My top 10 spaceships of all time by Moss

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My top 10 spaceships of all time

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Sunday, March 19, 2006 1:30 AM

Let's let our hair down, admit we love cool spaceships & have some fun with this one. Are you game?

What's your favourite ship(s) & why?

1 Millenium Falcon-(Star Wars) Who hasn't imagined owning one? after all it could make the Kessle run in less than 12 parsects. How cool is that?
2. X wing fighter (Star Wars) - The Tomcat of the stars, Lock "s-foils" in attack position, nuff said.
3. The last starfighter "Guntstar" the Swiss Army Knife of the stars. Supercool ship, excellent name and whoever thought of a weapon called "death blossom" was a genius. Would have whooped an x-wings ass.
4. Victory class Imperial Star Destroyer. (Star Wars)Totally awsome ship, but a high staff turnover in senior managment.
5. Battlestar Galactica: the latest edition is an excellent interpretation and better than the original in my opinion. I always wanted to see this ship arrive at earth and sort us all out. Anyhow, the Cylons wouldn't last 2 seconds in Iraq.
6. Police car from Blade Runner. Not a spaceship per se' but imagine turning up to a party in one of these. It has the best dashboard I have seen in any scifi film and is real intimidating.
7. In at number 7 is our beloved Serenity. It would be number two if this thread were "top 10 spaceships that I would want to take my mates travelling in", but it's not as pretty as the ones listed above.
8. Eagle Transporter Space 1999. I loved the design , in true 2001 stylee, something you could imagine NASA actually building.
9 The Liberator - Blakes 7, Sleek and unique. I have to be serious about this one because I loved Blakes 7. I don't know if anyone from the states knows this one. Big ship with talking computer called Zen.
10. USS Enterprise NCC 1701, there are probably far more worthy ships but no list would have been complete with out old NeCCy. My fave is the re-conditioned model as seen in the motion picture- Introduced us all to Warp speed, phasers and photon torpedoes- love to see some going head to head with the Empire, or bumping into the Battlestar Galactica & giving it to the Cylons big time.

Almost made it.
SKYDIVER- (Gerry Andersons UFO) If Carlsberg made submarines this would be it. Again not a spaceship but a 'U-boat' sized submarine (Diver) with a jet interceptor on the front (Sky). The best working environment on any scifi vehicle, space or otherwise. Female members of the crew had to wear string vests and hot pants in a hot confined space. Man what a great idea.
Nesquik Bunny's Hopcraft (see the links below).
USS Discovery- (2001) Would't have lasted long against a Star Destroyer and not very manouverable. The intro shot from Star Wars with the Star Destroyer owes a lot to this ship.
The Death Star- Space Station the size of a moon with a serious design flaw. When it was first seen in the cinemas no one on the planet had seen anything like it. Named "The Ultimate Force in the Universe" it got blown up by a lone snub fighter with a broken stabiliser being flown by some blindfold farmboy". Death Star 2 was a larger, more powerful replacement, it too was destroyed by a lone snubfigher and a small freighter. Bummer.
The Space Shuttle- Amongst the bravest people in the world climb aboard this glider on a giant firework knowing that there's a high probability that they're not going to see the Earth again. True heroes, keeping the dream real.

I have probably forgotten loads.

Also anyone who is into spaceships you must visit http://www.zemi.net/shipyard/
These guys are taking it to the extreme, looking at their work makes me smile.

P.S Firefly is the best scifi Tv show ever made, ney best tv show period(equal only to Band of Brothers). Bring it back you b######s.

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Sunday, March 19, 2006 2:58 AM

RABBIT2

All of the above and also.

1, Dr Who`s Tardis. Bigger inside than outside and changes shape on the outside for camoflage. Only it dosn`t.
2, The Russian Soyuz, developed originally for the Soviet Moon program and currently the most reliable manned spacecraft ever built.
3, The Imperial and Super class Stardestroyers for the same reason as the Victory.
4,The B5 Starfury, the most practical looking fictional starfighter design to date.
5, The Leonov from 2010, if only for the Jupiter aerobreaking scene.
6. the C57D from Forbidden Panet, classic 1950`s flying saucer.

