The Enterprise-D vs The Borg - one last time

"Fate. Protects fools, little children, and ships named Enterprise."

[@davidknowles2491]

Darth Vader - "I now have a cool new corridor scene!" Luke Skywalker - "I also now have a cool new corridor scene!" 1701-D - "Hold my Phaser bank."

[@JimmyCerra]

I loved how the shields deflected the flames from the explosions around the ship!

[@amei_G80_BmwM3]

@@JimmyCerra nah, it’s a whole tunnel run (Ace combat Reference btw)

[@GodsUltimateWeapon]

😂😂😂lol‼️

[@senya1672]

@@amei_G80_BmwM3 Great thanks alot now im gonna paly the tunnel run stage on ace combat 7 lol

[@amei_G80_BmwM3]

@@senya1672 ahh a man of culture I see 😂

[@SargonTheGrape]

I hated how the Enterprise got destroyed in Generations. I hated the thought that they just scrapped or left her to rot. This show fixed all of that, gave her the most badass showing she's ever had, and as the cherry on top gave her a comfortable retirement in the museum. It's like Dr. McCoy said back in Encounter At Farpoint. "You treat her like a lady, and she'll always bring you home."

[@gabelogan5877]

It was a two hour film. They weren’t going to show the ship being salvaged. Nor was it intended to leave the ship there. The system had a pre warp society. The federation was always going to salvage the ship to prevent cultural contamination.

[@jptang1701]

@@gabelogan5877 Maybe they should salvage your mother.

[@CaptWirg]

we waited 35 years to watch the Enterprise open fire like that.

[@paulusbexkens4392]

yess we did

[@andimanila]

"Why am I sensing enjoyment?" Then pan to Data's huge grin. That's not enjoyment, Counsellor, that's pure and utter joy! 😂

[@theNewBee]

The enjoyment was coming from the audience!

[@bradman1984]

Take note Star Wars. This is how you treat your legacy characters and ship.

[@Ensign_Cthulhu]

To be fair, the sequels were the only Star Wars film media to show explicitly where the quad cannons were mounted.

[@Trinoya]

Thanks to the effects department for finally showing that the Enterprise D absolutely can dance.

[@jeremydale4548]

Thank Modern CGI for that. This would not have been possible 20 years ago or so.

[@danivarius]

That plus a more human Data is absolutely bat shit crazy!!

[@gravijiga]

@@jeremydale4548 *29 years

[@davfree9732]

Great. Now lets see the J match moves the Defiant would be envious of. Who needs the Defiant when you have an VFX department who don't have a visual language to denote size and mass in their ships?

[@ralalbatross]

​​@@davfree9732 Or a VFX department that understands that ships capable of 0.25c can probably manage to move around a bit at 2000kph Maybe you just dunno what you're talking about

[@wombatix1654]

Such a beautiful swan song for the Enterprise-D, especially given the context. The first human ship the Borg ever came into contact with, the same ship that managed to slip from their clutches multiple times, now risen from the grave just to put them out of their misery once and for all. The Borg truly lived and died as the D's bitch

[@adambrown6669]

Technically the third/second in a weird timey wimey way. Chronologically the first human ship the Borg encounter was the NX-01, though these borg technically are future borg so in an interesting roundabout way the first enterprise is also the third one the borg encounter. Then after that with no timey wimey stuff and instead just classic star trek continuity oddness, the Raven encountered the Borg well before the Enterprise, resulting in the assimilation of the Hansons, then they met the Enterprise D. So in terms of order strictly following the years earliest to latest the NX is first but if you follow things as they happen it's the Raven that's first, followed by the D And while the D did have some accomplishments vs. the Borg they never really did anything truly devastating, that honour falls to Voyager, that ship saved the borg from being bitchslapped by 8472, outmanoeuvred them constantly, destroyed several borg ships, a tactical cube, stole borg tech, triggered the borg revolution via unimatrix 0, accidentally made a super future borg and had him destroy a Borg sphere, then to top it all off future Janeway herself talked smack right in the Queens face before infecting the collective with a virus that crippled them just before Voyager and normal Janeway destroyed a major transwarp hub network, stranding them too, Voyager is the reason the borg in Picard are where they are, that lone super cube has likely been the culmination of 20 years of desperation and limping to a position to enact the very same plan announced by the Queen in Voyager.

[@columbiariverdetailing1943]

Thanks to Q introducing them to the Borg

[@ucarouen]

That last line made me actually laugh out loud.

[@danielhaire6677]

Enterprise -D to the Borg: "You have threatened me. You have threatened my crew. And you have threatened my Captain and his family. *ASSIMILATE THIS!!* "

[@kenjisparks]

Bruce Lee approves lol

[@draconusfrigidus]

Borg: You are not the first Federation ship the Collective has faced! Enterprise-D: Maybe, maybe not, but I'll make damn sure I'm the last Federation ship the Collective lives to face! *blasts the Borg beacon to smithereens*

[@andrewtrumper8392]

I've never seen a building fly through the insides of another building with such grace before.

[@peteramaranth85]

Don't you mean city fly through a continent as those are frigin masive

[@davezad]

Not since 1983, at least.

[@mastere6115]

​@@peteramaranth85 nah, thats a town flying through a small moon xD

[@playswithblades]

You my fine sir are a dick. But a damned fine one if I do say so myself.

[@jeremydale4548]

This is what CGI can do people. And it is GLORIOUS!

[@KroMagnum4]

20 years to actually see the Enterprise kick some ass. It was worth it.

[@Jarsia]

30 almost

[@KroMagnum4]

@@Jarsia Didn't want to date myself😃

[@Jarsia]

@@KroMagnum4 ROFL, I hear ya

[@KroMagnum4]

@@Jarsia I watched the original series - when it was the original series😅😅

[@osiversen]

The old gal still has it

[@ianbremner4436]

I love the fact they used the classic 'bubble' shields on the D where all the more modern ships have the hull hugging versions.

[@wintercat2605]

And these seem more effective. If there's still thermal or shock transfer, why would you want it right against your hull instead of way out there?

[@sectionEnigma]

@@wintercat2605 I am not sure entirely if there is an in universe explanation- I could only think perhaps as shield systems became more advanced that their defensive capabilities perhaps were enhanced, but the energy drain became more significant. So instead of producing a full shield around the ship, a sort of 'shield skin' is more energy effective than producing an entire bubble.

