Star Trek: The Evolution of the USS Enterprise A-J

[@BrutalMorV]

I was 7 when the news was spreading about this upcoming series call " Star Trek: The Next Generation ". My mother told me it was a remake of an older show about humans exploring space in the future and I was blown away. And when I first laid eyes on that ship in the intro I was jaw dropped and wide eyed. It had a huge impact on me growing up and defined my hopefulness for our future as a species. I love the new ship designs and ideas from around the D, but none will ever mean so much to me. I cried when Jordi opened those bay doors. What a treat that was to get to relive those wide eyed days of my youth. The Enterprise D is the true heart of the Star Trek universe to me and always will be.

[@Kurisu42069]

Well, I guess I don't need to comment. As it would be identical to this one. Thanks pal. Except I was 5 but same deal!

[@lifeisbetterwhenyourelax]

Same. The 1701-D was my all-time favorite. Picard was my favorite captain by far. More than any other captain, he not only embodied what Star Trek was all about, he redefined what a Starfleet captain should be like. One of the things that I loved the most about TNG was its focus on diplomacy over combat, peace over conflict, exploration over exploitation. In that regard, TNG was the most spiritually evolved. TNG played a huge role in helping to develop the idealism that I possess today. Live long and prosper, Picard 🖖

[@andymiller6661]

*"Star *Generation"

[@_Omega_Weapon]

Same for me and I was the same age too

[@ASMRMuzz]

Same here. That ship was my home for so many years. I cried when I saw her return.

[@ReaperX7]

Well as Jean-Luc Picard pointed out, the best ships always had carpet. NCC 1701 D was literally the Cadillac of starships.

[@WayneManor666]

more like a family van

[@crisespinoza1979]

Amen

[@Robert_Douglass]

A Cadillac/family van that could maneuver and fight like an X-Wing when the situation demanded.

[@himbourbanist]

I really think the NX-01's design is solid. has a great predecessor look that worked really well even if Enterprise as a show stumbled

[@BondJamesbond-r2o]

Too bad it didn't last until the Earth/Romulan war. If it had it would have lasted 2 or more years

[@s70driver2005]

As someone who served on the USS Enterprise CVN-65 I have a soft spot for the NX-01 because it felt the most grounded in reality and ship like.

[@himbourbanist]

@@s70driver2005 thank you for your service, and I 100% agree, it feels so utilitarian, the Enterprise-D always felt like a cruise ship to me whereas the NX-01 was a working vehicle

[@technology2598]

Funny thing about the NX is that it’s an inverted Akira class, just flip it over and the resemblance is uncanny.

[@TheJMBon]

I just rewatched Enterprise and really, the only bad episodes are ones with the Suliban in them and the two part pilot and the seria finale. The rest of the episodes, even many in Season 3, are solid episodes. The series in general was better than Voyager and Strange New Worlds and certainly better than Discovery.

[@baronvg]

Still love the E. It’s so sleek and sexy. And I love the colors; the warp nacelles have such large bussard collectors and large outer shell to show off the blue plasma glow, and the dark gray accents on the saucer.

[@ag1317]

Same. If there is any ship in the Star Trek continuity that makes you fall in love at first sight, it’s the E.

[@T.E.S.S.]

alright calm down

[@plastique45]

The original movies' Enterprise is the most beautiful art deco vessel ever.

[@Radd1976]

Some of my favorite tidbits from the J was that the designer for its brief appearance said if it wasn't ridiculous, he failed. LOL. I love that it's so big that they don't use turbolifts, but site-to-site transporters instead.

[@georgeclarke1348]

Ridiculous indeed. That 's basically a colony ship!

[@kdogg625]

Drexler wanted to make the point that it was so futuristic our monkey brains couldn't comprehend it.

[@diamonje]

I've always wondered why ships even had turbolifts at all rather than just saving the space and transporting everywhere. My only logical conclusion was an escape route but Star Trek: Beyond showed off the cabin pods so /shrug. The gimic in TNG was "transporter lockouts for site to site transport."-quoted from the episode where Data finds Soong. Just as cheesy as "the coils are fused" or "it's out of phase".

[@Derzull2468]

@@diamonje That's because you die and a clone takes over every time you use a transporter. Turbolifts extend your short life span by a substantial margin.

[@DrGaellon]

I will never forget the thrill at the end of Star Trek IV watching the reveal of the Enterprise A. My friends and I were sitting in the last row of the balcony of the theater, and as the shuttle came over revealing the main hull, we shouted “NCC1701A”! For lifelong fans like us, it was one of the greatest moments in cinematic history.

[@torikazuki8701]

The Enterprise 'TMP' version is one of the most beautiful fictional ships in Sci-Fi history. They managed to take an already interesting & fun design and improved on it in nearly every way possible. Even at a standstill, it gives the impression of sleek speed and manuverability. It's a gorgeous Sculpture of the Imagination the only downside is that the films in which it appeared were 'uneven' at best. Still, it and the original will always remain iconic and a cornerstone of what Star Trek represents.