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Sunday, March 19, 2006 4:55 AM

MICJWELCH

I can't remember the name of the ship at the moment, but there was an episode of Star Trek Voyager where the Doctor was somehow sent to the Alpha Quadrant and met an alternate version of himself. The ship they had in the episode was nice. Split 3 ways instead of 2 like the Enterprise. If anybody remembers the name of that ship it'd be great.

"We may experience some slight turbulence, and then... explode."

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Sunday, March 19, 2006 7:04 AM

DERANGEDMILK

That ship was the Prometheus and hell yea did it kick ass. 4 warp engines! I bought a game a few years back called Starship Creator I think. You get to build your own star trek type ship and the Prometheus class was on there(don't think this is a recomendation for that game, it sucked after you built the ship).
Also, surprised noone mentioned the Defiant. That little ship rocked. Clocking device, four forward quantum torpedoe bays. That ship would definitely make my top ten.
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"Storms getting worse."
"We'll pass through it soon enough."

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Sunday, March 19, 2006 7:56 AM

OKAMI

All right Im in

#1 The Millennium Falcon. It started the trend
#2 Serenity. It is just too cool not to be on here
#3 A Viper from BSG. Old or new I dont care they were kick ass.
#4 Y-wing. Yeah every one loves the X-wing but give me the long range fighter bomber
#5 The Bebop. Because cowboy bebop rules.
#6 The Outlaw star. See above
#7 The Defiant. One of the best things to come out of DS9
#8 Veritech VF series. Not technicly spaceships but they werespace worthy
#9 The Gay Deciver. In many Heinlen books space craft that could also traverse time and dimensions.Nuff said.
#10 The Gunstar. From last starfighter.Nice and has an Alpha strike button.

Operative:Do you know what your sin is Mal?

Mal: Aww hell I'm a fan of all seven...But right now I'm gonna go with Wrath.

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Sunday, March 19, 2006 8:34 AM

CYBERSNARK

The Andromeda Ascendant. A fully-sapient AI, enough firepower to defoliate a planet, nova bombs, point-defense turrets, and a whole passel of fighters, fighter drones, and sensor drones, any one of which can be remote-controlled by the AI. Everything it needs is produced by onboard factories (raw materials come from asteroids which the ship can "eat"). It also includes the Twins, a pair of Battletech rejects that can be deployed for ground ops, as well as an army of robots, DRD-style maintenance droids, full holographic systems, and one Ship-Made-Flesh android, all of them controlled by (or partitioned subunits of) the AI.

Also, she's beautiful. Built by angels. Well, Vedrans. Same diff.

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Sunday, March 19, 2006 8:48 AM

DAVESHAYNE

1) Serenity
2) Heart of Gold (the movie version)
3) Suleiman Type S Scout/Courier*
4) Space Battleship Yamato
5) Tigress*
6) Azhanti High Lightning*
7) Millenium Falcon
8) Saturn V rocket with Apollo lander
9) Vogon Constructor Ships (the yellow ones from the TV series.)
10) Heart of Gold (The TV version)

*From the Traveller RPG

David

"A lot of people are asking me, you know, what exactly is Firefly? It's a tv show you morons!" - Joss Whedon

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Sunday, March 19, 2006 8:53 AM

MATTCOZ

Ha, yeah, Andy Dick as the new holographic doctor model, good ep.

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Sunday, March 19, 2006 8:58 AM

DERANGEDMILK

Was it Andy Dick??? Man, I totally forgot...that ship was frackin' awesome though.
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"Storms getting worse."
"We'll pass through it soon enough."

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Sunday, March 19, 2006 9:05 AM

MATTCOZ

Quote:
Originally posted by derangedmilk:
Was it Andy Dick??? Man, I totally forgot...that ship was frackin' awesome though.

You know, I've just started watching BSG but I just can't get on board with "frackin'", just ends up sounding goofy.

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Sunday, March 19, 2006 9:13 AM

TEALCANDTRIP

No more so than gorramn...

