if you were a captain what class of ship would you have?

[Wolf359]

I would say its a toss up between Intrepid and Defiant.

I have a poster that says thelife expectancy of a Galaxy class starship is 100 years, with a major refit every 20 or so years, and Im not sure how canon that is but it sounds about right, cause even in the Dominion wars they where still using Mranda classes and Excelsior and those are 70-100 years old.

[Lord Borg]

[Ensign Reeves]

Prometheus all the way, it would absolutely own.

[Baracus]

I chose other. I'd use Mr.T's van. With his engine that runs off of pure helluva toughness it easily reaches a maximum speed of 400 trillion light years per second. You can easily go where no Q has even gone before.

[Cathexis]

Intrepid or Sovereign........

MAYBE Prometheus....that one's nice too!

[Undercover]

Sovereign class or i would just wait until a new NX Experimental Class starship came out before i would take command.

[Lord Borg]

I dont know anymore. A Soveriegn is NICE, Defiants rule, BUT Intrepids and Novas can land and take off again etc... the only con is the INtrpid and novas are science ships...

[jonathan95]

[ilikefire208]

Intrepeid...its a small ship but definately has great capabilities....besides its a fast lil girl

[8 of 9]

id stick with Voyager, and maybe a Borg Cube

[lifeguide]

This should be divided into activities as well as classes.

The Galaxy class is the best to explore with.

But if I had my choice it would be without doubt the best ship ever conceived in ST Defiant class.

Those quantum torpedo launches are absolutley perfect for combat and I do not think there would be many vessels calpable of defeating it in a dogfight or battle situation, without a doubt the right vessel to fight the Borg.

The only proviso I would place on my selection is that my Defiant class vessel would need to have a holodeck , I need to relax somehow and I do not fancy the visual device that the crew of the Equinox had.

[Kathryn_Janeway218]

INTREPID'S ARE AWSOME!!! THATS ALL THERE IS TO IT!!!

[Captain Cirk]

I think I'd have a Hand Flipper Class.

It was only in Ep. 32 of the original series. If you pause the DVD at about 14:23 you can see some guys hand in frame. I want to fly that ship.

[Spartan 688]

[deltaflyer3]

intrepid then galaxy

[deltaflyer3]

[calvin]

[Valathous]

[Spartan 688]

well acording to http://www.ditl.org/
The power of the Prometheus was graphically demonstrated during the incident. Although the prototype was still in the test phase, she was able to inflict devastating damage on a Nebula class ship and withstand a combined attack by two Defiant class Escort vessels and an Akira class cruiser. In the same battle she used multi-vector assault mode to destroy a Romulan Warbird with ease

now honestley you going to tell me that a soverign class could do that? on its shake down cruise? controlled by a bunch of romulans who don't realy know how to fully use her?

Also Reasons as to why a Prometheus class was included in the Battle of Procyon V 200 years in the future are unknown, although Starfleet might have decided to refit them due to their efficient design.-Memory Alpha

so the prometheus class lasted to the 26th century? so i think it is safe to say the prometheus lasted to the 26th century and proof that the soverign did?

[calvin]

i don't want to weigh in on this Sovereign vs Prometheus issue either way--because i'm not familiar enough with either design to have an informed opinion. and frankly i think both sides have made good cases for their position.

however, i would point out that there are some unsound deductions in your last argument.

like i said before, what "powerful" means needs to be clearly defined to qualify such speculative remarks. if you're going on a starship's battle record, then you certainly give a pretty convincing case for the Prometheus' capabilities in that instance. i don't know if the Enterprise-E has faced off against such formidable forces or not. that's a question better left for someone else to answer.

however, service-life doesn't necessarily relate to how powerful a ship is. i think you'd have to redefine your comparison criteria if you want to make that argument.

for instance, the Iowa-class battleship has had a tremendous service-length, but it's certainly not more _powerful_ than newer ships with far shorter service-lengths. it wasn't even the most powerful warship in WW II when it was introduced. there are various reasons for having an extended service-life. some of it may be due to the design's efficacy in a particular role. some of it may be due to cost, convenience, logistics, and a wide range of other factors.

service-length is a good argument for how influential or well-built a starship is, perhaps, but it's not a good indication of power.

[Valathous]

You want my opinion on whether the Sovereign could have done that? Yes. Why? Because that was Voyager's writers. The same writers who had a science vessel fending off Borg Cubes left and right.

If you want to talk about service records, then how about in "First Contact" where the fleet was being decimated by the Borg until the Entierprise-E (a Sovereign class) arrived, and it was destroyed. Not to mention it later destroyed the Sphere with a few of it's Quantums.

Then there's the movie "Nemesis" in which the Sovereign was the only ship capable of surviving the incident against the Scimitar in which 3 Romulan ships were destroyed by the Reman vessel.

You have one Voy episode and some non-canon books by authors not associated with the series in any way other than paying for the rights to use the Star Trek universe. I've got several movies worth of proof to show that the Sovereign is the Federation's Flagship for a reason.

[Curtis]

I'm afraid I'd have to go with Dan on this one and say if I were to captain any sort of starship, it would most definately be the Soverign-class of ship, the Federation's flagship...nothing against the Intrepid-class, whioch is also good, but as Dan said, the soverign is the flagship for a reason !

[Spartan 688]

okay calvin you had some very good points indead but wa i was implying is a 26th century promethues would be more powerfull when it came in to service then then the sovrign in the 24th century(no canon i know of says it lasted till the 29th) but yes i agree with what you are saying and think i should have stated my argument alot better

now according to Valathous i will now address your argument

[Thomas]

[Spartan 688]

HAHAHAHA oh crap lol thanks i din't even notice that just seen jeri and typed lol NOOB NOOB NOOB >Spartan 688<NOOB NOOB NOOB lol i feel so stupid now my mistake and i also agree with the voy writers argument
well spotted mistake lol i can't belive i made a noob mistake like that but hey people make mistakes right?