"Battle of Narendra III" - Old Version

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"Battle of Narendra III" - Yesterday's Enterprise.
In 2344, the Enterprise-C receives a distress call from the Klingon outpost on Narendra III and engages four Romulan Warbirds.
Regarding the initial attack on the Enterprise-C by the Romulan:
I intended that the Enterprise had assumed there were no attacking ships present. The distress call did not specify who was attacking, therefore the ship would have ended red alert and dropped shields to transport down and render aid. At this point the Romulan attacked and this attack wrecked the shield system. I would have put this in a title screen but I rendered that scene literally months ago and I did the titles just before uploading it, so by then I had forgot what my thinking was about the scene!
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Based upon the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "Yesterday's Enterprise".
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3D Models:
Enterprise-C and Enterprise-D by
Scifi-Art
Vmelak Warbird
Model and textures: LC Amaral
Design: Raven Night
This ship was designed specifically as a pre-TNG / Ambassador-era warbird. It is not a canon class. The ship is conjectured to be 346m long and was the first Romulan ship to be powered by an artificial quantum singularity.
Planet textures:
Source unknown
Explosion footage:
Detonation Films
Music:
Jerry Goldsmith
Danny Pelfrey
Dennis McCarthy
Background info sources:
Ex Astris Scientia
Memory-Alpha
Memory-Beta
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Made purely for non-profit purposes. STAR TREK is a registered trademark of CBS/Paramount Pictures etc. No infringement intended.

[@terrywest111]

I love this! The ships and their lighting are absolutely wonderful. I love the pre-TNG Warbird! Man... I wish this was an actual episode! I also love how faithful you stayed to Captain Garrett's account of the battle. Four warbirds and everything. Great job! Can you give us more?

[@AfonsoBucco]

The shape of those warbirds is even more similar to the real world vehicle called "Bird of Prey", originally, "Oiseau de Proie", which is the French name for the 14-bis, the plane made by Santos-Dumont. Its front elevator, and its rear wings made it seems like a bird of prey, like startrek ones. But the original name is not about any military purposes. It's just about the shape. This plane have flown in Paris in 1906, in front of a crown, and cameras, which made photos and VIDEOS. It started from the ground, lift up by itself, and came back later in entirely in safe conditions, just like now-days replica of this plane.

[@DBro65]

This is still one of my favorite interpretations of that famous battle. On a historical note, the space of time between Kirk & Spock and the adventures of Capt. Picard and the Enterprise D, there was great expansion in the Federation and the entire Beta Quadrant was constantly on the brink of war.

[@dragonknightleader1]

The Plaque at the end is an excellent touch.

[@SquirrelStampede]

Wow, That was great! Nice work all around. The editing of the various soundtracks was done well too.

[@KnowTrentTimoy]

Why weren't the shields up and operating at maximum capacity? You are entering an unknown situation and responding to a DISTRESS call of an Attack?

[@Baseshocks]

Assuming they were, Romulan tech rivals Fed tech.

[@KnowTrentTimoy]

Baseshocks Why would we Need to ASSume that? They are responding to a distress call from a Klingon outpost that is being Attacked.... Don't get me wrong but the key word: Attack would automatically make me go to battle stations, shields at maximum... ALL Weapons at ready and FULLY activated. Sensor sweep analysis anyone?? Come on man!!

[@Baseshocks]

Trent Timoy They Rival fed tech meaning they can target the Enterprise warp engines right after decloaking. As we have seen in the series time and time again, warp engines can be disabled even with the shields up.

[@KnowTrentTimoy]

Baseshocks The Enterprise was completely caught off guard to have sustained that much damage during the initial first strike. I would have to assess that as a breach of appropriate protocols when entering a potentially unpredictable situation. If I'm not mistaken, part of battle tactics includes a "first strike" on your opponent to gain a upper hand (the Romulans achieved that). The Enterprise sensors should've anticipated a 'decloaking" ship. This scenario was all set-up for the historical significance it contributed to the stronger ties between the Klingon empire and the Federation. The circumstances that occurred with this Enterprise was meant to be in order to forge the alliance that the Federation and Klingons enjoy today.

[@Baseshocks]

Trent Timoy For the amount of damage given.. This is a fan made cgi scenario. The way i see it war bird declockes and damages engines. The rest is a battle.

[@steveriddle313]

Rachel Garrett wasn't a very good captain that's for sure

[@alexthompson5275]

Correct. She should of used photon torpedo's as well

[@lazurusredd8682]

The hell she wasn't >:( her and the crews efforts cemented the treaty between the Federation and the Klingon Empire, plus read the lost era novels that ship under her command for 11 years before Narendra III proves different,

[@3b0ny1]

Rachel Garrett was to the Enterprise C what Captain Kathryn Janeway was to Voyager. She was a excellent captain who happened to be at the wrong place at the wrong time. No Captain would have survived that onslaught even if shields would have been up

[@2W3X4YZ5]

A Captain is only as good or bad as the crew he or she commands.

