Star Trek Bridge Commander: Birds of the Dominion War

[matthew022au]

i love the excelsior class starship :)

[turbopokey]

wow, I hadnt realized the "sabre" class had ever been in any of the series, but at 1:33, there it is right below the "galaxy" class.

[Blackwater200]

I love the Galaxy Class Starship but I still feel it is under powered weapon wise.

[thespecialneedsgroup]

@Blackwater200 I feel like the only time we ever really see the power of the Galaxy Class was in "Q-Who?", when Enterprise's main phasers made The Borg think twice by blowing massive chunks of their ship away. Every other time we saw Enterprise really open up on another ship, it kinda got screwed over.

[SugarHill1925]

Nice



[FoxBatinaHat]

Now it would have been even better to have the Data entry for each ship.

[sporekid2012]

Galaxy class rules I love them haha they just look amazing and they are truly the back bone of the federation

[oscarJon]

Makes me miss Star Trek :(

[Applachia0928]

Love this video. The ships seem to have more meaning. To quote Janeway, "This is no longer just a starship, this is our home"

[GrimReaperTheXIII]

Gotta love the Galaxy Class. Kicks ass and looks good doing it. Great job as always. This guy makes some of the best videos you will ever see.

[Neomac316]

Nice use of the classic Jerry Goldsmith theme at the end. Great job.

[Slayer13yy]

does anyone else notice that most of the fed Fleet like 4 type of ship and they were just mass produced many times

[williamskidfears]

@Slayer13yy Yes, and from an economic and logistical standpoint, much more practical and cheaper than trying to mass produce a whole gob of different designs. Shipyards and factories can put these out fast, without extensive retooling, while a commonality in parts makes the Feds' supply-chain issues much easier to manage.

Two good things in wartime.

[GreenEarth28]

Streamrunner and Nebula ships are my favourite :)

But are steamrunner seige ships or destroyers? ><

[DeathpitNX]

@GreenEarth28 Steamrunner classed as heavy frigate type. In Star Trek Armada series, they played as long-artillery ships.

[dukeofstradone]

great vid man!!!

[matroid9]

4:27 almost looked like an epic collison

[niels332]

nice music

[Popus100]

I know that, thanks anyway

[sempiery]

Great work !!!

[rprince418]

Work horse of the Federation: Galaxy Class. OORAH!!

[ciscokitty8]

cannon fodder of the federation: Miranda class, that ship was always getting pwn'd lol

[ciscokitty8]

@rprince418 actually i think the miranda class is like the red shirts of the original star trek...they always killed off random red shirts, now they keep killing off random miranda class ships in DS9 lol. it's the ship version of the red shirt ^.^

[GreenLanternWFM2]

@rprince418 NO the workhorse would be the Reliant Class they have been around 80+ years and STILL IN SERVICE 

[kickass21ful]

@GreenLanternWFM2 I disagree. The Galaxy class is the one that pwnes, although Sovereign and Intrepid classes aren't bad, either.

[KdogPrime]

@rprince418 Considering Starfleet only built 12 of them, I'd hardly call them workhorses.

Powerful and beautiful, yes. More like a rare and prized stallion.

[senatus]

@KdogPrime: Sorry to nitpick after so many months, but ...

In spite of what the Tech Manual or Roddenberry said, I'm pretty sure at least a dozen Galaxies have been seen onscreen -- at the same time, I mean.

[KdogPrime]

@senatus I don't think I can remember a single instance of that. DS9 had the most Galaxies on screen at the same time, and I'm sure there were never dozens. A half dozen maybe.

[senatus]

@KdogPrime: Let me look into it, Kdog. An associate of mine at a rather hard-core Trek/Wars discussion forum took a ton of screencaps and broke this down.

You're probably right inasmuch as a dozen's an exaggeration on my part. Still, it seems like five or six Galaxies in a single engagement would indicate a rather large number of that class were, if nothing else, rushed into service uncompleted (as the DS9 TM indicated, IIRC).

[KdogPrime]

@senatus OR maybe because you only see them in the important battles, so it's not a stretch to say that the Feds wanted to put their big guns together on the frontline for a major engagement.

Attack wing lead by Galaxies = BFG

[TRUExSIGHTS]

@KdogPrime Yes that is accurate. There were not loads of galaxy class, as they were the largest around, so they would be grouped as the main battle line ships. Its like now. You don't send aircraft carriers to do a destroyers job. You send them to the fleet engagements (at sea this is). However, there were still a substantial number of them, maybe in the hundreds and at a pinch thousands simply because of the size of the federation - which meant they couldnt be grouped though.

