Your Vote for Coolest Sci Fi Spaceship Ever

[Drunkencorgimaster]

Some stuff I posted on another thread made me think of this.

What is your vote for the coolest Sci Fi Spaceship ever? A lot come to mind, Star Destroyers, Fireflies, Moira, Babylon 5, Kiingon D-7s, maybe the Tardis. Which one do you find to be the coolest?

I'm going to start the ball rolling by voicing my support for the 1978 version of the Battlestar Galactica. Not that the 2003 version isn't totally cool, I just like the lines of the old one better and the exposed forward bridge.

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[wittdooley]

I'm actually a big fan of the new Enterprise, but my loyalty has to lie with Serenity.

[Chris Copeland]

I'd have to go with the wedge shaped Imperial Destroyers in Star Wars... I've always thought those ships absolutely rocked!

[Asymmetrical Xeno]

Babylon5 Shadow battle-crabs are my favourite. Lovecraft in spaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaace.

[White Tiger88]

For Sheer Cool it would easily be the Prometheus from Star Trek Voyager.. (The ship that splits in three) For insane over the top cool gun wise though......The Andromeda hands down.

[eldargal]

Well the Imperial Star Destroyer is almost erotic in its classic simplicity, but I think my favourite might be the Destiny Ascension/Asaro dreadnoughts:
http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20090207040549/masseffect/images/2/2b/MassEffect_2008-08-13_12-37-43-71.png
http://www.foundation3d.com/uploads/art/2010/05/203-23-640277.jpg

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

The Star Destroyer is erotic? WTF?

[White Tiger88]

The Star Destroyer is erotic? WTF?

Super Star Destroyers give me A Feeling downstairs there so hawt....Mhmmm But wait i forgot the most powerful ship The Eclipse Class Super Star Destroyer it comes with a Death Star Laser on the tip of the ship :D

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

I'm going with the Imperium of Man. I love Imperial Navy vessels because they look so solid, I mean, they've got churches on them ffs.

http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20111115225852/warhammer40k/images/4/48/Battleship_Gothic_cover.jpg

The Retribution Class gets my vote.

[White Tiger88]

I'm going with the Imperium of Man. I love Imperial Navy vessels because they look so solid, I mean, they've got churches on them ffs.

http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20111115225852/warhammer40k/images/4/48/Battleship_Gothic_cover.jpg

The Retribution Class gets my vote.

They also get blown up more then any other ship out there.

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

As opposed to the Empire, which has been completely destroyed.

[White Tiger88]

As opposed to the Empire, which has been completely destroyed.

Nope, empire is still around Learn your star wars Fluff n00b, they are ruling again now because the republic got alien pwned.

[eldargal]

Yep, the Empire survived as the Imperial Remnant for decades after the Battle of Endor, ultimately signed a peace treaty with the Rebel Scum who had the temerity to call themselves the New Republic, then had a resurgence and ultimately reformed under Sith rule again.

[White Tiger88]

Yep, the Empire survived as the Imperial Remnant for decades after the Battle of Endor, ultimately signed a peace treaty with the Rebel Scum who had the temerity to call themselves the New Republic, then had a resurgence and ultimately reformed under Sith rule again.

Don't worry the Imperial Knights are the rulers....Jaina Solo and Jagged Fel get married to create the new "Royal" Line of the Empire. Its rather funny since theres a bunch of "grey" force user's running around the Empire now lol

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

Well lah dee dah.

Still not the Imperium.

[Psychosplodge]

Personally, The Super Star Destroyer is an amazing piece of kit.
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzdo3oY5vs1qiwlodo1_500.jpg

But you throw enough x-wings at and it dies...
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5reer6y4u1rprxkro1_500.png

[White Tiger88]

Personally, The Super Star Destroyer is an amazing piece of kit.
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzdo3oY5vs1qiwlodo1_500.jpg

But you throw enough x-wings at and it dies...
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5reer6y4u1rprxkro1_500.png

No they threw an A-Wing at it.......... Then it got caught in the gravitational pull of the death star and exploded.

[Psychosplodge]

That's one individual instance, in the books(examples in the Bacta War, Iron Fist, Han Solo's Revenge) they generally take them down with x-wing squadrons with various support.

[Deadlift]

http://i844.photobucket.com/albums/ab3/joenortonjones/61U7UpxETL_SL500_AA280_.jpg

The Steller Converter from "Battle Beyond The Stars" the only spaceship that has boobs.

It had George Peppard in the movie, and John boy Walton, whats not too love.

