Starship Lore : Galaxy X Dreadnought - Klingon Slayer 

In the episode all good things its stated that the Klingons conquered the romulan empire so there is no treaty because the romulans are now a slave race to the Klingons no doubt why the Klingons and federation had there relationships go sour.

The most powerful apartment building in the Federation.

We love it because we were tired of watching the Galaxy class ship get its ass handed to it on a regular basis. Time after time we watched the Enterprise D and every other Galaxy class be disabled or taken out of the fight with only a few shots , and I also were tired of the Federations suicidal commitment to pacifism in the face of annihilation from an enemy who refused to even entertain Diplomacy. As far as I am concerned I never understood why the Federation couldn't or wouldn't adopted the philosophy of Speak softly but Carry a big stick, why the federation with all its resources and technology could not create a fleet of ships that could explore the farthest reaches and whoop Ass when called upon?

I just really liked the fact that this ship appeared in one of the very few space battles in Trek, where people remember that space is three dimensional, when the Galaxy-X killed the Nehgvar from below

I can tell you why we love it. Same reason people like the Prometheus and defiant. As much as fans love the message of "peace" and exploration in trek, and that is a HUGE reason the shows have thrived, at some point you get tired of seeing all these alien races with their OP ships showing up and owning the Federation. In this case, the hero ship we had spent 7 years with was now that OP ship we all wished it was. Plus, there's no explanation for it, sometimes it's the things we don't know that make us want more.

The Galaxy class was the hero ship that kept getting its keister kicked from Sol to Alpha Centari and back. Seeing the full potential of that space frame do the same to a competing ship class was very satisfying where I think most of the love comes from...the Enterprise can now seriously kick ass. Now imagine her up against the Borg Cube.

You can actually see the Alpha Federation heading towards this ship in the Dominion war story arch with the Dominion war refit Galaxy Class.

What I like most was less that it was a ship of war and more that it was the Enterprise herself- instead of getting punk'd by a SINGLE bird of prey and some Klingons like the original Enterprise DECADES before, it continued to serve, changed with the times, and still had what it took to win the day instead of going down in flames. Clearly capable of kicking aft and taking names, but it was a flagship in a supposed time of war after all, and like you said this proves that the Galaxy has the CAPACITY to reach this level. Some Galaxy ships were even getting the extra phaser strips on their nacelles as cannon progressed- can't help but wonder if this is how the Enterprise-D might have ended up looking by the end of the Dominion war if she lasted that long...

When I play STO, Galaxy X is my ship of choice. Love that Lance!

Well this is what you get when you push Starfleet. The gloves come off and we show them why you don't F with us. Otherwise it's a spinal phaser up your midships. This is a very different timeline where we probably didn't have DS9 or the Dominion. It does make you wonder what a sovereign would have looked like. Now that'll give you shivers.

I like this vessel simply because it shows what a peaceful organization can do when it's been broken down to that war mindset, and have enough time to make something. I don't quite remember the episode

I like the overall idea of a buffed up galaxy class that shows the full output potential of the galaxy class starship and during its time the Galaxy-X was a great take at it...now with the soverign-class the Galaxy-X feels overdesigned

"Like" if the Dreadnought Galaxy could One Shot an Imperial Star Destroyer. "Comment" if not.

I think our enjoyment at seeing beefed up Federation warships has less with us wanting to see war all the time on Trek (it can be done well and it can be overdone just as quickly), and more to do with the fact that it shows the Federation with competence and balls. The more they explore the galaxy the more they see that it is a dangerous place, and it's better to have and not need than to need and not have. If the need arose, I'd want to have the most powerful weapons and ships at my disposal.

I think the ship says more about the Federation than that they can make a warship. I like it for two reasons. The first is that it is a good defensive weapon, and shows that Federation citizens are willing to fight to save their way of life. The second is that it is a refit of a ship of peace. That means that the Federation is continuing to use exploration ships, and merely arm them for war at need, as a posed to mass producing purpose built warships.

