10 Greatest Ship Reveals In Star Trek

10. USS Defiant - The Search, Part 1

Deep Space Nine's third season opens with the great reveal of the USS Defiant, Starfleet's new, and at the time only, warship. The second season had closed with the destruction of the USS Odyssey by the Jem'hadar, so the need to beef up security suddenly became a lot more important.

Commander Sisko had been stationed at Utopia Planitia prior to taking up his post on the station, and in his time there, had been a part of the design team on the Defiant. It was intended to fight the Borg, though the Dominion threat bumped up its launch date.

The scene is brilliant - the main crew on the station are in Ops, waiting for Sisko to return. What they don't expect is a burst of tachyons right beside the docking ring, nor a ship to de-cloak so close. They are even more confused by the reveal that this ship is of Starfleet origin, using a Romulan cloaking device, loaned under the provisor that Starfleet share all intel gathered on the Dominion with them.

It's a great scene, and a bold start to the new year.