The 'Dangerous' FAT MAN Klingon Battleship Lost Lore! 

I loved the absurdity and legacy of the Klingon fleet! So much of the Klingon bravado and ego is predicated on boasting and exaggeration! I think the Fat Man is amazing! It is reminiscent of the Jem Hadar battleship. So huge and ridiculous to insight terror in the enemy!

This design was part of the ancient Klingon strategy of "ghIj ghet jaghmeyjaj" which roughly translated means "Make your enemy die of laughter"

A space targ, if you will.

*starts playing a tuba while walking around until gutted by an angry klingon*

LOVE that you tackled this ship! Also love that you did the extended/retractable warp nacelles, much like you did to make the Northampton design make more sense.

It almost looks like it would make one hell of a ground base if it landed on a planet.

I remember playing scenarios with the FASA tabletop game where the "Fat Man" was ignored and overlooked. After all the other battleships and heavy cruisers blasted each other apart, the Fat Man did a pretty good job of cleanup.

Its like if Warhammer 40k and the Klingon Empire had a baby.

It seems like the Fatman's greatest weakness was that it was lacking in generator output. it looked like it had a lot of firepower but was lacking in the means to feed that power. It had a lot of potential but that potential was not realized.

Translation is a little off. It actually means “Chonk”… I love the clips of the Klingon Chef from DS9’s promenade. 😂

One thing I really loved about this game was that it treated the Original series Enterprise and its sisterships as a seperate class from the Enterprise of The Motion Picture era Enterprise. From the Federation Ship Manual. "On Stardate 2/1204, the Constitution Class cruiser USS Enterprise returned from its last 5-year mission, the only one of the original 13 remaining in service, all others having been lost or destroyed. She was publicly hailed as the 'Champion Of The Federation', and, on Stardate 2/1302, the vessel began a scheduled overhaul that would lead to one of the most interesting conversion/modifications in recent history. What began as a scheduled overhaul of a Constitution Class cruiser turned into the Enterprise Class cruiser." in the game lore, the old Constitution class production was discontinued and all future Constitution scheduled builds were built as members of the New "Enterprise" class based on the refit to the original Enterprise. The Old Constitution class ships that existed, remained in service, mainly as 'galactic survey ships' and were phased out of front line service as more Enterprise Class ships were built. A note here. The Constitution Class ships could still hang tuff in a fight with just about any Klingon ship other than the D 7m and the D 10 series Battlecruiser that were relatively 'new' in the games timeframe. However, the Enterprise Class ships pretty much outclassed any ship in the Klingon Fleet other than the L 24 Battleship. The hands down, most powerful warship in that game was the Excelsior Class. It badly outclassed every other ship in the game. Including Enterprise class, All Romulan ships, and the Gorn.

This is one of my favorite designs. Thank you!

Anyone who took time to resurrect the fat man from my beloved Fasa, Star Trek games Deserves my thanks really enjoy the channel.

I still like the SFB Klingon battleship best: the B-10. A fleet unto itself and the boom separates as a full D-7 cruiser.

The fat klingon chef from deep space nine will be sung about in legend long after worf's legacy has faded.

Nice! I loved this ship in the FASA game. I used to use it as a command vessel when I was running a game in my youth. It was always a great distraction against players that neglected its' escorts.

It's not fat, but big boned. FACTS. I'd say thing is actually a Klingon Battle Turtle Cruiser.

I have all 3 ship recognition books Federation, Romulan and Klingon from Fasa, every so often I re-read them as there are some great ship designs in them as well as some odd ones like the Fat Man.

I'm loving the recent vids on more obscure ship designs

Man Fasa really had some of the most creative ship designs from star trek, I remember they had all kinds of planetary assault ships and the like, since transporters were still kind a luxury (where ships had ONE maybe two of them on the whole ship) you had all kinds of cool 'star fleet drop troops' and the like, still great content, and I LOVE these old ships from that game, so creative, and as far as im concerned they should all be canon.

The "Fat Man" definitely was an interesting design from the old FASA games. She was a burly ship, and could've easily been a nightmare to deal with for the Romulans and Starfleet if she was designed right. However, Klingons have always been known for their hit hard, hit fast, die with honor philosophy, and the L-13 definitely is a bit of a clash. A for Effort at least. Can't wait to see the Excelsior in action, when when you do your ship breakdown. She was a great ship, a perfect design in my eyes, and definitely was the next Big Bruiser for Starfleet after the Constitution-Class.

The Fat Man really comes in to its own when the Ship Construction Manual is used to max out the design without increasing overall maximum tonnage class. The beast can absorb some serious damage before refit and can seriously soak up firepower once refit.

