which ship is the fastest in sci-fi?

[Spydermag68]

I think it is down to a TARDIS or the Heart of Gold from HHGTTG.

I think the Heart of Gold has the TARDIS beat. With a fresh cup of tea it can touch every point in the universe and can time travel.

 

[IronWing]

Reading the thread title, I had also concluded that the Heart of Gold was fastest.

Gai's ship from The Last Legends of Earth is another possibility.

 

[JEDIYoda]

The good ship Lolipop!!!

 

[SKORPI0]

Duh,the Millennium Falcon, did the Kessel run in less than 12 parsecs.
http://scifi.about.com/od/starwarsg...-Say-He-Made-The-Kessel-Run-In-12-Parsecs.htm

http://sploid.gizmodo.com/infographic-whats-the-fastest-ship-in-sci-fi-history-1718171303

 

[cbrunny]

In certain iterations in Star Trek, Warp 10 is so fast that you would occupy all points in the entire universe at once (Voyager).
In other iterations in Star Trek, the Enterprise is transported enormous distances by The Traveler. Rough internet math suggests this was as fast as a million million light years per minute.
In Voyager, Voyager is transported to the delta quadrant pretty quick.

Don't know much about other sci-fi ships though.

 

[cbrunny]

oh yeah and the planet express ship. that was one i thought about earlier too.

 

[dainthomas]

With the universe being finite, I'm not sure what you get from infinite speed. I'd still take the TARDIS.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Totally bullshit test. What about stereo, trunk space and cup holders? Top speed isn't everything.

 

[Crono]

How fast is ludicrous speed?

EDIT: nevermind, I'm guessing the speed listed on the infographic is for ludicrous speed

Also, there needs to be a Top Gear/Grand Tour for spaceships.

 

[sandorski]

Daedalus Class Battlecruiser from Stargate. 18 days travel between Galaxies.

 

[Rifter]

I thought ST voyager had those time police dudes who had that ship that could instantly go anywhere in the universe at any time. thats pretty fast. Think they were in ST Enterprise too.

 

[sdifox]

Heart of Gold. Tardis is not really a spaceship, it's a time machine. Unless you want to change the definition of spaceship.

 

[cbrunny]

I thought ST voyager had those time police dudes who had that ship that could instantly go anywhere in the universe at any time. thats pretty fast. Think they were in ST Enterprise too.

Hmm. Yes. There is the chronos guys that come from the future. Forgot about them.

 

[Cozarkian]

Heart of Gold. Tardis is not really a spaceship, it's a time machine. Unless you want to change the definition of spaceship.

Why can't it be both? The delorean in back to the future is both a car and time machine. The TARDIS is sometimes used for transport through space without traveling through time, so I would say it is a spaceship.

 

[dainthomas]

Heart of Gold. Tardis is not really a spaceship, it's a time machine. Unless you want to change the definition of spaceship.

A spaceship is a ship that can fly in space. Which it does.

 

[Rubycon]

How fast is ludicrous speed?

EDIT: nevermind, I'm guessing the speed listed on the infographic is for ludicrous speed

Also, there needs to be a Top Gear/Grand Tour for spaceships.

First off I will say I read the thread title as "What ship is the fastest in wifi"

Second, ludicrous comes just before plaid. It's a FACT! Back in 1991, I was cranking the power on a (then for its time) most excellent Toshiba TOLD-9211 index guided VLD and just before catastrophic facet damage occurred, the emission profile assumed a highly polarized looking pattern as if looking at the familiar plaid on a single plane. My excited colleague's reply was that was ludicrous!

Now if you want to go plaid, that's what q-switching is for!

 

[SKORPI0]

So any ship that can travel FTL is essentially a time machine, relatively speaking.
https://arstechnica.com/civis/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=67508
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/blogs/...-back-in-time-by-breaking-the-speed-of-light/

 

[sdifox]

A spaceship is a ship that can fly in space. Which it does.

Fair enough. Spaceship it is.

 

[shortylickens]

I recall in Star Trek there were artificial wormholes that let the Borg go anywhere in the galaxy instantly. But I dont think it qualifies as speed. More like bending spacetime.

 

[Fanatical Meat]

How can the Tardis not be the fastest, it can time travel, it could win the race before the race even started.

Edit: I see time travel doesn't count

 

[William Gaatjes]

There is only one ship the fastest. The event horizon. It is a space folding ship.
It has some slight side effects...

And i am upset it is not on the list above.
Because that is the ion drive and not the gravity drive.

 

[dr150]

What about those ships in the Dune movie/book? They can bend space.

That blows any other "speed" technology out of the water.

 

[Fanatical Meat]

What about those ships in the Dune movie/book? They can bend space.

That blows any other "speed" technology out of the water.

Agreed but you need the weird pilots & spice to make them work.

I just noticed the chart includes Space Ball 1. Epic!

 

[William Gaatjes]

What about those ships in the Dune movie/book? They can bend space.

That blows any other "speed" technology out of the water.

Yeah, i thought of dune too. But i could not remember how they did it. All i know is they consumed spice and mutated into some weird creatures.

 

[DeathReborn]

Atlantis from Stargate Atlantis finishes the show with Wormhole Drive, almost instant travel. If not the fastest star ship it's by far the fastest City.