(161)The Wilkerson Class 

I would love it if you made a video detailing the differences between all these style destroyers. Like the saladin, apollo, and Hermes as well.

Love all FASA designs

From above this gives a hint of the Larson class. I always liked that one.

What's interesting about the flaw in the original Constitution II Phaser design and The Motion Picture is according to the novelization Kirk knew about the power source issue. But when the idea of drawing power directly from the Warp Core was suggested he sent a message to the design team explaining why he felt it was a very bad idea. His mistake in the movie was that he assumed the design team had listened to his advice instead of ignoring it

Love these designs. Hoping we get the Chandley class frigate sometime

That's pretty close to an Akula class from the old game Starfleet command... nice!

🖖😎👍Very cool and very nicely well done and executed and informatively explained in every detail way shape and form provided on this format and subject matter on the Wilkerson class of Starship's indeed Sir!👌. And I myself actually have a 1000:scale resin kit of this ship that I got from Federation models around 2 years ago and still haven't gotten around to putting it together yet!...

It would be so cool to show the fleet museum in a video.

Boy that's an odd duck 🦆

I always laugh when Picard says that Star Fleet is not a military organization. I love Picard, but his naivete on what Star Fleet is (rather than what he believes) can be funny.

Hello Triangulum. I have mentioned this before, that I wrote sci-fi for a trek-based writer's group. In which, the species I created (an offshoot of the Caitian race, but of a more war-like in nature) captured several civilian star ships that were being used by the Humanity First (or H-1) group for piracy and to advance their goals. My race, the Kindred, took those ships and deconstructed them, as well as carefully reading and sifting the ship's manuals, to design their own star ships. Since the Kindred did not have examples of Tritanium Armor at their disposal, they opted for something they called TAC-TIC armor... An alloy comprised of Tantalum Carbide, and Titanium Carbide (TaC-TiC). The resulting material was at least 32 times as strong as an equal thickness of Titanium, or Titanium-Steel alloy. As for their ship designs, the Kindred decided against the general 'saucer' shape of Federation ships, and instead, went with rectangular 'gemstone' shapes. A ship like the Wilkerson was produced, but instead of the saucer, it sported a rectangular, 'faceted' gemstone-like hull shape, with the paired nacelles above and below the hull. The upper nacelle was more 'raked', in that the angle to hull ratio was less, leaving the nacelle very close to the upper hull, where 'snap up' armor panels could be deployed to protect it during combat. The lower nacelle also received these 'snap up' panels as well. When not deployed, the paneling would lie atop the hull, making for a unique set of zenith and nadir, elongated 'bumps' on the primary hull. Doubling the armor thickness there in the non-deployed areas. Deploying the 'snap up' panels would cause those 'bulges' to unfold and the leading edges to meet atop the nacelle (or beneath for the lower one). Armoring the nacelle from the sides, although not from fore and aft. As part of the system, further panels would 'slide' into place along the length of the nacelle to provide coverage. And although fully covered from most angles, the nacelles were vulnerable to direct fore and aft shots. On top of all this, the armor panels could not be made as thickly armored as the primary hull, so they offered only around 40% of the Primary Hull's armor rating. Enough to absorb a few phaser hits, and degrade stronger weapon impacts, but not enough to fully protect the nacelles. This was seen as a worthwhile expenditure of resources, and although not fully protective, the panels would give the 'Keersang' Class ships some protection during combat with other ships of its own size or even larger. The early Keersang Class ships used upgraded Civilian Warp Cores and Nacelles, although later production runs would be fully in line with Federation standards, once the Kindred were in contact with the Federation and allied to them.

STO has some of the best starship designs. Can't get enough.

Oooh fasa ships on triangulum! What I wouldn't give to see a FASA Thomas Paine class in your style...

Thank you very much for this nice Truth OR Myth BETA- The Wilkerson Class video

Very nice ship you outdid yourself on this one 👍

When you see this ship it's funky design is it's own reward. Though small in size but surprisingly good in armerments for a patrol ship. I can see why this ship is to use a phrase small but mighty. Though I think the maranda class is just a more rounded patrol ship in comparison. Honestly if this class and marandas we're in formation and defending. I would think twice bout this. This would be a nasty battle to be sure. LLAP.