"I also hear that there's something called Firefly, which is either a canceled science-fiction television show or a new religion, I'm not clear on that. Either way, prayers for the resurrection are involved." – Lore Sjoberg

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Sunday, March 19, 2006 9:14 AM

MATTCOZ

Quote:
Originally posted by tealcandtrip:
No more so than gorramn...

disagree

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Sunday, March 19, 2006 9:18 AM

DERANGEDMILK

I'm almost through with the first season, and though the guy I'm watching it with also thinks its annoying and I did at first...I really got used to it after the end of the episode "You Can't go Home again" (its a two parter, don't want to give anymore away if you haven't seen it b/c it was great).

I understand though, I'm not exactly using it in my everyday vocabulary, but it seemed appropriate amongst us geeks.

Back to the best scifi ships, what about The Outrider from Shadows of the Empire? I think it should be right up there with the Falcon and I'm not sure whose cooler, Rendar or Solo.
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"Storms getting worse."
"We'll pass through it soon enough."

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Sunday, March 19, 2006 9:23 AM

SINGATE

One of the ship's I really like is from a Star Wars book. Not a film adaptation but a great story nonetheless. The ship is called the Sun Crusher. It's a small nearly indestructible vessel which fires resonance torpedos capable of causing a star to go supernova. Before anyone thinks this is a ripoff of Andromeda, the story was published in 1994.

In the book a young Jedi named Kyp goes all darkside and destroys several Imperial controlled solar systems to exact revenge on them for harming his family. Good stuff!

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Sunday, March 19, 2006 9:23 AM

MATTCOZ

You know what I think it is? It seems out of place. The way they talk seems completely normal, and then they throw a "frack" in there. In Firefly they have a very different way of speaking, so when they throw in a "gorramn" or a "shiny" or some chinese, it sounds natural.

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Sunday, March 19, 2006 9:32 AM

CHRISPV

Can't believe no one's mentioned the Enterprise-E. I love the lines on that ship. She looks like she's in perpetual forward motion, even when she's standing still.

Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal, Fox!

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Sunday, March 19, 2006 9:48 AM

JUGGERNAUT

...what? No mention of the Sulaco -- the big bad marine ship from Aliens?

Granted, you didn't see a ton of the ship, but what you did see was a sleek amalgam of pointy hardware, antannae and big, big guns. Don't get much better than that.

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Sunday, March 19, 2006 9:55 AM

MATTCOZ

Another ship that deserves a mention, the Event Horizon.

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Sunday, March 19, 2006 10:00 AM

GIXXER

Serenity
Shadow ships. (Nothing, except maybe the Forbidden Planet Monster, has spelt such Bad News.)
Liberator
NSE Protector
White Stars
BIG Minbari cruisers
Star Furies
The USMC (I think) Harriers blowing up the bridge in True Lies. Great shot with the snaking rockets. (The New BSG stole that look wholesale when the Cylons gubbed the New Vipers.)
Anything Vorlon.
The Drop Ship from Aliens

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Sunday, March 19, 2006 10:37 AM

SMUGGLER

1. Defiant
2. Serenity
3. Andromeda Ascendent
4. X-wing
5. Promethius (SG1)
6. Millenium Falcon
7. Enterprise E
8. Deadelas (SG1)
9. X302 (SG1)
10. The Tardis

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Sunday, March 19, 2006 10:37 AM

SMUGGLER

1. Defiant
2. Serenity
3. Andromeda Ascendent
4. X-wing
5. Promethius (SG1)
6. Millenium Falcon
7. Enterprise E
8. Deadelas (SG1)
9. X302 (SG1)
10. The Tardis

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Sunday, March 19, 2006 11:30 AM

MOSS

Quote:
Originally posted by mattcoz:
Quote:
Originally posted by derangedmilk:
Was it Andy Dick??? Man, I totally forgot...that ship was frackin' awesome though.
You know, I've just started watching BSG but I just can't get on board with "frackin'", just ends up sounding goofy.

It's better than "Falgocarp" from the original series.

