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.
You gotta hand it to Ten-chan’s spaceship. And it can warp of course.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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I like the main ship from Battle Beyond the Stars
That is both sex’ reproductive organs in one ship.
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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I love the show, but the ship always felt too clean, too perfect, and too large. Voyager and even the Defiant cause more feelings and memories than the Enterprise does for me. But I agree that the ship design is perfect for what TNG is.
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Also, it fucking splits into two ships!
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well-rounded
I see what you did there.
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The Enterprise was well-rounded though, and perfect for deep space serial adventures around more complex moral and ethical issues.
And for trying to fuck women in red dresses on the holodeck 😂
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It’s happening all over the site, how could you assume anything else?
Apologies, the app I’m using gave me a network error every time I tried to reply, but apparently it actually went through and posted each time.
It’s a pretty common bug.
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“Terran Trade Authority Handbook: Spacecraft 2000 – 2100 AD” - it is full with cool spaceships like this… I love this book.
Is that a Chris Foss design?
That book is by Steward Cowley,1978 Was lucky to find a copy in great condition a while back. It was one of my favourite books when I was a kid.
Here are a couple more pics… https://the-haunted-closet.blogspot.com/2011/09/spacecraft-2000-to-2100-ad-stewart.html?m=1
“[…] illustrated by various sci-fi artists, among them Angus McKie, Bob Layzell, Colin Hay, and Tony Roberts. […]”
I’ve always been a fan of the B-Wing
Gotta be spike’s ship from cowboy bebop. Instantly recognizable silhouette. Gorgeous design.
Nostromo from Alien, it was such an awesome industrial looking design.
I’ve always been fond of the (seemingly) abandoned generation ship Thistledown from Greg Bear’s Eon.
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
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The Culture ships. I’m sure at least a few of them look wicked.
Once again the universe tells me I need to read that series.
Moya in Farscape might fit the bill, but she only really communicates through the pilot.
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.