[Psychosplodge]

I've seen enough Hentai to be pretty sure I've seen others lol

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

O_O

Japan...

[Wolfshade]

Enterprise-E

or

World Forge star forge? whichever

[Psychosplodge]

Enterprise-E? It only lasted two minutes didn't it?

[Wolfshade]

It was in 3 films!

Also, in ST:BotF it was amazing.

It looks like its doing warp 8 while stationary

[Psychosplodge]

was it? didn't realise that. Still think they aren't a patch on Star Destroyers...

[Wolfshade]

Star destroyers, pah, you want a Super Star Destroyer, though I realise that they aren't technically a class so I'll go for the eclipse-class dreadnoughts

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

Oh the Eclipse

[Psychosplodge]

Well the Executor class SSD, but my point is still essentially sound...

[isotope99]

The scooty puff junior from futurama

http://adailything.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/futurama_ep64.jpg

[bfmusashi]

Even one-off ships can be a class and there were two ships called Eclipse that were nearly identical. I liked the NX-1 from ST: Enterprise as it had a neat aesthetic. It was simultaneously super science and primitive while making a neat toy.

[bfmusashi]

Oh, the ship from The Last Starfighter. That thing was a cockpit on a pile of engines and guns!

[Psychosplodge]

Super- became a catch all class for anything of significantly larger than normal size...

[Chris*ta]

The scooty puff junior from futurama

http://adailything.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/futurama_ep64.jpg

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6gh5mEfGe1r3xzhso1_500.jpg

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g221/bda03/Scooty-PuffSr.jpg
Your argument is invalid.

[Chris*ta]

Oh, and for Psychosplodge:
http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRE6-bIiB59MeiL-u2t2wTKzLf2AL8-pdv57B-hNQTYdyri4ZJZ

[Psychosplodge]

Oh, and for Psychosplodge:
http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRE6-bIiB59MeiL-u2t2wTKzLf2AL8-pdv57B-hNQTYdyri4ZJZ

That's kinda cool, but that should be on the Jr. And Rainbowdash should be on the Sr....then it would be 20% cooler.

[Chris*ta]

That's kinda cool, but that should be on the Jr. And Rainbowdash should be on the Sr....then it would be 20% cooler.

Ah doo naht anderstaand yer neerd langwidge!

Damn, in-jokes no one on here will get ... Just image Rainier Wolfcastle (or Arnie if you don't know who that is) saying it

The meaning is basically the same as calling your friend a nerd, even though your just as much a nerd as they are, but just about different things.

[Psychosplodge]

you mean like


You know how some weeaboos will try to dick-measure with each other over who the biggest otaku is? 'I only watch SUBTITLED anime!' 'Oh yeah? Well I only read UNTRANSLATED manga!' 'F*ck you guys, I import all my clothes and groceries from Japan! DESU!' The Dollfie collector is the one the Hello-Kitty-Vibrator using, bento box making, anime cel collecting, Japanese language and culture grad student with the Japanese girlfriend/boyfriend looks at funny.

[Chris*ta]

you mean like

Actually, I think I understood all of that, except:
1. weaboos
2. dollfie
3. bento

[Wolfshade]

Ah doo naht anderstaand yer neerd langwidge!

Damn, in-jokes no one on here will get ... Just image Rainier Wolfcastle (or Arnie if you don't know who that is) saying it
Untill I got to the Rainier Wolfcastle I had it with a Geordie accent

[Psychosplodge]

Actually, I think I understood all of that, except:
1. weaboos
2. dollfie
3. bento
Well I believe weaboo refers to the crazy type fan that uses words like kwai and desu in conversation, and possibly squeals a lot, pretty much the anime fan version of the wigger.
Dolfie is a brand of BJD(ball jointed doll) I think.
Bento box refers I think to a lunch box.

[Wildeybeast]

At the risk of getting back on track, the Ebon Hawk has so many fond memories for me so that's my choice. The Normandy comes a close second for similar reasons.

[Up The Walls!]

Ooh, toughie. EIther Foss's Leviathan, or the Gunstar.

[Mr Mystery]

Imperial Super Star Destroyer, hands down.

So imposing, yet sleek lines. I mean, it's picket ships are capital class. It has a vomit inducing amount of fighter, bomber and interceptor support. What's not to like? Apart from it's crew of space ****s of course.

[Psychosplodge]

They're not national socialsts, more galactic socialists...

[White Tiger88]

Imperial Super Star Destroyer, hands down.

