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Scimitar Class Reman Warbird, Role: Plot Device.

This is like something I would have come up with when I was 9. "It has so many disruptors and it can fire them when cloaked and you can't ever find it, never ever, if it's cloaked and anyway it has TWO shields and it can disintegrate everyone on a spaceship...I mean planet!"

Nemesis gets a lot of criticism but it had one of the best Star Trek battles. Worth watching for that alone

It's cloak has one other weakness, _telepathy._ Starfleet should have really mandated that they have at least one full Betazoid crewmember on every combat and exploration ship, just for utility. A basic empath like Deanna Troi was very useful on the Enterprise-D throughout its missions, imagine if she had the abilities (but not the personality) of her mother Luxwana… "Well, those robots gave us a bit of a problem, we haven't had so much trouble since those Ferengi - who are at least predictable and single minded… …Captain, there's a cloaked ship coming into range, Romulan, they want to play a bit of brinkmanship. Give me a link to tactical and I'll enter their coordinates, oh and their shields will engage on a frequency of 38.4753mhz".

She is the Bismarck... fearsome...unmatched one on one yet had a short life.

I'm wondering if the Scimitar was developed for use against the Dominion. It does seem like the ideal ship for launching a first strike against the Great Link in the event of another war.

Nemesis should have had Riker take command of the Titan while the Enterprise went to Romulus. Then the movie could have been about Picard and his new first officer learning to work with each other while fighting the Scimitar. Then Riker could show up at the end with a Federation fleet including Voyager under the command of Tuvok. Then instead of a dragged out battle, we could have had 10 minutes of Starfleet kicking ass.

"She's gotta' have a tail pipe." - Lieutenant Nyota Uhura.

Interesting - I'd still love to see you cover the triple-nacelle Niagara Class, the forgotten kitbash from the Battle of Wolf 359.

It’s cool but it’s like it was designed by a child, -Ooh it’s invisible, -Has 5x the firepower of all other ships -It has a source of infinite power and can destroy all life -It has 60 shielded strike craft -It has the best sensors ever designed Etc. It’s dumb.

A couple of ships of note that show up in Star Trek Online (where its available as a Tier 5 Deadnought Warbird): The I.R.W. Leahval functioned as Empress Sela's flagship and flagship of the Romulan Star Empire until Sela's disappearance over Brea III in 2409. This ship carries the Thalaron weapon. The I.R.W. Valdore was captained by Commander/Empress Donatra until she was assimilated by the Borg somewhere around 2390. It shows up again as the final boss in the "Khitomer Vortex" scenario, although the only weapons it carries are Thalaron weapon and a launch bay full of support probes. The R.R.W. Lleiset is technically not a Scimitar-class, but part of the Tulwar-subclass. It was launched by the Romulan Republic in 2409 to provide them with a Flagship on par with the Enterprise, and is currently captained by Commander Tirau Jarok. Also, the Republic later develops their own Dreadnoughts that have definite design inspirations from the Scimitar.

Imagine designing the greatest warship in history but leaving the power core completely unprotected from hand phasers...... 100x worse than the Death Star exhaust port flaw.

The dimensions listed are incorrect to the image. The wingspan is clearly more than the hull length.

great breakdown. though i have to say the music choice seemed off and Alister's narration could have been so much more powerful, this is a frightening mythical ship but the breakdown doesn't reflect that. and i say that as somone who has covered the Scimitar in Depth.

This is the ship you get when you use cheat codes...

Sounds like it was decided to give it all the advantages of exisiting ships without their disadvantages. Well, except for anti-plotarmor of course...

I think you should do a Video on the USS Pasteur that would be interesting to see

I don't care what you say the Battle of the Bazin Rift was a good spectacle even if the ship was so OP it broke cannon and logic.

This reminds me of that one video of the defunct series where the Scimitar was pitted against Sovereign...still, great job, as always!

"Ironic" quote palpatine

Pity the Remans didn't spend another couple of days working on the design, I'm sure they could've figured out how to make it go warp 10 without turning the crew into catfish as well.

the one thing i like about nemesis is that its full of descent references (you know the 90s 6dof shooter). even the scimitar looks like an overgrown pyro gx. and that scene where they are flying the fighters through the ship.

