What are your favorite spaceships from science fiction shows, movies, games, comics, anime or anything?

The Swordfish from Cowboy Bebop is probably my top favorite. I like the idea of small compact ships meant for a single person and going fast.

For that same reason I love the Razorback from The Expanse. Except the engine to ship ratio in this universe probably makes more sense realistically. The cockpit 360 swivel system is also really clever.

The Outlaw Star from… Outlaw Star is not a small ship. I just like it because it looks cool despite its goofy unrealistic grapple arms that hold weapons.

  • stravanasu
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    42 years ago

    You gotta hand it to Ten-chan’s spaceship. And it can warp of course.

  • ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝
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    92 years ago

    I always liked the designs of the ships in Babylon 5 as each culture had a distinctive aesthetic that told you a bit about them - human craft were chunky and practical, Minbari ships were elegant, Vorlon vessels were organic, etc.

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      12 years ago

      Earth’s Omega -class destroyer was and still is supremely cool to me. Also the utilitarian and cobbled together look or Narn ships had its appeal.

      • ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝
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        Earth’s Omega -class destroyer was and still is supremely cool to me.

        They always have me chills when they dropped in as you knew shit was going to go down.

        The ships the humans develop in Stargate seem to owe a debt to the Omega-class but it may just be that it follows the same design thinking - we’d likely start off making things a bit utilitarian at first.

        Also the utilitarian and cobbled together look or Narn ships had its appeal.

        And they had great markings on them - it reflected their warrior culture, where the Centauri were a little more ostentatious.

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      12 years ago

      Earth’s Omega -class destroyer was and still is supremely cool to me. Also the utilitarian and cobbled together look or Narn ships had its appeal.

  • SMFX
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    22 years ago

    I like the main ship from Battle Beyond the Stars

  • @[email protected]
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    Honestly, it was always Picard’s Enterprise (D I think…?) from TNG.

    I always really liked that take on a capital ship. They’re usually military vessels or logistics craft, what else do you need something that big for? The Enterprise was well-rounded though, and perfect for deep space serial adventures around more complex moral and ethical issues.

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    2 years ago

    “Terran Trade Authority Handbook: Spacecraft 2000 – 2100 AD” - it is full with cool spaceships like this… I love this book.

    from the wonderful book "Spacecraft 2000 – 2100 AD"

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    12 years ago

    Gotta be spike’s ship from cowboy bebop. Instantly recognizable silhouette. Gorgeous design.

  • @[email protected]
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    12 years ago

    As a scale modeler and scifi enthusiast, this thread is torture. All these dope designs that have no scale models…

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    I’ve always liked just about any sentient/thinking ship. Oddly enough, I can’t think of any examples where a thinking ship has been paired with a wicked design. Although I might just be overlooking something.

    But some examples from sci-fi fiction:

    • Gay Deceiver (Robert A. Heinlein - he was using the term “gay” in its original sense)
    • Helva, from Anne McCaffrey’s The Ship Who Sang (she’s technically a human “Brain” installed in a ship…but the series is written as if she’s the ship in many ways)
    • Zora (Star Trek: Discovery . I really wish she’d gotten more time, a Star Trek ship that is sapient is something we should’ve been able to explore in lots of detail)
    • ART - Asshole Research Transport, aka Perihelion, from Martha Well’s Murderbot Diaries

    Edit: Sorry about the spam, all us social media lemmings are making things slow and buggy, poor lemmy.world can’t keep up with us.

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    62 years ago

    The Y-Wing. It’s old, it’s run down, it’s clunky, but it’s not totally obsolete and can still get the job done.