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Re: Nominate the coolest ships in sci fi

Posted: Wed Jul 10, 2013 11:33 pm
by Nutso
Taelon mothership from Earth: Final Conflict. Looks like it's made of glass.
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Re: Nominate the coolest ships in sci fi

Posted: Wed Jul 10, 2013 11:43 pm
by Captain Seafort
Hmm. Define "ship". Does the DeLorean count?

Re: Nominate the coolest ships in sci fi

Posted: Wed Jul 10, 2013 11:53 pm
by Captain Seafort
And on a similar note, there's the other (non dimensionally transcendental) time travelling phone box:

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Re: Nominate the coolest ships in sci fi

Posted: Thu Jul 11, 2013 12:19 am
by RK_Striker_JK_5
Captain Seafort wrote:Hmm. Define "ship". Does the DeLorean count?
it could fly at one point...

Re: Nominate the coolest ships in sci fi

Posted: Thu Jul 11, 2013 12:20 am
by Graham Kennedy
Captain Seafort wrote:Hmm. Define "ship". Does the DeLorean count?
No, to be a ship it must be able to fly in space.

Second the B5 Starfury. They actually asked NASA what would be the ideal design for a ship to maneuver in space and were told "an X shape with engines on the end of each arm to give maximum torque for turning, with the engines studded with attitude jets." JMS was horrified that anything even remotely like an X would be accused of being an X Wing ripoff, and set out to make his X fighter as little like the X Wing as possible. I think it's a fantastic design.

Re: Nominate the coolest ships in sci fi

Posted: Thu Jul 11, 2013 12:30 am
by Tsukiyumi
Nutso wrote:Moya from Farscape.
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Seconded. Love that ship.

Re: Nominate the coolest ships in sci fi

Posted: Thu Jul 11, 2013 1:33 am
by McAvoy
RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:Well, for me...

The Hammerhead starfighter from Space:Above and Beyond:

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

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The Omega-class destroyer from Babylon five:

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The starfury, natch. 8)

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And, well... the refit Enterprise:

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Excellent choices there. I totally forgot about the Hammerhead. Naturally the refit Enterprise has to be on every 'best' ship list.

Re: Nominate the coolest ships in sci fi

Posted: Thu Jul 11, 2013 2:26 am
by Nutso
The Ebon Hawk from Knights of The Old Republic I and II.
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The Normandy from the Mass Effect video games.
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Re: Nominate the coolest ships in sci fi

Posted: Thu Jul 11, 2013 2:44 am
by RK_Striker_JK_5
McAvoy wrote:
Excellent choices there. I totally forgot about the Hammerhead. Naturally the refit Enterprise has to be on every 'best' ship list.
Thank you. :) I know most of them are probably a bit more 'obvious' than what Graham was looking for, but they still deserve some mention.

Re: Nominate the coolest ships in sci fi

Posted: Thu Jul 11, 2013 3:05 am
by Griffin
Could Thunderbird 2 fly in space? If not, this fella:
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Re: Nominate the coolest ships in sci fi

Posted: Thu Jul 11, 2013 3:06 am
by Nutso
I think this ugly thing is called Nell, from Battle Beyond the Stars. I expect zero votes for this ballsack.
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Re: Nominate the coolest ships in sci fi

Posted: Thu Jul 11, 2013 3:11 am
by Nutso
The Protetor from Galaxy Quest. Unlike some other starships, this beauty can take a beating and not immediately explode.
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And for those of you who want your spaceship to be be a Weapon of World Destruction, here is Lexx from "Lexx."
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Re: Nominate the coolest ships in sci fi

Posted: Thu Jul 11, 2013 3:17 am
by Nutso
Eagle 5 from Spaceballs

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Re: Nominate the coolest ships in sci fi

Posted: Thu Jul 11, 2013 6:06 am
by McAvoy
Nutso wrote:The Protetor from Galaxy Quest. Unlike some other starships, this beauty can take a beating and not immediately explode.
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And for those of you who want your spaceship to be be a Weapon of World Destruction, here is Lexx from "Lexx."
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God I love the movie Galaxy Quest. Even a great design for a ship toom

Re: Nominate the coolest ships in sci fi

Posted: Thu Jul 11, 2013 11:01 pm
by RK_Striker_JK_5
Nutso wrote:I think this ugly thing is called Nell, from Battle Beyond the Stars. I expect zero votes for this ballsack.
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I'd say something pithy, but I'm too busy laughing at this thing. :lol: :lol: :lol: