The Interceptor-class is what happens when a Defiant and an Intrepid love each other very much....

It's funny when people say "jack of all trades, master of none" because there's another part of that saying; "Better than just one"

the thing is that realistically the defiant class would have been the attack ship of the federation, it was cannonically designed as a swarming close in attack ship andcould have very easily been modified from the prototype for series production. things like the interceptor class while well conceived and a very nice looking design are post hoc rationalisations for the showrunners choice to not use the defiant class in large numbers on screen so as to not dilute its value as a hero ship, this is one of the areas where babylon 5 handled it so much better introducing the first whitestar as the hero ship for the station and first of its kind, the harbinger of things to come, but revealing later that the minbari had been mass producing them for the rangers after the prototype proved successful

The Interceptor class: A jack of all trades is a master of none, but oftentimes better than a master of one. The full quote is quite enlightening.

You know what, I just love the way Interceptor looks. She looks sleek, nimble, and mean looking all the same. Exactly what an attack ship should be, no? Yay for fanverse shout outs! Love seeing the underloved works get a spotlight, especially from you!

The Interceptor would have been invaluable after the war as well. After a big war there are always groups that would try to capitalize on all the instability, the variability of the design would make it perfect as a Coast Guard type of roll.

The Defiant is an attack ship, but it’s a heavy attack ship purpose built to slug it out with larger and more powerful vessels. It just got pressed into service as a line breaker during the Dominion War because of its combination of speed, firepower and survivability.

Have you seriously watched all of DS9?? - The Defiant is an extremely manueverable and evasive ship.

I dont understand why you say the Defiant is not maneuverable. In the shows it is seen manuevering just as fast and tight as Birds of Prey and Jem Hadar attack ships.

I'd describe the Defiant as a gunship.

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5:07 - what would mass production of the Defiant be too expensive? When Sisko first brought it DS9 to make contact with the Dominion before the war, he, then later Bashir, remarked about its very spartan design(Bashir indicated that it did not have a sick bay).

I've always imagined the Defiant class as a Heavy Gunship or Attack Corvette. Small and way over gunned. Conceived as Anti-borg I always found it too small to be effective as it was intended. Once its phaser/ pulse cannon frequencies were sorted it would be just be a small annoying gnat to do any real damage to the Borg. Hell the Defiant would of been destroyed if it wasn't for the Enterprise E to save the day. Even the supposed anti-borg ships were losing the battle, until Jean-Luc arrived. One interesting concept though, I wonder why warp speed ramming impacts wasn't a tactic that was used, going with Worf's concept. Use Warp, drones and slam into it like starwars. I'd imagine anything at super luminal velocities would create apocalyptic damage to any borg ship

I like the way you describe how these ships fit in. Although I like both of your channels, your collaboration with Drachinifel really was a highlight. This is a really beautiful design, it has a very clear design lineage. It also fits in well with the lore and would be believable as a cost effective design for the role it played

Notable ship names during the Dominion war. USS. Spitfire ( Interceptor class) USS Hurricane ( Defiant class ) USS Mustang ( Interceptor class ) USS Lancaster ( Akira class ) Dominion forces pull a quote from Monty python "Run away! Run away!"

"But the Federation doesn't believe in Warsh..." *Interceptor comes into the room, slits throat, runs out and acts like it did some anomaly research*

Been waiting patiently for an Interceptor video. Was shocked that was also about Attach Ship type vessels as the Interceptor seemed more like a simpler Intrepid Class Starship, but fleshing out the use and role of Attack Ships helped understand better a few battles from the Dominion War.

Starfleet once again having to relearn old lessons again _the hard way._ If they had kept the Akayzi class's niche updated with each new generation of ship paradigms, Starfleet would have been far better prepared and just more effective on a day to day basis. They needed a small planetary landing capable counterpart to the Bird of Prey to act as a patrol ship and light general duties ship. And be cheap enough that Federation space was swarming with them. So that colonies and stations have a quick response helper for everything from raiders to weird phenomenon, to light cargo duties. And all the capital ships have a screening vessel and escort in case they run into weird space phenomenon of the week. No doubt Starfleet would retire the Interceptor class a few decades after the Dominion war anyway.

So basically, the interceptor class is an intermediate between the Defiant, Intrepid, Nova, and Saber classes. I can see it doing well. Also, the Defiant class is likely more agile than not just the Hideki, but also the Romulan scout.

