Trekyards EP289 - Northampton Class

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[@Sebastian-jk9kk]

If I were captain of this ship, my first order would be to self destruct.

[@Kiyosuki]

Destruct code sequence being 1 1 1, 1 1 1, 1 1 1, with final code being....1 1 1. Cause even the engineers knew.

[@barrybend7189]

From the front it looks like the recognizers from Tron.

[@braderickson9996]

I like that you guys dive into the FASA ships from time to time. I actually like many of their designs. A lot of out-of-the-box thinking done there. Some did not work as well but, liked where they went with many of them.

[@ricconway8719]

I'm super nostalgic for this class because it was our ship during the campaign we played in high school. I love it and always will! U.S.S. Marksman. NCC-2112!

[@S1nwar]

its like a pure warpfield experimental ship. like the struds are 2 giant robot arms that can move the nacelles freely into any position for testing purpose.

[@BON3SMcCOY]

Nebulas picking up Galaxy saucers is the coolest idea I've heard from Trekyards

[@stevew8513]

I'd love to know how quickly the FASA guys had to design all the ships in the book to meet their deadline. So many of their designs look rushed and not really thought through. I can see some of their ships, like the Northampton Class, being the basis of some really nice ship designs if they were reworked to make a little more functional sense.

[@BradHoytMusic]

The Northampton and the Chandley class starships were the Federation powerhouses of the old FASA game. :)

[@812amack]

Fleet support frigate. All that you guys have said makes sense. Beefed up shields and ablative armour. Articulated nacelles and arms. Industrial replicators, robotic arms, tractor emitters and worker bee fleet sounds just about right. Internal storage for over provision of antimatter and deuterium for refuelling purposes. Also emitter arrays for baryon sweeps. Capability to service all but the largest ships of the line. I could see this ship and its variants serving federation needs for a very long time.

[@PanteraPersa]

As a proud resident of Northampton (East Midlands), I strongly object to this ugly-ass ship.

[@JEMHull-gf9el]

I like this ship its intriguing. I think the placement of the nacelles is especially interesting. I think its a good defensive location as they're more protected agains a beam or torpedo.

[@Condor-uc2lw]

imho 99% of the FASA ships are bleagh looks like the designer was just sticking random things to saucers lol

[@longtimber]

My Fav Ship! Haven't seen a pick in years cuz my FASA books are all boxed up in the attic. Thanks for doing a review.

[@gaetanbard102]

The nacelles are to close to produce a field, the proper distance in between is important.

[@leohale6449]

Andorian design style in single lock engines but designed at Martian Yards. Frigate designed as a control ship with 220 troops. Arms held all the amenities for long station keeping which was close to the Shuttles.

[@biostemm]

It kind of reminds me of those little saucers from the film "Batteries not Included", as it was carrying something...

[@Pokemc0831]

"It feels like they were creating weak spots" Forgets Constitution refit had lines on the outer hull that designated where the warp core was located. Forgets the Constitution Refit had a torpedo launcher directly wrapped around aformentioned warp core

[@user-ox7vk2tv5v]

I love when you guys go into the FASA and SFB ships. This particular ship always looked to me as a tow truck. I thought the nacelles move to the outside of the ship and the ship that gets towed gets tractored into the back, giving a snug fit. I have an easier time seeing her as a tow truck than a fighter. Don't get me wrong I'm from the same era as the captain, but I was exposed to the FASA and SFB ships in the mid 90's. So while I do like the old designs, I completely understand Samuel's reaction to these designs. Yes some of them come off as clunky, but there's some charm to them. Another great video by you guys, I can't wait for the next one that focuses on SFB and FASA ships again. Cheers

[@adamlytle2615]

Love that you guys come up with better ideas for the ship's function than the original publication.

[@iamnotanuggetblackhart5103]

As a blue collar worker, I LOVE these utilitarian ships! They aren't meant to look good, they are meant to be workers. All worker class ships would need to look ugly for a reason. And this isn't that ugly. Compare it to an Antares class...its like one of those, only sleeker.

[@cadengrace5466]

Stuart it was a marine assault ship. It carried two 500 man marine units, they were housed in the arms ( think shoulders) as they hang down from the saucer section. In the pontoons in either side of the warp nacelles housed training and transporter facilities. There was some fiction on this ship in an all FASA magazine.