[KdogPrime]

@TRUExSIGHTS The consensus with most of the Trek experts I know is that Galaxy class was rare because of it's size (largest canon Starfleet starship in terms of deadweight tonnage in 24th century), and the complexity of their construction. In short, they are expensive ships, which is why you never see more than 3 or 4 at a time in any one place. If there were hundreds, they'd be far more prevalent than they are in the TV shows and movies.

[TRUExSIGHTS]

@KdogPrime Not necessarily. As i said about the size of the federation, to hold the line against the dominion they would have to spread their big guns across the entire front line. True its unlikely to be in the thousands of Galaxy class ships, but high hundreds would not be impossible. And in some clips i've seen more than 3 or 4 (though may just be bad clips quality) in a single fleet.

[KdogPrime]

@TRUExSIGHTS Which clips would these be? I have all of DS9 on Dvd and I've never seen more than a half dozen in any given battle scene and never more than 3-4 on screen at any time. Not to mention, the Cardassian Union, where the Dominion was based in the Alpha Quadrant, was only one small portion of space bordering the Federation, which is very vast. The Dominion wasn't attacking on all sides of the Federation, so it makes sense that Starfleet would concentrate their big ships on that border.

[TRUExSIGHTS]

@KdogPrime I can't give you exact details and as i said the clips may have just been bad quality so some other class of ship not a galaxy. However, i know the dominion was allowed to conduct a few raids through Romulan space into Federation territory before the Romulans joined the war so they would need ships on Romulan space. Also, they have to defend 3D space, so above and across, requiring alot of ships. Plus they can't empty their borders as it would tempt other races to attack them.

[phoenix1985]

One quick note. The upper pod on the Miranda class had aft firing torpedo launchers, not impulse engines.

[Jackneill45]

the upper pod if memory serves correctly was interchangeable with multipal components similar to the Nebula being able to exchange it's sensor pod with additional shields and weapons.

[phoenix1985]

Actually the pod on the Miranda was fixed, The pod contained the forward and aft torpedo launchers in the original design. Later refits removed the pod completely and moved the torpedoes into the main hull. The reason that the original had seperate torpedo launchers was to free up space. With more advanced technology, they could move the launchers into the main hull as the crew compliment decreased w/ various upgrades. The pod design first appeared w/ the Nebula class.

[vegeta002]

@Jackneill45 - Highly unlikely that the pod itself can be replaced, the tech inside maybe.

[MrMarick89]

Excelsior class is kickass :D

[Popus100]

That run by Captain Sulu.

[YumikoHayashida]

very nice

[boxa1500]

I like the effort Rifleman goes to to make these videos quality.

Some idiots would just put in a slideshow of pictures for something like this throw in background music and call it a video. Well done Rifleman.

[smitto21]

i agree with you too an exent lol

[pazios2002]

interesting idea. I see visually and functionally expressing their mentality.

[pazios2002]

I was always interested in why there are so many different types of ships in the federation. I mean it seems that you really only need short range, long range, hospital and research, yet there are so many different and redundant ships out there. It isnt like redesigning cars, there isnt any aerodynamics involved and the outside of the ship should be fairly utilitarian. I dont know I was just always curious about that. Great job on the video and the class of ships.

[bulked]

well it would be a friggin boring show if there was only 3 or 4 type of ship and they were all shaped like tin cans

[pazios2002]

I like the way you put that. LOL I guess my point was that if it were a real universe would they bother making so many different looking ships, or just create an esembly line of one hull with exagerrated internal purpose, ie more weapons or more sensors and the like. Ofcourse for a show it makes some sense, but I would rather that they (the federation) explained why we are seeing the different types. In cross talk on the bridge or so.

[phoenix1985]

Newer and older ships, Flagships and workhorses. Research, medical, defence, attack, and explorer. Testbed ships and experimental classes. Federation expands, more ships needed, older ones kept in service longer. Newer ships to compete with newer ships of other races.

[phillip1054]

Well done, good video as usual. I know i'm being nit picky here but you did miss the peregrine class fighters fom the vid but all thing considered well done.

[coldwave007]

Very nice!!!! *thumbs up*

[jkeelsnc]

Very nice video there! And you started with what is still my favorite class of starship of all time! The elegant and timeless of design of the Excelsior Class starship.

[jkeelsnc]

Awesome! Nice to see all those finely engineered starships flying across my screen. Romulan? whatever? Klingon? OK. Give me a Federation Starship any day! :)

[freakfreak12345]

Wow...Thats simply Amazeing :) GREAT Job man :)

[jimbojackson2]

Excellent! It brought a tear to my eye.

[BygPhattyPlus]

Great job! I liked the cut between the show and the game shots. What game did you? Looks like Legacy...

[vegeta002]

The title says 'Bridge Commander', so I'm guessing that is the game used.