It's about time the UFP had a starship that doesn't have the snot kicked out of it in the 1st 35mins of the film

It is a good day... To watch a lore video

The Galaxy class got Worfed a lot - beaten up to prove the power and threat posed by a new villain or adversary. It was great to see the Galaxy finally be what it was designed to be - the flagship of the Federation, with the power to backup its position in the fleet.

Even as a child, I always found a Galaxy-class somewhat underwhelming. I absolutely loved this version. It took the Galaxy class from being a cruise ship to a serious multi-purpose Kick-Ass ship.

The Galaxy X Dreadnought Class is a warship. At this point in history (which doesn't exist anymore), the UFP and the KDF were at war with each other.

Starfleet is a military organization that also does science, exploration and diplomacy -- rather like naval warships in the Age of Sail...Pretty simple. Some people want to avoid the military tone, mostly because they don't understand that not even the Great Bird of the Galaxy really understood what he was crafting -- from TOSs first ep, GR established a military tone, by naming his ship after one of the most battle-hardened vessels in the history of the US Navy, and the bulk of Terran-centric Starfleet ship names through Voyager reflect this. People like the 1701-X because it doesn't hide the fact that it's a battleax. Because it shouldn't have to. Being military isn't bad -- most militaries simply don't fight that often, yet they are usually a cross section of the society that build them, and the behavior of their crews reflect that.

The Galaxy X class, brought to you by the Dominion war.

The wow factor is what has made the ship so legendary. I remember being a kid in my living room, watching that ship decloak and kick Klingon butt, live. That feeling of "oh shit, what did I just watch", is one of my favorite memories of all of Trek.

I liked the extra guns, but I was always a stickler for GR's rules that nacelles had to come in pairs. On the one hand, the ship kicked butt in a way we never got to see the Enterprise D doing. On the other hand it was obviously kitbashed because the extra nacelle and the little guns on either side of the bridge simply communicated in one quick shot that the ship had been upgraded from "luxury hotel in space" to "kick butt and take names space battleship". That's also what the "warp 13" was for even though all fans knew that warp 10 was infinite speed (what would three factors passed infinity miles per second be?); just something to communicate how much better/stronger/faster the upgraded Enterprise really was.

The Galaxy-class is the Lt. Worf of ship designs. There are entire videos on RU-vid that have Worf getting his ass kicked, and the reason is incredibly simple: he's the 2nd strongest person on the ship (Data is almost certainly stronger) and the chief of security, so if you want to demonstrate how strong and dangerous an alien is, put the alien in Deanna Troi's body and have it throw Worf across the bridge. The Galaxy-class suffers a similar fate. When TNG started, it was the flagship and more than capable of giving the Romulans, Klingons, or Cardassians a run for their money. Many times, when the shows writers wanted to demonstrate just how powerful a threat was, they used a Galaxy-class' destruction to do so. Think of the first encounter with the Dominion and the USS Odyssey. The writers could have used any ship design for this, but they wanted to demonstrate just how powerful the Dominion was, so a Galaxy-class was used instead of the much more prevalent Excelsior class. Plus, there is also a bit of nostalgia and love for the Galaxy-class because of the Enterprise.

"It's telling that no matter what future alternate time line we see the Federation in... it's always one of war." With the possible exception of the Kelvin timeline, the Star Trek multiverse is a lot like the Marvel Multiverse. If things don't go exactly as they did in the Prime/616 timeline then the entire universe seems to tear itself apart in some way, either literally or metaphorically. Also this variant of the Galaxy class is my favorite ship design in all of Trek, so great to finally see a video on it, even if there is not much information to go over. As for why I like it, well it breaks not only Mr. Roddenberry's rules on ship design (Even number of nacelles that need line of sight in order to function) and on how the Federation should act (From what I hear Roddenberry kept on saying that the Feds are not a military and this is a warship, you don't make those if you're not a military), but it also plays into the episode well while at the same time breaking some conventions TNG has set up in the previous seasons. The Enterprise, much like many of the characters in the show, is at this point like an old friend you know inside and out. So in this alt future it, again like many of the characters in the show, has gone through so many changes it is almost unrecognizable in both appearance and mainly in how it acts. Which brings us back to it breaking some of TNG's conventions. While there are exceptions usually whenever the Enterprise gets into a fight whoever they're up against is at least on par with them, so assuming the battle is not interrupted/stopped by a third party or the characters coming to some sort of understanding, even when the Enterprise wins it is pretty messed up afterwards. The Galaxy X Enterprise on the other hand is the exact opposite, it is the one that messes others up, and it makes its presence known with a hail of phaser fire rather than attempting to talk out of a fight first like we've always seen it do up to this point. The Galaxy X Enterprise is a stone cold mother fucker. Jeez this was longer than I thought it'd be, sorry for the wall of text.

