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Ravenblade666 wrote:

Fave race is Romulans, for several reasons, look, ships, oddly the whole Redemption Storyline, with Lursa and B'Etor being backed by Sela. Also I used to play the old Card game a lot as well, nearly always as the Romulans to my mates Klingons, as he was a big fan of them. (waits for Ravenblade to appear.. )

Yes you P'tagh, I gave you the honour of being destroyed by true warriors! some epic duels there for sure damn those D'deridex warships with there stupidly high weapon power
but atleast I could get a BoP zerg sometimes.

Would that of been the old Decipher game Star Trek? I liked that game a lot, when the Borg came out I used to run a rather nasty "Stop First Contact deck" that could wipe out whole federation decks and anyone running humans. It was a rather fun deck. =o]

Worf, DS9, Klingons (old and new), D-7 class cruiser.

Would that of been the old Decipher game Star Trek? I liked that game a lot

Yeah that be the one, some fun times.

Im a trekkie, although as a blasphemer, i wasnt a fan of ToS, Picard and archer are my fav captians. The abrams movie that came out was pretty awesome too.

TNG is my favorite. Those fancy new Sovereign class starships are my favorite but y'know got a softspot for the old Galaxy class too. The Dominion War is actually one of the best story arcs I've seen on TV. That was one hell of a war.

Favorite was TNG or Voyager, my least favorite was DS9. Though, parts of the dominion war was good.

TNG, because, it had my favorite character, Picard. Whenever he wasn't being saved by Westley, that is.

Voyager because it featured decent space combat, and, now that I'm rewatching it, I've gotten into the parts with lots of 7 of 9 stories, and that's great for obvious reasons.

Everyone on DS9 was a crybaby. Dax was the least cry baby of them.


My favorite ship is the Sovereign class.

Also, I liked Enterprise, and I loved their opening song. Didn't like the Xindi, so much, though...

I actually really disliked DS9 when it originally aired but afterwards they aired it in order one episode per day. That helped me appreciate the very long Dominion War story a lot more.

Worf, DS9, Klingons.

DS9 > Next Generation > TOS > Voyager (Enterprise does not exist)

Movies

Wrath of Khan > Undiscovered Country > Search for Spock > First Contact > Star Trek (remake)

DS9 was the best even though it stole a lot of plot elements from B5.

Actually, now that I think about voyager more, why didn't they set a course for the Gamma Quadrant? It had to be closer than the Alpha Quadrant, and they could've just used the Bajoran Wormhole to get back faster.

It was a woman driving, just sayn.

Being rewatching TNG series 1-2 of late.
Sure its a little hammy to begin with but there are some real gems in there too.
Riker is eminently watchable.

Crazyterran wrote:Actually, now that I think about voyager more, why didn't they set a course for the Gamma Quadrant? It had to be closer than the Alpha Quadrant, and they could've just used the Bajoran Wormhole to get back faster.

http://startreklives.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/2-quadrants.jpg

It was about equal distance from where they were to Earth vs the wormhole.

Plus, the events of DS9 were still unfolding when Voyager got pulled away, so mapping of the Gamma Quadrant wasn't very complete, so even finding the other end of the Bajoran Wormhole would have been difficult for Voyager.

Add in the fact that the Wormhole isn't necessarily going to still exist by the time Voyager reaches it (just look at how many times it's almost destroyed in DS9), and it's pretty clear that going the route they did was the best bet.

I love Star Trek, even have a uniform and a phaser

When I am feeling down about the way the world is going, I pop in an old episode and watch a future where we as humans have over come our flaws and have embraced diversity. Its nice to watch a vision of the future that is hopeful when it seems like every other scifi show went the dark and edgier route. (Not that I mind all the time, but sometimes it is just depressive).

The Sovereign-Class is my favorite ship and Captain Picard is my favorite Captain. Scotty is the best character of any series and my favorite episodes are 'Drumhead", "Relics" and "By the Pale Moon Light"

Series - TNG
Film - The Wrath of Khan
Character - Not sure; Q livens thing up, Chancellor Gowron was good for the the political intrigue in the Klingon Empire.
Ship - The Excelsior class: sleek, elegant lines and the refit from Generations was great as well.

Honorable mention goes to the Reliant class - had the look of a medium sized warship, perfect for its role in Star Trek II.

Yeah, goes without saying that Wrath of Khan was the pinnacle.

As for TNG, the first series is god awful and in Wesley Crusher, you have probably the most annoying character in TV history!! The Picard and Q exchanges are class.

DS9 is the bee's knees. Far beyond the stars is probably the best episode of any series and Gul Dukat and Garek are probably some of the best characters that TV has ever seen.

Don't get me started on Voyager...please

FabricatorGeneralMike wrote:

Again I agree with most of your post.

My fav from DS9 was Elim Garak. Best character ever until they got near the end of the show, then he got a little silly. But over all him and Enabran Tain ( his mentor) where some great episodes. Plus who didn't like the Obsidian Order? or the Tal-Shiar or even the Feddy verson Section 31. Kinda neat IMHO, then again I am a sucker for spy shows (Le Femme Nikita both the movie and the TV show are favs of mine.)

