Nominate the coolest ships in sci fi

Post by **Graham Kennedy** » Wed Jul 10, 2013 12:37 pm

Was thinking of doing a poll, either on the forum or maybe a DITL poll, for the coolest ships in sci fi. 'Coolest' is obviousy a rather undefined term, so take it to mean whatever you like - most badass, most plausible, most beautiful, most original, most quirky. But we will need a giant list of people's favourite ships for poll options, and especially not just the obvious 'Big Franchise' ones.

Some of my favourites...

Space 1999 : Eagle transporter.
The Tardis.
Buck Rogers starfighter.
The Discovery from 2001 : A Space Odyssey.

What are your favourites?

Post by **Nutso** » Wed Jul 10, 2013 12:51 pm

Moya from Farscape.

Gunstar 1 from The Last Starfighter.

Post by **Mikey** » Wed Jul 10, 2013 12:59 pm

GrahamKennedy wrote:Space 1999 : Eagle transporter.

Hell yes. I doubt it'll get many votes, but most definitely.

GrahamKennedy wrote:The Tardis.

Police box TARDIS or #6 upright organ TARDIS?

GrahamKennedy wrote:Buck Rogers starfighter.

I wouldn't have thought of this, but it definitely looked like a starfighter should have.

Others:
the Cygnus from The Black Hole (1979.)
the Vally Forge from Silent Running.
the Gunstar from The Last Starfighter.

Tyyr · Post by **Tyyr** » Wed Jul 10, 2013 1:40 pm

The Mothership from Homeworld.

Post by **Nutso** » Wed Jul 10, 2013 1:44 pm

Starbug from Red Dwarf.

The Liberator from Blake's Seven.

The Sulaco from Aliens as well as that dropship thing.

Post by **Nutso** » Wed Jul 10, 2013 3:37 pm

Shadow Battlecrab. The stuff that nightmares are made off.

kostmayer · Post by **kostmayer** » Wed Jul 10, 2013 7:43 pm

The Liberator gets my vote - if you thought the Enterprise D looked cushy, that thing had a couch on the Command Deck, inbetween the control stations and the view screen.

McAvoy · Post by **McAvoy** » Wed Jul 10, 2013 8:07 pm

Always liked Babylon 5's Earth ships. Don't really feel like searching for pictures on a phone though.

Post by **Teaos** » Wed Jul 10, 2013 8:31 pm

Galactica, from the new BSG.

It wasnt pretty, wasnt new, wasnt powerful. But in the final episode its death touched me more than many a death of a actual character in any series.

kostmayer · Post by **kostmayer** » Wed Jul 10, 2013 8:44 pm

Teaos wrote:Galactica, from the new BSG.

The scene where Galactica jumps into the atmosphere of New Caprica and launches its fighters whilst dropping from the sky was one of the coolest things ever.

McAvoy · Post by **McAvoy** » Wed Jul 10, 2013 8:52 pm

kostmayer wrote:
Teaos wrote:Galactica, from the new BSG.
The scene where Galactica jumps into the atmosphere of New Caprica and launches its fighters whilst dropping from the sky was one of the coolest things ever.

I love that scene too even the music for it matched the tempo.

kostmayer · Post by **kostmayer** » Wed Jul 10, 2013 9:14 pm

Howabout the Motherships from V (the 1983 series).

The special effects haven't held up all that well but its still dam scary, and the opening scene when you first catch sight of a Mothership slowly floating through the sky is still chilling.

I dunno, theres something about the way they just hang there

Post by **Graham Kennedy** » Wed Jul 10, 2013 10:55 pm

Some great choices here that I wouldn't have thought of... keep them coming!

Post by **Captain Seafort** » Wed Jul 10, 2013 11:16 pm

For pure grace there are few if any that can beat the Andromeda Ascendant.

RK_Striker_JK_5 · Post by **RK_Striker_JK_5** » Wed Jul 10, 2013 11:25 pm

Well, for me...

The Hammerhead starfighter from Space:Above and Beyond:

The X-wing from Star Wars. I know it's 'famous', but it's still dead awesome.

The Omega-class destroyer from Babylon five:

The starfury, natch. 8)

And, well... the refit Enterprise:

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