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[@Spacedock]

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[@jamieolberding7731]

@Peoples Republic of Ninj I have seen many amazing Star Online starship walkthrough videos of some of my favorite Star Trek Online ship designs (such as the Klingon Vor'Kang class) here on KZbin, but to be honest I have never played STO before because my parents are usually too busy to try and get make me a username and password account, but I do hope to one day eventually, assuming my parents have time.

[@niktuchc8789]

Here is the idea. How about starship troopers spacecraft/landcrafts official breackdowns, i bet its gonna be interesting, cover the movies, series and cartoons

[@elitejeffrey3719]

Cryptic and perfect world both suck as corporations

[@jamieolberding7731]

@@elitejeffrey3719 Wait...... Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaatttt?!

[@danielzaba9913]

Can you do Type 03 Borg Juggernaut??

[@KrazyKupo]

The Pathfinder class, boldly going where no man has gone before to pull out a Miranda or Excelsior class ship from whatever is trying to eat it.

[@hkxeno001]

And collecting what's left of the oberth class that was destroyed by a sneeze...

[@Sanskare]

Especially if any of them is named Saratoga!

[@UGNAvalon]

So… Boldly going where a poor Miranda/Excelsior has gone before, in order to save it from getting eaten?

[@Angry.General1461]

@@hkxeno001 that looks like a larger version of the Star Trek Voyager ship.

[@KrazyKupo]

@@syaondri Pysgnosis forever.

[@znewell5]

I like how they basically used the "Warship Voyager" design as the template for the Trailblazer

[@hkxeno001]

Which is only made better by the fact that you can actually get warship Voyager in game now.

[@chrisortega7521]

That's what I hated about it.

[@FreeThePorgs]

It looks like it was supposed to be a homage to the mirror universe terran empire but voyager didn’t quite go that far for some reason. TNG never also went there.

[@jaturnley]

@@FreeThePorgs TNG only used physical models for filming, so they were unwilling to make modifications to them for things like Yesterday's Enterprise when it would have been appropriate to do so. There was no MU episode of TNG, but the comics used the Galaxy Dreadnought design from All Good Things. STO has made that design from the comics in-game canon and has also added a MU variant of the Andromeda-class (although it's not playable yet).

[@Eradicator-jv9xr]

@@FreeThePorgs the warship voyager is basically misinformation in a nutshell in star trek Voyager helped some species in a war and the loser thinks the voyager is a warship lol

[@serioustable796]

This was EVERYTHING I hoped these videos would be. Absolutely top notch, both from Cryptic on the lore, and Spacedock on the presentation. A feast for my nerdy soul.

[@jaturnley]

Really looking forward to more of these. There are hundreds of ships in STO, and many of them are gorgeous and deserve the Spacedock treatment. Thomas and his crew over at Cryptic do Trek ships better than anyone currently doing them (no offense to the CBS folks working on Disco, but they could learn a few things), and it's good to see them getting wider recognition for their work.

[@DisillusionedMillennial]

as long as they dont go the way of STD and picard, those ships inside and out are not star trek, more like generic sci fi . lmao

[@Zeithri]

@@DisillusionedMillennial Cryptic has stopped doing interiors all together now. At most they'll make a custom bridge that leads nowhere. They're content in trying to drag as much money out of the players as they can.

[@SlungBlade]

Yeah but some of those Galaxy class derivatives are gaarrrrrrbage. I know beauty is subjective but man, know when to quit milking the same cow, cryptic.

[@aphyonmortath8377]

Indeed, i am quite fond of my Presidio class tactical command battlecruiser-the thing is a beast with beautiful lines. My Armitage class heavy escort is nothing to sneeze at either being a super version of an Akira. With all the kitbashing optional parts and the option to 3d print the ships i have a nice collection of my favorite ships from the game on display.

[@LordEmperorHyperion]

@@SlungBlade the Galaxy X Dreadnought is the best Galaxy class of them all!

[@biostemm]

I'd love to see a change in Starfleet doctrine, where they start sending ships out in wings of 3-5 vessels, instead of the "lone wolf" approach they seem to typically take.

[@Groza_Dallocort]

There are apperently books that say that during the Cardassian-Federation war a small four ship fleet was wreaking havoc for the Cardassians behind enemy lines

[@edwardsabean-untermann7225]

Agreed! "Lone Wolf" tactics really make sense for submarines - or more topically, cloaked ships - where you can avoid engagements that don't favour you without having to leave the entire AO. For Federation ships that aren't the Defiant, leaving your ships isolated like that seems like a massive liability...

