The Cutest Klingon Ship: The F-5 Frigate 

"Who's the cutest little killer? YOU'RE the cutest little killer! Yes, you are!" 😆

Even though the Klingon F-5 Frigate is cute, it still has fangs. Imagine a Klingon having the balls of steel to tackle a Jem-Hadar fighter group with four old Klingon F-5 frigates.

If I saw that on my view screen I'd get the Klingon Captain on screen and Berate on how cute the ship is. Awwwwwww too cute 🥰

Thank you all for the kind thoughts. The F5 was one of my first and best Klingon designs. - Stephen V. Cole PE, designer of SFB.

In SFB we call the tactics used here as the Klingon knife fight. Problem with this tactic was federation overloaded photon torpedoes.

I like to think the Klingon ship the Enterprise blew up at the beginning of "Errand of Mercy" was an F-5

Riker: “Cute little ship!” Worf: “Cute?”

This vessel is where the little known Klingon term "Quwaii'" originated.

The F5 and its variations, including the F6 "frignaught" are the workhorse of my own small "nation " the 5 Suns Alliance . Deployed in packs of 3-5 with either an F6 or F5L as a command ship.

All Klingon Ships are CUTE! *Draws out knife* I'll fight anyone that dares say otherwise! And you DARE challenge the honor of a Klingon's Waifu!?!?!?! Them's fightin' words.

I have to admit this small ship is as you say cute. As in wolf packs this would be a great tactic. If the Klingon torpedoes in this pack fire at once this would be devastating on target run. Even a constitution would be in trouble quickly.

Back in the day, my group tried to combine the starfleet battles rules with the newer fasa rules. What a nightmare.

8:57 so standard escort/non federation ship tactics in STO.

It indeed seems to be a tough little ship, in the recent time I've learned about it, it does appear to be one of the better designs for mid-23rd century Klingon ships to complement the D7. It seems like the Klingon answer to the Saladin, Hermes, and Loknar. Perhaps we may one do see one in a piece of official audio-visual media. 15:16 ; Venom do not tempt them like that! It is akin to sailing through Kos'karri infested waters with extra blooded Gagh.

Starfleet Battles was epic. Maps Paper and Dice

I wasn't aware either F-5 had been forgotten. This one is a very large and robust frigate. Not quite a DD, but often used in that role. And fairly capable of it for decades. A notably successful design.

I really like this design. Wonder if there is a TNG era Klingon equivalent to it. Like a sawed-off Vorcha.

This ship reminds me of that meme of a cute little snake saying: "NO! I R Danger Noodle! No boop snoot! Fear me!" While being D'aaaaawd at. :)

Boo yeah

It looks like a d7 ran into a wall

Always loved the SFB ships.

A wonderful little ship a half way house between the later and much smaller birds of prey and the D7, but still fast, agile and well armed. Are you ever going to have a look at things like the ships in Klingon Academy as there was some nice KDF ships there.

After the praxis explosion wluld the klingon see any hounor in or or maybe some value in ising old f5 as frieghters with gun and heavy hauls and shields?

Ahhh the baby D7 😃 it's like baby Tiger Luchs 😃

I always loved this little ship. Even when I wasn't playing the game, something always made me pick up and play with the pewter figure. I always felt the Bird of Prey from Star Trek III was inspired by it.

Klingon KAWAII DESU!!! ^.^ Couldn't resist. Nice little video, and cheers to the F5! we barely knew her!

It does look like it shares a lineage with early bop-like 22nd Century Klingon ships. But with a cruiser centric design philosophy and due to mass production of the era. It looks like it would make for a tough little ship, in large part because of those cruiser parts and for not actually being so little, but compact and surprisingly graceful. It would have been pointless to have upgraded its design in the same way as the D7 became the K't'inga, that would have made the F5 into a brick, even more of a pocket cruiser than it already is. Clearly, the B'rel is almost a quantum leap in technology and design, and somehow speaks to Klingon ethos in a way that most of their ships did not. I liked the idea of the Klingons struggling and even succeeding at the mass production arena of the cold war for a time. One might imagine that both the Klingons and Starfleet were cranking out lots of variants sharing cruiser components, but that the Federation would win in the end due to more advanced manufacturing processes by the movie era.

I much prefer the Klingon F-5 presented in Starfleet Command (old PC game that was based on Starfleet Battles...mostly and used the the movie era aesthetic). Looks like a Klingon Bird of Prey, but beefier. Granted, it's not cute like this one haha, but overall I think it's a much better look.

