Defiant Class USS Defiant NX-74205

Submitted ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨47_alpha_tango@lemmy.zip⁩ to ⁨startrek@startrek.website⁩

cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/687105

Designed to be Starfleets first purpose built warship to defend against the Borg.

The Defiant played a crucial role in the Dominion War until its destruction in the Chin’Toka system by the new Dominion/Breen alliance.

The Defiant Class USS São Paulo NCC-75633 was assigned to Deep Space Nine following the loss of the Defiant. The São Paulo was renamed by special dispensation from Starfleet Operations to USS Defiant in honour of its predecessor. Unlike most succeeding starships the new Defiant’s registry remained NX-74205 and was not given the A designation.

The new USS Defiant remained in service for many years and is currently on display at the Fleet Museum.

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bloopernova@infosec.pub ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Tough little ship

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- Niksolo80@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  “Little?” - Worf
  
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evatronic@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I always wondered how Starfleet envisioned the Defiant being used against the Borg.

Even the most basic Cube was demonstrably able to shrug off most attacks by the ship. Did they expect to build like a swarm of these ships, and send 20 - 30 of these bad boys in at once?

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- Getting6409@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  That’s a great question, never really considered it before. I seem to recall the front structure was able to be packed with warheads and launched at whatever, presumable with some targeting. Maybe the idea was 5 or 6 ships doing this on a cube could put it out of commission. Reminds me of torpedo boats.
  
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ISometimesAdmin@the.coolest.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
This was always one of my favorite renditions of it. I had it as my desktop background for years.

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- 47_alpha_tango@lemmy.zip ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  I printed it and now it’s on my wall.
  
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