We watched the saucer separation for the first time

[@saulzmon]

Love how starfleet keeps people in a closet on the bridge just in case they need a new helmsman.

[@OCDustin]

saulzmon oh my god i lost it reading this

[@hernamtirado8707]

I was going to comment something similar to this lol..data waited till he was relief but i think it has more to do with how fast communication goes on a ship since Picard announced it and Yar summoned people to the bridge so 🤷‍♂️

[@XR171]

You gotta remember this was the first episode and Worf was wearing red so he probably wasn't expected to live long.

[@hamfan4449]

its called a turbo lift none trekkie

[@thobiex]

@@hamfan4449 woosh

[@meldroc]

Back when the Enterprise-D still had that new spaceship smell.

[@RampantFury925]

And the red alert lights apparently didnt work.

[@MRJK87.]

And the men wore dresses

[@Usernumber777]

And troi has mini skirt

[@markkarjaluoto5628]

I wonder if they bought the anti rust module and warranty for extreme engine use at Warp 9+

[@mtjoy747]

Before they replaced it with the "lime and a hint of vanilla" smell

[@hadorstapa]

The early days of TNG, when all stations on all desks still had printers, used to print out the Captain’s orders.

[@spikedpsycho2383]

That could be a euphamism.... In DS9 Martok states "Do you know how much paperwork a Supreme commander has to do?" With no actual paper... print out may mean document PADDS

[@coreyashley9201]

Printout message urgent all stations all decks!

[@richardpoynton4026]

Yeah…. Dot matrix tractor feed printers that were a nightmare to get the paper reinserted properly when the printer f*cked up…… I remember them well….

[@AdmiralKarelia]

Pretty sure it just meant to repeat the order on all the screens on the ship. Why he didn't just use the intercom, I don't know. Navy ships had 1MC for decades before this, and Gene loved to give Starfleet that "US Navy but in space" feel.

[@1978rharris]

There were no physical printouts. Saying printout is analogous to sending a text message to all stations like in Nemesis, when Picard ordered Troi to collide with the Scimitar

[@UPRailRoad-xg8cb]

0:30 The very first Worf being denied.

[@corazoncubano5372]

They damped down his warrior tendencies way too much for my liking. I never understood the sense of having a Klingon warrior race as part of the crew you never engage their skills. The Klingons are one of my favorite Star Trek races

[@mrandrossguy9871]

@@corazoncubano5372 I guess they did that on Purpose as to discipline the Aggressive Tendencies? LoL

[@minicle426]

@@corazoncubano5372 Should have used a Romulan instead.

[@agm8554]

@@minicle426 The Romulans were still the Federation's enemies at this point.

[@coreyashley9201]

Word: I'm a Klingon sir. For me to seek escape, while my captain goes into battle. Picard: You're a Starfleet officer, Lieutenant. Worf: Aye, sir

[@soundblaweiterbla]

Spock would probably say "fascinating" when he noticed how everyone is surprised that the separation of the ship segments was successful.

[@Scyllax]

"Scotty, crack those nacelles off and get the ship out of there!"

[@helderaoliveira127]

Se estivessem juntos as tripulacoes classica (Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Scotty, Sulu,Uhura e Checkov) e a nova geracao ( Picard, Riker, Data, La Forge, Dra Crusher , Wesley Crusher, Worf e Tasha e Troi) na mesma nave Enterprise D , imagine que poderosa essa nave seria em comando

[@Transit_Biker]

This was being done at warp, which was never the intended design or use for this separation mechanism.

[@jacobmanfield6758]

One of the few times that the writers remember Troi was a commander and wrote her half way competent by having her manned a console.

[@SaraMorgan-ym6ue]

eject the warp core blows Q up whoopsie's I guess Q can be stopped.🤣🤣🤣

[@durn210]

43 years old now, remember watching this when I was like 8. Still get goosebumps and chills right when you hear "bang bang" of the docking clamps releasing. FRIDAY NIGHTS ON FOX BABY!, WHO'S WITH ME...

[@JV-pu8kx]

Sunday mornings on NBC, for me. TNG was in syndication from the beginning.

[@trekkie1981]

Feck ya! I was a year younger!

[@jarelkidd6330]

Saturday nights at 7pm on Fox. The good ole days.

[@ghostofpambo6266]

Why is the Firefox logo chasing the Enterprise? 0:04

[@MagnusSkiptonLLC]

Cuz they use IE.

[@mingiasi]

incoming updates...

[@deadlynytshayd2220]

All that budget to create a 16 bit gif

[@tech83studio38]

MOZILLA

[@kdrapertrucker]

Aggressive marketing of search engines

[@KamenDesantis]

3:30 when your starship has enough badass to make the airwolf scream in a vacuum.

[@amream10]

Good reference!

[@tech83studio38]

Epic

[@BawkBawkBawk666]

I wonder if there is a slight air pressure drop when this happens?

[@arnold9526]

Airwolf was real and not a model rocket on a string

[@silverfang1648]

Hey not a bad reference...and it sure sounds like it! Good ear

[@Helbore]

I remember watching this for the first time in the 80s, knowing nothing about TNG going in to it. I spotted Worf and turned to my dad and said "is that a Klingon?" He said, "It could be," but both of us were wondering why the heck a Klingon was on the bridge of the Enterprise. Then Worf outright states it here and we were like "oh ok, he is a Klingon." But still had no idea why a Klingon was on the bridge of the Enterprise! Its funny now, looking back when Klingons have been the allies of the Federation for more of Trek lore than they were actually enemies. But back then, at this point, Klingons had always been nothing but villains. Seeing one sitting there in a Starfleet uniform was bizarre to say the least!

