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What is/was your fav ship in any sci/fi film or series?

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  • 04-12-2001 5:47pm
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    Registered Users Posts: 11,397 ✭✭✭✭


    I really like the Romulan Warbird, Defiant, and the Enterprise E. I suppose my fav is the Warbird its just so cool :) :cool:
    warbird.jpg


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  • Registered Users Posts: 8,488 ✭✭✭Goodshape


    hmmm.. a pole would be handy, so I could remember some nice ships.

    ....a suppose the melenium falcon was sh!t cool, but I'd have to say the best was the S.S. Heart of Gold from H2G2... infinite imporbability drive... hoowhoow baby! :cool: :D

    http://www.boards.ie/members/goodshape/heartofgold.jpg

    as for star trek; the enterprise e was the best 'main' ship. always liked the Klingon Battle Cruser though, which ever one was in Star Trek VI... with the huge cannon on the front.

    http://www.boards.ie/members/goodshape/bop2.jpg


  • Users Awaiting Email Confirmation Posts: 15,001 ✭✭✭✭Pepe LeFrits


    Those Goa'uld hataks in Stargate are just so damn cool, and big ;)

    rar


  • Registered Users Posts: 4,740 ✭✭✭Xterminator


    Ah, I remember fondly those motherships in V, with the big butcher shops!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 875 ✭✭✭EvilGeorge


    Have to agree V is a personal favorate - cheesy but a classic!


  • Registered Users Posts: 14,148 ✭✭✭✭Lemming


    From Startrek I loved the Klingon ships .. sooo predatory looking. My fav HAD to be the new Klingon ships .. "Negh'Var" class I think?? Those absolute monsters that made their entrance in DS9 ep.4.1 during the attack of DS9 by the Klingons.
    I also liked the Romulan WarBird, the Defiant and Enterprise E


    I also liked the "U.S.S Sullaco" and the Dropship in Aliens. They just looked like military ships!

    I also liked the Hammerhead fighters and the big carrier ships in "Space: Above & Beyond"


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  • Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 9,717 Mod ✭✭✭✭Manach


    My favourite style of ship would a Ranger Whitestar from B5, with a close second a Klingon Bird of Prey.


  • Registered Users Posts: 11,397 ✭✭✭✭azezil


    You can find most of the Startrek Ships here


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,562 ✭✭✭Snaga


    Agamemnon


  • Registered Users Posts: 11,397 ✭✭✭✭azezil


    Originally posted by Snaga
    Agamemnon
    What! those big chunky B5 ships! no way man too, how should I put it ammmmmm ! 'chunky' :D


  • Users Awaiting Email Confirmation Posts: 15,001 ✭✭✭✭Pepe LeFrits


    Yea, the Negh'Var was pretty cool. It made its first appearance in TNG: All Good Things, altho it was slightly different to the one that was introduced in DS9.

    The Entreprise E would still be my favourite ship from Star Trek though. The Defiant is pretty nifty too


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  • Registered Users Posts: 11,397 ✭✭✭✭azezil


    The ships in DS9 were vor'cha class 'attack cruisers', and if I remember correctly the ships in All good things were Negh'var class 'strike cruisers'


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 931 ✭✭✭c0y0te


    Gotta say there are two ships that stand out for me, for different reasons...

    In ALIENS, the dropships really kicked ass. Serious 'dont **** with me' design, particularly the transition from space to atmospheric changes. Massive firepower, cargo/personnel capability and great interiors. Gotta love all that metal :)

    However, for sheer asthetic qualities, and 'trim' lines I'd have to go for the ship featured in the animation 'Final Fantasy'. The lead (female) character has a seriously capable ship with great features.

    Hmm.. come to think of it.. I could go on and on with different ships from different shows, for different reasons. Best I shutup now then instead :D

    c0y0te


  • Users Awaiting Email Confirmation Posts: 15,001 ✭✭✭✭Pepe LeFrits


    Originally posted by azezil
    The ships in DS9 were vor'cha class 'attack cruisers', and if I remember correctly the ships in All good things were Negh'var class 'strike cruisers'

    Uh, there were a load of Klingon ships in DS9, including the Negh'Var (first featured in DS9 in the Way of the Warrior).


