Did Sisko design the Defiant?

The ship’s backstory is outlined in its first appearance, the third-season episode “The Search”. According to his statement in the episode “Defiant”, Benjamin Sisko (Avery Brooks) was in charge of the shipyard where the Defiant was built and helped design it during his assignment to the Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards.

What happened to the first USS Defiant?

NCC-1764. Caught in a spatial interphase in 2268, near Tholian territory, the U.S.S. Defiant was lost between dimensions for several hours, until it finally faded forever into interspace. Due to adverse affects on humanoid neurophysiology, caused by the interphased space, the crew of the Defiant went insane.

Who designed the USS Defiant?

Concept artist Jim Martin was given the job of designing the USS Defiant NX-74205 when the producers of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine decided to introduce a new warship that could take on the Dominion. When designing the Defiant at the end of the second season, the original plan was to make it a ‘beefed up’ runabout.

Why are Star Trek: Discovery uniforms different?

Not only that but the colors were changed to indicate which divisions were which. Originally gold was command and red was engineering. When Jean-Luc Picard took over, command was now red, while gold was engineering. Later on in the series, as it moved into films and spin-offs, a different jumper would be introduced.

Is USS Discovery bigger than USS Enterprise?

This is odd because, as a deep space cruiser, the Constitution-class Enterprise is supposed to be bigger than the Crossfield-class Discovery, which is a science vessel; the Enterprise’s crew complement is 400 while the Discovery’s was 131 in season 1 and grew to approximately 200 in season 2.

Is the Defiant more powerful than the enterprise?

Both ships are very well armed, although the Enterprise-E outguns the Defiant. However, the Defiant has pulse phaser cannons, a cloaking device, ablative armor, and is a comparatively small, fast, and maneuverable ship. The Defiant could possibly win. The Prometheus would also be a good match for the Enterprise-E.

Will Discovery change uniforms?

Star Trek: Discovery season 4 will debut new color-coded uniforms that properly synch up with Star Trek tradition. Paramount+’s flagship Star Trek series charted the franchise’s new future when the USS Discovery jumped into the 32nd century in season 3.

Why is Pike’s uniform different?

They’re all blue, but his is yellow, why? Pike’s originally assigned to a Constitution class ship, which is a more prestigious post that gets the spiffy new technology and uniforms first before the rest of the fleet.

What was the original name of the USS Defiant?

The USS Defiant was originally named the “USS Scimitar ” in an early draft of the script for “The Tholian Web.” ( Star Trek Compendium, et al.) This had been confirmed previously by Greg Jein, who owned all the script drafts written for Star Trek: The Original Series.

What happened to defiant in the original Star Trek series?

To be clear, chronologically, everything in the original series (except for “The Cage”) hasn’t happened yet for the people on Discovery. So, in “The Tholian Web,” Defiant was a sister ship of the old Enterprise, meaning it pretty much looked exactly the same when Kirk and Spock beamed over to it.

Is the Defiant a mirror universe ship?

So, in “The Tholian Web,” Defiant was a sister ship of the old Enterprise, meaning it pretty much looked exactly the same when Kirk and Spock beamed over to it. Nothing about this episode was about the Mirror Universe, the only original series episode that was about the Mirror Universe was “Mirror, Mirror” in the second season.

Is the USS Defiant from Deep Space Nine?

The USS Defiant referenced in this new Discovery episode is not the ship from Deep Space Nine, and for the uninitiated, it does have a slightly confusing history in the Trek canon. So much so, even the showrunners of Discovery knew bringing this old ship into the fold would be trickier than Captain Lorca’s Scotty impersonation.