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Sunday, March 19, 2006 11:56 AM

LIGHTMEDARK

Yeah, the event horizon is cool. I also like the X-Wing, the B-Wing, the Tie Defender, the Tie Advanced, the Suncrusher was kind of cool. Well, there really are too many to list, so I'm just going to stop right now ;p

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Monday, March 20, 2006 5:10 AM

RHODRI

OK Here goes.
1> USS Defiant - small IS beautiful!
2> Y-Wing - The Mosquito of the SW world!
3> Serenity - old charm and character
4> Millenium Falcon
5> USS Enterprise NCC 1701C - Nice hybrid between classic and Next Gen
6> X Wing
7> Colonial Viper
8> Imperial Star destroyer
9> STARBUG (Red Dwarf)
10> TARDIS

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Monday, March 20, 2006 5:36 AM

ROB150185

Quote:
Originally posted by singate:
One of the ship's I really like is from a Star Wars book. Not a film adaptation but a great story nonetheless. The ship is called the Sun Crusher. .

Cor, read that one whilst I was still in school! Thanks for the nostalgia trip!!!

Now I gotta google the Sun Crusher!

I'll be in my bunk...

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Monday, March 20, 2006 9:49 AM

MECHMECHANIC

1) Serenity
2) The Millenium Falcon
3) A Puddle Jumper
4) The Deadelas
5) The Flying Winnebago from Spaceballs
6) The USS Voyager NCC-74656
7) The USS Enterprise NCC-1701E
8) The Andromeda Ascendant
9) The Battlestar Galactica
10) A Viper from BSG

Well, there's my 10

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Jayne: yeah!
Mal: Well... you can't.

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Monday, March 20, 2006 9:58 AM

MATTCOZ

Quote:
Originally posted by LightMeDark:
Yeah, the event horizon is cool.

Cool is an understatement. It travels to hell, drives its crew to Reaver-like madness, and comes back alive and bent on killing anyone comes aboard.

"You can't leave. She won't let you."

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Monday, March 20, 2006 10:14 AM

FLIPDOG

Vic-Class SD!? C'mon...
See, I get too specific, I have to break it down into capital ships, star-fighters, transports...so here's a composite. They also just simply come from my fav films.

Okay, mine:

10. Eagle 5 - Its a flying Winnebago...how wierd is that?
9. Nostromo - From Alien
8. The Heart of Gold - Infinate Probability Drive anyone?
7. Discovery - from 2001 (just was a kickin' set too)
6. Can't remmebr the name right now...
5. TIE Avenger - Just my fav starfighter from the card game. Pretty much an interceptor, now with a hyperdrive.
4. USS Enterprise
3. Millenium Falcon
2. Executor - Command ship of the Empire...duh...
1. Serenity - Hey, its grown on me and the crew that comes with it. I want to part of that family.

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Monday, March 20, 2006 10:52 AM

STORYMARK

In no particular order...

The Mellenium Falcon
The Defiant
Moya
Talyn
The White Star
Serenity
Jedi Starfighter (Ep.III version)
Colonial Marine Drop-Ship
Star Fury ver. 2 (atmospheric)
X-Wing

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Monday, March 20, 2006 11:03 AM

MTNSCOTT

Has everybody forgoten about the winebago from Spaceballs!!! It fired Jars Of Jam!!! and Had the Ability to leave Space tracks... Top Speed of Ludicrous!!! Dont forget all the Kool bumperstickers!!!

Only the half mad are wholly alive!
E.A.

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Monday, March 20, 2006 11:05 AM

DUG

I started to type up my list and realized it was just too ruttin' esoteric. Apparently I live in my own verse for ships, because other than the Cygnus and the T.A.R.D.I.S. no one would recognize them. Well, maybe the SIDRAT, but how many people have heard of the Terra IV, the HMS Space Beagle or the Marathon?

And speaking of the Marathon, it beat the Infinite Improbability Drive by about 40 years and equalled it on oddness. Basically, since all distances are relative no exact distances can be proven to exist, therefore no distance truly does exist. And you're at your destination instantly. Throw in the chess playing, parallel processing martians and you've got a winner.