[@lefr33man]

@@wintercat2605 Conversely, do we really need to block a shot that misses the hull by a few meters or, for example, passes through the empty space between the secondary hull and one of the nacelles? sounds like a lot of wasted energy.

[@HawkGTboy]

@@lefr33manExactly. The shield bubble creates a much larger target. It still looks cooler than the hull-conforming shields though.

[@adambrown6669]

​@@HawkGTboythat's debatable, the bubble is very simple and yes pretty cool but the hull wrapped shielding ripple effects look really good on various different ships and on ships like the Akira, Steamrunner, Constitution, Sovereign etc and stations like DS9 the hull wrapped shielding would both look better and make more sense, the designs of some of those ships renders them either very streamlined or offers various bits of empty space in the design like the twin booms of the akira and steamrunner or the tall thin neck and pylons of the constitution, and then DS9 has massive amounts of empty space around it's outer ring and pylons. Both designs are amazing at the end of the day though.

[@brendangkelleher2669]

Picard in Generations : “ Unfortunately,the Enterprise cannot be salvaged “ Geordi: “ Yeah we’ll see about that..

[@sultanofsauce9816]

You sure they weren’t referring to the Enterprise E there? I thought it was pretty clear the 1701-D was a museum, no reason to think they wouldn’t have kept it at least semi-operational

[@ArthurRex131]

Picard said the D couldn't be salvaged at the end of Generations. The E hadn't been built yet. @@sultanofsauce9816

[@SlayerKast]

@@sultanofsauce9816 Nope, that was near the end of the Generations movie. To be fair, the saucer section was the only surviving part of the Enterprise-D, since the warp core overload vaporized the secondary hull. So aside from the bridge and most of the living quarters, there wasn't anything left to salvage... unless your name is Geordi LaForge and you use another decommissioned Galaxy-class to serve as the hull and have the original saucer section affixed instead!

[@dr.nigelcool3771]

The D swooping in to beam them out is the greatest freaking Star Trek scene in decades!

[@chungwong1010]

That swing by felt like what Waverider would do in LOT

[@howardjones6432]

Maybe the best ever...

[@dmacbass]

That was badass!

[@dmacbass]

I loved the way Picard was looking up at her and grinning ear to ear. You can tell she's his baby.

[@Timberwolf69]

@@dmacbass They both were smiling in circles...

[@stephenfender5895]

After all this time, we finally get to see EVERY phaser array open up! Dorsal, ventral, port, starboard, forward, and even the aft array flanking the photon launcher. She really kicked ass here, and thanks to Beverly for making it so.

[@WilfredIvanhoe]

She's just living up to the name of... CRUSHER. And the Borg got to feel it firsthand.

[@sbels9812]

Just remember Worf considers the D's weapons Limited my question is what the hell do you consider well armed ya Klingon you. 😋

[@Varekai0723]

​@@sbels9812 Well, he did command the Defiant on numerous occasions with its pew pew pew phasers.

[@TheUltraMinebox]

​@@Varekai0723lets not forget the battle of the bassen rift as well :) Worf did some magic with E's phasers

[@An_Onion]

@@WilfredIvanhoe you could say the Borg got Crushed. I'll see myself out...

[@hombreangel]

Terry Matalas: "Let's Make Sure That HISTORY Never Forgets The Name....ENTERPRISE D"

[@DanaDoesStuff]

Now THAT, ladies and gentlemen, is what a Galaxy-class starship can do. Hot damn, what a ride!

[@Kitchevo]

Finally an Enterprise that kicks ass and doesn’t end up being blown up/crashed/fed to a temporal anomaly I’m so glad the lady has had the fitting send off she always deserved

[@nicholas.alan85]

Do they show what happens to the D at the end? Did I miss it?

[@suppressor6172]

@@nicholas.alan85 It's fully repaired and sparkly in space dock.

[@nicholas.alan85]

@@suppressor6172 someone else said it is retired and put in the museum because it's the last of her class and far too valuable. Do we see what happens or are we left to make it up ourselves?

[@SignoftheMagi]

@@nicholas.alan85 A bit spoilery but the D is displayed at the Fleet Museum at the end, fully resorted and functional, one year later. So she is fine and at rest.

[@nicholas.alan85]

@@SignoftheMagi awesome thank you. If you want to delete that comment go ahead. It is a bit spoilery. Haha. But thank you!

[@kevinslater4126]

And thus the Enterprise D goes from Legendary to Mythic

[@singletona082]

In time of greatest need. She was ready.

[@RyanHayes1984]

"You're damn right!" - Picard

[@mlthmp]

When she was needed the most.. she was ready to go out with a bang!

[@SRWOtaku]

That wasn't Mythic. That was God-Tier! I was crushed seeing the ship meet its end in the Generations Movie. This made me cry in joy.

[@htownjesse]

The Hero Ship for All Time!

[@Zhortac]

Now the future won't look at the End-D and go "didn't she get blown up by an old ass klingon ship?", and instead go "isn't that the old ship that came back to save us from our own stupidity and the Borg?" This was justice for what happened to her in Generations.

[@tomc9453]

As much as I liked the Sovereign class, seeing the Enterprise D kicking ass, doing a trench run and Data _handbrake turning a Galaxy class star ship_ satisfied me beyond all words!

[@Alemiha]

Why do I sense enjoyment?

[@kodachromatic]

“Let’s see what this Galaxy class starship can do.”

[@SamCogley]

That was Troi. 😉

[@MikePhantom]

@@SamCogley why not both?

[@SamCogley]

@@MikePhantom because Troi was the one who got a bead on Riker due to their empathic link and jumped for the helm console.

[@Ensign_Cthulhu]

0:56 I love it. They're all looking at her with jaws on the floor because she just put up the best performance at the weapons station of the ship's entire career. (That being said, she IS on record as having blown up a Borg ship with only a scratch crew of ensigns to help her, so this is just Badass Beverley Crusher Moment 2.0.) 1:17 I didn't think Troi could pick up Data's moods, but there you go. Finally he gets his chance to drive it like he stole it, because win or lose, he knows that this is the ship's last fight and he doesn't have to worry about conserving airframe hours. And no, I don't fucking care that this is ripping off Return of the Jedi. This is the D's core bridge crew going out with a bang, not a whimper. This is their Battle of Khitomer, and they've earned it.