So imposing, yet sleek lines. I mean, it's picket ships are capital class. It has a vomit inducing amount of fighter, bomber and interceptor support. What's not to like? Apart from it's crew of space ****s of course.

Eclipse Class Super Star Destroyer has a death star laser....and its 6x the size or so......

[Up The Walls!]

Eclipse Class Super Star Destroyer has a death star laser....and its 6x the size or so......

Yeah, but the Executor-class Star Dreadnought looks so much better!

[Mr Mystery]

And hasn't appeared on celluloid, hence does not exist.....

[Up The Walls!]

And hasn't appeared on celluloid, hence does not exist.....

Christ, that reminds me of a horrific discussion I had once on a Star Trek forum. Which basically boiled down to 'Well, if the prerequisite for canon, to which you are holding an exceptionally rigid view, is that unless it is directly seen or stated on screen in one of the episodes or films, your existence is violating the canon since you have never been in one of the episodes. You probably have a knife rack downstairs in the kitchen, in order to retain the integrity of the show you love, only one thing to do.'

[Psychosplodge]

Eclipse Class Super Star Destroyer has a death star laser....and its 6x the size or so......

Overcompensating....like buying a sports car at fifty-five

[White Tiger88]

Overcompensating....like buying a sports car at fifty-five

Or a titan to put a 10 year old kid in his place after he beats you 50 times.

[Psychosplodge]

Or a titan to put a 10 year old kid in his place after he beats you 50 times.

*facepalm*

[Uncle Nutsy]

I give you guys...

the Pyro GX.

http://moddb.com/images/cache/mods/60/6094/gallery/water_33913.jpg

It's got lasers, can carry dual Plasma cannons, Autocannons, a Mass Driver and chargeable Fusion Cannons that can melt a capital ship down to slag at full power. Oh and for more funsies, it can carry missiles either capable of multiple nuclear blasts or a singularity at the point of impact.

And it's capable of warp travel.

[Psychosplodge]

Looks like the b*stard offspring of an a-wing and x-wing...

[Bean]

The Starfuries from Babylon 5 are high on my list, largely because they look like they were designed by someone writing science fiction rather than pure fantasy--which is to say that they actually make sense, mechanically, while the vast vast majority of science fiction space ships, including every one that I've seen posted in this thread (I haven't read the whole thread, yet) do not.

But, if it's just a penis-measuring competition, there pretty much isn't a ship out there that competes with a GOU (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_types_of_the_Culture#General_Offensive_Unit). Also, they have a better sense of humor.

[Kyban]

I've always liked the species 8472 bioships from Voyager.

[Psychosplodge]

But, if it's just a penis-measuring competition, there pretty much isn't a ship out there that competes with a GOU (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_types_of_the_Culture#General_Offensive_Unit). Also, they have a better sense of humor.

How did I forget these, Grey Area is hilarious...

[Mr Mystery]

Also, representing the Stargate massive....

The Odyssey. Earth ship, with Asgard weapons and shields.......

[Psychosplodge]

Yeah, I have a feeling The Culture are so far beyond anything else mentioned here...

[Up The Walls!]

Warning: Post that may irritate Star Wars fans approaching.

I really like Alex Jaeger's Venator-class Star Destroyer. That said, a lot of Jaeger's stuff is really nice.

[Psychosplodge]

Means nothing to me, must not be from star wars.

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

It's fine, they're busy dealing with their neckbeard rage of me liking the prequels!

[Bean]

The prequels definitely had their moments--and a far better overarching plot than the originals (which didn't, really, have much of an overarching plot at all).

Also, I, too, like the look of the Venator, though that opening scene in, what, episode 3--the "big" space battle over Coruscant--made me lose any lingering shreds of respect I had for Star Wars space-shipery. Crew-serviced, cannon-style ship guns firing in broadsides as two capital ships fly within feet of each other in a scene that would make even a cheesy pirate movie cringe a little inside? Seriously. Not cool.

[Deadlift]

Besides my favourite boob ship from Batle beyond the stars, has no one mentioned Slave 2, Fetts ship. One of my favourite Star Wars toys as a kid and I still think it looks very cool.

[Up The Walls!]

Also, I, too, like the look of the Venator, though that opening scene in, what, episode 3--the "big" space battle over Coruscant--made me lose any lingering shreds of respect I had for Star Wars space-shipery. Crew-serviced, cannon-style ship guns firing in broadsides as two capital ships fly within feet of each other in a scene that would make even a cheesy pirate movie cringe a little inside? Seriously. Not cool.

