Top 10 Fleet Arrivals and Reveals

My top ten favorite sci fi fleet arrivals!
*Spoiler Alert* Full spoilers coming after the premier.
Spoilers from the following movies and shows:
Movies: Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith; Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi*; Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker**; Serenity**
Shows: Star Trek: Deep Space 9 (S5, E26)**, (S6, E6)**, (S6, E26)**; Star Trek: Lower Decks (S3 E10)**; Babylon 5 (S3 ,E10)**; Stargate SG1 (S9, E20)**; Stargate Atlantis (S4, E11)**;
Games: Mass Effect 3** (not my gameplay)
0:00 Intro
0:45 Honorable Mentions
3:03 10 Rebel Fleet at Endor
3:54 9 Defiant and Rotarran Join Allied Fleet
4:24 8 Republic and CIS Fleets At Courascant
4:54 7 All Cali-class Ships Help Cerritos
6:09 6 Allied fleet Arrives at Asuras
7:04 5 Galaxy Fleet Arrives at Exogol
8:23 4 Whitestar and Minbari Fleet at Babylon 5
9:50 3 Allied Fleet Attacks the Reapers
11:02 2 Klingon Fleet Helps Defiant
11:59 1 Firefly and Reaver Fleet Arrive
13:12 Outro
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[@SkywalkerFilms1927]

For those wondering, I do have a separate video on solo ship arrivals. If you are interested, the link is at the end of the comment. I'm not doing this as self promotion, but to reduce the comments asking about single ship arrivals, such as the Pegasus's and Enterprise E's. The video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/b6XWpaB4jsmHis0si=tNLzst_DidNXkdMK

[@deltadestroyer1]

only ones worth it for me personally was the the rebal fleet at endor,minbari fleet help B5 and Delenn famous words "Be somewhere else", and then the fleets agianst the reapers but where was the geth fleet ?, and finally the firefly reaver fleet, the rest didnt exacly do anything for me

[@christopherwaltercheetham5905]

Was about to say where is Pegasus arriving to save Galactica 😂

[@deltadestroyer1]

@@christopherwaltercheetham5905 oh yeah i totaly forgot about Galactica some cool scenes in the show

[@tempus_fugit7366]

"If you value your lives, be somewhere else!" Thank you Ambassador Delen!

[@RoonMian]

RIP Mira Furlan. Gone too soon. Like so many of the B5 cast.

[@skoshman1]

That is never getting old.

[@joehealy6376]

Always bring Delenn to a fight.

[@saberridge6867]

I got to see that scene first run, which was back before all the internet spoilers. When the Minbari and Deleen popped in I remember shouting "YES" loud enough my downstairs neighbor asked the next day if I was ok.

[@tempus_fugit7366]

@@saberridge6867 I also got to watch it happen. Similarly, I remember screaming with joy and getting teary eyed at the Enterprise rescuing Picard on the final episode of TNG, "All good things".

[@Timelost_Techpriest]

"Do not force us to engage your ships." "Why not?" _excellent_ choice for a moment there. B5 was phenomenal.

[@shurannei]

Excellent choice, absolutely. Definitely don't piss Delenn off. :) Only quibble : "Minbari"

[@djhull6816]

I always thought it sounded more like he was pleading cause he reallllly didn't want to have to fight them

[@CaptainSeato]

Captain Picard: "If the cause is just, and honorable, my crew will give their lives." Captain Drake: "When you put it that way..."

[@wildfire160]

The truth is you could probably make a top ten just from Babylon 5 ...i love the one here but my fave from the series is Ivanova facing down the shadow Earth force fleet..

[@lovipoekimo176]

No matter how many times I watch it, Delenn's arrival in Severed Dreams to save Babylon 5 will always brings me to tears.

[@lorzon]

How is this not #1.

[@jaimealbiter1973]

Not a large fleet but her line is pretty hard to top "if you value your lives be somewhere else"

[@jenniferbeyer6412]

Great Lady. Great line.

[@tungzauzage977]

Agreed, Babylon five is 30 years old and still holds up today, A great episode with the best of finales.

[@terminater729570]

Ha, I can't even begin to count how many times I've watched that clip over the years

[@skolldrachen9058]

i am a leaf in the wind. watch how i soar.

[@sabrevanson4412]

still Too soon. Love Alan Tudyk as an actor.

[@lettherebedragons8885]

Don't 😢

[@2011dyrose]

One moment Zen, next shish kebab

[@malachiXX]

@@sabrevanson4412 How DO reavers clean their spears? - still way too soon dammit

[@magicalpj]

😭😭😭

[@aciarduce]

"Sir! They defeated it with a fleet of California-class ships!" "....A WHAT of California-class?! A fleet of WHAT NOW?!"

[@amzarnacht6710]

"Sir, California class! And... they were all firing Avocado-Toast torpedoes and HOA violation beams!"

[@ender25ish]

Having them all named after California cities is hilarious, i shudder to think of the ambient temperature of the Fresno class is.

[@The-Ent1ty]

Captain WHAT? He went from cooking in high-end kitchens to ships now?