[@Maddog3060]

Yeah, I remember reading about how Roddenberry wanted a klingon on the bridge in TNG as one of Trek's hopeful optimism moments, the idea that even the worst of enemies could become staunch allies and friends. ...(Looks at later seasons and DS9) Well, mostly.

[@oliversmith9200]

@@Maddog3060 Wow yeah. Someday I'd like to see a Russian on the bridge of The Enterprise right here on Earth. That would be The real Undiscovered Country eh? But first I guess we have to do WW III? Hope not.

[@jaredharris1970]

When I found out he was raised by human parents I thought so that’s how he got into starfleet

[@alexanderjones9572]

Picard "Prepare for emergency saucer sep-" Yar looks up worried, in case he's suddenly collapsed or something.

[@Drok333]

How has this never been memed??? Its like the geek Vaticans hiding artifacts Now sep this.

[@JustWasted3HoursHere]

The saucer separation gimmick was something I'll bet they intended to use more often than they did. Maybe 3 or 4 times in all, including the movies? Still pretty neat the first time though.

[@jeffreyknickman5559]

it was dropped either for cost, or because the sequence slowed the pacing too much, i forget which. There was only one model that could do it - the 6-foot one seen here. That turned out to be too hard to work with, so they went to smaller models, which couldn't separate.

[@doct0rnic]

Just one other time, the battle bridge itself has been used for bridges of other ships in the series, I really wished they would have used it more honestly

[@teleportedbreadfor3days]

I can see why the crew wouldn’t wanna use it more, too: Other than how much time it takes to pre-prepare, the use of the ‘Battle Bridge’ and the like is probably seen as too aggressive most of the time, not to mention there’s the other section to consider and worry about.

[@Spamsmoothie1701]

It was intended to be done regularly but was dropped for both pacing and cost reasons. Additionally, it was only done twice in the entire series including its appearance in Encounter at Farpoint. The other episode we saw the saucer separation sequence was "The Arsenal of Freedom." Season 1, episode 21. The sequence wasn't ever seen again until Star Trek Generations.

[@JustWasted3HoursHere]

@@Spamsmoothie1701 If I remember correctly, the official blueprints also show a "Captain's Yacht" that is never used or even mentioned in the series.

[@nicholasmorsovillo2752]

This was the most iconic scene in the history of Star Trek seeing the Enterprise seperate it's saucer section for the very first time and them playing the theme song was awesome.

[@Scyllax]

Kirk said his enterprise had that capability, but it was never shown.

[@mizinoinovermyhead.7523]

Despite being completely idiotic…

[@rocksteel9087]

Is this whole scene from the music to everything else was just so poorly planned

[@Justforvisit]

And it wasn't just the series Main Theme, it was indeed even the movie theme, you can easily distinguish these two by the movi version having way more triumphant, stronger trumpets.

[@michaelkenmir6628]

@@rocksteel9087 Remember this was the first episode, characters started out stiff until they got their writers legs under them. It happens with all first season shows.

[@MrSlanderer]

Their reactions are like, "Whoa... it works exactly as it should. Amazing."

[@mycroft16]

It has never ceased to amaze me how much new stuff they introduced in the very first episode. Q, saucer sep. A starfleet Klingon. Just so much new stuff.

[@burgundyyears]

...Deanna looking shit-scared and constipated.

[@TheBrainSquared]

I actually watched this On the Air for the first time in September of 1987..

[@Infy808]

You are legend

[@terrywest111]

Me too. I was 9 and it was the most awesome thing since TOS. :p I remember the divide among the Star Trek fans then and it eventually simmered down as TNG proved itself to be a worthy successor to TOS.

[@explorer47422]

And how did it feel? Was this a surprise?

[@terrywest111]

@@explorer47422 For me, the new show felt very exciting. It felt like Star Trek had the chance to explode, we had a new show and we still had movies coming out with the TOS crew. Felt like the sky was the limit then. Just some divide among the fans... some that didn't want to accept the new show... some because it didn't look like the original, some because yes the first couple of seasons were a little slow. But I loved it.

[@TheBrainSquared]

@@explorer47422 It was more than a surprise, it blew my freaking 13 year old mind!

[@margotrosendorn6371]

A wise decision from an experienced commanding officer: get the civilians to safety first

[@maryhlad5277]

I agree-seeing Captain Picard getting the families and other members of his crew to the safety of the saucer section, under the command of Mr. Worf, while Capt. Picard, Counsellor Troi, Lt. Commander Data, Mr. O’Brien, & Security Chief Tasha Yar turn back to face the danger aboard the battle bridge.

[@donovanulrich348]

Technically the last time Cuz i dont think they ever go to the battle bridge again when they separate. Implying they stay in the saucer section XD Oh director, I noticed. I noticed XD

[@THall-vi8cp]

@Donovan Ulrich Best of Both Worlds, Part II.

[@drewnogy]

I wiser decision would have not to have civilians on a ship that repeatedly goes into harm's way. If you can;t stand being away from your family, don't join the crew of a ship going on a five year (or more) mission.

[@PR--un4ub]

@@drewnogy No.

[@BrachioInGen]

as a music person I find it sooo fascinating that they chose to score this massively dramatic moment, where every actor--sans Data--has a look of worry and concern--with the most triumphant arrangement of the main theme. It almost feels like they want the audience to cheer for this and feel confident in the crews ability, despite the odds.

[@DrewLSsix]

Early tng was a conflicted Mashup of ideas.

