Top Five Sci-Fi Dreadnoughts

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@Spacedock
@Spacedock 4 жыл бұрын
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@blighty8607
@blighty8607 4 жыл бұрын
Spacedock, please think about doing another verses episode!! How about a Wraith Hive Ship vs a Mercury Class Battlestar? The Battlestar's flak field vs the Hives Dart complement could be very interesting! 👍🤞
@TheEDFLegacy
@TheEDFLegacy 4 жыл бұрын
Spacedock The Nova is definitely a good choice for the list, though I think the definition of "dreadnought" comes from the 1900s version, as Wikipedia states: "...The designers of dreadnoughts sought to provide as much protection, speed, and firepower as possible in a ship of a realistic size and cost. The hallmark of dreadnought battleships was an "all-big-gun" armament, but they also had heavy armour concentrated mainly in a thick belt at the waterline and in one or more armoured decks. Secondary armament, fire control, command equipment, and protection against torpedoes also had to be crammed into the hull." That definitely sounds like the Nova class in a nutshell. huge guns of the same size, crammed with as many features as possible in a small space, in a realistic size and cost.
@twdog8106
@twdog8106 4 жыл бұрын
Spacedock I’m curious, at what point does a ship stop being a ship and starts being a mobile space station? For example, the Death Star and the Supremacy. The Death Star is MASSIVE, mobile, FTL equipped, and more than capable of controlling an entire system on it’s own (this doesn’t even touch on it’s superweapon). The supremacy meets all these same criteria (minus superweapon) and is capable of producing and maintaining their fleets main battleships. So why is one considered a ship, and the other a mobile space station?
@TheEDFLegacy
@TheEDFLegacy 4 жыл бұрын
Spacedock Wanted to also comment on your comments on both the Eclipse and the Executor. I find it hard to believe that a modern-day aircraft carrier carries only half of the Eclipse's entire fighter wing. That's one thing I've never understood about Star Wars, is their pitiful fighter compliments for their massive ships. With a ship the size of the Executor, I could easily see them carrying ten times that, and still have plenty of space for everything that the ship carries. It really boggles my mind that they undersize the compliments so much. Also... the Jem'hadar Dreadnought? Probably my favourite Star Trek ship ever. Good choice.
@lordgong4980
@lordgong4980 4 жыл бұрын
I dont get why anyone would disliked the Destiny Ascension. I am not a SiFi purist in the vain that a ship doesn't necessarily need to "work" as a space vessel. Also all Asari ships have the same base design so disliking the DA is disliking the Whole Asari design
@the_kraken6549
@the_kraken6549 4 жыл бұрын
Executor super star destroyer: “I fear no ship, *[points at an A-wing]* but that thing, it scares me.”
@gusp6612
@gusp6612 4 жыл бұрын
THE_KRAKEN that’s a stupid and lazy end to that ship.
@aralornwolf3140
@aralornwolf3140 4 жыл бұрын
@@gusp6612 , It's properly using its greatest design flaw... an exposed bridge to full effect...
@frostyoreo8657
@frostyoreo8657 4 жыл бұрын
@@gusp6612 The ship suffered great damage to the engine causing it to go into the gravitational pull of the death star.But the bridge was the only thing keeping it in place until the bridge was destroyed.Also Akbar said to concentrate all power to that super star destroyer.But I do agree on screen it is underwhelming.
@frostyoreo8657
@frostyoreo8657 4 жыл бұрын
@@aralornwolf3140 I never got the argument that a bridge is a bad idea.What if the ship is disabled and holograms can trick you.
@aralornwolf3140
@aralornwolf3140 4 жыл бұрын
@@frostyoreo8657 , *Sigh* There is a difference between a view port, which is what you're arguing for, and the bridge. Here's an excerpt from pages 357 to 358 from Manxome Foe first paperback edition written by John Ringo and Travis S. Taylor: "Any ship, even a Dreen ship, is going to have brain, muscle, and lungs," Berg said. "That's the way one of my teachers put it one time. The brains on a normal ship is the conn. The muscles are engineering. The lungs are environmental. Kill anyone of those, and the ship stops. Well, actually since it can probably shift brains, the exception is conn." "And if we kill the ship, we kill ourselves, Preister pointed out. "If we take it down, the _Blade_ and the Hexosehr will blast it to pieces. And that assumes that six marines can even _can_ take it down." "Got a better idea?" Hinchcliffe asked. "Then that's the plan. We need to figure out where the brains, the lungs and the muscles of this ship are." "I would suggest we wait on engineering," Berg said. "Reason?" "Well, Staff Sergeant, I don't know _how_ to shut down a fusion reactor," Berg admitted. "And unless you've taken a learning annex I don't know about..." End Excerpt For context of shifting brains, the ship they were on was a dreadnought. It was the flagship of a small task group composed of itself, a carrier, 2 cruisers, and 12 destroyers. There should be a bridge for the captain of the ship and a bridge for the flag officer who is in overall command of the task group. There might even be an auxiliary bridge just in case one of the others is destroyed during action. Placing the bridge at the front of a ship and giving it a view port is understandable when it's a civilian ship which is designed to land on a variety of planetary surfaces, at spaceports, and in space stations -- Where a view port would be useful in case of an emergency landing. Example: Freighters, transports, yachts, and the like. Warships on the other hand... are not civilian ships. The brain needs to be protected. If the enemy knows where the bridge is, a concentration of fire could overwhelm the ship's shields and impact on the bridge, taking out all organized resistance of that ship. If that bridge has the flag officer commanding the battle on it, the loss of direction by the admiral will cause confusion in the admiral's forces. Confusion, even temporary, is one of the things which will doom a navy in battle. There are exceptions to the above rule for small warships which are fast and/or maneuverable (so concentrated fire can't target the bridge or, if it did the ship was going to be destroyed anyway) and are expected to land on planets or dock in space stations/other ships. Example: Gunboats, Gunships, Corvettes. The ship we were talking about is the Executor. She's a flagship. The admiral needs to be protected. Due to her monstrous size of 16km length, there is only one system with space stations in which she can dock at, and that's the system which built it; Kuat. For every other location, all supplies will be delivered to her, even if she parks next to a space station, no one wants to make a mistake and allow her to collide with them. If, for whatever reason, the navigator's station is not working correctly, the navigation's officer can communicate with the people in charge of sensors (radar, lidar, visuals) to get a fix of everything around them. If that person can't, then the tactical officer should be able to do so from the targeting computers of each weapon. If all else fails, there's the communication officer capable of asking other ships for details. And if there is no response, prepare to be boarded by the enemy, lol. Seriously, if a warship is disabled, it is dead in space and its only hope is to make repairs before being boarded.
@BattleUnit3
@BattleUnit3 4 жыл бұрын
When you fly with Orcs every ships is dreadnought
@karlfranzemperorofmandefil5547
@karlfranzemperorofmandefil5547 4 жыл бұрын
Well their war moons are special
@corranaven7425
@corranaven7425 4 жыл бұрын
Random Guard member looks up into the sky. Sees bunch of Orks hanging together linked by their arms. "I'm a dreadnought, I'm a dreadnought, I'm a dreadnought." Welp, I'm out. *Gets shot by Inquisitor*
@Springfield1191
@Springfield1191 4 жыл бұрын
HERESY!!!!! Enact Exterminatus Protocols.
@eds1942
@eds1942 4 жыл бұрын
Just remember to bring lots of grog.
@Cythan
@Cythan 4 жыл бұрын
For da waaaaaaaaaaagghhhh
@bobofthekerbals9797
@bobofthekerbals9797 4 жыл бұрын
I've never heard anyone describe he valiant as a "ship full of Wesley Crushers" but that is perfectly accurate
@darwinxavier3516
@darwinxavier3516 4 жыл бұрын
Nah a ship full of Wesleys would've found a way to win through techno nonsense. The Valiant crew was just a bunch of arrogant gungho morons who couldn't take down one lone Jemhadar fighter without using six quantum torpedoes.
@CeJay2000
@CeJay2000 4 жыл бұрын
The fact that it WAS a ship full of Wesley Crushers was the only reason I could forgive the writers for having blasted a Defiant-class out of the skies... Always considered him as well as the Valiant's crew a bunch of stupid kids.