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Monday, March 20, 2006 11:22 AM

MALICE

Can't forget to throw out the Galaxy Quest ship (forgot the name). I mean who wouldn't want to be able to time travel even if it is for only 13 seconds, hehe.

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Monday, March 20, 2006 11:42 AM

COMICBOOKGEEK

The mother-ship from Close Encounters of the Third Kind

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Monday, March 20, 2006 11:44 AM

ORPHEUS

One of my favorites is technically a spoiler, so here goes:

Select to view spoiler:

Dark City.

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Monday, March 20, 2006 3:30 PM

GIXXER

Malice,

That was the NSE* Protector.

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*Not (the) Starship Enterprise

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Tuesday, March 21, 2006 10:32 AM

LANCER

No particular Order.

Serenity. (esspesally with the cannon)
Death Star(boom)
some of the Reaver ships
VF Veritech.
Lybra (from Gundam Wing)

i like things with big guns

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Tuesday, March 21, 2006 1:47 PM

GIXXER

OK, specially for Lancer.

The largest gun ever built had an operational career of 13 days, during which a total of 48 shells were fired in anger. It took 25 trainloads of equipment, 2000 men and up to six weeks to assemble.

She was called "Dora" and she was probably Krupp's favourite gun...

It weighed 1344 tons with a bore diameter of 800mm (31.5") and served by a 500-man crew commanded by a major general.

Two types of projectiles were fired using a 300-lb. charge of smokeless powder: a 10,584 lb. High explosive (HE) shell and a 16,540-lb. concrete-piercing projectile. Craters from the HE shells measured 30-ft wide and 30-ft deep while the concrete piercing projectile proved capable of penetrating 264-ft of reinforced concrete before exploding.

Maximum range was 29 miles with HE shells and 23 miles with concrete piercing projectiles. Muzzle velocity was approximately 2700 f.p.s.

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Tuesday, March 21, 2006 6:49 PM

AELIN

Mine are based less on technical specs and more on my gut emotional reaction and sheer coolness... in no particular order:

-X-Wing
-Millenium Falcon
-Andromeda Ascendant
-Defiant
-Serenity
-anything piloted by Wash

Also, just to be weird and different:
-Earendil's ship Vingilot

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Tuesday, March 21, 2006 6:52 PM

LEGOLAD

Can't come up with a definite ranking, so, in semi-random order...

Slave 1 (coolest design ever, in my personal opinion)

Serenity

Discovery (from 2001)

Star Destroyer

Super Star Destroyer (for somehow managing to be more awesome than its predecessor)

Enterprise-D (my personal favourite of the most famous line of starships)

Romulan Warbird (the huge ones from Next Generation; another simply fantastic design)

Millennium Falcon

Deep Space Nine (hey, it could move... slowly)

Spaceman Spiff's little red flying saucer (from Calvin & Hobbes)

"We need a hood ornament."

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Tuesday, March 21, 2006 7:02 PM

AELIN

Quote:
Spaceman Spiff's little red flying saucer (from Calvin & Hobbes)

Ooh, good one! *adds to list*

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Wednesday, March 22, 2006 6:19 PM

PEULSAR5

We sniff the air, we don't kiss the dirt.

O.K. here goes:

1: Millenium Falcon
2: USS Enterprise NCC 1701 "No bloody A,B,C or D"
3: Lion Voltron (It flies in space)
4: Super Dimensional Fortress 1 (Robotech)
5: Serenity (Hey, how can it not be there!)
6: Nostromo (Aliens)
7: Battlestar Galactica
8: X-Wing fighter
9: USS Defiant (full of piss and vinegar)
10: A-Wing Fighter

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Wednesday, March 22, 2006 6:44 PM

BROWNCOAT2006

lol, Im sorry, but Im such a Halo fanatic, who forgot to add the Pillar of Autumn?!? I mean come on, even though it gets the ever lovin poo blown out of it, it still took out 4 Covanent ships that were what at least 2 times more powerful then the punny humans ship? lol

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