Starship Battles: D’Deridex Warbird Vs. Akira Class (Animated Battle) 

Can you even imagine an Akira patrolling the Neutral Zone with an Andorian or Tellarite as captain? "We have all this firepower. Give us a reason to use it, we dare you!"

Thumbs up for Captain Tex

I don’t think that the Romulans fight these duels to win. They’re not Klingons. These tête-à-tête engagements are probably just tactical tests of, in this instance, the Akira.

If this D-Deridex class has upgraded weapons I believe it would be a toss up. I always thought of the Akira having roughly the same offensive capability of a contemporary Galaxy. What makes the Akira a better warship is that it has comparable power in a more efficient package. It’s smaller, more maneuverable, takes less resources to build while relying on less crew. While it has these advantages on a Warbird the Warbird being far larger can take more punishment and in most instances have the advantage of first strike.

*StarFleet Captain:* Commence Tachyon sweeps, scan for neutrino emissions, and get that Betazoid ensign up to the bridge ASAP.

The Akira had an unfair Advantage being commanded by Tex.

You have a ship in the Akira class that was designed to go toe-to-toe with a Borg Cube. I'd say it has the stuff to take out a single D'Deridex if called upon to do so.

God I LOVE me some Akira Class, shame it was not on screen more during DS9, beautiful ship built as a direct result of Wolf 359. Nice Video.

SUCH a beautiful ship...probably in my top three Federation ships of all time.

The Akira class also has a through deck shuttle bay with fighters in it to help defend it

What made this more awesome was having TEX from Black Pants Legion and SidAlpha. I don't always agree with Sid but I do appreciate his work and TEX is just amazing.

Nice video! I can't say for sure, but I believe an Aikra would come out on top if her captain and crew were well experienced. In The Voyager episode: "Message in a Bottle", Starfleet sent an Akira and 2 defiant class ships to fight 2 Warbirds and the Prometheus. That to me speaks volumes on how tough the Akira is.

This was a fun analysis and a good battle. I'm very happy to see and hear more Tex in any capacity. I like that you named your Akira, Becket, presumably after Ensign Marriner. Congratulations on a well made collaboration.

u know one akira did take on 3 Warbirds while 2 defiant class did take on the promethius class ship in voyeger and survive the assoult quite good

Why is everyone suddenly forgetting the Prometheus incident? Starfleet sent two Akiras and one Defiant in hot pursuit, and when they stormed into the battlefield, they drop kicked those warbirds and even had extra ballistics fired at the Prometheus. While there is no official canon source to back my claim, it seems fairly obvious to me, based on on-screen evidence, that an Akira can effectively outclass a warbird. The Akira is a fighter carrier and torpedo gunship. It is a beautiful monstrosity.

Nice work. Love to see more.

I'm looking forward to more of this.

That battle at the start was BEAUTIFULLY made!

Whose the voice of the Starfleet captain? That sounds like Tex from the Black Pants Legion

The Akira class is a warship designed to fight the Borg. I have to believe it is enough to give a warbird a serious beating and being able to take a beating. It think the fight was a fair assessment of the respective capabilities.

WHY does no one mention that the Akira is a THROUGH DECK CARRIER?? Look at the deck plans! Check its entry in the Star Trek Magazine from the early 2000s!

remember when the Romulans stole the USS Prometheus they sent 2 D'Deridex's to escort it when star fleet went to destroy it they sent 2 Defiant-class and 1 Akiria. Both defiant-class ships went after the Prometheus while the Akira attacked TWO D'Dridex's considering Star Fleet generally doesn't do suicide missions they must've felt that 1 Akiria could hold it's own against 2 warbirds.

Personal headcanon: the Akira was actually Starfleet's response to the D'Deridex, much like torpedo boats were originally built to take down battleships. Their construction was expedited after Wolf 359, since they could deliver a lot of raw firepower against massive targets; but the design itself pre-dates the Federation's awareness of the Borg. This doesn't mean an Akira could _easily_ take a D'deridex one-on-one, but it would fare better than a Galaxy-class in the same situation.

Reminds me of the story from Startrek Bridge Commander, the player captaining a single galaxy, and later a sovereign class faces 2 warbirds in a nebula, that game portrays the Akira as roughly equal to a galaxy, more firepower but not as tough shields. Had forgotten about it, still can't recall which class you're in when you face the 2 romulans

I love the animation truly top-notch and good!!!!!

Would love to see more of these!

Nice, very nice!

