What are your ~10 favorite sci-fi spaceships of all time? Why?

[Raduque]

I just figured it out... TAIL-FINS:

No, that's the Abramsprise.


Many of my favorites have already been mentioned. The Andromeda Ascendant, USS Enterprise (no bloody A, B, C, D or E!), Intrepid-class, the Event Horizon, the Normandy SR2, Stargate's 304 and 305s, the Wraith Hiveships... too many to list.

 

[Gardener]

No one mentioned the Husnock warship from TNG. Worf even got excited by its firepower after it fired on the Enterprise.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_XbWq49vUM

 

[Ichinisan]

Sorry, I am actually a big fan of your war on bad grammar, but I think my opinion was soured in the Hume thread, which I kind of wish they would delete at this point. Between the whining of the internet scour team, and you and CZroe's tirades (in text form) I think it has missed it's purpose. I do not frequent imgur, reddit or 4chan. Frankly I find it hard to believe so many others have time to complain about reposts, graphics/CPU hardware, playing games, and their 6 figure job all at the same time, yet a huge percentage of our forum base does just that.

It comes across as a joke, and I have to wonder some times, how much is true. I quit my job a couple months ago, and have been able to rest on savings, but it also has been able to give me lots of access to this forum, which I am finding out is a very bad thing, because there are lots of terrible people here. Not that you are one of those terrible people, but I have a very good memory, and I remember to not take the internet too seriously first, and afterwards how I present myself as true to life as I can on these forums. (Plus google assistance of course)

I mostly just quote pics that make me LOL so it's easier for me to find them in the future.

My long-time sig probably influenced your memory and makes you think I'm a more persistent grammar Nazi than I really am.



Anyway, gotta think of another sci-fi ship...

I know there was some series with Kevin Sorbo (never really watched it) and the ship's name started with an A. I tried to remember the name when I was making my previous post. I do remember the commercials always bragged that Gene Roddenberry was involved somehow, even though the series was made many years after he died.

Off to Google...

[edit]
Andromeda

 

[KlokWyze]

Enterprise (original) is the only one I really like. After that, 2001, Tardis.

I respect the Tardis, but the Event Horizon is like the Hannibal Lechter of space ships.

I'm having trouble thinking of all of them, as already pointed out. I keep thinking of the Aliens & Predator universe ships. Star Wars or Star Trek? Meh. Boring.

WTF is more badass than a satanic spaceship? Come with some fire or GTFO.

 

[maniacalpha1-1]

How about Zonama Sekot? Technically a planet, but has a hyperdrive engine.

 

[jaqie]

No one mentioned the Husnock warship from TNG. Worf even got excited by its firepower after it fired on the Enterprise.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_XbWq49vUM

The enterprise D is a city-ship, and IMO as a fighting vessel a sad disgrace to the enterprise name. They could have and indeed have done far better with far smaller ships. I realize that during this time the federation was at peace with everyone and had been lulled into a false sense of security that no fighting would be necessary on a ship of exploration but it is also the flagship of the federation so they were just being brain-damaged. Indeed, an excelsior class ship puts up more of a fight, and is far smaller of a ship. The federation fell into a "bigger is better" hole with that ship, and they needed the wake up call they got, though not at such cost to life as the dominion war was.

And then there was defiant, intrepid, and sovereign class. they learned their lesson. This does not change what the enterprise D is, and was designed as. A good city ship and technology piece but an absolutely terrible ship at fighting.

 

[Sable]

The rocket from Button Moon!!! Made from a tin of Heinz baked beans and a funnel. (yes it counts)

 

[mikeymikec]

This bastard:

Whoever did the collage apparently hadn't heard of scale before.

 

[BarkingGhostar]

From the 20th Century, the Eagle from Space 1999.

 

[mammador]

I want my own personal Enterprise-D.

And whenever I get up from the CO's chair, I'll pull down my uniform, and wave my index finger whenever I order to go to warp. heh heh..

