Ok.... C'mon. Favourite Spaceship!

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DEEPGIRL187

Thursday, June 8, 2006 5:08 PM

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Originally posted by Tristan:
Event Horizon
Serenity
The fighter from Last Starfighter
Challenger (OV-099)
Columbia (OV-102)
Vipers from original BSG

That's all that comes to mind right now.

Event Horizon? You're a brave man.

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CRUITHNE3753

Thursday, June 8, 2006 5:33 PM

Of the Trek stuff, I like the NX-01 best, for the relatively chunky metallic feel of it. The others are a bit too plastic I'm afraid.

The Liberator in Blakes 7 was actually flying backwards! The prop designer originally meant the green globe to be at the front, but it got turned round the other way when the effects people got their hands on it.

In Star wars, I rather like the asymmetry of the Millennium Falcon, the way the cockpit is off to one side, (The Falcon does have a mechanic, but he is also the co-pilot, rather hairy and none too cute...) but Fett's Slave 1 pips it for the cool main pulse-drive engines that are in the base rather than at the rear, so the ship flies face-on.

I suppose the Tardis is the most technologically advanced, all being packaged up in it's own hyperdimensional bubble and all that, but it doesn't really feel like a ship. Plus, if it breaks down, where are you going to find a bicycle pump in the Delta Quadrant or wherever? Maybe that's why The Doctor likes to hang around in the vicinity of Earth.

All in all, like Serenity best, cool yet homely. Also has a real world "ancestor" of sorts - http://www.tomtom-net.de/resources/vj101/vj101.htm - Check out those rotating engine nacelles!. Now only if she could be retro-fitted with some sort of FTL drive... and I'd need a good mechanic I suppose...

SIGMANUNKI

Thursday, June 8, 2006 5:39 PM

Fav star ship: USS Defiant

Fav fighter: A-wing

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TRISTAN

Thursday, June 8, 2006 5:50 PM

deepgirl, I loved that ship...not necessarily for what it became, but for what it was. Gorgeous, stark, and sliently powerful. But yes, it does give me the heebie-jeebies every now and then!

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STILLFLYIN

Thursday, June 8, 2006 6:17 PM

For a Capital Ship:
the Scimitar from star trek: Nemisis
a Super Star Destroyer from Star Wars
at the risk of sounding sacreligious, An Alliance Cruiser

For a smaller vessel
Golan Treviez's Far Star from the Foundation Novels
The Defiant from ST:DS9
or a Y-Wing

LWAVES

Thursday, June 8, 2006 9:49 PM

Not counting Serenity then I would have to pick these:

Millenium Falcon (Transport)
Viper Mk2 (Fighter)
Event Horizon (to send people I don't like)
The Monolith (for wacky fun) (not really a ship tho')
Enterprise E (for living in)

JOSSISAGOD

Thursday, June 8, 2006 10:19 PM

Gee, lemme think about this one... DUH, Serenity!!

If not Serenity, than the USS Voyager after it got its futuristic armor plating.

Edit: I might go with one that is pure fan made and impractical the Imperium Class Ultra Star Destroyer. It's a huge bastard that is so impractical that it would never actually work but it sure is cool to look at!
OR
Maybe Moya or Talyn

Fighter:
Stealth X-wing or Stealth A-wing. Perhaps a Chiss Clawcraft or TIE Defender mentioned a few posts down.

JOSSIS(Most Definitely)AGOD

Self appointed Forsaken! Been on the list for a while now!

CHRISTHECYNIC

Thursday, June 8, 2006 11:32 PM

Honestly Serenity is the only one that comes to mind in terms of long term whizzing because it just looks like a place to call home, somewhere where you can enjoy all of the beautiful sights and still have a place to come back to at night. A way to have roots and still move.

The only other ship that gives me the impression of being like that is the Tardis, but I don't think we've ever seen the bedrooms or kitchens in that thing so we have no idea, just a feeling that it's a home-like place. Besides we could park it in Serenity’s cargo bay and have them both.

The Falcon would definitely be nice and I wouldn't turn it down unless doing so could get me on Serenity, plus it has a hyper drive.

I've also had a fascination with living ships Gomtu and Kosh’s ship from B5 for example.

I don't know I feel like I've seen enough sci-fi that I should be able to make a huge list of things, but honestly I keep on coming back to Serenity, Serenity with the Tardis parked in it.

On a different note, whenever comparing Star Trek and Star Wars ships there is something you should remember:
http://members.lycos.co.uk/christhecynic/hpbimg/StarWars%20vs%20StarTr
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That is a to scale meeting of the original Enterprise with Vader's ship.

Personally even the Enterprise is too big for my tastes, but at the same time the Falcon just seems a little too small, or at least I never had a picture in my head of a kitchen which is what I really want in a space ship.

CHRISTHECYNIC

Thursday, June 8, 2006 11:59 PM

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Originally posted by chrisisall:
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Originally posted by safeat2nd:
Jupiter2 from the movie

What? The one from the series is far superior!
It has extra upper and lower decks that appear as needed without increasing the outer size of the ship, what other vessle can do that?

The TARDIS?

Of course someone probably already said that, but if I wait to respond till I'm through the thread I'll forget.

CHRISTHECYNIC

Friday, June 9, 2006 12:19 AM

Ok, reading through the thread has reminded me of two things from Star Trek I'd like:

The Delta Flyer (fun and switches)

A runabout (may not have a kitchen, but can be set up with a dining room.)

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Also, if it wouldn't steal your soul the shadow scout from B-5 was a really nice looking craft.

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But most of all reading through the thread reminded me of something, if you want all of the ships here what do you grab? Anything with a holodeck.

Get the Enterprise D, or some such, get a bunch of those robots Data proved were alive (because people don't like huge crews), have them run the ship, you sleep on Serenity or whatever in the holodeck and replicate a ship that fits in the shuttle bay to take you down to planets.

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I really feel like most ships out there are too big. Even so if I couldn't have Serenity or the TARDIS I guess I'd go with the Vorlon transport from B-5, I rank a kitchen highly, but I wouldn't mind a ship that could sing me to sleep either.

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