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Posted by Saltah'na (Member # 33) on :

So there is a poll out for favourite Star Trek Comedy scene. Now how about favourite battle sequence?

My favourite is from STVI with the invisible Cloaked Bird of Prey. Sure, there may not be enough ships to blow up, but then again, the suspense in that scene just blows me away.

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Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :

I don't know, I'd have to go with the two space battles between the Enterprise and the Reliant in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. The battle in the nebula was especially good, and I think that mainly because of Spock's sacrifice.

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Posted by Aethelwer (Member # 36) on :

That battle was good, as was the whole sequence in TWoK. And, of course, there's SoA...

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Posted by Aethelwer (Member # 36) on :

Sure, Siegfried, go ahead and post what I want to say while I'm typing.

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Posted by deadcujo (Member # 13) on :

Well, I dont think this is what you had in mind by "battle", but I loved the fight between Sisko and Q in an early DS9 episode

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Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :

The whole Wrath of Kahn sequence was beautifully crafted. But let's not forget "Call To Arms." That "camera on the torpedo" thing. Wow.

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Posted by Aethelwer (Member # 36) on :

Wasn't that in WotW? Or was it in both?

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Posted by LB4747 on :

Not quite a battle, but I loved the scene with the USS Oddyssey being kamikazed by the Jem'Hadar in "The Jem'Hadar". Still has me in awe seeing a Galaxy-class go down like that.

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Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :

I think you're right Frank. That was WotW I was thinking of. Though I'd like to go ahead and vouch for "Call to Arms" too.

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Posted by The Vorlon (Member # 52) on :

I'd say it's a tie between Wolf 359 and the SoA battle for DS9. Actually, I'm gonna make it a 3-way tie between those 2 and the FC Battle for Earth.

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Posted by Chimaera on :

Well, some of my favourites have already been mentioned, but I'll add the battle between the Enterprise-D and the Duras bird of prey in Generations, I thought that was pretty well done too.

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Posted by The First One (Member # 35) on :

The battle at Sector 001 in First Contact. It was so much better done that SofA, which kept cutting away and totally ruined the impact.

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Posted by Elim Garak (Member # 14) on :

*puts the first vote in for Voyager!*

The whole of "Think Tank". Gotta love that ending.

I also like sequences from "Tears of the Prophets" and "The Jem'Hadar". *sees no appeal to the battles against the Borg; is a very strange person and knows it well*

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Posted by Federation Shipmaster (Member # 15) on :

Star Trek VI final battle.

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Posted by Saltah'na (Member # 33) on :

And a quote from that same battle:

Captain Sulu: In range?

Helm officer: Not yet, sir.

Sulu: Come on, come on.....

Helm: Sir, she'll fly apart.

Sulu: Fly her apart then!!!

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Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :

Yes! Yes! Tahna!!! woohoo!
also

Kirk (with hand action): Fire!
long pause while watching torpedo
*explosion*
Sulu: Lock on to that explosion and Fire!

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Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :

I would like to say that The Undiscovered Country battle scene ranks a close second. But Star Trek II and VI tend flip flop depending on which one I've seen recently.

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Posted by Brigman on :

You guys are forgetting about the great "David vs. Goliath" battle in "Shattered Mirror", in which Sisko takes the Defiant up against a Klingon juggernaut (uber-Negh'var) cruiser.

That fight rocked.

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Posted by Gaseous Anomaly (Member # 114) on :

The best Star Trek Ballet...?
Hate being universe I in living.

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Posted by Gaseous Anomaly (Member # 114) on :

Seriously, though:
best ST battle?
Enterprise Vs. Reliant in the Mutaro Nebula, with out a shadow of a doubt. It had to be the most nerve-wracking battle ever; when Khan squints slightly (before the Enterprise springs the trap) I nearly went daft OH CRAP HE'S ON TO THEM!!
(which he wasn't, haha).
The music was just superb, with the violins capturing the mood/tension/plasma discharges perfectly. And Spock's death, and the Moby Dick quote...my cup runneth over!

'Wat of the Warrior' comes a very close second, with the quality of the non-CGI visuals shining through and eclipsing 'A Call to Arms'.
I don't think I ever saw DS9 being boarded so well, before or since.

Another thing: why are these all space battles?
What about all the brilliant foot-battles our heros have indulged in? My vote goes to the utterly fantastic 'Rocks + Shoals', whose slow-motion massacre at the end was mind-blowing.
Well done to Mike Vejar,Ron Moore et al for that stupendous episode

"You know Captain, if I had just two more vials of White, you never would have stood a chance." -- Keevan, 'Rocks and Shoals'. (Kill him, KILL HIM!)

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Posted by Saltah'na (Member # 33) on :

Foot battles? The deflector dish scene in FC. Very slow going, and very suspenseful. Gotta love it when Worf takes out that knife and starts hacking them to pieces.

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Posted by Federation Shipmaster (Member # 15) on :

Battles that are on foot. As in on a planet.

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Posted by The Excalibur (Member # 34) on :

Kirk vs Kahn in space.
Kirk vs Kruge in space and on foot.
Kirk vs The Gorn on foot.
Future Enterprise blows Klingons to atomic level in "All Good Things".
Alternate Universe Defiant vs the Klingons in "Shattered Mirror"

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Posted by Saltah'na (Member # 33) on :

Fed.Ship: Oh whatever. I term it as hand to hand or phaser to phaser combat.

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Posted by Warped1701 (Member # 40) on :

If you're talking about a good planetary battle, my vote is for "The Siege of AR-588." Best example of ground combat in the 24th century I've ever seen.

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Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :

Eh...I humbly disagree.

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Posted by Gaseous Anomaly (Member # 114) on :

Tahna:that's exactly what I meant, not just battles on planets surfaces.

Another one:-the fight between the Hirogen and 8472 in 'Prey'--the science-fiction character actor(Tony Todd) Vs. the CGI tripod-with-a-mouth. Guess who wins!

And the Battle of The Promenade in 'Way of The Warrior'.

AND what about the mind-numbing Neelix Vs. Jonas battle over the warp-core in 'Investigations'-surely the tensest moment in Voyager's history and compellingly original to boot. Excuse me...(BLAM!)
(The only moment in ST ever when I wanted the bad guys to win-no joke.)

However, does anyone know of another extra-vehicular battle like First Contact's?

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Posted by grb on :

The ground battle of "The Siege of AR-588" would have to be the best: dark sky, ark mood, dark people. Really shows war what it really is: the most evil endevour in which humanity can partake. When I saw that battle, I thought, "too hell with keeeping the dominion out of the AQ; just get along, people are dying."

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Posted by Federation Shipmaster (Member # 15) on :

Definetely. And the whole of "Rocks and Shoals." That was a great episode.

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Posted by Adam Bauer on :

Well, I think my favorite space battles have all been mentioned.

One of my favorite ground battles, however, was the fight against the borg in the beginning of ST:FC when the crew of the Enterprise was first trying to penertate the engineering section. That was, perhaps, more tense than any of the space battles. Through the whole thing I was on the edge of my seat.