[@davfree9732]

@@edwardsabean-untermann7225 It made sense back in the day when the ships could get to a friendly port in short order. Or have other ships reassigned to support others but when support is to far away it makes sense to send ships out in wings… even if those ships split off, working together as a wing allows the Captains to organise their assets so they know where each is, and how close to one another they are.

[@edwardsabean-untermann7225]

@@davfree9732 this is true, I was using submarines as an example since it's modern-day relevant. As recently as WWII, anything from "it got dark" to "we parked next to an island and painted the ship green" were valid strategies for concealing a ship from pursuit without even having to get back to port.

[@goldenhorde6944]

It would introduce a lot of new storytelling opportunities by forcing the main characters to have to balance the internal politics of a small fleet in addition to carrying out their mission.

[@Vespuchian]

If there was a design element of the _Intrepid_ class that always bugged me it was the undersized warp nacelles that looked like they were just upscaled shuttle parts. The _Pathfinder_ nicely updates the design, although I'm not entirely sold on the pylons they're connected to. All in all a very good update for the new 'modern' standard in STO.

[@jaturnley]

It always bugged me that the nacelles on the Pathfinder have a clear path between then when in normal mode and move to a position where the ship obstructs the path between them when going to warp - it goes against the Roddenberry design rules for no reason other than it looks prettier. I usually just kitbash the Intrepid struts in; it looks just as good and makes more sense.

[@ffnbbq]

@@jaturnley The design rules haven't mattered since the B'rel Bird of Prey was designed. Looking cool should always be a major factor in any imaginary spaceship design.

[@tenalpoen]

If you use the discovery pylons on the pathfinder they look a lot better in my opinion, but when at warp they're vertical which is kind of silly, but maybe they would work even better?

[@Vespuchian]

@@jaturnley I've known some real trekkies who've pondered that one. The concensus they reached (which has about as much 'official' status as the next guy you talk to on the bus, so take with some healthy salt) is that it's more important for Federation warp nacelles to 'see' each other than for the Bussard Scoops to have a direct path forward. Something, something, warp fields follow laminar flow which is why faster ships are built sleeker, mumble, mumble, etc. Of course, all of that seems to have become optional/ignorable over the years so I wouldn't sweat it too much.

[@ffnbbq]

@@Vespuchian The only person of note who still bangs on about the line of sight rule is Andrew Probert. From what little I saw of his banned Twitter account, he went *WAY* into conspiracy theories. Unfortunately, Trekyards still hold him in high regard despite no doubt seeing some really questionable shit from him.

[@dreadnought-ai]

Love the secondary deflector, it’s like the The intrepid class’s on steroids.

[@dreadnought-ai]

Love the T6 ships with the black and white contrast.

[@DevourerJay1]

I agree with you, seems we're the minority though... not sure why...

[@spaceemperorkarl121]

Type 7 material. I enjoy for a few of the ships, but i personally prefer Type 8, which is more snowy, and shows color patterns better.

[@ArchOfWinter]

I love this class, but the only thing that bugged me that is entirely my own problem is if I use the Intrepid interior, there is no way for the mess hall to have windows pointing forward.

[@absenteetomb8223]

LOVE the editing that was done for this. Truly a production!

[@Doublebarreledsimian]

This is one of my favorite designs Cryptic ever came out with. One of the 1st T6 ships, mine is built for space magic. In Star Trek terms, my ship uses illegal forms of combat as I depend on subspace anomalies and gravity wells for offense more than standard phasers and torps. This is one of the best Z store ships for space magic combat.

[@birdmonster4586]

Pathfinder class is my favourite Starship in STO. It's my go to ship. I love the little details that Tom Marrone put into the design Like the 2 multipurpose bays under the shuttlebay or the little changes done to the RCS thrusters, The little quantum stabilizer 'wings' that trail the saucer. Pathfinder took my favourite canon starship, and advanced it perfectly into the next century.

[@natybug]

Brilliant breakdown, its great to get to see all the little details that can't always be communicated in universe. Looking forward to seeing more official collaborations in the future!

[@Howlrunner82]

God I love the Voy Variants so much

[@Rasc0117]

I hope you guys get more official breakdowns for other franchises in the future!

