Starfleet's FIRST WARSHIP - Defiant-class - Star Trek Starship Breakdown

[@Duchess_Van_Hoof]

The defiant is fairly distinct in that it isn't just "The Constitution class but different", and I appreciate it.

[@cyhawk1172]

100% with you on Sisko. Best Captain!

[@Redshirt434]

The Defiant's very existence is a testament to the adage of "Don't Fuck with The Sisko."

[@LMoftheCoast]

Not sure how true this story is, but I do remember hearing that at the Premiere of First Contact, Avery Brooks leaned over to Micheal Dorn and said something along the lines of “I don’t remember giving you permission to take MY ship into battle without me” with a contrite Micheal offering a “Sorry Sir.” In return. Just one of my own fav out of Universe Defiant moments that I heard of that I just had to share.

[@agentorange81]

Hey send a warrior to do a warriors job anyway lol

[@cornerofthemoon]

The original script of First Contact had a scene where Sisko orders Worf to take the Defiant to engage the Borg while he was going to put together a small task force in case the Dominion “take advantage of the situation” Instead they lifted most of that conversation to Picard and Riker in reference to The Romulans.

[@bryonkresowaty4776]

Started following just for this guys reviews 😂😂😂 Captain Jack needs to give him a field promotion

[@jackieanderson9408]

Congratulations 👏🎉

[@Coyote27981]

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[@christopherkraft1327]

Congratulations Lieutenant Commander Adam on your promotion!!!! (And 100k subscribers) The Defiant is absolutely one of my favorite war ships!!! Thanks for showcasing it!!! 🖖

[@Rob_UK]

Well done !

[@coachphill5076]

I agree with everything said in this video: DS9, best trek. Sisko, best Cpt (I'll fight you on that) and the Defiant was and is the coolest, most badass ship in star trek. the Defiant Class is my go-to in STO

[@alanmike6883]

The defiant. The ship that many people have said became siskos infamous pimp hand 😊

[@nicksmart1001]

There's literally no sound better than Sisko stepping onto the turbolift and saying "Defiant"

[@Evil0tto]

That came from the SF Debris web site. It since went viral.

[@basara7]

The Defiant class is what you get when Starfleet takes its already decent weapons tech and decides to turn the dial all the way to 11

[@thomashill6347]

Thank you Lt. Commander Adam for this very in-depth look at this AMAZING and wonderful ship of Star Trek

[@devonlyons21]

congratulations. I absolutely love watching you guys' videos, I listen / watch them at my job. I'm a custodian, and an absolute Trekkie. I have the Enterprise-D ship blueprints in excellent condition and a Bluetooth combadge that I listen to you and my music on while I'm cleaning. I really hope WE reach our goal, COMMANDER. It is an honor to watch/listen to you all whether it be video or comments on them. May you all boldly go where no one has gone before, live long and prosper and when the time is near may you die with Honor. KAPLA.

[@jasonsylvander3089]

Always pictured swarms of defiant classes the B5 did with the whitestars

[@aaronatwood9298]

Something glossed over, in the tech manual. The bridge is not deck one, but recessed in a bowl in deck 2. To make it a much harder target to hit. Also the defiant top speed was 9.5. It would fly apart if it went faster. It’s top speed was comparable to a nebula class.

[@shanenolan8252]

Congratulations adam well deserved promotion. To hell with our orders , ( first contact data ) defiant class video.

[@2down4up]

The first several Trek Central videos I watched were all presented by Adam. I was actually a little sad when I realized there were other presenters. So glad to see your goals met and loved the video! Congratulations!

[@TrekCentral]

There is an entire team behind this channel :) - Jack

[@2down4up]

@@TrekCentral No doubt and you do fantastic videos, I just didn’t realize there was more then one presenter. Love your videos and congratulations again!

[@ecksfactor]

I bet it'd be a blast to have a drink with "left-handed" commander Adam!

[@michaeldemarco9950]

Lack of connection between DS9 and First Contact is unfortunate. Even though FC premiered in Nov 1996, its stated Stardate, and FC uniforms, places it firmly in, say May, 1997, giving DS9 six months to come up with a kick-butt story of how Worf and the Defiant held off a Borg Cube singlehandedly, to allow Starfleet to e mass a defense in Sectir 001.

[@peterq1978]

ding dong ding dong ding ding.... time for a little ship. oh LT Comm now.... a beautiful video Crewman.

[@bensiskosmfpimphand6994]

You have done my baby right! Fantastic rundown.

[@danspawn85]

Well, he did become a god. So, yeah, he is the best captain.