Great video 10/10 I would like see more of these cinematic cgi battles

I agree with this outcome. The Akira has the combat edge, but is hampered by Starfleet's doctrines, which are sound, but overly conservative and fail to encourage offensive mindedness or aggressive finishing of opponents.

Oh wow this is awesome!

Loved the idea of this vid.. More pls

I remember reading one book, where a Romulan commander (not of a warbird, of a smaller ship likely inspired by the Defiant) takes on two Jem’Hadar fighters in a nebula. The Romulan commander decides to make use of a tactic that worked perfectly against the Vulcans. It involves skimming at the edge of the nebula, which drains shields but does hide the ship and allow it to ambush the enemy. It utterly fails against the Dominion, as Weyoun is aware of the tactic and explains to Dukat or Damar (don’t remember which one) that it only worked the first time because such an action is illogical. The Dominion skewered the Romulan ship. Let’s ignore for a moment that a nebula isn’t nearly as thick as normally shown in sci-fi

This is great

TEX TALKS STAR TEX! LOVE YOUR VOICES MAN!!! and its the CLANS taking over. Romulans are obviously Clan Raptor's Wing

I always liked the Romulans Warbird. Really nice design - always wondered what the massive gap in the middle was for though...

We need more space battles

This is very cool

Great video! Do more of these vs videos!

I agree. In a straight head to head it would be close. Tactics, and other non measurable factors would decide the outcome.

Stagnate? Federation using Excelsior and Miranda classes 100 years + after development.

You should check out Resurrected Starships's breakdown on the D'Deridex, it's very thorough!

Poor Romulans about to get boarded by Doctor Randolph P Checkers, and an army of Cluwne's. Thanks for this! Akira time travel several hundred years and fly upside down boom - NX class...

I know exactly who would win between these two ships: Whoever has the most plot armor....

Like that nice one !

is that the whiskey laden baritone of Tex tickling my ears!?

I think if it was no holds barred, the Akira wins as it could just pepper the D'Deridex with both classes of torpedoes and also hit with phasers. I would also assume a much greater rate of maneuverability for the Akira.

more Tex greatness, YAY

Yea I'm down for this outcome.

What's interesting here is both the Romulans and Akira are holding back. A Warbird could easily hit much harder than what I could, and the Akira could easily just vomit a ton of death in it's direction (to the tune of *90 torpedos in full spread*) and chances are it's not gonna live through that. That doesn't even touch on the fact the Akira has literal _fighter ships/drones_ it can deploy whenever it feels like it. As picard lovingly once said before "This is a tap on the shoulder, Number one. If they wanted us dead, we wouldn't be talking." That captain probably thought that ship to be similar to a Miranda before realizing that is absolutely no Miranda at all. I'm also pretty sure their response to the torpedo spread from BEHIND the ship would have been a combination of hatred and intrigue, not knowing it could easily, without a spread, launch five times what it did with little effort. Amazing and enjoyable video, nonetheless!

Remember, Starfleet sent an Akira nd 2 Defiants to engage the Tal Shiar warbirds and in your words the Akira "engaged the warbirds with out flinching"

The D'Deridex warbird is old, and eventually was at least being replaced by the time of Nemesis. The Akira class seems to be meant to fill in the role of a medium cruiser for war, well after the Galaxy class was showing its age and flaws. In this battle, I think you're wrong: the Akira class would've overpowered the D'Deridex by a fair margin, (unless brilliant tactics were used with surprise by the Romulans). The Akira would've taken a beating though, as you showed. Against the new generation of warbirds, well, the Akira class would lose, with the warbird taking a beating.

I love the D’Deridex Warbird. I'm currently flying one in STO. All nostalgia aside; I think the D’Deridex is outdated. It's a great ship, but Akira is simply better suited for combat. The Mogai-class heavy warbird would be a better match, probably.

The Warbird is Dreadnought, large amount large amounts of heavy weapons, powerful shielding and Hull. Akira is a heavy cruiser. no chance for real the akira could defeat the B type Warbird.

Ah nice to hear Tex

If the Federation would have just sent in a Steiner recon lance before hand then the Romulans would have had their pointy eared asses hand to them. I love this cross over with Tex.

I like the version envisioned as a torpedo gunboat. I enjoy the idea of an angry admiral going full send on specifying a maneuverable gunfighter of a ship for Starfleet.

