Starfleet's HEAVY Engineering Cruiser! - The Parliament-class Starship

[@augurseer]

As a Canadian. These ships and names feel like a huge hug to Canada. And we appreciate it.

[@robertb8629]

@@augurseer ok but lots of countries have parliament not just us

[@JayStrang1]

@@robertb8629 They do, but all of the Parliament Class ships are named for Canadian cities. That's the relevant point.

[@robertb8629]

@@JayStrang1 ah I see. Neat. Just as a Canadian myself I get leery of us seeking validation and relevance in pop culture. It's a Canadian thing. We get titillated when Canada is mentioned in a movie etc. But this is pretty cool.

[@JayStrang1]

@@robertb8629 I totally get it, that is very much something we're guilty of. This is a case where the show is actually animated here in Vancouver, so the ship and class were introduced as a tribute.

[@robertb8629]

@JayStrang1 that's cool I didn't know that

[@videofox]

Before Star Trek Online entered beta testing, the devs also asked what players would name their first ship in the game (a Miranda class) and why. I submitted USS Boise, named for my grandfather's ship in World War II, one of the few US ships at the time to be outfitted with radar which turned the tide in a night battle with the Japanese in the Battle of Cape Esperance. That, and other brief tales of the Boise's exploits, won me a Beta Key to test out the game early. 😀

[@incogni-bro8276]

I’ve got the Boise in World of Warships, great ship👍

[@videofox]

@@incogni-bro8276 Yes I plan to try that out myself at some point. There was also a miniature of the Boise made for Axis and Allies. I love that these games acknowledge my grandfather's ship out of all the possible choices in the fleet.

[@MacPhotoGuy79]

@@videofox That just goes to show what an important difference the ship made! As I said in my comment, I'm from Missouri, and love battleships, so I love the USS Missouri over all others. But it's awesome to hear not only of a ship that not everyone might have heard of that made such a huge difference to the war, but also that is was your grandfather''s ship as well!! Treasure the stories, and your grandfather's legacy!

[@lasarith2]

Funny thing , I didn’t know it at the time but one of the neighbours down the street actually was one of the inventors of Radar .

[@videofox]

@@MacPhotoGuy79 Thanks!

[@nickkrewson]

My dream ship in Star Trek would be the USS Insight. Naturally, my ship in the mirror universe would be the ISS Incite.

[@rudyv1972]

One of my favorite starships has been the Miranda class ship (See Wrath of Khan). This gives off the vibes of an updated Miranda class ship but very sleek. I really like this ship. Thanks for the breakdown.

[@CaptainM792]

The Cerritos looks more like an upgraded Miranda than the Vancouver does. The Parliament Class is more than a Miranda Class, it is more comparable to the Excelsior Class.

[@rudyv1972]

@@CaptainM792 We all see what we want to see.

[@Graytail]

Hmm, I'd like to see her with a rollbar, maybe shift the deflector/torp pod up there to give her more Miranda lines. Dont mind the impulse engines taking the two shuttlebays spots so much. But those nacelles, they look odd with the swept back upper to the fore, makes them seem oddly balanced. Give them more of a swept back underside like the miranda and we're good.

[@Graytail]

@@rudyv1972 Well I sure dont see Miranda heritage in the Cerritos... just having nacelles under the saucer isnt enough. Especially when they're just bolted on in the middle like that

[@mzaite]

Ah yes The parliament class ship the USS Funkadelic.

[@aaronbarndollar]

@@mzaite USS Atomic Dog

[@ianwright4255]

@@mzaite Capt George Clinton and his first officer Bootsy

[@mzaite]

@@aaronbarndollar That's definitely a shuttle name.

[@sparkygump]

Bootsie!

[@benjaminjonathanjamessisko7095]

Something to represent my musical heroes. Maybe "USS Amadeus", or "USS Burton".

[@alcor4670]

As long as it's not something like a _USS Cardi B_ or a _USS Gary Glitter._

[@Nevarez23]

When I had a Defiant-class ship in Star Trek Online, I named it the USS Mixcoatl (The Mesoamerican god of the hunt, the Milky Way, the stars, and the heavens.)

[@milokojjones]

God the Parliament class is such a gorgeous ship, I love the design so much.

[@penguinmaster7]

USS Pursuit has always been my go-to name

[@crazysnake1096]

One of the first ships I commmanded back in the day of ST RPG was the USS Lovecraft. It had 3 warp drives, 4 nacelles, primary and secondary shields, primary and secondary deflector arrays, 12 torpedo launchers, and 4 multiplexing AI computer cores, and a full supply of exploding space rocks when it entered battle. Bear in mind this was back in the 2nd season of TNG. God we had fun on that ship.