[@VallornDeathblade]

They had a whole bunch for Battlestar Galactica thanks to working with the Deadlock devs. Hopefully they get even more!

[@jamesalder8628]

I didn't even wait for the intro before I clicked "like". I can't wait to see what other ships you cover from STO. I used to play this a lot. And now I might pick it up again because of your videos

[@berthulf]

Winter event is on, this years prize is the Eisenberg Class from Star Trek Discovery: the one they named for the DS9 Actor. It's an odd looking T6 cruiser, but from the stats, no slouch in combat. You have plenty of time to participate too.

[@CrazyNights1015]

Brilliant! This is one of my favorite parts of Star Trek. Getting to know the ships; seeing their histories and reasons for being just draw me in. The ships aren't just vehicles, they are characters that viewers care about. I hope you get to as many of the STO ships as possible!

[@ydna]

That's a hot ship! looks like an Intrepid mixed with the Dauntless, even down to mixing the capabilities of each

[@OmegaSteel429]

When you started mentioning Quantum Slipstream, I was like “aha, I knew that deflector looked familiar”

[@dreadnought-ai]

Fun fact EC Henry has made a couple ships for Star Trek online

[@nonombre7159]

If they could get back to TNG type writing, I would love to see a series with this ship and long range exploration concept.

[@Reoh0z]

My head canon is this hull was named after my STO beta ship, the Pathfinder.

[@youtubepleb]

And we’re starting off strong, I see.

[@housecoatgaming]

Pfft. Strong would've been the Odyssey-Class.

[@stars9084]

Fantastic work. I really like your vids on STO ships, and that LCARS display of its specs was inspired

[@entropy11]

This new series is everything I hoped it would be.

[@nbrindlow]

Very cool. Always loved this frame. It seems simultaneous more robust and more elegant than the intrepid.

[@matthewcaughey8898]

She might be old but my Defiant Class USS Normandy has seen me through much and will continue to do so. Now that I’ve upgraded her she’s far more deadly

[@lostkea6501]

Fascinating explanation of how the Warship Voyager costume option integrates into/was created in the STO timeline.

[@schlaackmusic]

All I know is I'll need the Eaglemoss model whenever that's available. What a great design!

[@lorzon]

You could always get it printed if you own it in game.

[@ffnbbq]

Eaglemoss released a Pathfinder model back in 2020. Unfortunately, the entire STO model series apparently didn't sell very well, so it ended prematurely.

[@brll5733]

One of my favourites! So pretty! I especially like how it has a visual adaptation for Slipstream, instead of just going with the standard deflector.

[@dreadnought-ai]

I’ve been looking forward to this

[@GrandSupremeDaddyo]

I'm seriously looking forward to the Odyssey class video. I wonder how many of the people who love the Sovereign aren't familiar with its gorgeous evolution in STO.

[@manius1222]

Really great episode! I loved all the fantastic beauty shots. I'm really hopeing we see more of this collaboration!

[@StealthyJim]

I'm not really a fan of STO, but I very much appreciate videos like this to keep up with the game's canon-adjacent lore and show off some of the great new ship designs/evolutions. And that goes for both Spacedock and Cryptic.

[@megagamernick9883]

My friends have been running a Star Trek RPG and this is our ship once you posted this we thought it was amazing. Thank you for covering this ship since I can’t find much information on this ship.

[@paulgrattan3885]

I love this ship so much. I got it 3d printed I even found a Pathfinder L-car poster showing the ship deck by deck. Would love to see what the bridge of this ship looks like. Given its mission profile its gota be a heavy duty bridge with alot of crew stations.

[@simonwillis1529]

All right trek online By spacedock Spacedock always do great detailed information

[@Techno_Bunny433]

This collab is one step closer to getting the Yeager class added to STO

[@rodri_11235]

Great video! Also love the deflector design of this ship, it incorporates the regular Starfleet design with the Dauntless deflector design, presumably for Quantum Slipstream.

[@TeraQuad]

That Trailblazer class is awesome. Wish we did see the Warship Voyager a little bit more.

[@thecocomonk2657]

I love the world building that deep space missions are now undertaken by multiple ship recon squadrons instead lone isolated exploration ships, with the majority still specialised science vessels but with operations and tactical ships adjoined for mission support.