[@georgeclarke1348]

Glad to see the scene from Serenity there! "They won't see this coming. " Later: "Somebody FIRE!"

[@noppornwongrassamee8941]

Man, I peg the Serenity fleet arrival as number one too simply for how the up-til-now cool-as-a-cucumber Operative completely loses his shit as soon as the Reavers appear.

[@dahak2358]

That's what makes them Reavers.

[@elijahtourtillott7550]

how calm would you be when the armada of space cannibals shows up and they outgun you

[@GaldirEonai]

@@elijahtourtillott7550 It's not that they _outgun_ the alliance fleet (they don't, all they have is converted civilian ships and they're up against actual warships), it's that thanks to the Operative's decision to park right at the edge of the cloud _they're already in knife-fight range_ which is where the alliance a.) can't really bring its tech superiority to bear and b.) the reavers' crude weapons actually stand a good chance of hitting something.

[@elijahtourtillott7550]

@@GaldirEonai I was thinking they were outgunned because we know that the reavers have a tendency to just ram everything in dust so by tonnage I would consider this fight being "outgunned" because their ships are also weapons

[@omega13whitelucario95]

And this is why on my list of reinforcements arrive/hail Mary's It's number 2 Solely because you see that man panic

[@keithplunkett]

The Klingons coming in via the Z axis to save the fleet was so badass, i remember watching it as a kid, jumping around my living room, that's how bad ass it was

[@jutau]

I remembered that too. I was alone watching it in a basement TV when it aired. It was so awesome, but wasn't able to share that moment with anyone.

[@RoonMian]

Not just that but coming out of the sun. My head canon is that some solar emissions masked their approach or something but it definitely was a callback to WW2 dogfighting tactics.

[@allynflinchbaugh4570]

I fist pumped. I figure they probably were all cloaked, and probably approached from a direction where that many cloaked ships approach would not be detected easily. (a large group of cloaked ships would cause one weird distortion)

[@Marleyjr00X]

Same fam!!

[@sjonnieplayfull5859]

​@@jutau it was a long mission, but now it is completed. Thanks for sharing

[@ThamiorSilberdrache]

For me, Mass Effect 3 will always be the best Fleet Arrival scene out there. maybe it is because I did not just watch this, I put around 80 hours of work behind this. Every single time.

[@mattthemouse1]

Exactly! We earned every ship of that armada

[@willhornsby206]

The music also boosts it to. 1 shot to win and we got everyone ready to fight. Reapers gonna get hit with the full might of the Milkyway and the last of the Protheien Empire.

[@Capt_Dango]

Same, 3 games and hundreds of hours went into assembling the best fleet. I also think the Alliance Fleet coming in to save the Destiny Ascension shoulda been on the list. Say what you will about the Council, but I personally think that scene has the same energy as the Ride of the Rohirrim.

[@ThamiorSilberdrache]

@@Capt_Dango "Destiny Ascension. You are all clear. Repeat - You are all clear." Yes, that's also a great moment, but I must say that this moment was ruined in some localizations. In german for example Joker says: "Sie sind gerettet. Ich wiederhole: Sie sind gerettet." Which translates to: "You are seved. I repeat: You are saved." That sounds a little... well, obvious, I think and therefore stupid. But the whole german localization of the first part was... mediocre at best.

[@Benrman]

And also probably the only one on here that loses the battle(not counting Shepard and the Crucible that they didn’t even know how to use), getting absolutely wrecked for their trouble.

[@saintpaulsnail]

Thank you for including the Minbari ships defending B5. The perfect victory, making the enemy leave without firing a shot. The scene from Serenity is indeed one of my favorite fleet arrivals.

[@benyseus6325]

My fave are the Rebel Alliance arriving on Scariff and Riker commanding the Federation Fleet facing off against the Zhat Vash over Gulion 4. Close seconds are Janeway commanding the void alliance as they jointly escape the void in Voyager and the Seperatist fleet arriving over Cristophsis as well as the Keylon fleet joining the Union vs the Moclan-Krill alliance.

[@Fletchman1313]

I'm wondering if the California Class fleet is a nod to that last episode in Picard when Riker commands the copy/paste fleet against the Romulans.

[@roydowling2542]

At Guilan 4 the copy and paste fleet arrival was meh. But Acting Captain Will Riker commanding the USS Zheng He.....pure Goosebumps.

[@9f81rsd00]

My favorite was when the entire Rohirrim fleet came in to attack the Uruk-Hai assault ships invading the Gondor system. Then my next favorite is when they maneuvered to face the much more formidable mercenary Haradrim Dreadnought flotilla despite the massive tonnage disadvantage.

[@bucwild]

This is a funny comment, and I would watch the shit out of that

[@brianwhedon8442]

I am going to recommend another one. The Shadow attack on Quadrant 14 seen in Babylon 5 "The Coming of Shadows". It's only 3 ships but in the span of 90 seconds we finally got to see the absolute horrifying power the Shadows have.

[@xironbeastx8677]

I love in serenity how quickly that smile was wiped off his face 😂

[@caverellar]

Not having the battlestar Pegasus jumping in to save the galactica is criminal 😢

[@GaldirEonai]

Single ship (and fighters), this is explicitly about fleets.

