What are the top 25 SPACESHIPS in science fiction?

[thomas7g]

Whe have the list of the greatest characters in science fiction. But we can't ignore their wonderful vehicles right? Course not!!!!

So what are the top 25 vehicles in science fiction? Any ship in a movie or show counts. And it can also include cars, planes and subs.

[bsg1fan1975]

two of theme have to be the Galactica and her vipers. Another is the mothership from V

[Ian_W359]

How about the 'Liberator' (DSV-1) from Blake's 7?

Ian W359

[BST]

The Galactica and the U.S.S. Enterprise, NCC-1701 (no bloody A, B, C, D, or E! )

Here is my list:

1. U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701

2. The Battlestar Galactica

3. The C-57-D From Forbidden Planet

4.The Millenium Falcon

5. The Jupiter II

6. The Discovery 1 from 2001

7. The Luna from Destination Moon

8. Eagles from Space: 1999

9. The Icarus from Planet of the Apes

10. The Terra V from Space Patrol

11. S.H.A.D.O. Lunar Interceptors from UFO

12. Vipers

13. Dr. Zarkov's 1936 Rocket-ship from Flash Gordon

14. The Space Cruiser Yamato

15. X-Wing Fighters

16. Star Fighters from Buck Rogers

17. The Tardis

18. Star Furies from Babylon 5

19. U.S.S Enterprise NCC 1701-D

20. Visitor Motherships from V

21. Imperial Star Destroyers

22. The Death Star

23. The Liberator From Blake's 7

24. The Valley Forge from Silent Running

25. The Roger Young From Starship Troopers.

I feel these ships are iconic and reflect the era in which they were created. Each ship helped define what a spaceship could look like in the eyes of the public.

I just read that this list is for sci fi vehicles not just spaceships! So I would add:

A. The Seaview from Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea.

B. The Flying sub from the same series.

C. The SeaQuest DSV

D. The Proteus fom Fantastic Voyage

E. The Stingray

F. The Delorian from Back To The Future

G. George Pal's Time Machine

H. The SkyDiver from UFO

I. The Batmobile

J. The Green Hornet's Black Beauty.

I would love to have the keys to any of the vehicles listed above!

[amberstar]

25 again, you've been busy thinking this out hun!

Well here it goes.......

1. The Falcon
2. The Viper
3. A Death Star
4. The base ship
5. The ST Enterprise (Original)
6. The X Wing Fighter
7. The BIG-G * Battlestar Galactica*
8.The Andromeda
9. K.I.T.T from knight Rider * It's a vehicle right?*
10. The speder bike from Return of the Jedi. Reallly cool, *flying, Kinda at brek neck speed*
11. The Time Machine from Orsen Wells, just Imagine what one could see with that ship!
12 The Yamato
13. The War Bird from Trek, Cloking device was really neat!
14.Mother ship from " V"
15. Can't think of the name of the ship, but it is aonther animated show. Where a ship creates another Earth! The Guy names the planet Bob * Tom may be the only other person to have ever watched this show* But a ship with the ability to create life is amazing!
16. Land speeder from SW.
17.Sorry but this is a blast from the past...... The car from "Back to The Future"
* All episodes, especially when it flys!*
18.The Borg Ship from STNG.
19. The Fighter craft from SGA, ( can't remember what they finally named it but, to think of what you need and it appears.......Well, that's way cool.
20. The car from the "Wraith", I know I said Kitt earlier but it is still a vehicle and has the ability to repair itsef! It's alive.........
21.The seaquest from DSV
22.The Batmobile, just Too Neat!
23. Speaking of cars the General Lee.......now come on who didn't want an orange car with the doors welded shut when they were growig up?? And that famous sounding horn!
24.The Cylon Raider
25. The Tie Tie fighter

[The 14th Colony]