[@newsbender]

Star Trek 1-6 were great. Even 5, admittedly the weakest, had tons more heart and soul than any of the crap they put out these days.

[@k.jcampbell6633]

Always loved the Enterprise E...Just awesome look in flight.

[@ScrotesMuhGoats]

I'll never get over the fact that the NX-01 is bigger than the Defiant.

[@whiteravengaming9873]

The Odessey Class Ent F is so awesome. It could carry large number of support craft in two shuttle bays and had a small corvette that could detache from its hull for long periods of time. It more or less combines a fleet carrier, mobile exploration outpost, and a starbase into one asset.

[@Tiberius_VT]

It also had chevron separation. (split in two like the Enterprise D)

[@Wildwood56]

Sto ent f susser and chevron separates

[@richardkohlhof]

I don't know how I kept missing the time to watch this one it is so good thank you

[@murasaki848]

The original Enterprise was the only one for 14 years, from 1966 to 1980. In that time, third parties (Franz Joseph, et al) stepped up to make the blueprints and the technical manual. The refit and the A model weren't that much different, so it wasn't really until 1987 that a whole new Enterprise was introduced. The C model was a one off, but most new ships named Enterprise were introduced around 7-8 years apart. These newer ones are coming at a faster pace, now that CGI has replaced studio models. Couple this with a decline in ability to monetize such works (the decline of print media, mainly), and it's small wonder nobody's taking the time to publish details.

[@jasonrobbins6944]

Incredible attention to detail and respect for the design. I also appreciate your overview of the history of the Enterprise.

[@Halfscreen]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@mikepatton8691]

I love that photon torpedoes had a range of 750,000 km but were usally used at basically point blank range lol.

[@pyronuke4768]

Yeah I always find it hilarious that trekkies say they can beat Star Wars ships by simply out-ranging them, but when you stop to analyze the space battles 90% of them are basically doing the same thing Star Wars does. (I don't wanna turn this into a who's ship can beat who's contest because I've always found it to be an apples vs oranges argument, I'm just pointing out how the two franchises borrow more from each other than you'd think.)

[@dresdonmccool709]

Al star trek ship battles are the same as watching Middle ages ships drawing aside with cannons

[@mikepatton8691]

@dresdonmccool709 Star Trek is a great show and has predicted many future technologies over its decades of existence, but the one area it has fallen flat in is space combat. Star Trek's space combat, as you say, is like two ships of the line slugging it out. Star Wars' space combat appears to take place in space that has an atmosphere with the way its ships move, and is more modeled after WW2 air combat. For me this is where the reimagined Battlestar Galactica, Babylon 5 and The Expanse stand out, their space combat is much more "realistic", at least in the physics department.

[@pyronuke4768]

@@mikepatton8691 I agree. The trench run in A New Hope is heavily based off of the dam buster raid, and much of the rest of the space combat is inspired by Pacific theater carrier duels. Star Trek on the other hand takes a lot of inspiration from late 19th/early 20th century battles like Jutland and Tsushima. I thought TOS was pretty good (at least pre- remaster) at making it feel more like a chess match, and most of early TNG too, but it was around when DS9 showed up I felt like they started to lean more into the spectacle. The tactics became less refined and more like "just fly in circles around them, don't stop shooting until a subsystem shows signs of weakening and target that till we win."

[@dresdonmccool709]

@@mikepatton8691 The Expanse possibly showed how ship to ship combat in space would actually happen. though one curious in The Expanse..... What stops all the bullets that do not hit the target? they fire off hundred of bullets n spray patterns to hit missiles etc, but the ones that didn't hit target would just keep going. imagine sitting in you cabin and a random bullet just passes through the wall

[@cvbabc]

This was fantastic! Great attention to detail and fun to watch! Well done!

[@Halfscreen]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@glennlaroche1524]

Appreciate your efforts to correct the errors.

[@VilhelmSauers]

I said once and I'll say it again: ENT-J looks like an oversized Pizza cutter or a ship gone anoxeric.😅

[@kleimbach77]

Agreed!!!😂

[@Steve-hd6qk]

AMAZING, loved this... watched every minute so intently!

[@joycedellinger2528]

I just found this to watch and as Spock we would say, "Fascinating!" I'm a Trek fan since the beginning, and still love the Constitution class ship, however, I always loved NCC-1701-D as much. Seeing her in the Picard series was like seeing a long-lost friend return after a long absence.