[@adamboyen4727]

While it was an amazing entrance of a single ship, the definition of a fleet that was provided was 3 or more ships excluding fighters, the Pegasus was the only ship in that instance and therefore doesn't qualify

[@MrSMLEWeeb]

@@GaldirEonai still a better scene than almost all the ones given in the video.

[@sjonnieplayfull5859]

​@@MrSMLEWeebstill in a seperate vid he made: check the pinned comment

[@jamiestewart48]

That pan out of BSG getting pummelled and then you hear the whoosh, whoosh as rockets/missiles and guns fire then that big beautiful bastard soaring past with all batteries firing. God. Damn.

[@kineticdeath]

the massive Minbari fleet entrance in the babylon 5 movie "in the beginning" is awesome, especially given how old the movie is. Theres basically enough of them to encircle the entire earth and they all jump in as one. Thousands of blue jump vortexes fill space dropping thousands of heavy cruisers who immediately open up on the defenders

[@TheLunacyofOurTimes]

B5 is easily the top 1-3 scifi series of all time. I would like to revisit it, but maybe it is just better to let it go. There is no way to replicate the frantic atmosphere of the B5 universe.

[@SkywalkerFilms1927]

That sounds cool, I'm definitely going to check it out if I can find it.

[@leonfairhurst7597]

​revisit, believe it or not, it gets better each time

[@TheLunacyofOurTimes]

@@leonfairhurst7597 Sorry, I meant a new B5 universe series. I enjoy watching most of the originals and the movies. Even if they are not 4K the stories are always compelling.

[@chrisaguirre5988]

@@SkywalkerFilms1927 It's called the Battle of the Line kzbin.info/www/bejne/gnm0n6Glipmca9k

[@chrisanderson7820]

Mass Effect 3 still the best because of its emotional weight seeing that fleet you'd worked for.

[@MegaDobieDog]

Arrival of the Alliance reinforcements from ME 1 is also nice paragon route of course. Also Sovereign him self had quite the entrance too.

[@willhornsby206]

Im Commander Shepard. And this is the full power of the Milkyway *destroys the Reapers*

[@nimrath]

Delens ultimatum is the most badass one in Sci Fi history.

[@davidstefano2709]

As far as ultimatums go, for sure. My personal all-time shock entrance is still Giles’ “I’d like to test that theory.”

[@nostalgiadad7137]

There's in Star Trek TNG when Picard is trying ti get the Romulans to be reasonable in the Neutral zone. He caps he argument when Klingon Ships decloak. The Romulans then decide that diplomacy is a better course of action.

[@charlesbeckwith3578]

“I expected more than an empty threat from you, Picard.” “Then you shall have it.”

[@Talon19]

Picard to Romulans: “Shall we die together..?” Romulan Captain: **flinches** Riker grinning like a fool in the background.

[@Ryvaken]

Now THAT was a better fleet moment than the DS9 stuff. It's not about battle or numbers, it's about using them well.

[@Quasimodo-mq8tw]

@@Ryvaken Apples and Oranges. But yeah it is a very, very good scene. Even had the Klingon theme creeping up on you🤘

[@kpdubbs7117]

Seconded. Picard - "Are you prepared to die today, Tomalok?" Tomalok - "I expected more from you than an idol threat Picard." Picard - "Then you shall have it. Mr Worf" Worf - Aye sir. (Klingon theme music playing) "Klingon Warships, armed and ready sir."

[@tylermdaniel]

Thank you for including the Mass Effect scene. It had so much impact after building up that group of allies for multiple playthroughs of three games, it deserves to stand with the others. Delenn also can't be beat even if her fleet is small.

[@subsidizer292]

You know you've played Mass Effect too many times when you look at that clip and your first thought is "Hmmm, looks like Shepard didn't save the Citadel Council in ME1 in this playthrough..." 😆

[@andresdelgadillo6681]

@@subsidizer292I was legit looking for this 😂

[@westrim]

An interesting comparison here. Serenity had a 40 million dollar budget (and spent 39 million of it), a year of production time, and has at least a dozen different ship types in clear view. The Rise of Skywalker, with a 400+ million dollar budget, 2 years, and a fanbase with scads of high resolution ship designs they'd gladly sell rights to use, had to reuse assets for the primary enemy ships (old Imperial 1's scaled 50% bigger because they made a model for Rogue 1), and extensively copy pasted ships to fill out the count, including ships that made no sense but they had models for, like Han's cargo hauler, and kept most of them at arms length.

[@cetchathach4206]

With Serenity, they all actually *cared* about it. Disney may have the money, but they don't give a shit about the production beyond their bottom line.

[@grondhero]

Yeah, I definitely would _not_ include the Rise of Skywalker one. Not simply for the cheesy cut & paste, but that moments before, it was supposed to be difficult to make it through to where the Empire was. (Having stated that, I wouldn't have included the Imperial ships as that was just copy pasta over and over.) I miss when ships were models and not CGI.