Brilliant as always. I like your description of how the Defiant works and does not. Whereas the Interceptor class reminds me of PT boat in WWII. They work very well in single patrol - in the right circumstance - but in a formation they can be devastating.

I wonder if the old Destroyers in the Federation could be upgunned as very large gunship.

The Interceptor is absolutely gorgeous. It has the elegance of the Intrepid and the sleekness of the Sovereign.

🖖😎👍Very cool and very nicely well done and executed and informatively explained in every way shape and form and detail provided on this subject matter and format on the Interceptor class attack starship's of the Federation via Starfleet and on all of its weapons capacities and all of its various functions and abilities and duties, And I myself find it to be a very wonderfully nice looking ship and very cool design indeed!,👌.

The USS ProtoStar could also be seen as a evolution of the "Patrol Ship" concept. It's slightly smaller than the Interceptor class. Armed well enough, and is adorned with the latest StarFleet tech.

I think you might’ve slept on the Defiant too hard. I agree that the Interceptor was probably more versatile outside of combat. It had more internal space for equipment and higher warp speeds. However, in combat I don’t agree that Defiant was slower and less maneuverable. Everything we’ve seen shows it just as capable as other attack ships. In addition, it had twice the firepower and significantly better durability. I would frame them more as a high/low mix of Attack ships due to the cost of Defiant. There are fewer of them but they last longer and hit harder. You send them to do the most critical missions/tasks with the best crews. In real world terms think of them like the F-15/F-16 or F-22/F-35. Both capable but one is more capable and also more expensive. F-16/F-35 are also more well rounded multi-role planes vs their larger siblings that more specialized into Air Superiority. They can all do the same jobs however.

It’s important to remember that the B’rel wasn’t just an ambush ship pushed into an attack ship role. It’s was the ship that saved the Klingon empire. In the post-Praxis empire building and operating battle cruisers enmass was simply too expensive. Fleets of B’rels on the other hand could be built, crewed and operated efficiently and made invading the empire’s territory an extremely costly proposition. By the time of the Dominion war the Klingons were no doubt adept at using the B’rel in all manner of roles.

I'm so glad to see this; I saw the specs on this ship some time ago, and thought it needed some fleshing out. Thanks!

The saw jack of all trades originally was master of 1. It was inserted later. This ship seems to fit the original.

looks like one of the 3 tiny ships that got vaped effortlessly by the Borg Cube in the Best of Both Worlds part 2.

Love all your videos.

Would have loved to have seen more ships like this being used by the federation.

That's the one very good attribute of the federation as although they do make use of ship types for far long than they should do. That when the situation or threat warrants it, they are able to adapt and create new ships that fulfil the roles require of; like the interceptor class above.

I like this. As a matter of fact, I'm going to incorporate The Interceptor class into the sStar Trek Novel I'm working on. Thank you for this.

Love it

Great video !

This seems like a pretty awesome little ship.

Basically, attack ships are torpedo boats, and need to be quickly built and cheap to lose. The Federation tends to favor cruisers that can do anything, not cheap expendable ships

Love the design

The Interceptor is a beautiful ship and I love her. The Federation needs ships of war though definitely in moderation. That said, this is the last ship I would've wanted in large numbers during the Dominion war. Trying to match the Dominion pound for pound was hopeless. Better to swat the bugs than get on their level. The Defiant class was certainly the most important ship of the war for the very reasons you mentioned. If you asked me what ship I would've wanted to have in greater numbers, I'd ask for a ship that can match two or three fighters like heavy destroyers or light cruisers. Anything bigger would turn into a fat prize and a excess dedication of resources to the same scenario. Post war, sure. The attack ship role needs a state of the art fill in. If there's another Dominion war, I wouldn't let these guys out alone at night. They are best effective when they have the initiative.

the interceptor is good enough and in war good enough is perfect

That's the best looking ship I've seen by far !!!!!!!!!!

I'd like to see more on an interceptor class. Interesting concept

💪Strong presentation👍

Thanks!

While I don’t think the Federation ships would’ve been a good fit for it, I can actually imagine the Interceptor-class being employed in Wolf-pack tactics and convoy hunting

That's a awesome design a small kick ass ship just like the defiant class

Loved playing with the 3d model of the interceptor years ago when it was called the milnium class

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Well I mean, the Odyssey got took out primarily due to a kamikaze run, it shows the dominion lack of interest in their people because they essentially pump them out factory style.