The truth is that the Akira, especially in this encounter, beats the D'Deridex hands down. The amount of weapons, maneuverability, armor and shielding added with how the Federation fights and seeks cloaked ships gives the Akira the win. In this scenario, the moment the Akira's torpedoes hit the D'Deridex while cloaked would mean the D'Deridex is dead. Like the Klingons, they can't utilize their shields when cloaked and firing a torpedo against a unshielded starship is a recipe for disaster. Those two torpedoes hitting the fore of the D'Deridex would have more than likely destroyed most of the head of the D'Deridex.

lucky they wasnt two enterprize

I love this! Let us have more of this!

The firing arcs on the D'Deridex limits its offensive capabilities. However, being able to fire before fully decloaking is def an advantage in a space battle. I agree with conclusion in this match up. it was close but the Akira class out matches the warbird.

Would love to see the uss prometheus in this type of video!

Given comparable command and crew proficiency, the Akira Class would soundly defeat a D'deridex.

was that Tex??? "Thats how they want to play it?"

Good job on the edits Lr

I do believe the Akira is vastly supperior in a straight up fight. And in the shown situation with multiple torpedo hits scored on a cloaked vessel the romulan ship should really have been destroyed outright. Romulan ships are generally not able to run cloak and shields at the same time. So these Torpedo hits would have hurt a lot. I understand, that the first 2 hits were proximity activated torpedos but the third after the cloak failed was a proper hit with no time to raise the shields. Keep in mind that a ship uncloaking did not instantly have shields raised. In Star Trek 7 one torpedo destroyed an undamaged unshielded klingon BoP. So we know theses torpedoes hit like a truck if not shielded. (Or look at the borg cube at first contact a few hits almost took out the whole cube) I know that by the time of Nemesis the Reman had a cloak that could operate simultaniously with the shilds but at that time the empire used the more advanced Valdore class. So I place this engagement closer to ds9's timeframe. At that time the Federation made huge steps forward in offensive and defensive combat technologies. (as seen in the Galaxy refit for example)

If I were the Dex captain I would have thought. "Damn... WHY ARE WE NOT MOUNTING ESCORTS INSIDE OUR SHIPS? Look at all that real estate."

As with any starship battle, size matters less than battlefield tactics. My thought is that the Akira needs to ensure that it doesn't lose Quantums before it can make use of them. It needs to not lose the ability to launch small craft before they're mobilized. It needs to preserve engine power and go to full impulse once the Romulans have cloaked. For the Romulans, they need to fight up close and neutralize the Akira's Quantum Torpedo launcher early, and any weapons systems which can utilize rapid fire mode. The D'deridex needs to protect its forward torpedo tube and its disruptor cannons from direct fire. Any early damage to weapon systems should draw an immediate retreat if the Akira retains Quantum Torpedo firing beyond the first few exchanges.

Remember that one time a akira casually went up aginst 3 warbirds in the battle for Prometheus.

The Akira is my favorite ST TNG ship! 👍🏻

Omg! Tex!! Hell yes!

How do you think this ship would stand against a Romulan Valdore-class ship?

I HEAR TEX Always a thumbs up for Tex

Is that Tex? Of the blackpants legion?

I think you probably have it nailed. Using your environment to your advantage was a good touch -(the ever convenient nearby nebula). A "near miss draw", seems most likely to me too. In the end, each ship limping home ...the Fleet Captain, wisely what ever the main drive can do, put to use, just in case the other guy gets wise, he might still have a chance to win...and come back.

Cloaks are vulnerable to tachyon scans the dominion war established this. The akira should have completely trounced that d'deridex.

I absolutely love the new romulan warship post dominion war. It looks and acts like a sick predator.

Interesting battle, and I feel a reasonably legit result. Various factors might've tilted the fight one way or another if this match-up occurred with different captains elsewhere. One thing to note - if you believe that registry numbers are roughly chronological, all of the "new" First Contact ships pre-date the Galaxy-class, and in the case of the Steamrunner, possibly the Nebula-class. Of course, then you have the question "when do they assign a registry number?" to ask, though I'm in favor of it being when the ships are ordered, and then "if a number of these were ordered way back then, why do they look like much more recent designs?" I feel like some of them were "shelved" in order to keep building Nebulas and modernized after Wolf 359, or perhaps their original design concept didn't work out (carrier Akira?) and they were rebuilt as something different post-Wolf 359 (torpedoboat Akira), or maybe they couldn't get certain things working right (Steamrunner) at the time. I'd honestly expect a brief pause in building for redesigning pylons/nacelles after the TNG S7 warp ep leading to all but Norway having "tilted" nacelles and more Connie refit-esque warp grills (and Norway breaking up the warp grill away from the solid U shape).

Is that Tex? That was an awesome surprise to hear that voice.

i see the captain was Tex from Tex talks battletech. nice touch

If you know you're fighting an enemy that can cloak, then you should be constantly firing all phasers in all directions, (at the lowest setting to preserver power), then immediately launch all weapons once you've made contact with something. I realize it would look silly to do this in a video such as this one, but without other ships to setup a detection net, that's really your only option...

I always thought the Akira looked like what would happen if you did a TMP level refit of the NX-01

This was great, can we get more?

Given the Akira Class's reputation as a torpedo cruiser, it didn't fire nearly enough of them nor did it fire enough spreads...

Interestingly, while in the real world the Akira design predates the NX design, Star Trek: Enterprise retroactively made it the other way around in-universe, so Akira was inspired by NX

“Misdirection is the key to survival, never attack what your enemy defends, never behave as your enemy expects, and never reveal your true strength, if knowledge is power then to be unknown is to be unconquerable.” Romulan mantra

15 torp launchers, capable of fiting quantum torps, fighter craft, type 12 phasers Honestly, it should tear through a warbird very quickly.

The reason the D'Deridex became redshirts during the dominion war is because as a massive target they're highly susceptible to ramming, and the Jem'Hadar had no issue with sacrificing half a dozen fighters to take out a battle cruiser.

for me, i'd be using phasers at minimal power and made slightly dirty (radioactive) to 'tag' the romulan ship while its cloaked, keeping all torpedos ready for a massive alpha strike once the ship can be reliably tracked via the radioactive particles leaking off the ship and through the cloak, the massive torpedo strike on an unshieled ship would be absolutely devastating

Always wondered what was in the upper and lower clam part. No windows.

I feel like a lot of people underestimate the Akira class. It's armed to the teeth and beautiful. I always wished they used it instead of the Intrepid class in Voyager. It would've made a huge difference. Not to mention it's way bigger than you might imagine, it's almost 400ft longer than the Intrepid and nearly the mass of a Sovereign

Honestly two of my favourite Trek ship designs! So, read a comment saying "You have a ship in the Akira class that was designed to go toe-to-toe with a Borg Cube. I'd say it has the stuff to take out a single D'Deridex if called upon to do so." My take... The class may have been one of those designed to fight the Borg, but never intended to do so one-on-one. Like the Defiant class, it was intended to be part of an anti-Borg fleet. Smaller profile (harder to hit), fast, maneuverable, armoured and very heavily-armed. I love the Akira class, but despite the age of the Romulan design (which like Starfleet Excelsiors, Mirandas, etc. are just upgraded or refitted over the years), don't underestimate a D'Deridex warbird! Romulan cloaking tech was almost the best in the business, and gives an awesome first-strike ability. Mix that with extremely powerful disruptors (10% hit on Galaxy class shields per shot on pulse fire in one example) and an attack without warning could leave an Akira in all sorts of trouble. Not the most agile ship, of course, but more of a tank. I don't think you can put the two toe-to-toe in a straight slugfest, they're too different in class and design. For me, Akira wins on speed, updated tech, rapid fire, etc. and the D'Deridex wins on first-strike and raw power / tankiness. But as we most often see in Trek, whoever wins really comes down to the captain and crew. 😁

04:51 "I am Serious Business". Akira took a "beautiful scar" on the left side. T_T 06:58 D'Deridex seems to have had its rear vandalized by a pittbull. XD

i think perhaps that i am the only person that notices this; although NEVER stated in cannon, if you look carefully at the official external decalling you can IMO clearly see TWO warpcore ejection ports... this makes sense in that redundancy is a feature that would be needed particularly in the early stages of the Borg conflict.

Damn i didn't know Tex did voice work for Trek videos. I watch his Battletech content all the time.

Cool to see they've let the Pakleds into Starfleet.

Inovating and stuff is good, but ultimately it is the fair numbers and better logistic that comes with the same ship maintanance that is generaly considered as winning formula.

Don't forget that a single Akira took on two of those warbirds in that Voyager ep that featured the Prometheus. 👍

The akira class is also a carrier, it can Launch fighters to create a net of less powered phasershots to detect the warbird if it is cloaked or to increase tactical capacity. The Akira class is more maneuverable then a warbird, but the warbird has great firepower so if it comes to an hard Duel I think it is a question of the amount of quantum torpedos hit their target.

Just for fun, you should do an analysis on Star Trek: Armada's 1 and 2 story lines.

Holy shit. Y’all got Tex of the black pants legion to voice this shit. AWESOME!!