[@BrickStopmotions]

I don't think that matters here though; this ranks the presentation of the fleets, not their composition. But yes, Disney went _extremely_ lazy on ship designs. They should've just given the _last movie_ at least another year to finish.

[@aurenian8247]

Not just the copy paste on the reinforcements but the criminally tiny amount of actual fighting shown. We have a huge fleet show up and it does almost nothing on screen. it may as well have been a matt painting of a fleet

[@Tsathogguah]

The Rise of Skywalker scene also looks like visual vomitus. There's a lot going on, but it's all very ugly.

[@Grimdeath]

That B5 scene with Deleen still gets me every time...

[@MykalNines]

"I am a leaf on the wind"... "if you value your lives, be somewhere else"... two of my favorite lines in science fiction

[@christophersmith9654]

I love the operatives, his calm demeanour goes right out the airlock when Mel brings the reaver fleet to the party.

[@jeffwenberg4321]

Serenity is the Star Wars movie we deserved from that era.

[@Floros6969]

“Somebody fire !!!” 😂😂

[@Rosivok]

Of them all Delens arrival will always be the greatest flex.

[@JoshSweetvale]

The four Ori Toiletships bulldozing the combined fleets of the entire Milky Way is an excellent villainous counterpoint to this stuff.

[@mineDONTENTER]

It doesn't matter how many times I complete the game, that Alliance fleet arrival in ME3 never ceases to give me goosebumps. Simply epic.

[@scottwaggoner223]

This was a good list, with lots of great memories, but was surprised my favorite sci-fi fleet arrival didn’t even get a mention. Final episode of the Orville, the Kaylon wedding party. Easily my most memorable.

[@shanewoodard5221]

Little bummed we didn't see the Fleet arrival in the Battle of Antarctica in SG1. That was such a bad ass show of force from the Tau'ri.

[@JackShepardPlays]

I almost forgot the Fleet fight in Serenity! I completely agree with this list! Epic Fleet engagements! Canceling Firefly was on of the biggest Tv show blunders of our time!

[@explorer47422]

The Nova Corps arrival in Guardians of the Galaxy always gives me chills, worth an honorable mention at least. Wish we saw more of them.

[@Daehawk]

Loved it. Nice someone finally put this together. I still say that the Babylon 5 one is the best. "If you value your lives, be somewhere else!" ,..maybe you had to be there when it first aired. I was :P😃❤ Also always loved that Stargate Atlantis one too.

[@kudukilla]

I was hoping it would be there. Only 4 ships but Delenn’s statement had more power than any of those larger fleets.

[@HarlequinWriter]

That fleet arrival during the climax of Rise of Skywalker was probably the only decently done thing in the entire sequel trilogy. It actually made me cry happily.

[@jensonkiin3678]

The increadible Battle for Sol in Mass Effect 3 demonstrates why I hate the Battle of Exogol despite them being very similar in concept. The combined fleets in ME were put together after months of diplomacy, fierce fighting, planning and co-ordination. So the pay-off from seeing the results of your dozens of hours in game, is amazing. Very satisfying. The 'Galaxy Fleet' in RoS on the other hand was basically put together in an afternoon and brought in as a completely unbelievable shock reveal. Just feels hollow. There's only so much I can suspend my disbelief...

[@thecrimsoncommando3875]

Destiny 2's Excision mission features the Coalition Fleet deploying troops, but I don't know if it counts here as the players have seen it over the Last City since Lightfall.

[@omega13whitelucario95]

My main issue with it is two things 1) no way all those ships came in at the same time because of hyperdrive speeds 2) THEY HAD THE BEST CHANCE TO SHOW SOME GOOD QUALITY SHIP VS SHIP COMBAT AND WASTED IT GAH

[@jamesrichardson8484]

@@omega13whitelucario95 They Probably didn't have any money left, other than that i agree.

[@omega13whitelucario95]

@@jamesrichardson8484 listen regardless, it was a cool scene that just was so wasted

[@jacobsalter8653]

“There are more of us Poe, More of us”

[@SkydreamPony]

Every single Cali class turning up - god that moment was awesome :D

[@eidolontyr]

the very first time i've agreed with the number 1 spot

[@johanhalvarsson2148]

A couple of years back I watched a list of creepiest music videos where basically everything was boring so you'd never believe they'd be right about the number 1 spot but they absolutely were.

[@alfredpotts6136]

Some of the Battlestar Galactica remake space battles deserve a mention too. Some great fleet reveals in that when the Cylons appear and launch their attacks!

[@nicklima]

Yeah there's a half dozen or so fleet reveals from BSG and The Expanse that would bump out the majority of this list, surprised to not even see one included from either show.

[@JonStark117]

*That Mass Effect Arrival truly felt incredible. Hundreds of hours of work across an entire trilogy building up to this one single moment to take back earth. All the relationships, choices and side missions leading up to this epic final battle.*

[@charlyfrahmann3837]

ok, that was not Bad, but i miss Yondus Funeral... Sad and beautiful...