@schwarzerritter5724
@schwarzerritter5724 4 жыл бұрын
More like a "ship full of people who believe they are Wesley Crushers but are actually Harry Kims".
@MelchiahTheObscene
@MelchiahTheObscene 4 жыл бұрын
Ah yes, the Star Trek Babies episode.
@trazyntheinfinite9895
@trazyntheinfinite9895 4 жыл бұрын
@@CeJay2000 honestly, seeing the essential hero ship getting basically run over by an enemy so far out of its weightclass its not even a contest, was a great experience. It drove home the point other episodes made about the defiant: An invincible ship this is not. Oh how the defiant fans raged. delicious.
@TheSleepingMeerkat
@TheSleepingMeerkat 4 жыл бұрын
As a guy who studies naval history, I love how the Dreadnought's name still carries the weight that it did in 1906, however it also bugs me cause its just lazy how the term just means 'a stupidly bigger battleship', while some of the ships labelled as dreadnoughts are game changers, most of them are just not well thought out and are just called that for the sake of it. Thankfully this video shows some of those ships that are worthy of the description
@jaquigreenlees
@jaquigreenlees 4 жыл бұрын
True, though I would consider both the Wraith Hive and Ancient Auroras as good candidates.
@freewyvern707
@freewyvern707 4 жыл бұрын
I had the same thoughts and i'm kinda ticked of the UNSC Infinity wasn't there. Its said in lore to be so much of a technological improvement that it made Battleships from the war useless, exactly like the HMS Dreadnought did in 1906
@HaloFTW55
@HaloFTW55 4 жыл бұрын
I really want to laugh at the possibility of dreadnaughts seeing little to no action and ended up being destroyed by carrier borne strike craft. Just like real life.
@michelecastellotti9172
@michelecastellotti9172 2 жыл бұрын
Dreadnought heavy cruisers be like XD
@ledocteur7701
@ledocteur7701 2 жыл бұрын
@@michelecastellotti9172 "Dreadnought heavy cruisers" that.. a little redundant. a dreadnought is generally (in sci-fi at least) already supposed to be a "heavy" (as in armor and weapons) ship, and a cruiser is a whole other type of ships whish as nothing to do with a dreadnought. there is nothing wrong with simply calling it a dreadnought. not to mention that while "heavy cruiser" works, "battleship" would be more appropriate, unless battleship is already used as a broad term to describe anything battle capable.
@h.plovecat4307
@h.plovecat4307 4 жыл бұрын
If the Eclipse didn't have those rail systems, the entire Dark Empire series would have been over before Palpatine made it to his throne room.
@AdmiralBlackstar
@AdmiralBlackstar 4 жыл бұрын
"This ship is too big. If I walk, the movie'll be over."
@REDACTED882
@REDACTED882 4 жыл бұрын
​@@AdmiralBlackstar Hail Skroob
@casbot71
@casbot71 4 жыл бұрын
There's a Reddit or something about how the Executor crew became tribal and split into factions that became independent nations… Does anyone have the link.?
@theonewingedangel8680
@theonewingedangel8680 4 жыл бұрын
casbott that’s the super duper star destroyer. I think it’s called the Ultra class? Eckharts ladder did an episode on fan ships and mentioned that reddit story.
@drksideofthewal
@drksideofthewal 4 жыл бұрын
@@theonewingedangel8680 The Imperium class ultra star destroyer. The post talked about how the bridge crew was getting vertigo from the multi mile tall windows, and the engineers started their own nation called "Re'Ak'Tor." Brilliant.
@capnovan
@capnovan 4 жыл бұрын
"A ship full of Wesley Crushers" Truly the Federations most vile weapon.
@anonarchist1936
@anonarchist1936 4 жыл бұрын
though a couple of decades later the federation had a golden age of online boardgame content
@KaiserMattTygore927
@KaiserMattTygore927 4 жыл бұрын
Some say its a WAR CRIME
@TheCormTube
@TheCormTube 4 жыл бұрын
God i hated Red Squad and their irritatingly arrogant bridge crew. Wesley had more modesty than them, or at least pretended to. I was grinning when they got blow to pieces. I really felt for Jake Cisco in that episode.......
@BogeyTheBear
@BogeyTheBear 4 жыл бұрын
Truly a crime against humanity... given that it would ruin our reputation throughout the galaxy.
@Gist432
@Gist432 3 жыл бұрын
Just put them on screen and tell them to shut up.
@airboundgab3
@airboundgab3 4 жыл бұрын
The Intro of the Executor with the Imperial March Theme makes it legendary
@3Rayfire
@3Rayfire 4 жыл бұрын
The feeling of Holy Shit that you feel when an Imperial Class gets a shadow cast over it. Not passing over it, it just gets swallowed in darkness.
@panickedpan875
@panickedpan875 4 жыл бұрын
Me:*sees the Executor's intro* Also me: NOW THAT'S A LOT OF SHIP
@sethb3090
@sethb3090 4 жыл бұрын
Kevin J Anderson does a good job of introducing one in Darksaber, where they reveal the Executor-class Night Hammer. Something similar, but this one starts as a barely visible area where the stars are blocked out, growing larger and larger, until they order the running lights turned on and the whole thing lights up and awes everyone who was wondering what was being built out there.
@marckrieger3277
@marckrieger3277 4 жыл бұрын
@@sethb3090 But Anderson also had done a bad job by saying the executor alone nearly bankruped the empire. I mean, the empire build two death stars but the executor was to much?
@patrickmcdonald8513
@patrickmcdonald8513 4 жыл бұрын
You guys may know this, growing up with the Star Wars schematics books, they always said the Executor was 8,000 meters long, still huge compared to the 1600 meters of the Imperial class. However, when they when back and looked at the originl model for The Empire Strikes Back, they realized it had originally been intended to be 100 times as massive as the Imperial class, or 19,000 meters long, actually 1500 meters longer than the Eclipse class.
@JustAnotherDayToday
@JustAnotherDayToday 4 жыл бұрын
“Light speed is too slow-we’re going to have to go right to ‘Ludicrous Speed’”. -Dark Helmet.
@darthXreven
@darthXreven 4 жыл бұрын
they've gone to plaid -Barf
@corranaven7425
@corranaven7425 4 жыл бұрын
What's wrong Colonel Sanders? Chicken? - Dark Helmet
@darthXreven
@darthXreven 4 жыл бұрын
@@corranaven7425 Aaaa, I see your schwartz is as big as mine -Dark Helmet
@davidcolby167
@davidcolby167 4 жыл бұрын
I mean...it's a funny joke, but looking at interstellar distances, light speed IS way too fucking slow. Like, going light speed takes THIRTY YEARS to get to Trappist-1!
@DBPCINC
@DBPCINC 4 жыл бұрын
Yeah where is Spaceball 1?
@UncleMikeDrop
@UncleMikeDrop 4 жыл бұрын
"Do everything" ships can be written well so long they don't excel at everything. A Jack of all trades should be a master of none. Multi-role ships make a great deal of sense when utilized by factions with limited resources. While it is better to have 3 ships that each do one thing extremely well, some factions can only afford to have 1 ship that does 3 things passibly.
@PaiSAMSEN
@PaiSAMSEN 4 жыл бұрын
It also makes sense for a navy that expects its warships to operate far from friendly homeport for a very long time. You'll notice that one of the contrasts between cold-war US fleet and cold-war Soviet fleet is how very specialized Soviet warships were. Due to the doctrine, Soviet navy has the luxury of staying in rather small water, so they can afford to specialized their ship for a specific role, while American warships are expected to operate deep within combat area, and thus they have to be ready for everything. Though, the development of vertical launch system that every missile can fit effectively rendered the whole concept mooted, as you can simply switch missiles to make one ship as specialized as you like.
@aaagagatagtgtt9656
@aaagagatagtgtt9656 4 жыл бұрын
Agreed, it costs more to design (and perhaps build and maintain, except that one of them is probably a specialty maintenance ship) multiple specialist ships, should be more combat effective under a good commander versus an equal number of comparative multi-purpose ships.
