Star Trek: Defiant Class Escort | Ship Breakdown

I break down the first warship in Federation history.

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[SpazzyMcGee]

I like how the Federation makes one tiny dedicated warship and it can go toe-to-toe with even the more hulking of capital ships in the quadrant. This is what min-maxing is all about, people.

[midnightrun]

"These are the voyages of the Starship Defiant. Her ongoing mission: To intimidate strange new worlds; to beat down new life and new civilizations. To Boldly Kick Ass Where No Man Has Kicked Ass Before!"

[DarkNova]

"Strap some engines to those weapons and let's call it a day."
"Sir, maybe we should consider some life support systems for the, ah, crew?"
*sighing* "FINE."

[MandalorV]

The Defiant is like the A-10 Warthog. She may not be the prettiest, but packs massive firepower.
Personally like the Defieant's gunship like roll in Star Fleet.

[randomcoyote]

Don't forget the dismay of Starfleet personnel finding out that they didn't just have to share rooms, but rooms packed full of bunk beds.

[hmrhuang]

You forgot to mention how Defiant-class ships generated so much firepower. Recall that the ship design had the plasma conduits running through the primary phase couplings to double their phaser power! It even made their warp drive more efficient! (Ref: STDS9, S3 E09 "Defiant")

[entylsa]

I guess aiming is not your biggest problem when you are up versus a borg cube.

[nicholasmorsovillo]

I heard it was said the Defiant's warp core was equal in power to the warp core of the Galaxy Class as was mentioned by Miles O'Brien.

[allnamesaretakenful]

Can you imagine 3 or 4 Defiants decloaking to attack, and then cloaking after they quickly destroy a ship. They would be the terror of the Alpha Quadrant.

[johnconnor]

I always called this ship the Fist of The Emissary.

[biscuitninja]

Did not mention Ablative Armor... Always liked that idea. Shields Smealds!

[Max_Flashheart]

That is a Badass Class DS9 Ship with major character plot armour

[DrewLSsix]

"A terrifying foe that could never be bargained or negotiated with"

Janeway: Hold my coffee....

[SCmaro]

The Defiant "totally not a warship"
"escort" class

[marckrieger]

I loved that ship best design along with the sovereign class in Star Trek.

[fightingfalcon]

The Defiant class is one of my favorite ships in Star Trek. So happy you did this one, Daniel

[benlaskowski]

Wolf 359 taught Starfleet a lesson it should have learned from human history: some enemies cannot be negotiated with.

[NivekH]

By far my favourite ship of all time. Thank you

[andrewarias]

I love the Defiant-class. I'd love to see it in updated CGI on PIC season 2.

[Ser_Arthur_Dayne]

I honestly was really hoping the US Navy would name their new FFG(X) class of Guided Missile Frigates (which have now become the Constellation-class Frigates) would be named the Defiant-class Frigates and the first ship the USS Defiant. Best ship and ship name ever in Star Trek.