[@VitriolicVermillion]

just don't google what he named his complement of shuttles!

[@grahamcorr7644]

If there isn't one already, I'd call mine "Excalibur".

[@BullGator-kd6ge]

There was an Ambassador class USS Excalibur that took part in Picard’s detection grid investigating Romulan interference in the Klingon Civil War and survived a Borg attack though some crew were assimilated.

[@alcor4670]

There was. The first in ST was one of the twelve Constitution-class ships, which of course included NCC-1701. Can't recall offhand what its registry number was, but iirc it was in the 16-hundreds

[@BullGator-kd6ge]

my go-to starships are my Akira class; USS Wasp from a series of short stories i've been writing, and my STO main, the Odyssey Class USS Ranger

[@ronstewart5945]

I'd love to have an engineering ship named the USS Pittsburgh. Not just a classic industrial town, but also one of the key reasons the Allies won WWII. Its steel industry powered the war effort. A small railroad through the countryside near my childhood home, the Portage Railroad, was critical enough to be targeted by German sabateurs more than once. It was heavily defended (domestically speaking) as it meandered through the hills and dales. So there's a good name for its premier shuttlecraft.

[@gm-kasgaranadamas9018]

I like the name Atalanta. It is the main character of a little Greek myth. IIRC it’s about a girl which is famed for her probes as a hunter and fighter which attracts a lot of suitors. She challenges them to race her, the winner shall be her husband, they even get a head start. Then she proceeds to easily out run everyone that tries. Though one day, a young man with divine help uses three golden apples to “distract” her by throwing them to the sides of the race track, thus winning the race and becoming her husband. Why I like this is because she seems to have chosen to be distracted by the apples, as she is being described as smart and cunning. Thus the story is about a mc that not only baffles her so rounding by her skill but is also one of the few Greek characters having the full control of her life.

[@trainglen22]

Definitely like the Parliament class ships. Being Canadian, it's nice to see our cities represented. I would like to captain the USS Montreal.

[@MacPhotoGuy79]

I'm a native of the State of Missouri in the United States of America, and I love Battleships! So of course I'd love to command a Constitution/Galaxy/Sovereign or similar class ship named Missouri! She would of course be named after the USS Missouri (BB-63), an Iowa class Battleship that fought in WWII, Korea, and the Persian Gulf. I even know what the quote on the bridge dedication plague would be. "I'm bound away, cross the wide Missouri" a quote from the song "Oh Shenandoah". The Missouri referenced in the song is the Missouri River, which runs through the middle of my home state. I have envisioned myself being the captain of a Galaxy class USS Missouri, being originally an engineer. My family had a proud Starfleet tradition, going back to my great grandfather. And my Grandfather had commanded a former USS Missouri, the last Constitution class ship built.

[@kidatheart23]

My personal favorite ship name is the USS Nautilus

[@emax-1309]

VANCOUVER NAMED AFTER MY CITY!!!

[@ransom182]

Aye, she's a fine ship and has the right name.

[@augurseer]

Respect my fellow Canuck

[@Blackwind_Legacy]

USS Invictus, make it either one of the Excelsior 2 models, only more beefed up, or a Defiant class.

[@jsross33]

Good call. Thats exactly what I named my Defiant in STO.

[@stephenholly856]

uss Toriyama a great man who greatly influenced myself and many others

[@JackSterlingUK]

If I could choose any ship to command it would be the Intrepid class. I love it's design, the fact it can land, is highly agile, has decent comforts, is very fast, and is powerful for it's size. It can outrun nearly any ship which could overpower it. But if I commanded it, I would have it fitted with all quantum torpedoes and regenerative shields.

[@radeakins]

USS Ramillies. I see her as an Excelsior class.

[@lightningleopard]

1:08 my dad created a ship in the 90’s and called it the USS Enterprise-G, I took that ship and rechristened it to the USS Angel-A and created it’s successor when his drawing was lost and designed the USS Incursion

[@jsross33]

The USS Carolus Rex - Alita class heavy escort carrier. It comes with its own theme song. “May God have mercy for my enemies because I won't.” ― George S. Patton Jr.

[@AwkwardHorology]

X2 choices for me, either the USS Icarus or The Perithia - a small village on a mountain in Corfu, Greece where locals used to shelter from pirate raids over the centuries.

[@tigerbread78]

Warp 7 seems incredibly slow, I know it's not exploring but it still needs to get to where it's needed to do it's job

[@roydowling2542]

Wrap 7 was it's cruising speed. It could do warp 9 for several hours

[@tigerbread78]

@roydowling2542 This is so weird, I remember the video saying (last night) that it could do warp 7 in an emergency, but nope, I check now and it says cruising speed, I guess human memory isn't infallible

[@robstoppablecosplay]

Great video, I love it. I would name my starship after my home county in England. USS Dorset. And I would like it to be an Obena class.

[@TrekCentral]

Sounds great!

[@robstoppablecosplay]

@TrekCentral thank you very much

[@mikemullen8174]

I think when designing the Parliament class the designers were told 'we want a California replacement, but make it cooler.' 😉

[@clintshiplett8548]

The Cthulhu class vessel, Lovecraft, sound about right to me.

[@GladDestronger]

If I commanded a ship... I'd call it the USS Champlain.

[@steller630]

i would call mine Marinda 2 electric boogaloo

[@augurseer]

Champlain. Nice reference.

[@GladDestronger]

​I have family around the lake. I was born in Vermont.

[@juliusarchibaldiv3880]

Nice, I was also born in Rutland but lived most of my life in Plattsburgh

[@mxg75]

For whatever reason, the starship designs on Lower Decks seem a lot more consistent with the Starfleet designs we see on TNG, DS9, and Voyager than the ships we see on Picard. Yeah, Picard is supposed to be set a decade later, but their ships don’t fit in as well.

[@BullGator-kd6ge]

Just about two decades actually. Lower Decks spans from 2380-2382, whilst Picard is spans 2399-2401.

[@23GreyFox]

My ship would be a heavily upgraded Excelsior refit or a Sovereign class, with the name USS Bismarck.

[@ssjtruncks90]

for the Wolf 359 bit guess there is a way it could be in service back then. maybe it started put as part of the ships that had ambassador or galaxy parts and had a massive refit like what happened to the constitution class later on so it had more of a sovereign style to it.

[@AnkhWolf]

USS Artemis, I imagine it as a Neo-Archer Class visually something between the Nova and Protostar designs, very sleek and aerodynamic with six nacelles that functions as a long range rapid disaster response/strike vessel and a testbed for the Federations slipstream drive program before they build larger ships like the USS Dauntless

[@Andrewcb112]

Love the name and concept but six nacelles seems excessive 😂

[@AnkhWolf]

@Andrewcb112 the thought process when I was brainstorming the design (other than to give it a unique look) was it could either cycle through the three sets of nacelles for prolonged high warp travel or it use all of them to generate a warp bubble well above it weight class to tow larger vessels eg a vessel the size of a Nova class pulling a disabled Galaxy class from harm and towards the nearest dry dock after patching it up

[@Andrewcb112]

@@AnkhWolf sounds really interesting as a concept, but I feel that a long range disaster response/strike ship that can act as a starship tug wouldn't also be a test bed ship for newer FTL systems like slipstream. I feel like they'd have different space frames. Like the parliament class is a high powered engineering ship with mid warp speed for cruising but has hugely powerful tractor emitters for towing pieces of colony modules or space station components...then you've got the huge, sleek odyssey or vesta classes that are long range science ships with test bed propulsions in them, and then you've got the compact, aggressive looking long range tactical cruiser with its 4 nacelles and MVAM, USS Prometheus. I love what you're proposing, but it sounds like you're contemplating a ship that can take all the features of these kinds of starships but putting them in a space frame the size of a Nova class...thats more ambitious than the USS defiant basically being an overpowered gun with a warp drive 😂

[@masterskywalker7141]

USS Black Raven is usually my go-to but I use 2 others. USS Independence and USS Ascension. NCC-1776 is the Independence, NCC-1445 is the Ascension, and NCC-1758 is the Black Raven. As for class, Constitution/refit for the Black Raven and Independence, Sovereign-class for the Ascension.

[@matt_it1990]

Since the USS Verona (my home town) is already taken😢, I guess I'd go with USS Venice (which I don't think exists) but it would be a whole new class and design I have in mind, filling the role of a fast, quick response attack ship: the one you need to get help fast in case of an attacked outpost in order to show the enemies they'd better back off

[@Calvin.of.Martin.Street]

In my daydreams I combined Star Fleet with Egyptian mythology and created the Ennead class of starships. There were only nine in the series, all named after the nine primary gods of the Egyptians. The ship I would command would be the USS Sutekh (another name for the god Set). Each of the nine ships would be kitted out to perform specialized missions based on the gods' portfolios of influence. The Sutekh would be a heavily armed ship often used as a diplomatic vessel in areas of very aggressive conflict.

[@gxxlee123]

When I played STO I had the U.S.S By Shadows Light and the U.S.S In Shadows Light. I forget the class. But I would love the Aventine class.

[@braddl9442]

What was nice about lower decks despite it being a bit to rick and morty style IMO. Is that it back filled the Logistics and engineering side of star trek more. Yeah for all the cool galaxy class ships that were flying around, there were 100 times as many smaller purpose built craft traveling between all the worlds keeping everything going.

[@thomasbarca9297]

Id love to see a starship using first Australian names like USS Dharug or USS Naarm

[@BadwolfRuin]

Mine would be a Yorktown refit Odyssey class called the USS Jack of all Trades.

[@jedidragonking5070]

Since I imagine cruising around in a Sovereign class, I think I would follow in that vein by naming my ship after a monarch or royal dynasty from Earth history. I think this would be the list of names going from most likely name to least: 1. USS Plantagenet 2. USS Windsor 3. USS Constantine 4. USS Hadrian 5. USS Trajan

[@ericcarver8363]

The U.S.S. Hercules, Mars class battleship.

[@dmfraser1444]

I may not be the first one to bring this up but Star Trek Lower Decks is made in Vancouver BC.

[@augurseer]

Ojhhhh. ??? Ty. Didn't know. Appreciated.

[@stainlesssteelfox1]

USS Turbinia, a Steamrunner class. I like the integrated hull/naccelle design.

[@vic5015]

Since when do Starfleet ships need extra living space? If you do the math, each crew menber on the Enterprise-D had more living space on average than most NYC apartments! 😂😂😂 sure its mostly science labs and stuff, but the ship's internal volune is gigantic! It really is like a kuxury hotel in space.

[@davidmiller8609]

My Dream Ship is the USS Harry Mudd.

[@abeautifulmess8868]

My dream ship would the USS Cutlass

[@timthesmurf]

I would call my ship USS Polaris NCC-1297, new class (Aurora) that would be made for basically exactly what the voyager did. A heavy cruiser for (very) deep space exploration for long term.

[@deadmeat8754]

The Parliament class is just a better looking California class from the same series. The California class was always meant to look a bit janky because it's a comedy cartoon.

[@wilomica]

If I was to reinstall S.T.O. my Parliament Class ship would be the U.S.S. Ottawa. I have gotten old and slow so it's unlikely I'll have my tune come out of retirement. I could barely finish missions 10 years ago.

[@juliusarchibaldiv3880]

Not missing much honestly. Content back then was peak content, now a days it's mid to meh. I turn it on every 3-6 months just to see what's new.

[@LarsLoveToMosh]

That this Ship was around for Wolf 359 is a piece of Lore that I find highly unlikely

[@Graham6410]

I would call my ship the HMS Leigh in reference to my home town.

[@erichassel2141]

I’d name three. The Uss Iowa, Uss Indiana, and the Uss Oklahoma. I’ve lived in two of those states. And living in one of those states.

[@bruceh8043]

For me, it would be the Sovereign class USS Constellation.

[@tonyfabulous6775]

Parliament my favorite band in the known universe. I would name a starship the USS 🤘🏿💀Funkadelic💀🤘🏿

[@12oshinko]

I'll take a runabout and call it the Gauley or a Nova class and call it the Rovelli

[@OathTaker3]

A Canadian class with no USS Candy (John) or USS Jackman (Hugh) or USS Reynolds (Ryan), totally unbelievable.🤔😁

[@alantodd5823]

When I played STO my ship was named USS Art of War

[@leocallan3691]

'It's basically, like, the same ship as the Cerritos' -Mariner, 'Cupid's Errant Arrow' s01e05. Seems like a sleeker version of the california class as pointed out by Mariner in the episode

[@roydowling2542]

My ship would be a Nebula class Ship. The USS Hatchback

[@3Rayfire]

Her name is the USS Masamune.

[@amitenoh6152]

I would be torn, if I was going with a cruiser like a Galaxy or Sovereign, it would have to be the USS Indianapolis. If I was put in charge of something like an Akira or a smaller combat focused ship, USS Belfast.

[@Kakashi01]

I would name my ship the USS Hamilton as thats the name of the city where I lived a fair bit and the class would be Premonition Temporal Science Spearhead love that ship

[@MusicHandsAbrupt]

If I commanded a starship it would be called the USS Emerald.

[@ubettergetit]

I would love to command an Ambassador class and I would name it USS Dvorak

[@rubienreynolds8018]

The raptorswing

[@jamesevans886]

For me, it would be NCC-610101 Endurance

[@Allosaurus87]

just a personal runabout fully automatized with holo crew for reparis as a personal transport

[@JaredLS10]

I counted four torpedo launchers on the lower saucer, two on the upper saucer and two aft so I'm thinking this ship class was built post Wolf 359 / pre Dominion War.

[@jamesmacaluso2066]

I believe I would name my ship the "Valantine." This way it can act as a ship of peace and love or if necessary a massacre.

[@lslange7598]

My ship is the USS Vigorous.

[@davidponseigo8811]

I would command the USS Louisiana or the USS Revelation ! For a personal craft I would like SS Angel of Death !

[@CaptaonPeterQuinn2]

hey guys, are you on Blue Sky now? i am and a few Trek creators are

[@TrekCentral]

Yes! You can find us via the link on our channel page, or via the name Trek Central - Jack

[@CaptaonPeterQuinn2]

will do, thanks Jack

[@equinsuocha8905]

What I don’t understand is why there are windows on the nacelle pylons. No other SF ship has pylons (as far as I’ve seen) as a habitable zone (excluding Jeffrey/engineering tubes). Which means they likely have people sleeping on quarters right next to the nacelles!

[@electricmind2861]

I gotta know is its hail some guy going " Hey dare hozer pick up dah phone ehh"

[@dominik8005]

think Vancouver is very nice name. think will fly on in STO

[@jeromesutton3888]

The thunder child

[@MonochromeWench]

Probably a Runabout named USS Parramatta.

[@stewartadamson4715]

Would call my ship the USS Cerberus

[@randyappley836]

I still say that this class is a really, really nice PRIVATE star roving YACHT!!!! Can I have one, please???

[@ThePhysics1234]

i would call it the flying saucer

[@Jarohneev116]

I would love to command USS Sutherland (Nebula-class starship)

[@marqueseason6360]

My ship would be called the USS Valor.

[@jaredcolon4535]

Parliament class vessel looks to me like it was launched during the Dominion War Ed Sheeran's DNA with its predecessor California class but it also has Sovereign class starship DNA in a bit of nebula class DNA that's why I agree with Venom geek media on the parliament being used as a fast battle cruiser during the Dominion War not just as a logistical vessel because the California vessels would have been used for logistical support and resupply and repair out in field because they were already established in number

[@martijnheijstek]

Mine is a eclips intel cruiser and named it nx Tempest

[@ds6080]

I think that I would embrace the Federation ideals and call mine the Warhammer, unlike a lot of recent designs I quite like this Parliament class

[@suchnerve]

USS Achilles deserves to be alpha canon, not just beta canon

[@shaunoiussb]

Warspite, no uss prefix, just warspite, the ship would be a refitted excelsior upgraded to what the hull could handle, old but potent

[@larrywelchko6136]

I love the content. I wonder, can you do one about the USS Franklin? It is in the last Star Trek movie Beyond. According to the movie it was the first ship to make warp 4. It's shape is similar to the Parlement class. Thanks/

[@TrekCentral]

I shall add that to the list! Thank you for the suggestion! - Jack

[@WCD_Media]

USS Resolute and it's sister ship, USS Avenger.

[@gumpreeengthegumpreeeng]

I named my ship Sovereign USS Determination in STO And my Akira I named the USS Astute

[@daviddraffen2116]

My ship would be USS. Seeadler.

[@radwolf76]

Funkadelic

[@evos469]

USS Ballbreaker

[@70820Nova]

USS Destiny NX-82620 - Vesta Class Destiny Subclass

[@DissociatedWomenIncorporated]

I’d name mine the USS Gracie, after a very important whale.

[@Dinidan]

USS Todd Howard. It just works.

[@dunmermage]

Do you have to buy the Ablative Armor DLC for 499 bars of gold pressed latinum?

[@Dinidan]

@dunmermage of course! And I paid full ship prices for the engine room and weapons add-ons. The reloads cost a separate special currency though.

[@BathrobeKeck]

an Akira class, the USS Innsmouth

[@kutter005]

USS Kaneda you know what class it is