I love it for the fact that they turned the Galaxy Class from a Disney Cruise Liner with little children climbing through the Jefferies tubes back into something that Star Fleet ships used to be, ships of the line, warships.

Why we find this vessel appealing: Just because it rectifies at least a bit the 'rape' of the Galaxy class starship as we have seen in both Generations as in the destruction of the USS Odyssey against 3 pity full Jem'Hadar fighters. Yes, I know the fighters penetrated the shields of the Odyssey, but like in Generations we don't see it using it's full complements of weapons available, AS seen the Enterprise doing it against the (fake) Husnock warship, The first fight against a Borg cube and also the continuously pumping photon torpedo's from the aft launcher as seen in Encounter at Farpoint. This refitted Enterprise-D did at least a bit of homage of how powerful this ship actually is, even without these enhancements and it felt good how it easily destroyed that Negh-Var Vessel.

Both, fam. Both. We all love war in our Trek, and we all love new Ships.

I always figured that in the alternate timeline, the Klingon Empire was destabilizing (they were always relatively poor, and only were able to prop up their economy through conquest). This is why the Klingons are allowing medical ships in, and why Worf was able to secure their safe passage, yet they came under attack anyway. Chances are, the houses are fragmented again, and that would explain why the Negh'Var wouldn't have been upgraded just like the Galaxy, and therefore easily defeated. It's quite possible we may be seeing the events that may lead to the Klingons (or at least, most of the Klingons) joining the Federation, but not without a fight. As far as why I like the Galaxy X, it's mostly because it's nice to see the Galaxy class kicking ass for a change. Sure, we see it kick some ass in DS9 (at least, post USS Odyssey), but for the largest most powerful ship Starfleet had fielded at the time, the Galaxy got its ass handed to it all the time in TNG.

I normally don't like Star Trek ships but when I see the word Dreadnought I change my mind.

I like that the added phaser strips to the top of the warp nacelles were integrated into the Galaxy Class ships that served during the Dominion War. It provided the Galaxy Wings the ability to cover their flanks while simultaneously firing on forward targets.

Its a combination of Both. On one hand its a new ship and the geek in everyone likes new ships. The Cynical side of us also recognize the fact that realistically the Federation needs to have dedicated warships for future or present conflicts as her policy of having families on wayward ships going into deep space and defending shipping lanes or borders is well stupid. This starts to end when the federation starts introducing warships to combat the Borg which gave them the ship designs they needed to combat the Dominion. When you get to Voyager which takes place during and after the Dominion War, We already have the Akira, the Steam Runner, the Defiant, the Promethues, The Saber class, these were all warships. Heck even Voyagers class of ship the Intrepid Class a long range explorer was surprisingly well armed, and frighteningly adaptable that by the time it popped back up into federation space was the most technologically advanced ship in the fleet to the point it could one shot Borg ships tackle enemies well above its weight and even without all the crazy updates by the end of its run was shown at one point to take a hell of a beating and still get back into the fight against a technologically Superior foe. Yeah that's not a simple peaceful exploration vessel. Fast forward 40 years later to STO with the destruction of the Hobius Star and the breakdown of Romulan, Klingon, and Federation relations, the return of the Borg and the Undine, its pretty damn obvious the federation saw the writing on the wall and naturally started . .

Can't wait for Macross and the WTF moments in its ship design.