[@guilhermesavoya2366]

One inclusion Babylon 5, when the Vorlon fleet arrives to take out the Shadows. And also when the Shadows arrive to take otut the Narns in Gorash VII

[@kpdubbs7117]

I love all these but I think my personal favorite is #4, only because Delenn is so badass in this scene - "If you value your lives, BE somewhere else." Edit: After reading though some of the comments, I am glad I am not the only one who loves this moment.

[@shinmatsunami]

"If you value your lives, be somewhere else."

[@nicholasrolo886]

"It's the.... Oakland??"

[@tom_p9075]

Damn I forgot about that master piece in Serenity.

[@MultiGamingNetwork03]

Well I don't really care the ones complaining. This is a really good compilation of what you believe are the best fleet arrival scenes. The one where Poe has just started to give up hope and then Lando chimes in always elicits an emotional response from me. :) You have earned a new subscriber today.

[@SkywalkerFilms1927]

@@MultiGamingNetwork03 thank you! I will say that it is impossible to make everyone happy, as the ones that some love, others hate.

[@MaJieMao]

9 was the most excited I ever got watching Sci-fi you never saw task forces like that in Star Trek until that episode it got me excited. That being said 4 was probably the most badass fleet arrival in Sci-fi.

[@stephenmmw]

The Ori ships arriving through the supergate with that hum will always make me smile, such dread and anticipation for that finale, one of my favourite episodes of television.

[@pauljordan0203]

seeing the new Star Destroyers coming out of the ground, in The Rise of Skywalker, was like the empire rising from it's grave.

[@tonyd9394]

Sure, but those weren't new. Palps had been building a fleet of 10k ships that used designs that were basically obsolete by the original trilogy already. Someone well in the know of things said that the production used the 3D models built for Rogue One to cut costs.

[@tsutl84]

I agree with #1. Still one of the best large space battle scenes.

[@elguestoiii7314]

Coolest Star Trek tng moment ever was when the enterprise is met by Romulan war birds and Picard asked if they were prepared to die today as the Klingons de cloak and are surrounding them. Such an amazing moment.

[@Gentleman-Penguin]

Ah yes, the not so long awaited but heavily anticipated upload. Glad to see some really exciting and bombastic moments here.

[@WinterWolf1045_]

You could make a whole video on mass effect space battles! I get SUPER PUMPED watching that or Star Wars…!

[@newnewnwo4-life497]

The Ori arrival and destruction of the fleet is a heartbreaking scene

[@jimjohnston5719]

Nice list. :) I would like to submit another candidte for consideration. From Babylon 5: Episode "Walkabout"...with the White Star in threat of destruction by a group of Shadow Vessels, even as a Minbari Cruiser with Telepaths attempts to prevent the Shadows from destroying them, G'Kar, having been spurred to action by an outraged Security Chief, gathers a fleet of ships from the Non-Aligned Worlds, as well as a Narn Cruiser, to even the odds.

[@kevsecker3182]

So many great fleet battles… the vorlon shadow final showdown… the fleet arriving at earth to end Clarkes reign…. Top series.

[@jasondiend4248]

@@kevsecker3182 It sucks the show was always on the cutting block. For 5 seasons they never knew if they were going to get anther season. So JMS had to write according this is the last season. So even though he took chances with getting renewed. He knew season 4 was the last and that was it. So he rushed the Shadow War and Earth War to its conclusions. You know full well if he had a 5 season already green lit he would have waited and drawn out the conflict. But man season 4 finishing up all those storylines. It's such a great fucking final season to go out on. Season 5 not so much but B5 is peak Scifi seasons 2-4.

[@brianwhedon8442]

I searched the comments to see if another B5 fan would have mentioned this. This is a great moment, the G'Tok jumps in and opens up both batteries and that kills the Shadow cruiser. When Sheridan says thanks to G'Kar for saving them, he chuckles "I am not on board the G'Tok captain..." and the jumppoint forms and out comes a bunch of Narn fighters and ships from 3+ League races. The music shifts so well and you see Lyta on the bridge of the Whitestar looking out at the fleet of ships and she hears the voice of Kosh clearly say "...And so it begins"

[@joeatwood1346]

