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Old 4th April 2005, 11:16 PM   #61 (permalink)
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Re: Best spaceship?

SDF 1 -- Robotech hands down.

It's an alien spacecraft that crash landed on earth, with advanced technology surpassing earths current technological level. It has a city inside, called Macross. The city and inhabitants come from an island built up around the original crash site. When the ship tried using it's Fold system (warp or FTL basically) to evade the first attack, it sorta took the island with it by accident into space.
It has two large USS Carrier ships called the Daedalus and Prometheus attached to it's outer fuselage (done after the accidental transport into space also), a host of veritech fighter planes that launch down it's ramp and a very nasty main canon. Oh, and it can change shape.
And i'm almost certain it holds the title on "spaceship that's killed the most alien ships at one time". --what a great final battle. *sighs
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Old 4th April 2005, 11:47 PM   #62 (permalink)
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I suppose if we are talking about the big ships.

Can any really compare to "Dahak"?

Weber's book called the "Mutineers' Moon" had the premise of the moon actually being an ancient ship used by our ancestors.

I also liked the way that humans can have enhanced strength and endurace, as well as, achieve a 500 year lifespan.
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Old 5th April 2005, 02:17 PM   #63 (permalink)
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SDF 1 -- Robotech hands down.

And i'm almost certain it holds the title on "spaceship that's killed the most alien ships at one time". --what a great final battle. *sighs
you forgot that its the only spaceship that can 'punch' other spaceships
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Old 5th April 2005, 02:29 PM   #64 (permalink)
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My vote goes to the Millenium Falcon, Even though I like the looks of the Ebon Hawk (Star Wars : KOTOR) better. I also like Thors Hammer , the Asgard ship on stargate : SG1.

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Old 5th April 2005, 06:11 PM   #65 (permalink)
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My vote is for Far Star for fav spaceship. I recently picked that book up again but found I was still to familiar with the story from previous readings. Maybe in another 5 years or so.

Although I would like the gravitic drive capabilities on a more luxurious ship than Far Star.

Visually I love the ships from the early pulps and sci-fi covers.
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Old 6th April 2005, 10:59 AM   #66 (permalink)
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Re: Best spaceship?

Okay, my vote goes to the Omega destroyer from B5. Why? Well, its a flying brick! How cool is that?

For others:

Shadow cruisers
Sharlin warcruiser
White Star
Primus
Vorchan
G'Quan
Hyperion
(see a pattern?)
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Old 6th April 2005, 12:17 PM   #67 (permalink)
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How about "The Spaceship of the Mind" from Carl Sagans fantastic series Cosmos? A ship that could travel anywhere at any speed at any time.
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Old 9th April 2005, 09:38 PM   #68 (permalink)
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No one looked at the Tardis and pooped themselves. People did with the Imperial Destroyer.

Ah but the thing with the tardis was that it WAS inconspicuous. It was still the best, in all practical terms
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Old 22nd April 2005, 08:16 PM   #69 (permalink)
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Re: Best spaceship?

Some cool ship's mentioned there.

I'm going for the Excalibur from Crusade, pants tv show but a very cool ship.
The gun is top.

You could pick any ships from B5 though.
The Shadows
Vorlons
That episode when all the other ancient races turn up.
The scale of the ships were awesome. Bigger than star destroyers.
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Old 22nd April 2005, 11:11 PM   #70 (permalink)
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Re: Best spaceship?

i can't say wether the infinite probability drive of HHGTTG will be cool until i see the movie (my imagination sucks when it comes to visualizing stuff in books). my favorite star trek ship was voyager (second; enterprise E).
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Old 25th April 2005, 08:14 PM   #71 (permalink)
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I find it difficult to visualise the Heart of Gold ship as well. I cant remeber exactly but doesnt it describe it as a white trainer (or sneaker)? i tend to just visualise it as a smooth white ship with no marks or hatches/doors/windows to be seen
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Old 27th April 2005, 04:27 PM   #72 (permalink)
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I vote for the Planet Express Ship, from my favourite show ever.
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Old 28th October 2006, 10:34 AM   #73 (permalink)
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I've always been fond of the mothership in "Close Encounters of the Third Kind", even though we never really see anything but the outside of it. Even in the director's cut that added some interior shots, Spielberg doesn't really show us anything. Maybe it is the specatuclar entrance it makes that makes me like it so much; I don't know.
Me too.

However, has anyone watched the spaceship made by the Wombles from all the rubbish dumped on Wimbledon Common - awesome!

Then again, I think I am the best SpaceShip ever!!

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Old 30th October 2006, 02:52 AM   #74 (permalink)
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It's a toss-up between the Millenium Falcon and the Vorlon ships in Babylon 5.

I like the love and care that went into the Falcon. It's like an old car that outdated and quite out of fashion but which manages to somehow do all that is needed of it and more. You don't see much of that sort of love and care anymore with people rushing out and buying new masheens as soon as they hit the markets. It was good therefore, in a SFF series of films to see the Millennium Falcon keep appearing.

The Vorlon ships always remind me of sea creatures and I've always liked their organic, sentient nature somehow. I like the idea of these vast, sentient creatures moving through space. Quite Lovecraftian.
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Old 30th October 2006, 03:17 AM   #75 (permalink)
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