[@rocksteel9087]

This was stupid the music score music score did not match the scene why is the android showing emotion And you're going in the battle you need a counselor why

[@BrachioInGen]

@@rocksteel9087 I wasn't meaning to imply that much... just was marveling at this music choice

[@AdmiralKarelia]

@@rocksteel9087 Troi was poorly written from the outset. She was a gimmick, a character defined entirely by her telepathy and used as a way to verbalize subtext in case the audience wasn't picking up on it. Nothing against Marina Sirtis, I just never liked the idea of a ship's counselor on the bridge. Ezri Dax was a much better example of a therapist character, although most of the time she was just utilized as a science officer, something they should have done with Troi.

[@ProtoKun7]

There was another track intended for the separation that's even available on the soundtrack but I understand and to an extent agree that the main theme also suits it well. It is a moment of triumph: a "this is a new ship, look at what it can do, it's amazing" moment as well as "we're doing this to defy the odds" like you said. Plus it's a very memorable moment and it has a way of setting the theme in your head which at this point was only heard once for the intro and whatever appearances versions of it had shown up in the movies.

[@lukegauci1159]

When TNG came out, the world said “We have an all new Enterprise! Hope they don’t make a repeat of the ToS!” TNG: “We do have a lot from ToS, but watch this….. we can split the Enterprise in half!!!!”

[@napoleonsolo5929]

It's insinuated in TOS that the original Enterprise could do it too.

[@lukegauci1159]

@@napoleonsolo5929 I looked it up cause I was curious, The original Enterprise could do it, but it was a permeant thing. So, not like the ‘D’ were it could re-connect. Had a Constitution class done a Saucer separation they couldn’t reconnect, unlike the Galaxy Class and the Promitius class.

[@MGower4465]

The TOS Constitution class could use the saucer as a lifeboat, actually in the precise situation in which the -D is destroyed, to save the crew if the drive section goes bang. In theory, the saucer section of a Connie could be recovered and attached to a new drive section, but it would be a spacedock job, and probably take a while.

[@lukegauci1159]

@@MGower4465 yeah exactly. What I meant by ‘permeant thing’ was that unlike the Galaxy, it was a massive job to reconnect the drive and saucer of a connie, as you rightly said.

[@DrewLSsix]

@@MGower4465 actually, the very first concept was to eject the engine pods (warp nacelles) as those were the explody bits that were dangerous, the saucer thing was a fan theory adopted by star trek later on.

[@BrentHarmon]

The enterprise D one Separated 4 time in its entire existence. The Pilot. The Arsenal of Freedom (Gordi did this one), Best of Both Worlds Part II and the Movie Star Trek Generation (Will Riker)

[@PlasmaCoolantLeak]

I recall in TOS Kirk mentioning saucer sep to Spock (sorry, can't recall the episode), so the concept wasn't entirely new to ST.

[@TheStarTreker]

It also happened in Star Trek Beyond with the new TOS crew.

[@jamesbrown4092]

+PlasmaCoolantLeak I think the episode you are referring to was "The Apple". Evil computer Vaal has disabled the warp drive and is slowly drawing the Enterprise into the planet's atmosphere. Kirk tells Scotty to "Discard the warp drive nacelles if you have to, and crack out of there with the main section"

[@PlasmaCoolantLeak]

Ah! Thanks, James!

[@Trek001]

Three of those four times were when O'Brian was onboard When it happened in the movie, he was on DS9 and so the whole thing went to pot

[@mikegallant811]

And that boys and girls is how we do that!

[@Walter-Anderson]

Wouldn't it have made more sense for Deanna to join the saucers section?

[@blakebrougham4973]

hmm, I see your point. but she did carry the rank of Lt. Commander and was a member of the bridge crew.

[@der_sebbl]

Nah, they didn't want it to get destroyed

[@fjccommish]

The better question is why didn't they show the Mother in Law section? It's an escape pod with transporter set to maximum dispersal.

[@calumknight9178]

One of the counselors duties is to monitor the captain to make sure he is mentally stable enough to perform his duties. She is one of the few who can actually remove him from command, along with Beverley crusher and William Riker. Other than that reason what Ekaros said

[@shaynajewell8225]

I don't think she was officially a member of the bridge crew until after the episode where her, Ensign Ro and Chief O'Brien were trapped alone on the bridge. I remember reading somewhere that it was after that episode she wrote the necessary exams to become a fully-qualified bridge officer, capable of command. She was also promoted to the rank of Commander at that time. By that time she was only outranked by Picard and Riker, and only by Riker because he was the XO.

[@bodieofci5418]

I remember seeing this when it was first shown in England. I was 8. My jaw hit the floor.

[@tonywillis9688]

More like a "Jaw Separation" than a Saucer Separation.

[@gwilym1991]

Just twigged that Saucer separation is both one of the first and last thing we see the Enterprise-D do.

[@meldroc]

Gotta love all the drama from firing all the torpedoes while separating. And Q just looked at that and said "That's adorable, Jean Luc."

[@gogereaver349]

q carried this show. becouse relly later in tng if it was a q epsode you know its the wrighters having fun.

[@bryansillman3240]

I remember the very first time they demonstrated this ability - integrated with the concept of detaching at warp. I never saw anything like it in my life - so smooth and well done - and probably never will.

[@philbertchow5425]

They were trying to fling the saucer like Captain America’s shield.

[@Brian6587]

Love it! I get chills when I see the separation and hear the theme. Still just like the first time I saw it. Enterprise-D is a badass and a thing of beauty. Premiered in 1987 which is the year I was born! I love it!

[@mattbodomtully]

I love the look of concern on everyone’s face and the seemingly surprised reaction when the ship manages to do something is was specifically designed to do. Not like they jump to light speed on a regular basis or anything potentially more impressive than “we took a bit off”!

[@charlesncharge6298]

Lol right. Not to mention you'd think they would have done plenty of tests, and drills before a real world situation.