How about a re- fit version of the Archer Class Scout that includes a slightly larger hull and an aft firing phaser ball turret. Also twin forward photon torpedo tubes??? That would be so fun to watch. * And a joy to produce a kit bash model with a background story to match your talent.😁

This is an interesting ship. I still prefer the Akula/Apollo Refit from Starfleet Command and Star Trek Legacy but that is my personal bias. Yay for more TMMP era Destroyer designs.

Yay, FASA stuff!

You need to do a special series about FASA ships

This ship makes me want to see one about the Akula class.

Looks great! Wonderful video with a fantastic story. Are you planning on ever doing a video on the starfleet museum?

A much more aesthetic design than the 3 nacelle Excelsior parts variant from the DS9 Tech Manual.

Love to see these added to ALPA cannon.

Nicely done. 👍

a really cool ship😊

I love those old ships! Please, if you can, can you do the Abbe Class gunboat soon?

One thing I wished was for star trek online in have every single class and veriant in the shows and Manuels so people like me can collect them but I'm limited on ship slots

Love it.

Another brilliant wonderful episode

I love that you are making content on a FASA ship. They are some of my personal faves. I hope one day you may consider covering the FASA Baker class starship.

That's like the Apollo class refit on star Trek legacy

I wonder there are many multi nacelle designs but are there any multi saucer designs?

Such a great video and story as always!!! which program did you use to kit bash this? Nerd Approved!!

I so wish to see the Fleet Museum. ❤️

I'd like to hear a beta cannon discussion on how this class differs in design or role from its very similar vertical nacelle cousin's in the Apollo, Akula, Paladin classes. The Wilkerson class seems to get viewed as an off shoot or advancement of the Saladin class yet that upper nacelle screams a lineage to Larson class destroyers.

Cool, though I think your model could use a little attention to those fins on the nacelles, like making them symmetrical and giving em the right port and starboard running lights. :)

I think this is one of the funniest looking ships in beta canon.

In some Beta Cannon the Enterprise was the only Constitution class to receive that refit because it was the only one left. The other 11 were all lost or destroyed by the end of Kirk's 5-year mission.

Did I hear the voice of TAS cover a space x launch? Or was I hearing things.

I recall another design virtually identical to this self claimed “kit bashed” model. I can’t recall the class name (Apollo I think) where the only real difference between this ship and that, is the twin pylons you used to connect the dorsal nacelle… The other ship, seen in both pre refit design, but mainly refit era in the game KLINGON ACADEMY, used the same “neck + torpedo module” to connect the lower nacelle, but the upper was attached via a single central more robust pylon… The aesthetic of the triangular layout does have a pleasing feel to it though, so please do not take the comparison as anything negative It merely threw me off at first then it all clicked as to why the name didn’t seem to match memory…such a similar design :)

0:48 i mean..... you could also use the other design from star trek shattered universe.

First!🖖🏻

Didn't Nog win by turning it into a financial deal. Something they also didn't anticipate?

I prefer the star trek legecy of This ship but This ship would be a good ship to build if brought to star trek online

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isn't that the akula class

I need to learn to stop doing this to myself. The FASA ships in particular are just so bad...

Uhm this is not the Wilkerson. Not even close. The design that you, or whomever came up with as the design, improved upon the defunct FASA design. Despite the many disclaimers "beta canon" or "kitbash" is not enough as you are taking inspiration from the FASA Corporation Wilkerson Class Federation Ship Recognition Manual page 17, or really just the name and a "kitbashed" history. Hence the stardust. The batteries comment was based from the Motion Picture novelization after Kirk ordered phasers to be armed to destroy an asteroid caught in Enterprise's created wormhole. Decker Countermanded the order firing photon torpedoes instead. You should have worked that reference in. Kirk instructed Scotty to design a battery backup to avoid another reoccurrence. Your design aesthetics are much more in line with the TOS / Motion Picture era than the original Wilkerson FASA design. Definite improvement to the original.

Mi dislike when ships were straight up kit bashes with nothing original on it. The Wilkerson is one of worst examples of that.