[@nemesisn4522]

The best ship in the fleet I cried when she died still can't watch that episode without a tear in my eye

[@baakaka4]

Great narration by Adam as usual. Congratulations to our newest Lieutenant commander

[@BobbyCoolBreeze]

My favorite ship and class! Built for one reason and one reason only, to fight!

[@stevengalloway8052]

100,000 reasons more to see you guys! 😆 Congratulations! 🎊 👍

[@jackdubz4247]

The Defiant FTW!

[@thebaccathatchews]

The Defiant would have taken the Borg cube if there was a proper fleet of them to engage in swarm tactics.

[@sushmitriyanbasuli6889]

If the Borgs saw a fleet of defiants, they would just say 'Nope'!

[@Bladescorpion83]

My favorite thing to due in that old Star Trek turn based game was money hack then send a fleet of defiants or sovereigns at a borg cube then watch it get instantly deleted by them.

[@robderich8533]

What I was wondering about back then: Given the nature of the threat posed by the Borg and the defeat at Wolf 359, why hadn't anyone come up with the obvious idea to decentralize their own firepower? I would have liked to see a Federal carrier ship and fighter squadrons. To much BSG?

[@pike100]

Yes, that would have been too much like BSG IMO.

[@timjerrom7173]

Yay, promotions all around 106k subscribers, Sing in Wembley Stadium, it'll be amazing :) Great video, some parts I did not know about the class, nice one Lt.Cmdr Adam.

[@everettbateman4741]

I like this guy. No bs and all facts, but lots of humor. Nice. 😂

[@TCTurner]

Congrats Adam on your promotion. Loving the commentary as always... A shame Jack screen shot my typo 🤦‍♂️😅

[@tonyb6007]

@3:50 Totally agree a bad a$$ ship for a bad a$$ captain. Congrats on your growth on YT.

[@elcowabungahe-man6156]

Great video but i always why they didn't put a A at the end of the registration number of the Defiant

[@xedanis101]

This is a great question that I've always wanted to ask Ira Behr myself. Maybe it's because of the 'special dispensation name *change*' thing, as opposed to it being a new ship that was commissioned as the defiant right away... who knows?

[@jamesfry8983]

Sisco's mighty pimp hand truly to be feared

[@STho205]

First Starfleet Ship modelled after they shot Gene Roddenberry's ashes into space. Of course all the ST ships in the early series and movies were warships except the Grissom. Buuuut we're a peaceful service that shoot at lots of stuff and are packing pistols as well. Ablative shields are surfaces that wear away to protect the main hull material. Ablative heat shields IRL were sometimes made of wood. IOW ablative shields might work once or twice. The ship violated several of Jeffries and GRs rules. One: Nacelles are not in line of sight as nacelles build a warp field from the field built between them in open space. For that 3 nacelle and 1 nacelle ships in the post TOS book were fun drafting exercises for the author, but violated rules the boss had written.

[@sorak185]

You're lucky I love the Defiant, because that intro was unforgivable.

[@redfishtex738]

First, Congrats to all on the 100K and onward to 250K! Lt Cm Adam you are my favorite narrator. Your mix of Spock Intellect Riker Humor and flurry of quantum torpedos of Sarcasm (you do remember how to fire torpedoes don't you?) Again here's to all the Crew, Congrats on 100K and which side is port?

[@ApexwithDavin]

If this wasn't Lt (Commander) Adam, I was going to riot!

[@stevenzobel4517]

Congrats on 100 subscribers

[@Colin_]

Well done again with your 100k. I love this 'little' ship. If memory serves the class 7 Warp Core was actually designed to be installed on a ship 3-4 times the size of the Defiant. Also I thought the Defiant could only go to Warp 9.6ish but i could be wrong. Also the Borg attack in First Contact must have occurred in or after season 5 as the new FC uniforms did not arrive to ds9 till episode 10 of season 5. So the Defiant would have been around since the start of season 3.

[@02ujtb00626]

9.5 from what I remember....slower comparatively but impressive for such a small ship.

[@Colin_]

@@02ujtb00626 absolutely.

[@deanbadger8203]

I remember watching DS9 when it was airing. I was 19, and when the Defiant was destroyed I pissed and sad. Then I was like, what the F are you gonna do now the show isn't over yet. I was heart broken glad they brought if back though. Because I love this ship all time favorite still.

[@Reepicheep-1]

"Best Captain Ever!" You just earned a sub.

[@darthwiizius]

The Defiant was Starfleet's response to the Minbari and Vorlons creating the White Star.