[@kaktuskopf3214]

She was one of the best that's why she was in command of the flagship

[@BOBXFILES2374a]

Great video! That was one of my favorite New Trek episodes. Thanks for all the work!

[@VideoSpaceFX]

@basherman69 Yes but I'm saying at the moment she chose to lower shields, in order to transport down and render aid to the Klingon survivors, that is when the Romulan attacked, having scanned them dropping shields. It would not have been negligent to do this if you thought the attacking ships had left the area. I certainly will take note that in future videos I should put more thought and time into these issues since I want people to fully enjoy the video without nitpicking lol.

[@MrMikellsof88]

i like that most if not all of the damage is consistent with what we see post-battle in Yesterday's Enterprise

[@StressballLOUIS]

Yesterday’s Enterprise should have been made into a feature length movie, waaaaay too much happened to be limited to just one episode.

[@nitodub]

I enjoyed every frame of that. Thank you for posting.

[@ACLTony]

Very, very well made! Did a very good job in filling in the gap in the original episode. A lot of work went into this. Thank's for producing and sharing this talented work.

[@TheMontanaDave]

One of my favorite episodes remastered. Very good job.

[@randy95023]

Great Job! I'm 54 yo so I was perfect age to watch original Star Trek when it premiered. Back in the 60's Star Trek was SO FAR AHEAD of its time that many of the serious minded adults just laughed at it or ignored it completely. As a little kid that watched every NASA space mission filled with awe to see Star Trek just fueled my young imagination! When you are 10 years old EVERYTHING seems possible! I'm still addicted to Space Exploration and anything related. Thanks for posting!

[@robinkyrke]

Awesome work! The effects and cg work were all top notch! I especially liked the shot with the dedication plaque, very touching.

[@xCiDevantx]

This is one of the best fan made films I've seen.

[@MrCharles26]

One of the best made fan videos I have ever seen! Really a amazing job.

[@agentm31]

You're hard work and determination shows! This is incredible

[@theGhoulman]

That was wonderful. I loved your take on starship battles, a cross between the 'jet fighter' battles in warp and the 'naval battleship battle' from ST:WoK. It looked terrific, and the narrative text was compelling. Nice work. :)

[@Thunderchyld]

This was a wonderful way to do this episode and it's story justice. Well done.

[@thelordoftimekirk6317]

10 years on and this is still brilliant, better than most things on KZbin these days

[@arceusthecreator9746]

12:58 admit it, tears fell at that point.

[@Ingens_Scherz]

Great job. I really enjoyed that. The creativity and talent of some people never ceases to amaze me.

[@GtheMVP]

Nice work on the effects! Ship design taste is one thing, quality of work is another, outstanding stuff!

[@Theboibutters]

You guys did a bloody excellent job on this, well done

[@quasiphatpaul]

I loved the way you slightly modulated the light behind the cloaked ship. Very eerie and subtle. ST could've used the same technique to let the audience in on stuff without letting the crew know. Very cool.

[@slighter]

That is gorgeous!!! Probably one of the best Star Trek Animations out there. One can see the love you put in in this. Thank you!

[@hikermatt]

That's a brilliant video! I really enjoyed the C/D encounter and the snippets of TNG "Yesterday's Enterprise" played over the scene - very inspired and an excellent selection of lines. Look forward to your next.

[@firepatriot42]

Superbly done!!! Excellent CGI and retelling of the story line.

[@JeffIrok]

Wow - A lot of work went into this! And it looks great! Thanks!

[@Marsproject11]

A great video man. Especially at the end with the ships plaque, slowly floating through space, was a very nice touch.

[@428ghost]

Well done! I like how you added momentum to the impacts on the Enterprise, something likely hard to pull off with the models used in the series' fx shots.

[@avenuePad]

I just want to say that I have been watching this video, not to mention all your other work, for days now. The Romulan Warbirds look outstanding. The black paint over the green is sick. Oh, and I'm definitely going to watch this in conjunction with "Yesterday's Enterprise". Such a great idea! lol

[@Baseshocks]

All the ships blown up in seconds are severely outclassed by the other. The video is very well done.

[@kenigan]

Excellent video, I love the detail of the ships and how you re-created the Ent-C/Ent-D meet. I can't want to see the edited version and I look forward to checking out all your videos.

[@jamieolberding7731]

I really like the design of the Romulan Warbird's. Great job.

[@sockmess]

well made gold. Thank you for bringing this to the people who wish to see it.

[@Whitelitr]

LOVE the sound effects. the impacts are much better than anything done in the series. It actually sounds like something hitting, and hitting hard.

[@pgc4sean]

That was amazing! Simply stunning! VSFX, you do simply awsome work. Thank you so much.