[@KuDastardly]

I love how the Trailblazer-class looks like Warship Voyager. :P

[@WakeRoberts]

A terrific video to start off the series! Glad to see Spacedock and STO working hand in hand to produce quality content.

[@theelaffingman8776]

I always like flying into the Romulan zone just to hear this music playing. It's beautiful music.

[@darthdragonborn1076]

Not to mention that the pathfinder also comes equipped with an ablative hull armor(from the season 7's final episode against the borg)

[@JakeTheSnake33]

Fantastic video the detail is amazing. Little of topic but I would love to see a breakdown of the USS Vengeance class. Always have loved your videos Spacedock keep up the great work!

[@RoadWarden]

The Trailblazer look like The Warship Voyager from Living Witness.

[@aikrichter5403]

i was wondering, if they decide to change the hullconfiguration to add more hardpoints (love that word btw,you are the only chanel i found who uses it so far), wouldn't it make sense to make enough space to install secondary energysources, only for the weapons? like a smaller matter/antimatter reactor, the warpcore of a runabout (or 2 side by side)? this way, the weapon would not need the cental warpcore, or could even work when the internal EPS-system is damaged. also,given the feact that DS9 could withstand a large klingon fleet for quite a while only powered by 4 Fusionractors, should there smaller/compact fusionractor through out the ship,and nearby the main weaponsmountpoints? or has this already been done, just not mentioned loudly enough? (i have those thougts in a lot of episodes throughout the franchise,when they got energyflow-issues. other SciFi franchises i follow build their ships that way,at least the combat-variants) Oh,btw,really like the design,the intrepid-frame was allways my favorit.

[@edwardsabean-untermann7225]

This would make a lot of sense, especially with how constant random losses of power/control are in Star Trek on the screen. Redundant secondary power generators (or hell, batteries, for goodness sake) would save them a lot of hassle, you'd think.

[@innovator-sh910]

What a lovely ship design!

[@ditzydoo4378]

wow... just... wow... The Pathfinder is an absolute jewel in the crown.

[@PREPFORIT]

I would love to Captain one of these.

[@CommanderStarr298]

Love the background music. So chillingly heavenly. The perfect piece for space exploration :)

[@allnamesaretakenful]

They finally used the shuttle that is docked on the underside like Voyager was supposed to have but they got rid of before filming.

[@Warhammer_Rob]

That's a good looking ship

[@brytoncoy3421]

All right it's about time star trek online gets a shout out in spacedock I'm so happy that my favorite mmo is getting recognize ^^

[@m_schauk]

Wow!!! Incredible work... been looking forward to this series since the announcement! Fingers crossed for the Regent Class!!!

[@ghostofdre]

It's also fitted with a type II shuttle replicator, this is an improved version of the shuttle replicator fitted to the USS Voyager and can replicate runabout type vessels

[@maybetoby]

Please do more Star Trek Online ships like the Enterprise-F.

[@spaceemperorkarl121]

Funny that XD

[@maybetoby]

@@spaceemperorkarl121 yeah I saw 👍

[@Echo_Online]

That ship looks amazing and it sounds like the the game really put a lot of thought into designing a ship that is appropriate for the federation's general outlook

[@berthulf]

Thomas Marrone and his team are brilliant at ship design: this girl is the tip of the iceberg and not even their best work (subjective but...).

[@starfighter1838]

Love this video. Really love that picture of the Pathfinder and Andromeda side by side. I haven't been a big fan of the Andromeda design but dang if it doesn't look pretty awesome in that shot.

[@UGNAvalon]

Now all this needs is some EC Henry collab/Behind-The-Scenes bonus material. :D

[@3Rayfire]

My Starfleet science main, mains the Legendary Intrepid with the Pathfinder skin. I found this quite satisfying. Since this was done with Cryptic, am I to understand that the Federation Starfleet and the Terran Starfleet *agreed* on a design for a tactical Pathfinder in the Trailblazer? Interesting.

[@Sniper361984]

Strong start to the series. Cant wait for more.

[@Daedalus-BC308]

Ah, the flagship of my main STO character.

[@chrishughes9446]

The perfect combination. Spacedock's excellent ship breakdown & explanation with the amazing ships designs of STO

[@gavinratima8122]

Being a Star Trek fan since the original series i was beginning to wonder if there would be progress beyond Star Trek Nemesis in Starship Design and watching this video restored my faith

[@KallMeHobbs]

This is the whip topping to my Star Trek Online dessert ! Can't wait to sit down for another feast !

