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Re: Nominate the coolest ships in sci fi

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Would Unicron count? :D

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What about those beauties?

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They are from Bengal Class Strike Carrier and Confederation Dreadnaught from Wing Commander 1 and 2 respectivly.


I think Wing Commander 1 and 2 had some really awesome, retro-looking, spacecraft design which nowadays is unfortunatly largely forgotten, but some of those ships look just awesome in modern 3d provided by some fan-mods.

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Wing Commander 3,4,5 also had some nice ships but the limitiations of the new 3d technology was very appearant in the very block design.
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I have the book the first image came from! :D Man, it's been ages since I played Wing Commander. Back when I played video games, mind.
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Re: Nominate the coolest ships in sci fi

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Nutso wrote:Moya from Farscape.
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Frell, yes!!!

Moya definitely gets my vote!


I would add...

The White Star
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The Tallgeese from Gundam Wing
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Also from Gundam WIng, Epyon.
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It even has a lazersword.
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This is Talyn from Farscape. He is Moya's child. He is a Leviathan class living vessel but he is weaponized and needed no connected Pilot. Sacrificed himself to save his mother.

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Red Dwarf before the season 8 remake.
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Thus far :

Eagle transporter from Space : 1999
The Tardis from Doctor Who
Earth Starfighter from Buck Rogers
The Discovery from 2001 : A Space Odyssey
Moya from Farscape
Gunstar 1 from The Last Starfighter.
The Cygnus from The Black Hole
The Valley Forge from Silent Running.
The Mothership from Homeworld.
Starbug from Red Dwarf
The Liberator from Blake's Seven.
The Sulaco from Aliens
The Marine Dropship from Aliens
The Shadow Battlecrab from Babylon 5
The Battlestar Galactica, from the new Battlestar Galactica series
Visitor Mothership from V
Andromeda Ascendant, from Andromeda
The Hammerhead Ttarfighter from Space : Above and Beyond
The X-wing from Star Wars
The Omega class destroyer from Babylon 5
The Starfury from Babylon 5
The Refit Enterprise from Star Trek : The Motion Picture
The Taelon Mothership from Earth : Final Conflict
Ebon Hawk from Knights of The Old Republic
Normandy from Mass Effect
Thunderbird 2 from Thunderbirds
Nell from Battle Beyond the Stars
The Protector from Galaxy Quest
Lexx from Lexx
Eagle 5 from Spaceballs
Space Battleship Yamato, from Space Battleship Yamato
Fairwind from Star Wars EU
Arcadia
Kusari Battleship from Freelancer
Impreial Star Destroyer from Star Wars
Goa’uld Ha’tak Mothership from Stargate
Serenity from Firefly
Unicron from Transformers
Bengal Class Strike Carrier from Wing Commander 1
Confederation Dreadnaught from Wing Commander 2
The White Star from Babylon 5
Tallgeese from Gundam Wing
Talyn from Farscape
Red Dwarf from Red Dwarf

Any more to add? We've got a few 'obvious' ones, so a few more along those lines :

D5 Cruiser from Star Trek
USS Excelsior from Star Trek
Klingon Bird of Prey from Star Trek
USS Defiant from Star Trek
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I think the Akira is usually a fan favorite.
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The BC-304, or Odyssey from Stargate SG-1 is pretty cool.
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You have a lot of cool ships in B5 not yet mentioned like the centari Vorchan and Primus, the Minbari Sharlin Warcruiser, the EA Hyperion, the EA Warlock, the first one's ships.
From SW the B-wing, the Slave II, the Low Altitude Assault Transport, the Naboo fighter.
From ST Data's ship from Insurrection, D'deridex class, Insectoid ship.
Terran fighter from Starcraft.
Fighter from Lost in Space (movie)
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B5 - I have always been very fond of the Vorchan, the Whitestar, the G'Quan, Omega-class, and the Vorlon ships.
SW - The Naboo fighters are really cool, but I am drawn to the Droid fighters also.
ST - I have always been a massive fan of the D'Deridex, but also the Vor'Cha and Galor too.
The Andromeda Ascendant (from Andromeda) is an awesome ship.
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I'd have to say the Original Enterprise, simply for the time it was made in.
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Re: Nominate the coolest ships in sci fi

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From classic sci-fi, I would nominate the Fireball XL5 with it's detachable nose cone that they used as a planetary scout.

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Isn't this the ultimate "vs" thread?
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"Coolness" is a matter of opinion, not quantifiable properties. :wink:
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