[@benbailey159bb]

It's because doing it at warp really isn't recommended hence emergency separation

[@qwerty99337]

@@benbailey159bb That's what I thought as well. Having to break it apart at warp was probably only recommened in an emergency.

[@Redshirt434]

Uh, yeah, at IMPULSE! Not at Warp 9.6!

[@nicholasmorsovillo2752]

I own the book on Star Trek Generations and it mentioned that apparently the Constitution Class and the Galaxy Class weren't the only Federation starships that can do a saucer separation as apparently the Excelsior Class can do it to even though in the book it was just a drill of a simulated warp core breach and it was also mentioned in the book when Riker gave the order for emergency saucer separation because of the damage to the warp core that he hoped never to give the order that was only done in drills.

[@MozTS]

In lore most saucer separations damaged the space frame and required drydock time to repair and reattach, so really a one way emergency procedure Galaxy was unique in that it could reattach under it’s own power, but in universe the explained not using it so much by saying it wore out the spaceframe and shortened the overall service life of the ship to so do it often

[@jordanreed3675]

@@MozTSwell galaxy and nebula classes because they were built from the same components

[@MozTS]

@@jordanreed3675 ?

[@TheBlueWaveReportDemcastUSA]

even Data seemed in awe

[@hawkstringfellow]

Man this brings a tingle to my soul the music and the separation awesome

[@MegaDrew00]

The first time I saw the separation, with the music and all that i thought it was the greatest thing, watching it still gives me the same feeling of awe that I get watching endgame when the portals open behind captain america....I can't help but smile like a kid

[@StormsparkPegasus]

If they had known how powerful Q was they wouldn't have even bothered doing this.

[@gogereaver349]

kinda the whole point like when q tossed them to the borg. becouse picard said they could handel anything and didnt need his help. without q doing that do you think starfleet would be what the borg call highly restent speciees to them. of course not they would have just steamrolled starfleet.

[@penguinmaster7]

out of every time we saw the saucer separation, we only got to see it reconnect ONCE.

[@austin2842]

I love how the saucer section magically has warp drive without a warp core or engines.

[@GCTWorks]

I think this was sort of explained away in a later episode. The Saucer can coast at warp for 1-2 minutes before dropping to sub light.

[@TessaBain]

@@GCTWorks yep, that's the one where Soong has Data come to him. Picard orders separation and says that before Data cancels it. Though it does seem rather silly that they can even seperate while in Warp. At the moment of separation the saucer should begin to immediately slow down meaning that the back should plow into it at full warp n. Literally no one could think let alone actually move to perform the operation of slowing down while moving at such speeds. You could probably do it at some relatively high speed when talking explicitly about a more car like speed but warp is absolutely out of the question. It'd be no different than someone riding on the hood of your car jumping off in front of you. They're going to the immediately be slammed by the car because they are no longer moving at the same speed the car was.

[@stompyrobutts]

@@TessaBain Except that you're forgetting that the warp field encompasses the entire ship, suacer, stardrive, and all. As long as the saucer remained inside the field, you could probably seperate and reconnect as much as you like at warp speed. The saucer would only begin to decelerate after it exited the primary warpfield, as it no longer had the power nor the coils from the main engine to maintain speed. It could however "coast" until it reached sublight speeds.

[@alana6304]

It is like a train stopping when it's going 80+ miles an hour... it takes a while for it to slow down.

[@austin2842]

@@alana6304 Except that in other episodes they "drop out of warp" when the engines fail.

[@cujoedaman]

I still love Worf's objection because he's a Klingon, but Picard reminds him of his place. Like a Klingon would.

[@JLanc1982]

1:16 the man-dress! 😂😂😂 and I’m sure the Saucer section has Warp sustainer engines like photon torpedoes!

[@Greenturo]

But he plays. Along like he owbs it ;)

[@Scioneer]

I think the Impulse Engines can sustain warp for a short time, just not jump to warp or remain in warp for a long time.

[@joshl6275]

Yeah I notice at some point skirts were out in the starfleet uniform and they all began dressing in slacks, as one does. But when they were a thing, the show wanted to depict how in the future it didn't matter what clothes you wear because men and women were both regarded as true equals.

[@alexburt6995]

Star Trek TNG foresaw wokeness 30 years ahead of time.

[@tomboard1]

@@Scioneer It does not have the warp engines to generate a warp field. They aren't in normal spacetime while at warp. Just like with Voyager falling out of the quantum field. Lose all attitude adjustment and most like tear itself apart. These early episodes made a lot of mistakes.

[@scimbrelo]

lol this episode is one of my earliest memories as a kid. I must have watched it 100 times on vhs. I was born in 87 as well, so the tape would have been a few years old. I still remember a lot of the commercials that were on it too

[@Discrimination_is_not_a_right]

It didn't look dated 30 years ago. How time flies.

[@gwgux]

Wow, hard to believe I was only 5 when this first aired. My mother had just gotten me into watching Star Wars with her on VHS and recorded his and had me watch it with her the next day. This scene was one of my first memories of Star Trek and it still hasn't gotten old after all these years.

[@JediPhoenix1976]

Starting at 0:26; maybe it's just the way I'm reading it since this was the very first episode, but I think that here is where Worf realized he was serving under a captain who damn well earned that fourth pip. And here is where his almost unwavering respect for Picard began.

[@corazoncubano5372]

Saucer separation has never failed to impress and amaze me.

[@cobaltblue1975]

LMAO @ 0:19 The "Have you lost your damn mind?" look on everyone's face.

[@airdriver]

When I was a kid, my family lived ina house with two bathrooms. My older brother and I referred to the bathrooom in the basement as The Battle Bridge. My dad, when he heard us call it, that was like,”The …what?'