[@tonep3168]

The Enterprise G is just ridiculous. Also the Enterprise E refit was much more significant. It has massive improvements to its phaser systems, including additional phaser banks in vulnerable areas of the ship. It has a new deflector shield system, and ablative hull armour. It also has more torpedo launchers. Also you missed the USS Venture, which was a Galaxy class refit. It had an improved warp core, and weapon systems. It also has altered warp nacelles due to the new phaser strips placed on top of them, as well as additional power reactors in the nacelles. Trek canon is vast and complex, but you do great with it!

[@whyjnot420]

"refit" Not even Kongo or Midway had that much done to them (relatively speaking). I appreciate that in the ST universe, the idea of modular warships and the modules to go in them was actually a success, but some of these "refits" beggar belief.

[@adambrown6669]

What's wrong with the G? The enterprise doesn't need to always be this big crazy ship, as this video clearly shows the Enterprise started out life as the smaller cruisers with the NX and constitution lines.

[@T.E.S.S.]

the G is awesome. the backstory they brewed up to 'explain' it was the problem. so dumb.

[@Thena_the_Grey]

I feel like the title of this video kinda explains why there would be no mention of the Venture. It wasn't an Enterprise...

[@Allegheny500]

The Enterprise 1701, no bloody A, B or C, had a crew compliment of 430 stated by Kirk in two episodes of the original series and every technical book since. I have no idea where you got 203 as her crew compliment.

[@adambrown6669]

To be fair that constitution has had a wild ride of inconsistencies, from the infamous rocket boot scene that gave it more decks than a galaxy class, to the usual scaling issues that plague most early starfleet ships when you try to perceive them in reality with their given parameters

[@Allegheny500]

@@adambrown6669 The rocket boot scene was bloody A and had a boatload of problems unlike the TOS Enterprise.

[@Fear_the_Doughnut]

As Kirk said in "A piece of the action," "there's over 400 guys there."

[@starshade7826]

I think the original Enterprise was claimed to have a smaller crew in the original pilot episode "The Cage" so that is probably where.

[@cartoonraccoon2078]

@@adambrown6669 So what you're saying is, this is a work of fiction, and not to be considered a technical manual for life?

[@AnonymousFreakYT]

15:50 - Fun detail - the original 1960s Enterprise was supposed to have a separating saucer section, too. They just didn't have the special effects budget to make it happen.

[@thecaptainsarse]

The people creating current Star Trek do not have the expertise and imagination of the predecessors . Studios creating today’s Trek do not hire people with engineering and science backgrounds. Do not hire writers who are educated in classical literature and history. Their interests and emphasizes are elsewhere. That is why you are seeing a lack of creativity and understanding of the canon and science needed to tell a believable and entertaining story. You have it down right . I’m 53 and a long time Trek fan, and you had me waxing nostalgic for the “ way things used to be”. Good video. Subbed.

[@Ripley-007]

Where is the triple ne - cell ship Riker had?

[@ZimmZutinZayai]

The predecessors were no less scientifically inaccurate as their modern counterparts.

[@THEFINALHAZARD]

I honestly don’t think it’s a bad thing. It allows for something SW fans learned decades ago, having details left out allot for fan interpretation and innovation when every single nut and bolt aren’t tapped out. Which ST, unlike SW now seems to embrace and welcome their fans as noted by the very inclusion of the Odyssey Class and the re using of the D in Picard. Now if you’ll excuse me, I need to convince my nav officer to fly my Sovereign Class closer si I can hit them with my lightsaber.

[@dragonfalcon8474]

Hands down, one of the best videos on the internet.

[@Halfscreen]

Appreciate that

[@Jacksonmckay107]

I was expecting some AI info-dump, but this is a competent, comparative, and informative technical presentation and critique. Thanks for putting in the effort!!

[@kudukilla]

So detailed schematics of original Enterprise through the D; those others came after Roddenberry was gone.

[@jamezxh]

Excellent Video. Much Appreciated.

[@Halfscreen]

Thanks for watching!

[@CaptianInternet]

Thank you for your research and the great content! I really enjoyed it.

[@Halfscreen]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@LoreReloaded]

Just found your channel, absolutely love it

[@Halfscreen]

Awesome, thank you!

[@damiynkail616]

I grew up with reruns of the original series and seen all the movies as they came out. But the Next Generation was the series I grew up with. It was all new, fresh, series that offered such an expansive look at the ST universe. Safe to say the NG, and NCC - 1701-D and her crew made me the trekkie I am today!

[@dog3y3]

Nice presentation. I like the seamless historical lineage, even when it spread across, series, movie, book, and game.

[@Halfscreen]

Much appreciated!

[@SWOOSHDOGG]

For the people complaining about shuttles, carriers, and sailing ships being left out, this video is clearly about "starships" named Enterprise.

[@brodybunter4453]

So where is the Enterprise C?

[@SWOOSHDOGG]

That's a good question. Maybe it was omitted since it only made an on-screen appearance one time, so far. I suppose that was easy to overlook.