I love being able to see these FASA ships in 3 dimensions, as well as the added lore. I would think the purpose of the L-13 would be to conquer/colonize another world. The more maneuverable K'Tinga (D-7R? What would a K'Tinga classification be?) class would antagonize any starships, lead them away into traps, while the L-13 would warp in to bombard the planet and drop an ungodly amount of troops, tanks and equipment to bore in, even if any enemy ships warped back in. I would also think as a result that they would be like moving mountains, with their focus being on defense. I will also say that your 3D model gives this justice, as it looks a _LOT_ better than it did with just the profile views in the FASA game. 1:12 I still wished you would do a video on the true size of the K'Tinga, based on the size of the shuttle bay observation deck. If it is the equivalent to the shuttle bay observation deck on the Enterprise NCC-1701-A, then it has to be _HUGE,_ with warp engines as big as the Enterprise's.

Always love the L-13. That thing looks so odd and cool.

The poor L-13-Horribly in need of a stop at the fleet construction manual.

It would have made a good deep space exploration vessel or possibly a fighter carrier.

So many nice designs from that book. I wish I could see the Fat Man, the One Wing and the Ever Victorious in STO.

07:00 That's cool you're getting to the Excelsior. I can't wait to see it made and rendered by you.

I am getting World Devestator vibes from that aft view!

This would by chance, be able to be called, "digital 3-D kitbashing"..sometimes.? ..especially with so many hybrid design ideas that obviously must be going around.

It took me a month to watch this video. I was "scared" to click on it after seeing the warp nacelles extended. I'm glad you decided to have them retract for combat, at least. I surmise that, like a lot of FASA ships, the image was drawn before the backstory and stats were written. Although the backstory is definitely memorable, it could have easily gone a different direction and we'd all be talking about how awesome the L-13 was. I recently 3D printed this monster and when you hold one in your hand "at scale" with other FASA ships (like the Enterprise), it's pretty intimidating. The published ship's stats and its design aesthetic definitely don't match. This should be a very scary monster to go up against.

I have a deep affection for the L-13, because of it's flaws, not in spite of them. It's a great piece of fiction, and illustrates a reality which sci fi wargames sometimes ignore: Thinking, feeling minds screw up. Mistakes are made. Egos get in the way. Bribes to officials get things done which shouldn't. I loved sculpting the L-13 for Studio Bergstrom, and years later, it remains one of my favourite models. Thank you for giving the big guy some love!

Great video as always my man, quite hilarious too. Question, I could hear the Jerry Goldsmith Klingon theme playing in the video, where did you get this particular version of the iconic piece of music?

Your ship videos just get better and better 😮

Ah, the Klingon Empire had their own Nova Class Dreadnought.

It has been a while since I was deep into the lore, but I remember that the Excelsior started her life as the first transwarp vessel, which bombed and the drive never even did a successful test run. The spaceframe however was top of the line and after a refit to a standard warpdrive serial production began and lasted for decades, because the excelsior was a bloody advanced ship even without the mythical transdrive.

I love FASA Star Trek

Thank you for the Fat Man. I played this game a lot with a few friends Sadly we have all moved and had kids that just can’t get into the old stuff. But went I showed them this. Well now they are all interested. Thanks

Seeing the D-11 and you think: "Yeah, that looks like a mean bird of prey, like a Hawk or Buzzard ..." and than you see the L-13 and you just think: "Boy, that is a fat angry turkey!"

Yes more FASA designs.

You wonder what a "little boy" Klingon battle cruiser would look like. I mean you got a "FAT MAN" ship.

Alot of these animations makes me want a Star Trek Strategy game. In the same style of Homeworld, but perhaps with a good focus on exploration and discovery. The TMP era would be a really great test-bed, lot's of unique designs and with good tension between the major factions

These animations have a strong FreeSpace feel to them.

Cool. Looking forward to the Excelsior class.

my favourite was the D6D..

Dude, I'd say it totally should be called the K'mpec class, lol.

Epic can't wait for more

Would realy like to know what the guy thought who was making this ship back then. Looks like a lost bet or a "lets see if i can get this approved" project.

Captain there's something on sensors, its big!! Oh lord its comin!

On a very special episode DS9 episode of Jake and the Fatman, Jake and the Klingon chef investigate a murder surrounding tainted Gagh. They learn that the vintage shipment was traveling on an old Klingon Battle-cruiser....

Starfleet Battles - the Klingon K-10 battleship was amazing. and per the lore only 4 were ever made and nearly bankrupted the Klingon Empire.

Love this thank you

I still have this game on the shelf. Have you ever considered creating 3D printable files for game minis?

