It was an into reference point, as to why the Federation/Starfleet would create war like vessels, not a "Hey why aren't the using Defiant Class vessels in this." Sorry but Duuurrrr
So if this vessel was soooo powerful then why dupe the Enterprise crew into going after Kahn? If they knew a war was coming and they were going to fire the first shot, wouldn't you use the most powerful weapons available?
The point of my 100 years in the future regarding Defiant is that all technology in the quadrant at that time was basically at par. So, the Defiant wasn't going to be the dreaded unstoppable beast because its tech was a progressive evolution. The Dreadnaught class ship was at least 100 years in the future compared to current technology.
Not only did the Armiral want to trick Enterprise into starting a war with plausible deniability of the actual intent but also to kill all of Khan's people hidden in the torpedoes. Double objective achieved and none of it tied directly to the Admiral.
I'm not saying it's a good plot but it is what it is.
Like on the freaking Dreadnought? If that thing is so power then it could of obliterated any defensive fleets around and leveled the entire planet before you can say tea and cumpets good sir. Also they could of easily killed Kahn since the mentioned planet leveling stuff was already done or in process, sure wolverine blood doesn't cure a120 mega tone nuclear blast.
The Admiral created that ship in secret with Khan's help. Starfleet was unaware of its existence until Enterprise witnessed it. And, again, the idea was to make it look like Kirk accidentally started the war trying to eliminate Khan who was a threat.
Then again you could just trans warp nuclear ordnance all over the enemy planets, ships, space stations, toilet seats etc thus eliminating any need for ground forces or fleets.
Yup. Thanks to Abrams, with every movie, fans are going to ask "WTF? Why didn't they just use transwarp" or "why aren't they building those Dreadnaught class ships??". He has completely destroyed any chance of writing a plausible story with conflict and struggle against a greater enemy or an enemy of equal power and numbers.
However my issue is that, its another 'unstoppable vessel' which I am getting bored of quite frankly. We've had this twice in a row now. For something that is called Into Darkness, there isn't anything really dark about it, just that this time they sided with a guy whom they knew was going to back stab them. Into Darkness implies that the characters are going into moral grey/ambiguity, going into the world of interstellar espionage.
Now you're giving Abrams too much credit.
Into Dreck is nothing but another colossal clusterf**k. He's turning Star Trek into Red Dwarf, a bunch of young dummies who have all this technology at hand they don't understand playing cowboys in space.
There is no reference to that ship being that advanced, just that it was more advanced that currently in use Star Fleet tech.
The ship was said to be that advanced. They made mention of its shielding, the fact the entire ship can be run by a single person and its weaponry. It's speed was demonstrated when they chased down the Enterprise, which it overtook as if the Enterprise was standing still and was able to fire upon it with no resistance.
The Narada was more advanced yes, but the Dreadnought? Sorry but no, can't believe that. Keep in mind they are only using resources and scienctific methods from that generation, no tech came from the future.
That's where you're wrong. The advances on that ship came from Khan. Among his enhanced abilities is his intellect, which far exceeds that of any human. That was also made clear. Stupid, yes, because Khan was never portrayed as an engineering genius but that's what Abrams did.
When I said the ship was 100 years ahead of its time, again, it was a metaphor. I didn't mean it came from the future.
At all. I don't believe that the Federation has that level of tech or resources to put into a vessel like that, let alone no one notice where these resources are going into, no one wondered, "Hey, why is 50% of the budget going into this something called Mr Admirals secret cookie jar."
Budget? Dude, you are familiar with Trek, right?
Humans eliminated currency and economy-based society in the future. Furthermore, you know they're space bearing, right? They can mine all they need from anywhere in space without Starfleet knowing anything.
PS. The only race which has the capability of plowing through entire fleets is the Borg, a ship the size of an excelsior class, sorry but don't make me laugh, the Borg is fine because well, look at the size of a cube, and look at the size of an Excelsior Class (in size reference not technological since it has obviously changed), yeah I'm sure that thing could take on 20 Klingon cruisers by itself. However my nerd and stats rage (if it has stats you can kill it rule) over, you are right in the sense of, Abrams is just piling on the technology without any regard for its implication in the greater whole of the new Star Trek universe, how such things reshape the nature of power in the galaxy.
You should watch the movie again and pay attention to the details surrounding Khan, those advanced torpedoes, the mission to get Khan and the Dreadnaught class ship.
I really disliked this Trek but I did pay attention so I could tear it apart.
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This may interest you Paragon:
The scans the Kelvin
took of the Narada
's 24th century technology (that went with the survivors on the shuttles) were used by 23rd century Starfleet to reverse engineer the more "advanced" technology seen in the alternate timeline, according to a post by Star Trek
screenwriter Roberto Orci on Ain't It Cool News. [1] Director J.J. Abrams also said in an interview with MTV [2] that readings from the Narada
"inspired ideas and technology that wouldn't have advanced otherwise."
A deleted scene from the film establishes that the Narada
was crippled after it was rammed by the Kelvin
. A convoy of Klingon warbirds eventually arrived and captured the ship and its crew. Twenty five years later, Nero and his crew escaped from their imprisonment on Rura Penthe, reclaimed the Narada
, used the ship to destroy 47 Klingon warbirds, and continued on their mission. [3]
So, if they had all that 24th century tech at hand, why did they reach back 300 years to build an Apple Store bridge and an engine room that looks like a beer factory from 1929 where Hoffa might be buried?!?