Technically, by 20th Century large navy standards (USN, RN, IJN) a division of ships is 2-5; a squadron is two or more divisions; a flotilla is two or more squadrons; a fleet is two or more flotillas for about 32+ ships. By 18th-19th Century standards a “full” fleet had three squadrons, the Van(guard), the Center, and the Rear(guard) commanded by a Vice (Van) Admiral, an Admiral, and a Rear Admiral, usually with about 4-8 ships under the direct command of each, for about 12-24, although there might only be two squadrons (and admirals, of various grades). Suffren’s “fleet” in the Indian Ocean was really nothing more than a squadron of about 4-8 ships-of-line. Public knowledge has plummeted so badly in the last 50 years that even reporters (who should know better) have taken to calling anything gray that floats a “battleship” and more than one a “fleet”. Science fiction and space fantasy have perverted terms out of all recognition with the label “battlecruiser” slapped on ships haphazardly with little awareness that such a ship was fast, heavily armed and WEAKLY protected. Star Wars perverted the term “destroyer” from an escort (“torpedo boat destroyer”) into a capital ship. The term “dreadnought” has lost all meaning as well, having originally meant a capital ship with a uniform armament of the heaviest weapons available with no intermediate sized weapons between that calibre of weapon and purely defensive armament. Post-WW2 glorification, and historical misinterpretation of Taranto, Pearl Harbor and Kuantan has also imbued the term with an air of obsolescence that belies the fact that these ships were the ne plus ultra of the early 20th Century. Also lost is the fact that at Kuantan and even as late as 1944-1945 it was taking the effort of an entire fleet of carriers to bring down the largest modern ships of the type. Taranto and Pearl Harbor proved nothing other than any ship of any type can be sunk at anchor or at pierside, especially if taken by surprise. Kuantan proved 80 peasants could overwhelm 2 knights…especially if the knights were armed only with daggers and the peasants with spears, which would be a fair analogy for the relative effectiveness of the two capital ships AA in the battle…which distinctly contrasted with the AA firepower of modern American battleships less than a year later.

[@SkywalkerFilms1927]

That is a detailed breakdown of the definition of a fleet; thank you for posting it.

[@tommymorrison6478]

Perhaps you're taking all this a little too seriously. A naval officer will be expected to fully understand all these terms: for laymen a fleet is a few ships.

[@bkjeong4302]

You’re completely misunderstanding the carrier vs. battleship matchup. The fact it takes a ridiculous amount of aircraft to sink battleships is irrelevant because the battleship can only defend itself and has basically no offensive capability against an aircraft carrier, simply because it can’t get close enough to open fire. THAT is why battleships are obsolete and why carriers rendered them obsolete. Surviving is not the same thing as actually doing your job. Your peasants vs. armoured knights analogy is misleading for that reason: what it ACTUALLY shows is that armoured knights vs. Peasants armed with long-range weapons and horses of their own will at best result in the armoured knights surviving but without being able to kill any of the peasants.

[@allynflinchbaugh4570]

In the sci-fi Pentalogy I'm writing, I am relatively picky about my terminology for groups of ships, and ranks. Of course, some of my definitions of smaller ships (scouts & corvettes are a little squishy), but I am fairly picky also about the naming convention for different levels of ships. (If you know the naming convention, you could see the name of a ship and know whether it is a battleship, cruiser, destroyer or other)

[@thefirstprimariscatosicari6870]

Regarding the 20th century ships types. Yes that are the post-Second London Treaty definition. Arguably even after that Treaty, those definitions were not exactly adhered to. But anyway, by that point, the originals meanings had been warped as much if not more than in Sci-Fi. Starting from battlecruisers, Imperial Germany built them as basically faster battleships, with armour and guns scaled down in numbers or weight (ergo thickness and diameter) to allow it. Meanwhile, the Hood was laid down as a battlecruiser, but by its sinking had been defacto uparmoured to fast battleships standards. And this was a ship class that had by that point, existed for barely more than 30 years. Destroyers were slightly older, but as you pointed out, their name came from their original role as "torpedo boat destroyers". Yet as open ocean warfare became more viable thanks to radar, outside the operating range of said boats. As torpedoes became more advanced and longer ranged. Destroyers evolved to outright replace torpedo boats in fleet actions, requiring a new class, light cruisers, be concieved to hunt them down. As aircrafts and submarines became the new threat to larger vessels, destroyers returned to their screening role, but now with completely different weapons and requirements. Today, destroyers are as large as old cruisers, to escort carriers (for most fleets) or battlecruisers (for Soviet fleets) on long voyages, as well as to carry all possible weapon systems to fight any conceivable threat or theater. However because submarines and aircrafts are just that insidious, the term Frigate, abandoned after the transition to ironclads. Was resurrected. Except instead of being the smallest ship with the supply necessary to cruise alone through oceans. Ergo defacto a London light cruiser. It was applied to a whole new type of ship, one meant for anti air but especially anti submarine escort or hunting work alone.

[@RandomTrinidadian]

Everybody gangsta, until Delen rolls up with war cruisers

[@bawintermage8351]

The battle to recapture Deep Space None gives me chills with just the Defiant making it through the enemy lines, priceless

[@thecrimsoncommando3875]

Ah, yes, #9: An awesome fleet capping off the season only to be shown blown to smithereens in the opening of the next episode. Always gets a laugh out of me every time I watch it.

[@gregorturner4753]

you known an enemy is scary dangerous when even the wraith assist you in the fight.

[@firerescueratchet559]

I think that what makes a fleet arrival scene meaningful is when you're not expecting it, or there's lots of emotion/meaning behind it. Now I'm a Star Trek guy myself, but my top arrival would probably be the galaxy fleet arriving at Exogol followed by the Cali Class ships protecting the USS Cerritos. I like how in the first one, the galaxy essentially bands together and stops living in fear of the empire to confront them and save the day, while in the latter the Cali classes (which were due to be mothballed and generally seen as being low powered, low-tier starships) arrived to show that their true strength lies in the bond the crews have as a ship class (which was slowly built up over the seasons while also setting up the Cerritos to be the hero of the ship class), so the fact that everyone came in to save the Cerritos at that moment was pretty meaningful from a story telling standpoint, and unexpected from an audience standpoint.