[@jamesabernethy7896]

I follow a few channels that cover Star Trek ships and I've seen a few that cover all the Enterprises but this has been my favourite. So beautifully put together from start to finish and the cross-sections give a real sense of scale to things. I'm also glad you didn't acknowledge the JJVerse. I will give opinions on them all. XCV-330... Actually a nice bridge between feels real but also acknowledges the Vulcan ring design. Although in production terms the XCV was seen before the Vulcans. NX... Even though it has design elements of the Akira which is my favourite Starfleet design, I hated it. NX Refit... Awesome. It completes the ship. Turns if from a 3/10 to an 8/10. Constitution... Distinctive but the movie version is beautiful and iconic. Excelsior... Great ship, and really fits into both generations. In the Motion picture era she is a giant and the TNG era she is a minnow but still looks great. Ambassador... Firstly, thank you for saying that she has the design language of the constitution, so few feel like that. The Excelsior is modern and sleek while the Ambassador is an industrial-looking bruiser that in term of mass, totally eclipses the Excelsior. I love the design and would love to see the Lost Era on screen. Galaxy... Iconic, what else is there to say. Sovereign... Sleek, looked tough. Cool looking for the later movies. Odyssey... I never played online but she's a great-looking ship. Almost prefer her to the Sovereign but... she's too big. Neo-constitution... A nice design but I think she was created for the wrong reason. Picard's lacklustre ratings made them desperate for nostalgia by harking back to the actual Constitution, they did the same with resurrecting the Enterprise-D... it was desperation and in a way insulting to fans. Universe... Looks horrible, looks like a digital design that was stretched to make it look bigger. No love.

[@DennisMoore664]

I'll always love the TOS Enterprise because she was my first and she set the standard. I'm not saying that others are flashier or better in various ways, but the original will always be my favorite class of Enterprise.

[@simplysteve68]

Ent B first capt was John "Harriman", not 'Herman', and played by Alan Ruck (Cameron in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off"), and "wasn't installed until Tuesday" before Kirk came aboard! Lol 🤭😆

[@rodneytrotter3725]

if you listen closely, you realize he does say Harriman fast. Just the captions aren't that good and put Herman instead.

[@Jack_Stafford]

7:30 "The Enterprise A was virtually identical to the refit but was destroyed several months before it's launched.' Huh? There seems to be a confusion between the refit and the Enterprise A. Neither were destroyed "before their launch", the refit Enterprise was destroyed over the Genesis planet, the Enterprise A was never shown to be destroyed, its last appearance was at the end of The Undiscovered Country. Since there are no stories about the destruction of the Enterprise A we can assume that it survived to be in the Starfleet museum. And the refit and Enterprise A had identical warp engine designs. Other than cosmetic differences inside, they were identical in every way since the Enterprise A was also a refit Constitution class ship It was merely the renamed Yorktown, another refit Constitution class ship, as described in the novelization.

[@retropixelshow]

"Since there are no stories about the destruction of the Enterprise A we can assume that it survived to be in the Starfleet museum." It most likely is, as you can see in ST:Picard, there is a docked Consitution-A (besides some other known Classes) in Geordis Fleet Museum.

[@stargazerblue186]

Wait is this a re-upload, sware I saw this already....or I see the future. Well once again amazing work!

[@Halfscreen]

I got to fix some of the errors from the previous video. : )

[@trayolphia5756]

@@Halfscreenwhich explained why me weeks worth of notifications playlist suddenly had the old one listed as ‘private’, thus coming up as ‘unavailable videos are hidden’ So I’ll just add this one to the playlist instead :)

[@jorgschwantje1239]

1701-A or Refit are until today the most timeless and beautiful ones. The later versions look a lot like 90s Computergames, except the first Excelsior imo.

[@Halfscreen]

@@trayolphia5756 I set the old video on private since there just too many errors on the last video. This one has most of the corrections.

[@michaelbillups4186]

Another commenter commented on the first version of this video: T'Pol was actually the first Vulcan to serve in Starfleet, alongside Captain Archer.

[@skapunkoialternativeliving6522]

I love the way you go deep into detail. My friend love you videos, and it compares spaceships how they would look like in real life if they were really designed in real-time in real life. It's true size in particular, house, an aircraft and aircraft Carrier today remarkable videos. My friend, I love it.

[@codeneverlies]

Really impressive bit of research here and great animations.

[@joesmith-tr2nj]

Great video, so well done, Thank You

[@Halfscreen]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@byrlea7703]

NCC 1701 USS Enterprise under Kirk had a crew complement of 430. In "Piece of the Action" Kirk bragged that his ship had "....more than 400 guys up there."

[@michaelmotorcycle816]

Exemplary. Much respect to the creators of this video. Let's hope for more details in the future.