[@varthikes53]

History will never forget the name ENTERPRISE. Wonderfully done!

[@nerd359]

This actually had a rather good set of background music choices. Too often people who make these kinds of videos don't seem to put the thought into the music that you have. Great job.

[@apotheases]

Very cool and well made video! I really like the design you did for the Romulan ships of that era.

[@MrWildcard345]

GREAT JOB! I always wanted to see this battle, hope to see more from you. Thanks!

[@hectorchavez2881]

I thoroughly enjoyed watching this creation of Narendra III. Well done!

[@Justice107]

Very nice detailing The music score is blended so well into the picture and choosen well to highen the setting. Nicely done.

[@Rapidnadion]

Very nicely done. Impressive, to say the least. Great to finally see the battle of Narendra III.

[@jesjhoward]

This good stuff here man. I can tell a lot of work went into this. Keep it up.

[@archangel0829]

Incredible program. Thank you very your hard work. Too bad we never saw an actual television episode of the battle. It would have been glorious!

[@admiraljoshhar]

That was very good! I can imagine the script in my head- Captain Garret and her crew's reaction to the attack, the alert sirens, the consoles exploding. And I can see Castillo and Yar's valiant struggle and final decision to abandon ship. An awesome video!

[@avenuePad]

Very well done! Whatever minor 'mistakes' are besides the point. The Romulan ships looked amazing, as did the Enterprise C. This is a battle everyone has wanted to see, so thank you for making this for the fans! :D

[@Critter145]

This is incredibly well done. Really nerdy, but great to watch. Cheers!

[@seanwolslau-holdren6731]

51 years is how long it's been since the signing of the Khitomer Accords. 2344-2293=51 if anyone is wondering.

[@jwc00789]

I like what you've done so far and look forward to seeing a newer version when you have posted it.

[@JimPlaysGames]

Wow. That was really impressive. Great work.

[@noobbube55]

with great detail like that all you need is a couple of bridge scenes and you can make your own great series...awesome videos

[@unitruth]

mega sweet!!!!love your content,storyline,effects etc!Keep doing what your doing!

[@BloodSonicFlux]

Im loving how you captured the camera angles from the shows so perfectly.... All I can think of to make it better would be some acting, so that it seems like an actual episode. That would be pretty cool, if you had good actors and sets.

[@eagle6702]

You did a really great job with this. Congratulations.

[@cassidyfox7316]

very good. that was one of my favorite NG episodes. love getting to see the other part of the story.

[@jmar1973]

Nice!!! I've always wondered,as a teenager,what the actual battle itself looked like after "Yesterday's Enterprise" ended.All I had was my imagination to go on. Until now.Great work!!! Thank you!

[@pattheman777]

Excellent work in all aspects! I love it!

[@rocas511]

@VideoSpaceFX This was truly magnificent!

[@Starbuckin]

Excellent vid and hard work! I thorougly enjoyed it! I agree with some of the other posters regarding points of the vid to fix in your finalized version, such as the 'rift' appearing after a volley of Photon torpedos. All in all it is an excellent rendition of pieces of the story left out of the series that we would have never seen otherwise, if not for your imagination and hard work... THANKS again! This is my favorite episode of TNG!

[@BattlestarDamocles]

Okay, this brought tears to my eyes too. Wonderfully done!!

[@CrusaderK]

Absolutely amazing!!!! I feel like I actually watched Star Trek history and in my head anyway, is now canon. I got the freakin chills on the last title card when it discussed the new Federation/Klingon partnership. Great job!

[@BigNick419andholding]

Impressive. I think it was well done. The rendering of Enterprise was phenominal. Good work!

[@Tanru2000]

Amazing work! This is the first video of yours I have watched. I look forward to watching more!

[@Vonstadt]

You know what VideoSpaceFX, i really thoroughly enjoyed this, very nciely done. I expected exactly what I got anf was entertained. You have talent and I say good job and thank you!

[@DBro65]

@satyrquaze - I had seen this video with the captions on. The captions explained that as the Enterprise-C was coming up on Narendra III, the distress signal never identified the attackers and no ships were detected on their sensors. The shields were down to render assistance to the outpost. However, before Captain Garrett could react, the Romulan ships were already de-cloaked and had their first volly of photon torpedos fired. This knocked out their shield array instantly.

[@mysticwalker2112]

Very damn good. Thank you for giving this to us.

[@roush2win]

Very good fun to watch. I knew that was the enterprise C but did not realize what episode it was from until it went through the space distortion. Thanks!

[@GT001]

Amazing rendering work :)

[@Intrepid74600]

Outstanding video and a great interpretation of the battle!

[@EricJ1975]

Very good job!!!! Thanks for uploading this.

[@dannyboy1890]

Fascinating video! "Yesterday's Enterprise" is one of my favourite episodes.

