What are your favorite top three space / star ships of all time?

[pezlerpolychromatic]

Nine bloody Hells, did I forget to mention the SDF-1?

[SmiloDan]

Is Voltron a spaceship?

[Shadowborn]

Moya, Talyn, and the Heart of Gold.

[LMPjr007]

SmiloDan wrote:

Is Voltron a spaceship?

In this thread I am going to say, YES!

[Aranna]

LMPjr007 wrote:

SmiloDan wrote:

Is Voltron a spaceship?

In this thread I am going to say, YES!

I would classify it a fighter.

[Kryzbyn]

Then I'll add Gunbuster to my list.

[Das Bier]

Space Voltron is a BUNCH of fighters. Like, a squadron.

[Drahliana Moonrunner]

Das Bier wrote:

Space Voltron is a BUNCH of fighters. Like, a squadron.

It's a group of mostly useless flying lion mecha which combine into a very powerful one.

[Tectorman]

If we're adding mechs, then I've got three more.

The Megaship from Power Rangers in Space
Megas XLR
Gurren Lagann

Also,

Threeshades wrote:

PHR Ajax Class Cruiser (Dropfleet Commander)

Francis!!

[Imbicatus]

Mega Maid / Spaceball 1

[Grey Lensman]

Drahliana Moonrunner wrote:

Das Bier wrote:

Space Voltron is a BUNCH of fighters. Like, a squadron.

It's a group of mostly useless flying lion mecha which combine into a very powerful one.

With one superweapon and a pile of useless ones that are used instead of the effective one until the plot appropriate point.

[Das Bier]

SPACE/Vehicle voltron. Not Lion Voltron.

Three different Voltrons out there. I think you've only seen the Lion one.

The one I'm referring to is made up of fifteen different parts.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeGEjpffGno

Here's an episode. Gets together at about 9:00.

Actually, space voltron aired before lion voltron did, way back when.

[KahnyaGnorc]

SDF-1 from Robotech (punching out an enemey spaceship with an aircraft carrier)

Serenity

TARDIS

Honorable mentions: Moya, Enterprise, Millenium Falcon

[Thannazzar]

Nell from Battle Beyond the Stars
Gunstar 1 from the last Starfighter
Kilrathi Dralthi from Wing Commander

[Grey Lensman]

Das Bier wrote:

SPACE/Vehicle voltron. Not Lion Voltron.

Three different Voltrons out there. I think you've only seen the Lion one.

The one I'm referring to is made up of fifteen different parts.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeGEjpffGno

Here's an episode. Gets together at about 9:00.

Actually, space voltron aired before lion voltron did, way back when.

I used to watch the vehicle version myself - but when people say Voltron, 95% of the time they think of the robot lion version. I preferred the vehicles since it had much more of a plot.

[Das Bier]

It has been years since I've actually seen the vehicle series, earth's forces going up against the alien invaders. Always preferred the vehicle version sword and spinning laser blades, however.

[SmiloDan]

There is a new Lion Voltron on Netflix.

[Das Bier]

Yeah, saw that a few years ago, too. Bunch of kids added to help out the Lion team.

[Freehold DM]

Das Bier wrote:

Yeah, saw that a few years ago, too. Bunch of kids added to help out the Lion team.

this is not that. This is something else.

[Das Bier]

Just looked up the Netflix trailer. Indeed it is. The one from a few years ago was a continuation. This is a complete reboot.

[Terquem]

From Movies or television

NTE 3120, the NSEA Protector

from my gaming history

4000 dton Leviathan
400 dton Annic Nova
1000 dton xBoat Tender

[Randall Rapp]

Gunstar - Last Starfighter
Milienium Falcon
Red Dwarf

[Tim Statler]

Battlestar Galactica (1978 series)
Enterprise NX-01
Starfury (Bablyon 5)

[SAMAS]

Drahliana Moonrunner wrote:

Das Bier wrote:

Space Voltron is a BUNCH of fighters. Like, a squadron.

It's a group of mostly useless flying lion mecha which combine into a very powerful one.

Not anymore. Have you seen the new series?

So...

