Daedalus - A Star Trek Fan Film 

Best version of the Daedalus class I've seen. Now I want to see a Star Trek series set in this era.

Love this version of the Daedalus Class, Awesome work!

To say that I am infatuated with the Daedalus Class ship is somewhat an understatement. This is the best rendition of this class starship I have seen. Updating it from ST-ENT transitioning into ST-TOS. Bravo and well done!

The details of the ships are amazing.

I love that you went with a engine upgrade with her repairs. Shows how quickly Starfleet was advancing through the times, post war.

I love the Kelvinverse style radio chatter. That was one aspect of those movies I always appreciated.

Congratulations on a great looking Daedalus! This is a version that I can imagine being post-ENTERPRISE, capable of exploring deep space.

Amazing. With the details on the ships and the "old" technology, this feels very unique.

Beautiful work. The Daedalus looks fantastic and the battle scenes were tense. Great stuff!

I remember back when Enterprise was first announced, I was very exciting for a brand new vision of Trek that wouldn't have phasers or klingons. It was a time of ships with lasers and nuclear weapons, a very different Trek, and I expected the hero ship of the series would be a Daedalus-Class ship. What we got was just more of the same ol' Trek we had since the 80s.

I don't ask for much in life, but I know that I now want to see a full lenght movie of this encounter, I want back story, characters, context for this engagement, awesome music, I want the whole studio production, animated or live action doesn't matter, this was excellent (one tiny nit, I'd make the beam effect more instantaneous rather than animating its beginning and end, just on, then off), beautiful work

I really like your warp effects, especially when you show the ship traveling in the warp field. WELL DONE.

Love the warp flare and arrival streaks. Looks awesome!

I do love the original look of the Daedalus before her refit. It feels a bit more grounded in reality than the Matt Jefferies concept sketch for the Enterprise. I especially love how the Nacelles look to be supported by secondary struts coming directly from the engineering hull as well as having a spine that runs from the primary hull to the engineering hull..

Especially in terms of the weapon effects and debris - you've clearly been working on some new tricks sir!

WOW - this is by far one of if the THE best I have ever seen to be just a "fan Film". the graphics are TOP STUDIO QUALITY - as good as ANYTHING the major studios can produce or have produced. I would love to see more and more - even a series. I would even donate to the effort. Bravo Chris and PLEASE keep up the incredibly GREAT work

Really impressive- I continue to like the Daedalus design, but in this video I am even more impressed by your approach to the tactics these ships might use, their weapons capabilities, the strengths and weaknesses of their sensors, and the design philosophy for the Romulan ship- what their ships might look like when still striving to look like birds but at a clunkier stage of development, like the human ships. Really allows the fan to integrate in our minds the already too graceful birds of prey from Enterprise with the clunky can-style ships implied in TOS and in some written works.

The graphics of this Star Trek short video is very good. 👏

you know, i've never been able to tell if the Daedalus class was supposed to have a symmetrical secondary hull or not- I really like your take, as it seems to make the most sense of any explanation i've seen offered.

Now that's what I call one sweet ride!!!!😎🖖👏🙌🙏👍🎉

This would have been much better than Enterprise. Love it.

Thank you! Well done. A little explored time in Star Trek brought to life.

I'm glad you used the earlier romulan ship designs than those Enterprise warbirds.

Except for them jumping to Hyperspace instead of Warp this was a beautiful, fun, well crafted story. Well done

"I would LOVE to see some live action bridge scenes intercut with this..." So would I. Is anyone aware of a bridge design for a Daedalus-class vessel (of that era)?

Amazing idea for a Star Trek Fan Film!

Superb as always - between you and Avalon Universe all my Trek needs provided!

Damn gorgeous!

That Daedalus class starship is nice. Two thumbs up. 🤓

Every one forgets in Balance of Terror Spock and Scotty said Romulans of this era had primitive atomic weapons and simple impulse power no warp drive. That means no phasers or disruptors, no photons or plasma bolts - they even made that mistake on Enterprise.