[@poodlescone9700]

I hope the Avenger class is on the list for an episode.

[@DoctorX17]

Ohhh, that is _beautiful!_ I really love the sharper angles and black accents, even without the refit it looks fierce, but still graceful! The refit just looks fierce and angry, lol

[@Queso2469]

I'm not even mad that this is just straight up an advertisement. I'm really considering checking out Star Trek Online now...

[@Captain_Razor_88]

Would love for you to cover the Odyssey class at some point. Do you have a discord channel? It'd be cool to share pics of different ships, and discuss them.

[@heroofcanton101]

Look forward to seeing more of these. Some of the STO ships are gorgeous to look at, and have some interesting lore.

[@brambo3011]

Love this ship. Beautiful design from my favorite era of Trek ship designs, with obvious inspiration coming from the Intrepid and other ship classes of that era (the saucer section reminds me of the Prometheus class). Great video!

[@kronosaur417]

Im back a year later, this design is now canon, thanks to Picard season 3 as the USS Voyager B no less.

[@bowser515]

That's a nice looking ship.

[@ffnbbq]

I think it's likely Spacedock will be covering newer Z-store ships as well remastered ones (the Pathfinder is quite old). In that case, I hope we'll get a video on the Concorde class command battlecruiser (my main ship for a long time), which I think was the first Cryptic original to be remastered.

[@theraptorstalon7589]

I legitimately can't wait to see the Pilot warbirds done in this fashion. Such a cool concept and are absolutely lethal when used correctly.

[@jakecopeland8068]

I’ve recently bought this vessel in the bundle sale and I absolutely love it.

[@williamstevens2667]

Such a gorgeous looking ship! Can't wait to see more of these! Well done!

[@IBYDCFLY]

Wow! The tech details in this amazing job left me stunned! Hope to see more of this kind! Thank you for yor job

[@chaff5]

The high res artwork is absolutely beautiful.

[@AsuraCloudwalker]

This is my favorite starship design. Hopefully it gets cannonized.

[@lucasshaw6934]

One my personal favorite ships form star trek online absolutely love this ship. Great job with the breakdown 👏👌

[@KYle13265]

MAN i love that youre doing STO ships! Excellent work as always!

[@kimhansen4306]

I really like the look of this one.

[@gavinratima8122]

I have been a Star Trek fan since the beginning and I'm very pleased to see a Ship design like this and now I hope to see more of the same in the future

[@Supreme-no2ye]

Amazing video! Can't wait for a Hestia video.

[@ajzebadua]

Love the class and love this video. Really hoping to see more, there's so many potential videos to make based on Star Trek Online, here's to boldly more!

[@descendinguniverse]

I don`t care about the game but the ship looks great and well balanced

[@RandomPerson-fh1sl]

The new updated model makes this ship even better!

[@neil3202]

I hope they do the Odyssey class and some non-Federation ship classes. One of the recon destroyers would be my pick.

[@DrBunnyMedicinal]

When I saw/heard your announcement of this series, I was sceptical that I'd be all that interested. Not least because the idea of playing STO has always depressed the hell out of me after seeing what Cryptic turned Champions Online into. But this was great, and scratched an itch for more Trek lore that I wasn't even aware I had. Turns out I'm more of a Trekkie than I realised, and I'm perfectly happy with that. ;) Looking forward to seeing the rest in this series match the very high bar set by the first episode!

[@SensualSquirrel]

Something to consider: the formula that got imposed on Champion's Online didn't work for it, but it works really brilliantly for STO. Unfortunately, since they though that because the two game engines were the same they could also apply the same financial decisions, which is not the case at all.

[@ryand7575]

I’m really happy they are doing Star Trek Online ships. Do the T6 Akira next!

[@ussvoyager8650]

I've got a model of the Pathfinder class it's a really great looking Starship

[@urulai]

I should peak into STO and see what's happened in the last 3-4 years since I last played.

[@ElbyStarfire]

I really liked their design for the Odyssey. My favorite ship in STO

[@Beltonius]

This series makes me so happy...and may convince me to take up STO once again

[@DSBOY33]

I love how you presented the Star Trek online ship here hope you do that some of the other ships too I play Star Trek online for a few years and this ship looks promising looking forward to getting it soon

[@Brad-yq3zm]

This has to be my new favourite class of ship