[@snipes4ever1982]

1:15 i think this guy forgot his pants XD

[@Josh_Fredman]

It was added deliberately, part of Gene Roddenberry's vision of a future where humanity has achieved equality and "infinite diversity in infinite combinations."

[@TheCraigy111]

Got to hand it to him, the guy is committed to his duty when it comes to a red alert, he gets to his station whether he's dressed or not lol

[@Grenn1471]

@NOT YOU It's 2 seconds of a 7 season show. It's not gonna kill you.

[@imadrifter]

I imagine him running into a female Coworker wearing the same thing as him, they both look each other over before he says, "Well one of us is going to have to change..."

[@sesom07]

@@Josh_Fredman Actually it was a failure at the costume department not having enough uniforms at that time.

[@Bender1729]

I will never get used to the look of season 1 Riker without the beard ...

[@PhilDrury]

The threatened manoeuvre that never happened in TOS until Continues made it happen ☺️

[@pipikaka3886]

One of the most epic and memorable moments of Trek TV. The intensity of the moment, the theme music. Oh boi! Just epic.

[@jutau]

@1:35 Little Vulcan child wanted his hand held.

[@alandouglas2789]

JuTau Probably half human

[@emdee7744]

Oh, great clip! Thanks for posting this. It was so amazing and awe inspiring, the first time. Majestic even. Never gets old.

[@yamatokira54]

Saucer Seperation have been on the ships since the TOS era, only they needed a starbase to reattach the saucer. I guess by the TNG era they had perfected it. The saucer section was the living quarters it could go upto full impulse power, also had weapons in case it had to fight.

[@spikedpsycho2383]

There are some quarters on the Engineering section. You gotta live if you're ship is prolonged detached

[@AdmiralKarelia]

Do we have any reason to believe the Constitution's engineering section was designed to operate independently? The only reason you'd pop the one-time-use bolts on the saucer is if the engineering section was going to explode. It had no impulse drive, all the impulse exhausts were on the back of the saucer. I'm pretty sure what happened to the Ent-D is the saucer sep being used "as intended".

[@yamatokira54]

@@AdmiralKarelia the saucer was an emergency escape pod basically. It can only go impulse speed and was capable of planetary landing. Yeah by TNG they perfected the saucer seperation and both the saucer and main engineering were impulse/warp capable

[@AdmiralKarelia]

​@@yamatokira54 The Galaxy saucer was not warp capable, but that's not to say they couldn't shoot out a subspace message and have a few other Starfleet ships show up to help. My theory is that the Constitution first implemented saucer separation as a last ditch escape measure. The Galaxy built on that and allowed in-field reintegration so that the saucer sep could be used for other purposes, such as leaving the civilian population behind before the drive section went into battle. The Prometheus and her multi vector assault mode built upon the strategy that some Galaxy captains devised of using the saucer as a second attack vessel to allow flanking maneuvers and such, and made that an "official" use of the separation, rather than just some thing Galaxy captains exploited.

[@yamatokira54]

@@AdmiralKarelia like the TOS its just an impulse capable lifeboat then. Although i dont think it can land on planets like the TOS version supposedly can.

[@danielbeechey967]

This was the moment when I came out as a trekkie.

[@danielshaver4517]

I have been in aw of this at least 50 times and it just hit me, Why would the councilor stay in the star drive section, and not go on the saucer section with the families?

[@calumknight9178]

One of her duties as counselor is to monitor the captains mental stability. She along with Beverley Crusher, and William Riker are some of the few officers who can actually remove him from command if need be

[@gillianorley]

Because she can read people's emotions and that could be useful when dealing with enemies. Like when she will tell Picard that someone he just spoke to on the viewer was lying or trying to conceal something, etc.

[@danielshaver4517]

Makes sense, I appreciate it..

[@gillianorley]

You're welcome.

[@edwardianed]

There are six full-time members of the Enterprise D counselling staff, five of which were on the saucer with the families.

[@nicholasmorsovillo2752]

Believe or not when I first saw the pilot episode for Star Trek the Next Generation I saw the part where they were connecting the saucer section with the drive section and I know this is gonna souns stupid but I honestly thought they arrived at Deneb IV with just the drive section and the saucer section was sent ahead of them for intergration.

[@Wayoutthere]

A very expensive scene no doubt

[@lawdawg1942]

This was supposed to happen frequently when the ship was to go into battle but the scene took to much time so it was scrapped.

[@Zamolxes77]

It was part of the 24 odd standard shots that were recorded with the ILM built model of Enterprise. Wasn't used very often due to length.

[@justvincent555]

lawdawg1942 it was used against the borg!

[@TrollDecker]

Key word being "frequently". They could still do it, but not often.

[@kevinhoward9593]

Which explains why they only did it like twice.

[@marlonwalker7110]

This is the scene where TNG hooked me. I was like “Okay, they may be alright, they are on to something.”

[@andrewgarner2224]

Picard: Saucer separation warp 9.75 flawless Deanna Troi: gets command and crashes in to nearest planet

[@helmsman359]

Woman drivers hahaha

[@jordanreed3675]

Explosion knocked them into a crashing into a planet as well as prior damage in the battle didn’t really help matters

[@richardmarchiafava3904]

its not Deanna's fault the explosion and shockwave from the stardrive section knocked out the stabilizers and helm control which made the ship fall into the planets gravity so there was no way to keep the saucer section in orbit instead they adjusted the thrusters to level the ships descend so it belly slides on the surface

[@brch2]

@@richardmarchiafava3904 Not entirely Troi's fault, mostly Riker's fault for not having her get the ship out of orbit and have the saucer separate in a direction away from the planet. The writers had to throw everyone giant "idiot balls" in order to destroy Enterprise-D. tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/IdiotBall

[@bri55118]

O'Brien in the first episode and a red uniform. Almost easy to forget he was a background character at first.

