

The Romulan Cloaking Device maybe good but it has it's limits especially with power as seen in the episode 'Tin Man' where the commander of a Romulan D'Deridex Class Warbird was pushing his ships warp engines well past safety limits to keep up with the Federation Flagship the Galaxy Class Starship U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-D as it was stated by Lt. Commander Data that a Romulan D'Deridex Class Warbird wasn't as fast as the Enterprise and when said ship passed the Enterprise to get to 'Tin Man' Data stated after extensive sensor scans that the Romulan Warship had suffered erapable damage to it's warp coils.

[@BlueLantern2815]

In my humble opinion. The New Republic's Nebula class star destroyer would make an excellent spacedock episode

[@davidberry742]

man if you made hour long vidoes id watch hahaha always have to watch any and all your vidoes never fail to entertain me dude keep up the good work

[@corausr]

according to to andrew probert the guy who designed the warbird it was originally conceived to be over 4440 feet long for his love of even numbers which is in fact 1353 meters long more as twice the length of the D class most impressive

[@invidofinp1828]

I may not think Lower Decks is trek....but that scene where the Romulans and borg are fighting and the ship just NOPE'S out of there is hilarious.

[@BigHeadClan]

Would love to see a video about the Scimitar class ship from Star Trek.

[@sabin97]

in the birth of the federation this is my second-favorite ship. the battle cruiser hits harder and moves faster, but i always try to keep at least two warbirds in each taskforce, just for good measure.

[@leerattew10]

I really enjoy your videos and was wondering i don't know if you thought about doing a few videos on the 1984 film The Last Starfighter ships The Gunstar and Ko-Dan Armada ships as this was one of the first films to use CGI.

[@raptordaz]

my favourite class from the Romulan fleet. also how about a video of the dropship from aliens

[@nickokona6849]

Growing up, and now, I loved the D'deridex class. It looked alien, but not Klingon. I really wish we'd seen an example of this a bit more personally and succeeding though. TNG had only one episode that really focused on it, showing more than a backdrop on a view screen. DS9, they were almost exclusively seen in establishing shots, in the background of a battle sequence, usually severely damaged and looking kind of helpless, and a two parter (Improbable Cause/Die is Cast) and it's losing. I loved that two parter mind you, and Face of the Enemy. Wish we'd seen more.

[@joeywall4657]

My favorite ship in all of Star Trek

[@CaptainM792]

Do the Nebula class Starships.

[@shiinaai2978]

It may look comfortable, but if not for the plot armor called 'hull integrity field', even a bomber fighter can just fly through the empty space between the upper and lower hulls and go crazy. Totally impractical design.

[@jstrength4421]

really love this ship, wonder if it could take on an imperial 2 star destroyer.

[@harryballsacc4406]

In a one-on-one engagement, the D'Deridex was supposedly the only allied ship capable of going toe-to-toe with the Dominion battleship. Forward firing arc to forward firing arc, the battleship would be lucky to 'match' the D'Deridex: the D'Deridex class design placing overwhelming emphasis on forward firepower (to exploit the surprise attack capability its cloak provided) whereas the battleship's weapons, while greater in total number, were more evenly distributed around its large hull - this leaving it at a disadvantage vs. the D'Deridex when the latter came head-on (especially considering that the battleship lacked the agility necessary to get 'clear' of the warbird's forward firing arc). The D'Deridex's weakness was that the same attributes which made it absolutely devastating in a surprise attack, and/or the single allied ship able to go head to head with a Dominion battleship, made it much less capable of dealing with swarms of highly agile Dominion fighters or clusters of orbital defense platforms. While it had massive forward fire power, its ability to attack targets above, below, behind, or to either flank was comparatively limited - a fact compounded by its own 'relative' lack of agility when dealing with such highly agile or numerous and scattered targets. The Romulan solution was to augment the D'Deridex with the Valdore. Although still placing emphasis on forward firepower, the Valdore class dispensed with much of the D'Deridex's enormous mass...this rendering it able to maneuver in the realm of the traditionally more nimble Klingon cruisers (the latter being built for a more 'dogfight-like' style of combat whereas Federation and Romulan ships had traditionally been built to slug it out in slower moving battles like ships of the line).

