#U.S.S. Defiant

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Let's build the Defiant!

On second thought, let's wait a few years. Cheetolini would only have his buddy, Adolph Musk, build the thing, and his spaceships only do one thing:

they 'splode!

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Awesome photos of the U.S.S. Defiant NCC-1764 sets from ENT: "In a Mirror, Darkly"

From Doug Drexler's Facebook

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Star Trek Deep Space Nine U.S.S Defiant portable CD Player (1996) 🎵🚀🖖📀

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U.S.S. Defiant, Constitution-Class, Registry NCC-1764 "In a Mirror Darkly Pt. 2"

[idol--hands]

Star Trek Annual [2024, pt.1/3]

Months ago, Emperor Kahless attempted to exterminate the many species across the galaxy who call themselves “gods”. He allied with the brilliant Klingon scientist Korath, who built him the “godkiller array” using the long-lost Bajoran Orb of Destruction as its energy source. . But when Kahless attempted to utilize that energy to consolidate power on his own people during the Day of Blood, he was stopped by the combined efforts of two Starfleet vessels: the U.S.S. Theseus and the U.S.S. Defiant. . Korath, however, escaped justice when he and the now-shattered Orb of Destruction were kidnapped by the Defiant’s science officer: the rouge android known only as Lore. For months, Data has searched the galaxy for any sings of Lore. No clue to his plans has been discovered. . His trail has gone cold…

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ship poll

to make room for the poll i had to get rid of a bunch of ships i wanted to include--Deep Space 9/Terok Nor, the Refit Constitution Class U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701 and NCC-1701-A, the Kelvin Timeline U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701 and NCC-1701-A, the Sovereign Class. So it's down to just the starfleet hero ships in each tv series.

A few other runner ups i'd liked to have included for their significance: Excelsior class U.S.S. Excelsior NX-2000 (it was arguably a hero ship in Star Trek VI since it's captained by a main character, and it is clearly designed to be The Next Hero Ship even in the movie it appears in), the Infinity (the cloaked temporally shielded ship in Prodigy Season 2), the Enterprise-F (which is an enterprise but has a minor role ultimately), and the H.M.S. Bounty (Klingon bird of prey) from Star Trek IV, which serves as the hero ship for its entire movie.

[thecrimsoncape]

THE U.S.S. SISKO-7

NCC - 02332

Odyssey Class Vessel [Science]

Named after and dedicated to Captain Benjamin Sisko (Commander of space station Deep Space Nine & Captain of the U.S.S. DEFIANT.) Name ending with the number 7 as to inspire spiritual wholeness and empowerment.

(Star Trek Online)

[admiralbrand]

🚨🚨 U.S.S. DEFIANT MENTIONED 🚨🚨

[nekolein-on-bricks]

A Tough Little Ship

Die U.S.S. Defiant als Mids-Size Modell. Man erkennt gut die etwas detailreichere Farbschema der Defiant.

Schön sind auch die vielen Prints auf dem Schiff. Ich freue mich auf das Display-Modell der Defiant, die noch bei mir rumsteht und aufgebaut werden will.

Auch die Unterseite kann sich sehen lassen.

[chernobog13]

A size comparison of some Federation starships of note.

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More Roddenberry Archive musings...

This is supposedly the launch configuration of the Prime universe U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701's main bridge. It's based on the first piece of concept art for the TOS set, and is one of several weird not-quite-canon things the Roddenberry Archive has decided to consider canonical. 2 command chairs and the whole centre console and chairs spins to face the very minimalist 60's scifi perimeter consoles or viewscreen. Try to imagine Captain April and first officer Chris Pike on this bridge, it's weird.

Behold! The top of the Jeffries Tube.

FERENGI ATM MACHINE ON THE PROMENADE!!!!

The view from OG Captain Pike's bed, featuring his awesome TV, his laser gun and his Starfleet hat. We wouldn't get hats back in Trek for 50 years.

This is inside the Ringship Enterprise XCV-330, circa 2100. The Ringship in canon was seen only in picture form or a desktop model, we never saw inside. The ship was actually designed for a non-Trek Roddenberry scifi show called Starship which never came to be, and there was actually concept art made for the interior which the RA people decided to import to Trek too. Predating the transporter, here is the Metafier.

Discovery Season 2's U.S.S. Enterprise has a cool corridor running around it. Walk around it and... it goes nowhere😂 the Archive tries to balance the reality of everything being a television show with the fantasy of a 100% accurate in-universe museum, it'll give sets ceilings to make them into a believable spaceship but doesn't want to go nuts inventing too much of it's own stuff and that sometimes leads to weird stuff like this dead end

Speaking of ceilings, here's the ceiling and lights of the classic TOS Enterprise's corridors. I think they did a decent job keeping to the TOS aesthetic. The sets TOS was filmed on didn't have ceilings at all.

The Enterprise-B actually had a red carpet for special guests Kirk, Scotty and Chekov

Strange New Worlds has the coolest transporter room of all. Just look at it😍

The TNG Enterprise battle bridge has it's own ready room! And it's super tiny, ultra cramped and Picard probably never used it because there's no replicator in there and thus no access to tea.

The 1st version of TNG engineering's big Master Systems Display as seen in "Encounter at Farpoint". Ten Forward wouldn't be a thing until season 2, and you can see here an earlier deck layout and the original concept for the saucer rim, a corridor walkway with windows above and below. You'll also note Ten Forward would actually be on deck 11 had they not changed the diagram by then.

Kirk's quarters on the TOS Enterprise has dresser drawers full of uniforms for when his gets torn

Walking around the Roddenberry Archive ships is eerie as hell. You're the only one on board, exploring corridors and poking your head into rooms. These starships are liminal spaces. This for me adds to the atmosphere greatly.

Here's the link (enjoy before it vanishes again!):

Roddenberry.x.io

Here's my original post about the Roddenberry Archive:

Also a clarification, I was wrong when I said it won't be in VR. There is one VR setup it was designed for - the $3,000 Apple Vision Pro. More details here, although it appears to only show a 2D window rather than be fully immersive 3D, possibly confirming what I was told previously that no current 3D setup is capable of doing a true VR experience:

[better-worlds]

Federation Type 10 Shuttle "Chaffee", Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Robert Bonchune

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Constitution Class U.S.S. Defiant, NCC-1764, "In a Mirror, Darkly Pt. 1"

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Worf: “Perhaps I should carry you, as I did Dax in the jungle.” [#6, pt.1]

🩸THE STORY SO FAR: Kahless’ Day of Blood, a culling of all who do not follow his Red Path, has commenced on the Klingon homeworld of Qo’noS. It is mass conversion by blade, and the crews of the U.S.S. Theseus and Defiant are the galaxy’s only hope in stopping his fascist regime of terror… Captain Sisko and Worf race to the Imperial Spire to confront Kahless head-on. Dr. Beverly Crusher leads a rescue mission with Commander Sela and the Defiant’s Orion science officer to save Lieutenant Descheeni from being assassinated by Red Path heretics. Lieutenants Torres and Paris work to repair a battle-damaged Defiant in hopes of aiding the Theseus and its crew of acting Captain Scott. Commander Spock and Lieutenant Descheeni evade enemy blood wings in orbit. Brothers Data and Lore seek out the mad scientist Korath’s laboratory in search of a week point in Kahless’ god-killing weaponry. Meanwhile, Ro, Lieutenant Shaxs, and Ensigns Sato and T’Lir fight through hordes of fascists in attempt to restore planet wide communications and transport systems.

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Benjamin Sisko in the Captain’s Chair