[@davidpickens8800]

But the Minbari and Vorlons turned out actual Fleets of them.

[@pike100]

LOL 😅

[@FernandoTRA]

Could Lt Cmdr Adam narrate more of the videos? He is quite clear.

[@MonCappy]

The Defiant is a tough little ship. It makes me fantasize about Star Fleet designing and fielding a full sized balls to the wall battlewagon designed to go up against, the biggest and baddest warships of the Federation's enemies

[@sypherthe297th2]

Worf (incredulously): Little?!

[@MonCappy]

@@sypherthe297th2 Little ship but massive reach.

[@sypherthe297th2]

@@MonCappy In First Contact, Riker says basically the same thing you did. I just quoted Worf's response. It's pretty funny.

[@theequalizer9154]

The USS DEFIANT, AKA: "Capt. Sisko's Pimp Hand" Congratulations for your subscriptions.

[@redfishtex738]

I really couldn't imagine a Defiant ship as big as a Galaxy class. Wonder if that would even be Tech Trek feasible? Where's O'Brien stationed again?

[@theequalizer9154]

@@redfishtex738 O'Brien was last heard of being at Starfield Academy, Earth. He was teaching engineering courses. The new Odyssey Class Starships are described as being a triple sized armed and powered Defiant Class, supposedly.

[@pike100]

I don't understand the repeated references to Sisko's "pimp hand."

[@kevinnaber790]

I had the Original Series technical schematics set that had blueprints for both on screen and referenced ships and technology. From day one there were more dedicated fighting vessels including the Dreadnaught Class which is what JJ Abrams based the giant ship in Into Darkness on. While the Defiant may have been the first purpose built warship as she lacked the typical dedicated science labs, she was not the first ship to focus on combat. The Constitution class (the Original Series Enterprise) was heavily armed and manned but due to limits in film technology and studio issues we rarely saw the Enterprise use it’s capabilities as the class was designed to hold its own on long duration exploration missions without nearby support and to rapidly interdict if the Klingons should move to engage the Federation or its allies. In Undiscovered Country it is implied that the Starbases and Space Stations served as bases for dedicated defense and combat vessels or a dedicated war fleet. We also see ships like those used for the Jupiter Defense Perimeter in Best of Both Worlds Part 2 and in several episodes of Enterprise that show ships that appear to be purely for defending the Sol System. Also in the technical schematics set was a ship very similar to the USS Kelvin except it had a HUGE phaser emitter similar to what was later seen on the Enterprise D Galaxy Dreadnaught seen in All Good Things and a reinforced forward saucer for RAMMING just like Picard did with the Enterprise E in Nemesis except as a tactical design similar to how the Jem’Hadar attacked the Klingons during the later parts of the Dominion War- but with the goal of surviving the ramming attack. Essentially a single nacelle with a reinforced saucer module using a massive phaser to knock out the shields of a Klingon D7 cruiser and then finishing them off with a ramming attack through the neck that connects bridge and engineering sections.

[@HalferLandPerformance]

no offense to anyone else, but you're my favorite Trek Central host...more promotions to come 😜 (coughhh... Captain..cough)

[@02ujtb00626]

Top speed of warp 9.9 plus? Is that emergency speed? I am pretty sure the top speed of the USS Defiant was warp 9.5...described as slower than a lot of current starships, but impressive for a ship its size. By comparison the HOP's traditional top speed was around 8 ot 8.5...

[@joshuadowdle9691]

Warp 9.982 for up to 12 hours according to the DS9 technical manual.

[@02ujtb00626]

@@joshuadowdle9691 so then it would be what is its top emergency speed, 9.5 being a sustainable cruising speed. Same issue with voyager, a lot of people think warp 9.975 is her top emergency speed when it is stated in dialogue that is her top cruising speed, which by default has to be sustainable. That said the DS9 tech manual is dubious...it isn't as solid as the TNG one and has a lot of conflicting information from what i understand.

[@thegreenmanofnorwich]

The DS9 tech manual says 9.982, but it has a lot of errors and is generally a bit... eh. On screen, the Defiant reached 9.5, but only by discharging power from the phasers into the warp drive. As on-screen evidence takes precedence in star trek, and nothing like 9.982 was ever mentioned in other sources, I would be very, very dubious about taking it at face value.