[@rafaelsays175]

Holy...that's an ugly ship

[@brianlindee5583]

Rafael says like discovery

[@xheralt]

I like the Andorian engine configuration. This is a ship that looks good from the forward elevation (Tron Recognizer, LOL), top elevation (frog legs), but like the Captain said, the side elevation looks off (like many FASA designs, too "tall"), and the 3/4 3D view leaves something to be desired...

[@arikbord2256]

This thing could have totally been built to support multiple missions. The large semi-enclosed space between the saucer and the nacelles could hold modular cargo/troop/sensor modules/pods (like Thunderbird 2).

[@adamlytle2615]

The nacelles are squared off on the Constellation as well, so that's probably why they did them like that on this variant.

[@STNuevo]

It make sense if you put troops container below the saurcer in some how there is a lot of open space. Then it will be a modular carrier. Permitted is what succeeds!

[@hallmonitor1]

I love both the Northampton Class and Chandley Class Frigates.

[@orange_light_pictures]

Great show again btw, the design of the ships interesting, I can see how the nacelles work. An inverse field, think of tron. I’d have the saucer facing the other way, so it was above the nacelles. It would improve the side profile, it would look more aggressive also. I’d also bring the nacelles slightly further in not fully to the struts, just half way.

[@Jack_Stafford]

Each pylon would have to have its own warp-core. When you think about the warp core in the Connie once the warp energy leaves the intermix chamber it is pretty much a direct Plumbing straight up the pylon to the warp engines. Other ships seem to have a fairly straightforward path as well. I can't imagine getting warp engine power piped from the core through all the different articulation points and creases and folds and Corners to finally get it to the engines! For me this is one of those that you just look at it and say this is just too impractical to even try to invent a mechanical functions for nearly anything.

[@haroldcarfrey4206]

For its time it was a solid heavy frigate, with troops, torpedoes, and phasers. Have a feeling they would be recalled for the Dominion War since the federation has not manufactured assault transports in a very long time

[@deLimitedProductions]

If the saucer section is the front, then someone was being careless with the starboard and port detailing. The use of navigation lights is a standard--both in real life and in the Trek universe. You can't flip them willy-nilly.

[@jokerzwild00]

Looks like an amphibian. Or like one of those ships with a dock underneath it, the kind that retrieve (real) spaceship parts from the ocean. Looks like it's supposed to carry something in that space underneath, or mate with something large. Some kind of cargo container carrier or something.

[@josephmassaro]

I had a lead miniature Northampton. Very cool.

[@cjdavis2684]

Since it's a Marine transport, did you think like the ptolemy class tug it is able to have switched out pods to carry containers that can carry fighters, hover craft, photo tanks, etc. much like the LST's of the Navy carried landing craft, and surface equipment into a front line unit. and that the containers be Hanger pods, supply pods, ect. were carried inside that area.

[@Penfolduk001]

My take would be that, If it's a troop transport, then otherwise sunlight fighters or shuttles could nestle inside the warp field and shield bubble, then rapidly swarm out when the starship comes out of warp.

[@ballsfallsadm]

perhaps it is designed to scoop up a ship for boarding (if transporters are not used) and dock with the ship to be boarded by marines? Maybe it is supposed to tug the separate marine module?

[@lordofthenecrotyr]

It could be a Tech test bed for Variable Warp Geometry, and other tech projects, as it is an experimental class.

[@sirbobbyuk]

someone has designed the warp engine so they rotate out to give a stable warp field. Great ships, would love these to be modified slightly, but keep the look

[@TheCastellan]

Front view is like a body builder posed and flexing....the Klingon Bird of Prey and D7 have a similar look.

[@colanitower]

Mudd's Ship Salvage, at your service

[@winkles2314]

Cargo hauler makes the most sense to me.

[@Biggles266]

I think you meant to say, "Everyone loathes FASA designs".

[@andipawlik3468]

This would make a great bottle opener. Form following function.

[@Jedistarship]

There is practically nothing holding those Nacelles. I would change two things on this ship. 1st I would make the Nacelle Supports more of a semi-circle as apposed to angular beams. 2nd and most importantly I would make their attachment to the Nacelles thicker. Why you ask? the supports are thick at the top but are practically toothpicks at the Nacelles location.

[@90lancaster]

It looks like it could deliver Starship components to another dockyard by hugging them under the saucer. or carry a large cargo module that sticks out in front of the ship. It also looks like it could recover a smaller damaged ship and tow it safely inside it's warp bubble with excess strain on the tractor beams or the warp field size. It could even capture and retain a pirate or foreign pirate ship intact and take the whole thing back to a starbase intact. It looks like it's designed to carry something under slung (much like the Franklin does). Also I don't object to the idea of a Nebula being able to carry another ships saucer - but I would suggest that would be a specific variant of the class rather than all of them. For example those Galaxy Class that were mothballed & assembled latter the parts might have had to be moved - The Nebula could be easily altered to carry another saucer and have the command functions in the ancillary pod and this ship or something like it looks like it's quite capable to deliver Nacelles or small hulls. Or even an entire Defiant class or Nova Class hull. There might be an unseen class that is suited to moving the bigger hulls or the smaller saucers. But I have not objection. As the one thing Star Trek tends to fall flat on it's face over is Logistics. Where as in Babylon 5 we see some of the equipment designed to do the heavy lifting (like the ships that build jump gates) [which would be an interesting thing to cover for Fleetyards perhaps]. But speaking of wacky uses for established ships - how about the Prometheus class used as a rapid rescue & recovery vehicle - it simply splits into two pieces and sandwiches the ship it's recovering between the two halves nicely stable and protected. Or it could be equipped with a short term "Fighter Module" that is a thick ring that fits to the shape of the hull between the upper and lower hull and is full of shuttles or fighters or a stupid number of troops or torpedoes. or evacuation space. That the ship can split like that has some possible unintended potential - likewise with the Galaxy Class it could have a "Combat Saucer" module as an option it would be smaller than the standard saucer with less crew but would have like fighter bays, 20 Torpedo tubes and small warp engines for extra power it would also generate a concurrent warp field and shield envelop to prevent some of the nasty accidents that cause Galaxy's to randomly explode if they get a love tap in the wrong way. A second Warp core would also allow the ship to maintain shields and prevent a secondary explosion from following fire and give engineering time to vent the plasma or eject the core (if they actually put a warp core ejection system in Galaxies that is). it would be criminal if they didn't add it as an essential feature to later models after so many of them randomly exploded. But anyway back to this ship - weird - yes - but an interesting weird.

[@anthonylowder6687]

Interesting that the first pic you display shows a Northampton class design but with the registry number NCC-1701-A.

[@DrLynch2009]

Looks like a design more fit for a recovery ship.

[@marleymcleay9228]

very interesting design, had a klingon d7 hybrid aesthetic.

[@jacobkinpaler8778]

Considering its an Andorian design and all that open ventral space....plenty of room for weapons modules if ya ever came up with them (ie akira torp pod style)

[@MrRandomcommentguy]

Always loved the sheer WEIRDNESS of this design...

[@WaybackTECH]

Can't say I really care for this one... front view looks tie fighter-ish to me. If... if... this was a transport ship, and the saucer section backed up / docked into a large cargo / troop transport section which took up that empty space above the nacelles... this design would make sense to me.

[@garysanderson4932]

Yes a very tugboat look to it

[@kennethknutsen7578]

if its a troop transport, I could see it carrying an orbital battery module, that could be dropped into orbit as support to ground troops

[@semperatis]

The Chandley class were the Assault ships.

[@mikestoast]

I know Stewert loves FASA but if you guys never covered another FASA ship i would be happy. Everytime someone brings up FASA i cringe, all the fins, ALL the fins.

[@Jack_Stafford]

Yttrium I'm afraid I'm forced to agree. I remember seeing them when they first came out and they always struck me as rather simple, shoddy looking and quickly put together, just to offer a variety of ships rather than focusing on the _quality_ of the designs. But like anything else, I do understand that if this was an important part of _your_ enjoyment of Trek, that it would be important to you just like to many people ships invented for video games, Comics, novels, or other forms of media are _absolutely_ a part of Trek to them, but for someone like me basically concentrated on the shows and the (pre JJ) movies, I don't consider it Canon unless it appears on the screen in an *episode or movie*. To me that trumps any other statements from a studio or designer which tend to change; while what appears in the finished product usually remains consistent. So to me _that_ is "real: Trek. Everything else is some level of fan conjecture. I fully understand that it's just my opinion!

[@terifarley4770]

I'd wager a Frigate should be a fast mofo in sublight, so large impulse, and multiple impulse makes sense.

[@TrueKoalaKnight]

This would be a better looking design if the saucer was mounted behind the big top bar and the secondary hull struts swept back instead of forward. Adjustable geometry nacelle struts would work great, too. It would look cooler and would be able to protect a salvaged secondary hull or saucer better. So with that in mind, why not go ahead and design a new class of ship, Commander?

[@barrymellor424]

interesting ship you should compare federation ships designed by different species and may be do a top ten

[@KevinWebb]

well armed troop ship? The people who write these descriptions need to give more critical thought. I remember this from FASA, and I always thought the nacelles were meant to be protected, as well as having articulated struts. If the the volume of the horizontal, and vertical struts were measured, it probably has as much or more internal volume as the connie has in it's engineering section.

[@enterprise-h312]

Somehow this ship looks better than the ones I’ve seen in Discovery by which I mean that it has got more of an identity. 7:53 How does the Continent-class fit 3200 marines, 16 heavy tanks and 50 light support vehicles if it is smaller than the Northampton which only fits 220 marines?

[@arcaneflash7068]

I remember this ship. I always thought it looked stupid. Also it looks like a jumping frog .

[@mastodonxrp5314]

Looking in the FASA book it is called a Frigate but it is nearly as powerful as an Enterprise Class Cruiser: 6 x FH-11 phasers in 3 banks, 3 x FP-6 photo torpedo launchers, FSO Shield Generators with shield power of 16, FWG-1 Warp Engines with emergency Warp 10 and hull, and nearly identical Hull points. Calling this thing a Frigate is totally wrong. More like a Destroyer

[@foxpianocovers]

Looks like something from Space Invaders- interesting...

[@sirbobbyuk]

I think an attachable module must be attached under the saucer section

[@jaywiegs1712]

I would guess if it is a troop carrier that large space would somehow increase warp speed or burst speed. Also if it is meant to be a QRF Marine ship, they would be able to sit side by side in corridor or compartment benches and if they needed to sleep role out their mats on the deck. They are marines after all, I seriously doubt they need swimming pools and racket ball courts.

[@optimuscprime]

I would adjust the warp engines mounting points but other than that it alright

[@InventorZahran]

I order you to put down the energy drink, commander!

[@WheelLock]

it could work as a mobile repair ship have the engines rotate up to open a space that another ship can slide on in.

[@michaelclulow7007]

The only way this ship might work is if a couple of long cargo/troop transport sections were supposed to interlock under the back section. At least it might solve the personnel number issue and might be a reason for the god awful shape of the pylons.

[@ababab28]

Can you guys consider doing the Cheyenne class? I searched to see if you already had but didn't find any videos.

[@stephenfarthing1522]

As long as he don't crash a shuttle on the roof of city hall.

[@kingleoxvii2463]

Maybe it can connect with another ship? It looks like another ship can basically dock in that open space.

[@90lancaster]

Mobile space dock

[@matthewayers293]

All types of canon...even "phaser can-ons"? lol

[@derekrankin7842]

Just started watching the ep, but it strikes me as a tug or recovery ship.

[@derekrankin7842]

Maybe a transport ship, which would explain the big space in the middle

[@hallmonitor1]

She's a frigate, and very bad ass to boot.

[@wwclay86]

Looks like a Galor crossed with a Miranda...

[@TheVarietyGuy]

Are you guys gonna make a video speculating about the Quentin Tarantino movie? I'd love to hear your thoughts.

[@power543]

We were not planning on it :) he could do literally anything so it would be tricky to speculate haha

[@HookerUNLEASHEDfilms]

Dude, just speculate away! What a wild ride that would be!!! :)

[@colanitower]

According to IMDb, Quentin Tarantino's two favorite films are Manos: The Hands of Fate (1966) and Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan (1982), which he references in Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003). So I assume Tarantino making a new Star Trek movie is good news. As new Star Trek is always good news. Maybe Tarantino's take on Trek adds something new to the Kelvin timeline and then it can go where it did not go before. Trek of the 2020s will yet again be different. Hope they'll make it so. Edit: Some speculation added at IMDb www.imdb.com/list/ls025720609/videoplayer/vi1856944153?ref_=hm_hp_i_2 Quentin Tarantino thinks highly of TNG episode "Yesterday's Enterprise" as one of the coolest episodes. And it is. If that will inspire the movie, bring it on!

[@sirbobbyuk]

The one story i would like him to re-do would be the balance of terror, seeing the romulans again...with hair and a new design of ship that has a nod to the TOS series

[@brettcooper3893]

My big question would be how he would fit Sam Jackson, Kurt Russell, and Harvey Keitel in it. Lol

[@nathanrainey3821]

Love the top view off it

[@mr_e_monkey8836]

This is why you keep your Andorian ship designers away from hallucinogenic drugs, kids...

[@NephritduGrey]

Hm, first impression is if they'd raise the engines in the middle to go upwards the side view would look better imho, like they raise the nedinges to be on the side in the middle kinda. Top view would look the same and in the front it wouldn't look worse too I think. Hm, also as idea maybe those pylons at the bottom could detach and still be warp-capable? Like a quite big drop pod? So the saucer would be for C&C and the troop deplyoment is via the pylons. Maybe have a secondary hull above the saucers and those docking arms going down.

[@PsychoStreak]

It really doesn't make a lot of sense as a transport. A a repair tender, ok. It could hold a lot of parts and intermix shafts and plenty of torpedoes, but something that reliant on transporters to deploy troops wouldn't house them in the most undefended portion of the ship. I'd be surprised if it had signifiicantly more usable internal volume than a Miranda. The points where the nacelles connect make no logical sense unless they fold up and outward towards the outriggers. It would get the nacelles up and out of the way for a swoop and drop or swoop and grab maneuver, or if the ship was actually designed to land on water The only other thing it makes sense for is a mobile test platform to get pairs of nacelles synced up and ready to use as replacements or new installs for whatever class used them. being able to tweak the spacing also fits in with what have to be articulated pylons. The thin points the segments come to scream "SHOOT HERE" more than just about any ship I've seen. I know Stuart loves those FASA designs, but a great many of them don't make much sense, and some of the worst are just Saucers nacelles and other Connie parts bolted onto odd shapes just to add more volume. But the part that bugs me the most is that the forms don't have much relation to the function, and the idea that they're designed by non-humans doesn't work because unless they're not bipedal humanoids, physics, geometry, and the limitations of the materials and components will dictate certain things. If it's a Starfleet ship there are common parts you're going to use, and with few exceptions, it needs to fit inside Spacedock, or similar facilities. That said, this isn't the worst of the lot by far, but it's role doesn't match it's form. Its better as a repair vessel, mobile dock, mainly if the ourtiggers also articulated to cover the width of a Connie Saucer. (and as I type that you mention the same thing. Gotta love that.)

[@Aeneas137]

the reason there are so many oddities in the FASA designs is because the designers completely misunderstood the engineering. they and it's funny because it's such a screw up... the warp nacelle's just generate a warp field they don't create power and the impulse engine does not generate power it just gives thrust. the FASA designers seem to completely forget about the matter antimatter reactor.

[@InventorZahran]

Since when does Starfleet use troop-transports? I thought the Federation was a non-military government that did not maintain a standing army...

[@90lancaster]

Yeah well what the show says and what common sense says tend to disagree there. I think a lot of people want the MAKO's pushed forward in time as far as they can possibly get away with having them. But trust me I've sat down and thought about all the things one needs to run a civilisation (in science fiction terms) and specifically in Star Trek and there is a ton of things completely missing. The Military is just one of many. Ds9 hinted at that some of the people Nog was fighting with were not your normal starfleet security types. Also that person Jake met on a planet once seemed to be more of a space marine or Soldier type than a normal crew "Redshirt" type. Remembering SG1 that show had it's "Airman" who were functionally soldiers in the context that they were in - they just happened to be Airforce one (not Marines or Army) and I can see no reason why in a time period like the post Motion Picture era when the Romulans and Klingon's are still a bit troublesome - not to mention the Tholians and the Gorn & Orions etc.. it would be suicide to have such ill suited people as you see in TOS as your only force available - you do see more Solderly Security types in the later Movies though wearing helmets and proper body armour. I wouldn't be at all surprised if the only reason no one does dress properly is for budget reasons. They couldn't afford to design proper outfits, or hire lots of extra's so they didn't and they were probably right, it makes more sense to fudge it and hope no one notices than it does to use something recycled they could hire (like the Starship troopers costumes). But if we ever get Motion Picture / TWOK era content again I'd like that question to be one that gets properly resolved and if Nick Myers is in charge of that I'm certain it would be.

[@DrewLSsix]

InventorZahran 327. Saying they didnt have a standing military flies in the face of what we see.... when there is war and conflict its the established fleet and personelle that are tasked with conducting that war. The Enterprise is often specifically sent as a representative of military power and often heads fleets of ships in combat. Your idea that they dont have a standing military depends on them raising a military force in times of war, but they dont. Even when total annihilation is entirely possible.

[@InventorZahran]

When I said "army", I was referring to foot-soldiers, not starships...

[@InventorZahran]

All of the Federation's starships were outfitted with various defensive technologies, such as deflector shields and ablative hull armor, and many of them also had various offensive weapons. However, these were intended for use in emergency situations, destroying asteroids or space-junk that posed a threat to navigation, or as a last resort when diplomacy was ineffective. However, these weaponized starships were not sanctioned as a military force, unless unexpected and/or unknown organizations (like the Dominion or the Borg) became hostile and dangerous enough to necessitate a full-scale war. In these rare occasions, Starfleet would effectively become the Federation's space navy, and some starships (USS Defiant, for example) were built specifically for this purpose. However, once the war was over, all Federation starships would automatically r=be reverted to non-military status. "Sometimes the best diplomacy is a full spread of proton torpedoes!" -- Chief engineer Montgomery Scott, of the USS Enterprise (star-year 2267)

[@stanleynickjedrzejczyk4533]

Dude! Spot Me! The Steroid Flex class!

[@EmpyreanFrost]

And people say..Discovery looks bad...FASA..have you seen? have you played? LOL

[@Jack_Stafford]

Bloody horrible looking ship. It may have some very functional use that we cannot surmise, but on looks alone this ship makes very little rational or aesthetic sense. I really dislike many of the FASA "origami" type kit bashes and in all honesty, I think this is among the worst. Engines being that close together just doesn't make sense; if one is damaged it very likely would pass the damage to the other. Everything about it goes against one's natural tendency to arrange things in a more rational manner. I love you guys' work! Just in this case I think you didn't have much to work with, but still gave even this ship an excellent review with your trademark analysis. Thanks guys!

[@BiggTony1776]

What about a Reliant Primary with the roll bar?

[@RotalHenricsson]

I just don't get why it's so TALL, though. What could possibly require that hight that can't be built into a regularly-placed Secondary Hull?

[@donaldhill3823]

So glad to see you 2 talking about ship design for a while. Your ability to be objective as TV shows critics is lacking. Troupe Transports in the real world tend to have minimal crews to operate so they can maximize the number of Troupes and cargo but at the same time they are not heavily armed. I would expect crew quarters to be minimal and troupes quarters to be barracks like. this makes me think tug or maybe destroyer.

[@starsiegeplayer]

It was a Martian design, not Andorian :)

[@Kiyosuki]

It reminds me of someone clapping their feet together. Or...if the Thing from....The Thing....could impersonate Starships, this is the monstrosity it'd look like when it reveals itself after impersonating a Connie-refit. Jesus, some of these kitbash ships people make.

[@watcherzero5256]

Why does it have the registry 1701-B?

[@Aeneas137]

4 nacelles? hello, did you fellas forget all about the stargazer?

[@tysonboy1980]

I love it! More fasa please

[@ModestNeophyte]

I don't like the the 1st beauty shot because it seems like there's 3 different eras of hull material being used..

[@jeffreyquick4871]

Memory Beta states that there are 200 troops on board this frigate

[@jeffreyquick4871]

If Memory Beta is correct the Northampton is a Martian design and not an Andorian one. It's based on Andorian designs.

[@captianjessie1]

The back of the lower sections look kinda like excelsior nacelles

[@garyk3478]

I think most of the FASA Starfleet designs look really horrible from some angle. I like this one from the top and the front, but from the side?

[@factsoverfeelings1776]

So what do you guys think of Quentin Tarantino doing a Rated R Star Trek film?

[@captianjessie1]

Take off the warp nacelles amd saucer thwn you have the ds9 tractor beam recovery ship of the damaged ships

[@wingsabre]

when youre dependent on patreon, you are sometimes dependent on doing reviews on a a ship thats FUBAR

[@Jack_Stafford]

wingsabre on the other hand a ship like this that for one reason or another is a favourite of many fans is getting covered where otherwise it probably would have been overlooked. While it's not my cup of tea, I respect someone that is devoted enough to the Trekyards channel to pony up the money to have his favourite ship examined. :-) A truly cool experience and I'm happy for my fellow Trekyardian that is getting his ship(s) examined by the experts in the field! Cheers!

[@wingsabre]

I'm no against donating. I'm just pointing out that if you donate enough, you could basically have them do an episode ship that's shaped as a blob.