The issue that the Alpha Quadrant powers had was that the Jem'hadar were disposable along with their fighters. Where every death among the Alpha Quadrant races was a blow, this isn't the same as the Dominion as the Jem'hadar would be fully capable of fighting in 3 days after birth with apparently all the genetic memory needed to function a soldiers and crew. This along with the fact that the Dominion only fielded 3 types of ships allowed them to produce large amounts of ships and personnel in a short amount of time. Every Alpha Quadrant power was playing catch up to the Dominion that was in essence the opposite side of the coin that was the Federation. So attach fighters while great for the Dominion were a horrible idea for the Alpha Quadrant powers as their crews were not seen as disposable with exception being among the Klingons, who viewed death in battle honorable.

Starfleet really dropped the ball by not trimming down all the extra mass on the Mirandas to make a more compact version or just throwing the Defiant plans at the engineers and order "Make this mass-producible."

The Federation´s ideology would never allow them to create an "Attack ship". But purely from the capabilities, the Defiant would be the perfect candidate. Heck, you even have it in your Attack ship sheet. It just never admits to being one, but Sisko and the other designers knew what they were creating. And the DS9 series shows just HOW good the Defiant is in that role, multiple times in fact. And in Star Trek, agility matters not that much as weapons hit pinpoint from ORBIT. Still i have to say, the Interceptor class looks great and makes sense, nice job there, whoever came up with that idea.

Would like to see that ( attack ship ) Hugging a huge dominion vessel as only the defiant class was capable of pulling off

So in other Sci-Fi properties, this would be a "Corvette" while the Defiant would be a "Frigate". This could also be used for Anti-Piracy,. (In Trek, this isn't usually an issue given how Warp Drive works) The image of these ships as basically "Coast Guard Cutters" comes to mind. The hard counter to small, highly maneuverable vessels is usually something that would make its mobility/evasiveness moot. Something along the lines of a"Nova"-like ability or using Antimatter spreads as flak cannons. Up until the Dominion War, the fire control of most Star Trek ships were able to hit anything at any size, since it was all just math and weapons that operated at effectively lightspeed. The tactic of small multiple ships is valid in a universe with directional shielding. Captains can't divert power from a rear shield if one of the three fighters can move to hit that weak spot. I like the vid, just adding my own observations.

The Defiant the least manouverable attack ship, did we watched the same series with all the flight manouvers they did with it? To beat that the supposedly better ships would need the ability to turn on the spot like a tank.

I *like it.* :)

The Defiant class is very much an attack ship but the issue was it was MORE then just an attack ship because the Federation can’t help but to over achieve. The class could operate to defend bases, lease fighter/runabout missions, undergo rescues and operate with larger ships to make them much more lethal combination then either alone. And that is not counting as a Raiding and recon assault. While there were a many made a reason they did not likely make more war the crew size. Defiant class needed about 25-50 but fighters that were half as effective could be operational with what seems to be 5 or less (I got the feeling they used a Runabout like crew of 2 or 3. That personally is why you make fighters because the Federation was being massively outnumbered and overrun. the defiance class Because of crew numbers could not hold the line alone and is likely to just be overwhelmed with numbers (Which we saw often on DS9 that the Defiant was always had more targets to neutralize then they could get too).

For when the galaxy class goes into a known battle it should just separate the saucer section and go for the battle bridge set up. Buckle up families, it's time to die in glorious battle.

"A Jack of All Trades, Master of none, but often times better than a Master of One." The Jack may not be the best at any one thing, but can be used for anything. The Master of One is practically useless aside from their specialty. So it is hardly an insult, for those who know.

One thing I will add is that the smaller fighters only did so well against the larger vessels because the Dominion ships could fire right through their shields as if they weren't there. I think those 3 dominion ships would have gotten their butt's handed to them against a galaxy class ship once the shields had been adapted for Dominion weapons.

Love this ship

To put a fine point on it. I love this idea. Yes, I understand Starfleet's main mission is exploration. Sometimes you have to kick a$$. Ummmm, how would the Lower Decks crew handle being in charge of an Interceptor class starship. Mariner as captain. Boimler as 1st officer. Tendi as Chief Medical officer. Rutherford as Chief Engineer. I would like a Caitan as the Security Officer. A dolphin at the helm

The main drawback of the Defiant as an attack ship, seems to be more about range than anything else. Its ability to take hits while delivering devistating firepower overshadows its lack of maneuverability. But not being able to do so far from friendly support and infrastructure is the Defiant's greatest weakness, probably a product of it's anti-Borg design principle. The Intercepter class looks to have some range and independant operation features, noting the aft shuttle bay and variable warp geometry. And not having purely forward firing archs feels like a more generalized combat vessel with more wngagement options.