Wow think you so much for the information about the galaxy class x

@lore I agree with you 100% on this one, it's a beautiful warship, made for war. I always imagine this timeline being one where Starfleet won the Dominion war out of sheer willpower and perhaps a bit of un(expected) luck with the death of the founders. In All Good things, Worf is still Ambassador to Klingon Empire just like DS9, which would only have happened if he killed Gowron and Martok, his sworn brother, was now chancellor. Also, the Romulans were conquered by the Klingons in this timeline, so it goes to reason that the Treaty of Algeron would have likely been null in void without a Romulan Star Empire. Warp 13 is kind of funny, they started using a TOS equivalent scale, maybe instead of Quantum slipstream, they developed Borg transwarp

Not a thing regarding the video but something I wanted to discuss. I always though that it would be cool if Galaxy and Sovereign classes had different specialized saucer sections that could bechanged depending on the situation. For example having a saucer section with the spinal mounted phaser cannon if you need superior fire power, a saucer section full of torpedo bays of you want a bigger Akira, a balanced battle saucer section with less crew quarters and no civilians for more powerful phaser arrays and maybe a few more torpedo bays, a deployable colony structure saucer section etcetera. What do you think?

Based on the design of the spinel lance, how would the captains yacht launch? Of course saucer seperation was thrown out also. I personally liked it due to .. well Simpy it was a cool design, And even if federation was about peace, others were not, so this was an example how federation created something impressive ot defend them selves. This, Defiant, Promethous, Ares. Each was a point made. As one memorable Andorran said, "Don't push the pink skins to the thin ice"

I love how in this time Admiral Riker becomes the badass that makes sense with his career trajectory, of course without Troi there to distract him.

I love it bc it brings the grit that DS9 had. Also bc you were staring at the same model for 7(?) seasons and it was a well done mix up.

A well armed explorer, is an explorer who returns home. "I come in Peace, provoke me at your peril." is reasonable, no?

3:46 the x couldn't have had a captains yacht the phaser lance was in the way

we love it because 2 love the galaxy class, and the idea of it going from mall to deathwall is awesome.

Lore has a very good point about when we see the Federation in alternate timeline ( ~ 2:50 ). I think this is so common for a few reasons; main one being the Federation's position and expansion into space so neer the other powers, another being the mixture of Federation members and differing agendas'. Good episode on the Galaxy X

I think it’s the “something new”: the sovereign is arguably more powerful than the trick’d out Galaxy, but in its counter measures and specialization, not because it’s a bigger weapons platform

I have always loved watching Star Trek for the space battles. Granted i love the soul of Trek and how it gives us a future of hope and the stories of discovering new life etc, but deep down i loved Deep Space 9 and the battles in it. Ive always been drawn to ships of war in Trek Do i want more ships of war in future Trek? I would have to answer no. If all ships were like this and the stories were based around it i would get bored quickly. Kickass moments are bonuses to good story telling

Great video, thanx for posting.

wonderful questions at the end, 👍 gene roddenberrys view was one of peace and exploration so i would like to think that everytime we see a version where the federation is at war, that it is a reminder of why we push forward for peace,

I think it's a combo if "Something New" and "Ships At War".

We subconsciously love the idea of these warships because most people subconsciously dislike Rodenberrys vision of a future pacifistic human race. It's against the grain of our survival instinct to see the whole of humanity at the mercy of militarily and technologically superior species. It's in the human DNA to conquer our surroundings, so the idea of a reality where we aren't dominant should bother us at a subconscious level, and to see a reality where we begin to fulfill our potential in these areas it's comforting, I believe. Also it just makes more sense, giving what we know about human nature. The idea that we could ever really outgrow our love for conflict, our need of it to evolve, or that we could defend ourselves from dangerous enemies with anything less than military might has always seemed very naive from my point of view.

I suspect the appreciation for the Galaxy X is due less to people wanting the Enterprise to be a mighty battleship (even though ship type designations like "escort", "heavy cruiser", and "dreadnaught" are clearly inspired by warships), and more because of how memorable an entrance the Galaxy X made. Not only did it save the day from an immediate threat, the Galaxy X was a demonstration of how the Federation's technologies had matured, and how those advancements allowed it to act decisively against a clear danger. It would have raised a lot more questions about how the future-Federation saw the universe if the Galaxy X had been around for more episodes, but its lack of in-universe analysis and screen time meant its limitations aren't as clear. The way _All_ _Good_ _Things_ used it, the ship's introduction was a sort of "unveiling-the-superhero" scene, where they get to show off their powers for the first time, stomp a bunch of bad guys, and look show-stoppingly amazing in the process.