[@jeremybk54]

the biggest crime with the Exogol fleet is how little of that battle we get to see.

[@Fletchman1313]

While the Exegol scene was awesome, a part of me was thinking "so... everyone ignored Leia but they listened to Lando?"

[@jasondiend4248]

The final showdown between Vorlon and the Shadows as pretty fucking epic. You had two of the most advanced species running head to head at each other. Only for the League of Worlds to tell them to fuck off out of here. When the Shadows or the Vorlons went to attack the flag ship that held the Captain of B5 on it. The league ships would suicide their ships to protect him. So while it isn't so much a fleet arriving as it is a completely underpowered fleet. Stepping up to the two strongest fleets in the galaxy. Telling to get bent.

[@blakeburton5732]

Number 5 is just “POV: WHAT LEVEL 100 PEOPLE POWER LEVELS ARE LIKE” 😂

[@UncleJ4]

I feel like Exodus Part 2 of Battlestar Galactica, where we have the "Adama Maneuver" and Battlestar Pegasus jumping in to the fight should be in here somewhere.

[@SkywalkerFilms1927]

The latter is in a separate video for solo ship arrivals.

[@jules-pierremalartre7800]

Great list, thanks. So many goosebumps. The B5, ST Lower Deck and SW Rise of Skywalker

[@buffalojoe78]

Go with me on this. Don’t flame me. The moment in How To Train Your Dragon 2 when all the dragons switch sides and recognize Toothless as their Alpha gives a very “Fleet Entrance” vibe. Especially when they start firing on the other dragon. Thank you for coming to my TED Talk.

[@SkywalkerFilms1927]

@@buffalojoe78 I did consider HTTYD 2 when looking for fleet arrivals.

[@tomlindsay2925]

When toothless starts firing on the alpha 👍🏼

[@tomlindsay2925]

Love it. Need a single ship arrival. “Sir! There’s another ship coming in?!!…It’s the ENTERPRISE!!”

[@SkywalkerFilms1927]

@@tomlindsay2925 I actually do have a video with solo ship arrivals, including the one you mentioned.

[@Taliesin-xd7ke]

Really enjoyed that, thanks for putting it together. 👏

[@mycroft16]

Man the Dominion War had so many awesome battles. And that ME3 arrival is nuts for how many flashes just keep going in the back. All of these were awesome.

[@mechanized_official]

No matter how underrated titul Mass Effect can be, that entrance got me goosebumps...

[@jonadamson1201]

Good list, but personally,. the Lower Decks sequence, which had heart to it, is FAR better than the Rise of Skywalker sequence which was just big for the hell of it.

[@ApocGuy]

Seeing all Citadel races work in unison against galactic threat... Only Sheppard could puled that off :D .

[@Guardian582]

except thats not all of them, the geth(at least visually) are missing in that one

[@Alnarra]

Small pedantic correction, that isn't Cardassia, that's the system Chintoka in your honerable mentions.

[@dixondell1965]

Thank you for confirmation. I was also surprised to see the battle of Chintoka there. 😅

[@p.kinkor8977]

I think I was at number 7 when I thought if they didn’t have the Serenity scene in here, it would negligent, criminal. L was surprised it was number 1, but I don’t disagree.

[@patch1502]

This reminds me of: "Has someone called in the heavy cavalry?"

[@Zankaroo]

The Reaver reveal is always one of the best. BS Valkyrie's reveal during the New Caprica rescue mission is also really nice. Every time I watch it I get some feels. Also GS Galactica's reveal in that mission also it just awesome. Here let me just jump a space battle carrier into atmo and launch fighters, then jump back to orbit 20 ft from impact.

[@gregoryf9299]

The ability to come out of warp right on top of an adversary must really suck for them. Imagine you’re on the mid-watch, sipping coffee to stay awake while circling some planet for the 103rd day in a row, then dozens of ships pop out right on top of you and start blasting away. F that! lol

[@sullivan108]

Delenn cold AF, shivers every time

[@jordanteichman2397]

Going into this, I hope there is the Shipmaster scene from Halo. "They outnumber us 3 to 1!", followed by, "Then it is an even fight."

[@RandomPerson8492]

I'll do one better with three words "Slipspace rupture detected."

[@268wrighty]

Some great choices there. It is hard to determine which fleet arrival is better than another as they're all good but like you the Reaver Fleet arrival in Serenity where they are quite literally ' bearing down ' on the opposition is my favourite as well. Great video, congrats.

[@kuanjuliu]

I thought you gave Ambassador Delen short shrift, but then you made it up with Firefly! (Yay for replay statistics also placing B5 at #1and Serenity at #2).