  • Registered Users Posts: 11,397 ✭✭✭✭azezil


    hmmm aparently you were right... found a cool pic mission-klingon2.jpg features a Vor'cha and Negh'Var class ships :cool:


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,478 ✭✭✭GoneShootin


    its amazing really howsize difference the of Ent D and Warbird was not made clear all the time

    but this version of the Enterprise D will always be my fav. If anyone can find a shot of the cannon as it rips thru the klingon hull id greatly appreciate it....


  • Registered Users Posts: 11,397 ✭✭✭✭azezil


    I tried to find the image you were talkin about Gone Shootin but couldn't :( I remember it well, great shot!

    but i did find these:
    weapon1.jpg
    othership1.jpg
    which are pritty cool and this site has some cool pic's, spec's n other stuff :) :cool:


  • Registered Users Posts: 20,099 ✭✭✭✭WhiteWashMan


    i was 5 yeas old.
    sitting in a huge old cinema in australia.
    the screen seemed to take up about 2000 feet of viewing space in front of me.
    the credits roled.
    a small rebel ship passed in front of me, guns blazing. being chased.

    the cinema started to physically rumble as a larger ship came into sight returning fire. the larger ship was a star destroyer. it passed.

    and passed.......



    and passed.......



    and passed.......



    and then it passed some more.

    it was huge, it fired many guns. it made my seat into a big rumble pack and my ears bleed.
    and it looked like a big triangle.
    but it was cool.

    apart from that id want an x-wing.
    the one seater convertable of the galaxy :)


  • Registered Users Posts: 14,148 ✭✭✭✭Lemming


    Originally posted by WhiteWashMan
    i was 5 yeas old.
    sitting in a huge old cinema in australia.
    the screen seemed to take up about 2000 feet of viewing space in front of me.
    the credits roled.
    a small rebel ship passed in front of me, guns blazing. being chased.

    the cinema started to physically rumble as a larger ship came into sight returning fire. the larger ship was a star destroyer. it passed.

    and passed.......



    and passed.......



    and passed.......



    and then it passed some more.

    it was huge, it fired many guns. it made my seat into a big rumble pack and my ears bleed.
    and it looked like a big triangle.
    but it was cool.

    apart from that id want an x-wing.
    the one seater convertable of the galaxy :)

    *lol* I wasn't even born when StarWars ep.4 was released (1976 I think - I was 3 years later .. just in time for "Alien"). But I went to see the special edition version when it was released in the cinema a few years ago. Picture this ....

    the Savoy (screen 1 :D), half-empty lunchtime showing, large bucket of popcorn sitting on seat arm beside me ... and it starts!!

    The bucket was shaking as the star destroyer passed over head. 15 mins later .. still shaking as the damn things passes over the screen!!! :D
    :D


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,393 ✭✭✭Inspector Gadget


    I like the Defiant (pulsed phaser cannons, quantum torpedoes, ridiculous power-to-weight and firepower-to-weight ratios,etc.). After that, the modified Enterprise D from the TNG episode "All Good Things" (nice choice Gone Shootin), and possibly, from a conceptual standpoint rather than an implementation standpoint, the Prometheus from the Voyager episode "Message In a Bottle" (mmm, multi-vector assault mode :D). The modified Delta Flyer II with the enhanced "fold out" extra impulse engines (from the Voyager episode "Drive") should also get a look in.

    Moving outside the Star Trek side of things, probably the other ships I'd go for would be, er, the PeaceKeeper Prowlers from Farscape, and, oh, okay, the B5 White Stars.

    Gadget


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,478 ✭✭✭GoneShootin


    perfect

    thanks mr community moderator


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  • Registered Users Posts: 11,397 ✭✭✭✭azezil


    NP :) I'm still lookin for the shot where it rips tru the Klingons hull, now that was nice :cool:


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,275 ✭✭✭Shinji


    The Super Star Destroyer from Return of the Jedi - highlight of an otherwise weak movie.