Very cool. First time I've seen the Daedalus class depicted as a brawler, love that you picked such an underrated ship. How long did this take you?

My fav ship !! Awesome video !

I've been obsessed with this model for a while now, and the atmosphere is amazing. This is a major chunk of my headcanon, I love it so much!

yeah this model of the Daedalus does it great justice!!

Love that warp speed effect!

Based, I adore the ships of Starfleet Museum!

AWESOME BEEFED UP VERSION OF THE DAEDALUS CLASS ...THANK YOU !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The neck of that Daedalus is perfect

The straight pylons on this design- much like on the classic Constitution- give the Daedalus an aura of strength, like the engine pods are so powerful they would fly off the ship if it weren't for the thick pylons.

Nice to see an era of star trek and UFP that most fan films aren't doing for once. Awesome 10 out of 10! If I knew how to do videos like this(which I don't lol!) I would be covering the lost era between Captain Kirk's time and begining of star trek the next generation since no one does that. But that's just me. Lol. Again awesome epic video!!!

Very nice detail at 1:45, the navigational deflector dish is at full power during a warp jump and winds down upon exiting

Excellent job. I love your take on the Daedalus class

Very cool video! Such an underrated class ship and design.

Nice work. can't wait for more!

Wow,fantastic,more of thus ship pl.

Extraordinary attention to detail. I am awestruck! Very well done!!

Really nice job on the ships. Much more realistic design elements than all other I've seen.

Blender Rocks!

This Daedalus fixes nearly every issue I have with the widely accepted and also Canon I might add model of the daedalus. The gradual neck up the sphere....a better secondary hull....weapon placement... deflector placement

I loved this, it was like two tall ships getting into position to fire, and after a few volleys they get a hit, there is no hitting everything you aim at, this is the early days, and you give that atmosphere and that feel very well, the ship is great, and has bulk to it, but then the refit looks more refined, over all you did a great job.

okay, you got me. I thought this would be lame, but it is very impressive. Great models, great cinematography, great job!

This was actually pretty good! I realize that it was all about the ship, but I would like to see a live action series, complete with a crew, and some adventures next time! 🖖🏼

so glad we still have fans making actual star trek. This would be a great series based on the very early days

Beautifully done! Nice blending of familiar and original elements. You've taken familiar Trek sounds and design language as well as plausible extrapolations of modern real-world spacefaring, but at the same time created a cohesively original visual style that is distinct, and yet makes perfect sense for the time period.

Beautiful !!!!

According to non-canonical Star Trek lore, the Romulans during the war were using nuclear fusion powered spacecraft. Nuclear fusion was powerful enough for Romulan ships to reach and just exceed the equivalent of Warp 2. At the height of the Earth-Romulan War, the Romulans took nuclear fusion as far as it would go in technological capacity, around Warp 3.1. Few fans know that during the Earth-Romulan War, Earth did not start out with a plethora of Warp 4 or 5 war ships. Most Earth military spacecraft were still limited to a maximum of just over Warp 3. Also the Romulans struck first, giving them initiative and the ability to choose the place and time to strike. Hence, Earth fought the war with a large mix of old, current, and new military spacecraft with capabilities ranging from Warp 3 to Warp 5. Towards the latter part of the war as Earth lost more and more of its older spacecraft, newer ones came on line with Warp 4 to 5 capability. At some point in the conflict, Earth gained shield technology from its allies, probably the Vulcans or Andorrans. First generation shield technology was a boon for Earth spacecraft, enabling them to survive much longer in battle, being able to shake off initial enemy phaser and torpedo attacks. First generation shield technology had its limits, of course, nothing like the stronger shield technology of the later Star Trek Enterprise. Humans are good at adopting new technology and improving it. It was the humans who later improved Warp speed technology past Warp 6 when even Vulcan technology had stalled at Warp 6, the Vulcans believing at the time that faster Warp was not possible.