@HeadCannon
@HeadCannon 4 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite things about the Executor in Legends was how much damage Rogue Squadron did to the Lusankya at Thyferra, but there was still so much ship left. It really felt like attrition against its weapons and engines was the only thing that stopped that battle from going on for days. I also really enjoyed how the Thrawn trilogy emphasized how much the loss of the Executor at Endor hurt the Imperial Navy, with most of it's crew being the cream of the crop of upcoming officers.
@martinjrgensen8234
@martinjrgensen8234 4 жыл бұрын
The Executor class is a beautiful ship. Magnificently elegant. And think it almost didn’t happen. George and the director didn’t believe the model makers had the time and budget to build a special ship, and just wanted a different colored Imperial Class as Vaders flagship. The model makers convinced the higher ups they could do it, and in their spare time designed and built in in a few weeks, just in time for it to be filmed.
@specialsnowflake9172
@specialsnowflake9172 4 жыл бұрын
It's a shame that the only great scene it gets is the intro :/ I guess I will always be bitter about the way it went down. And to think that this scene was probably intended to make viewers happy for the rebellion and what not.
@writingref
@writingref 4 жыл бұрын
That's cool. I didn't know that.
@patrickmcdonald8513
@patrickmcdonald8513 4 жыл бұрын
Great history, thanks for the info.
@MagicalMaster
@MagicalMaster 2 жыл бұрын
I've made one in my online series. I call it The Dauntless. It's the first of it's kind and is essentially a gigantic troop transport with a huge amount of ablative plating. It's oversized because it has a huge amount of redundant systems to the point it can be broken apart and the individual sections can seal themselves off and continue to endure. This honking vessel is large enough to work as a mobile drydock and even in areas of the galaxy where it can make full use of FTL travel and Artificial Gravity it has a central corridor with artificial gravity designed to help soldiers get around faster with the aid of a magnetic rail. It's weakness is that for it's size it's guns are outright pitiful and it's absolutely crushed in digital warfare on three separate occasions and if the soldiers taken by slaver raids weren't massively over-trained commandoes then the story of Out of Cruel Space would be very different. The Dauntless is basically a mobile army base including diplomatic, repair and even production facilities. It's not the base that's dangerous, it's the men in it.
@SuicideNeil
@SuicideNeil 4 жыл бұрын
Progenitor Dreadnought from HomeWorld 2: Am I a joke to you?..
@Maddock_
@Maddock_ 4 жыл бұрын
THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE SAJUUK-KHAR
@BeyondDaX
@BeyondDaX 4 жыл бұрын
I guess it is a joke
@Airwave2k2
@Airwave2k2 4 жыл бұрын
well It is also my favorit. So there is that. Maybe he should a T5 for movie sci fi and a T5 for vidya games. This dreadnought has to be included in a T5.
@SuicideNeil
@SuicideNeil 4 жыл бұрын
@@Airwave2k2 Yeah, it's strange- he always covers a mixture of games and movies, but I don't recall HomeWorld ships ever getting any mention- strange because it's such an iconic and hugely popular game till this very day. Also, HW3 was just announced so.... yeah....
@BeyondDaX
@BeyondDaX 4 жыл бұрын
@@SuicideNeil I don't see a lot of vids on Homeworld. Not the popular ones anyway. I don't see it top any charts on twitch.
@theknave1915
@theknave1915 4 жыл бұрын
1 ferengi ensign, 1 war correspondent, and 95 Wesley crushers! All in a top of line federation warship. VS 1 purple dreadnaught boi
@DBPCINC
@DBPCINC 4 жыл бұрын
*#1 Spaceball one can't change my mind*
@liljenborg2517
@liljenborg2517 4 жыл бұрын
It could do EVERYTHING including vacuuming and scrubbing the kitchen sink! It did not, however, do windows, and its sensor systems seemed particularly vulnerable to raspberry jam.
@writingref
@writingref 4 жыл бұрын
@@liljenborg2517 brilliant response lol
@manictiger
@manictiger 3 жыл бұрын
@@liljenborg2517 Megamaid was also able to suck and blow.
@SkepticalChris
@SkepticalChris 4 жыл бұрын
9:25 - kick the cap out of a ship full of Wesley Crushers :) Instant win!
@theodorewai2864
@theodorewai2864 4 жыл бұрын
"Spacedock Short" Happens to be longer than most episodes. 😂
@bengrogan9710
@bengrogan9710 4 жыл бұрын
The only this that grinds my gears in the eclipse class is the CO-Axial Superlaser Co-Axial WITH WHAT?! Tanks have the main gun and a Co-axial Machine gun Co-ax weapons are slaved to something else
@bengrogan9710
@bengrogan9710 4 жыл бұрын
@@khadenallast4495 That's the point If the hull where aligned with it it would be an Axial weapon - Co-axial indicates it is slaved to another weapon's targeting
@manictiger
@manictiger 3 жыл бұрын
I thought co-axial meant that the weapon had two axes, so that the gunner can maneuver the gun better from a stationary position. Look at how they're mounted. Gun, axis 1, "rod", axis 2, axis 2 mounting point (turret hull for a tank).
@TiernanWilkinson
@TiernanWilkinson 3 жыл бұрын
Mass Effect dreadnoughts technically have coaxial main guns, coaxial with the rest of the ship.
@bengrogan9710
@bengrogan9710 3 жыл бұрын
@@TiernanWilkinson Again, Those are not Co-axial A weapon aligned with the body is an axial weapon Axial meaning it is aligned with the ship's orientation, its axis or rotation Co-axial means a weapon that has a shared axis slaved to a separate weapon's axis
@harrybyaqussamprayuga1756
@harrybyaqussamprayuga1756 Жыл бұрын
Dude of course, it is slaved to Palpatine's will
@AgreeableSmile
@AgreeableSmile 4 жыл бұрын
How is the sojourn going so far spacedock?
@karels149
@karels149 4 жыл бұрын
I think you guys need to do a Top 5 FTL Effects. Which FTL's have the best visual effects (unless you've already done it) My personal favorite is the Destiny’s FTL from Stargate Universe
@Jaeih
@Jaeih 4 жыл бұрын
My favorite would be the Warp effect from Star Trek Nemesis. It was a bit updated from previous movies and yet simple enough to be beautiful
@3Rayfire
@3Rayfire 4 жыл бұрын
Star Trek The Motion Picture please. It was aggressively awesome. And I prefer First Contact's to Nemesis'.
@renkalan8587
@renkalan8587 4 жыл бұрын
Gonna have to say the spore drive from Discovery. It was different from the usual blue flash, streak into sunset look from the other Star Trek series, which I found appealing.
@Jokie155
@Jokie155 4 жыл бұрын
That tragically brief warp drive shot from Star Trek Beyond is easily my favourite. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nalzjLqFpqeWp4U.html It just hits the concept of a bubble of bending space around the ship right on the head. Beautiful.
@craigtowse4340
@craigtowse4340 4 жыл бұрын
Jokie155 THIS. THIS. THIS. THIS. And THIS! By far ‘the’ best effect. It was stunning and beautiful and should have been used again - especially for Discovery when they are at Warp.
@tomcopple7633
@tomcopple7633 4 жыл бұрын
If this were a top 10 list, I would include the MCRN Donnager. I remember the line the first novel when Holden and another person were talking and the one person said, "I heard this can kill a planet." To which Holden replied, "That's nothing. Give me an airlock and enough anvils, and I can do that. This (the Donnager) looks like it can kill whatever it wants."
@toomanyaccounts
@toomanyaccounts 4 жыл бұрын
The Donnager got whacked by the equivalent of a pt boat.
@tomcopple7633
@tomcopple7633 4 жыл бұрын
@@toomanyaccounts I think it was more the equivalent of a squad of pocket battleships
@Elurin
@Elurin 4 жыл бұрын
In a top 10 - I would also include the GTVA Colossus: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hNallMyA3qi7ZZc.html In its universe, the most epic dreadnought ever constructed.
@Marclivis
@Marclivis 4 жыл бұрын
The Scimitar will always hold a special place in my heart. When Data is reading off the tactical specs and the bridge crew is all shook, that will forever be etched in my mind.
@yamatojoe7327
@yamatojoe7327 Жыл бұрын
It’s definitely an effective scene. It lets the audience that this ship is a force to be reckoned with. Not to mention mode sci fi need to give detailed specifications for their ships lol.