[@mastere6115]

For thr point about Data, this isn't android data, this is golem data, he is pretty much a human so she can feel his emotions

[@leroyr.winstonjr.8547]

I think the son of mogh would be happy the way she did it. He would have look at her and say: truly, you are a proud Klingon warrior. She would have look at him and said: I thank you for the compliment, but I'm an enraged mother hell-bent on saving my son.

[@HawkGTboy]

Well, this isn't the first time she's faced the Borg in battle. She was in command of the Enterprise during the episodes Descent pt. 1 and 2.

[@ripple-effect-mlp]

Hell hath no fury like an angry mother.

[@davidhenderson3400]

"he doesn't have to worry about conserving airframe hours." At this point the counter is nothing but a blur.

[@thebradman4662]

I like how Beverly was the one to blow up the Borg weaponry…..unlike the feature films, THEY GAVE HER SOMETHING TO DO AND SHE KICKED ASS!!!! 😁

[@ianmc87]

This is a museum ship? The Enterprise D still looks like the flagship of Starfleet here. I absolutely love this. Thank you Terry Matalas for bringing Star Trek back!

[@singletona082]

She was being flown by the ONE person in the fleet that could have flown her like that, and i don't even want ot know what all that manouvering did to her hours logged counter. Amazing what you can make a ship do when you give no fucks on what the butcher bill will look like.

[@Dannymiles1987]

Took sabotage to take down our favorite ship.

[@av799]

@@Dannymiles1987 And really, it was a deus ex machine for the sisters when you think about it. They were literally lucky enough to look through the bug planted in Geordi’s visor and spotted the shield frequency at a precise moment. And even then, they still lost. It’s just nice to know that while the old girl was injured in the fight, she was rebuilt for one last year of service.

[@Ecoxiss]

Because the show kinda fucked up how long ships are in service. It makes no sense that the D and E class ships arent used anymore

[@reapergamingcentral4238]

I think he used BATTLESHIP (2012) as an inspiration to bring Enty-D back. Lol.

[@shadesofslay]

Great to see the D get the glorious hero sequences she deserved. She was a cast member as much as any of the actors. Unleashing her arsenal, sweeping through the cube, swinging down to save Picard and company from the explosion - just the most epic thing I’ve ever seen. This episode of Star Trek is my favourite. The season is one of the best ever. The music, the acting, the effects - just such a return to form. I didn’t think I’d ever feel this way again. I’m so glad I got to watch it with my dad. He and I watched TNG together from the start when I was only 5. Tonight, we watched this episode together. 30+ years later - and what a payoff. Just spectacular.

[@willdavis3802]

The only one in this scene that didn't get a hero moment was the ships conscience. Troi was as useful as ever. She sat and tried to look pretty. They should have put her on sensors and have Data take the left chair.

[@Timberwolf69]

@@willdavis3802 Those consoles have never been strictly one use only. You could access almost every system from them, enabling you to get the ship out of harm's way if the rest of the crew was disabled. Deanna later took the other console to take conrol of the transporter and provide Data with the coordinates to get into transporter range.

[@matthewbowen5841]

I have read that Gene R. himself told the Enterprise D's designer, Andrew Probert, that the ship should be considered a cast member as they developed TNG and her design. Knocked it out of the park, guys, and this is 40 years later.

[@michaelminch5490]

That slide-in maneuver to beam everyone out was fantastic! And her exit from the exploding cube, trailing fire....WOW!!!

[@xander11167]

Fast and Furious The Galaxy Class Drift.

[@MagnumoftheMountains]

As a kid who grew up in the 90s, THIS was my Enterprise. I know everyone has a favorite, but this one is mine. It was so emotionally moving to see that ship resurrected one last time to defeat the bad guys and save the day. To me, it's the best Enterprise. And she gets to live on, no longer, as Riker said, "Gone before her time."

[@ZR117]

Same but My fav was the constitution but sometimes we have to move on but I wonder what sick maneuvers the constitution could pull off

[@thanqualthehighseer]

Worf " i prefer the weapon systems on the E " Enterprise D " hold my photon torpedo "

[@gerwynevans4138]

My Enterprise too. Good to see the old girl back in action. Fire torpedoes!

[@MagnumoftheMountains]

@@thanqualthehighseer 🤣😂🤣

[@MagnumoftheMountains]

@@thanqualthehighseer RIGHt Enterprise D saw what Wedge and Lando did with the second Death Star and was like, "Yo watch this."

[@Hockey-Baseball.]

I love how the Star Trek theme played during the 1701-D’s assault. Almost like saying “I am back”

[@deksroning125]

For those of you wondering how the ENT-D can maneuver like that... its actually pretty simple: It is because starships project a low level subspace field to lower their inertial mass. DS9 crew did the same to the station when they moved it in the pilot from orbit of Bajor to the mouth of the wormhole (they had to project a stabile low level subspace field around the station to protect it in transit and increase their speed so they could reach the wormhole by next day on thrusters alone). So, low level subpsace field drops a ship's inertial mass, and its able to fly at 0.25c (at least) while making extremely agile turns at sublight (and even at Warp). All established in canon

[@alexhogg5787]

No, wasn't wondering. There's limits to my nerd needs. Sometimes, cool is just cool. It DOESN'T MATTER *how*. It just is....

[@fatnerd5883]

É simples ! " W vai para cima , S vai para baixo , A vai para a esquerda , D vai para a direita .

[@Damien_Hu]

@@alexhogg5787 it also has a positronic AI piloting it this time so ;)

[@SonicSlicer]

@@alexhogg5787 This definitely applies the Rule of Cool, but it helps that it stands on canon.

[@TheRealLordLuck]

That shot of them beaming up with the Enterprise D overhead is epic!

[@JasonBoyce]

Watching the Enterprise drift in like a race car was absolutely badass, the scale seemed a little off but I was absolutely willing to forgive that for a shot that was so great

[@shaun3423]

@@JasonBoyce the scale isn’t really off. A Galaxy-class starship is 641m long with a beam of 470m. The Ent-A is about the same length as the D’s warp nacelle.

[@HawkGTboy]

And it it was Troi that was piloting it. I loved that part. It was as if the ship itself were saying to them "It's okay, we've got you!"