Fighters
Sabutai -- Battletech
Vic Viper -- Gradius/Zone of the Enders
R-9 Series -- R-Type
VF-25 -- Macross Frontier

Small Ships
Elsa -- Xenosaga
Mega Rider -- Gundam ZZ
Normandy -- Mass Effect

Capital Ships
Archangel/Minerva -- Mobile Suit Gundam SEED/Destiny
Macross SDF-1/Quarter/Delta -- Macross
Space Battleship Yamato
Hiryu Kai -- Super Robot Wars

[doombotmecha]

Capital Ships

Battleship Condescension (Homestuck) Link

The Eclipse-Class Star Destroyer (SW Legends Verse) Link

Super Galaxy Dai-Gurren (Gurren Lagann) Link

Mid-Size Ships
Pretty much any PC ship from Starbound but the Floran one is cool imo because its jury-rigged, the Glitch get a flying castle, and Novakid fly the Hype Train Link

Starlord's ship from Guardians of the Galaxy

Most of my favorites have been stated here already, but the SW literature has some great ones. Also, I'd count spaceworthy Mecha here.

[Nermal2097]

The Rock. The mobile fortress monastary of the Dark Angels chapter of Space Marines, carved from the last fragment of a destroyed homeworld.

Fireball XL-5. Because I want to be a spaceman, the fastest man alive.

Thunderbird 3. Coolest rocket ship ever.

[Vrog Skyreaver]

moya, the soyokaze, Ryo-Oki

[pres man]

Millennium Falcon
Told my wife I wasn't very upset about Han, but had the Falcon gotten destroyed (T_T)

D7/K't'inga Class Battlecruiser

Cylon Raider (Original Series)

[Abraham spalding]

Hm... I guess for a random cross section of ships I like I would go with:

Ragnarok from FF8
Durandall from Xenosaga
Black Boa from Final Fantasy: Spirits within

I mean I have a whole list of love for spacecraft and the designing of such, so I have a lot of stress/love/passion/hope/fear for this project by Paizo.

[Drahliana Moonrunner]

Revised list of favorites.

1. The ship from Star Ocean

2. The Odyssey Class Starship from Star Trek Online.

3. The Smalljamer from Spelljamer.

[Abraham spalding]

Drahliana Moonrunner wrote:

Revised list of favorites.

1. The ship from Star Ocean

Which star ocean?

[NenkotaMoon]

-USG Ishimura (Dead Space), can't believe that hasn't been mentioned.
-SR 1 and 2 Normandy (Mass Effect), for when you want instead of green girls, blue.
-Roger Young (StarShip Troopers.... the book)

[Nermal2097]

Anyone mentioned the Kobayahsi Maru yet?

[Jester David]

Enterprise (don't ask me to pick a favourite).
Liberator from Blake's 7
Normandy from Mass Effect

Although Babylon 5 is hands down my favourite sci-fi show. But the White Star is only so-so.

[XLordxErebusX]

Not in order...

Normandy II (from the last two Mass Effect games, i think)
Voyager (Star Trek Voyager)
Tomb Ships (Necrons from Warhammer 40k)

Do tyranids count, lol?

[phantom1592]

Enterprise D

Millenium Falcoln.

Voltron Lions. Blue if I can only pick one...

[Morgan Champion]

The Tardis from Doctor Who
The Liberator from Blake's 7
and finally as a change of pace -the Tempest from the Outsider webcomic.

[Drahliana Moonrunner]

Abraham spalding wrote:

Drahliana Moonrunner wrote:

Revised list of favorites.

1. The ship from Star Ocean

Which star ocean?

a franchise of action role-playing video games developed by the Japanese company tri-Ace and published and owned by Square Enix (originally Enix).

[Drahliana Moonrunner]

doombotmecha wrote:

Starlord's ship from Guardians of the Galaxy

I vastly prefer his sentient shape-changing ship/companion from the original StarLord comic book series... named "Ship".

"I'm so old, I've forgotten my original form.'

[Abraham spalding]

Drahliana Moonrunner wrote:

Abraham spalding wrote:

Drahliana Moonrunner wrote:

Revised list of favorites.

1. The ship from Star Ocean

Which star ocean?

a franchise of action role-playing video games developed by the Japanese company tri-Ace and published and owned by Square Enix (originally Enix).

Not what, which?

there are 5 out at least the three I played have had spaceships.

[Drahliana Moonrunner]

Abraham spalding wrote:

Drahliana Moonrunner wrote:

Abraham spalding wrote:

Drahliana Moonrunner wrote:

Revised list of favorites.