Ah yes, the Scimitar. For when you want to make the Prometheus-class look measured and reasonable by comparison.

Remember the Romulans had built the D'Deridex Class Warbirds and they were very large as well at measuring over: 1,041.42 meters long 847.92 meters wide 289.92 meters high By comparison it was larger than the Federation Galaxy Class and the Scimitar Class was at least nearly 7 times the size of the Federation Sovereign Class.

Step 1: Take Scimitar Step 2: Load up on Cannons Step 3: Cannon Scatter Volley 3 to victory.

they got the length and width reversed. Which is odd considering they got the dimensions right on the scimitar vs Reaper video that came out 4 years before this one.

Can you image if picard and left his rifle on overload to blow up the reactor, and teleported away? Surely, the writers would never decide to have 2 main characters risk their lives on something so simple right?

I think I could settle for any ONE of the Scimitar's "cheat" mechanics to make it a sort of boss level adversary for a final battle, but adding all of them together just makes it insanely stupid. Perfect Cloak that you can shield and fire from... ok. That on its own is not so over-the-top, and it's also been done before. We saw this mechanic in Star Trek VI, so perfecting that technology isn't so far off the map. Primary AND secondary shielding. Ok. So this ship gets by on impenetrable defense. That is not an absurd tactic. If you can render your enemy's weapons inert, then you can essentially fire at them from any position with impunity. Again, alone it is not so over-the-top. 52 disruptor banks. Ok, so this gets by on overwhelming fire power. In gamer terminology we would call this winning trades. You take 3 phaser hits and in return you deal 52. Then it doesn't matter if your defenses match theirs, because there is no way you are going to incur less damage than you receive in any engagement. You might take a few hits to the hull, but they'll be a smoldering space wreck. BUT ADDING ALL OF THESE TOGETHER IS JUST INSANELY POOR WRITING. I don't mind gimmick ships, ships that excel at a single thing in order to best their opponents by always defining the engagement on their own terms, but this combination of characteristics just makes the ship stupidly over-powered and unbelievable. Add the Thelaron radiation super-weapon on top of that and its just retarded.

"It is the awesomest ship evar, and is able to be better than your stuff. Designed by your little brother, the Scimitar is just kewl and shoots a bazillion guns for hours."

This was always one of my favorite ships to use in Star Trek Online. Just so cool

Despite what some people say, I love the ship! Next Vid Suggestion: Phalanx, the mobile fortress-monastery of the Imperial Fists

A lot of people don't like it but I kinda love it. Hell some people it breaks cannon, it's too op etc but I don't think it is. It's not to unreasonable to imagine it's development. Side note: without plot contrivance I would still suggest a Borg cube ( maybe a tactical one) as still quite capable at taking it out.

You should do more Eve Online ships, there's so many to pick from. My favorite is the Jackdaw, but any one of them would be cool. I know you already did the Tempest, but a supercarrier like the Nyx or a titan like the Avatar are some of the most interesting ones to talk about.

Awesome video I learned alot about that ship I was always curious about. It was neat watching a shihp firing under cloak and no matter how many times it was hit they just couldn't make a dent. It's funny to see early days of big actors who knew the young picard clone would become venum in later years.

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Very well made.