Great video!! Have you looked at an Ever Victorious

With it slower speed it would make a good mobile base. Hang out until the next system is taken and move in to resupply, take on the injuries and hold the new system.

When are we going to have the Tsar Bomba of all Klingon warships.

This ship has potential

It be a thick boi

The fat man is the solution to the question NO ONE ever asked. What if we make the whole submarine base and pens warp capable?

Da Chunky Ship! Noice!

Oh lord, he coming!

Those one wing ships remind me of Blohm & Voss aircraft designs from around ww2

A RTS game based on that era would be cool.

Ok jokes aside the design has it's potential merits if redone with a number of upgades and alterations. The "fat" design gives it a lot of room for either a more powerful or even a secondary warp core which would solve many of it's shortcomings such as it's weak shielding. The design also offers a lot space for additional armor/armaments. It could also be converted into a carrier with some significant capacity for it's time I imagine. I think there's actual potential in the design and kinda like it.

The Fat Man actually first appeared in the 1st Edition Star Trek The Roleplaying Game Klingon Recognition Manual (the pic you have is the 2nd edition). More lore was in 2nd Edition though. Enjoyed this very much. I've always liked the Fat Man but, yeah, it was a waste of resources.

This fat man is aptly named. It makes the Sward of Khaless battleship out of Klingon academy look good by comparison. No wonder it didn't feature in any Video Games.

The Klingon B-10 would blow it out of the stars.

This ship would be ideal - with a large escorting fleet to protect it - as a troop transport for an planetary invasion/ground assault.

I still have all my FASA book they gave me years of imagination and still do

you do such a good job at interpreting those terrible FSA illustrations

Beef up the shields and the power system and this becomes a not half bad mobile defense platform. Bring Material and personal to a location than park in orbit and provide cover fire for a section of space. Could act as a Blockade ship, or small craft deterrent.

This would make a interesting artillery ship on STO

love these FSA designs lol hilarious

That's a design that should be revisited. It should be a Juggernaut not a fat guy with tiny legs. Either way I'm saving in the favorites.

For a brick, it flew pretty...bad!

Well it’s not that far removed in failure points from real early battleships. Slow heavy beasts that’s only advantages were raw firepower and the ability to soak up attacks. This one had a bit too much Gagh.

Looks like K-9 from Doctor Who.

Great modelling, I grew up with the Fasa Star Trek game and remember these ships.

Give us the Orion Wanderer and the Starfleet Ranger class. I love smallish ships that can land....

Part D7, part dump truck.

This completely missed the L-13D "upgrade". The only Battleship with CLOAK!! Of course, it took so much power to cloak that it could barely move or do anything else.

The old FASA designs are fun lore but often silly.

Would love to see a live action Star Trek series based in the Triangle, and in the post cold war era, after the first Khitomer Accords.

Oooooh, He's a Comin' !

This was one of the weirdest and questionable FASA designs. I still have the Klingon Ship Recognition Manual that I bought as a kid from a cool comic book store on Cannery Row in Monterey, CA. The store has since long been gone.

The Fatman kind of looks like Chancellor K'mpec from STNG

Could you do some videos on the Ever Victorious battleship, the B10 battleship and B11 battleship? 😉

It's very much in defiance of Klingon's tactics. It's bulky and can't maneuver

They call it the "Fat Daddy" cuz it brings the GIIIIIIIRTH! 🤣

Did everything on this channel come back together?

qatlh Dujvam chenmoHlu' (Why was this ship built?) tIn (It's big.) quSDaq ba' (No kidding.) tInqu' 'oH (Can't you see that it's big!) baQa'

DEPLOY THE CHUNGUS

"you know I'm FAT I'm FAT shame on!"

They made the ship bigger and fatter but didn't think to give it q bigger engine...

Bring in the floating fatman The baron

Have you done the D-10?

You and venom geek media Made me Like the Beta Canon Trek stuff especially about development History, hey dont hate on the ship Not every Design IS a sexy Sovereign or a badass D7

Thats more a flying fortress or mobile fleet commandpost than a effective battleship. I like the Fasa desings, but much of them, are...strange. An Excelsior class battleship? Easy... The nine phaser twin canons on the saucer are enough there. [maybe one Twin unit more on the top] But two additional forward photon torpedeo launcher on both sides bring the difference in a direct battle. The excelsior has standard two aft torpedo launcher. I think that is enough so. Maybe a number phaser singel turrets placed over the secondary hull give a better all around defense, like the USS - Lakota. Better armored nacells and a dencer deflector grid and the newest shildemitters give a battleship excelsior the defence power to take in a lot of incomming fire.

more for intimidation than owt else, that and a huge marines squads.

klingon winnebago