[@joshuadowdle9691]

@@02ujtb00626 Ah, didn't know that about the ds9 manual. May be a silly question, but If 9.975 is Voyager's top sustainable cruising speed, why don't they always go that fast? At least when they aren't investigating spacial anomalies

[@02ujtb00626]

@@joshuadowdle9691 the faster you go the more fuel you use. That principle hasn't changed. Her high cruising speed would most likely be used for emergencies as it is fast but not burn out the warp core fast, or intel/recon missions. Normal cruising of warp 6 is fine most times. It's like cruising the highway at 60-65 MPH, the sweet spot for long term good gas mileage.

[@radeadcool]

DEFIANT!

[@daviddyster4145]

I would like to see a breakdown of the Soviren Class.

[@chloedevereaux1801]

i'd like to see you spell the word sovereign...

[@adamraddish]

I love the enterprise theme song. It makes me want to explore the unknown

[@Sephiroth144]

Have you heard the full length version? Its a decent song in its own right.

[@adamraddish]

@@Sephiroth144 I have the full song downloaded and I do love it

[@nmccw3245]

Ha! Anyone truly dedicated would sing “Beyond Antares”.

[@kevinpowell4192]

the USS DEFIANT Known as the FEDERATION GUNSHIP was always my favorite star ship

[@videotramp97]

The Play-Doh analogy is quite good. My thoughts when I first laid eyes on the Defiant went thusly: it looked kind of like someone ran over a turtle and attached warp nacelles to the roadkill. Hardly poetic, but graphic nonetheless

[@petertyson4022]

Congratulations 😊

[@Tanislarnet]

If only we could subscribe more than once... wait.. the hell spawn! Ill make them sub.

[@JonStockman82]

Fantastic video about the best ship ever!

[@CptColumbo]

Jellico was a different type of Captain than we've seen before in Star Trek. That doesn't make him a bad Captain. He didn't collaborate as much with his command staff as Picard did and that rubbed them the wrong way. They better chew harder, because that's tough. He's more cofident in his decisions and/or arrogant, and didn't feel he needed to open it up to the rest of the command staff. A four shift duty rotation sounds easier than a three. Theoretically that means less time on duty.

[@thebaccathatchews]

There should have been a whole fleet of Defiants, but that would have been too similar to that concurrent scifi series about a space station situated near a galactic transit point featuring a small overpowered prototype starship.😉

[@PrinceAnakin]

Greetings there is Defiant Varient USS INCURSION NX-74808 from Star Trej Awaytean I dont know if you heared of her she kick ass ship. But I wish the Enterprise-E was Prometheus class starship.

[@michaelSlick50]

I agree - Sisko was the best captain ever. It takes being fully immersed, like swimming in a frozen pond.... but, after that, you see how amazing he is. I wish Avery Brooks wasn't so quirky and he would come out more often.

[@Rkiver]

Army of Ice-cream trucks. I love it!

[@AdamBrown1980]

“Sisko’s Pimphand” 😂 Never gets old!!

[@Vvardenfell_Outlander]

The dead changeling was a good touch.

[@TheFallenFaob]

While not cannon there is also the U.S.S. Monitor from the Star Trek books an all black ship with a special warp drive that didn't have the normal blue lights for the warp drive plus a trans warp drive a cloaking device and more weapons basically an amped up version the Defiant

[@pike100]

Canon, NOT cannon

[@deaks25]

Starfleet: "We know we're not allowed warships, it's an 'escort'. Honest guv"

[@StrawHat83]

Baba booey, baba booey, Babylon 5 Rules! Baba booey! Jk, I love DS9 - currently rewatching it. After coming to KZbin for a refresher on the Iconions and their gateway tech, I came across your channel. Love Lt. Commander Adams's narration. Now, I have to go and watch your entire back catalog of videos. You got yourself a new subscriber.

[@shadowminor]

I loved the Defiant on first site. It stood out a different. You wouldn't happen to have a video on the ships that bucked the typical Star Fleet design?

[@pike100]

First "sight," not "site."

[@ceemichel]

I would think that the first Federation warship would have been the Federation Class Dreadnought which appeared in the 1970s in the Technical Manual, the Animated Series (AFAIR) and the Star Trek Role Playing Games

[@Blue_rosetx]

I always thought the Defiant class looked like a tick. LOL

[@RNemy509]

Congratulations on 100k, well done! Excellent content as usual

[@TrekCentral]

Thank you! - Jack

[@vortega472]

Ah yeah! The Defiant - or as I like to refer to it as - Sisko's Pimp Hand. And yes - Best SF Captain ever! Keep this up and I might subscribe to this channel of yours. No promises. Edit: okay in my defense I wrote the above comments before 15:49 so I think me and you Trek Central need to sit down with a glass of Whiskey each and see if you have the other half of this medallion I was born with...