[@HawkGTboy]

@@shaun3423 Have you ever walked off 640 meters? It's fricking huge. People have built it in Minecraft. It's so big that, when you're waling on the hull, you wouldn't even recognize it at certain angles.

[@shaun3423]

@@HawkGTboy I spent 20 years in the Navy. Stationed on CVNs. I am well aware of how big something like that is.

[@davidcrisell9679]

Data flying the Big D like was a shuttlecraft, Dr C just standing there flexing a her beauty whilst pummelling the shit out of a big scary metal cube from the inside, La Forge spewing Engineering problems for everyone to cope with and Counselor Troi sensing the emotions of the entire battle at once. Star Trek at its absolute finest...

[@NashmanNash]

Although those weapons should not have been able to do much against the Borg...not by this point

[@ralalbatross]

@@NashmanNash Size still counts for things. The Galaxy class starships still have a massive warp core, several hundred photon torpedoes (that are likely modern anyway) and those enormously powerful strip phaser banks. The Titan and other ships are still more modern, and the Odyssey out weighs her, but she wasn't facing off against the Odyssey. She was going up against an old, pieced together Borg cube put together by what's left of the Collective. The Borg survived their first encounter against the Enterprise D purely by virtue of their ability to adapt. Starfleet had thirty years to come up with countermeasures, all of which will have been built into any systems on board the renovated D. The nacelles were from the Syracuse which means the engineering section and likely main computer core were as well, and the Syracuse was decommissioned. Likelihood is that anything Starfleet knew was on board this version of the Enterprise.

[@anicetune]

@@NashmanNash It's best not to engage your brain too much when watching Alex Kurtzman's Star Trek, or you'll see a show with more holes in it than Swiss cheese. I try and let my imagination fill the holes in or pretend it never happened. I feel your pain though. 😟

[@mastere6115]

​@@anicetune that's the thing, he did do this season, another director did it. I don't remember his name, but yeah not Alex this time

[@compmanio36]

@@NashmanNash Yes. But these are nitpicks and while valid, in comparison to the rest of the NuTrek we have gotten, season 3 of Picard is an absolute godsend. I'll take the minor mistakes if the heart and soul of Trek is there. And it seems to be. Hopefully they don't go back to sucking on the next iteration.

[@Bigbennumber7]

Love the subtle creaking of the ship in the background. She's old but she's still giving everything.

[@CommonSenseYa]

That moment when they all look back at Bev always brings shivers down my spine I LOVE IT.

[@Ghostly_One1]

One might say beverly was absolutely, ahhem, crushing it.

[@SomeCallMeTim47]

I've always felt that TNG always managed to make the D herself into a character. This felt to me like she decided "You have now reached the Find Out stage." She was NOT having any of the Borgs nonsense.

[@seanwhitman8353]

She had come in to chew bubblegum and kick ass And her replicators were not installed. Campy line I know, but the Enterprise D was definitely here to wreck shop, and boy howdy did she do it in style.

[@singletona082]

'I've had it with all these Motherfucking Borg in My Motherfucking Star System.'

[@filthycasual8187]

Enterprise did us and the entire NCC-1701 lineage proud with this. She's earned her rest.

[@cyberstar251]

oh every hero ship in star trek has always been a character, but yes, for me i could just tell she was having fun and was so happy being with her friends again for one last adventure.

[@Fluffy1877]

@@seanwhitman8353 Replicators are installed on Tuesday.

[@BattlestarGentoo]

It almost moves me to tears to see "old" D in this epic action. This is the greatest honor bestowed to this ship.

[@raven4k998]

it makes me wonder how booby trap would have gone had Geordie had faith in data's abilities he said then to not even Data could do it and yet Picard did it so maybe he Underestimated him there to think about it

[@chadthecreative]

@@raven4k998 yes!!!

[@ProtoKun7]

@@raven4k998 Wasn't the idea behind that that Data would've been making hundreds of calculations if not more, when the trick was to do as little as possible?

[@raven4k998]

@@ProtoKun7 yeah but then again Geordie always said Data couldn't do it so what has changed other then maybe data could do it just saying

[@davidlewis5312]

especially since we rarely got to see the Ent-D just smack a fool around. Most of TNG the mentality was 'speak softly, carry a big stick, never swing the stick'

[@ragzzytv]

Picard: Enterprise is not a warship. It's a ship of exploration Enterprise: BRRRRRRRRRR!!! RATATATATATATA!!

[@robertf3479]

Enterprise: No my Captain, I am whatever ship you need me to be. I prefer to be a ship of exploration but if needed I can be a ship of war. Today I am a BATTLESHIP.

[@shanegarland3954]

35 years later and she still looks fantastic. A credit to the original creators.

[@antonbrakhage490]

I was thinking how ridiculous it was for a big ship like the Enterprise D to be manuvering through the cube like a little fighter, but then it occurred to me- Data was at the helm. If there's one person in Starfleet who could fly a Galaxy class ship like that, its the one with a vast android brain and superhuman reflexes.

[@eddiek8179]

Yup. And they fully explained how just before he flew it too.

[@howardjones6432]

The only one who could.

[@singletona082]

the only one with the reactions to do it, and he had seven+ years at the helm of that ship to know exactly just how far the frame could be stressed.

[@LyokoisGreat2]

good thing it was just them on the ship

[@mightymulatto3000]

​@@howardjones6432 Wesley tried not to piss him self when Kern took command and flew the hell out of the ship too.

[@drockjr]

Admit it; when Deanna took the helm, we all thought: "no no no no no no no!"

[@PattersonLundquist]

I watched this with a friend the night it went live. I didn't even realize it, but during that photon and phaser volley I apparently said out loud "Holy shit Beverly, forward, aft, dorsal, ventral, port and starboard?! Home girl just opened up every array and photon launcher on the entire ship!" My friend told me afterwards "seeing you geeking out like that was delightful."

[@Skodalicious]

Did everyone clap?

[@oolooo]

Worf is crying wishing that had been him

[@Cirux321]

We all know the Enterprise E was a beast. We all seen what a Galaxy class could do when configured for battle in DS9 during the Dominion War. But seeing the Enterprise D be rebuilt, come in wrecking faces and showing us all what she could really do is a wonderful surprise and a superb ending to this series. Its been a very long time since anything Star Trek has had me this excited and drawn me in emotionally like this. THIS is what the franchise desperately needed. The star power of the TNG crew and the Enterprise D saved the universe. Not only on screen, but the Star Trek universe as a whole. Thank you Terry Matalas for giving us what we all wanted and needed and taking us for one last ride with arguably the most loved ship and crew in Star Trek history.