Well, I suppose the difficulty with that is that a 'modern' method of capital ship warfare (I say modern, it's been the method used since the 1940s) would be achingly dull to show from a visuals perspective, especially one where the primary anti-capital ship weapons are far too large to be used by the (completely superfluous) fighters and bombers involved. It's the same reason that, since there's been more effort made to involve flyers in 40K (since Double Eagle, really) there've been a few references to 'smart missiles' like the ones used by aircraft today being banned due to being too close to AI for comfort or something, so as to bring dogfighting back. It might be how it's done today, but 'over the horizon' naval and aerial combat's just boring.

[energongoodie]

no one mentioned Slave 2, Fetts ship. One of my favourite Star Wars toys as a kid and I still think it looks very cool.

I'm hoping that's a typo buddy. Us nerds take this sort of thing pretty seriously :mad:

For me, I know it is unoriginal, but I love the X-Wing. When they lock S-foils in attack position I still get a shiver down my spine.

[Deadlift]

I'm hoping that's a typo buddy. Us nerds take this sort of thing pretty seriously :mad:

For me, I know it is unoriginal, but I love the X-Wing. When they lock S-foils in attack position I still get a shiver down my spine.

Lol, no sorry not a typo, I am obviously not on the same geekery level as some lol. I will try harder :)

[energongoodie]

Lol, no sorry not a typo, I am obviously not on the same geekery level as some lol. I will try harder :)

I hope so, Commander Deadlift, for your sake. The Emperor is not as forgiving as I am. ;)

[Bean]

Well, I suppose the difficulty with that is that a 'modern' method of capital ship warfare (I say modern, it's been the method used since the 1940s) would be achingly dull to show from a visuals perspective, especially one where the primary anti-capital ship weapons are far too large to be used by the (completely superfluous) fighters and bombers involved. It's the same reason that, since there's been more effort made to involve flyers in 40K (since Double Eagle, really) there've been a few references to 'smart missiles' like the ones used by aircraft today being banned due to being too close to AI for comfort or something, so as to bring dogfighting back. It might be how it's done today, but 'over the horizon' naval and aerial combat's just boring.

Oh, definitely. I completely understand. Still, there're better "cinematic" ship fights and worse ones, and that's one of the worse ones. See Babylon 5 (again) for a better (though far from perfect) example in television and David Weber's Honor Harrington books for a much, much better example in print. Though Surface Detail still has my favorite example of a space battle in it.



In much the same way that naval miniatures games that aren't stupid aren't fun--and the ones that are fun are stupid. It's a sad conundrum...

[Psychosplodge]

Your arguments were going so well, till the babylon 5 came out... :(

[Bean]

Your arguments were going so well, till the babylon 5 came out... :(

Lol. Not a fan of Babylon five? It has tons of problems, but if you can find a better example of space combat in film, I'd love to hear it (no, seriously--I would.)

[Psychosplodge]

I could never get into it, as they never seemed to show it in any semblance of order...

[Deadlift]

Lol. Not a fan of Babylon five? It has tons of problems, but if you can find a better example of space combat in film, I'd love to hear it (no, seriously--I would.)

I know I am in for a verbal kicking here and it's not strictly a space combat movie, but I enjoyed the dog fight scenes in Independence Day. The rest of the movie not so much.

[Psychosplodge]

That was the movie wasn't it?


Captain Steven Hiller: [talking to the unconscious alien he’s dragging] Y’know, this was supposed to be my weekend off, but noooo. You got me out here draggin’ your heavy *** through the burnin’ desert with your dreadlocks stickin’ out the back of my parachute. You gotta come down here with an attitude, actin’ all big and bad…
[yells]
Captain Steven Hiller: and what the hell is that smell?
[starts kicking the alien, yelling]
Captain Steven Hiller: I could’ve been at a barbecue!
[kicks the alien one last time and calms down]
Captain Steven Hiller: But I ain’t mad.

[Deadlift]

Yeah that's the one :)

[Psychosplodge]

lol, I meant the movie was mainly there for the dogfights, and blowing cities up.

The quote just happened to be on tumblr at the same time :D

[Bean]

I could never get into it, as they never seemed to show it in any semblance of order...

Hah, I could see that. I watched it on Netflix, and thus did not have that problem. It still wasn't an exceptional show, but I liked it well enough. Not quite as well as Next Generation, perhaps (talk about stupid space battles) but better than TOS.




