Worst ship design in sci-fi?

Jordanis · Post by **Jordanis** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 9:30 am

WH40K in general pays no attention to what is and isn't dumb, just what is and isn't OH MAN THAT'S SO. COOL.

It always reminds me of DBZ in terms of making me roll my eyes with ridiculous melodrama.

Post by **Mikey** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 1:47 pm

The Ramilies class starfort:

Reliant121 · Post by **Reliant121** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 2:22 pm

Bloody hell! One: you are correct. It is indeed Cathedral De Notre Dame with impulse engines on and Two: Is there any logic to this creation at all?

Post by **Mikey** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 2:39 pm

Actually, IIRC (although Rochey or Deepcrush could correct me) I don't believe that it has engines.

And the logic is supposedly that it can an act as a giant firing platform as well as a resupply/repair station for more conventional ships.

Those rectangular building wings supposedly extend to all four quarters, and each has an independent battery of some of WH40k's nastiest ship-to-ship weaponry.

Reliant121 · Post by **Reliant121** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 2:43 pm

The resources that must have been wasted styling it like a cross between 40k and Frankenstein. And fair enough with the engines. I hope the standard ships operated by the Imperial fleet aren't flying castle or something. I hardly think that having Rosette windows and gargoyles are particularly helpfu;.

Post by **Mikey** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 2:47 pm

No, other Imperial ships definitely have a very Baroque, "Gothic" styling philosophy, but aren't actually built to look like cathedrals.

e.g., the Oberon class battleship:

Reliant121 · Post by **Reliant121** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 2:55 pm

Give me smooth lines of an Akira or the long, slender Sh'raan any day.

Granitehewer · Post by **Granitehewer** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 3:37 pm

Imperial ship design in 40k is very gothic&baroque like some floating Austro-Hungarian Habsburg Chapel (Cisleithanian in space!) but i for one, like the various crenallations, pulpits and vestibules dotted on such ships, am not a fan of smooth ships, as personally, find them rather banal.

Reliant121 · Post by **Reliant121** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 3:41 pm

I dont minde blocky ships but i prefer smooth vessels. I suppose a good compremise would be the Minbari Sharlin.

Granitehewer · Post by **Granitehewer** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 3:42 pm

That is a good compromise!

Sionnach Glic · Post by **Sionnach Glic** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 3:57 pm

Mikey; you're correct that the Ramiles has no engines, though it probably has some sort of maneuvering thrusters.

Enkidu · Post by **Enkidu** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 4:06 pm

I've never played any Games Workshop game (amazingly, as they seemed to combine many of my childhood interests and hobbies) but from what I've seen of its products, and especially WH40,000 and it's Space Marines, those ships seem to fit perfectly with it's ethos and design philosophy.

Post by **Mikey** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 4:35 pm

Yes, they do, and I like the ornate designs; the floating Cathedral is just too much for my taste, however.

Sionnach Glic · Post by **Sionnach Glic** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 5:28 pm

Agreed. Most Imperium of Man ships are actualy fairly sound designs, in addition to looking good. The Ramiles, however, is just.......

RK_Striker_JK_5 · Post by **RK_Striker_JK_5** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 7:33 pm

Good lord, I'm looking for Quasimodo amongst the towers!