The Galaxy Class Starship

Submitted ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨47_alpha_tango@lemmy.zip⁩ to ⁨startrek@startrek.website⁩

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cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/1211991

The Galaxy Class starships were designed to be a multi-role vessel capable of carrying out scientific research, colony transport, diplomatic missions, long range exploration and defence roles.

The first Federation Starship to be fitted with a class five warp drive capable of sustained speeds of warp 9.2 with a maximum velocity of warp 9.6 for short periods.

The Galaxy Class project was intended to replace the Ambassador and Oberth class vessels and have an in-service life of 100 years.

A total of 10 Galaxy Class ships were constructed at Utopia Planitia shipyards with the third of its class christened the USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D and would serve as Federation Flagship for the seven years it was in service.

The Galaxy Class played a pivotal role during the Dominion War of 2373 - 2375 especially during two Battles of Chintaka and during the final assault into the Cardassian System.

Despite having a 100 year service life very few examples survived into the 2400’s with the restored Enterprise D currently on display in the fleet museum at Athan Prime along with two previous Enterprise starships.

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Player2@sopuli.xyz ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Best Enterprise

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- samus12345@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Built like a steakhouse, but handles like a bistro!
  
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- TeamAssimilation@infosec.pub ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  True, but I still have occasional wet dreams about the future Enterprise D. It was amazing in a bellic kind of way.
  
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samus12345@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
AKA the fat one. Always thought it would look like a picnic table if you brought the nacelles forward to the center of the saucer.

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- robdor@lemmynsfw.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Thiccccc
  
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  - darth_helmet@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Hrrrng admiral, I’m trying to sneak around but I’m dummy thicc and the warp signature from my nacelles keeps alerting the Romulans
    
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- GreenMario@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  curvy, tyvm
  
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- T156@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  I thought the J was the fat one?
  
  It definitely looks a bit like a picnic table if you do that though. Just look at the Nebula.
  
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- mercano@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  It’s got those extra powerful warp coils up front, with taller grills on the nacelles, so they don’t need to extend that far forward.
  
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xilliah@beehaw.org ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Didn’t someone make a one to one scale copy in Minecraft?

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- nullPointer@programming.dev ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  there was also a project to build it out in unreal engine.
  
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  - xilliah@beehaw.org ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Did anything come of that?
    
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- aperson@beehaw.org ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Holy shit that’s old.
  
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  - xilliah@beehaw.org ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    I get that a lot :)
    
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- hamburglar26@wilbo.tech ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  I remember that and it was absolutely awesome. I imagine there is something 10x better now though.
  
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lemillionsocks@beehaw.org ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Its such a great ship design. elegant and round

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kargarocP4@startrek.website ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Almost surely what they wanted the Ambassador class to be. Also what they wanted the NX-01 to be before all the weapons upgrades.

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Disgustoid@startrek.website ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I love the Enterprise-D so much I paid through the nose to get an Eaglemoss model of it for my work desk. I’m new to that whole side of collectibles and good lord, you can drop some serious coin on those.

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- Chetzemoka@kbin.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Thank you for reminding me that I would love to own a copy of the TNG Tech Manual for display in my house
  
  https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/star-trek-the-next-generation-technical-manual-star-trek-the-next-generation_michael-okuda_rick-sternbach/264314/item/46127383/
  
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  - PorkTaco@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Recently just found mine in my parents basement from when I was a kid. My girlfriend did not understand why it was so exciting… she’s even a Star Trek fan.
    
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  - evatronic@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    I have one on my shelf, from when they were originally published. It is in rough shape, because I loved that thing as a kid.
    
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startrekexplained@startrek.website ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
The most beautiful Starfleet vessel ever. Let history never forget the name “Enterprise”

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c0mbatbag3l@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
The galaxy is cool but the ambassador class is my favorite, it really shows the hull transition from the A to the D model.

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- startrekexplained@startrek.website ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  I like the original concept of the Ambassador Class from Andrew Probert a bit more
  
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  - sumfinels@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    That thing is a beauty, my favourite Enterprise. Image
    
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someguy3@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Only 10 were built? Huh.

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- 47_alpha_tango@lemmy.zip ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  The 10 Galaxy Class starships are…
  
  USS Galaxy
  USS Challenger
  USS Enterprise
  USS Odyssey
  USS Syracuse
  USS Venture
  USS Yamato
  USS Madison
  USS Magellan
  
  One further Galaxy class starship, Admiral Hanson’s ship is noted in the script for Best of Both Worlds but is not named.
  
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  - buran@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Always liked the fact that they chose Yamato as the vessel to fail due to a design flaw.
    
    It is believed by some that the eponymous battleship sank more quickly than she otherwise might have due to a design flaw in the torpedo bulges.
    
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UlyssesT@hexbear.net ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
When I was a young LIB I used to be annoyed that the Enterprise-D’s interior looked like a luxury hotel and had schools and children running around.

I feel like my griping about that caused a monkey’s paw to curl and gave us decades of tacticool P R E S T I G E T V bullshit in its place that is only now gradually starting to clear up with Strange New Worlds. sicko-wistful

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- kargarocP4@startrek.website ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  your embedded images are too big and make your post look bad
  
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  - Boinketh@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    I assumed it was just Sync being weird. I guess not.
    
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  - axont@hexbear.net ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    yeah it’s an issue with the Hexbear embed images I’ve seen in a lot of federated instances. I’m hoping one day it’s resolved.
    
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