@TheDetailsMatter
@TheDetailsMatter 4 жыл бұрын
Ori Mothership? Large enough to fill a supergate from one edge to its opposite, carries hundreds of fighters and ground troops, is equipped with a plasma lance projector that can detonate most opponents in a single shot and a spherical shield that can withstand nearly anything thrown at it. If anything qualifies for "Fear Nothing," it's this.
@BeyondDaX
@BeyondDaX 4 жыл бұрын
Wot?
@richardbroome6405
@richardbroome6405 4 жыл бұрын
Gotta love those flying toilet seats! :)
@BogeyTheBear
@BogeyTheBear 4 жыл бұрын
BeyondDaX, kzfaq.info/get/bejne/i7SVhpqisrPakqs.html
@fakjbf3129
@fakjbf3129 4 жыл бұрын
3:16 Also in the third game it's revealed that they had a giant stash of Prothean technology which they were keeping from the rest of the galaxy. Characters would occasionally talk about how advanced the asari were but the Destiny Ascension was one of the few things you could point to as an example of that superiority.
@dawfyddkelly8788
@dawfyddkelly8788 4 жыл бұрын
Alright, I'll concede that the Executor-class is truely terrifying. I still remember playing X-Wing vs TIE Fighter: Balance of Power in the Rebel campaign, one mission requires you to patrol a hyperspace beacon and perform close flyby scans of the incoming Imperial fleet. The moment towards the end where the SSD jumps in is still stunning - this giant slice of terror that blots out the screen. also a shout out to the Rogue Squadron series on Gamecube - #3 had you fly through the cityscape of an under construction SSD and it really hammers home the scale of the thing
@SwiftGundam
@SwiftGundam 4 жыл бұрын
You know, the Jem'hadar Dreadnought reminds me of some Decepticon Transformer ships seen in recent media.
@generaljimmies3429
@generaljimmies3429 4 жыл бұрын
The final level of Fall of Cybertron comes to mind. I think it used to be Trypticon?
@darwinxavier3516
@darwinxavier3516 4 жыл бұрын
Decepticons do love their purple.
@darwinxavier3516
@darwinxavier3516 4 жыл бұрын
The structural design of typical Decepticon ships more closely resembles some Asgard ships rather than Jemhadar. The O'Neill class in particular. Or the Vorchan and Primus classes of the Centauri.
@dawfyddkelly8788
@dawfyddkelly8788 4 жыл бұрын
Awww, no love for the ludicrous battleships of The Imperium of Man?
@Dreska_
@Dreska_ 4 жыл бұрын
I'm not aware of any 40k warships being refered to as dreadnaughts
@Mugthraka
@Mugthraka 4 жыл бұрын
@@Dreska_ Neither are half of the ships he mentions in this list, half of them don't have the name dreadnaught in it, and i've never heard someone use this name to classify them, specially the Executor, wich himselfs says "Executor class" if Dreadnought is a classification, then its an Executor class, or vice versa. Its biased because the fanbois are butthurt once someone brings in 40k, thats all there is. 40k ships shoots shells bigger then other franchises ships. "17000m, thats huge", every darn Space Marines chapter has at least 3 Battlebarges and they're at minimum 18km and can transport a whole darn Chapter Company...
@dawfyddkelly8788
@dawfyddkelly8788 4 жыл бұрын
Not directly, no, but certainly the likes of the Gloriana-class Battlebarges that were the flagships of each of the Legiones Astartes during the Great Crusade would qualify as dreadnoughts due to their status and sheer mass, even over the ridiculously OTT vessels of the GrimDark, and each was a system denial vessel in their own right. And the likes of The Phalanx of the Imperial Fists or Abbadon's Planet Killer dwarf even those....
@Dreska_
@Dreska_ 4 жыл бұрын
​@@Mugthraka Except you're wrong...? Nova Class Dreadnought Destiny Ascension Dreadnought Eclipse Class (Star) Dreadnought Jem'Hadar Dreadnought Executor Class (Star) Dreadnought All of these are dreadnoughts in the lore. A dreadnought is already a very specfic thing in 40k and its not even a ship. It doesn't make sense to start calling other things in 40k dreadnoughts. Thats not being butthurt its just common sense, I don't know why this seems to be a controversial opinion. I do agree there are ships in 40k that would be classified as dreadnoughts if they were in a different source material, but they're not. 40k has its own names for ships beyond battleships. Personally I think using 'dreadnought' as a class or term meaning something like 'super-battleship' is dumb anyway, it doesn't even mean that in the real world, and using it implies that the source material can trace its history back to WW1 Britain which is simply not possible in some fictions
@StormWildSpace
@StormWildSpace 4 жыл бұрын
This comment caused me to turn off the video :(
@hobmonger5275
@hobmonger5275 4 жыл бұрын
I love the way you almost always include a Babylon 5 ship in your clips! Best and my favorite shows of the 90’s!
@Matesinocasino
@Matesinocasino 4 жыл бұрын
The Nova-class dreadnought is basically the Nova-class Frigate in 40k (Same size, same name... Different weapons though)
@The_Victorius_One
@The_Victorius_One 4 жыл бұрын
The Schimatar from Star Trek Nemesis was pretty impressive
@MesaperProductions
@MesaperProductions Жыл бұрын
I saw "Empire Strikes Back" in the theater the day it was released. The sequence introducing the Executor super star destroyer was literally break taking. John Williams theme added SUCH much to that scene.
@SmartAlecGaming775
@SmartAlecGaming775 4 жыл бұрын
Was hoping to see the Covenant CSO class supercarrier on the list. The thing is like 27km long.
@murderouskitten2577
@murderouskitten2577 4 жыл бұрын
only 27km
@vonfaustien3957
@vonfaustien3957 4 жыл бұрын
The cso is a lazy and kind of stupid ship. I get a one off aset for a ship with limited screen time takes resorces but taking an existing aset and just upping the size is pathetic especially when its supposed to be some big awe inspiring sight.
@HaldorZX
@HaldorZX 4 жыл бұрын
It's a Supercarrier not a Dreadnought.
@Zadkiel862
@Zadkiel862 4 жыл бұрын
The key is in the name, SuperCARRIER.
@michaeld.uchiha9084
@michaeld.uchiha9084 4 жыл бұрын
Yeah and no Warhammer 40K Dreadnought.😢
@eduardklima5698
@eduardklima5698 4 жыл бұрын
For some reason to me executor always looked unfinished (/rushed to service). Always felt that topside cityscape was supposed to be formed into armored superstructure (like fractalsponge´s belator), bottom should have armor cover for engines and nowdays I would say it´s superstructure should house axial onager style siege weapons/ultra-long range antiship cannons.
@samschellhase8831
@samschellhase8831 4 жыл бұрын
Also, I’m mostly a fan of Star Wars, but I’m surprised no Warhammer 40k ships made the list!
@SkywalkerWroc
@SkywalkerWroc 4 жыл бұрын
That guy is just all about Mass Effect, Star Trek, Star Wars and Battlestar. Sometimes will sprinkle some Halo, Stargate, Expanse, Babylon 5 or some retro-sci-fi from his youth. He never went into exploring anything outside of his core interests.
@davidnguyen5183
@davidnguyen5183 4 жыл бұрын
But there are no Dreadnoughts like ships in WH40k
@ala5530
@ala5530 4 жыл бұрын
Let's be fair, if we determine dreadnought status by tonnage or beam length, then given the #5 on the list, we'd have to include every ship in 40k larger than a Sword-class frigate, with only the Cobra and Widowmaker-class destroyers and Viper-class sloop clocking in smaller. If you throw in firepower as a measure, we might be able to move the dreadnaught line up to the CL/CA mark, as they're typically the smallest to carry Exterminatus-grade weaponry. As a franchise, much as I love it, it's just comically oversized, really. That said, I would go with one of the Gloriana-class battleships. ~20km of nastiness, each intended to lead the fleet of a legion (plus their supports). Granted, they had some very different configurations (no two alike, with the possible exceptions of Alpha and Beta, the two assigned to XX Legion).
@jonathanryan9946
@jonathanryan9946 4 жыл бұрын
@@ala5530 in Warhammer 40k Craftworlds murder ships the size of Dreadnoughts in other franchises. So I get why none are on this list, because 40k dialed everything to 11 so Dreadnoughts are nothing special there.
