USS Excalibur: Her Last Journey

[all13Doctors]

One thing (one of many) I love about Bridge Commander. It's limited only by the power of the computer and imagination/skill. Well... until someone makes an effort to create a ridiculously incompatible OS...

[wilde1]

TV SHOW NOW ABOUT THE DAY USS EXCALIBUR ENTERED SERVICE WOO

[Thestuka1]

cool video I thought they might have turned her in to a Museum ship my thought being they might not be a lot of constitution classes left.

[protossrock1]

what was the biggest and most powerful federation ship in startrek?

[rowan1325]

Beautiful ship

[toshalaska]

nice effect

[P54cause]

Rifeman80, I enjoy all your video's. Excellent job everyone of them. I build starships myself out of cardboard and tape. I've even managed to build the Consitution class along with some of my own designs. However this video leaves me feeling sad for this ship which is being deconstructed to become a building?! I don't see how that is honoring her long years of survival and service? She should be given a place where she can be ADMIRED for the grand lady that she is. In My Opinion.

[Tizmaole]

@P54cause Think of it as a final mission of exploration: into the souls of the Bajoran people. Of course, it would be even more fitting (and useful) to make her into a SCHOOL, allowing her to broaden people's minds one last time.....

[shooterman20kills]

Any of u all ever play the Star Trek online game.Once u make Ltcdr u can get ur Constitution class starship name it and give it a number it's not a bad game but it is fun oh yeah u can get a Soverign class ship to but only after u make rear admiral

[shooterman20kills]

Any of u all ever play the Star Trek online game.Once u make Ltcdr u can get ur Constitution class starship name it and give it a number it's not a bad game but it is fun

[Chulva]

Imagine the internal refits of that ship! And such a memorable design to boot! Survived the Borg and Dominion only to go out in peace and dignity, love it!

[ELOVE4U]

now thats is respect the enterprise E is giving the excalibur for those years of service. thats is class act my friend.

[terrywest111]

A ship like this does not deserve to go out as a temple. As a fitting tribute to times gone by, she should become a museum ship.

[skyblazer7]

The refitted Constitution class...best starship design ever made...thank you RifleMan and thank you Andrew Probert.

[topcat2015]

well done

[TRUMPER007]

This is indeed the classiest Starfleet design of all time. With the losses incurred by Starfleet to the Borg and the Dominion would it not be better to upgrade this starship rather than give away to be used as a temple!!!?

[FurorVikingorum]

The Constitution class is, without question, the best starship design ever.

[SSGLew]

There is absolutely no way they would scrap Garrovick's ship (and Kirk's first posting) for a temple. Especially with half of Enterprise-D lying on a pre-space flight world. As to the REFIT, there ain't no -A after 1664. It's the Exeter, just the same. Nicely done, however.

[SSGLew]

My apologies - sleep deprevation. Confused Excalibur with Farragut. Anyways, Starfleet would've stripped the ship of all technology (including warp drives) and dismantled her in situ over Bajor, after a warp tug towed her there.

[ramstang]

@SSGLew Not all ships renamed had a "bloddy A" after it. The Defient has at least had 3 different ships with 3 different registry's.

[longhauler2001]

Why break the damn thing up just to build yet another temple? Give it to them intact. Even at 105 she's still more advanced than anything the Bajorans have.

[cowboyx1970]

B'jor rejects your offer

[Trek001]

Nice video, but no way in hell would Starfleet allow a ship to be broken up with such an age and past. They only have 1 or two of them left. The Enterprise-A (which was never shown to be destroyed in canon) or this one. The Eagle was destroyed at Wolf 359

[rocketshipstud8]

nothing real can defeat us! nothing unreal exists!

[PotholesInMyLawn]

There are 3 people that wanted her material used to make their lunch boxes and it did not happen.

[Collegeman5489]

Man, u do some AWESOME work!

[whitemanstand72]

what is the soundtrack :

sounds like generation first movie ?

[dastaylor]

@whitemanstand72 From Star Trek Generations

[composerdoh]

what is that music?

[composerdoh]

@composerdoh It sounds familiar... is that from "Generations?" Or Insurrection perhaps?

[BoyUSMC]

I believe the registry number on the old Star Trek Model Kits had the USS Excalibur as NCC-1705 with the Constellation being NCC-1017 and the Defiant being NCC-1764. As with all things in Star Trek there can be many explanations. This "Class" of Starship was called the "Enterprise II" and the Old Constitution class Refit remained somewhat different.  Either way well done!

[stitch656]

@BoyUSMC The model reflected the 'named ships' and registry numbers. Excalibur was NCC-1764, then in the Blueprints Roddenberry put NCC-1705- 5 th in the line of the new Constitution class heavy Cruiser. We could run with the 1705 since it Excalibur was taken out by the M-5 Controlled Enterprise, The new Registry from the new model, and its new assignment.

[shadownet2040]

will done will done

[mariocz1987]

really nice work rifleman and the constitution a famous design one of the best federation starship

[JediMasterHorton]

if this were the original enterprise that make me so happy

[fixman88]

I loved this; this brought tears to my eyes. The Constitution class was always my favorite (and always will be.) I was playing with my Betamax copy of TMP while I was watching this :)

[davideshafer]

Why is her registry number 1664? Shouldn't it start with 17 like all the other constitution class ships?

