Star Trek: Inside the USS Defiant Deck 1-5
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Published 2022-06-07
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The Defiant is a prototype warship stationed at Deep Space 9 that was in part designed by Commander Benjamin Sisko himself. It's the first ship built by Starfleet specifically for war, in light of a devastating defeat by the Borg. The Defiant is equipped with a Romulan cloaking device and ablative armor that can rapidly dissipate impact from energy weapon fire. After many missions, the Defiant was destroyed in 2375 during the Second Battle of Chin’toka in the DS9 episode “The Changing Face of Evil.”
Like all battleships, It had very few comforts and no provision for families, nor was it furnished for diplomatic missions.
It was, as its designers intended, a heavily armored, stripped-down vessel created as a "first strike vehicle for deployment in war. #startrek
Blueprint of the USS Defiant
www.cygnus-x1.net/links/lcars/cyd-defiant.php
3D model and Textures by Alex Klemm
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0:00 Introduction
1:06 Size Comparison
1:37 Exterior
5:40 Deck 1
7:52 Deck 2
10:19 Deck 3
12:28 Deck 4
13:36 Deck 5
All Comments (21)
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You have just made most of the Space Engineers community happier than I can say.
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I love this ship. Love that when pushed to build a pure warship, starfleets engineers said “hold my beer” and built an absolute beast of a ship
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I'm a big fan of the bedrooms inside the detachable warhead. Starfleet design at its finest.
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One of the deciding factors in the ships design was that Roddenberry insisting that the nacelles had to face each other and nothing could be between them. This was apparently a concept the producers hated, so when Gene passed we saw more designs like this.
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One of the best ship breakdown vids I've ever seen! Your animation style really brings it to life - I've probably watched 10 Defiant analysis vids, and this was the first time I felt like I really understood the scale. Thanks for not just reading the same specs, but actually SHOWING them
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Watching DS9 over agin (6x) so I loved this a lot. Thanks
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Nice post! You unlocked the mystery of the USS Defiant’s layout. Thank you!!!
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Nice layout, nice execution, and all around a comfortable viewing experience. You are doing great, man
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this is the video I didn't know I wanted. The Defiant was quite a curiosity back when the show aired. They depicted it was really, really small in both dialogue and depiction, such as the tiny crew quarters and hallways, and yet in the first episode Odo and Kira take off in a shuttle and I'm like, wait what? They have room for that? The comparison with the 1701 Enterprise sizewise is interesting. It seems to be just as big as her saucer section. Anyway great modeling as always!
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Thank you! I watched like 8 vids talking about the Defiant, it's history, behind the scenes stuff, but this is the BEST and only vid that actually went deck-by-deck on what this ship was like!
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Imho the detachable warhead is a design error on the showrunners part. It's never mentioned in-show and makes no sense at all since the ship would lose its main deflector (and as far as is known there is no secondary deflector). If it's meant as some last-ditch effort to cause massive damage, why not just warp the ship into an opponent? The crew would need to get off the ship regardless. It makes more sense that it's some interchangeable part of the ship to accommodate certain tactical mission profiles, like the mission-pod of a Nebula class.
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Wow, I was surprised to see how large the Defiant actually is when next to the original Enterprise.
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Another delightful video, cheers Halfscreen.
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Terrific work on this. The Defiant was a study in understatement and practicality, truly a first for Starfleet!
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These are so great. Really appreciate all the work you put into these.
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Great job! Loved the information and detailed analysis.
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i just wanted to take a moment and thank you for taking the time to put this all together, i thoroughly enjoy your deck layout videos, and researched explanations. I also appreciate that you specifically pointed out the bow of the Defiant was a giant warhead. far too many videos about the Defiant say that's the bridge
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Love the Defiant, still my favorite Trek ship just because of how far above her weight she punches. Would love to see a breakdown for the Rocinante from The Expanse.
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Starfleet: We need an A-10 Sisco: Hold my Raktajino
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Fantastic walkthrough of my favorite Star Trek vessel. I always wondered about the facilities of Decks 4 and 5, as they were rarely referenced on DS9. Thanks for the amazing schematics and ship breakdown.