The interceptor class looks like a design that has a lot more uses in peacetime in terms of being a more balanced design and being able to be out in space for a longer period of time than the defiant which is useful for say patrol work

Cant say I agree the Defiant is less manoeuvrable, the ship is shown to easily able to keep up with other attack ships in DS9 sometimes even out manoeuvring them on screen.

Considering how mass produced the Excelsior and Miranda class were, a smaller, modernized version fusing features of these two ships would suit the aggressive recon/attack ships. Consider how many people in the federation would be familiar with the layout, systems, and interface of the Miranda and Excelsior ships. Additionally, retired or separated members of starfleet with experience on Miranda and Excelsior ships could quickly, easily, and simply be pressed into service as instructors and trainers for FNG crews. Plus, I think it could throw off opponents thinking they were going against an old Miranda or Excelsior ship only to be surprised by a barrage of heavy fire from these smaller, faster, more heavily armed vessels.

It is kind of strange. In their conflicts with the Klingons and Romulans, Star Fleet had to deal with very effective attack ships, but never developed their own.

so basically the interceptor class would be a WW 2 torpedo boat but on a larger scale. I still prefer the Defiant simply because it could be adapted to mission requirements and still be able to kick the crap out anything getting in its way.

The defiant class WAS the attack ship. Limited crew, heavily armed and armored fast and manuverable this isn't brain surgery she was designed to FIGHT

@Venom Geek Media 98: I find your theories about the Interceptor class very interesting. I'm going to flesh this out, in a hardpoint model in Bridge Commander.

The defiant is very very maneuverable And the words you were searching for was a front line breaching attack vessel.. Did you actually watch ds9?

You might consider an overview of the DILIGENT-class which is multi-role destroyer escort...and a fan design. Let me know if your interested...

Wonder if this was mass produced during the Ent-C's Yesterday's Enterprise alternate timeline as a stripped down Nova class heavy corvette. Imagine a squadron of them each being able to cloak, initially based on Kirk's BOP as well as having the standard photon/plasma(Romulan) torpedo launcher tech. Since it''s bigger than a BOP, it could have two of the Plasma torpedo launcher tubes that can fire forward&aft, one attached to each nacelles since it won't have that variable warp pylons. Can function as a heavy plasma mortar and pulse plasma torpedo launcher. Also imagine if Kirk had this, he'd use this to travel back in time.

I know this video is on teh Interceptor, but I would like to propose a different perspective on the Defiant. The Defiant is a pure attack ship, but one specialize for the borg. Attack ships ae analogous to PT boats (or WW II) or fast missile patrol boats of today. Their strategy involves distributed firepower because the enemy can very easily destroy even the most powerful of Federation ships. By distributing the firepower among many small ships, teh loss of one ship does not result in the loss all your firepower. Also, while teh borg seems to have very powerful weapons, the number of targets they can train on at any one time is limited. Of course, you still need a ship that can survive at least a few seconds when captured by a borg tractor beam (which and altornat attraction and repulsion to shake a vessel apart) and it needs to carry weapons sufficiently powerful enough to do more than annoy a Borg cube. Ergo, the Defiant. In many ways, the Defiant is basically a destroyer miniaturized. It needs to be highly automated because there is no room for living quarters for a large crew. There are no facilities (sci labs, holodecks, extra storage, etc.) that is not geared toward fighting the Borg. However, it retains the firepower and the armor (concentrated to protect a smaller ship) of a destroyer. Whereas other Federation ships operate at 90% to minimize wear and tear for a prolong service life, the Defiant sesms to be constantly operating at 120%, much like a PT boat or modern missile boat. Their mission is not to survive, but simply to get off all their torpedoes/missiles before getting destroyed. Of course, when the opponent is not the Borg, some of its attack boat characteristics gets lost.

You just read off the dimensions, and I'm already declaring this a failure. Bird of Prey - Crew 12 (in the 23rd Century, may be less now) Hideki - Crew 5 Tirethi - Crew 5 Jem'Hadar Attack Ship - Crew 4 As a half-sized Intrepid, this is going to have a crew of 1/3-1/2 the Intrepid, so 50-75. Too many people for a one hit kill.

i am a torpedo heavy fan, always have been. made mods to the nova deck 4 & 5. got rid of the probes. added more storage space on decks 4 & 5, along with 4 more torpedo launchers. 2 in the lower hull. the other 2 just forward of the reaction control thrustors, for a total of 6. main reason is torpedos are energy effiecent.