That little roast at the end though

I would guess that we want to see War in Trek, because it's not the nature of man to be 100% peaceful 100% of the time. I personally liked it because it shook the "We are evolved human beings" scenario that Roddenberry wanted to preach. Also, because in my head canon, there is the Galaxy Exploration Division and the Tactical fleet.

Let's be honest the federations policy of big stick but bigger carrot never made sense to me. I like this ship. After the fall of Romulus in that time line it made sense for starfleet to go Oh crap we need to up our game. How the federation had never fallen i don't know. Yes you do have some competent captains but the entire Admiralty is incompetent and the politicians are cowards. Yes their tech is superb but like certifiable ingame said there's ways of bringing down the federation. It's cheddar cheese space is a weakness.

I think the Galaxy X is so exciting because it is both new and a warship. Human nature will always be combative and adversarial, no matter how we try otherwise. On the other hand, we are obsessed with exploration. With that which is new.

I think we love it because of the way that it is used. It comes to the rescue at a tense moment in a suprising way and absolutely kicks ar $e. When i saw this episode it was a bootlegged copy (Aus when a year and a half behind at the time) at a convention in a 94, late at night with 500 other fans. The hall went wild when the decloaking ship was the Enterprise

While good story telling has the hero with a weakness. Something we just want to see our side just kick ass. Having the Enterprise D being destroyed one shot by the same ship that the Enterprise A took a beating on for minutes (and breaching its shelf’s) was kinda pathetic end the Enterprise D. The Warrior Enterprise D as I see it is like the wimpy teen go to the gym and become buff and gives the bullies pause.

Ok dude WTF I was searching last night for some info on this ship and could not find any. Yet here you are being big brother and what not lol

Also, I love the Galaxy refit because it's nice to see what a federation ship is truly capable of when everything about it is built to state of the art standards. Every other federation ship is underpowered and always outgunned. Star fleet always holds back on weapons and shields because they dont want to scare people off, that leads to a lot of unnecessary deaths when war breaks out and almost everyone is in a ship designed to be peaceful. This ship shows that star fleet realized that they do in fact need a ship that can swing punches. It's like watching a boxer step up and show what they are really capable of, or in the finale of justice league when superman let's loose and shows darkseid just how powerful he really is. This ship says to other powers "weve warned you, and now you've forced us."

Its a beast of a ship in Star Trek Online. And that Phaser Lance...

It’s not that we want war in our Trek, it’s that we want to make Capt. Archer cry every time we test new weapons on moons inhabited by microbes or artificially created retro virus’s. The raison d’être of Starfleet has really been that the entire time.

I'm of the opinion that it's Q's daydream. Add fins and spoilers, super powerful weapons, cloak sounds more like a 5 year old "enhancing" something than a thought out design.

The Phaser Lance from the first time I saw it in "All Good Things" immediately reminded me of a Star Trek version of Starblazers Wave Motion Gun. Nice.

Don’t know why this showed up only now, and I couldn’t be happier to see it again

I...don't get the love for that thing. I just don't. It's like that girl you liked during high school grew up, got breast implants and now applies her makeup with a shovel.

My love of the Galaxy X was summed up very well by commenter Headless Chicken. This ship was the hero ship Enterprise D in a future where it wasn’t destroyed and now kicked major ass. The Galaxy class is by far one of if not my favorite line of ships from the Federation. To see this symbol take on new life as Admiral Riker’s ship and hold such awe inspiring power was just awesome. Plus, it’s from a Q episode.

I think it is loved becouse the people who love the show like seeing their favorite ship being a badass for a moment

I think the reason people like this variant of the Galaxy class is because it's nice to see one of our favorite ships kicking ass. Usually, the ships of Star Fleet are outclassed by their opponent in order to make the episode more compelling because they have to be creative in their methods of beating their opponents.