[@dfredericksparks4819]

lol at it being so dramatic they had to play the whole opening theme again

[@dnasty312]

I like it 🎼

[@MrRevan991]

1:00 the chills enterprise to this point was an exploration ship "i am transferring command to the battle bridge" :eyes go wide:

[@maolo76]

Love to see the face on the guy wearing the skirt when the producer gave him his outfit. 😂😂

[@amream10]

Makes a person wonder what 'exactly' was his job on the ship?!?

[@Nepthu]

@@amream10 LOL

[@marknorville9827]

He might have been gay in real life, so it might have been an honour for him to have worn a skirt, you never know.

[@FolsomC]

@@marknorville9827 Right. Because gay people want to wear skirts more than other men, or something. Hint: They don't, and it wouldn't have been "an honor."

[@marknorville9827]

@@FolsomC Have you not heard of transvestites? Mmm go fish

[@kargaroc386]

Notice how the battle bridge (re-dressed from the Enterprise-A bridge in The Voyage Home, which was a slight redress of the The Motion Picture / Phase II bridge) still has a lot of elements from TMP in it at this early stage. After this, it would get redressed so many times it would be unrecognizable

[@jC-kc4si]

Never noticed it was a redress until today, not bad, but I first watched this scene in 1987 on a 19 inch TV and no vcr for rewatching.

[@robertclark6349]

This set was also used as the Stargazer bridge later in season one.

[@Aetrion]

The second I saw this on TV I was like "The ship looks too goofy without the saucer, I don't like it". Also playing the shows main theme inside of an episode and Troy's heavy breathing made it awkward.

[@jamie514]

agreed. blew the budget on the custom separation visuals, none left for extra music. that had to wait till later.

[@MotoroidARFC]

They did not use the sequence much because it took too long.

[@jaimemurphy2208]

Booooooooo

[@ppipowerclass]

I wish I could forget this and go watch it again for a first time.

[@April-dv2pb]

Me too.

[@RavenHawkes]

I know it was for visual purposes, but when I first saw the starship separation I thought the docking latches should of retracted first then the ship separates or reconnects. I always thought "What happens if they are out of alignment? You could do some major damage to the latches and the ship if they weren't perfectly aligned."

[@MrStabby19812]

Coleman Gunner pretty sure the computer can make adjustments with the thrusters etc

[@AlexSDU]

Maybe those are not docking latches.

[@pingpongpung]

*should HAVE retracted

[@adamb89]

0:13 the closed captions "old station the Haldex prepare for emergency sauces seven" Yep. Nailed it. Way to go.

[@zacmumblethunder7466]

I've never understood how sending all the families and so on off in a ship that only had impulse drive and therefore can't outrun anything is "sending them to safety".

[@SoranoGuardias]

The saucer is capable of sustaining a warp field for a short period, much like a torpedo can, to continue travelling at FTL while the bulk of the ship's weapons located on the engineering hull engage and delay hostiles.

[@zacmumblethunder7466]

@@SoranoGuardias I'm only a casual observer, you obviously know more than I do, so I'm not being argumentative when I ask how the saucer maintains a warp field without engine nacelles. My understanding was that there have to be two sticking out with nothing between them in order to create the field.

[@SoranoGuardias]

@@zacmumblethunder7466 For an engine yes. It's never really explained how, but the theory is the saucer basically has a larger version of a warp field sustainer that a torpedo has. Basically when a torpedo is fired it wraps part of the warp field around itself to maintain velocity to target. The saucer pretty much does the same thing, except the engines have to project a warp bubble around the saucer. Though here, what we see is the Enterprise slowing to impulse after separation and basically yeeting the saucer away as it turns around.

[@zacmumblethunder7466]

@@SoranoGuardias I see. Thanks for that. I'm not a Star Trek fan, I really liked the original series but never got into any others. The ships are brilliant and iconic designs and I find it fascinating to hear how they work. I think the business about the two engines being needed mustn't have been thought of originally as I remember as there was a ship in the 60s that was just the saucer with one nacelle attached. I loved that one as it looked like a sports car version of the larger ships.

[@jkleylein]

I don't know how it ever got to Farpoint at sublight speed, actually.

[@nyyommm9640]

Season 1: Let’s replicate some food. Prepare for saucer separation, we shall eat on the battle bridge.

[@datahead15]

Anybody besides me geek out every time you see this scene?

[@Willpower-74205]

Even Data looked amazed.

[@auranit]

I geek out.

[@Jason.W.]

That time when enterprise sounded like a tie fighter

[@zoppie]

And then, years later, everyone aboard Voyager would claim that it is common knowledge that while at warp a starship isn't capable of making any turns.

[@taitano12]

Even as a fan of Voyager, don't get me started on her crew's lackluster performance. Them thinking turns like that at warp can't be done twenty years after this even is really not out of place for them.

[@paulscott2037]

This is also the same show that made a shuttle reach INFINITE velocity. Some things in Trek you just have to ignore.

[@Demour77]

Paul Scott *Lone Shuttle Travels Thousnads of light years and overtakes the Voyager.....* Yeah I concurr with that. Some of the writing was verrry hit or miss.

[@100dampf]

Where do you see turn while at warp?

[@reunion_k9375]

HundertDampf exactly ! Let's say the Saucer falls out of warp, because it has no warpbubble anymore, how can the Saucer even get to Denet 4 without warp, they warped away from Denet 4 with warp 9 ? Makes no sence at all.