[@caryjacobs8878]

If you’re still doing these, I’d like to hear something about the Talon class ship, the one used by Commander data in the Briar Patch. Thanks, love these!

[@Sabbats-martyr]

Thanks for helping me pronounce the name of this ship :)

[@GTD_Galatea]

Please make a video about the Orion class destroyers from Descent Freespace 1 and 2

[@GiguBiku]

A giant cloaking weird bird shaped ship is what it is and I'd be afraid of it too. When they introduced the ship on TNG in "The Neutral Zone" it made The Enterprise look tiny.

[@thelastlightfighter]

Arquiten Class light Cruiser have you done a viedo on that class yet?

[@VirulentShadow]

I think it'd be pretty cool to see one of your vids on Moya from Farscape (so not a battlecruiser!) or the Treeships from the Hyperion Cantos (book series).

[@fonzs6360]

How about a video on the BEHEMOTH class BATTLECRUISER from the Starcraft series' ?

[@TheJawaClan]

You should do the mother ship from Wall E

[@davecrupel2817]

The BNLS Axiom! :D yes

[@chryssmetzler2098]

Hey is it possible if you could do a profile vid of a jem'hadar battle cruiser or a jem'hadar battleship.

[@emanuelgonzalez7213]

next you should do the intrepid class

[@noblereflex8332]

hey space dock can you do the arquitens class republic cruiser from star wars?

[@garettcastle2335]

could you do the Texas Class battleship from Battletech?

[@Markenny2001]

been watching the new Voltaron on netflix, it'd be cool to hear about the new one or the old one or a comparison of them. great channel

[@russell5078084]

the episode of voyage called in believe Message in a bottle, showed star fleet ships destroying a warbird, quite easily, the space battles with the combined, federation, Klingon, and Warbirds, showed those ships being destroyed easily by the dominion. Also, the Cloking device that the federation developed was far better.

[@thelouster5815]

You should do a video on the Dominion Battleship.

[@KH4444444444N]

yep.

[@gunplanut]

Could you please do a video of Hawk's ship from the Buck Rogers TV show from the 80s

[@arbhall7572]

Just found your channel the other day. Really love your videos, well done. Great polish on them. I am subbed. If you have time, please have a look at the Shinsei YF-19 from Macross Plus. Really beautiful space craft, with some pretty awesome capabilities. Keep doing what you are doing, Thank you.

[@Kitsune_KU]

Can you do the Sharlin War Cruisers some time. Maybe even the White Stars. Thanks

[@josephsikora5491]

can you do a review on the Galaxy Starships known as Galaxy class Enterprise d and the more advanced Galaxy Starships

[@arcadianremnant]

You should do a video about the Avalon from passengers

[@chrisbostick5374]

I love how in Star Trek, Species alien to the Federation tend to build more uniform fleets of ships. But contrast that with the Federation, Which has hundreds of starship classes in service at once, plus each homeworld having their own planetary ships. The federation would NEED replicators, because resupply of parts and maintenance would be daunting, to say the least.

[@kyle857]

Chris Bostick Lots if Federation ships use interchangeable parts. Of course the real world difference is you design more ships over the years for the main characters than the bad guys who only show up now and then.

[@filigrant]

I miss this intro in their newer videos 😢

[@raymondstpaul4913]

Can you do a video segment of the Borg Cubes?

[@mirroredchaos]

using a quantum singularity as a power source is also a problem as seen in ds9 were O'Brien experienced time displacement which ultimately led to the reveal of their ship in the end.

[@braonainerle3010]

What about a detailed walkthrough of the Cardassian fleet?

[@frankharr9466]

You know, as large as this thing is, it looks even bigger. It's physically imposing. Did you know this playlist runs backwards? I think this is standard. I've seen it in other channels.

[@Willifrex]

Any thoughts on the Earth Alliance Omega-class Destroyer from B5?

[@jamesoh373]

Cool video man. I really enjoy your videos. Can you do Imperial Victory Class Star Destroyer?

[@KH4444444444N]

no

[@timandbrandyanderton7245]

Would love to see a video on the 1701 J

[@Emperor_of_Ashes]

can u pls try talking about the ships in the space battleship yamato series?

[@2490debrick]

How about a summary on the Devore Imperium star ship?