ST:TNG 'Contagion' - Destruction of the Yamato

[TheRealityJack]

I would even go as far and call this the best destruction of a ship in whole Star Trek. It's disturbing, it looks cool, and most importantly, it has a huge impact. Whenever Voyager or Enterprise got destroyed we knew it was going to be some kind of time/space-continuum-travel-al­ternate-reality-thing. And even though the Defiant was destroyed too, everyone survived and they built a new one. But the Yamato had over 1000 people on board, and had a nice captain, and they all died...

[okankyoto]

Thats particularly horrifying, considering the compliment of that ship...

[manco82]

Cool explosion, this traumatized me as child!

[Crickin4]

nerds... lawl

[asuch874]

So much better reason for destruction than a stupid coolant leak. 

[samsticka]

Donald Varley. That was the Captain's name. But now he's dead.

[steamboy51]

why did the saucer section eat itself? was that a prolonged reaction between the anti-matter and the matter of the saucer section?

[LambChowder1]

...DONALD

[AeronPeryton]

@LambChowder1 "Captain Dolan, no!" "Shut up, Riker!" "But I'm Picard T_T" *face"

[wazham2]

those effects still works on my little brain

[masere]

THAT'S how a Galaxy Class ship should explode, not the poor explosions subsequently seen in "Cause and Effect" or "Parallels"! At least they got it right again for Generations.

[AeronPeryton]

@masere Indeed. A warp core that big going critical should send smaller ships fleeing the sector. After the explosion Picard's first thought is "SHIELDS! NOW!!!"

[80stvfan09]

Sensors indicate, No life readings. NO DUH!!

[fjccommish]

@80stvfan09 Sensors indicate one life reading.  He hid in a mini fridge.

[Bobysoftco]

The creepiest destruction scene on tng!

[ProtoKun7]

I love the fact that this is basically the IT support episode.

"Hello, er, yes, our matter/antimatter reaction assembly is close to failing and we're losing containment."

"Have you tried turning the ship off and on again?"

I do love this episode :D

[zillabeast]

Man, that scene traumatized me as a kid. All those crewmen and their families lost. Big time bummer.

[wlt777]

Poor Yamato!..........That other GREAT Galaxy-Class Starship never had the chance to prove just how powerful, valiant and legendary as her sister ship was............."U.S.S. YAMATO FOREVER!"

[wlt777]

This was a really GOOD episode, cause the storyline primarily focused on the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-D's sister ship!..........Which I thought was absolutely intriguing!................."U­.S.S. YAMATO 4-EVER!!"

[wlt777]

Poor U.S.S. Yamato!...........Never had the chance to prove along with it's sister ship, the U.S.S. Enterprise, that it was a worthy and brave ship from "The Federation Starfleet!"

[SR71ABCD]

What the name of that Episode?

I need to see it!

[rprince418]

Contagion. It is pretty good.

[bestirishfirefighter]

If only the crew knew that their own ship would be destroyed almost similarily within a few short years.

[samsticka]

The saucer's hull on the Yamato dissolved like it made contact with acid. Freaky.

[Scioneer]

It was because the antimatter came in contact with it.

[Will1017A]

I think was a faster way of blowing up like ST 3 when the original blew up it started melting like that.

[Uejji]

Yeah, the intense heat of the explosion just burns the outer hull of the ship away as wildfires rip through the ship.

This was absolutely bone-chilling at the time and maintains a lot of the shock even today. You don't need to see or hear them dying because it is so horribly obvious that they all died violently.

[samsticka]

But those fires couldn't have lasted very long seeing as how space is so friggin' cold. I hear it's 2 to 300 degrees below 0 out there.

[Uejji]

Well, stars are really hot fires in deep space fueled by the combustion of hydrogen.

We don't know how much energy a type of matter/antimatter explosion seen here would release, but surely it would be enough to burn up a starship even in freezing deep space.

[samsticka]

*Whistles* You sure know your science.

[Uejji]

Oh yeah. I'm a genius.

That's why I comment on youtube videos instead of doing real science work in real life. :>

[samsticka]

Sarcasm, of course?

[Uejji]

You sure know your sarcasm.

[samsticka]

No, I meant you. You commenting on videos on YouTube instead of doing science work in real life. I thought you were being sarcastic. I didn't mean me.

[Uejji]

I am undone! I am merely a college student and not a scientist at all. :<

[samsticka]

Did you not have class today?

[Uejji]

I did. I also worked today. Though I was home by 4 so I can come back and talk to you, my new best friend!

[samsticka]

Thanks, I'm honored.

[ravepuppie]

Sorry this reply is so late but 1)fires in space would only last until all available oxygen was used up and 2) stars are not really on "fire" as you think of fire. Stars are fueled by a combination of gravity which causes fusion of hydrogen atoms which become helium+heat+photons. Then as they "burn" through that they begin to fuse helium then carbon then oxygen, changing their size, color and energy output each time they switch.

[Foebane72]

You know what's most disturbing? There were children dying on the Yamato as well.

[samsticka]

Did the Yamato even have children?

[Charmolution]

@samsticka

Yes, it mated with the U.S.S. Odyssey and had many little Galaxy-Class starships, all of whom are orphans now.

[samsticka]

@Charmolution Very funny.

[AeronPeryton]

@samsticka All Galaxy-class starships were designed to support many families as they were chiefly exploration vessels. It's safe not only assume that there were children aboard but that they had a similar compliment as the Enterprise; over 1000 crew and civilians.

[Foebane72]

I've got this episode and saw it recently. If I remember, Picard asked Donald if he wanted to evacuate the families from the Yamato onto the Enterprise. I figured that meant kids as well.

[msudreaming]

Where they wearing red shirts?

[Darth305]

"no life readings"

no **** data

[jthornton17]

one of the most underated episodes of st tng ever. It was cool and in the pre days of the home pc. loved the whole thing about wiping the computer hard drive, the romulans, the hunt for legends and this. THis episode had it all

[jayce79]

@jthornton17

Yeah , this was a really great one. When I saw that explosion for the first time when I was a kid , it was really shocking. But Yeah , this one really had it all. What a show.

[FekLeyrTarg]

It's amazing. How did you get those clips from trekmania[dot]net uploaded here without getting the video and sounds out of sync?

[tombo1984]

Absolute quality Star Trek... Classic...

[jc851]

those were pretty good effects for the time