The enterprise E is basically the culmination of all the sexiest designs of the federation. No other federation ship can instil such excitement seeing it swoop in on screen or in the midst of a firefight with the scimitar! Such a gorgeous ship.
Good List but You NEED to switch the dominion attack ship for the Dominion Battle cruiser (not battleship) It's design is so much more graceful and balanced!! and another John Eeves design!
Constitution Refit is such a beautiful ship to look at, probably even more beautiful than Excelsior which is like the Toyota of Starfleet. Negh`Var is also a pretty cool ship.
Intrepid class is by far my fave. Though that far future Discovery version of an Intrepid looks like a polygonal ship from the SNES game Star Fox if you ask me.
I'm not the most educated when it comes to Star Trek universe, however I enjoy the "Corvette" and "modernized" style of the NX-01. I think it may forever be my favorite starship. 🖤
I really liked that design as well. It was the perfect fit for what it was supposed to be. That said idk if "sexy" is the term I would use. I would call it a great design without any hesitation but not sexy, but to each their own.
Tbh it's probably the idea of being pioneers that's sexy to me. Reminds me of a classic car, not the safest or the fastest, yet somehow the primitive design is more appealing and usually it's due to being a more practical look based on necessity rather than aesthetics.
@@andrewwilbraham6875 Please do not take this as an insult or anything similar. To a few people I know and to myself, Akira the anime is not as impressive as many other people think (they are free to think it impressive, I will never tell a person what to think) and therefore having the name Akira attached to something as an obvious reference brings with it the connotation of not being all its hyped up to be. This is a personal opinion for the people I know who hold this view. This is a big part of why the NX will always look better than the Akira to my eyes, not that the Akira looks horrible or anything. To be fair, it looks better than half of the stuff on this list.
NX-01 was about as close to steampunk as _Star Trek_ could reasonably go. She's an awkward mass of support struts, pylons, and exposed pipes and cables-cool and rugged, but not remotely elegant.
@@DistractedGlobeGuy That's your opinion, but for me it's a personal favourite in all of Trek, partly because it takes the saucer, engineering hull and nacelle arrangement into a bold and exciting direction. The 'E' is nice looking but the design plays it safe relative to the 'D'
I would love to see a Star Wars ISD vs the U.S.S. Defiant. I don't know if an ISD's weapons could land enough shots before the Defiant got behind it and blew it to bits.
Just to make sure you want a 150 to 180m sized experimental warship against a 1 mile long weaponized ship?? Then again defiant has cloak so fair enough
@@quarterstogether2005 Also, Star Destroyers don't have shields, their weapons are mostly lasers-not exactly all that effective against Federation active shielding technology-they have only one bridge, their manoeuvring thrusters are just pathetic, and their impulse engines are painfully slow. They'd be lucky to get off one round of EMP charges before a torpedo annihilated their entire command tower.
@@DistractedGlobeGuy They have shields, their weapons aren't lasers - they're powerful plasma weapons or ion cannons designed to drain shields - they have the same number of bridges as a Starfleet ship, the speed of a light cruiser and strong guidance jamming systems.
10:53 is the funniest thing I've seen in a long time, thanks for that laugh! But yea, the Excelsior's transwarp drive didn't fail exactly, it was sabotaged by Scotty before it left spacedock. Now, it's possible that after the events of the movie Starfleet managed to repair the drive and it still didn't work as intended and the entire project was scrapped, but to my knowledge that's never been canonically acknowledged, so for all intents and purposes, it didn't "fail".
Presumably there was a lot more experimentation that didn't pan out. It's just inconceivable that Starfleet would go to all the trouble of developing the technology, installing it in a demonstrator, and then immediately discarding it the first time it had a problem.
I like the idea that the Klingon bird of prey was originally Romulan. The original plot had Kruge's crew steal it from a group of Romulans while exploring a planet. ( plot complications.)
0:12 _"It's PG rated, you're not going to see ships in their underwear"_ Don't tell me what to do with my Holodeck time… and if you think I'm perverted, you should see Rikers favourite programs. He took the concept of *Nell,* the boob ship from _Battle Beyond the Stars_ and dropped the subtlety. It's a naked Troi _crouching prone_ done as a ship.
I specially liked Voyager bridge. Specially the Captian's little retractable console. This ship seems like a Mercedes luxury limusine version of star ships and a new one at that.
@@thoruszwolf4153 One of the ugliest Federation ships. That vinyl siding on the neck, ugh. And the refit that gave it jowls on the engineering hull makes it look like a pregnant guppy. About the only Federation ship uglier is the Oberth.
Lol i was going to do a post for the excelsior/b 😄 though it wasnt the neck for me, it was the twiggy right angle pylons with that weird tacked on pod. Plus i always disliked the C. It kinda looked like "generic star trek design"
The Excelsior, Seriously? I never liked the look of the excelsior, to me it looked like someone was carving it and never got around to finishing it then needed a ship style on short notice so they just took the incomplete model and made do.
Okay so my parents met cause my Mom thought my Dad looked kinda like Riker. So I always thought I was just too young or just in the wrong generation to see the Excelsior as an improvement over the Constitution. But I need someone to try and explain to me how the Akira Class is any less sexy than the Excelsior class.
Not from TV or movies but from the Invasion fighter sim, I loved the design of the Kam'Jahtae fighters;in fact it is one my favourite ship designs ever.
I missed you bud, bet the sad & sorry state of Star Trek sent you running for the hills. Glad you're back, for a while we had Mr. Expanse aka American Ben talking Star Trek, it was horrible so horrible like a book by Sylvester Stalone on being pregnant, he had no idea what he was talking about. I love the guy don't get me wrong & I see him improving by leaps & bounds (I love the guy) but when it comes to Star Trek... nothing compares to you.
Yeah I think I’ll be doing more Star Trek videos. It is just sad the new shows don’t really have anything interesting to talk about. Still gotta draw from the Rick Berman era
I would have included a Runabout into the mix. I know that most see them as a space winnebago, but I always thought they were really cool, thought out ships with lots of space and viewports for luxury or convenience.
@Maylevka May yep, Starfleet of that time is desperate, so they’ll take any ship that flies and just retrofit it with new tech, like they did the Discovery. They’re like the quarians of Trek
I probably missed this in another comment, but here’s a bit of (possibly) beta cannon Klingon-Romulan stuff: the FASA starship combat game sourcebooks suggest the Romulans got D7-type heavy cruisers in exchange for cloaking and (what would become) the K22 scout-size BOP, which the Klingons upscaled to the D32 Cruiser and then the L42 Frigate. Using this design philosophy makes the jump to a TNG large-scale K’Vort class attack ship make much more sense.
I've always went by the FASA books, but it doesn't make sense that the Romulans would let themselves get ripped off in a trade. The D7s are definitely awesome, but I wouldn't trade cloaking technology for it.
Just a thought on the Enterprise-E and its design. I think that how good that ship looks is due in large part to the fact that it was deliberately designed with the wide format of movies in mind, replacing the designed for 4:3 Enterprise-D. I think the D looks great, truly. Part of that is due to its successful use of the space provided by a television screen back in the day. The same concept goes for the E, it makes great use of the widescreen formats that movies prefer. Combine that with how the various widescreen formats tend to be liked more than the old 4:3 of television and you get a better looking ship in a better looking space making great use of that space. If the video had kept 100% within the ST universe I would not think this worth adding, but since he did go into that bit about the bird of prey and whatnot.....
Part of the reason I love the 'D' was it pushed the boundaries for a typical starship configuration. I admit it looks strange from certain angles, but the ship as a whole and separated just work for me. The 'E' look gorgeous, but safe, harkening on the earlier refit/ 'A'. Not necessarily a bad thing, just not as different as the Enterprise-D.
That's also why they refit the original Enterprise in The Motion Picture - the original design was shorter to look better on 1966 TV screens, but they stretched it out with swept back nacelle struts and longer nacelles to match the wider theatrical screens. There was also the fact that the old TV model wasn't nearly detailed enough to hold up on the big screens so part of the redesign's goal was to add a lot more hull details to look more interesting, which is also similar to how and why the Galaxy class has a more uniform gray with minor color highlights while the Sovereign has a lot more variations of color.
You included Voyager with the stubby nacelles and the space bedbug. But left out the original Klingon D7 or the TNG version the Vor'cha? The D7 was like a 60's muscle car. It looked fast and powerful just sitting there. And the Vor'cha had much the same layout but felt more predatory.
Yea, though to be fair the Danube-class was intended to be a very small but fully functional and independent starship that could take on extended missions away from a support base or mothership. The Delta Flyer, on the other hand, was more of a tricked out long range shuttlecraft that wasn't capable of the same extended missions that the runabouts were.
I’m afraid I must disagree. When I think of attractive Star Trek ships, I think of the following: 1. Nova class 2. D’kyr 3. Constitution (refit) 4. Wells class 5. D’deridex type warbird 6. Galor class cruiser 7. Maquis raider 8. Intrepid class 9. Type X shuttlepod (Chaffee) 10. Romulan shuttlecraft
Of all the enterprises/federation ship designs, if it has the blue glowing defelctor it gets double points. The blue glow of the enterprise A to me was perfect. I wish they kept that design with all subsequent enterprise designs. If the E had the blue glowing deflector rather than the smaller and yellow one then it'd be my favourite.
Thank you for *not* including the new Curiosity class from Picard aka the _copy paste_ fleet. But you did miss some _hot Federation ships._ The *Akira, Steamrunner* and *Saber* class all debuted in _Star Trek First Contact,_ along with the *Sovereign* Class. And they were definitely StarFleet, but they got away from the overused _Primary and Secondary hull with two Warp Nacelles on pylons angled up_ paradigm that's getting a bit tired… They had completely different layouts, due to the fact that the new Enterprise-E was also making its debut, and they didn't want casual viewers confused over which was the hero ship - I brought a friend who isn't a Trekkie to the opening night screening, and he was confused when a cheer went up through the cinema as the *Defiant* appeared onscreen ("I take it I'm missing something about that ship?" was whispered in my ear). If only Star Trek had carried on with the concept of unconventional designs… That reminds me, another sexy ship, the *Prometheus* Class (when it's in one section). The 4 Nacelles look balanced [a constant bugbear with most Federation ships is they look like they are designed for a up and down universe], and it's definitely sleek. As well the *Dauntless* Class fake StarFleet Quantum Slipstream ship was a masterclass in looking like you're going at transwarp while you're standing still. And the in-universe irony is that StarFleet copied the basic design for their first serious attempt at a Quantum Slipstream ship, since it was a proven design that Voyager had scanned. It fact Voyager had a lot of interesting and attractive ships as their _Aliens of the week._ Due to the fact that they didn't need to fit in with any known species design linage, the designers could go wild. And they had just transitioned to CGI which allowed their creativity to take flight. Could be worth a video or two?
Thanks for the comment. We cover some of the ships from First Contact in our “little known Star Trek ships” video. I will think about doing something on alien ships from voyager
It just so happens that the same design concepts that reduce atmospheric drag translate well to presenting a narrower profile to shoot at during space combat. Also, as seen in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan and the first encounter with the Borg in the Next Generation episode Q Who?, the narrow neck section was a major weak point in combat, so when the Sovereign was designed to eliminate that weak point while still maintaining the distinctive saucer and engineering sections, a side effect was a more compact and aerodynamic looking ship.
The Risian ships are not bad also, such as the Corvette, and they are, technically, private ships. It's a shame that they don't appear in the series nor movies.
Have to point out that S-Foil type adjusting wings are probably not from Star Wars. Militaries have used S-Foil aircraft since the 60 at least. However the name S-Foil is from Star Wars. They are often refered to as things like 'variable-goemetry wings". In many real life vehicles; the swept wong is for long distance and high speed travel; where as the straight wong format is for dog fighting. However in Sci-Fi one usually form usually means power from weapons is diverted to engines. This was originally the case with the X-Wing, but im unsure if that's been retconned now.
@@dotmatrix7383 Agreed. In addition to looking like a sci fi butt plug, it doesn't even make sense as a starship - why does the entire back end spin around like that? Does it serve a purpose besides "the rule of cool"?
My wife said that if YOU want to see sexy, all you need do is take a glance at a mirror. That would have upset me except for the fact that I'm 72 and she followed up that comment with he just looks so much like you when we were young!
I must argue against the Jemmy Attack Ship, but most especially the Jellyfish ship. The Jemmy Battlecruiser is much sexier than the attack ship. And you could pick almost any other ship to replace the Jelly. Almost. But I think special mention has to go to the Khitomer-class Battlecruiser, which marries the D7's lines to a Starfleet-esque primary hull and deflector dish, with Romulan/Jem'Hadar-style nacelles thrown on for good measure. It is the very first ship designed and built by the Khitomer Alliance. You could also go with the Chimera-class, or its Manticore variant. _USS Chimera_ is the ship captained by Nog. What about the Hestia variant of the Prometheus?
I'm still waiting for the Walker class starship (USS Shenzou) from Discovery to get some love. Say what you will about Discovery but the Walker class is absolutely gorgeous, I love the way the bridge hangs on the bottom of the saucer section.
Yeah, DS9's Runabout did seem like a perfect vehicle, a small SUV of sorts, something that can take you to most places. Bigger and safer than a TOS shuttlecraft.
The Excelsior is my favorite Starlfeet design and I'm glad she's on the list, but any of the following could have replaced the Jellyfish: Constitution refit (TMP Enterprise) U.S.S. Dauntless (Voyager episode "Hope and Fear") NSEA Protector (from the best Star Trek movie, the one with Tim Allen)
I can agree with this comment. Get rid of the stupid Jellyfish and the Excelsior (it's a fine ship and a hell of a workhorse, but not the sexiest by a long shot) to make room for the Constitution Refit and Galaxy classes.
I'm so used to people's negligence of the existence of the Akira class, I'm too the point anymore that anyone who cherishes the Akira class is a friend of mine
The sexiest Federation ship is the Vesta class starship from the Ezri Dax novels which exist in STO in three variants. Hands down the best looking ship every created by the Federation. Edit: fixed Ezri spelling which autocorrect mangled to Ezra.
I'd say the most beautiful ships are: 1. Universe class 2. Odyssey class (sto) 3. Sovereign class 4. Intrepid class 5. Ambassador class 6. Dhailkhina class 7. Valdore class 8. Ha'feh class (sto) 9. Ha'apax class (sto) 10. Vesta class (sto)
The lack of the Miranda-class in both this video and the comments disturbs me. I like it equally as much as both the refit Connie and the Sovvie. Personally TMP has my favorite aesthetic, I just love the nacelle design and the sorta boxier yet sleek ships. I hate the galaxy-class though. It's so damn fat
