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**** [[Word of God]] says that the folding pylons make the warp drive [http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Force_of_Nature_%28episode%29 less damaging to local space.]

**:* Described in the DVD commentary as "on a five-year mission to ''kick ass''."

*:* The ''[http://memory-alpha.org/wiki/File:USS_Prometheus,_2374_(fore).jpg Prometheus]'', an experimental starship seen a couple of times in ''Voyager''. Not only is it a sleek high-tech ship designed to go where bigger ships can't, it can also [[Bifurcated Weapon|split]] into [http://memory-alpha.org/wiki/File:USS_Prometheus,_multi-vector_assault_mode.jpg three parts] in order to break stuff.

**:* The [http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/memoryalpha/en/images/5/5c/USS_Enterprise-C.jpg Enterprise-C], commanded by Captain Rachel Garrett and Lt. Castillo. It was so badass, it's crew decided to [[Heroic Sacrifice|fight a battle they were destined to lose]] simply because it would lead to peace between the Federation and the Klingons. Now you know you're a cool ship when you get blown up and the ''Klingons'' are impressed.

*:* ''Enterprise'' [http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/memoryalpha/en/images/7/74/Enterprise_NX-01.jpg NX-01], humanity's first Warp 5 ship. Not as pretty or [[Badass]] as later versions, but it did get the job done. And got it done well.

*:* The entire Constitution ''class''. They were fast, reliable, powerful, and tough. Remember the USS ''Constellation''? Blasted into near-scrap by the Doomsday Machine, antimatter exhausted and warp drive a 'pile of scrap', yet it could still fly and fight clumsily once Scotty got his hands on it. Those ships were arguably the best the Federation ever built.

*:* And that's just the main Human ships. Most of the supporting cast of races got cool ships, but the [http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/memoryalpha/en/images/5/5f/IKS_Kronos_One.jpg Klingon]{{Dead link}} and [https://web.archive.org/web/20120617073811/http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/memoryalpha/en/images/1/15/IRW_TMet_firing_disruptors.jpg Romulan ships] were especially badass.

**::* Especially since, if you go by the [https://web.archive.org/web/20120617074642/http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/memoryalpha/en/images/0/06/IKS_Rotarran_fires_on_Jem%27Hadar_attack_ship.jpg IKS Rotarran], (Martok's ship) Dominion War-Era Birds of Prey are pretty much comparable to the USS Defiant.

**::* Not to mention the [http://memory-alpha.org/wiki/D%27Kora_class Ferengi Marauder] of all things, even Picard considered it a "very impressive design" - good thing they're more interested in commerce than warfare.

*:* Let's add the ''[http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/memoryalpha/en/images/a/a9/Akira_class%2C_overview.jpg Akira]''-class (functionally Star Trek's version of [[The Battlestar]]), ''[http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/memoryalpha/en/images/c/c2/USS_Farragut%2C_Generations.jpg Nebula]''-class (Compact version of the ''Galaxy''-class yet just as powerful, and with the weapon's pod even moreso), the ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20120617073702/http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/memoryalpha/en/images/e/e7/Galaxy_class_aft.jpg Galaxy]''-class itself (especially the War Refit versions), the ''[http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/memoryalpha/en/images/2/2c/USS_Enterprise_%28NCC-1701%29%2C_remastered.jpg Constitution]''-class (AKA, the ORIGINAL Enterprise, and especially the [http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/memoryalpha/en/images/d/df/USS_Enterprise-A_quarter.jpg refit and movie versions]), and many more...

*:* Also, the various Borg ships, especially the very large and very dangerous [http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/memoryalpha/en/images/9/9f/Borg_cube_engaged_at_Sector_001.jpg Cubes]. That is, until they start to suffer from [[Villain Decay]], notably in ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]''

*:* While only occurring in one episode, the [http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/memoryalpha/en/images/3/38/Voth_city_ship.jpg Voth City Ship] is definitely deserving of a mention. It's huge. It's fast. It beamed the entire motherflipping starship Voyager into a cargo hold!

**::* More impressive because the Voth are genetically related to humans, being descended from Earth dinosaurs, who managed to escape the extinction in primitive ships and made it all the way to the Delta Quadrant where they dominate all the species in their area of influence. They could probably give the Borg a run for their money.

*:* The Vulcan High Command ringships from ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]''; particularly the [https://web.archive.org/web/20120617073723/http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20081008011025/memoryalpha/en/images/5/58/D%27Kyr_type%2C_ventral_particle_beam.jpg ''D'Kyr''-class Combat Cruiser], but also the ''Surak''-class ships and the larger ''Suurok''-class vessels like ''Sh'raan''.

*:* Many of Starfleet's ships have a Fridge Coolness factor to them: before the ''Defiant'', Starfleet weren't really into actual warships,<ref>That would be ''why'' the Defiant isn't officially classified as a warship</ref> and so their ships had other primary purposes (exploration, mostly). Didn't keep them from going up against ''dedicated'' warships and winning...