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Which Star Trek USS Enterprise is your favorite?

I gotta go with the A. Classic lines, and the bridge consoles were also the best. The blue theme on the panels worked really nice - ST:VI, I think.

The D was too much like a luxury SUV. Bleh.

Now, if you're talking about playing Starfleet Command III, the E is pretty damn spiffy. Soveriegns kick ass.

I always thought the Excelsior was awesome, it also has good lines - the original, not the Enterprise - B refit. But for Enterprises, I gotta go with the A.

Classic ship.
 
I would have to say the Ambassador Class Enterprise C was my favourite. We only got to see it in one episode and then occasionaly as other ships of the same class. I suppose 1701-C holds my top spot only because so little is known about it same with Enterprise-B which would be second place but those Excelsior Class Ships get boring after having seen them in Countless episodes and Movies. Enterprise-E is my least favorite but it's growing on me and Enterprise NX just does not fit into the trek timeline, though I do like it as it bares resemblence to the Akira Class ships which I fancy quite a bit. Ideally a design like the NX should have fallen in between the Original Constitution Enterprise and the Movie Enterprise A.

Damn I just realized how much of a Trek Geek I am. Haven't wathched really since DS9 but I guess once a trekkie always a trekkie.
 
I'd have to pick the E. The D wasn't bad at all, but the E has more of a resemblance to the original and the A, so in a way its got a hint of retro but its so much more futuristic, gracefull and cooler looking then any of the others. Other than the E, the defiant was really cool, mostly because of the cloak they borrowed, and the fact that it was so small and could deal out a good beat down on any other ship. One other ship that I remember was In one episode of Voyager, where they found this crazy federation ship that had transwarp and kinda split into to to seperate ships that could be coordinated together automatically in attack patterns. I thin it turned out it wasnt an federation ship, tho it was really cool. Also, I think the modified Voyager that they had with the transwarp, the crazy armor and the rediculous disruptors/phasers or whatever in the series finale was pretty cool too.

wow i feel like a geek now lol :D
 
Enterprise D was always just the best combination of power/weaponry, elegance and facilities/function (it WAS supposed to be a research mission, after all). The E was cool, but too slick--they opted more for speed and sleekness rather than function and elegance. The A was obviously too antiquated and slow to be of any real use, at least when comparing it to more modern ships (although I know geriatrics love it).

Plus, the saucer separation episodes were just great.
 
Hmm...

Hmm indeed. I was impressed with the one from the feature-length TNG ep (Riker in command with the triple engines), but other than that the D looked fairly plain. Very early '90s chic, not a patch even on the 80's futuristic 1701-A from the movies..
As with everyone else here, it's a toss up between the original, satellite dish and all, 1701, and the E which kicked so much ass.

It's quite depressing I'm able to offer an opinion on this :( :eek:
 
My heart would be with D as that is the ship that brought me into the ST universe., although I would have to say I like all the ships named enterprize and defiant/voyager. E has really grown on me and is a close second and may become a Fav.

But my Favorite ship of ST might just be Prometheus. :) A Cloaking Triple Threat!
 
I have to say that there was much I liked about TNG, but I never could get interested in the other iterations... DS9, Voyager or Enterprise.

I grew up with the original NC-1701, so that IS the Enterprise to me.

The original Star Trek, with Kirk, Spock, McCoy, et. al. was classic. TNG was like a totally different genre, but I enjoyed it too. Always thought that Deanna Troi was hot.
 
quackattack said:
My vote is for the D. I'm pretty attached to the next generation :D
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I was attached the TNG as well, (I think it was the strongest ST series actually), but that doesn't mean I have to like the ship. ;) I was kind of glad they destroyed it in Generations, the E was much better. But nothing still beats NCC-1701-A!
 
spinner said:
I have to say that Enterprise NCC-1701-D was my favorite. I grew up watching TNG. In fact, when they wrecked it Generations I got upset :eek: I left the theater saying, "I can't believe they wrecked the damn ship." After about a half hour of whining my wife told me to shut the hell up, it was only a movie :D She just doesn't understand the attachment one feels to their starship! ;)
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That shipwreck wasn't as dramatic in my opinion as the original one in Star Trek III. I guess there was just a lot more of a sense of loss and abandonment when Kirk watched it burn through the atmosphere like that, and then they were stuck with a Klingon ship. :cool:

Plus, that was the only time a Star Trek captain was ballsy enough to actually go through with the auto-destruct sequence! ;)
 
Little Endian said:
I would have to say the Ambassador Class Enterprise C was my favourite. We only got to see it in one episode and then occasionaly as other ships of the same class. I suppose 1701-C holds my top spot only because so little is known about it same with Enterprise-B which would be second place
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So you're ranking ships as your favorite based on the fact that you don't know anything about them? That's a weird ratings system... :confused:
 
apple2991 said:
The A was obviously too antiquated and slow to be of any real use, at least when comparing it to more modern ships
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Well of course it is when comparing it to the modern ships, those ones were built decades and hundreds of years after it! :rolleyes: Of course the A appears antiquated to the D or E, just as the D would appear antiquated to the G or H that might be created 100 years later, that doesn't make it any less cool... That's somewhat of a weak argument, but since it's just about ST I'll let it go... ;)

apple2991 said:
(although I know geriatrics love it).
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Not just geriatrics, my friend - just look at the votes for A in this thread alone.... :cool:

apple2991 said:
Plus, the saucer separation episodes were just great.
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Worst... feature.... ever.... :p
 
jayscheuerle said:
Can any of you supernerds put together a comparison of these ships? I only know the first two, from the original TV show and the one in the first movie.
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This site should help you out a lot. Just click on the vessel icons on the left-hand side for a good collection of info. :cool:
 
I'll also have to say that the Prometheus was pretty kick-ass. It beat the hell out of 3 Romulan Warbirds with two holographic doctors working it :eek:
 
AliensAreFuzzy said:
I'll also have to say that the Prometheus was pretty kick-ass. It beat the hell out of 3 Romulan Warbirds with two holographic doctors working it :eek:
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Was that in, like, Voyager or Enterprise something? I've never even heard of it :eek:
 
I vote is split. For beauty I have to go with Enterprise E, but for the best ship of them all, it has to be NCC 1701 after it was refitted (Not A). You can't beat the constitution class. As I saw the first motion picture I was just amazed as Scotty flew Kirk around the ship.


