History Main / TheDreadedDreadnought

* The ''Series/StarTrekDiscovery'' episode "Erigah" shows a Breen dreadnought, explicitly identified as such. It is absolutely enormous, dwarfing Federation HQ and all ships called in for reinforcements. Viewers are left to imagine what kind of firepower it has, though, as the main characters figure out a diplomatic solution to send it on its way.

* The "Series/StarTrekDiscovery" episode "Erigah" shows a Breen dreadnought, explicitly identified as such. It is absolutely enormous, dwarfing Federation HQ and all ships called in for reinforcements. Viewers are left to imagine what kind of firepower it has, though, as the main characters figure out a diplomatic solution to send it on its way.

** SerialEscalation leads to, in ''Fanfic/{{Origins}}'', more Star Dreadnoughts and the use of absolutely gargantuan [[MatterReplicator digistructors]] to throw any concerns about materials, [[CloneArmy crew]], or construction facilities out the airlock as the protagonists field ''hundreds'' of mass-produced ships in this weight class to fight an intergalactic war.

** USS ''Mississippi'' was one of the aforementioned super Dreadnoughts and got the closet to the sci-fi version of the trope (sans being put into orbit). After WWII her rear turrets were removed and she became an experimental weapons platform, which included the fitting of both anti-ship and anti-air missiles. It was proposed to give the dreadnoughts, West Virginia, Maryland, and California similar refits for actual combat. As it was ''Mississippi'' was the closest we got to an unambiguous dreadnought having both missiles and guns. To wit, she retained some of her WWII AA point defenses, resulting in vessel with weapons capabilities straight out of ''Star Wars''.

* The "Series/StarTrekDiscovery" episode "Erigah" shows a Breen dreadnought, explicitly identified as such. It is absolutely enormous, dwarfing Starfleet Command and all ships called for reinforcements. Viewers are left to imagine what kind of firepower it has, though, as the main characters figure out a diplomatic solution to send it on its way.

** The main Shadow warship doesn't have an official designation, although the ExpandedUniverse refers to it as a Dreadnought or a "Battle Crab" interchangeably. It is every bit as dangerous as a Vorlon Dreadnought, except with a few extra nasty abilities, such as being able to phase directly in and out of hyperspace without needing to open a jump point, and the ability to move in any direction regardless of the ship's orientation in space, making it impossible to flank or outmaneuver. It's primary energy weapon is nearly as powerful as the Vorlon equivalent, easily ripping apart ships of the younger races in a single shot. The appearance of just one Shadow dreadnought is enough to make even Delenn want to run and hide, rather than face it directly.