[@ELjavi077]

It’s so sad that Halo is not here. Halo 3 and Halo 4 Spartan Ops have two of the best ships entrance in fiction

[@Shiroi_Neko15]

The one from mass effect i still remember it like it was yesterday absolute chills when i was playing that game and that scene started

[@acasasc]

Stargate SG1 end of season 7 definetely one of my favorites

[@TheObservingConstalation]

Very Noice. An honorable mention from me would probably be the arrival of the kaylon fleet in the Orville series, that entrance was intimidating and epic

[@peterlabos5956]

Firefly (Serenity) as number one is a great choice, it is as unique as the show itself. But Babylon 5 is my personal favourite. Maybe because there was no need to fire a shot after arrival.

[@matthewteague623]

I mean, the Battle of the Line had only been 12 years prior. The helmsmen on Clarke's fleet probably layed in GTFO coordinates before they were ordered to.

[@Mithguar]

never watched an episode of B5 in my life but i still agree about this entrance. Most modern Star Wars warpins don't even compare.

[@jasondiend4248]

@@Mithguar Just for context. Humans had just gotten out of a war with a species known as the Dillgar. The League of Worlds called on earth to step in. We did earth kicked the shit out of that species to the point they went extinct. A couple of years later. Earth forces ran into the species known as the Minbari. Who did not fuck with other species and let them do their own thing. Well Minbari warrior cast has tradition they follow. They like to show strength in greeting. They opened up all their gun ports in a show of strength. The earth ship it had encountered took it as a threat. Earth opened fire. So Earth opens fire they end up killing the Minbari leader Dukat. If you know that name Star Trek used it too. Just google DS9 copying B5 there is a whole problem. Anyway so they killed Dukat well yup they killed the Minbari leader. Not only was he their leader he was the leader of the religious cast. The final vote to go to war with Earth was the lady seen here. She voted with kill them all. Which is what the Minbari did. At first they hit everywhere humans were. Eventually they stopped hitting colonies and just focused on going to Earth. Their plan was to hit Earth destroy their main support for the military and circle back and wipe the rest out. The plan worked they pushed the military all the way back to Earth. In which they called on everyone. Military, civilian and merchants. If you had a ship if you were brave. Hold the line till we can get as many survivors as we can get off the world before they arrive. The battle of the line happened. Some plot device shit goes down. Don't want to spoil it as it is major plot element to one of the characters. The minbari surrender. Earth gets a big ego about itself. Fast forward years later. After number of the peace stations known as the Babylon project failed either destroyed or vanished. B5 was made and succeeded. Second season rolls around. The Minbari picked the commander of the space station the first time. When he was called to the Minbari homeworld to be a diplomat. Earth wasn't playing around and appointed a new commander a captain. This captain happened to be the only captain to ever destroy and get a victory in the Earth Minbari war. So they assumed homeboy hates the Minbari and is totally loyal to Earth. Well he is loyal to Earth just that he believes in freedom. So when Earth broke off from its values and became a dictatorship. This captain told Earth to go fuck itself. So the Minbari who need the space station for a war that is coming. Tells Earth to go fuck itself too and step up if they think they can.

[@graythegray]

A great list, really enjoyed watching this. thank you :)

[@christophergroenewald5847]

The arrival of the Citadel fleets during the battle of Earth in mass effect 3.

[@ProfessorK78]

"I am a leaf on the wind..."

[@666bladez]

The Orville ha d a great fleet scene.

[@brendanayres7920]

That was arriving to a wedding!

[@VerilyVerbatim]

4:49 Fascinating role reversal... it would have been Anakin and Ahsoka, with her doing the reckless maneuvers and saving him... now Anakin is the one saving his master, in similar fashion. 7:47 The ship directly to the right of the Falcon, is 'The Ghost' - the ship owned by Hera Syndulla - which directly helped to start the whole 'Rebel' concept.

[@davidmorrison3685]

Space Above and Beyond, E02 will always be my favorite , but these were pretty great too

[@ExcentricDragon]

I am glad to see that Mass Effect 3 was included. And very surprised to see that Babylon 5 made the cut - too many people don't know what a gem that show is.

[@johnmccall4528]

At first I was upset that the Mass Effect 3 fleet wasn't in first place but then I saw what was and I agree, that's way better.

[@deathgnomes]

I think the scene where the Klingons, Romulans, and others arrive to try and save the Federation fleet from destroying themselves in Star Trek: Prodigy should at least be an honorable mention here.

[@iangardiner3918]

The only FLEET I disagree with was the 3rd fleet; Separatists & Republic Fleets did not "arrive", they were "INTRODUCED", as they had long since arrived and were fully engaged as we all can fully see. Just my opinion. However, this was an awesome sequence, and I can find no flaw with the order either. A missed honourable mention though could have included the WhiteStar fleet going up against the Drahk

[@LordTelperion]

My ultimate favorite is the epic arrival of the Narn Main Fleet at Gorash VII in the Babylon 5 episode "The Long, Twilight Struggle". You really feel the mass of those mile-long Narn carriers passing the camera, the fate of an entire species riding on this last desperate mission.

[@NomadJ07]

‘There are more of us, Poe, there are more of us’

[@1stprinceoflite]

That one episode of Star Gate I watched about the Stargate. It's really A Star Trek type transporter without the sparkle.😮 You go in and replicated on the other side..