[@VideoSpaceFX]

@Johnnymoo Thanks. Yes I agree about the warbird, there are a couple of scenes where the lighting made it look much worse. Right now I am sorting out the models for the various classes of ship in the battle, getting them looking as good as possible, so I haven't started it yet.

[@noonco]

That was super fun! Thanks for filling in the details I never understood of how Tasha made that later appearance after her death! You use of music was totally pro. Hope you make more. Thanks.

[@csadens777]

Very well done! Looking forward to more!!

[@Spideymun]

Wow. Just wow. That was very well done!

[@VideoSpaceFX]

@Hienn Yes it's from "Let's Get Out of Here" from the Star Trek V OST, used in the scene where Spock tells Kirk not to hug him infront of the Klingons.

[@katanaburner]

That was incredible! You absolutely rock! I'm adding you in my favs!

[@ReadmanJ]

Very well done, mate. Excellent

[@Emanon...]

Awesome! Im so re-installing some of my old Star Trek games and giving them a go!

[@MrFreesearcher]

Yesterdays Enterprise was, and still is one of my favourite episodes. I often wondered how the battle might have gone. Be neat to see some short episodes of the adventures of the Enterprise C, since this era has little write up.

[@MrFreesearcher]

@ GoldDalek506 Yes, in TNG Episode "Yesterday's Enterprise", Captain Garret stats that there were 4 warbirds while Picard is present in sickbay. The damaged Warbird cloaked, and most likely dropped out of the battle, since it's shields were knocked out and had sustained damage from the torpedo run. It looks as though the Towing Warbird was the only ship wiped out in the antimatter explosion. The other pulled away with a scorching.

[@VideoSpaceFX]

@EVAUnit4A Thanks. The warbird model was designed by Raven Night as a game mod for Bridge Commander and fits into this timeframe and the escape pods were made by me, based on other escape pod designs we have seen. I understand about the music but it was neccesary for timing purposes, I don't have a composer scoring my videos so I have to make do. I think the fastest I sped any piece up by was to 110%. Im suprised anyone noticed.

[@michaelaldredge-greenwell1692]

Such a beautiful, wonderful episode

[@spartan463]

Wow this is an amazing find, looks like it could fit a movie almost

[@GreatGarloo]

@satyrquaze Correct. When the Enterprise-C went forward in time to the Klingons it looked as if they had run away resulting in the Klingon/Federation war. The timeline "corrected" itself when the Enterprise-C went back and was destroyed in the fight. Though as we saw in another episode there were prisoners taken and, if I'm remembering right, whatever was left of the Enterprise-C was put on display on Romulus.

[@nova2384]

One of the best fan made show ever. Keep working I'd like to see more.

[@VideoSpaceFX]

@holodock Yes, I was not happy with the movements anyway but you can notice that the earlier hits did not react in that way. I think I saw another video on youtube which had the ships doing that so I copied it. Those are actually disruptor hits so its purely an energy impact causing an explosion, which would exert a force on the ship, but probably not that strong. Thanks for the input because I certainly like to make sure my videos are as accurate and plausible as is possible.

[@VideoSpaceFX]

@BoredomCorner Yes they probably would be up anyway when entering into a combat situation. I was trying to show a surprise attack when the first warbird decloaked. I was thinking that the Enterprise expected to be able to detect the enemy ships, not knowning they were specifically Romulan ones with cloaking devices and when there were no ships detectable they expected this to be no more than a mission of aid and assistance.

[@JckSwan]

I can't claim to be much of a fan of these amateur ST efforts, but this one was really rather good. The understated battle scenes are a definite plus, in my opinion. Great job!

[@Forlo12345]

Damn, the graphics are awesome. GOOD JOB!

[@sbz666283]

very well done, giving respect to those who created the music and stuff was a nice touch and very professional.;)

[@AJUniverse]

i believe the captain of the enterprise c even mentions in the episode that they lost shields after the first attack, but i would have to re-watch the episode to be sure.

[@fieryphoenix9571]

OMFG!!!!!!! THIS is one of the absolute best things I have EVER seen. 'Yesterday's Enterprise' is one of my favorite episodes, and I have always wanted to see the battle at Narendra III both before and after the Enterprise-C's temporal incursion. The only thing I would like to see corrected is the formation of the temporal rift. It did not just magically appear. Captain Garrett said (and I'm paraphrasing here) was the result of a 'fierce volley of phasers & photon torpedoes'.

[@Ash-Rain]

despite my former post, it's probably one of the best videos I've seen so far.

[@badboatdriver]

Absoluely fantastic! I loved this ship and it's story when I first saw 'Yesterday's Enterprise' as a kid in 1990, and this is a lovely homage to a 'forgotten' ship. If only you made movies!

[@VideoSpaceFX]

@rmggng That's right Commander Sela is Tasha's daughter. Thanks alot for the positive comment!