Nominate the coolest ships in sci fi

[Nutso]

Taelon mothership from Earth: Final Conflict. Looks like it's made of glass.

[Captain Seafort]

Hmm. Define "ship". Does the DeLorean count?

[Captain Seafort]

And on a similar note, there's the other (non dimensionally transcendental) time travelling phone box:

[RK_Striker_JK_5]

Hmm. Define "ship". Does the DeLorean count?

it could fly at one point...

[Graham Kennedy]

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.

[Tsukiyumi]

Moya from Farscape.

Seconded. Love that ship.

[McAvoy]

Well, for me...

The Hammerhead starfighter from Space:Above and Beyond:



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




The Omega-class destroyer from Babylon five:



The starfury, natch. 8)



And, well... the refit Enterprise:

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

[Nutso]

The Ebon Hawk from Knights of The Old Republic I and II.


The Normandy from the Mass Effect video games.

[RK_Striker_JK_5]

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.

[Griffin]

Could Thunderbird 2 fly in space? If not, this fella:

[Nutso]

I think this ugly thing is called Nell, from Battle Beyond the Stars. I expect zero votes for this ballsack.

[Nutso]

The Protetor from Galaxy Quest. Unlike some other starships, this beauty can take a beating and not immediately explode.


And for those of you who want your spaceship to be be a Weapon of World Destruction, here is Lexx from "Lexx."

[Nutso]

Eagle 5 from Spaceballs

[McAvoy]

The Protetor from Galaxy Quest. Unlike some other starships, this beauty can take a beating and not immediately explode.


And for those of you who want your spaceship to be be a Weapon of World Destruction, here is Lexx from "Lexx."

God I love the movie Galaxy Quest. Even a great design for a ship toom

[RK_Striker_JK_5]

I think this ugly thing is called Nell, from Battle Beyond the Stars. I expect zero votes for this ballsack.

I'd say something pithy, but I'm too busy laughing at this thing.