Favorite Enterprise and why?

[Spot261]

Sorry, I'd have been caught between TOS and the refit but lumping it with the Abramsverse ship made that impossible. It's hardly splitting feathers to make a distinction here between the two. They are two different ships at two different points in time in two different universes that look completely different, perform differently using different technology and a different design.

Really can't see why you'd put them together. Sharing a registry is all they have in common, doesn't make them the same ship at all. If it did, why separate the refit, which also shares that registry along with many of the actual components (hence the word refit, it's almost - but not quite - a totally new ship).

If you'd applied that logic to the refit then I'd have reluctantly agreed that you were technically correct albeit pedantic. But the Abramsverse ship? I've got an inflatable dinghy somewhere that I could paint NCC-1701 on. Would that count as the same ship for the poll too? I could call my family starfleet just so as there was no confusion about the operating authority

 

[Terok Nor]

The refit Enterprise/Enterprise-A from the first 6 movies.

 

[Paradise City]

I've got an inflatable dinghy somewhere that I could paint NCC-1701 on. Would that count as the same ship for the poll too? I could call my family starfleet just so as there was no confusion about the operating authority

Good call. Provide us a pick of your Dinghy-Class Star-Inflatable and we'll stick it in the poll.

 

[fireproof78]

I voted for TOS era as I like both the original because that was the first starship I got to see and I like the Abrams design, primarily for the interior.

Also, as with others, there is really no similarity between the TOS and the Abrams' other than the registry number. They were built for different reasons and in response to different threats so it really isn't a fair comparison to lump them together.

Also, I've seen a car running around here with 1701 on the license plate. Can I include that in the next poll?

 

[The Wormhole]

This. It was in 'Space Seed' as well as in 'Trouble with Tribbles'

Well, shut my mouth. Even after all this time I can still learn something new about Star Trek.

 

[spockboy]

Sorry, I'd have been caught between TOS and the refit but lumping it with the Abramsverse ship made that impossible. It's hardly splitting feathers to make a distinction here between the two. They are two different ships at two different points in time in two different universes that look completely different, perform differently using different technology and a different design.

Really can't see why you'd put them together. Sharing a registry is all they have in common, doesn't make them the same ship at all. If it did, why separate the refit, which also shares that registry along with many of the actual components (hence the word refit, it's almost - but not quite - a totally new ship).

If you'd applied that logic to the refit then I'd have reluctantly agreed that you were technically correct albeit pedantic. But the Abramsverse ship? I've got an inflatable dinghy somewhere that I could paint NCC-1701 on. Would that count as the same ship for the poll too? I could call my family starfleet just so as there was no confusion about the operating authority

Well said!
To not have the original Enterprise (You know, the one that ALL other Enterprises are derivative of) is ridiculous!
You gave that horrible McQuarrie Enterprise it's own classification but not the original NCC-1701?

Wow.

 

[J.T.B.]

This. It was in 'Space Seed' as well as in 'Trouble with Tribbles', illegible both times of course, but so is the dedication plaque.

I believe that the slide was made for "Space Seed" but not used, and then was actually used in "The Trouble with Tribbles." Although I don't have any problem with 1701 being Constitution class, strictly speaking Scotty could be reading about a different class of ship in "Tribbles."

For me it's a downward slope from the OS design, though the TMP refit was almost as good and prettier from many angles. I used to like the slab nacelles but they haven't aged as well for me. E-D was ungainly but I got used to it. The 2009 design, however... it's hard to find an attractive line on the whole thing. It's like somebody wondered what the OS ship would look like if it could be massively overdosed with growth hormone or something. Voted "other," TOS model.

 

[Yanks]

While the original "Connie" will always have a special place in my heart (I still tear up when Kirk says "Bones, what have I done" as they watch her burn up in the atmosphere) the NX-01 is my favorite trek "Enterprise".

Small, set up to take advantage of all available space... just beautiful in form and function.

I would have preferred something like this instead of what JJ gave us. (I don't hate those "ample nacelles" though)

The refit was amazing... I still enjoy watching the reveal in TMP.

Of the "B's through E's" the B stands for bathtub , the D never resonated well with me (and I don't hate TNG) and the E doesn't have enough neck (although I love the color scheme). C is the winner. I really wish she could have received more screen time in the series. Beautiful ship.

I also like the "J".

Hope they use her as an example for the new series.

Or something like this (a fan design contest winner):

 

[JesterFace]

I've said it before but I'll say it again.

Galaxy class (Enterprise-D) = best looking spaceship from any franchise, both in and outside.

 

[PhaserLightShow]

The refit Enterprise/Enterprise-A from the first 6 movies.

Which did you vote for?

@PhaserLightShow

 

[PhaserLightShow]

I've said it before but I'll say it again.

Galaxy class (Enterprise-D) = best looking spaceship from any franchise, both in and outside.

What do you not like about the THREE NACELLED Enterprise-D from "All Good Things"?

@PhaserLightShow

 

[BillJ]

What do you not like about the THREE NACELLED Enterprise-D from "All Good Things"?

The third nacelle and giant gun on the saucer. Destroys the graceful lines of the ship.

 

[PhaserLightShow]

The third nacelle and giant gun on the saucer. Destroys the graceful lines of the ship.

But it makes the ship much more powerful.
If you were in a battle with a Romulan Warbird(s), would you choose the ship with 2 observable forward saucer phaser banks, or 3 om the Galaxy-X.
Lets simplify -
Galaxy-X Class Dreadnaught
Shields: 150
Hull: 60
Main Energy: 300 (three nacelles)
Aux. Power: 15 (from imp. engines)
Phaser Banks: 3 forward/port/starboard saucer, 1 forward stardrive, 1 aft stardrive, maximum 25 each
Photon Torpedo Launchers: 250 warheads, 10 damage (30 against unshielded targets), 1 fwd stardrive, 1 aft stardrive (rapid-fire, each launcher fires 3 photorps at once)

OR

Galaxy Class Starship
Shields: 100
Hull: 60
Main Energy: 200 (two nacelles)
Aux. Energy: 15 (from impulse engines)
Phaser Banks: 2 forward/port/starboard saucer, 1 forward stardrive, 1 aft stardrive, max 15 each
Photon Torpedoes: 250 warheads, 10 damage (20 against unshielded targets), 1 fwd stardrive launcher, 1 aft stardrive (rapid fire so each launcher can fire 3 photorps at once)

Which in combat would you like?

@PhaserLightShow

 

[BillJ]

Lets simplify -

Let's don't. You asked a question, I gave an answer (I'm sure I won't be the only one). The meaningless game stats are meaningless.

 

[PhaserLightShow]

Let's don't. You asked a question, I gave an answer (I'm sure I won't be the only one). The meaningless game stats are meaningless.

It is simply another way of representing combat prowess. You gave a reason against the Galaxy-X, I replied and gave a reason to help it. I simply ask: in a battle with a Romulan Warbird, which would you choose, based on those combat stats? Which would you choose in combat, @BillJ?

@PhaserLightShow

 

[JesterFace]

What do you not like about the THREE NACELLED Enterprise-D from "All Good Things"?

@PhaserLightShow

I'm not saying I don't like the three nacelled one, but the original D looks better. More balanced and not so "crammed with extra stuff".

 

[fireproof78]

It is simply another way of representing combat prowess. You gave a reason against the Galaxy-X, I replied and gave a reason to help it. I simply ask: in a battle with a Romulan Warbird, which would you choose, based on those combat stats? Which would you choose in combat, @BillJ?

@PhaserLightShow

But, that's a non issue for the Ent-D. The whole point of the that ship, especially in GR's conception, was that they were diplomats and explores and not on a military exercise. Regardless of combat ability (which the D demonstrates well enough against most adversaries) the intent of the two ships is different.

Also, both ships are ugly to my eye.

 

[The Wormhole]

Oh what the hell, in combat, I'd go with the traditional Galaxy class, since it can actually separate its saucer, something I don't get the impression the triple-nacelle monstrosity from AGT can do.

 

[BillJ]

It is simply another way of representing combat prowess. You gave a reason against the Galaxy-X, I replied and gave a reason to help it. I simply ask: in a battle with a Romulan Warbird, which would you choose, based on those combat stats?

I still chose the unaltered Galaxy. If I'm choosing based on combat stats alone, the I'm going with the Enterprise from the Uber-Fanboy class. With seven nacelles, 50 phaser banks and one bugillion photon torpedoes.

 

[J.T.B.]

Galaxy-X Class Dreadnaught
Shields: 150
Hull: 60
Main Energy: 300 (three nacelles)
Aux. Power: 15 (from imp. engines)
Phaser Banks: 3 forward/port/starboard saucer, 1 forward stardrive, 1 aft stardrive, maximum 25 each
Photon Torpedo Launchers: 250 warheads, 10 damage (30 against unshielded targets), 1 fwd stardrive, 1 aft stardrive (rapid-fire, each launcher fires 3 photorps at once)

But zero points charisma.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

^ Any particular reason? Did you think that simply adding a phaser lance and a third nacelle robbed the class of its charm?

I suppose I can grok where some people might think that, but I don't agree. The Galaxy-X was every bit as stylish as the 'mother' class it sprang from.

 

[J.T.B.]

^ Any particular reason? Did you think that simply adding a phaser lance and a third nacelle robbed the class of its charm?

Not really, it was just a joke.