i own this ship in STO on it's own it is nothing special but after putting some very good plasma beams on this ship and some epic shields combine with full spread torpedo and some other consoles this thing (USED CORRECTLY) is a beast! but alas i see so many people complain it is not that great but 90% of that is failure to use this ship as intended. People do not use the de cloaking damage bonus, They do not use the cloak in a way to position them selves for a VERY nasty strike on intended target,They do not use other players to drop said targets shields that maximizes a devastating full spread torp attack. The most common arguments are it turns to slow. Well yes it does turn slow but that can be fixed with traits and endeavors. My scimitar has now a +12 turn rate and even more while cloaked (taking advantage of surprise and good positioning) off sets this 100%. Most of these types of complaints come from those who use cannons rather then beams. Beams 360 deg fire arc with a SLIGHT trade off on damage witch is then off set by the fact that i can hit you at ANY angle. Cannons 90 deg fire arc in some cases a significant boost in damage but this is off set due to the fact that your target has to be in front of you. Smaller ships can absolutely run circles around you effectively negating you ever getting a clear shot BEAMS for the win :D but in closing i have to say this has to be one of my most fave ship in STO it is an absolute joy to use (if done correctly) and a nightmare for the tactically inept or in experienced ship captain. This ship by no means is new player friendly in any way until some combat knowledge can be learned to properly use this cloak to your advantage.

I think you have switched the numbers there a bit. The width (Wingspan) should be higher than the length of the ship, unless it flies sideways...

Finally getting the recognition it deserves

How in the world was Shinzon able to build this right under the nose of the Romulans? That’s like someone on the FBI’s Most Wanted List building an aircraft carrier without the US Navy or Coast Guard noticing!

At first I thought it was some sort of Kilrathi fighter craft==Daniel you really must revisit the Wing Commander and Freespace universes.

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Thanks for including that one

Sovereign class: Finally a worthy opponent our battle will be legendary!

It's in online seen it a few times plus faced it in star trek bridge commander too .

It has a small weakness in its cloak, it falters slightly when dropping to STL. It's not much of a weakness but could perhaps be exploited with some appropriate tactical bait and run warps.

"52 disruptor cannons, 27 photon torpedo launchers, front and aft shields."🛡 Worf.

Was really hoping Daniel was going to take this one but oh well can't have it all, just happy we finally got a breakdown for the Scimitar it's been one I've long hoped we'd get.

Really cool space warship ! I want one for Christmas !

"You know who I hate? Remans." "Ew, they're the worst."

My most used ship type in STO followed only by the fleet Shepard and fleet Mogai.

One word to this ship. OP

The irony doesn't stop with it being adopted by the Romulans - in the Hobus timeline depicted primarily in Star Trek Online, the Scimitar-class IRW Leahval serves as the personal flagship of Empress Sela.

Ah yes, the Scimitar: the Michael Burnham of Trek ships.

Ah, now THERE is a ship worthy of the title of Dreadnought. Love the Scimitar. Even without its Death Beam radiation gun, its still one hell of a ship. Starfleet needs to step up its game.

Spacedock 246K subscribers The Scimitar Class Reman Warbird is a great ship that's fast, maneuverable, powerful, and super tough for a colossal ship designed as a one manned Armada. I would really like to see this ship go toe to toe with an Imperial II class Star Destroyer. In my opinion, the Reman Warbird Scimitar has the huge advantage in this situation, because of it's advanced double shielding, highly adapted Cloaking Device, superior fire power, fighter complement, speed, and also awesome maneuverability.

I wonder how well it would do up against a Borg cube? That would be a dope battle! 😊👍

"Shes a Predator" with that amount of firepower onboard her shes a monster....no one expected the Remans to build such a bloodthirsty ship!

A Scimitar is a soaring soul, as free as a mountain warbird. :)

you got the dimensions for length and width switched.

There should be a showdown of the Mary Sue ships: Scimitar, Prometheus, Vengeance

Don't forget it was build in a cave. Apparently Remulans are an entire species of Tony Starks.

How did I just instinctively know the quote was going to be "She's a predator"...

This, like the USS Prometheus, are a good example of "Mary Sue" in ship form. I get this one at least had a plot reason to be stupidly overpowered but still.

Star Trek Vi: cloaked bird of prey. Star Trek Generation: cloaked bird of prey. Star Trek Nemesis: cloaked warbird.

I believe that the Scimitar was being developed by the Romulans, along with the Mogai class. I suspect it was developed to deal with the Dominion battleships that required multiple capital ships to take down. However, such a costly ship would demand too much resources to finish in time. I do believe that the Remans stole the unfinished prototype, perfected its technologies, and finished the Scimitar. But this is all speculation.

"She's a predator!" Picard.