I do love seeing fanon ships, but I feel compelled to point out there *was* a cheaper, more easily produced, etc etc alternative to the Defiant. It was the Sabre.

The Defiant IS an attack ship. It eas just designed to attack the Borg. Also money and affordability aren't issues with the Federation. They are almost post scarcity.

And it is a damned sexy beast.

Instead of the Interceptor maybe refitted Nova class ships would be better. Similar scale but bigger than the defiant and can safely house the Defiant warp core without downsides.

The Odyssey galaxy class was surviving despite no shields. Only the ramming to it down. How much intel did the changelings get to know a weak point? The interceptor is very interesting. Would the nacelle struts swing both up and down? Even mid warp flight. How Venom Geek Media 98 posits the warp coils relation to the rest of the ship matters, that makes it very, very interesting.

Loved this Federation's version of BOP design. It has the space to have the Klingon's plasma/torpedo launcher. Thought that if this was developed in the Delta Quadrant by the Voyager crew, it would be a rebuilt Nova class(Equinox) with a Hirogen Hunter ship especially with the Hirogen weapons. I always assumed that the Hirogen not only used their Transceiver Communication Relay Network to spy on their prey but they also used it to travel between each nodes by something similar to a graviton catapult or geodesic fold that doesn't melt its crew. As an alternative to the Interceptor class or Fed BOP type ship, there's the Wallace class escort. Just needs extra armor&weapons. Post Borg Invasion of Sector001, liked the original version of the Saber class as an attack ship instead of a research/utility light ship like for the Starfleet Corps of Engineers. Also what about a squadron of the Interceptor class using their tractor beams&warp fields to do a Gungnir maneuver by carrying a coronal mass ejection&dragging that stellar plasma in warp and dumping that mass of plasma to a battlefield like a tsunami. Imagine some squadrons coming from different vectors dumping a mass of CME plasma in warp to crash into the Dominion/Cardassian lines like a tsunami. Smaller Jem'Hadar&Hideki ships would be destroyed by that wave of coronal plasma while the larger enemy ships' would be weaken. This will also flood the battlespace to expose any cloaked mines or ships. Actually this would be a great tactic to use against the DS9's wormhole or Chintoka minefields

I like the use of the word "Bespoke" there Venom.

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On the 'strength' of ships - doesn't the base Klingon Bird of Prey have a crew of ~ 20? Or is there another type of the same general class of ship being used as the main Klingon strike craft for comparison?

really cool ship. wish it was in STO

I think it would make more sense to adapt the Defiant design so that some are built like the Defiant in the show, but others lack the armor and leading-edge technology that makes the main class such a pain to operate, in a package that is both easier and cheaper to operate, and can use a more traditional warp core in exchange for a slightly slower warp speed. I think it could work.

We all know that the interceptors will be tasked with watchdoging Cali class ships

The Interceptor appears to suffer from a being the type of Multi-role vessel that has no clear position in the fleet. It is the willful arrogance of Starfleet to build a smaller explorer vessel. During the Dominion War, the Interceptor would certainly be outfitted for combat. But as soon a the war is over the ships would be disarmed and used for explorers. Considering that threats and dangers can literally jump out of no where without warning, it is unwise to have effective combat vessels disarmed just because the skies are currently clear. And we all know this will happen because "How dare Starfleet be prepared for Hell and High Water". The Interceptor would do best being in retinue of a larger command ship, flying in formation with a Galaxy, Sovereign, or Odyssey class, utilizing the Command/Mother ship's facilities to extend the smaller ships over all range and endurance. This also extends the defensive field of the Command/Mother ship as the interceptor can INTERCEPT incoming threats or at least seeing coming patrolling just beyond the Command/mother ship's sensor range but still within communications range. This is something already done with USN Carrier fleets with aircraft extending well beyond the carrier fleet's range to see.

with it's size im honestly thinking Corvette classification real world example would be the Visby class, rather then the flower class which is a slow anti submarine vessel

I've always loved this particular fan created vessel... Starfleet had really let most of its smaller classes to rot over the years leading into the TNG era. I agree in your assessment in attack vessels. I would go so far as to say the Federation really should have concentrated in producing more war oriented smaller classes of ships as soon as they thought they would be in a serious war with someone whom could take out a Galaxy class with 3 ships under 100m long. I do disagree with some of your views on the defiant. As the federation does seem to have been able to produce more of them given the one episode we saw on Valiant... Ships on lower end of size spectrum (

i am sure the Prometheus was classed as an attack ship, granted it was large for attack ships, granted its more of an attack cruiser than a corvette which most attack ships are but the fact it split into 3 when attacking it kinda turns from 1 cruiser to 3 large attack ships. defiant class is more of a blockade runner/smasher. also with ST where the idea of money is a thing of the past what do you mean by cost? with mass replicators that makes elements from scratch using protons neutrons and electrons cost in materials is a mute point.