[@JarvisBrodie]

Seeing the beautifully resurrected Enterprise-D flying into action like that for the first time was just pure gold!!🥇

[@borgCube100]

Patrick Stewart was against this sort of return. But even hi admitted he was wrong. Same for me, this was my Enterprise. Enterprise E would prolly be my second favourite ship - but by jolly the Enterprise D is beautiful - and powerful. I actually feel sorry for the Dominion.

[@rolandmiller5456]

Yeah but you got a bunch of people champing at the bed about you can't get rid of this character you can't get rid of that character. Sooner or later you have to move on that's just the reality of the situation. You think about this every single member of that bridge team is over 70. You have to be prepared to see new shows new characters etc. But you have a bunch of folks around here who want to sit around and think about what the good old days were like.

[@rolandmiller5456]

Now don't get me wrong in my above comment I love Star Trek and everything about it. But let things move forward. If folks like Terry Matalas can do that sort of thing I'm all for it

[@htownjesse]

With you, 100%!!!🖖

[@1976npk]

Compared to an untimely demise at the hands of a Bird of Prey, this delivered JUSTICE for my favorite starship!!

[@crisespinoza1979]

Ahh, the old Enterprise D. Still beautiful after all these years. I love it!! ❤️ ❤

[@timewarpfactor]

Andrew Probert. Designer of both the Enterprise-D itself and its bridge. What a legend. Both designs still hold up 35+ years later. I hope he got at least a small amount of satisfaction from this "final" appearance of his ship. Thank you to all involved with the return of the ship and bridge.

[@BruddaJakka]

Troi was able to get that Marriott Convention Center to drift.

[@mdeitz19]

Love that they actually showed the saucer section impulse drives offline as per the Galaxy-class specifications while it was connected to the star drive. The shield bubble was also amazing... Everything about this scene was just amazing and a massive nod to the TNG crew (this includes the Enterprise-D). Seeing it finally win against the Borg without sustaining massive damage made this all the better.

[@normie26]

Thank you for pointing out the shield bubble! It's everywhere, fire dancing around it during their first run in the cube surface and as it's flying away.. Love it!

[@forceinfinity]

Yeah, I thought the ship punching a hole in the flames was a nice touch

[@xyeahtony1]

modern CGI is a great thing!

[@flaturiah]

The saucer section impulse drives being lit up with everything else on certain models has always bugged the crap out of me. Glad there's another person that looks for that.

[@SilverKnight16]

Data fucking Tokyo drifting the Enterprise D through the center of a Borg cube is possibly the greatest thing I've seen in years. This made my inner fangirl squeal in delight--I'm so glad they made the ship itself get one last hurrah, and finally cut loose.

[@pipoo1]

These might be the best CGI sequences ever created for television

[@TheGuyWithTheSniper]

One last notch on the hull for the old beauty. The first Starfleet vessel to kill a Borg cube and now the last. Happy retirement, Big D. You earned it.

[@bellezahans]

From what I’ve seen in Star Trek, I have never seen a ship this large perform maneuvers with unbelievable grace. this is a fitting way for one more run.

[@shavaughndavidson2257]

You've never seen large maneuvers in context of battles but if you watch a few episodes you realize for things the size of skyscrapers and carriers are ridiculousness maneuverable

[@motaz1975]

thanks to the driver....mr. Data!

[@obsidiansands]

@@motaz1975And for ONCE, Troi didn't *crash* them... But that's probably because Data anticipated it already.

[@nickgiovanniit5809]

In TNG they always talked about how manoeuvrable the Enterprise D was. It was good to finally see that.

[@Diego-zz1df]

Have you ever watched Return of the Jedi?

[@rex2161]

Only the Enterprise D can come back from the grave to kick some ass

[@jetpac76]

Great the way you can see the old bubble shield repulsing the fiery explosions of the cube, especially at the end when the Enterprise exits with a ball of fire hanging around the shield. And the phasers charging around the circular saucer strip. Absolutely brilliant show of a brilliant ship. On the new starships, the shields are so close to the hull you can hardly tell if they're actually helping!

[@ToolofSociety]

My god everything s there and operating as specced.

[@daniels7907]

Brings tears to my eyes. The Ent-D was my childhood Enterprise and seeing her back and beating the Borg was joyous!

[@ZR117]

Mine was the TOS constitution to TMP but that and now This ship is My fav

[@HawkGTboy]

It hit me right in the feels as well. I spent most of my childhood gazing at that ship, or playing with various models of it. I still have a 6" die cast toy from the 80s, my youngest kid plays with it. All the paint is rubbed off of it but it's tough and it's still the Enterprise.

[@Roper122]

The Enterprise D, was the Enterprise in more episodes, and more onscreen time than any other.

[@ZR117]

@@Roper122 agreed but so was nx, TOS constitution , D before you say no not strange New worlds so ×

[@Roper122]

@@ZR117 All those were the Enterprise ... The D was the for the longest. 130 hours of TV.

[@FBHSswimmer2006]

Loved seeing the Enterprise D kick some ass again. It was glorious. And I laughed so hard when Troi said, "Why am I sensing enjoyment" and seeing Data with a big smile on his face. LMAO!

[@Timberwolf69]

Me too.

[@lurchy666]

Pedal to the metal is always fun....

[@cyberstar251]

i can just tell she's having fun on this last adventure and that she's so happy being with her crew one last time.

[@rogerdorn38]

When the Enterprise comes in, swings around and hovers , Jack and Picard look at up at her then at each other and smile. Awesome.

[@ohnen818]

That's an Uber pick up you really gotta seriously tip.

[@DirectorNeumiller]

That's my favorite power slide moment

[@DreamWeaverX420]

Anyone else absolutely lose it when they saw Data grinning like a mischievous kid while he made the Enterprise literally dance at his fingertips? Because I did!

[@EddieA907]

Oh ! I love new Data!

[@peterjensen6844]

The music cue right there is absolutely perfect.

[@gilmadreth680]

He finally understood the human propensity for driving vehicles at inadvisably reckless speeds

[@vladdracula5851]

I think that was the first time in a long time since the Wrath of Khan that I've ever been so amped watching a ship-to-ship battle I was jumping up and down smiling laughing my ass off the whole time and especially with the look data had

[@jameshunt7972]

Me too!