[@rayjay848]

Comparing size to a cruise ship would be easier to visualize volumes. Great work!

[@Fear_the_Doughnut]

Or Aircraft carriers, like they did with the original 1701 and the carrier Enterprise.

[@r1nc3w1nd7]

I would prefer to see the San Francisco landmark The Golden Gate Bridge used as a size reference because it worked really well in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home when compared to The Bounty (ex-Klingon Bird of Prey).

[@marctaltor1]

Nice job. Congratulations from a 62 y.o. trekkie.

[@Halfscreen]

Thanks 👍

[@pastorrich7436]

Interesting program! I enjoyed it. My favourite Enterprise was the original refit. She matured with her crew and onto the big screen.

[@nolainternet9677]

Perfect! And very accurate! Thanks

[@Halfscreen]

You’re welcome 😊

[@pingpong5000]

A very interesting post, I have watched Star Trek since the 60s and I have never heard of some of these.

[@traecummings9853]

NX01 is the best style. Love the design.

[@micahj9828]

Mad the show got cancelled and we didn't get to see the NX-01 Ver 2 in action.

[@lima6638]

Jonathon Archer did not break the warp-2 barrier. He was at Mission Ops during both televised attempts.

[@Robb-ex8jo]

There's someone here from Section 31 who would like to speak to you.

[@JAGtheTrekkieGEMINI1701]

Correct

[@SWOOSHDOGG]

While Jonathon Archer was not the first person to exceed warp 2, he was the first pilot to do so while keeping the ship in one piece.

[@grovermoore4071]

I enjoy the video and back story.

[@lunaflower4507]

Great video honestly i love each and every enterprise ship and i would love to see more😊

[@Halfscreen]

Thank you! Will do!

[@benjaminwigley4132]

wonderfully presented...

[@oilandgasanimations677]

Sweet animation!

[@ascelot]

Just found it, and weirdly enough, at 0:23 with all Enterprises in view, the Enterprise C, an Ambassador class, is missing.

[@Mikerille]

The nx-01 is by far THE enterprise for me

[@eloy56]

The Enterprise D will always be my favorite and thanks to you're video I'm starting to like the Enterprise F 😮

[@keithweaver7585]

Enterprise G should have been named the USS- Picard. That's how you honour him and that's how you keep the enterprise being a better ship everytime. The enterprise F is a far better ship the enterprise -G... To me it messes up Titan name, messes up Enterprise name and screws Picard as the series was Picard and making it the USS-Picard would have been far more powerful then what they did. It's a huge mistake in my opinion.

[@GrumpyBearRawr]

It won't matter now because as far as anyone is concerned Kurtzman Trek isn't canon and I have a feeling it will be rebooted once the Paramount merger is complete.

[@poohbear1647]

Respectfully, naval tradition is to usually name a ship after someone after they die. I can’t recall a ship named after someone still alive (but maybe it’s happened).

[@zerrodefex]

Renaming the Titan in general is a slap in it's face.

[@keithweaver7585]

@@poohbear1647 That I can understand. But Picard save humanity how many times and he is effectively retirering at this point. "maybe?" I just think that with the show being called Picard, it has been a lot about him and even naming the ship enterprise, was because of him. I think if you were going to ever make the exception.... this should have been it... And talk about the end to that legacy.... and then if the next series is Legacy, it's his son and seven honoring it into the next generation... Was an easy lay up IMO.

[@keithweaver7585]

@@zerrodefex Right, the Legacy of the Titan was erased? sorta... If it was not a lettered ship.... I can see changing it for the Enterprise or Picard like I wished.... Renaming it Enterprise is almost a slap in the face of the Enterprise as well. Enterprise was always a flag ship and now it's just another ship in the fleet. I'd be far more scared seeing the Enterprise F, E, D then the G... Unless with it's upgrades it's got something really cool in it....

[@christiandenzler574]

The Ships are a good indicator to see at what point the creators of Star Trek stopped to care about it. RIP Star Trek 2005.

[@AlicesWondereland]

Good video!

[@Halfscreen]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@brentbartley6838]

24:24 The Monfette Gambit is the mission that supposedly damaged the Enterprise F to the point it needed to be decomissioned, NOT the Enterprise G. Though the F seemed more than capable during the Borg takeover and assault on Spacedock. Production decision, they wanted to show it but be able to dismiss it in case they do end up making a new series with the Enterprise. Maybe they thought such a massive ship would be too expensive to try and recreate using practical sets. That's why we never saw them use the main shuttle bay on the Enterprise D during next gen. The D's main shuttle bay was MASSIVE. You could have probably put 4,000 or more people just in that hangar.

[@TheForce3DAnimation]

Nice video!