[@RickFuhrmann]

Absolutely loved it 😂 love Star Trek and you nailed it 😎

[@ppacal1098]

Many wondered what happened to that shuttle model, it having been stolen, then found, then sold makes sense. $20K is a lot of money

[@setsuna200]

The second Defiant still had the NX registry. This was because it would cost extra for it to be changed on the cg and practical models. Also now in season 3 of picard now confirms it still has its NX registry even though it is the second USS Defiant. Starfleet probably thought it would do psychological damage to the enemy. Basically, "you thought you destroyed me. Nooo i got better!!"

[@martins9831]

I love the Defiant

[@jameslynch2399]

The Defiant was assigned to DS9 in 2371 (The Search aired in September 1994). The battle of sector 001 took place in 2373 (First Contact was released in November 1996). By what definition is that "just after the ship is assigned to Deep Space Nine in the first place"?

[@sceneinvegas]

fantastic video. question: would a heavy cruiser not be considered a warship? i.e. the constellation class. (congrats to all on 100k, thank you for yall's contribution to the Trek Continuum)

[@mamba101]

All other federation ships are multi role ships, e.g, exploration, research, diplomacy etc whereas the defiant was purely a combat ship, I.e, it had limited ability for any other mission type.

[@Duchess_Van_Hoof]

It and the Prometheus, *dedicated* combat ships.

[@dxdynamite47]

Point: NOT everyone on a Galaxy class had individual quarters. Please see the episode "Lower Decks" (EPISODE, not SERIES) for proof.

[@HellHammerThrash]

it's a tough little ship...

[@jackdubz4247]

Little?

[@cornerofthemoon]

I know it’s a much larger vessel but I can’t help but think of the Defiant as Star Trek’s Millennium Falcon

[@jefferyyoung2580]

I love the uss defent 😊

[@PJAvenger]

For many years, NCC-1701 was my favourite Federation ship. No bloody A, B, C or D! Then came the Defiant. Pulse phasers, cloak, quantum torpedos, maneuvered like a fighter - oh yeah! Original Enterprise was a science vessel, but sort of hmmmmm... a bus. A cool bus, but quite utilitarian. NCC-1701D was like a carribean cruise ship with guns. And children - yeah I hated that. Voyager was sleeker - I reckon it's a Bentley. With guns. And yet still children, ack.

[@jackylee5850]

There seems to be the implication that Sisko at some point managed to pull a few favors with the people at the shipyard and had the Defiant equipped with Ablative Armor off the books, something even Starfleet Operations didn't know about.

[@griffinsummoner]

As far as available space goes, the Defiant had about as much luxury as a Danube runabout, just twice as many of them (mess halls, sleeping quarters, medical facilities, etc)

[@samaravadi3]

The Defiant, the only ship to be able to be called the Pimp hand of Starfleet because EVERYTHING ON IT IS A WEAPON

[@damongraham1398]

I would like to see a updated Defiant class in Star Trek Legacy or the Captain Seven era. 8 decks. About half the size or a little bit more than the saucer section of the Enterprise D. The lower two decks can be configured to be either a troop carrier or fighter carrier. Everything else can be the same, just updated for the era.

[@AidestheKiwi]

Inspired by Ferrari, temperamental, overpowered, and absolutely goes like the clappers. Yep, the Defiant is definitely Italian 🇮🇹

[@JordanElliottMcClure]

Awesome!❤

[@karasu1982]

200k and you sing Enterprise theme? Congratulations you get a follower.

[@surferdude4487]

That's a tough little ship!

[@ditzydoo4378]

One would think that a back-up deflector array would be behind the warhead...

[@Phil-D83]

Klingon sryle reactor pit engineering section with a oversized/overclocked power system

[@Nebula1701]

Funny that the physical model of the Defiant was 6 decks tall.

[@TheFearlessFew]

I need a full lore breakdown of the Klingon empire and culture!

[@bozhijak]

We'll just send in more Ice Cream Trucks then. (I Died!!!). Congrats on 100K!

[@BigAntTVMedia]

Awesome video

[@jameslewis2635]

I would say that the Dreadnaught class (TOS era) was the first Starfleet Warship. Also the Miranda class in its original configuration was pretty good as a war ship.

[@fasthackm]

So, are we giving a field commission to Miles O'Brien? Pretty hefty one AT THAT! From Chief Petty Officers to what? 🤖 Now you know that Worf was itchin to use the 'WarHead' 👽