@kingjonstarkgeryan8573
@kingjonstarkgeryan8573 4 жыл бұрын
@@davidnguyen5183 Gloriana Class Battleship/BattleBarge: Am I a joke to you.
@AlchemistsTable
@AlchemistsTable 4 жыл бұрын
I truly love the sass you're starting to drop in these videos. The assemblage of sentences, with complex structure, hard hitting opinion based on fact and sprinkled with a perfectly relevant and well researched taste of design critique is making these videos so enjoyable - because we've all either thought the same thing or just love hearing someone else say it.
@samschellhase8831
@samschellhase8831 4 жыл бұрын
Another reason the Eclipse is a great one, is because it was probably many people’s *first* space dreadnaught. It set the scene for dreadnaughts in the future
@dukoth6552
@dukoth6552 4 жыл бұрын
supprised you didn't include any of the titans from EVE, especially considering they're not "Do everything" ships
@jackbrunato8960
@jackbrunato8960 4 жыл бұрын
Was expecting atleast an avatar honestly
@supastar4784
@supastar4784 4 жыл бұрын
Pity we didn't see Nova and Omega class using its missiles ( due to budget cuts and not to destroy all other ships way too early), I mean these rows of little round hatches all along the sides of the ship's hull were intended to be missile silos and in fact its primary weapon ( and we saw how deadly can be missiles in space i.e The Expanse series )
@BogeyTheBear
@BogeyTheBear 4 жыл бұрын
Thought the primary weapon were the 'energy mine projectors'-- the two oval gun tubes on the chin of the ship below the launch bay. Essentially, they're a pair of railguns that throw out nuclear bombs.
@Ishlacorrin
@Ishlacorrin 2 жыл бұрын
We might see them in the reboot, depends how it goes.
@adrastos8401
@adrastos8401 4 жыл бұрын
According to the canon lore, the Destroyer was used to get it past the Senate, as a Destroyer is seen as smaller and less war-like then Dreadnought, also those gigantic guns are used for anti-fighter work, in addition to the interceptors
@Hybridchld
@Hybridchld 4 жыл бұрын
Which continued on with the Warlock class. Funnily enough it's an idea they got from the Royal Navy which couldn't get approval for a new class of cruisers and destroyers in the 70's so reclassified the cruisers as destroyers and the destroyers as frigates to get the approval.
@alexboehm3919
@alexboehm3919 4 жыл бұрын
I think my favorite sci fi dreadnaught has to be Oryx’s dreadnaught from destiny
@eschatondesign7218
@eschatondesign7218 4 жыл бұрын
Oryx's dreadnought could easily annihilate any/all of these even if they were to attack it all at once. There's no comparison.
@autumngottlieb3071
@autumngottlieb3071 4 жыл бұрын
The ship has weaponry that literally transcends physics. It's also the size of a small planet.
@freewyvern707
@freewyvern707 4 жыл бұрын
Its so large only the Exclispe Superweapon could even harm it, debatable if the Death Stars could tho
@charlesratcliff2016
@charlesratcliff2016 4 жыл бұрын
The Nova Class Dreadnought is one of my favorites in Babylon 5. It blew me away when it was parked outside of B5 in the episodes GROPS
@jetflaque8187
@jetflaque8187 4 жыл бұрын
Spacedock: "..And in 1e place its the amazing Executor class! " MCRN Donnager: "Am I a joke to you?"
@Dr.Westside
@Dr.Westside 4 жыл бұрын
Donnager would be raped by an executor .
@austinmartin612
@austinmartin612 4 жыл бұрын
It might be from a video game but it was a SciFi video game... The Dammerung from Xenosaga was a hell of a dreadnaught, as was the Durandal
@eurosn7322
@eurosn7322 4 жыл бұрын
Daniel's number 4:" ships that can do everything are not that interesting to me" number 1: "So here's the executor"
@RevanTheFireMage
@RevanTheFireMage 4 жыл бұрын
My favorite quote from Spacedock from a video a long time ago “Dreadnaught, fear nothing” idk it stuck with me for some reason Edit: He also said this at the beginning of the video so yeah 😂
@gusty9053
@gusty9053 4 жыл бұрын
From a battleships history documentary: "it's an old english word that literally means: fear nothing, and it's an old name in the royal navy, one fought against the spanish armada, another fought at trafalgar". Also it was the name of the first "all big guns" type of battleship launched before WW1 (naval historians actually define ships in a pre-dreadnought / post dreadnought classification, it was that revolutionary when it launched). So you see why it kind of stuck :) plus the brits are good at giving cool names to warships :)).
@blighty8607
@blighty8607 4 жыл бұрын
Spacedock, please think about doing another verses episode!! How about a Wraith Hive Ship vs a Mercury Class Battlestar? The Battlestar's flak field vs the Hives Dart complement could be very interesting! 👍🤞
@blighty8607
@blighty8607 4 жыл бұрын
You might be right but as we've seen in BSG, a Battlestar can take a lot of punishment and still put out an impressive display of firepower. Also consider that in SG:A the Wraith never really faced anyone with a decent amount of fighter support, that could mean the Colonial Viper pilots more comprehensive training could win out against the Wraith drone sworm and destroy tactics. Finally I don't think you can dismiss the Colonial Jump Drive for attack and retreat options as well as Raptors mass jumping in close with a overwhelming nuclear barrage. What do you think?
@blighty8607
@blighty8607 4 жыл бұрын
Your point is well taken. Do you have any ideas for a Verses matchup?
@connorking8503
@connorking8503 4 жыл бұрын
The _Revelation_ class is my #1 for sure
@yoda0017
@yoda0017 3 жыл бұрын
My favorite Dreadnought has to be the Colossus from Freespace 2. Probably most people don't even know about that franchise, sadly. My all-time favorite space sim combat game.
@scorpixel1866
@scorpixel1866 4 жыл бұрын
8:00 Wait a second THAT ship is in a ST series?! It looks GORGEOUS! No kidding the more i learn about DS9 the more i'm interested in seeing it
@absalomdraconis
@absalomdraconis 4 жыл бұрын
@@Xondar11223344 : It's long-form style also made it more effective for plot development & such. The early episodes seemingly suffered as a result, but I'd say that's more than compensated for by the reduction of the restraints imposed by other series' "stage play of the week" format.
@3Rayfire
@3Rayfire 4 жыл бұрын
DS9 holds up the best of all Star Treks. It's story format was ahead of its time, the character development was highest level, the characters also all had immense charisma, and the subject matter is still relevant...hell more relevant, today.
@eds1942
@eds1942 4 жыл бұрын
It takes a while to grow on you, but it has some of the best episodes in Trek.
@Mugthraka
@Mugthraka 4 жыл бұрын
Dunno about gorgoues, but at least it doesn't look like some hippies decided to glue some dildos on the side of a frisbee and call it a vessel... So thats something i guess
@lukedogwalker
@lukedogwalker 4 жыл бұрын
Quote of the day: "Glad we got to see it kick the crap out of a ship full of Wesley Crushers." 😁
@achong007
@achong007 3 жыл бұрын
Executor-class ship is nice... When I played the Xwing vs Tie Fighter: balance of power. We had to cut off its supplies, Destroy fuel tankers, destroy food shipment, destroy medical supplies, and a bunch of other stuff. We even destroy tie fighter parts delivery. In the end, you had to destroy as many supplies as possible. Starve the crew. Cut repair parts off and when they are running low on fuel, we had to destroy it before the reinforcement arrives. Destroy the 2 shield towers and ion the torpedo until the computer goes down and drop a blockade runner full of space bombs right into the bridge while taking out the remaining functional tie fighters. After that boom, no more Executor ship. If you could mount rail cannons with space bombs, you could do more damage that way. It will only work with capital ships.
@Washeek
@Washeek 4 жыл бұрын
I'm missing the Hand of Sajuuk - such an iconic piece of hardware and the plasma vents lighting up when charging the coaxial beam was an experience to witness all by itself.
@Commander_Applejack
@Commander_Applejack Жыл бұрын
"Bring Sajuuk to bear!"