[@alexanderletza911]

❗️To rebrand the Titan to Enterprise-G was the biggest mistake in the entire 3rd season of Picard 🫣

[@JohnSmith-cb9hb]

I agree. I think they should have refit the D into its dreadnought version as seen in "All Good Things"

[@danielcraig9666]

@UltraBrian-e2q It was dumb and made zero sense in universe.

[@davrk5429]

Completely agree, was one of the dumbest decisions made. The series had its ups and downs, and while bringing in the full crew and the "D" was want we all wanted (and ultimate fan service), the introduction of the "G" was definitely an "oh FFS" moment.

[@T.E.S.S.]

lol no

[@highjim7778]

@@JohnSmith-cb9hb That would've made everyone geek out

[@jorgschwantje1239]

1701-A or Refit are until today the most timeless and beautiful ones. The later versions look a lot like 90s Computergames, except the first Excelsior imo.

[@Nodux359]

The A rules! But E is near behind.

[@ThunderClawShocktrix]

OG, C and E

[@orckingi1208]

I can understand why it is upseting that we don't have much of any information on some of the newer ships. I mean the Enterprise-G just got introduced at the end of the last season of Picard and the Enterpise-J was first introduced in Star Trek: Enterprise and I think you might be able to see it in Star Trek Online. But as far as the details of the ship itself, I doubt there is much info out there. But I feel ya. Be nice if they made a movie or show about the Temperal Cold War. I'd hope they would at least give a proper explaination of the ship and it's systems if they actually made a movie or show about the Temperal Cold War.

[@TroysMilitaryHistory]

The J looks fricking awesome!

[@Muso-KaISM-Zai]

I want to go even further on designs. I am currently going with a design of my own, modeling it in Minecraft. Where it will be placed is up for debate, but this vid gives me some idea on innovations, especially with vertical warp engines and other innovations.

[@nickryan4126]

Canonically, Kirk's five year mission ended in 2270 per Voyager episode "Q2" and therefore the Motion Picture couldn't take place before 2272. Also, the ship wasn't damaged by the Genesis device.

[@michaelgrant6332]

Awesome work. I was disappointed there was no Kelvin Timeline Enterprise. It was a really pretty design.

[@rumcaysbh]

Wow! 👍👍👍

[@Halfscreen]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@JollyGreenFE]

Would be helpful to add in another Enterprise for size comparison. Specifically CVN-65. Just a thought.

[@thebaccathatchews]

The Enterprise-F looks like a sleek running shoe, like the Heart of Gold from "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy".

[@TonySquared09]

The NX-01 was capable of more than Warp 5 with it's new warp injectors introduced at the beginning of season 4. Apparently the injectors were capable of warp 6+ for a limited period as said in the episode where the second NX-01 turned up in the Expanse. Also, the Enterprise-F wasn't a 25th Century design, it was actually being retired when it was introduced in Picard. The Odyssey class was originally launched sometime in 2380's.

[@HuggieBear39]

Where is Space Shuttle Enterprise? 😁

[@WW-wf8tu]

Considering the specific title for this video, you cannot fault them for not including the shuttle. Or the Air Craft Carrier or any previous ships named Enterprise.

[@MarchailJones]

Where's the HMS or the Space shuttle Enterprise?

[@SWOOSHDOGG]

Neither the shuttle, carrier, or clipper Enterprise vessels were STARSHIPS. This video is clearly talking about space crafts designated as starships named Enterprise.

[@WestonRosch]

Or IXS Enterprise?

[@WestonRosch]

That was a Starship

[@TheModelOmega]

I like E and G for the fact that the designers didn't subscribe to the "bigger is better" philosophy like so many in Hollywood do.

[@jdprime]

Enterprise-D is peak, absolutely my favorite

[@Ksathra2012]

Little error in the video. It was the F that was supposed to be decommissioned because of the Monfette Gambit not the Titan-A/Enterprise-G.

[@MadOxStudio]

Correct. The other issue with Cannon launch dates vs Non-Cannon launch dates should be excluded. Picard Season 3 basically removed the launch date of 2409 as it was retired in 2401.

[@stevenewman1393]

🖖😎👍Very cool and very nicely greatly well done and very well informatively explained and executed in every detail way shape and format provided on all the Starship's named Enterprise from the very first 3 ships to have the name to all of the later ones of the 1701-A-J designations of all of the later vessels named Enterprise for all of the years to come afterwards and into the future!...

[@Halfscreen]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@GenericWhiteMan00]

Humanity, as a species, isn't ready for intersellar travel. Humanity destroys everything its touches. Thats why shows like this are popular, it allows you to wonder, "what if?"

[@SireDragonChester]

No mention of Enterprise D had large pool with dolphins? We were suppose get few episodes, but they were canceled, for what ever reasons. Jordi mentions dolphins on one TNG shows. Didn’t Enterprise D also hit warp 9.7-9.8 but as extreme risk or Damage. Didn’t hit that speed when Q was chasing them in pilot episode??? Star drive section only I think?