I've always been a sucker for future time travel episodes I just like seeing the future from where we are right now (in universe)

I believe you missed the most important aspect of this ship... Riker's grey beard... the power of which accounts for the Warp 13 thing... seriously - you do a great job with these videos! I am a recent subscriber working my way through your back catalog and enjoying them all quite a bit. Trek On!!!

I think we love it because it's a glimpse of the incredible might the Federation could have should it so choose or if the circumstances permitted such a show of overwhelming power.

Nostalgia and makes things go boom!

Much like some of the other comments here, I think we love it because we're seeing the Federation finally realize that it needs more than quick wit and a silver tongue to maintain long-term survivability for its civilization. Complacency from peace time has always led it to near-losses in each war it's been involved in. The Borg threat spurred it to innovate new technology and designs, which they immediately abandoned the second they got lucky and managed to neutralize a single cube. It took the Dominion War and all its horrors to finally awaken their recognition for the need for greater military innovation and strategy. In the Picard series, we can see that this lesson is finally learned when Starfleet can afford to send hundreds of ships that are all apparently its top-tier battlecruisers to protect a single system that isn't even part of the Federation. This also reveals their ability to coordinate fleet movements and compositions has vastly improved, as in earlier series they were constantly mentioning that their ships were all too far apart and it would take too long to consolidate them during a crisis. TLDR: We like seeing the Federation stand as a living symbol of peace and exploration, but also armed to the teeth for the inevitable conflicts it winds up embroiled in.

I loved the design of this Enterprise, it was something new, the phase lance was something I wanted to know more about as well as the 3rd nacelle. I kind of thought that that was more along the lines of a supercharger sticking through a cars bonnet/ hood and it added an impressive look to the standard Galaxy class.

There was actually a fan designed Galaxy class dreadnought that could by found on an orthos poster that did the rounds at scifi cons years before the Galaxy X appeared. In this version the 3rd nacelle was attached to the saucer section similar to the Constitution dreadnought.

When I first started playing STO way back shortly after launch the GalX was the ship I most wanted. A Galaxy class ship with TEETH!

i love it cuz its simply beautiful

I've always called that model "the Riker Special." I figure Admiral Riker ordered the modifications and claimed it for himself. The rest of the Admiralty told him "no, you have to have an office, just like everyone else of this rank," and he said, "Okay, but I get to design my own office." They agreed, and he proceeded to declare the bridge of the Enterprise D as his "office" and every time anybody argued with him, he got the engineering corps excited about a new toy to put onto it. As to why we love it? It's just cool. It probably wouldn't be as much fun if it were something more serious than a one-off cavalry arriving to be awesome at a key moment.

You have to love a ship like that. Now and then you just want to see your team kick some ass.

The revamp of the warp scale isn't so off the wall when you consider hearing Riker say "get us out of here, warp 9.9999996"

I would like to see that ship in more episodes where they show it off!!!

That phaser connon is indefigatable.

It is very very simple for me. I like things that are badass, and this ship was very sufficiently demonstrated to be just that.

The Galaxy X is one of the most aesthetically pleasing Starfleet Ships I've ever seen. Typically, my Federation wishlist for a ship include a ROUND (Not oblong) Saucer, and interesting nacelles, which the Galaxy, and Galaxy X have.

Its Trek way of saying..."How you liking this apartment complex now?" Basically however, if you note, all these timelines are what if timelines, not what will. This would be a natural progression from a society that built the Defiant. If the Defiant went mainstream early on instead of the project being initially scrapped, the Galaxy class would have quickly become obsolete fire power wise, and would need an upgrade to remain a capital ship. The Galaxy X was the ultimate solution. Also, if I recall correctly, the Klingon's invaded and occupied the Romulan Empire in this timeline, hence no more treaty. Also, like you said, Warp 13 sounds like a revamped scale, possibly to include now transwarp speeds (actual transwarp, not enhanced warp drive as what we probably got from the Excelsior test).