Ahhh, the General War. That which lead to all the galactic empires being able to field fleets of hundreds of ships readily. To coordinate wars thousands of parsecs away. The amount of focus put on logistics, maintenance.. And even learning how to streamline builds and ships to make them able to be pumped out faster. You don't -really- need that light cruiser to have a lifespan of more than twenty years.. It doesn't need those ten different specialized labs.. Strip those out, you can build it in two thirds of the time! Take a destroyer, remove the bits focused on exploration, secondary and redundant systems, throw some more phasers on it, call it a war destroyer build.

Birb of prey. Venom I'd love to see you make a new version of the battle of binary stars fleets for the Klingon empire and Federation fleets of that period. Canon designs( with some FASA/Starfleet Battles/Star Trek Legacy allowed to fill the blanks).

There's also the Klingon attempt at upgrading the F5 into a heavy frigate, the F6 "Frignaut", of which only 3 were built. Another Klingon adhoc warship was the E5 Battle (Fleet) Escort destroyer, which used the command bulb of the F5, the neck of the E4 escort frigate, the hull of the E4 and a single D7 S-Graph warp nacelle. Only 6 were built. Rendered obstelete by the introduction of the D17 & L9 destroyers.

Played SFB growing up in the 80s. The f-5L was more than a match for any frigate in the game. I'm biased I love the Klingon.

The F-6 'Frignaught' is a scary little ship

I kinda feel that the B'Rels wouldn't necessarily be the death knell of the F5. Especially after the attacks on Kittamer and Neranda III. Their current, of the time Battlecruiser was inadequate against Warbirds, and the houses were still building hell out of the K'Tinga, so an F5 refit would have been a no brainer for internal security. Something you could even use to update the auxiliary forces like the Kreosian Volunteers. Yes, it's not as deadly as a B'Rel, but a Squadron of these jumping the cloaked warbird they've been tracking, would probably ruin the Romulan's day.

Oh, look at the cute ( icekel) frigate. She's so cute

The F-5 really looks like the pathfinder for the Bird of Prey. The F-5 was a big stick while the Bird of Prey was a more refined spear. They both do the same job but the Bird of Prey does it so much better. As for cute...I wouldn't say that to the face of Klingon who served on one. Just might wreck your day.

I also love the stealth field to prevent accurate intel. The ship has a built-in blur censor!

There ain't nothing "Cute" about the F-5. That thing is a hard little war machine.

I always liked the Star fleet battles ships.

Cool I love seeing these oddball starships

Been really digging your channel! Using your material to help me create my own D6 Star Trek tabletop game!

Interesting ship...I can see the logic of it!

"Cute, my left foot. Get a swarm of four or six of them after you at close range, and you'll wish your were just facing a D-7." Captain Martin Schroeder (ret) USS Essex (NCC-1727) Constitution class

I was not expecting a KanColle/Trek crossover, but here we are dess ne

As I understand it the plane F5 is named Tiger and is cool plus I’m almost sure but in the 1st Top gun the film makers used this plane as the Russian Mig, please shout out to me if I have any of this information in error, I’m not a top gun film fan. But I used to have knowledge on military aircraft however now it’s just StarTrek.

I still have my F5 frigate from Task Force Games. Probably circa 1987. Back then it was armed with disruptors and type II phasers. No photons. But I wouldn’t dismiss a variant that did.

🖖😎👍Very nicely well done indeed and very well informatively explained and executed in every way and in every detail

That is one serious set of mixed up timelines!

I think boom and zoom is more accurate description of this tactic.

4:41 Klingons defend The Empire.

15:15 ok, ok, ok! But hear me out; what if we just put smol little cat ears on the bridge section?🐈

Looks like a Klingon Shuttlecraft

You had me at smol

Its a Chibi-Frigate!

Another great video.

I can't help feeling that Klingon crews assigned to an F-5 would consider this a bit of a "diss", somehow...

Use the d5 agility and electronic war fair to be a guerilla attacker.

This would be an interesting opportunity, if could be found on the surplus market. Both as a Colony guard dog and a pirate/ privateer refitted with some substantial improvements to the older tech. Just a thought, Wolfmama

@Venom Geek Media 98 I love Star Fleet Battles. Wish I could find others in my area to play as well. Well done! Any chance on doing the Federation CL?

The ship that it would run into later more often which could be argued to be better would be the Miranda.