[@jtkirkfan2002]

The original battle bridge was the bridge of the refit 1701 redressed. It was rebuilt for The Best of Both Worlds.

[@MikMoen]

1:15 Wonder if he got paid quite a bit to wear that thing.

[@bmaiceman]

What is not shown is........ After the sause section detaches from the star drive and pulls away on enertia... The star drive drops back..... Is after the sause section leaves the warp field created by the necells... The deceleration process for the sauser section without warp field controls would be a VERY BUMPY RIDE!!! Dropping out of warp without warp field controls is a rough transfer.

[@mrandrossguy9871]

Pretty sure the inertial dampeners still work or the saucer still has some warp bubble Generator internally ?

[@bmaiceman]

@@mrandrossguy9871 not possible. To create a warp bubble you need mater antimatter injectors a reaction chamber and at least a partial naycell or warp coil.

[@TheWaveofbabies]

How could they do this at warp? Only the stern section has warp nacelles. Shouldn't this have destroyed the ship?

[@ZeroRyoko]

The saucer section has "Warp Sustainer Coils" while not enough on there own to propel the Saucer at high warp they can maintain a warp field for an amount of time giving them room to maneuver and eventually rendezvous with the Star Drive.

[@thoruszwolf4153]

In a later episode they show that a warp drive forms a bubble around the engine that envelops the craft... it is feasible that anything within this bubble would be able affected

[@shaynajewell8225]

Anything within the warp bubble generated by the nacelles will travel at warp.

[@xadam2dudex]

they forgot that little detail..after the separation and the battle bridge moving away from the saucer section it should have exited warp.....as they say it was in the script

[@baneblackguard584]

just assume that as the saucer section is leaving the screen it is leaving the warp bubble. it drops out of warp but we don't see it. they would have needed to extend the warp bubble to be able to separate the saucer. once it is clear and the path has changed sufficiently to no longer be a danger to either craft, you let the warp bubble snap back to its normal size and the saucer drops out of warp. That's probably why they were all on pins and needles long after the saucer section had obviously successfully detached, the danger wasn't over yet.

[@Icy_vixen]

This reminds me of having my wisdom tooth removed in analogous of having the saucer separated in dramatic fashion.

[@jimsnow9286]

that dude with a dress lol

[@algoy001]

Yeah, a little gayish, but Troi also wear a mini :-)

[@elreyyakko]

Just noticed that.lol

[@DrewLSsix]

Its been a trek thing for decades.

[@SteinerArts]

Yup. Roddenberry stated that he envisioned a future where both sexes are totally equal, hence nobody looked at the dude in the dress without cracking jokes. Mind you, this was in 1987. Like 25 years prior to those mental SJWs

[@brajon70]

1987 was so 2019

[@MrGrownman455]

I still get the same feeling I had when i was a kid watching this. EPIC!@!!!!!

[@hudsonball4702]

It's a real shame that something that was supposed to be a regular occurrence ended up being so expensive that it became a rarity. Also I never could understand what was going through Roddenberry's head when he decided to put skirts on men.

[@TOFKAS01]

"Also I never could understand what was going through Roddenberry's head when he decided to put skirts on men." He was from the generation were science-fiction often came with old roman-clothes. Flash Gordon for example or his own dresses in the original series. Luckily, that stuff ended.

[@insertcognomen]

i understand it being expensive to film the first time. why wouldn't they just keep reusing the footage after?

[@MrStabby19812]

Because in the 24th century we've overcame our hatred and men/woman are free to wear what they want even in the military

[@hudsonball4702]

I'm afraid that's not entirely true. Starfleet has a standard issue uniform that all personnel must abide by. Thankfully the dresses were quickly done away with after the 1st season. There are very slight variants and exceptions to this rule yes, such as Picard's Jacket top and Worf's Klingon sash.

[@TOFKAS01]

" Starfleet has a standard issue uniform that all personnel must abide by." Later in that series, Ensign Ro Laren was forbidden to wear her earring.

[@BryanHobbsMcCalister]

Worf never got the credit he deserves for his part in the maneuver.

[@alexpalmer9101]

Skip to 2:25 for the good part. :)

[@jamesbeshears2283]

I remember where I was when I 1st seen this episode. When I saw what this new Galaxy class starship was capable of i stood straight up.

[@steveleeart]

I always wondered why so many civilians lived or hung out in the Stardrive section- shouldn't they have been mainly in the saucer, with only star fleet in stardrive? It would have saved so much time when you had to separate in an emergency! Or if people died then it's just starfleet personnel not civilians!

[@Nighthawke70]

Starfleet had swelled heads about populating starships with families, and the Galaxy Class was the guinea pig of the plan. Unfortunately the destruction of the Big E put the kibosh to that idea.

[@MrStabby19812]

Steve Lee the main bulk of the saucer is shuttle bay 1 along with the matter storage tanks for the replicators

[@DrewLSsix]

robuk1981. thats a load of bull.

[@looneyburgmusic]

If you watch later seasons, it seems that the "living quarters" are mostly in the Saucer section, while places like the Sick Bays, (there was more than one of those according to a couple of the books), and things like classrooms for the children, were all in the "neck" area....

[@KnowYoutheDukeofArgyll1841]

Nighthawke70 One of my pet peeves about TNG. A brilliant idea in theory, but not ideal on an exploration/military vessel, faced with extreme and unknown dangers.

[@alextheVA]

This is one of my favoutite scenes in TNG. It is such an epic moment when the Enterprise seperates itself and then the main theme starts to play

[@TenchiJeff]

I remember seeing this when I was a kid, it was really cool then, really cool now. Having kids on the ship was strange, I kind of understood, but overall it felt like a bad idea.