Axios to the Intrepid class Light Destroyers

The only thing that could make this ship better is for them to make the interceptor class canon

Was always a bit surprised, why the starfleet (who does not used raiders at that time), did not utilize simply overwhelming numbers of runaboats, modified for war. Runaboats are probably dirt-cheap and extremely manuevurable and with quicker sublight engines in comparision to Defiant, and in the same tonnage, much more durable AND stronger punching than Akiaze. Shape of Interceptor class is beautifull. Size is extremely overshot. Would be much better, if it is in between 3/4s or 1/2 of Defiant. Lets say lenght equivalent of 4 runaboats behind each other, with 3 runaboats behind each other, height 3 decks tops (in the thickest area). Warpcore, similarily like on runaboat, designed to be in horizontal position, but unlike runaboat protected by armour, in the midle of secondary hull. The warp naccels should be foldable into the secondary hull too, to protect them in combat, by some decent armour.

The Defaint was by no means the worst of the attack ships. That definately goes to either the Hideki or the Romulan "attack ship". From a pure combat perspective there is no doubt in my mind that the Defaint outclassed all other ships in the "attack ship" category. It's extremely heavily armed - More so than any other ship in the category. It's highly maneauverable at impulse - Only challanged by the Bird of Prey. It's able to take a beating normally reserved to ships in the cruiser or battleship category. However it also wasn't the best ship in that category either. Despite being less powerful in terms of weaponry, the best in class definately goes to the Bird of Prey. The shortcomings of the Defaint are speed at warp, endurance, utility in peacetime and living conditions. Lack of peacetime utility basically relegates the ship to patrol-duty or worst case cargo-duty. With a maximum speed of warp 9 (O'Brian overhaul) and the poor living conditions, it would make for a pretty poor patrol ship, since most Federation ships would be able to outrun it (And I therefore assume most of the Federations neighbours also have faster ships) and it would get rather limited patrol time due to taking longer to get to and from the patrol area, and most of the crew would request transfers pretty quickly if the patrols were longer than 1-3 months. Furthermore the lack of scientific facilities "may" put the Defaint at a disadvantage near - Lets say the Romulan neutral zone, since it may have a harder time detecting ships using stealth measures not previously seen. As such it would make perfect sense for the Federation to take what they learned from the Defaint, and the anti-Borg fleet in general, and put it towards and general purpose patrol ship, that is also very fast to allow it to actually function as an interceptor. In my opinion the best use of the Defaint class, post-Dominion war, would be to have a 3-6 of them at major starbases as an additional layer of defense, within the Federation (Not at the border). The ships wouldn't be permanently crewed, rather taking on starbase personal as needed, and would be used for policing action when better options weren't around (Instead of using runabouts). And when a major threat was to show up there would be more time to group Defaints from multiple starbases into a dangerous defensive pack to protect key assets (Like ship yards or key colonies), despite their lower maximum warp.

Always appreciate the videos the Interceptor class seems to be quite well thought out like a good idea however I think you're a bit hard on the defiant-class some of the things that you had said about the defiant-class does not seem to be the case at least from the DS9 shows I would equate the defiant-class to an animal here on Earth known as the honey badger even Lions think twice before they engage the honey badger and usually decided just to leave it alone honey badger screw with me I'll show you what you coming to get defiant I'm going to cram it down your throat

I dunno if you’ve thought about this or plan on doing a battle space episode, but what exactly happened at the battle of Denobula? Cuz I’m still curious how an unsupported dominion fleet caught and surrounded in a salient was able to successfully defeat the federation’s most elite fleet while defending a HOMEWORLD, and then managing to successfully drive that fleet down an entire sector

I always have wondered why in the galaxy a Defiant class was used to train cafets when Defiants needed an experienced crew to be usedpeoperly.

Love spearhead saucers but don’t cut notches in it. Just move the nacelles out or back.