(188)The Neo Constitution Class 

It was pretty mind bending when looking at memory alpha's page for Ent-D and seeing 'Active Service' in the entry. Some men fix old cars in their middle years. Gordi.... he rebuilt a Starship. *His* starship.

Picard took his demotion in stride. :)

Yes!!! And Crusher handling the "Manual Targeting" D's weapon's like she was meant too!!!

im 47 and i honestly tear'd up :")

I'm 42 and I was giddy and excited when we saw the D bridge light up and then of course like you said @danielmarkle9000 when Picard sat in the chair saying, "Engage!"

think of it like I do. The next 2 Constitution mk 3s Built are The U.S.S.Titan-B and The U.S.S. Shaw

Better most times.

Thanks!

Glad you enjoyed it, thank you!

Glad I could help! :)

Always and Forever!

To reduce the carbon footprint, AI light bulbs will be added in post production.

I feel like the E would still be in service and I'd like to see that. I feel like they are rushing through the alphabet 😂. My head cannon is the actual Sovereign show, just to get away from the Enterprise is the only ship in the quadrant.

@@scottyb68 apparently I agree with you on that

The Enterprise E is smaller than the Enterprise D.

​@@ThomasFisher-jr6bnbut the E is MEANER. 😁

I think this was more of an artistic feature than a tactical/logistical addition. I've done designs before that had three or more weapons systems. The tactical reasoning I used was from what I saw in the shows, it took time to retarget, re-tune, modify, remodulate, refocus, reroute, repair, and refurbish the long colomnated phaser banks. Even the Defiant had awkward moments where the phaser array had to be readjusted for purposes other than hit hard, hit ahead, and hit fast. The short segments of what are usually on the smaller hulls of the Nova, Norway, Intrepid, the aft arrays on larger hulls, all are rarely used. Why this is is undoubtedly related to the cost of animating the weapons, except for shots that are reused or sequences for the movies, where a larger budget was available. The notable standout was Nemesis, where Enterprise initially fires from "all banks" to find the cloaked Scimitar. We could have gotten a look at her firing all of her phasers "in a concentrated pattern." We didn't, so here we are, where the standard visual is where a long forward dorsal array winds up from opposite ends to converge into what may be a double-yield beam. Neat, well neat until the long series of banks takes physical damage along the emitter column or either power conduit from one end is severed. Here is what a dual beam turret can do. It can be set to deliver proximity blasts when the ship is alerted to possible cloaked ships in the area. The proximity blasts were at least partially effective against cloaked ships and add an usual depth charge vs. sneaky stealth ship feel. Somewhat like a boxer with a vague idea where their opponent is because an eye is swollen shut and they really don't want to get hurt again. The dual emitters can be quickly upgraded, replaced, repaired, refit, and reintegrated and continue to supplement the standard phaser columns. Each dual turret also has its own power conduit the branches inwardly toward a central distribution hub, deeper within the hull leading to either a fusion reactor assembly, or the main (warp) reactor. Why do most of the later designs eschew these turrets? Turrets have moving parts, this means more wear and tear, more maintenance. They require more power lines, which means even more maintenance, longer manufacturing times, and more resources. How about turreted pulse cannon? Well! Same advantages/disadvantages. Fixed cannons like the Defiant are only partially exposed, and can still probably be armored. More often than not, the standard volley from a Defiant will get the job done in a tight enough pattern to frag most targets. What about big, armored artillery, more is more, right? It goes against the diplomatic, word and ideas before weapons narrative of the shows. This isn't stare wars. That said, the large flagship cruisers and warships can mount centerline superfire turreted cannons because they don't have the agility of lighter designs. When the maneuver, it takes significant energy to change direction and puts strain on the structure to do so quickly. In those cases it may be better to mount two or four or eight (lol) heavy turrets in addition to heavy forward fixed mounts. Just a thought, anyway.