Anybody notice that the ships in the Star Trek universe whose name is Enterprise tends to have the worst luck?

NCC 1701: Destoryed in the third movie so the klingons could not gain control.
NCC 1701-A: Almost destroyed by klingons in the sixth movie.
NCC 1701-B: Amlost destroyed by an energy ribbon in Generations
NCC 1701-C: Destroyed by Romulon while trying to help Klingons
NCC 1701-D: Destroyed by Klingons in Generations
NCC 1701-E: Almost completely assimilated by the Borg in First Contact, Almost destroyed in Nemesis
 
TDM21 said:
Anybody notice that the ships in the Star Trek universe whose name is Enterprise tends to have the worst luck?

NCC 1701: Destoryed in the third movie so the klingons could not gain control.
NCC 1701-A: Almost destroyed by klingons in the sixth movie.
NCC 1701-B: Amlost destroyed by an energy ribbon in Generations
NCC 1701-C: Destroyed by Romulon while trying to help Klingons
NCC 1701-D: Destroyed by Klingons in Generations
NCC 1701-E: Almost completely assimilated by the Borg in First Contact, Almost destroyed in Nemesis
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Hmm, I'm not sure that this is the worst luck. It's just that there's always a new Enterprise. The U.S.S. Yamato (the same ship as Enterprise-D) was destroyed during TNG, i.e. before the Enterprise. Isn't this much more bad luck? The difference is that there's no Yamato-B, so it can't be destroyed again.
 
Hey thanks for all of your input, guys. Especially thanks to Shard for having such a discerning eye for starships!

I'd have to say that when you look at each iteration of the Enterprise, you can see a logical evolution in each ship.

I'm writing this from memory but here's what I remember from the Star Trek timeline:

The original Enterprise had a crew compliment of around 400-500 I think. It's original warp nacelles look similar to those of the Phoenix.

After Kirk's 5 year mission, the ship went through 14 months of upgrades which included brand new warp nacelles (which looked stunning) and an extension of the lower part of the ship. As far as I know, the saucer section remained physically unchanged.

After the ship was destroyed over the Genesis Planet, Kirk and company received a new Enterprise after saving Earth from the alien probe. Now it has been theorized that the new Enterprise A could not have been built from scratch and that it was instead a renamed USS Yorktown (I actually can't believe I remember all of this!). Either way, Kirk got his new ship and aside from the inside, the A was identical to its predecessor.

The B was the ship that killed Kirk (or so we thought). It was an Excelsior class starship. It spent its career charting a lot of unknown territory (I think the Beta Quadrant).

Because so little is known about it, I don't have much to say about the C. Aesthetically, it does look like a mini D.

The D was the flagship of the Federation. Being a Galaxy class starship, it was huge. It had a crew compliment of 1012. It was a very family and community oriented starship.

The E was the antithesis of the D in the sense that it was not a family ship. It was a battle ship and it was meant to fight.

One interesting thing I've noticed in the evolution of the Enterprise ships: the neck piece connecting the saucer section to the bottom part has become more and more streamlined. In the original and A, the neck is very pronounced. I've always thought this made the ship very vulnerable. A few direct hits to this section and the saucer section could easily break off from the rest of the ship. The E almost has no neck at all. I think that makes the ship more rigid and solid.

Anyway, I'm just babbling at this point. While I'll make no apologies for my interest in Star Trek, I will say that I don't like it for the characters, but more for the ideology: a future in which humanity comes together and all human beings put aside their petty differences to eradicate all forms of poverty, disease, and violence on Earth.
 
I remember "Star Trek" as a young perosn watching the original show on TV. So my preference is for the original USS Enterprise. My vote goes for the classic, NCC-1701-A.
 
wdlove said:
I remember "Star Trek" as a young perosn watching the original show on TV. So my preference is for the original USS Enterprise. My vote goes for the classic, NCC-1701-A.
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You of course remember though that the very first Enterprise was just NCC-1701, and not NCC-1701-A, correct? :)
 
~Shard~ said:
I was attached the TNG as well, (I think it was the strongest ST series actually), but that doesn't mean I have to like the ship. ;) I was kind of glad they destroyed it in Generations, the E was much better. But nothing still beats NCC-1701-A!
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I agree, I actually think the E is a much cooler ship. But I gotta be honest, I have too many memories of the D ;). The E seems too much like hollywood glitz, I didn't put in it's time! Voyager is also very cool if we stray from Enterprise. I love the idea of a starship that can land on a planet! :D

By the way, I am so proud of the mac rumors community. Who would have thought a Star Trek thread would get close to 50 posts! Growing I am sure :D :D
 
brap said:
Was that in, like, Voyager or Enterprise something? I've never even heard of it :eek:
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It was in ST Voyager. I believe the episode was Message in a Bottle in season 4.
 
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