[@bulletcat139]

Unless the galaxy in question wasn't gonna be sent to much (if any) front-line duty.. yeah, feels a bit like that to me too.

[@nicholasmorsovillo2752]

Yeah and the only problem with the Constitution class doing a saucer separation is that they need to go to a starbase to reconnect the 2 sections and the power systems for both sections was severly reduced.

[@BrentHarmon]

Need to show Riker doing the Reattachment of the Sauce and Drive Section.

[@April-dv2pb]

The next video that I will post will be that one.

[@SiliconBong]

3:10 Data experiences his first cold sweat.

[@nicholaspowell7029]

I love that scene, one of the few times you see them giving precise commands while conning the ship

[@CaptApril123]

I thought that was a dick move on Picards part. Especially when he told him to do it without computer assist. Isn't the saucer full of families? He could have tested Riker in many more ways than turning it into a personal pissing contest with crew members families lives in the balance. Very unprofessional.

[@zelamorre1126]

I was young when TNG first launched, but I remembered the big Hullabaloo about it being able to separate its saucer section. For such a fancy design feature, they barely ever used it.

[@schmidtythekidd]

Look up "the captains yacht". Also something they never used except in Insurrection.

[@davidjames4915]

@@schmidtythekidd When I read the tech manual all those years ago I couldn't get over how dumb it was to put it on the underside of the Saucer section where it would have to dodge the neck of the engineering hull on its way out of the warp field if launched at warp. They could have just put it inside the main shuttlebay, but if not there then on top of the shuttlebay behind the bridge, where it would be easier to get to anyway.

[@theEphraimLevine]

And the saucer section remains at warp speed how exactly?

[@mattakins3422]

My understanding is it retains a temporary warp bubble much lime torpedos.

[@DJ_Force]

The first three seasons were Star Trek's prequel trilogy. Kids on a starship is the midiclorians of Star Trek.

[@doctorwhofan1989]

Why is a guy wearing a dress LESS acceptable than a woman wearing pants? I could understand these comments coming from the era that this show came out, but not in 2017-18. Honestly...

[@epiendless1128]

Meanwhile, in the REAL world, male train drivers are wearing skirts because it's hot, and shorts are forbidden..

[@malikevans634]

The music definitely helped make this scene.

[@Naurlmak]

*1:16* did they run out of men’s uniforms?

[@PR--un4ub]

Dude, you're watching _Star Trek_ and *that* is what you find puzzling?

[@JesseBusman1996]

Thanks for uploading these snippets :-)

[@April-dv2pb]

Your welcome.

[@maximus78028]

At 1:17 that guy is in a dress, I don't remember that.

[@LocksAndChains]

Did you just assume his gender?

[@TheMikeX74]

That uniform option(for men or women) didn’t last beyond the first season, IIRC.

[@ransom182]

It’s called a Skant.

[@ransom182]

Warp 8 go back to 1998 HETERO breeder

[@pennygadget7328]

Miniskirts in the '60s were considered progressive (a rejection of prudish concerns and censors) and Gene wanted to keep that look because he was so fond of them, but society had shifted its views toward the miniskirt. The solution was to provide the skant uniforms for all, regardless of gender! I think the idea was awesome, but let's be real, the execution was lackluster. They were awkward and ugly, so much so that I don't even own a single TNG skant despite having 6 Trek uniforms :/

[@maxskullic9879]

The moment Next Generation fans became Next Generation fans! That's what hooked 6yo me!

[@Nighthawke70]

They could have picked a better soundtrack to go along with the separation.

[@nel1962]

The theme is great but it's all wrong for this scene, especially playing over their anxious faces they watch the saucer pulling away.

[@delorenblack8137]

Right. That music is more for a triumphant return or the ship appearing at the last moment to save the day but, not the saucer separation. It was almost as if the producers wanted us to realize that this part is cool and new to star trek.

[@looneyburgmusic]

At this point in the production that had very few musical cues to work with... I remember seeing that in a ST:TNG TV special back in the late 80s...

[@dray7276]

This was episode 1. Jerry Goldsmith and Dennis McCarthy had a plethora of songs available for first season. Matter of fact the soundtrack for This episode "Encounter at Far Point" shows 13 songs. Track 5 is called Detaching/ Separation.

[@scotthayes4135]

Awesome how they play the theme song during this scene.

[@OroborusFMA]

And now I remember how awful these early seasons were.

[@OpenMawProductions]

You remember wrong. There are some really great episodes in those first two seasons. Measure of a Man. Q Who. 11001001. Emisary. A Matter of Honor. Where Silence Has Lease. Elementary, Dear Data, Contagion, Pen Pals, Datalore, Arsenal of Freedom, Heart of Glory.

[@LordTalax]

@@OpenMawProductions Season 1 was terrible

[@jasonfenton8250]

@@OpenMawProductions Mainly season 2 and even then it was generally subpar. For every episode you list I can name a clunker. Hell, some that you DID name are a bit shit (11001001). It's not your fault, you just gave yourself the difficult task of defending seasons 1 and 2 of TNG.

[@PR--un4ub]

@@jasonfenton8250 The Bynars and Minuet are cool.

[@nicholasleon7819]

im not a huge trekkie but i like the franchise and have watched a good deal of it and one thing ive always liked about it is that the federation is not a military institution so when we see the enterprise in its normal configuration i always forget its not a warship and its really cool that the saucer detaches from the propulsion and weapons it looks so silly but its so practical its good sci fi. they also touched a bit on this concept in the jj abrams reboots where they had that super ship that was actually a purpose built warship with a skeleton crew because yeah that makes sense, with all their tech of course they would automate or remote control most of the ship designed for actual combat