    Other than that... None of the Star Trek ships have ever been particularly interesting, although I quite like the new Enterprise in, er, Enterprise. What are we designating that one? The Enterprise A-minus-1 ?

    The White Stars in Babylon 5 rocked quite a lot, but you do kinda have to hand it to the Excalibur from Crusade - that is a MOTHER of a ship.

    Stargate doesn't use ships much, but when it does... Both the Asgard and the Goa'uld have bloody impressive ships at their disposal. Gotta love the Goa'uld Pyramid ships (kaids probably knows the proper name)...


  • Users Awaiting Email Confirmation Posts: 15,001 ✭✭✭✭Pepe LeFrits


    Originally posted by Shinji
    The Super Star Destroyer from Return of the Jedi - highlight of an otherwise weak movie.

    Other than that... None of the Star Trek ships have ever been particularly interesting, although I quite like the new Enterprise in, er, Enterprise. What are we designating that one? The Enterprise A-minus-1 ?

    The White Stars in Babylon 5 rocked quite a lot, but you do kinda have to hand it to the Excalibur from Crusade - that is a MOTHER of a ship.

    Stargate doesn't use ships much, but when it does... Both the Asgard and the Goa'uld have bloody impressive ships at their disposal. Gotta love the Goa'uld Pyramid ships (kaids probably knows the proper name)...

    Oops, nearly forgot about the good ol SSD, pity we didn't see much of it though :(

    I think we can call the new (old :P) Enterprise the "Enterprise NX-01", great name innit ? :o

    Hataks rob, hataks (forgive spelling). The sheer size of those babies (and the even larger Asguard ships) is what makes them so cool imo, especially in scenes when they are landed on a planet or entering/leaving the atmosphere. A lot more fearsome looking than most sci-fi series ships i can think of.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,576 ✭✭✭Kairo


    Fs, I'm too lazy to read everyones post..but has anyone mentioned any Star Wars ships?

    X-Wings all the way! :D


  • Registered Users Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    I'm a bit of a voyager man meself, simply because it's the latest stuff.

    3 ships from that:

    The experimental USS Prometheus:
    http://home.t-online.de/home/ulrichisluke/PromSchema2.gif

    The slipstream (but not real hmmm) USS Dauntless:
    http://www.startrek.com/content/PHOTO/voy/194pic02.jpg (terrible pic)

    But nothing beats the Delta Flyer, it rocks:
    http://www.bravofleet.net/avalon/runabout-deltaflyer.htm

    Some people are really sad, just look at the sites I got above :rolleyes:


  • Registered Users Posts: 4,148 ✭✭✭_CreeD_


    The Corsair ship from Battle Beyond the stars, you can't beat a moose with lasers for antlers and a cleavage.

    Otherwise B5's Minbari Cruiser and Whitestar, followed up by the "O'neal" Asgard ship from Stargate SG-1.


  • Users Awaiting Email Confirmation Posts: 15,001 ✭✭✭✭Pepe LeFrits


    Originally posted by _CreeD_
    The Corsair ship from Battle Beyond the stars, you can't beat a moose with lasers for antlers and a cleavage.

    Otherwise B5's Minbari Cruiser and Whitestar, followed up by the "O'neal" Asgard ship from Stargate SG-1.
    O'Neill, two ls! There's another Colonel O'Neil....
    :D


  • Registered Users Posts: 14,148 ✭✭✭✭Lemming


    Actually .. there's a ship in the opening FMV sequence for Quake2 ion the PC .. that is one motherf*cker of a ship!!!

    Also .. who here remembers the SDF-1 battle fortress from "Robotech: the macross saga"?? That rocked too :D


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,275 ✭✭✭Shinji


    The SDF-1 in Macross did indeed rock. 'Course, if we get to include anime in this, I have to vote for the Swordbreaker (from Lost Universe) and the Nadesico (from, er, Nadesico)... And, of course, the Outlaw Star. Which rocks. And has a sarcastic ships computer. Top stuff :)


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 29,130 ✭✭✭✭Karl Hungus


    Has nobody mentioned a Borg cube?


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