@Washeek
@Washeek Жыл бұрын
@@Commander_Applejack "But I can't find the bear?!" - Karan S'jet probably...
@Calmputer
@Calmputer 4 жыл бұрын
curious what your thoughts would be on Oryx's Dreadnaught from Destiny.
@freewyvern707
@freewyvern707 4 жыл бұрын
One thing i love is that Oryx's Dreadnought is basically a plug for his throne world
@buterassassin1952
@buterassassin1952 3 жыл бұрын
Calmputer EXACTLY
@valtersplume3726
@valtersplume3726 4 жыл бұрын
You should do a video about the Cairn-class tomb ship from Warhammer40K.
@Mugthraka
@Mugthraka 4 жыл бұрын
Well technically doesn't Tomb-WORLDS also capable of interstellar flight?
@valtersplume3726
@valtersplume3726 4 жыл бұрын
@@Mugthraka there was only one World Engine. But that's also an interesting topic.
@charlespfaff6585
@charlespfaff6585 4 жыл бұрын
Dreadnoughts (DN) Chuck’s Favorites 2019 September 2 5. Donnager-class (The Expanse) 4. Portent Of Darkness Comet Empire Dreadnought (Space Battleship Yamato) 3. Federation-class (NCC-2100) Dreadnaught (Star Trek: Franz Joseph) 2. Executor-class Star Dreadnought (Star Wars) 1. Apocalypse Class (Warhammer 40,000)
@keithgilham9438
@keithgilham9438 4 жыл бұрын
“Kicking the crap outta a ship load of Wesley crushers” best description ever
@DMSProduktions
@DMSProduktions 4 жыл бұрын
Very nice, but NO Wing Commander Dreads like the Concordia or Midway? The Kilrathi Dreads?
@TemplarsWildFire
@TemplarsWildFire 2 жыл бұрын
He's probably too young to even know about Wing Commander.
@DMSProduktions
@DMSProduktions 2 жыл бұрын
@@TemplarsWildFire No, he's done quite a BIT of WC stuff!
@mrichar9
@mrichar9 4 жыл бұрын
"Glad we got to see it kick the crap out of a ship full of Wesley Crushers." HahHa SHUT UP, WESLEY!
@patrickmcdonald8513
@patrickmcdonald8513 4 жыл бұрын
Excellent episode with great thought. Thrilled you listed the Executor as #1. I suspected you would...and you did!
@CantankerousDave
@CantankerousDave 4 жыл бұрын
I had to look it up to refresh my memory, but that Dominion ship reminds me of the Draconian flagship in the cheeseball 1970s Buck Rogers TV show. Maybe it’s the tuning fork prow.
@autumngottlieb3071
@autumngottlieb3071 4 жыл бұрын
"I'm about to end this man's whole career." -High Admiral Anton Trejo
@buckshot7583
@buckshot7583 3 жыл бұрын
Someone been reading book 7 of the expanse series?
@autumngottlieb3071
@autumngottlieb3071 3 жыл бұрын
Precisely.
@justrandom90
@justrandom90 4 жыл бұрын
Lol i cant believe youtube do this again no view 2 like great video spacedock keep upbthe good work and remember to stay healthy
@rhouck8407
@rhouck8407 3 жыл бұрын
I don’t know what makes a ship a dreadnought, but the Narada was pretty terrifying. Along with any Reaper ship.
@SaturnCanuck
@SaturnCanuck 4 жыл бұрын
Awesome,. One of your best videos. I remember as a kid (16) seeing the Executor first appear and I was awestruck. More videos
@retluoc
@retluoc 4 жыл бұрын
I think the Scimitar from Star Trek Nemesis could take that Gem-Hadar vessel one-on-one.
@remanscimitar
@remanscimitar 4 жыл бұрын
The Scimitar was technically designed to fight Jem'Hadar ships lol. The Romulans learned their lessons after the loss of the Tal Shiar/Obsidian Order fleets at the Founders homeworld. (loads of lore behind it, issue is some of it will be labeled non-canon as it's in comics/novels and games vs televised).
@retluoc
@retluoc 4 жыл бұрын
Now that you mention it, that makes perfect sense. If the war with the Dominion hadn't ended when it did, that probably would have been the next class ship put into mass production.
@zeroangelmk1
@zeroangelmk1 4 жыл бұрын
The scimitar was OP. Incredibly maneuverable, crazy good shields, perfect cloaking. Basically no weaknesses except for ramming. "Perhaps today IS a good day to die!"
@Dr.Westside
@Dr.Westside 4 жыл бұрын
Easy win for Scimitar.
@pollall2793
@pollall2793 4 жыл бұрын
The Jem’Hadar “dreadnought” is not a dreadnought... It’s a Battleship, yes the Feds May coincided it a dreadnought, but if the faction that built it don’t consider it one, it isn’t...
@gokbay3057
@gokbay3057 4 жыл бұрын
I mean "Dreadnought" is just a different term for a Battleship. There is no actual difference.
@pollall2793
@pollall2793 4 жыл бұрын
Gökçe Okbay There are many battleships in real life that aren’t considered dreadnoughts, the only was that is, is the USS Texas.
@gokbay3057
@gokbay3057 4 жыл бұрын
@@pollall2793 actually all battleships prior to the building of the HMS Dreadnought are Pre-Dreadnoughts and as such not Dreadnoughts. The Japanese Mikasa is one example of such a ship and is still maintained as a museum ship. And battleships following that (the Dreadnought) and designed based on that are Dreadnoughts. So all Dreadnoughts are battleships but not all battleships are Dreadnoughts.
@NihilusShadow
@NihilusShadow 4 жыл бұрын
"It’s a Battleship, yes the Feds May coincided it a dreadnought," Actually, seeing as the entire episode is from the Valiant's perspective and they call it a battleship, that would imply "battleship" is Starfleet's classification for it and not necessarily the Dominion's. In other media, such as Star Trek Online, the ship is a Dreadnought Carrier. You can argue STO isn't canon, but it could be why Spacedock went with the Dreadnought classification for this vessel.
@toomanyaccounts
@toomanyaccounts 4 жыл бұрын
@@NihilusShadow all dreadnoughts are battleships
@reverendparadox7316
@reverendparadox7316 3 жыл бұрын
My favorite part about the executor is how there looks to be an actual high rise city around the bridge.
@davitto01
@davitto01 4 жыл бұрын
I want to see an Executor class done in a 40k style or Lantean style from Stargate Atlantis. Making the cityscape on the top legitimately city like, with towers and such. Like "Hey we care about you so little, we can have these thin fragile towers right in plain sight and you won't even touch them".
@vincediscombe7360
@vincediscombe7360 4 жыл бұрын
Executor: "it's a lovely do-everything ship, cuts through space, beautiful, blah blah" Vengeful Spirit: Am I a Joke to you?
@Mugthraka
@Mugthraka 4 жыл бұрын
Vengefull Spirit ftw, nothing is more bad ass than a giant ass battleship imbued with the power of the Warp that has lost Archeo-technology with a highly intelligent and vindicative "IA" ( sort off) with cannons large and wide enough to shoot the empire state building at other ships... And thats just tuesday.
@slitor
@slitor 2 жыл бұрын
Oh for fuck sake! I love 40K but it aint got nothing on the emotional impact the first 3 star wars movies pre Special Edition had!
@vincediscombe7360
@vincediscombe7360 2 жыл бұрын
​@@slitor yes. However. The video isn't "most emotionally impactful films in scifi" it's "top 5 scifi dreadnoughts" And the Spirit never got downed by an interceptor smashing into the bridge :P :P
@slitor
@slitor 2 жыл бұрын
@@vincediscombe7360 of course its the one and same, silly you.
@Thumblegudget
@Thumblegudget 4 жыл бұрын
Pfff! The best sci-fi Dreadnaught is CNV-301 Dreadnaught. Obviously.
@avitwyn3838
@avitwyn3838 4 жыл бұрын
Seconded. Given the lack of I-War coverage on this channel I must only conclude that the team are unfamiliar with the games and their superb but grounded ship designs
@TheOneZytel
@TheOneZytel 4 жыл бұрын
Never thought I would hear someone mention that ship.
@Thumblegudget
@Thumblegudget 4 жыл бұрын
TheOneZytel Would you dig up my grave?