This ship has always be the ugly duck in Star Trek ship design, but you make it look AWESOME

Great video. Love the daedalus class, fantastic detail. 👍

Bravo! Love the ships and the special effects.

Beautiful work.

A master class in visual story telling.

You make the Daedalus class have more verisimilitude than the original models. Also I love the fact that the size shown by the windows makes this almost like a space caravel.

best parts of Homeworld / PAX Imperia / Starcraft classic take on star trek here. awesoooome

Love the realistic com tragic. Felt very real.Extreamly well done!😱

Thank you for making this! Its was epic fun!

Great job with your take on the Daedalus. The original Daedalus has long been my least favorite-looking Starfleet ship in Star Trek, though I could always appreciate the practicality of it. This redesign maintains that practicality while making it significantly more pleasing to the eye, without altering the basic shapes of the design. You could even get a sense that the later donut rings around spherical bridges seen in ships like Discovery could have their origin in being add-ons/upgrades to designs like this Daedalus at some point (before being advanced down the line to the actual Crossfield, etc).

Man, the Daedalus-class is one of those starships that's so ugly it actually circles all the way back around to being kind of cool, somehow. Great work on the video, by the way, it looks fantastic!

Fantastic design!

really like the design of the Daedalus, reminds me of 2001, great work!

... now that is how I would have imagined the Romulan ships! ...

Looks good...👍

For the first time, this class didn't look like a joke to me. Well done.

I was never a fan of the Daedalus class but you made me love it. However, I think the officer at Tactical needs to realign his Phaser target acquisition sensors.

Awesome show, i hope to see more!!!!

LOVE IT!!!!!

Nice ship, I liked the comm traffic. That being said the motion could be smoother, and some of the sound effects didn't match up to the scene. great work. Keep it up.

Excellent work!

🖖😎👍Very cool and very nicely well done and executed in every detail way shape and form indeed, And I myself truly like your upgrade of the the Daedalus class as well as this has always been one of my favorite starship designs and I really enjoyed the battle scenes as well with the Romulans indeed, I myself have a few resin model kits of the original design plus the Eaglemoss diecast model as well!,👌.

I don't normally enjoy fan made films but I enjoyed this one.

Amazing interpretation!

Why!!? Why would they simply not do a barrel roll?!?! But in all seriousness this is fantastic. I love the effects. It’s amazing how you can simulate the old effects yet have them be more realistic. Also are those physical models?

This is an excellent ship. Well done!

BRAVO BRAVOanother Epic Production. Now that was some tasty eye candy. My optometrist is bewildered due to the cavities that he finds in muh eye👀 sockets. I wonder why? I'll never tell. Keep up the good work....

Love the design of this ship. But I'm always glad that Kirk drives a Constitution Class.

Great job!

Awesome work

I loving the look of that ship it’s a beautiful ship. Well done.

Other than the now overused sensor beeps that's a good job.

I see the Daedalus class and I see what "Enterprise" should have been. A hero ship based of of the design from the Phoenix, but you just know that Paramount was like, "But Star Trek ships are saucers. The viewers won't understand."

Excellent work 👏 I can't wait for the next.

woow, what great CGI

Aw, that's beautiful.

very handsome design ! 😛

very very nice good work...

Quite Excellent! Beautiful ships!

Why are all these fans films of Star Trek better than the mainstream one?

Opening scene with commas inspire by JJ Abrams’s Star Trek reboot of 2009

I would think that craft that can handle shielding to maintain a warp bubble, would be hardened enough to not be bothered by basic EMP from nukes. They already survive radiation by sitting right next to stars, unless thats a warpcore going off, the EM radiation from a nuke i dont think would matter much, wouldnt it? I love this anesthetic though. Seeing the 'old' ships in new ways makes it look like Trek looked like a hard sci fi, as if it was Trek mixed with the Expanse. Thats pretty dope!

This is a pretty good rendition of the ship. EC Henry's version is pretty good too.

excellent work