[@Walexander3243]

Did you miss DS9's seasons 5,6 and 7? Just look up the fan remastered Sacrifice of the Angels if not

[@christopherlong9493]

How the Galaxy class should have always been portrayed. This season was nothing short of incredible.

[@travisboyle285]

I can understand why it wasn't on the TV show. The model was too heavy to do anything like this.

[@christopherlong9493]

@@travisboyle285 Not even so much the dancing around, but the fact it could punch way above its weight.

[@Timberwolf69]

@@christopherlong9493 Oh, they sometimes showed that the D could do that... Remember the Husnok? Most other ships would have been space dust after the first hit.

[@christopherlong9493]

@@Timberwolf69 eh, I dunno if I’d count that since that was a Q like entity construct. A better example would be Darmok, and the battle with that ship. Another point: Though it was destroyed in a kamikaze attack, the Odyssey did take a beating from 3 Jem Hadar fighters unshielded. Which was nice after the BS story line of a Bird of Prey destroying the D in Generations.

[@Timberwolf69]

@@christopherlong9493 I am not entirely sure if I mixed these two ships up, somehow... My memory is tainted a little by watching many snippets of TNG here on YT with no real timeline or reference. The Crew of the BoP used a cheatcode that enabled them to tap into the signal of Geordie's visor - an exploit used more than once in the show...

[@johnsmithfakename8422]

The first time we see the Enterprise-D cut loose. A pilot that knows how to extract every bit of performance out of her, a trigger happy gunner, and the technology to bring the imagination to life.

[@RobertJones-ux6nc]

It would be apparent that Data's emotion chip is really working great, because even Troi can feel it the emotions from it.

[@thebradman4662]

This season, despite its flaws (nothing is perfect, folks!) is BY FAR the most fun I’ve had watching Trek in a long time. THIS is what we needed!!!!

[@kanton4108]

Don't just say despite its flaws and not tell us. (Nobody's perfect, folks!). Tell us! You said it, tell us! (I'll probably agree with all and maybe add a couple to the playlist).

[@ajc-ff5cm]

I only have nitpicking complaints ... this was wonderfully done.

[@cptpepper7731]

See, it can be done. Take note Star Wars and all the other Star Trek creators. Just give the fans (the customers) what they want and we'll love you for it.

[@willdavis3802]

Fan service always is. Shame the first two seasons were SJW shit at the behest of Sir Patrick Steward...

[@chrisianlewis]

Well this season had a trans allegory with seven of nine being dead named by Shaw. But like all the best allegories in sci-fi, they’re gracefully inserted subtlety as to not be distracting. But make no mistake, Star Trek is a show born of a desire to promote “SJW shit”

[@itsOasus]

I love how much more of a badass Beverly is. From the beginning of the season right to the end.

[@travis8850]

Gates wouldn't have returned if they tried to make Beverly a living piece of furniture again. She had enough of that bitter pill. Lol.

[@OptimusWombat]

A lot has happened in 20 years ....

[@lkgrave4959]

Let's hand it to Geordi. When he wanted to make all the ships in his museum historically accurate, he did just that. Shields, Loaded Photon Torpedo Bays, Fully-Charged Phaser Arrays and operational Cloaking Devices for the Klingon and (we assume) Romulan Ships.

[@mardus_ee]

I think Kirk's Bird-of-Prey HMS Bounty and USS Defiant NCC-74205 were the only ships to have a permanent cloaking device without incurring the wrath of the Romulan Empire and then the Romulan Free State. USS Enterprise NCC-1701, Enterprise-D, and USS Titan-A (now Enterprise-G) had their cloaking devices only temporarily, and USS Pegasus had it secretly.

[@timothymonk9885]

That shot of the Enterprise moving away after Crusher finishes firing gave me chills. God they killed it with this season!!

[@MsDemonBunny]

0:52: when they all turn to Crusher like, damn, girl! 😆 And at 1:14: Deanna: "Why am I sensing enjoyment?" And it's because Data 2.0 is having the time of his life. 😂 (If I recall correctly, she didn't really sense Data 1.0 anymore that the computer because it was a different wavelength or what have you than from plain fully organic life forms, so she likely wouldn't recognize what she is able to sense from Data now because this is a new form of life. She knows WHAT she senses, just not from whom.) Seeing a real smile from Data is a thing I did not know I needed, but damn, if it wasn't lovely. Also Data's fingers dancing over the controls. Always loved that.

[@tek512]

Data 1.0 had no emotions to sense. She was able to sense something from him only during those brief times something allowde him to feel.

[@SVSky]

She's feeling the audience through the third wall.

[@Timberwolf69]

@@SVSky I always thought we would be hiding behind the fourth wall...

[@CarnorJast1138]

I always KNEW The Enterprise D, The Big D, was more than just a "luxury liner in space". She was much much more than that, and this scene showcased her doing a serious kick butt on the Borg and gracefully doing so! The Big D was and still IS the best Starship to bear the name, ENTERPRISE!

[@jeremydale4548]

Thank modern CGI for allowing for the show to, at LONG LAST, showcase what the Galaxy class can REALLY do. This would not have been possible when TNG first aired. At most she woulda just been able to do a U-turn to sling her saucer section into safety. (From what I remember. If the Enterprise D in TNG pulled off something better in terms of manuevering feel free to let me know.)

[@paulrasmussen8953]

She always was power but not as.power as she could be becuase of starfleet mentality

[@Nicolas_Cage_Bees]

I haven't seen this show due to the awful reception of the first season. Is this literally a 1:1 copy of the Enterprise D or is it like visually the Enterprise D but with say the Dominion War upgrades? Because the upgraded Galaxies from the Dominion War were massively powerful.

[@markdillon5494]

@@Nicolas_Cage_Bees 1 to 1 copy of the original. No upgrades.

[@Nicolas_Cage_Bees]

@@markdillon5494 so theoretically this thing could have kicked considerably more ass lol.

[@damiendarling7509]

The best enterprise if not the best scenes ever.the enterprise coming in like a getaway car was just classic 😊

[@probochronicles3991]

Beverly operates the Tactical station like a pro and everyone collectively looks at her with surprise....

