Spaaaaaaaaace ships

[nothingspringstomind]

How could i forget these?

Spoiler: V'ger from Star Trek the motion picture

Spoiler: Several from the Macross Frontier Anime

The Macross Quarter

The Macross Galaxy

And the VB-6 Konig Monster attack craft

 

[Ed130 The Vanguard]

Im dissapointed by the lack of Warhammer 40k in this thread

OH REALLY

Anything made by the Imperium of Man;

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Also relevant;

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who can make the Kessel run in less than 12 parsecs

That line is probably the pettiest gripe I have with SW...

Anyway... I'm rather torn between...

Spoiler: this sexy bugger

and

Spoiler: this equally sexy bugger

capthca - saucy! oh, innit... -_-

The humble cruiser, the Emperor's workhorse.

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http://www.games-workshop.com/MEDIA_CustomProductCatalog/m1185023_99120807001_BFGImperialCruisersMain_445x319.jpg

Speaking of humble, we've got the Executioner from EVE Online. Small, agile little frigate with a lot of pluck. Don't mess with space-bananas.

http://wiki.eveonline.com/wikiEN/images/c/c3/Executioner1.jpg

Warhammer 40k ships....y u so cool?

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For a tabletop game it's been doing pretty well.

 

[Riddle78]

Freelancer is MADE of awesome ships! And no one mentioned any of them!

How about the Liberty Siege Cruiser?

It's one big gauss cannon! http://discoverygc.com/wiki/images/d/d6/LibSiegeCruiser-s.png

And,if we're to go into it's mod,Discovery,there is literally ANY warship made by the Outcasts!

The "Ranseur" Class Dreadnought http://discoverygc.com/wiki/images/8/89/Ranseur-s.png

The "Storta" Clas Destroyer http://discoverygc.com/wiki/images/d/dc/Storta-s.png

The "Tridente" Class Gunboat http://discoverygc.com/wiki/images/c/cf/Tridente-s.png

Seriously. Be ashamed.

 

[Mariakko]

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I'd so live on the Bebop.

I must have a thing for "beat-upish" looking ships because the Bebop and Serenity are my favourites.

 

[SL33TBL1ND]

Serenity, followed by a lot of the stuff in Eve.

 

[MorganL4]

This is my favorite:

Spoiler: YAY

This is my second favorite:

Spoiler: bow ties are cool

 

[Rastien]

Spikes Swordfish cowboy bebop all the way.

 

[BRENDOG28]

http://www.google.com.au/imgres?q=gundam+seed+destiny+minerva&um=1&hl=en&safe=off&rlz=1R2ACAW_enAU436&tbm=isch&tbnid=_I7ZMjxV-oHiaM:&imgrefurl=http://www.mahq.net/mecha/gundam/seed-destiny/minerva.htm&docid=PYJU8Sz9cUU1yM&imgurl=http://www.mahq.net/mecha/gundam/seed-destiny/minerva.jpg&w=400&h=400&ei=NanET7GIDOLdigezn8moCg&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=86&vpy=125&dur=562&hovh=225&hovw=225&tx=117&ty=135&sig=111321739855181039059&page=1&tbnh=120&tbnw=120&start=0&ndsp=21&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0,i:71&biw=1366&bih=587 The Minerva from Gundam SEED Destiny soo much love, also Serentiy because its an extremely well designed ship

 

[JamesStone]

Also relevant;

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Where's my Federation now?
Presumably not compensating for something.

I don't know about the Federation, but the Goa'uld are probably waiting for Anubis to bring his Capital Ha'tak, with impenetrable shields and capable of One shooting every fucking thing in the history of space. Or waiting for the shielded Death Star to show up. If that thing can take care of a planet, it sure as hell can take care of that slow ass ship.

Whatever the case, I'd rather go with the ships that don't resemble giant red spiky penises.

...

Touché, good sir. Touché.

 

[JamesStone]

Anything made by the Imperium of Man;

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Also relevant;

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Those things versus Angry Marines. Let's see who wins. And if they can't handle it alone, wait until Anubis gets pissed and shows up with the fucking Capital Ha'tak, capable of onne-shot killing every ship in space. And if that doesn't do, well, that's why the Ori were created.

Erm, ok, first of all, "Angry Marines" are a fanon space marine chapter and are no more powerful or dangerous than any other chapter, so I'm not really getting your point there.

As for Anubis, really? That ship took part in what, 2 on screen battles? "Every ship in space" is a bit much seeing as it only ever fought crappy Ha'Taks. It was a glorified Ha'Tak, that was only ever used against run of the mill Ha'Taks with grossly inferior tech to anything in 40K. Imperium ships are layered with void shields and hurl building sized projectiles at each other and battles last for hours. Even Goa'uld tech enhanced with Ancient knowledge wouldn't be able to last that long, especially considering power constraints like ZPMs (which Anubis never had) and which even full blown Ancient tech had a problem with.