1. The ship from Star Ocean

Which star ocean?

a franchise of action role-playing video games developed by the Japanese company tri-Ace and published and owned by Square Enix (originally Enix).

Not what, which?

there are 5 out at least the three I played have had spaceships.

The first one,since that's the only one I've seen.

[Torbyne]

I think every Star Ocean has had at least one ship, some have had multiple. When i see people in this thread mentioning Star Ocean i assume they are refering to the design aesthetic of the human factions from the franchise as they all more or less conform to "Single main hull loosely resembling a submarine with spacey bits, 2-4 separate drive nacelles branching from the aft third of the ship and an FTL related ring structure connecting main and rive hull segments." The last game, Star Ocean 4 i think it was which was also a prequel in the timeline to everything else had much more futuristic jetplane looks for human ships but that is the stand out to me.

Regarding the many posts on the SR-1 and SR-2, what do people think about the new TEMPEST from the Andromeda trailers? I cant get a good read on it from the little available but it looks like a variant SR-2 with pronounced canards and vertical stabilizers outboard of the engines. guessing it is meant for a lot of atmospheric work with all the extra wing space and stabilizing gear but it also makes it look a lot smaller than the older ships and much less... spacey?

Also, i was always bothered by the SR-1 and SR-2 being frigate to cruiser sized vessels that seemed to rely on fixed position beam weapons that mean the ships acted as dog fighters in most of their encounters. Something of their size feels like it should rely on missiles and turrets more dont they? I get the idea of a fixed spinal weapon for anti-capital ship roles but i always felt like that was all those ships had.

[Set]

Spelljammer had some funky ships. Some I loved, others I was like 'what?'

The Neogi and Elven ships had awesome curvy organic / insectile shapes, which I liked.

[Freehold DM]

There are so many star oceans, every one is someone's first one.

[Professor Farnsworth, Scientist]

Three very small Earthlings have successfully arrived in Jupiter orbit.

New Google Doodle commemorating Juno orbital insertion

[Bluenose]

The Colonial III from the Terran Trade Authority series. A superfreighter with just enough attention paid to aesthetics that it doesn't look silly. There are many more beautiful or impressive ships in that universe, but the combination of function and form is what I like.

The Donosev-class survey scout from the Traveller universe. It has a job. It's going to get on with it. All the things you need are there, nothing is extraneous, and despite that still looks 'right' - at least to me.

Another Traveller one, the Type-T Patrol Corvette/Cruiser. Goodbye practical, hello sleek and streamlined. How you'd land one is beyond me, though I imagine most only visit orbital stations with boarding tubes, but it's still a very pretty design.

[Syrus Terrigan]

The capital ships:

SSD Chimaera, Star Wars Expanded Universe
UNSC Pillar of Autumn, Halo Universe
NCC-1701-E, Enterprise, Star Trek cinema

The snubfighters:

MandalMotors Besuliike, Second Galactic Civil War-era Mandalorian starfighter, SWEU
Sienar Systems TIE Interceptor, SWEU
Kuat Systems Engineering RZ-1 A-wing, SWEU

A class all its own:

the TARDIS

[SmiloDan]

I just finished Season 1 of Dark Matter, and I'm really digging the Raza.

[Gilfalas]

Fighters:
The human fighters from the movie 'Enemy Mine'.
The 'A Wing' from the Star Wars series.
Hammerhead fighter from 'Space: Above and Beyond'.

Small Ships:
The Serenity from Firefly
The Normandy/s from Mass Effect
Ranger Slingship #377 aka Tin Lizzie from the TV Series Space Rangers

[Lady Bluehawk]

Aventhar wrote:

LMPjr007 wrote:

Mine: The Defiant, the White Star and Borg Cube

The Millennium Falcon, The Tardis, Apollo 11

Runner-up - Romulan Warbird

Absolutely yes! I would pick the Klingon Warbird from the original Star Trek movies (Search for Spock, Voyage Home) over the Romulan, but that's just me...and I think I'd replace the 'Falcon (sorry, Han!) with the original Enterprise from the original Star Trek series. :)

So, my list:
Apollo 11 (the Saturn V rocket was the actual vehicle type; 11 was the mission number)
The Tardis
Enterprise NCC-1701, original series (physical model, not CGI)

runner-up: Klingon Warbird, original Star Trek movies

LB