I love this refit, for nothing more than the 3rd nacelle

There are several classes of ship that had a third nacelle added on. The Federation-Class for example was a Constitution with a third nacelle, and a fan-made Sovereign-X was a Sovereign with a third nacelle and I think the 'Warship Voyager' version of the Intrepid had one too. Basically, any Federation cruiser class can be turned into a warship if you add a third nacelle. Which in my own head is probably linked to a small warp core next to the main core that specifically powers weapons and shields and if necessary serves as a backup warp drive if the primary is disabled or if the ship loses a nacelle.

You had me at "captain's yacht".

It is easy. If you simply send all the civilians, childern and other civilian casualties of war and alien vivisection material waiting to happen, who have NO BUSSINESS ON EXPLORER OR WARSHIP, and use their quarters, and part (say half) of luxurious crew quarters for generators, to feed the new spinal canon, tentimes bigger than everything you had before, you end with a murderous beast. Instead of diplomatic yacht, wich also happens to be armed. And have to say, THIS is how the starfleet should build their ships. Maximal modularity, upgradability and possibility to swich from diplomatic lounge to gundeck in few days in a drydock. Almost all wars, in wich starfleet participated, started by hard hits to the unprepared starfleet ships, and those continued, until new ship types rolled out of docks, or until major wartime upgrade was given to most of ships in service.

To quote the marvel mcu "a wise king does not seek war but is always ready for it."

Even though it was never seen but it was mentioned that in the 23rd century Starfleet apparently had a Dreadnaught class in service that looked like a Constitution Class Starship in appearance but the only difference that like the Galaxy X Class Dreadnaught this ship also had 3 warp nacelles but a difference in the design of the secondary hull compared to the Constitution Class Heavy Cruiser like the original Starship Enterprise NCC-1701.

Ever since I first saw the Galaxy-X I fell in love with it, eventually I want to get a T6 version on Star Trek Online. Just haven't motivated myself enough to invest in one of them. I do have the T5 version, which is a beauty to behold.

If I recall correctly, the Ent-D from this episode was meant to be retired and scrapped (implying that it was old and outdated). But Admiral Riker saved it by making it his personal flag ship, and having it get those refits. It's impressive to see an older ship that was meant from the junkyard (even with a refit) completely dominate a Negvhar class ship.

I've said it before, and I'll say it again. This class of ship is my absolute favorite in the entire franchise. No question. And I'll explain why. Because this ship absolutely kicked ass.

New ship designs were too far between back in the TNG era, so any and every new ship i saw, i was instantly drawn to. Such is the case with this ship as well. I instantly fell in love with it. Like i did with the Nebula and the Oberth (i saw the Oberth on TNG long before i saw it in Search for Spock)

Seeing the Enterprise D cut through a Klingon cruiser like a hot knife through butter was incredibly satisfying, but that's not the full appeal of this version of the ship. The Galaxy X "Trike" is, quite simply, a hot rod starship. It's kinda like equipping your car with a blower, spoiler, custom body kit, etc. It's almost as if Starfleet put Tom Paris in charge of the refit but stopped short of letting him include levers and knobs everywhere.

My absolute favorite ship. Why? Because it looks like a logical next step. It also reminds me of a DeLorean that got the back to the future upgrade. It just ads a notch of style.

I had actually head canoned the cloaking device as being due to Romulus being destroyed (a la Kelvin) which in this timeline results in the Star Empire dissolving thereby nullifying their treaties.

I've been working with this idea of a federation ship, that utalized that trick with the deflector dish, to make it a really over powered phaser, my idea involved the incorporation of 2-6 deflector dishes, 2 at the base of the nacelles, (on the Galaxy I picture them being perpendicular to the main deflector, and possibly smaller) then either 1 or 2 above and below the saucer section, and each one is capable of at the very least stripping the shields off of whatever it hits, if not destroying it, my thought was to pair a ship with these, with an Akira class, or a New Orleans class and justify them having so damn many torpedos

This and the Ambassador class are my favorite designs. The Galaxy-X vs the regular for much the reason you said: It is a warship. It is the pinnacle of what the Galaxy should have been, a return to the roots of Starfleet. Exploration and science, sure, but with ships that can defend the Federation not just explode.