I have loved the look and style of Cardassian ships since first seeing the Galor class in the TNG episode "The Wounded". Thanks for an awesome review!

@starshipreviews

5 ай бұрын

Wounded! I was looking for it earlier and couldn’t find the episode name where they first appeared,

Always good to see the cardassians get some love

@starshipreviews

5 ай бұрын

Agreed, put some extra effort into this review because they need more attention imo

I love the Galor class ships, and the Cardassians as a whole. I don't know if you know this, but the original design of the ship had those two prongs on the back being the main disruptors. Each TNG ship style was designed to reflect the race. Klingons had big guns pointed forward, they were very aggressive and direct. Federation had small weapons merged into the hull, they weren't aggressive but could fight if needed. Romulans had hidden weapons in ships that hid, they were sneaky dicks. And Cardassians had rear facing weapons, because they were like fighting a snake. You'd have ships on guard duty with the ship pointed toward Cardassia as if ready to flee, but the big weapons pointed to enemy space. You didn't know if they were going to attack or run. They bit when you didn't expect it and chasing them after they struck was more dangerous than letting them flee. Cardassian combat strategies were meant to be so foreign and different from what the rest of the 'forward thinking' galaxy thought. But they didn't hide their nature like Romulans, instead they broadcast it for all to see like the Klingons by making those weapons big and visible. Sadly, the ships designers failed to tell the writers, or the writers ignored that, and we ended up with forward thinking Cardassian ships with forward facing weapons. But the attitudes of the Cardassians as proud and untrustworthy, of 'backward thinking' and snake-in-the-grass we still got. Just not in their battle tactics.

Excellent content!! Great job man!😀

@starshipreviews

5 ай бұрын

So glad you liked it!

I completely agree. Cardassians are a really interesting race and yes....I also love the design of the Galor class. A truly iconic ship 😉

This is a well written episode! I’m glad this is recommended to me

@starshipreviews

4 ай бұрын

So glad you liked it!

DS9 is my favorite ST series. The Cardassians are a well written species of that lore. I have a copy of A Stitch in Time and re-read it periodically. I really enjoy their history and how they interact with the universe as a whole.

This was interesting Thank you.

I was pleasantly surprised by the length of this video and really loved hearing your personal opinions at the end. Although I admit to liking many of the ships from the major powers, I love the Cardassian designs and agree that they are an interesting species. Although some of their technology is behind some of the other powers, their spiral wave disruptors are pretty effective. I can't remember if this is canon, but I thought the Galor could land and a planet and disembark troops from the bay on the bottom. I do wish that the Galors were a little bigger or that it was clear that they travelled in packs. What their individual ships lacked in strength they made up with a large fleet of experienced Commanders because of constant border skirmishes with the Federation and Klingons. Although not specifically stated, I would suspect that their fleet was out of position when the Klingons invaded due to Changeling subterfuge. On a final note, my favourite Cardassian ship was the Tonga class from the Dominion Wars games.

@starshipreviews

5 ай бұрын

Yeah, I try to make generally shorter videos, I could talk for hours about most ships in most sci-fi but nobody would probably want to listen to the whole thing. But for some designs I am trying to make larger videos to cover more ground. Glad you liked this first attempt.

@jamesabernethy7896

5 ай бұрын

I really enjoyed it. What can turn me off is unnecessarily nerdy things that feel like they mean nothing. It has 16x 12 gigawatt phasers, or a warp core that can generate 15 megacochanes of power. It's nice to know its size and how long it has been in service... but as stats go, it's much more relatable to find out what part it plays in the fleet and in combat. @@starshipreviews

I’m on Page 3,402 of “The Neverending Sacrifice”. A bit repetitive, but engaging.

I love how the closed captions say Kardashian Union🤣🤣🤣

@starshipreviews

4 ай бұрын

Ha!

Thank you video. I like Galor.

Galor and Keldon are realy fine designs

@starshipreviews

Ай бұрын

Some of the best

Got to say these were one of my favourite races and 1 of my favourite ships from star trek.

Great video!

Great video man, I'm always here for more Cardassian propog... uh, content. They are compelling and their aesthetic is fire. Have you seen the Hutet from the old Dominion War games? the Galor is better looking but the Hutet had a presence.

@starshipreviews

5 ай бұрын

I love the Hutet! If you haven’t seen it Venom geek Media made a series of videos about a Hutet in the dominion war, he turned the hunt for the Bismarck from WW2 into a Star Trek story.

@jamesabernethy7896

4 ай бұрын

I loved the dominion wars game. It took me a while to warm to the Hutet as a design. I fell in love with the Tonga.

@nucleartriad

4 ай бұрын

@@jamesabernethy7896 Tonga was good, the Norin was actually my favorite of those original designs that would fit well size-wise and stylistically between the Hideki and the Galor.

@jamesabernethy7896

4 ай бұрын

The Norin was also really beautiful. As you say perfect size-wise and looked really modern. @@nucleartriad

Thanks

I believe there is destroyer and cruiser versions of the galore

id love to see you do the Keldon class.

@starshipreviews

2 ай бұрын

It’s on the list

@koragg3399

2 ай бұрын

@@starshipreviews grate i can bearly wait.

I wonder how many classes do the Cardassians have.

@starshipreviews

4 ай бұрын

Canonically three plus the dreadnought, which is like a massive interstellar missile thing. But the expanded universe has far more

@NocturnalMantis

4 ай бұрын

Thats informative thanks and I found the Cardassian fleet doctrine video!