[@charlesscott1682]

Finally someone at tactical that doesn't just fire a few shots and then discuss things for a few minutes😂

[@Makeitso2023]

Seeing Geordi in command was pretty good to and don’t get me started on data 😂

[@WilfredIvanhoe]

@@Makeitso2023 Data's face is like my face when I watch this clip for the 20th time.

[@TheGuyWithTheSniper]

@@Makeitso2023 Had to feel natural to him. It's technically his second time commanding a Galaxy-class. (USS Challenger)

[@Makeitso2023]

@@TheGuyWithTheSniper was sad seeing her fully cleaned up and retired again at the end,certainly less than in generations when we all thought that was it for the D but knowing she’s there just doing nothing must be sad for Picard,shame starfleet didn’t give her to Picard as a thank you and we also didn’t get an explanation about what word did to the E lol. If you watch the scene at the fleet museum notice how the enterprise is behind the stargazer and behind the D is the A

[@EliSkylander]

To be fair, usually it was 'fire some shots and then ask if they still wanna play rough.' The Borg have made it clear that they wanted to play, so (crass as it sounds), the crew finally gave them the D.

[@privatename5788]

Data flying through the superstructure like Wedge and Lando, and he didn't even lose the deflector dish.

[@tmptjohn88]

I love the attention to detail on the ship, especially the scorch marks on the hull from when she crashed into Veridian 3. So wonderfully done

[@StevenAvrenli]

It's both exciting and hilarious seeing the old D pulling off a death star run, when it was always depicted as being as maneuverable as a blue whale in the past.

[@IMDARKFIRE007]

People keep SAYING that...just because she wasn't doing stunts every week doesn't mean she had no maneuverability. There WERE times we saw it too, such as performing a quick roll at full impulse to escape the Dyson's sphere. I think people let DS9 mess with them, that battle scene where it's moving slow and firing, well duh, you don't speed around among close quarters ship battles with hundreds of ships meters away from your hull. The Odyssey is the ONE example where the galaxy class looks sluggish, and that was after receiving serious battle damage. I found the scene totally believable simply due to the enormous size of the cube, which HAD to be 5 times bigger than the J25 cube.

[@ericburow6436]

(Data to Dr. Crusher): Nice shooting. (Dr. Crusher to Data): Nice flying.

[@Av4ta7]

Mama Crusher had to unwind some anger issues. Can't blame her. 0:36 Glourious.

[@Potrimpo]

0:51 - that awkward stare is comedy gold. The blending of action, comedy, suspense, drama, blended beautifully. Like the Kelvin timeline

[@RedSiegfried]

Haven't been this absolutely thrilled for Star Trek The Next Generation since 1990. Well done, Enterprise D and well, done, crew. You'll always have a special place in my heart. Bravo.

[@darthdragonborn1076]

Aye the old girls still got it. The final member of the family coming home and doing what shes always done best, protecting her family and this time....she made sure everyone made it home. Now she can have a peaceful retirement.

[@curoskai]

They all look at Crusher, "Please don't tell Worf."

[@Kaigun11]

Worf would be proud of her!

[@RandomTrinidadian]

"Alot has happened in the last 20 years" 😂

[@benrussell-gough1201]

Beverley always swore that she'd never be as useless as she was in 'Descent' ever again.

[@NashmanNash]

@@RandomTrinidadian Like..massive upgrades in torpedoes and phasers,apparently

[@Terryfan]

Wolf: “Dr.Crusher, your weapon skills At tactical , you have performed with honor”

[@manofbeard]

It was nostalgic seeing the D back in action. There was a moment where she is approaching the cube and we get a view of the Enterprise from behind. I noticed that there was a variation in colour between the saucer section and the star drive! I just thought that it was a nice touch showing how they were different ships that had been put together.

[@James-rn7dx]

It's actually because the saucer hull is dirty and burned from going in the atmosphere in Generations, you can still see the burn makes at the vary front of the saucer. At the end when it was in the museum you could tell they had cleaned it up and everything matched.

[@PeachWookiee]

I love seeing the D do some fancy flying. This was frooping gorgeous!!

[@1986Unlimited]

That angle at 1:58 of the Enterprise D parking itself over Picard and Jack and then beaming them up is awesome; similar to the Titan warping in and cutting the Shrike's Tractor Beam early on in the Season.

[@Markdemon179]

Also, at that point Deanna had taken over piloting because she knew where they were. She was finally redeemed after crashing the ship twice (tho the 2nd time was under orders.)

[@mirage809]

Never thought I'd see a Galaxy class moving like that. It always seemed like such a heavy ship that moved slowly and purposefully. I totally get why Data is grinning. I too would smile if I was drifting around a corner in the coolest ship in the galaxy that isn't a D'deridax.

[@TheRelay]

(Vin) Data doing handbrake turns is not something I thought I wanted in the finale but I am not complaining.

[@Cyke101]

I'd add that the Enterprise isn't actually going that fast -- at that speed in a straight line, it would look like very low impulse. But the ship also has thrusters all around it, which probably helps a great deal in moving in any direction Data wants.

[@DLordSadow]

The studio model was a b#%h to film. That, and the poor condition of the interior sets is why they destroyed the ship in Generations. Having a CG model of the D to work with let them finally do all the crazy 💩 they’ve wanted to do for decades with her! 😃🥳

[@deinekes9]

Data is pushing the ship so hard that the inertial dampeners can't dampen all of it. That's why the crew is feeling it even though they're not under that much fire inside the cube.

[@SignoftheMagi]

If you think about the size of that ship and how fast it covers a vessel the size of a state, the speeds must have been insane.

[@Cyber_Horse_Studios87]

Seeing the D back in action again with modern CGI really does the grand ship justice. This is just fantastic. The galaxy class still can kick ass for sure.

[@joelwhitehead3677]

I think the whole world needed to see this , an iconic ship, crew and adversary. Live long and prosper ❤

[@rodan9773]

HELL YA THIS IS EXCELLENT. The Enterprise D at it's finest.

[@davfree9732]

I dunno... The D seems to have acquired Defiant levels of handling. Sure she can move, but the level of abrupt banking and reversal is what we'd expect from Voyager or Defiant. Suddenly even the D could navigate through the Badlands. It looks cool... But it just shows Secret Hideout aren't standardizing ship class performance in it's CG work and that builds a foundation of believability when a small ship has more maneurvabilty than a big ship.