[@laubknight]

The B and E are the most logical designs. A thin neck doesn't really allow for the in-story space required. I like the D, but the E has the toughest, sleekest look. It's my favorite as far as looks.

[@RattledPan]

I was smack dab into science fiction after seeing 2001: A Space Odyssey at age eight. Later that year I got to take my first visit to Disneyland. This was the year that Disney had a true masterpiece of a peek into the next century. Late that year, I went over to my neighbor's house who had a little more control over who got to watch what. He showed my Star Trek, then spooling the last of the originals. I could never catch my breath! Americans landed on the moon! After a fashion, we were watching, all of us were watching, all over the world...finally taking a close look at people over the millennia have stared up at, wondering...what's up there. I got copies of early drafts, sketches of this and that in designs of the inside of this ship. I still get tinglies at how many Americans just assumed that somehow these TV People had connections to actual manufacturers were planning to introduce, or the equipment that did so much would be available at your local Zody's or Montgomery Wards. They got a few calls from property management companies that were eager to install automatic doors that moved as fast as the one on the Enterprise... And I got a copy of the original Bible used for writers that were acclaimed writers but did not know The Rules. First: you can't just make it up. If it's a doohickey, you have to be able to explain it, express why your character is using it in some fashion, and so on. This doco does a marvelous job stitching all of this together. I love to pieces anyone that has their beans together that can walk the tight rope over fellow Star Trek Freeks who we love to find the flaw...a writer messed up. I thought we were wound tight in the 1970s, squawking on someone's theories, or facts that they feel they have that are True. We could and did make quick work of fakers and wannabes. Geek and Nerd was never going to be fashionable. Huh, huh, weeeee, that Is A Funny, right thar. Back to lovin' on you: I have no idea the specs, nor how the armement has grown or shrunk, the types of personnel--and correct me if I am wrong--the Enterprise lived as a vessel in one form or another from the mid/late 20th century until...what have you got the chronology strung out to again--the 28th century? That is my final compliment. You've done a marvelous job knitting all of this craziness together flawlessly. My head whirls at the amount of research and begging, stealing and then begging some more for the images, animation, cut-outs--which I still am not seeing "Toilet-->" signs or any bidets, no nothing. I come from hardy Scandinavian stock, and I know for a fact that anyone from the north countries either do not pass gas at all or pass it without odor. It is who we are. [he bows slightly and continues] So, what actually happens with Our People is something like a turkey pop-up timer thing in our navels. When that thing goes off, Sven or Girdie just explode. No, no, of course no one knows about this! We are also a Proud and kinda slow sort of folks. Thanks again, man! It was a wonderful film! 🌻

[@d1k2006]

This is crazy awesome.

[@anthonykoller4459]

Spoke was not the first Vulcan to serve in Star Fleet, it was T’Pole with Archer on the first Enterprise

[@evan_vangelisskoupras3085]

Spock was the first Vulcan on Federation's Starfleet. T'Pol just on Earth's Starfleet(called just Starfleet) pre-Federation. I shouldn't have to make the distinction, but they retconned it and added an Enterprise that peculiarly was decomissioned in less than 15 years of service, and creating a Starfleet, while they could have kept UESPA or some TOS mentioned organization, or even something like Stellar Fllet, Star Force etc.

[@christovog]

​@@evan_vangelisskoupras3085💯 and a lame recon tbh.

[@MrKelra]

Dude, learn how to spell the names. T'Pol served in United Earth's Fleet, not Starfleet.

[@DarthVader-1701]

Enterprise is an alternate universe, ergo completely separate from TOS.

[@GBart]

I love how the first Enterprise basically runs on two plasma coils. Probably has a fusion generator too

[@DragoonMS]

The Monfed Gambit incident that caused compromised systems was what led to the Enterprise-*F's* early decommission, not the Enterprise-G.

[@patrickhogan9256]

now all thats left is a inside the protostar video and all the more famous ships are on the list

[@zzzxhrg]

Beautiful. 99.9 periodic % beautiful

[@masere]

The C is missing from the thumbnail. Did it travel 22 years into the future?😂

[@markgowans]

Picard's Enterprise was not the only Enterprise that could separate. Kirks original Enterprise could also.

[@whisperedarcc6543]

@markgowans Very true. However it couldn't re-combine afterwards by itself and would require work to be carried out in spacedock by a full maintenance team.

[@adambrown6669]

​@@whisperedarcc6543that depends on what source you look at, it was originally meant to be able to do it just as a feature for planetary landings. Likewise it's believed that the Excelsior also possessed the ability to do so, the sovereign has done so in the books, the C might be able too. The JJ enterprise can as we saw in Beyond. The Odyssey might be able too if it's canon version shares the same capabilities as the non canon game variant. The G probably doesn't need to but may well possess the ability too. The universe class likely cannot, similarly the NX would have no logical reason to, atleast until it's added star drive refit.