I know I am in for a verbal kicking here and it's not strictly a space combat movie, but I enjoyed the dog fight scenes in Independence Day. The rest of the movie not so much.

Hah, so did I. They were fun. Actually, I found that whole movie to be fun--stupid, sure, but still fun. Also, yeah--not really a space combat movie. Fighting in an atmosphere (any substantial fluid, really) is actually very different, mechanically.

[Drunkencorgimaster]

Hiller's above rant in Independence Day is awesome. I liked the movie's battle scenes except for a shot during the battle over Area 51 that accidentally showed the LA skyline. Bad editing there.

One of the challenges Babylon 5 has/had is that the graphics look so bad it hurts the show, but I agree that the actual ship designs are pretty realistic, to the degree that any of this stuff is "realistic."

It seems to me that the closest analogy to space combat today would be submarine vs. submarine warfare. Hostile environment, any major breech likely means the whole crew dies, relatively little hope of rescue in a crippled vessel, no visual sighting of the enemy, very few projectiles but each one is enormously expensive and powerful, the first ship to detect the other has a huge advantage, etc. etc. -Not very visually exciting though.

[Uncle Nutsy]

Looks like the b*stard offspring of an a-wing and x-wing...

A little bit. But it can turn both into scrap easily.

[White Tiger88]

Besides my favourite boob ship from Batle beyond the stars, has no one mentioned Slave 2, Fetts ship. One of my favourite Star Wars toys as a kid and I still think it looks very cool.

Fett has the Slave 1....The Slave 2 is a Ship from the books he gets after Return of the Jedi, And only till he gets the Slave 1 back.

[eldargal]

I like Independence Day, as simple action films go it is quite enjoyable. Not pretentious, not too silly, just an entertaining alien invasion film.

[White Tiger88]

I like Independence Day, as simple action films go it is quite enjoyable. Not pretentious, not too silly, just an entertaining alien invasion film.

Want a smoke well nuking an Alien mothership?

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

Engrish?!!

[White Tiger88]

Engrish?!!

NO Engrish, u have chow-mien?

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

I was highlighting your last post, it made no sense...

[Wolfshade]

I like Independence Day, as simple action films go it is quite enjoyable. Not pretentious, not too silly, just an entertaining alien invasion film.

It was good as Jeff Godblum was playing himself, plus loved having Brent Spinner as the crazy scientist

[Wolfshade]

I was highlighting your last post, it made no sense...

If you keep this up you will make me redundant :p

[Up The Walls!]

It seems to me that the closest analogy to space combat today would be submarine vs. submarine warfare. Hostile environment, any major breech likely means the whole crew dies, relatively little hope of rescue in a crippled vessel, no visual sighting of the enemy, very few projectiles but each one is enormously expensive and powerful, the first ship to detect the other has a huge advantage, etc. etc. -Not very visually exciting though.

I suppose one of the closest analogies to that then, at least in 'science fiction people have watched' would be the nebula battle in The Wrath of Khan, where thanks to the radiation, there's no shielding, practically no sensors and visuals are pretty much down to the mkI eyeball. Aside from the impressive-on-that-budget effects and the surprisingly well done tension in the scene, it's quite a quiet battle scene, more akin to a sniper duel than a tank battle.

Which is odd considering Trek's battle scenes tend to be really, really bad for realism and such.

[Bean]

I suppose one of the closest analogies to that then, at least in 'science fiction people have watched' would be the nebula battle in The Wrath of Khan, where thanks to the radiation, there's no shielding, practically no sensors and visuals are pretty much down to the mkI eyeball. Aside from the impressive-on-that-budget effects and the surprisingly well done tension in the scene, it's quite a quiet battle scene, more akin to a sniper duel than a tank battle.

Which is odd considering Trek's battle scenes tend to be really, really bad for realism and such.

Sort of. Visibility being "down to the mkI eyeball" would leave a ship in a nebula almost entirely dysfunctional, and the odds of two ships running into each other in one would be (literally) astronomically low. Nebulas are huge and the effective range of the eyeball is, in comparison, tiny.

[scadugenga]

As much as I love Star Wars and Firefly...I think the White Star from Bablyon 5 takes the cake.



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[Up The Walls!]

In terms of iconic, and in terms of personal attachment, this is a personal favourite. Number one because it completely rejigged everything we knew about spaceship design for science fiction, number two because I spent two weeks building the model in c4d a few months back.

For learning to do CG modelling, there are few designs out there better than Matt Jeffries' Type Nine Constitution-class Heavy Cruiser.