I'm not sure if you're honest about no lewding the F5 (not thinking of the Streisand Effect) or doing this as a double bluff to _get_ people to lewd the F5? 🤔

"I still go with the K-23, sorry!"

Last year EC Henry did a video on the Mystery Klingon ship from Friday’s Child. Flip it up side down and give it a bullet nose and the F5 isn’t that far off.

It's a cute ship all right. Tiny little killer

In Starfleet Command this is the D5 .The variant you are talking about is the F5.I did play 1 and 2 EAW and OP.

Two f5s and a F 5 leader are a dangerous combo. Toss in meck links and psudo fighters 2 per F5 . You have trouble.

Cheers

"Looks like a smaller T-3 Mover assualt ship to me? 😕"

I love Klingon ships . If used right they are very dangerous. Know your enemies to better defeat them . It is a good day to make them die . Glory to the Empire.😎

G-2 POLICE GUNBOAT is cuter and smaller. The standard F5 has 2 Phaser 2s on the boom, 3 Phaser 2s aft, a Disruptor torpedo on each wing and a Drone launcher . Constitution Class has 6xPhaser 1s and 4 Photon Torpedo launchers on the saucer, 2xPhaser 3s on the Engineering hull and a Drone launcher on the Engineering hull. I play SFB.

I was always a fan of the F6 Battle Frigate.

That's right baby - Star Fleet Battles - one of the best games ever. It can be very - very rules heavy depending on how in depth you want to get with a combat tactic board game - but it's fun. You think the F-5 is a cutie - just check out the E-class ships in SFB. If you love Venom Geek Media 98 and his sexy ass ship talk - you will really get into Star Fleet Battles.

Cute? Oh-no... Venom... Do you realize what you've DONE??? (Millions of weeaboos running up to venomgeekmedia sounds of countless boots, shoes and sandals hitting the pavement as they run up to harass him) "LOOK! WE DREW STAR TREK SHIPS AS ANIME GIRLS LIKE AZUR LANE!! UwU!!!!!! I can see it now, F5 Frigate-chan...

Chibi-D7. Kawai.

Nice video sad to see how it ended up though but given the F5 size the Klingons could have converted for civilian use and and converted them into light cargo ships or even a tractor tug

As I understood it, SFB could only get the license rights to TOS era and that's why all their ship designs stay within that timeframe.

It served the empire with honor.

Do the Frignaught!

The F5 never carried a torpedo all the variants had the sensor dish

Awww!

Starfleet Battles for the win. I love that game.

Remember that there were actually two types of IRL F-5's the F-5A Freedom Fighter that had no radar and the more capable F-5E Tiger II with a Radar both were very capable in good hands Both were Aim-9 only day fighters very simple but if you needed fighter's and weren't in too much danger they were perfect nothing better than a Mig-19(F-5A) Mig-21/Mig-23MS (F-5E) You just kept saying F-5 b

🎶 Baby D7 doo-doo 🎶

Thanks!

15:22 You dared announce getting turned into a wiafu

6 pseudo fighters have the fire power of a cruiser the various types of PF s create a pack of wild cards.

if you can keep thesame nacelles, sensor elements and weapons on an F5 as a D7 what's the point of the bigger, more expensive ship????

Ok now I really want someone to turn the F5 into a Waifu just to bug VGM XD

To me the F-5 looks like it was designed by Volvo. "Don't you feel safe knowing your Klingon vessel was made by Deutschland engineering?" But you just know that the klingon crew inside just hates this ship and hates themselves being on it. I want to see a Star Trek lower decks show where we have the Klingon versions of Boimler, mariner, and the rest of the cast on this ship. It would be Hilarious!

F5 sounds like a harassment ship.

So the Tie Fighters are hiding in the planetary shield?

Looking forward to the Waifu version..

How can the F-5 be the cutest when it shares a continuity with the E-4 Escort? Also, a bit misleading since you _don't_ describe it within its actual continuity, but in some frankenstein headcanon of your own. And a version of the F-5 that doesn't exist in _SFB,_ either, since _SFB_ Klingons armed their ships with missiles ('drones,' in that game's parlance; Klingons having a tendency to mount their launchers in the shuttle bay,) disruptors, and phasers.

This is ther cat staship[ and yes I know there are literal cat aliens in trek but cute tiny and a predator is very cat.

I think the F5 could have been used as a convoy escort ship after the brel took over expolit

I'd say the A4 is a cute fighter lol

I will not do it but someone else probably already has. Rule 34 of the internet

MAKE IT A WAIFU!

Was that federation freighter the antares type one ?