@Tholias
@Tholias 4 жыл бұрын
Dreadnaught Class Corvette, you uncultured swine! ;-)
@TheOneZytel
@TheOneZytel 4 жыл бұрын
@@Thumblegudget I beg your pardon? I need to play the whole game though, because I only experienced the demo for both the original and expansion. It is on my wishlist on GOG, so the time will come. :)
@samstarkweather5172
@samstarkweather5172 2 жыл бұрын
Consider, for a moment, the fact that HMS Dreadnought was commissioned all the way back in 1907. By the outbreak of WW1, less than a decade later, she and her fellow Dreadnoughts were outclassed by so called "Super-Dreadnoughts." By the end of the war, any power that continued to use pre-dreadnoughts in front line service was no power to be feared, thus leading to the term "Dreadnought" falling into disuse. And yet, despite the term being removed from its original context by more than a century, the term Dreadnought still commands respect. How impressive is that?
@CyberBeep_kenshi
@CyberBeep_kenshi 3 жыл бұрын
I am missing Spaceball 1;) I also loved the Peacekeeper dreadnoughts from Farscape where people were born, raised and trained and perhaps never left. It even had parks, for training of course:)
@trinhkhanh9864
@trinhkhanh9864 4 жыл бұрын
Yay Spacedock uploaded, I can't wait to see what big, baddass ship that can reduced planets to molten rock gonna be on this video! Gonna get a lot of flak for this, but i have to said this... Not a single mention of Forerunner or Imperium of Man ships. Most of the ship on this list aren't worthy of the tithe Dreadnought! The Glorianas and Mantle Approach are considered ones of the strongest vessels ever to sail the stars, but not even a footnote in this video. They are literally, the embodiment of FEAR NOTHING! But a flying hair dryer of the blueskin-tentacles head is fourth place?
@madtoffelpremium8324
@madtoffelpremium8324 4 жыл бұрын
Where is the Warhammer 40K stuff? They have so many ridiculous ships like the Phalanx and the Gloriana class for the Imperium, but all other mayor factions have thier titan ships too.
@randomelite4562
@randomelite4562 4 жыл бұрын
Madtoffel Premium The Phalanx is a battle station and Gloriana Class are battleships technically not Dreadnoughts
@valtersplume3726
@valtersplume3726 4 жыл бұрын
I think the Cairn-class tomb ship used by the Necrons can be considered a dreadnought. By the way, it's my favourite WH40K ship.
@randomelite4562
@randomelite4562 4 жыл бұрын
Valters Plūme Cool
@SkywalkerWroc
@SkywalkerWroc 4 жыл бұрын
He doesn't know Warhammer 40k. In fact there's tons of universes with excellent ships that he never explores (eg. Homeworld, Freespace, EVE, Honorverse come first in mind)
@aralornwolf3140
@aralornwolf3140 4 жыл бұрын
@@SkywalkerWroc , I believe most of the youtubers stick with Sci-Fi series which have books, TV shows, and movies made about them. Especially the latter two. This insures that there is an audience interested in their videos. I love the Honourverse series myself. It's a well designed universe with clearly defined laws of physics which all of its technology needs to obey. It even had small little ship models (for a table top strategy game. I should have bought HMS Nike [Reliant Class BC] then) in stores around 10 years ago. I understand why people don't use it... and since the largest ships are Super-Dreadnoughts... they wouldn't have fared well in this list... maybe RMN's Sphinx class Dreadnoughts. *Shrugs* Yet, they are obsolescent pieces of crap now. :(
@Leptospirosi
@Leptospirosi 3 жыл бұрын
I've always been a fan of the Shar'Lin class: beautifull, deadly the product of a race that does not cut angles to bring stuff fast at the front, but also not invincible when countered by more adavced "old races". It is the best and more advanced ship from the oldest if the young races and it shows that.
@darthrevan704
@darthrevan704 4 жыл бұрын
at full capacity the executor class could carry thousands of tie fighters
@luizfcavalcanti
@luizfcavalcanti 4 жыл бұрын
Wait... no BSG Gallactica? No Warhammer 40K?
@mastersergeantjojam8069
@mastersergeantjojam8069 4 жыл бұрын
Y not 40k The phalanx you know the banana bus for the Imperial fists
@olivier5251
@olivier5251 4 жыл бұрын
The phalanx is barely a dreadnought. More like a small man made moon
@BeyondDaX
@BeyondDaX 4 жыл бұрын
It's a space station
@mastersergeantjojam8069
@mastersergeantjojam8069 4 жыл бұрын
Two things One it’s not the space station it can move Tow it being a moon ye you rite
@BeyondDaX
@BeyondDaX 4 жыл бұрын
@@mastersergeantjojam8069 Its not shaped like a ship then its a space station. If it looks like a big old box of bananas then its space station
@mastersergeantjojam8069
@mastersergeantjojam8069 4 жыл бұрын
The ISS in real life doesn’t look like that and space station means an object that cannot move into something like that or a bit of a planet
@thitsugaya1224
@thitsugaya1224 4 жыл бұрын
"Kick the crap out of a shipfull of Wesley Crushers." Ok you win the internet for that one, I almost spit my drink on that one.
@robertreese5031
@robertreese5031 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you Daniel for the letting me know about the expanse audio books. Just started the first one.
@Allan_aka_RocKITEman
@Allan_aka_RocKITEman 4 жыл бұрын
_"And now we're getting into some of the truly ridiculous stuff."_ 😝😝😝😝😝😝😝 _"...the First Order's giant ridiculous mega thing..."_ 😄😄😄😄😄😄😄
@darthcalanil5333
@darthcalanil5333 4 жыл бұрын
All Hail the mighty Executor! Lord Vader would be pleased.
@darthXreven
@darthXreven 4 жыл бұрын
then it get's hit by a A-Wing, loses deflector shields then sufferes severe damage and plummets into the death star and blows up.... all mourn the Executor!
@christophergillette7167
@christophergillette7167 4 жыл бұрын
Well-done vid. And I agree. The Executor is so beautiful and epic. I just had an 8-player game of Armada, and the fabulous 2-foot-long Executor model just dominated the table.
@Raptor302
@Raptor302 3 жыл бұрын
Executor: One second on the otherside of Endor. Next second: crashing into the DS2. *They did my boy dirty*
@ebenezer1690
@ebenezer1690 4 жыл бұрын
40k need not apply, shame.
@TheTank1900
@TheTank1900 4 жыл бұрын
I’m gonna be honest I dislike the Eclipse class. Something about it just strikes me as really...dumb. Idk.
@Arashmickey
@Arashmickey 4 жыл бұрын
It plays second fiddle to the Executor. It feels a little contrived, because "hur dur Executur + death star lasur", but that could just be natural evolution of dreadnought design. You could say it's an upside down elf shoe, but if banana shape is best shape for one-shotting other dreadnoughts then that's just function over form. That said, Executor is just more awesome.
@TheTank1900
@TheTank1900 4 жыл бұрын
@@Arashmickey Exactly. Like, the shape of the thing isn't so bad, I think it could actually look quite cool, but like the bridge design is even dumber looking than normal Imperial design, the engines usually look pathetic for it's size, like this thing is basically immobile when not in hyperspace, the superlaser thing seems really just...extra outside of a dedicated siege ship, it's starfighter capacity is pathetic for a ship it's size, 10 interdictor bulbs are just unnecessary, most of the things about it just seem...not engaging at all.
@superdupergrover9857
@superdupergrover9857 4 жыл бұрын
I get the exact same feeling. Could not tell you why.
@JonathanCirillo
@JonathanCirillo 4 жыл бұрын
I loved the scale of the Supremacy. How it lobbed the shots made it seemed bigger because of the range.
@caad5258
@caad5258 4 жыл бұрын
the keel bow really put me off personally.
@topphatt1312
@topphatt1312 3 жыл бұрын
7:22 “Palpatine is more concerned with the super weapon of the week than having a well balanced navy” now all I can think of is like a flyer thing on an Imperial bulletin board saying “DON’T MISS THIS WEEKS SUPERWEAPON SUNDAY AT 12:00 PM IMPERIAL STANDARD TIME”
@IAmEvilTree
@IAmEvilTree 4 жыл бұрын
Pretty good list, wasn't expecting the Jem'Hadar dreadnought but I'm glad it's there.