[@rodan9773]

@@davfree9732 That throw me of a bit too but then i remembered Jodie Laforge re-made this so he probably put some Stabalizing Tech in allowing better Maneuverability that's also probably why he couldn't get The Weapons Guidance System up in time. To busy working on that.

[@Phantom19913]

@@davfree9732 they did this during the dominion war and the final season of tng. A lot of the reasons the ship moved the way it did in early tng was because special effects were expensive to animate it moving fast and look good.

[@suppressor6172]

Honestly, I can see it. She would have way less momentum/mass. No cargo, no science labs, she would have been stripped down for display. Just a MASSIVE dorsal/ventral phaser array, and a ton of torpedos.

[@ralalbatross]

​@@suppressor6172 A good percentage of a Galaxy class is just empty space. Plus the engineering section came from the Syracuse. That was the original Enterprise D's head on a refitted War Galaxy's body, with every spare bit of power pushed into the defensive systems, being flown by an android with a microsecond reaction time and the computational ability to rival the Borg Queen herself. Basically, the most powerful Galaxy class ship ever constructed, flown by the best crew that's ever flown one, armed with modern torpedos and reconstructed by modern construction techniques.

[@mechanix1228]

This has to be the best 420 gift ever. I cannot hold back the man tears. My childhood memories are thoroughly satisfied.

[@CrazySpence]

I've seen this action sequence on every platform dozens of times now, to all sorts of different music tracks, and I watch it every time.

[@matvangogh]

0:36 ENT D - 'YOU AND I HAVE UNFINISHED BUSINESS. " BORG - " GULP"

[@SpooksDinat]

"Lets make sure that history will never forget the name, Enterprise" -Picard

[@emotionalsupportostrich2480]

The shot of the Enterprise D arriving and turning over the heads of the away party as they are being Beamed up is sublime!

[@Jenel_79]

This scene did in 3 minutes what 7 seasons of TNG never did, showed the Galaxy class for what it was, an absolute power house.

[@alecstevens8467]

The old girl still has some moves in her! It really was great to see them give 1701D a fitting encore. She deserved better than what happened in Generations.

[@brandonadkins5811]

Fucking just wow..... epic isn't even the word. Enterprise D finally got the send off she deserves. Kicking some Borg ass. Picard S3 was phenomenal 👏

[@Ensign_Cthulhu]

Picard S3 was TNG Season 9 with a cover identity.

[@chadley25]

To say it was a massive improvement over the terrible S2 is a serious understatement. S3 is what happens when nostalgic fan service meets quality writing and storytelling. Just terrific.

[@Clin45]

This is, and will always be my favorite starship. Long live the Enterprise-D. Brought a tear to my eye when it came back.

[@ibamarcel4577]

galaxy class is the best

[@MrFrans1983]

Seems there's a whole lot of love for "the fat one."

[@user-wp1ot4zt8t]

@@MrFrans1983 Yes i know what you mean, it's like those models in the bar and nobody wanted the 'fat' one but it was that one that saved everyone's ass :-)

[@filthycasual8187]

I'm a Constitution-class man like Jack. But the D was my first Enterprise, and seeing her come back and kick all the Borg ass ever for her final mission was amazing.

[@kev3d]

That's the D I know and love. I remember how excited I was to see the premiere of TNG when I was almost 9 years old, and now all these years later I feel that excitement over again. Thank you for getting Picard Season 3 right.

[@b2511]

The beauty of a Galaxy Class Starship is unmatched in any multiverse...

[@cheezeofages]

We don't really appreciate how freakin' enormous these cubes are. The Enterprise D is a BIG ship. Over a 1000 people can fit in that thing and it seem empty. Yet it's just zipping around in there like it's an X-Wing.

[@mattwho81]

A thousand people barely makes a dent in the D. The Galaxy class was designed to carry up to 18,000 people in emergency situation.

[@benrussell-gough1201]

I think that this cube may have been an amalgam of dozens of normal-sized ones (which are about 1600m on a side). Basically, they wanted to give their answer to The Return of the Jedi in this episode, right down to blowing up the spherical power generator and then flying out of he resulting explosion Millennium Falcon-style.

[@housecoatgaming]

That's not a cube. A cube is 3 kilometers wide, long and tall. the Galaxy's 641 meters. This is either a fusion cube (Armada 2 for the win) or a freaking _unicomplex_ remnant.

[@akjackhd5804]

we're still talking about space mr i forgot about space!.. just a little thrust from the RCS can send the ship flying around and asteroid ... if you have watched TNG the ship actually does some crazy maneuvers im guessing at most that this is the D going full throttle evasive maneuvers while flying twoards its destination

[@SignoftheMagi]

There is a video by a guy named EC Henry, that shows how big the ship is. 1000 people could fit inside the numbers on her saucer and have extra space. She is HUGE.

[@pendrake40]

(0:58) ~ I half-expected *Billy Dee Williams* to saunter onto the Enterprise-D bridge and say, _"Perhaps I can be of some assistance..? I have some flight-experience in this kind of scenario."_ *;p* Thanks for uploading this, *The Relay - Sci-Fi.* :)

[@Bazbat01]

Like Han Solo without his Millenium Falcon , or maybe even Mad Max without his Interceptor , I think the next gen crew so needed Enterprise-D . Yeah sure , Enterprise-E was sleek , probably more firepower and all .. but I remember growing up watching these guys on the Big D. When she crashed in Generations , I was heartbroken.. and all movies later never really gave me the same kick they should have, I felt there was always something missing.. until now. It was Enterprise D - the big beautiful lady back , a little battle scarred from her crash on Veridian 3 but still so beautiful and having a score to settle with the Borg.. This crew needed Enterprise D , just as she did them, she is as much a character as they are. With todays special effects, the battle scene was amazing, and as for bringing back Data.. thats another thumbs up - Thank you Terry Matalas . You have made an old Trekkie so nostalgic and happy.. I found myself jumping up and down and shouting at the screen with joy like an idiot when Big D was entering the cube and firing and acrobaticallly manouvering through ... lol... brought me back to my childhood.. A fantastic way to close their book for good. Thanks Terry. You have done for Star Trek , what John Favreau and Dave Filoni did for Star Wars..

[@tonycoleman2184]

Was wonderful seeing the NCC-1701-D fly again.