[thebigb59]

@davideshafer that was her registy number in the Original Series

[davideshafer]

@thebigb59 So why did the USS Enterprise have a registry number of 1701?

[thebigb59]

@davideshafer It might be due to the Enterprise being launched after the Excalibur, thats just my guess.

[davideshafer]

@thebigb59 If Enterprise was launched after Excalibur then her registry number should be 1665. Unless she was built 37 ships later. I also remember the USS Constitution having a regisry number of 1700. So all ships should continue in that order.  Anyway, nice chaten with ya, and rifle, good job on the vid.

[thebigb59]

@davideshafer Well I don't know much about the how the early UFP did resisgtry numbers, but yes it should of been an 17** number, maybe it could of been a refit or like the defintant a special renamed ship. Either way, your right

[Scioneer]

Perhaps some of her gear will be shipped to the Starfleet Museum to help maintain the Enterprise-A

[nokiea5300]

i really like this video a lot =-)

[mitchk1022]

I feel that the Constitution class definately had the best look. Why the designers of all the space battles for DS9 did not have any Constitution classes is beyond me. They had Miranda and Excelsior classes which were almost the same age of class. As Trailltrader wrote just do all the upgrades and reclassify as light cruisers. I would think that Constitutions would be better to upgrade and keep in service than Mirandas.

[mitchk1022]

I guess that the designers of the battles for DS9 felt that having Constitutions as cannon fodder and getting blown away as quickly and easily as the Mirandas and Excelsiors did in the battles with the Dominion would have taken away from the Mystique of the class and die hard Constituion class fans would have had a hard time seeing those classic ships being destroyed so easily.

[hawchcf1]

I can only imagine what the crew on the Enterprise-E were thinking when they were side by side

[OttoJames]

This is a beautifuly done video. The Consitution class starship was simple and elegant for the times and my favorite. Keep up the great work RifleMan 80.

[nokiea5300]

man ur vids are jus.....great i salute u

[BADBOYCH]

Fantastic as always. The long "trek" of a ship on it's very last mission to it's deconstuction over Bajor. Majesticly done and very spiritural as you watch her glide to her destiny. Wow.

[ltflak]

one thing that makes this ship my favorite is that it was based of a 60's design. Simple yet elegant. Now-a-days, all spaceships seem overly complicated and hard to look at, and are often given a dark-grey hull to be even harder to look at. Why don't they make starships like they use to anymore? Why they didn't make a episode with a Consitiuion-Class [refit] starship is beyond me.

[kittypie070]

That's pure magic right there, Rifleman.

A guy and his starship, it's a beautiful thing.

[Trailltrader]

There no reason to pull them from service simply because they're old- the frames good so do the upgrades at the 20 year mark as designed, and reclassify them as light instead of heavy cruisers

[JoshuaH688]

Pure magic. 5 Stars.

[rustynx01]

ah the constitution class, THE best design of all the star trek ships EVER

[MrHoppers002]

amen, elegant, tough as nails, and packs a big wallop.

[macaroniman2000]

all she really needed was an upgrade :D

[CptPicard832]

@rustynx01 besides the sovereign class

[Spud13ify]

@CptPicard832 Absolutely! Amen brother

[hakavon]

@rustynx01 Please.  Constitution REFIT.

[ColonelFleet]

@rustynx01 I agree, but i'll take the refit version....the NCC-1701-A

[retro38]

great as always,rifleman!

[omnoplea]

beautiful. i love them ships!

[Taurii21]

DON'T GIVE IT TO THE BAJORANS!!!!!!!!! Lol. a good finale for a legendary ship. Nice job Eric!!

[phillip1054]

Well done: rifleman a brillent video.

[8487721]

Another beautiful vid mate. If you can ever put pack of the mods u use together id get it for sure.

[BygPhattyPlus]

That was actually a very sad video. You had the angles and music just right to actually make me tear up, since the Connie's my fav! Great job.

[BADBOYCH]

Wow.

[thedarkarcon4]

dude, BEAUTIFUL.

[TFormerGuy]

Wow! Once again a great video. 5/5 from me!

dL-Defiant-EN

[Jetfreak74656]

love the subtle texture work on aging the hull, another high end video.

[5thVA]

There was an Excalibur that was a Constitution class starship.

[boxa1500]

My mistake I can't believe these assholes were giving me the thumbs down. Which film was it seen in?

[5thVA]

No film that I remember, but was seen in TOS series, I think it's with the M-5 computer. She was damaged in the attack so Star Fleet rebuilt her.

[Lx3IV]

BEAUTIFUL ! ! !  This a keeper !

Attention to detail was beyond expectations, creative license was... well, creative!

[TomFollett112]

to boldly go, indeed

[TRUMPER007]

Just like the old racehorse finally being let out to pasture. A superb video. I love the refit constitution class starship - a very graceful design. One would presume the Excalibur-A would jump straight to the Excelsior design? Many thanks.

[nitrofanone]

The original Excalibur NCC-1664 was never destroyed during the TOS series. Nothing says this ship isn't that ship. Maybe this Excalibur became a training vessel. If the original ship got a refit then there would be no need for an "A" designation. Anyways.....Great vid RM!