Star Trek: Ranking Every Iteration Of The USS Enterprise
Star Trek’s fictional world has a wide variety of spectacular science fiction technologies, from warp cores that can warp space to replicators that can create matter out of nothing. Spaceships, of course, are among the most crucial pieces of equipment, since they enable the Federation and the programmes’ protagonists to explore new worlds and journey to exciting and exciting places. They’re essential to the Star Trek series as a whole.
Star Trek: Ranking Every Iteration Of The USS Enterprise
Klingon birds of prey are only one example of the magnificent alien spacecraft that have been seen around the cosmos. However, the Enterprise fleet is perhaps the most recognisable. Even with so many variants, some have stood out as superior than others throughout the years; here are some of the best (ignoring alternate timeline or reality versions).
Star Trek: Ranking Every Iteration Of The USS Enterprise
First up is the ship that many fans agree is the ugliest and most uncharacteristic of all Starfleet vessels. In Enterprise, it appears as part of the time travel agreement/Cold War plot. It was supposed to seem even more futuristic than the other Enterprises. This variant is from the 26th century, as its first letter, “J,” reveals.
The goal was to give it a futuristic vibe by making it seem thin, but it ends up looking and feeling awkward. Some Star Trek fans have remarked that the ship looks more like “a space pancake with nacelles” than a classic Starfleet vessel.
As a bridge between the classic 1960s sci-fi style of The Original Series and the sleeker, more contemporary appearance of Picard’s Enterprise, this ship was an effort to find a happy medium. It has seen Generations, but probably didn’t receive much screen time, thus the design is all over the place. In addition to its bulky deflector dish, its diminutive nacelle struts contribute to the craft’s stubby appearance.
Star Trek: Ranking Every Iteration Of The USS Enterprise
Fans were more offended by the fact that the design was a rip-off of another ship from the series, the USS Excelsior from the movie The Search For Spock, than by the fact that it looked odd or out of place. They wanted to see more character and distinction from the ship holding the renowned label. It turned out to be little more than a skin deep re-skin, however.
Given the cult following of the original Star Trek: The Next Generation series, the Enterprise-D would undoubtedly rank well (excluding season one). However, one may argue that the ship’s design was peculiar. It has achieved legendary status without a doubt, but the show’s fans tend to see it through the rosy lenses of nostalgia. It’s a massive, cumbersome, and top-heavy ship that looks absurd.
Though symmetry isn’t as important in outer space, it would have been wonderful to see some classier design choices made. It’s a strange structure that accomplished some neat tricks like saucer separation but never quite gelled aesthetically.
This vessel may have been pivotal to the franchise as a whole, or at the very least it was a key component of a peace pact that altered the course of Federation history. Star Trek: The Next Generation’s “Yesterday’s Enterprise” features this same ship. As a ship that gave its life to protect a Klingon outpost when hostilities were still raging between the Federation and the Klingon empire, it has achieved legendary status.
Star Trek: Ranking Every Iteration Of The USS Enterprise
A lot of the Enterprise B’s offbeat, clumsy feelings were dampened by the redesign, and the ship now seems like a more organic progression from the classic 1960s version to the sleek, futuristic TNG version. The main drawback was that it was shown in just one episode before being scrapped.
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