@BlackReaps
@BlackReaps 4 жыл бұрын
I have a question for Spacedock: I don't see much sci-fi game ships on your channel. Is this on purpose?
@BlackReaps
@BlackReaps 4 жыл бұрын
@Doctor Tophat Derp, now I feel like an idiot. I was, however, thinking more in terms of PC games like EVE Online, Elite Dangerous, and Star Citizen
@Coolman13355
@Coolman13355 3 жыл бұрын
@@BlackReaps Just discovered the channel less then a week ago. Already seen some Wing Commander and even Freespace.
@Cailus3542
@Cailus3542 4 жыл бұрын
There is one ship that springs to mind here: the Peacekeeper Command Carrier in Farscape. It is a well executed example of the ship type, and one Command Carrier has a huge impact on the show. The ship is actually described in detail as not just a warship but a mobile city of 50,000 that soldiers would spend their entire lives on, with vast gardens, recreational facilities, creches and reproductive services. It's there for three full seasons and requires a heartbreaking sacrifice to finally destroy, while its actual destruction is handled exactly as such a deadly event should be. Farscape is a criminally underappreciated sci-fi show, and the Command Carrier certainly is a great part of that.
@s.31.l50
@s.31.l50 4 жыл бұрын
I honestly didn’t expect to see the Jem Hadar battleship here. I thought: hmmmm dreadnoughts, obviously it’s all gonna be from Star Wars. Still happy to see it though.
@q.m.5454
@q.m.5454 4 жыл бұрын
shame on you, no gloriana class battleship....
@BeyondDaX
@BeyondDaX 4 жыл бұрын
What?
@nitebones1
@nitebones1 4 жыл бұрын
@@BeyondDaX flagships of the primarcks from warhammer, to put them in perspective they are 20-26km long making them at least 1km longer than a executor, yet they still super bulky like all imperial ships, a example is Macragge's Honour
@BeyondDaX
@BeyondDaX 4 жыл бұрын
@@nitebones1 Huh alright. Now I am curious about those ships.
@nitebones1
@nitebones1 4 жыл бұрын
@@BeyondDaX sadly in the lore most have been destroyed, one of the best stories is the blood angels ship, they crashed it into a planet, turned it into a temple, and after some time towed it out
@ricktoconnor
@ricktoconnor 4 жыл бұрын
Until their inclusion in the BFG:Armada 2 RTS, we didnt even have clear stats/weapon counts on Macragge's Honour and Vengeful Spirit, let alone the other Glorianas. (and I know that while MH's design looks close with previous depictions of Glorianas... VS's model in game looking like a massively enlarged Despoiler/Desecrator I think has had some people scratch heads) And we all know GW's... inconsistency when it comes to fluff texts on these awesome ships. As much as having them on a list like this may seem awesome, until GW gives something like a full ship stat guide or something, I cant blame Daniel for not including 40K ships.
@noirangel6416
@noirangel6416 4 жыл бұрын
Personally my favorite dreadnought is the Klingon Cleave ship, from Star Trek Dicovery S2. Very intimidating and alien in design.
@BeyondDaX
@BeyondDaX 4 жыл бұрын
Glad someone likes it
@danielkorladis7869
@danielkorladis7869 2 жыл бұрын
The Executor I always thought was better looking than Eclipse. The larger length to width ratio, and that narrowed part at the stern, I think are why, plus as you mentioned, how it's relatively "flat." Sorta like a gigantic low rider.
@RealTheNatoorat
@RealTheNatoorat 4 жыл бұрын
My dearest friend Daniel from Spacedock... what about Spaceball One? That ship has an advantage over any Dreadnought, because it can go from suck to blow!
@TheArklyte
@TheArklyte 4 жыл бұрын
Well, are they dreadnoughts though? Half of these ships serve part time as carriers.
@Synthonym
@Synthonym 4 жыл бұрын
If you've got something that size it'd be madness not to stick a hanger or two in it
@TheArklyte
@TheArklyte 4 жыл бұрын
@@Synthonym yeah, sure, it's not like we have escort carriers for that and you've just thrown out extra ammo, capacitors, shield arrys, cooling stations and so on. What a madness, right?:D
@TheMhalpern
@TheMhalpern 4 жыл бұрын
@@TheArklyte depends on how long engagements typically last, you also need to be able to move people and material on and off the ship, and unless you intend it to be strictly for defense, you need to be able to move repair crews across the outer hull more effectively with heavy equipment so you can do repairs without needing to go to a shipyard or drydock, so you need hangars anyways, thus much of the logistics systems you need to support fighters is already there edit and if you go Halo style, the empty hangars are a place to dump heat...
@TheArklyte
@TheArklyte 4 жыл бұрын
@@TheMhalpern let me put a real world analogy for you to understand the problem. There is a difference between helicopter pad or launch catapult for hydroplane and full scale landing strip with hangars for storing. There are hangars and HANGARS. Wing of fighters would require the latter. Irl ships are supplied and repaired by other ships, not by aircraft. Only nuclear ice breakers can be supplied by helicopter, but those are almost autonomous and have very small crew. Everything else is just a result of transport ship getting close and going in parallel course while they refuel and resupply. Who needs cooked fighters, munitions and personnel? When we're talking about cooling down spaceship, we're talking about temperatures that turn copper into gas on contact.
@crocfighter.1322
@crocfighter.1322 4 жыл бұрын
TheArklyte yes but hangars put big holes in the ship (where more heat can be dispersed) and carry essentially moving guns which disperse their heat away from the mothership. Also aircraft and spacecraft are different, space craft need no landing strip as they do not rely on velocity to keep them “up”. They would be more similar to an attack helicopter. Plus these ships are so huge that smaller resupply ships basically just go into the hangar, in the opening of a new hope we see that the ISD 1 can have an entire corvette in its hangar bay, and an executor could probably have an entire heavy freighter in its bays. Besides in most of these universes the strength of these ships is not in their fighters but in their planet burning arsenal, the ships really just keep enemies at an acceptable distance while the big guns do their thing.
@rensc4262
@rensc4262 4 жыл бұрын
Come on Spacedock, no Eve online ships? You keep referring to ships with specific roles making a good navy. Well my friend consider the ships from Eve Online. Are we going to recycle STAR WARS, Star Trek, Babylon 5 with a little Galactica and Stargate the whole time?
@Tonydjjokerit
@Tonydjjokerit 4 жыл бұрын
my sentiments exactly Rensc 42.After all even a Drifter Battleship would make mincemeat out of an Executor and an Eclipse rather easily,so could a Triglavian Leshak.How about it Spacedock???
@alganhar1
@alganhar1 4 жыл бұрын
@@Tonydjjokerit That's because Drifter BB's are fucking scary, and as they will never be in the players hands they can make them literally as powerful as they want to. CCP has to balance Eve's ships around the combat, sure, we as players abuse everything we can, I somehow doubt that CCP expected a moderate sized Corp to own and regularly deploy 6 Titans and 32 Supercarriers. Why do I say this? Admittedly, my Corp is Super and Cap heavy (and yes, I am one of those Titan Pilots), but those ships are not corp owned assets.... They are *personally* owned, 6 personally owned Titans in a corp, each one of those, plus its fits, plus the FAX for your Fax alt, plus the implants will not leave you much change from 90 Billion. This is BEFORE you factor in the Force Recons for your Cyno Chain (which, lets face it are chump change compared to the Titan!). But we can drop 6 of them plus 32 Supercarriers and 20 FAX's! Wonder how that would look at say the Battle of Endor! Admiral, that first big one is losing armour... we are seeing..... (voice trails off as the FAX's remote reps hit then 6 Titans doomsday! while the Supers are throwing warp disrupt and Neut fields about like deranged children... and THEN the Heavy Fighters arrive!)
@josephn8325
@josephn8325 4 жыл бұрын
And where’s the Space Battleship Yamato?
@lokai7914
@lokai7914 4 жыл бұрын
I laughed out loud at "...a shipload of Wesley Crushers..."!
@Novarcharesk
@Novarcharesk 4 жыл бұрын
I swear you said 'Dildar War'. That made me giggle a lot.
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