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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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[This message was edited by Siegfried on April 14, 1999.]
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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.
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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
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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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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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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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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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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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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.
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