Ori; might put up a fight, but their main weapons are essentially the SG verse equivilent of lance batteries, which Imperium ships have in droves. They'd likely kill frigates and such easily, but against Retribution class and Battle Barges they'd struggle.

You also mentioned the Deathstar in your other post (why exactly did you need to make 2 consecutive posts to critiscise mine again?), and really, what? You want to compare standard 5km long 40k warships, to a 270km long superweapon? Erm, ok. In that case maybe I should introduce you to a Blackstone Fortress or 6? Each one can destroy planets, is near indestructable (based on even more powerful and ancient alien tech)and when combined they get more powerful, up to and including being able to destroy stars and beyond.

Oh, no. I'm not Critizing. Do not know where you got that ideia from. I just commented because of the Demotivational poster, considering I find unfair to compare the frigate Class Ha'taks with THAT overcompensational monstrosity. And true, the Angry Marines are a fanon chapter, that part was simply a joke. However, if you look for more "serious" Fanon, you'll find some cool stories about them that aren't complete idiocracies, and DoW II mods include a special angry marines campaign, that I found to be the sweetest thing I ever played. But that doesn't matter. It was a joke. But if you are overanalyzing it, the Angry Marines, by the established Fanon, are "stronger, faster, more durable and more insanely furious" than any other Chapter. They are known to be able to decimate entire starsystems without superweapons, and even Ultra Marines are scrubs compared to them. But it doesn't matter. BECAUSE IT WAS A JOKE. Also, I only replied twice because I got mistaken and quoted someone else on accident.

But on topic: If I am not mistaken, the Anubis Class Destroyer was powered by Zero Point Modules, thanks to Anubis connections to the Ancients. Although Anubis never adquired more than a few ZPM's, his ship could be connected up to 100, if I'm not mistaken. Considering that we are talking about the ships at their full power, the Destroyer could punch a whole trough anything because it can charge almost unlimited energy to their shields and main gun. Not only that, but it has been stated in an episode that the main gun seems to ignore most shields, or at least penetrate them with ease. So those void shields would be of little use.

Not to mention you didn't talk about the Ori, my backup argument. The only thing able to destroy an Ori ship was a Super Stargate activation blast, which didn't even desintegrated it totally, just blew the central reactor. Building sized projectiles are like mosquito bites to those monsters. The only reason the Ori were defeated was thanks to the Ancient's help by using the Ark of Truth, basically "un-indocrinating" their priests, the ones controling the ships. Without that option, how could the Empire or anyone survive in a full blown battle?

 

[imnot]

Was gonna go with the Clone Starfighter (the ARC-170), but someone beat me to it. (hey, is that thing really called a Vulture? or am I the only one who remembers it as such?)

This is a vulture, they fight them in one scene so you proberly got confused.

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[Anti Nudist Cupcake]

For PRETTIEST ship, I'd say the SSV Normandy SR2 really has the spotlight.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vy1E4eX484o&feature=player_detailpage#t=29s

Yep, if I had to choose a ship for joyriding in space, it would be this one.
If I wanted to wage war I would probably go for something much bigger and much more powerful such as the Imperial Super stardestroyer

 

[gibboss28]

The Serenity, just an awesome ship.

 

[Kerboom]

Battlestar Galactica.

Her weapons and systems may be a bit outdated and primitive by sci-fi standards, but she has armour that can withstand a direct freaking nuclear hit, and those "primitive" systems are hardened against cyber attack.

I prefer the Pegasus. Much more of a tank-like ship.

OT: My favourite is one of

Spoiler: Serenity

or

Spoiler: Those things from Skyline

(yeah, it was a shit movie, but those things look AWESOME)

or

Spoiler: Borg Cube

 

[latiasracer]

For me it's Voyager.

Best looking ship EVAAAAAR.

:thumb184178551:

 

[Johnny Impact]

Spoiler: Enterprise -- not the first, nor the last, but the only one that matters

Spoiler: Serenity

Spoiler: X-Wing

X-Wing

Spoiler: The Myrmidon from EVE, mostly because it's what I flew

Spoiler: Also Dahak from the Empire From The Ashes series. He is essentially this, only much more like the way such a craft would actually function, and controlled by an AI

 

[GundamSentinel]

I see a lot of good things in this thread. Lots of Homeworld and Star Wars.

Spoiler: I'll go with...

The TIE Interceptor.

 

[Cooperblack]

Ship from Prometheus.

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[ailurus]

5 pages and no love for Freespace (1 or 2) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZb3QTKHAAQ]?



I'd put many of the ships from it on the list here, but among my favorites are:


The GTD Bastion

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And who can forget the Colossus and the Sathanas?

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[xXGeckoXx]

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What Flying is required, no air in space so no need for aerodynamics. And If it is in space or in orbit, weightless means It wont have to worr about holding up under the strains of gravity.

Spikes Swordfish cowboy bebop all the way.

Mostly this. The bebop itself is pretty cool with the rotating drum.
Designed for the first maned mission to Jupiter it is very similar to the space ship from 2001: a space odyssey in the fact that is is super realistic.