[@ourkeving]

TIL, is this canon? I am sure it never happened on the t.v. series.

[@TheFunkhouser]

Wanna go watch star trek now 😂❤

[@EnoTnaived]

My Favorit Classes are the E and F...

[@SteveWalden73]

So the Enterprise of Star Trek II-IV was a new version and the original is still at Starfleet Academy? Who retconned me? No. The 1701 was refit in STI TMP, Damaged in ST II TWOK, Destroyed in ST III TSFS, and the 1701-A was born at the end of ST IV TVH. This is from the 80s. Don't mess with my childhood man. 😉

[@antonioroefaro]

Thank you for posting this video. Absolutely love it. LLAP.

[@Obiwan7100]

Just one question, what will happen when you arrive on Enterprise NCC-1701-Z? Will it have two letters to represent the Enterprise like NCC-1701-AA or will it simply have more numbers with for example NCC-341701 and then starting again like NCC-341701 until NCC-341701-Z?

[@thebaccathatchews]

It'll probably go 1701-AA, 1701-AB, 1701-AC, etc.

[@Melkur1981]

I hope they can find time for the Enterprise-Æ, Ø and Å :)

[@rontwentyone]

17:54 Worf was the only senior staffer to leave. He also came back permanently somewhere between Insurrection and Nemesis.

[@itsjustme8947]

Worf being made Captain shocked me. His actions on DS9 when he blew a critical mission to save Jadzia got him a reprimand that should have permanently removed him from consideration of ship command. IRL I am a retired USAF flag officer and I took Worf's reprimand to heart. We do the same thing and receiving a LOR (Letter of Reprimand) is essentially a death sentence for an officer's career. In my 32 years of service I have had to write only two LOR's. One was heartbreaking, but necessary and the other was WELL deserved.

[@Torontodude20000]

@@itsjustme8947same here. I was really shocked that he made captain. He transported over to a Klingon ship without permission and killed Duras. It shouldn’t matter if it was done within Klingon tradition. He was a starfleet officer. I believe Picard did say there will be a letter in his file. He resigned his commission to fight alongside Gowron during the Klingon civil war after the captain said it was time to return to his duties. He stabbed his brother with a knife during some suicide ritual. He screwed the mission with Dax.

[@itsjustme8947]

@@Torontodude20000 A perfect example of a wildcard officer. Admittedly, he was effective, but also too unpredictable. Were I his CO, he would have stopped at full Commander, honorably. ;-)

[@hedgebetss]

I have no idea why but i love the look of the ambassador class. Its a shame they didn't have it more in TNG but they had no models for it at first

[@maddslothii2532]

Memory Alpha says it was the Enteprise F that was decommissioned because "The ship's critical systems were severely compromised during the Monfette Gambit"

[@timfurnier7061]

For everything they did to TOS Enterprise in the refit, they might just as well have built a brand new ship. They replaced everything. What's left? The saucer section is bigger and it's been gutted (apparently) because the interior layout is different, the spine is different with a new torpedo section, the secondary hull is visibly more rounded (and gutted, as well), the engineering section has been completely refurbished, and the nacelles are completely different. What's left of the original ship....a closet in one of the quarters? It's absurd. I always hated that. Another thing that never made any sense was idea that the Constitution class ships were "aging," yet Starfleet invested a lot of time, money, and effort into refurbishing them. Then only a few years later, they replaced them with the Excelsior class ships. You say in your presentation that there were only a few years between the launch of NCC-1701-A and its retirement. It makes no sense.

[@tvtamtam]

Some make fun of D because it had families on board, but have you truly thought about what that meant for civilization? For the first time, a whole community traveled the stars. They were city ships, a huge step forward in the advancement of the human species. Before D, they were strictly military/science vessels on a mission. Family sometimes followed in rare occasions more like Sisko's family. But D introduced a 100% space faring race, born in space, acclamated to the riggers of space travel from birth. Think of us today. Sure our tech doesn't allow for the seamless transition to the stars like in Trek, but even with that under consideration, traveling in space takes some getting use to. You never see a sky or any natural growth unless you fake it on a holodeck, and holodecks weren't that common at D's launch. Some wrestle with the idea that on the other side of that wall is death. However, those born in space, wouldn't even perceive any kind of problem. It would be all they new. A true traveling city or nation is way beyond anything ever considered before D. Now Trek never explored this idea fully, chosing to jump up the threat level with the Borg and other crazies. Later Discover and Picard, just got stupid and dropped the original feeling of hope and adventure for sad brooding melodrama. We lost the most progressive aspect of the Next Gen, a totally brand new lifestyle for mankind.