 

[Number1]

My favorite ship of all time:

Tintin Destination Moon

 

[Jeff7]

https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=Z8byL8C9QGoUPM&tbnid=2I3XxVzAeQsrgM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fstargate.wikia.com%2Fwiki%2FFloating_city&ei=X4EVUtUks8LIAZT0gOAD&bvm=bv.51156542,d.aWc&psig=AFQjCNF1v4mHOZRmJNe5mEjko7VkQrHArQ&ust=1377227441925348
Come on this one is badass =P. Sorry I don't really know names, so I'm not gonna search for every one lol.

Love the Nox.

"Maybe one day you will learn, that your way is not the only way."

No, that's the Abramsprise.


Many of my favorites have already been mentioned. The Andromeda Ascendant, USS Enterprise (no bloody A, B, C, D or E!), Intrepid-class, the Event Horizon, the Normandy SR2, Stargate's 304 and 305s, the Wraith Hiveships... too many to list.

Abramsprise.
I first saw the giant engines on that thing, and my immediate thought was, "Tonka." My First Enterprise.

The enterprise D is a city-ship, and IMO as a fighting vessel a sad disgrace to the enterprise name. They could have and indeed have done far better with far smaller ships. I realize that during this time the federation was at peace with everyone and had been lulled into a false sense of security that no fighting would be necessary on a ship of exploration but it is also the flagship of the federation so they were just being brain-damaged. Indeed, an excelsior class ship puts up more of a fight, and is far smaller of a ship. The federation fell into a "bigger is better" hole with that ship, and they needed the wake up call they got, though not at such cost to life as the dominion war was.

And then there was defiant, intrepid, and sovereign class. they learned their lesson. This does not change what the enterprise D is, and was designed as. A good city ship and technology piece but an absolutely terrible ship at fighting.

And there's the darn effects budget...
That ship had phaser emitters all over the place. At least 11, if I'm, remembering correctly...12 if you count the one exposed when the ship separated. One underneath the drive section, one under each warp engines, four little ones all the way aft, two small ones on the top rear of the saucer section, and of course the big&powerful dorsal and ventral arrays.
But they only used the others in rare occasions.

That ship had guns all over the place, but they never saw action. Even in the Dominion Wars, with CGI effects, they almost never saw use.
It's like upgrading Old 666, but then only using two of the guns.


Defiant- and Akira-class ships definitely were built with combat in mind though, not expansive interiors and civilians.

 

[K1052]

The enterprise D is a city-ship, and IMO as a fighting vessel a sad disgrace to the enterprise name. They could have and indeed have done far better with far smaller ships. I realize that during this time the federation was at peace with everyone and had been lulled into a false sense of security that no fighting would be necessary on a ship of exploration but it is also the flagship of the federation so they were just being brain-damaged. Indeed, an excelsior class ship puts up more of a fight, and is far smaller of a ship. The federation fell into a "bigger is better" hole with that ship, and they needed the wake up call they got, though not at such cost to life as the dominion war was.

And then there was defiant, intrepid, and sovereign class. they learned their lesson. This does not change what the enterprise D is, and was designed as. A good city ship and technology piece but an absolutely terrible ship at fighting.

They didn't go all nuts using the weapons in TNG though you got to see more of it when they were fighting the Borg.

It was armed on par or greater than it's contemporaries like the Vor'cha-class cruiser and the D'deridex-class warbid and both of those were fielded by fleets with a military purpose in mind. It was also mostly designed for long term deep space duty without needing starbase or fleet support well outside the core of the Federation. The Borg encounter and the Dominion threat altered Starfleet design philosophy so you started seeing more military minded ships. Even the Intrepid class was faster, much more heavily armed and shielded than it's predecessors would have been.

 

[jaqie]

I was talking about how tough it was, not its armament.

 

[K1052]

I was talking about how tough it was, not its armament.

It was pretty sturdy....until they let Deanna drive.

 

[Scooby Doo]

where the hell is the TCS Tiger's Claw?

Prefer the Confederation class over it, at least it could take down cruisers by itself

 

[dainthomas]

Tardis.

 

[Jeff7]

I was talking about how tough it was, not its armament.

Something I liked about Stargate: SG-1 and Atlantis was that the engines weren't always the first things to blow out in combat. The ships could often take a decent pounding and still manage to escape.

Star Trek TNG: "The Klingon commander's pet targ just farted. Warp drive is offline."