This is why the Scimitar from Star Trek defeated Sovereign from Mass Effect from your first versus video long ago SD.

Thanks for the content.

There is actually a distinct weakness the scimitar has but wouldn’t be exploited by Starfleet. Because the scimitar contains a consistent thalaron matrix, power disruptions to the ship pose a lethal risk to the crew of containment on the thalaron matrix fails. A faction that would make quick work of the scimitar would be the dominion for their polaron weaponry and disruption to power systems and shields. The scimitar also has structural problems with how thin the wings are immediately off the primary hull of the ship. A well placed torpedo or impact with even partial bleed through would cause immense damage to the functionality of the thalaron deployment tips and the integrity and maneuverability of the ship. Granted this is all really easy to say but in practice you still need to make away to penetrate the shields and survive the barrage. I know a lot of people don’t like the scimitar for its cheat sheet aspects but I think it fits the amount of time and planning. The remans were constructing and designing this ship for a decade if not more and that’s not included how long they were planning their insurrection against Romulus. The ship feels adequate to the purpose. A doomsday weapon

Ever thought about doing a ship breakdown of the EVE ONLINE ships? 🤔🙂

Basic World building 101: The Scimitar was the FIRST ship that could fire from cloak AND have it's shields up while cloaked. This is how you world build folks. There was never a ship that could do these things through series and 9 other movies. If you always lazily write you don't build tension towards this event. Real fans of the series knew how huge this was.

Watching and hearing about this Scimitar somehow with a little modifications here and there and it could pass as a Sith Fighter instance of dreadnought.

Great job! 👍

Could you do a remake of the saber class escort?

Thry needed fleets of these for the Borg and Dominion.

*Mr Worf, give me a full phaser spread, zero elevation, all banks on my mark.* *Scan for shield impacts, stand-by photon torpedos.*

Could you do a episode on the USS Titan?its Rikers ship after nemisis

Out of the TNG movies I liked Nemesis the most. I thought this ship was a bit OP, but at the time I hadn't watched DS9 to know about the Dominion War. I like how the creators of Picard forgot about all this lore.... Romulans can build all this stuff, but they couldn't evac their home planet.... and it's the Federation's fault....somehow.

I don't know man. I thought in the movie, her shields where OP. After all the beating it took hearing LaForge say, "her shields still at 70%" or something... Like woah. And she still had her secondary shields.

Please do a video on the Heracles Class Heavy Colonial Cruiser from the Sun & Sacrifice DLC of Battlestar Galactica Deadlock!!!

I would love to see a Romulan fleet with Scimitar, Mogai and D'deridex warbirbs going against a Klingon fleet of Negh'vahr and Vor'cha battlecruisers and Birds of Prey

I thought the romulan ships in nemesis were valdor class. Good vid

People complain about the scimitar yet are happy with super star destroyers and death stars this shit is great and the battle is fantastic and tells the story or the vetran captain against a young captain with a much more powerful ship and was still beaten by been over confedent

I love this ship do much I spent $30 to buy it in star trek online

Can you do the scavenger ship from The Orville?

Still a mystery: Why would the Remans name their warship after an ancient human weapon?

Damn this was one fierce looking ship

The talshiar are absolutely rubbish for not knowing this was under construction lol

Thank you

These Romulans fought with honor.

Again the main body of a Starfleet vessel redirects debris to impact against the nacelles. "There sure is a lot of empty space out there... oh hey a nacelle, would be shame if something where to smash into it!"

its sad that there hasnt been much mention of the remans.. post supernova

Ah yes, the Mary Sue of ST ship designs......

Reminds me of a Jem'Hadar battleship

I would never understand people who find Nemesis bad, the movie is really good ! As for the Scimitar, it's one of my favorite ships and it's a joy to be able to play it on Star Trek Online.

Erm... I think he got the length & width backwards. Pretty sure the Scimitar is 890m in length, and 1350m wide... In any case it certainly doesn't look like it's significantly longer than it is wide.

Favorite ship of star trek

The thing's gotta have a tailpipe ...