Yeah Elim was probably my second fave character overall for much the same reasons.

Ravenblade666 wrote:
Yes you P'tagh, I gave you the honour of being destroyed by true warriors! some epic duels there for sure damn those D'deridex warships with there stupidly high weapon power
but atleast I could get a BoP zerg sometimes.

Hehe, aye, good times, my Sela based Romulan deck, used to love that one. Its one of theose games I'd pick up again if I saw a box of them in a car boot sale or somesuch.

FabricatorGeneralMike wrote:
Would that of been the old Decipher game Star Trek? I liked that game a lot, when the Borg came out I used to run a rather nasty "Stop First Contact deck" that could wipe out whole federation decks and anyone running humans. It was a rather fun deck. =o]

As Ravenblade said, aye it was, an excellent game. I starting picking it up back when it first came out, had the pleasure of getting a Future Enterprise, and then later selling it for about £75 back in around 1995 ish, that was crazy money for a card back then.

RossDas wrote:

I've always loved the Big E, my fav ship on the Starfleet Command games, the Excelsior class is also designated as a heavy cruser so what on Earth is the Sovering class designated as?
By the way the Defiant class isn't a full on warship (close to but not quite), its designated as a heavy escort destroyer.
Never seen a destroyer that could be thrown around space like a fighter but hay, the rule of cool

Ribon Fox wrote:

RossDas wrote:

I've always loved the Big E, my fav ship on the Starfleet Command games, the Excelsior class is also designated as a heavy cruser so what on Earth is the Sovering class designated as?
By the way the Defiant class isn't a full on warship (close to but not quite), its designated as a heavy escort destroyer.
Never seen a destroyer that could be frown around space like a fighter but hay, the rule of cool

Well the Excelsiors are fairly old, so maybe the Sovs are just the heavy cruisers of their era? The film makers really got it right as far as ship design went; was surprised to read that the look of the Klingon bird of prey was based on the image of a strongman flexing his muscles!

If you go by the STO classification, the Sovereign is an Assault Cruiser but the canon status of STO is unclear. Ships classifications in Star Trek have always been somewhat dubious (but they are in most fiction).

Assault Cruiser!
No way, when that thing gets angry beams come out of it every where, its like a rave in the late 90s!
I wonder whet a dreadnought class looks like and what power settings it has?

Assault Cruiser sounds a bit too militant for The Federation. The Defiant is the only warship the federation made afaik.

And a Heavy Cruiser doesn't sound militant at all?

Vulcan wrote:And a Heavy Cruiser doesn't sound militant at all?

Cruising is cruising.
Heavy cruising is just cruising in a slightly heavier cruiser...
They see me rollin'...

Anyone else really dislike the way the the Sovereign class looks. I guess it could be due to the fact that it was only in the movies and not on a series but I just cant dig it.

Vulcan wrote:And a Heavy Cruiser doesn't sound militant at all?

What's classed as a heavy cruiser?


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Deathshead420 wrote:Anyone else really dislike the way the the Sovereign class looks.

No.

The current canon is that the Federation continues to call itself a peace keeping organization but that their fleet has become increasingly military minded, especially in the wake of the Borg and the Dominion. But like I said, the canon status of Star Trek Online is unclear.

LordofHats wrote:The current canon is that the Federation continues to call itself a peace keeping organization but that their fleet has become increasingly military minded, especially in the wake of the Borg and the Dominion. But like I said, the canon status of Star Trek Online is unclear.

Actually, Star Trek canon is incredibly simple: TV & Movie = Canon. everything else = not canon.
That being said it's definately true that The Federation is more militant now than ever because of the Dominion War. The Defiant represents that change but still the only ship to be outright called a warship afaik.

Its complicated more than that because while that's the official tag line, Paramount is the controller of the Canon, and they effectively don't do anything with with. They're the opposite of George Lucas. Rather than constantly interfering they do absolutely noting. Paramount gave the go ahead for STO but has not stated anything about its canon status (unlike other Paramount published materials like technical manuals). Its confusing because as a continuation of the Prime Timeline, STO is pretty good. The guys writing for the game have been paying attention. Its even more confusing because the J.J. Abrams film builds off the events in STO.

EDIT: The Films + Movie standard didn't come from anyone other than the fans as far as I know. The fan base adopted that position because Paramount has never been clear on it.

WARNING: Major nerd rant following. Proceed with caution, a bit of contempt, and a dash of humor.

TOS actually can't exist in the same canon as TNG.

This is because, IRL, Space Shuttle Enterprise (which debuted in 1976) was named after the fictional Enterprise from TOS. When we see Picard's ready room in TNG, he has pictures of the various ships named Enterprise, including the space shuttle.

But, if TOS was real in the TNG-verse, then the Space Shuttle never would have been named Enterprise. So, the only way it makes sense is that if TOS was actually a fictional show in TNG, the Space Shuttle was named after it, and the times we see characters from TOS, they're just cosplayers.

I watch TNG every night at 8pm on CBS action. Love it, except we're nearing the end </3

I was at a funeral the other week and someone had a Star Trek communicator brooch. I was jealous. Nerding it up 24/7.>