1 Rebel Medical Frigate seen at end of TESB
2 Star Destroyer
3 Super Star Destroyer
4 TIE fighters
5 Millenium Falcon
6 X-Wings
7 Trade Federation Battleship
8 Battlestar Galactica (original BSG)
9 Colonial Vipers
10 Enterprise E
11 AT-AT Walkers
12 Klingon Battlecruiser (from TOS, and ST:1)
13 Romulan Warbird (from TNG & DS9)
14 Shado Interceptors from UFO (the show that made me a sci-fi fan)
15 Marine Dropship from Aliens
16 Nostromo from Alien
17 From Buck Rogers in 25th Century, the Earth fighters
18 From Buck Rogers in 25th Century, Draconian marauders
19 Republic Gunships from AOTC
20 Adam West Batman, Batmobile
21 Lotus Espirit, James Bond's car/submarine transformer from Spy Who Loved Me
22 Police Spinners, Blade Runner
23 Draconian battleship, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
24 The submersible airplane from UFO, I don't remember the name of it.
25 Imperial Shuttle Tyderium, Return of the Jedi

[Senmut]

To any list I would add V'ger from STTMP, and the Darian space city/ark, from Space;1999's Mission Of The Darians.

[martok2112]

Originally Posted by amberstar

25 again, you've been busy thinking this out hun!


15. Can't think of the name of the ship, but it is aonther animated show. Where a ship creates another Earth! The Guy names the planet Bob * Tom may be the only other person to have ever watched this show* But a ship with the ability to create life is amazing!

That would be Titan A.E., my dear friend.



Now, my picks for top 25 ships.

Hmmm.,....well, to list my faves first.

1. The Correllian Corvette (or the Rebel Blockade Runner) from Star Wars original trilogy. Tantive IV is the name of the ship that Princess Leia was evading the Imperial Star Destroyer in at the beginning of Episode IV.

2. The Kuat Drive Yards Imperial Star Destroyer
3. The Original Battlestar Galactica
4. The uprated Enterprises as seen in the first six Trek films.
5. The U.S.S. Cygnus from The Black Hole. (Now there was a timelessly unique spacecraft if ever I saw one.)

And now...not necessarily in order...
6. The Starfires from Jason of Star Command
7. The Incom T-65C-A2...otherwise known as an X-Wing Fighter
8. The Corellian YT-1300 Modified Light Freighter...aka The Millenium Falcon
9. The Starhound class Viper
10. The Miranda Class U.S.S. Reliant from the Wrath of Khan
11. The Roger Young from Starship Troopers
12. The carrier ships from Space: Above and Beyond.
13. The Eagle from Space:1999
14. The Koensayr BTL Y-Wing fighter
15. The new Battlestar Galactica
16. The Kuat Drive Yards Super Star Destroyer
17. The Sovereign classEnterprise E
18. The Defiant class U.S.S. Defiant
19. The Draconian mothership from Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
20. Deep Space Nine
21. The Klingon K't'inga class battlecruiser as seen in Star Trek's I, II, and VI.
22. The Klingon Vor'Cha attack cruiser from the Next Generation, and DS9.
23. The Lambda class Imperial Shuttle from Return of the Jedi
24. The Akira class cruiser from Star Trek First Contact...and DS9
25. The original Cylon Basestar


well, I am sure that there are more faves I could think of, but the way I see it is, if it comes quickest to your mind, then that must be a favorite ship.

Respectfully,
Martok2112

[martok2112]

I would like to give Honorable mentions to:

The U.S.C.S.S. Nostromo from ALIEN
The Marine Carrier U.S.S. SULACO and her dropships from ALIENS

Thank you,
Martok2112

[amberstar]

Thank you my Dear Martok!

Titan AE......I could not have remember the name to save my life!!

[martok2112]

Jus' doin' muh duty, ma'am! It's the LAWWWWWWW of th' WEST!


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Martok2112

[thomas7g]

I really wish I had only asked for ten! Thinking up 25 is so dang hard!


Okay....processing....

p-ting!


I think I want to list the first few cause they changed how we think of spaceships.

01- Discovery from 2001:A Space Odessey
02- The original Enterprise, No bloody A, B, C or D
03- The Milenium Falcon and other ships from Star Wars
04- The mothership from Close Encounters
05- The Lightcycles, tanks, enforcers and mothership from Tron
06- The Gunstar from The Last Starfighter
07- Babylon 5
08- Moya from Farscape



I would add these notable cars

Adam West's Batmobile
The Back to the Future Dorlorean
James Bond's Aston Martin, the first of his super cars Though I like the white Lotus Espirit submarine car the best!
KITT from KNight Rider
The Mach 5 from Speed Racer
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Herbie the LoveBug




And these are just ones I loved in no particular order

Eagles from Space1999
the Seaview and Flying Sub from Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
The GALACTICA!!! and vipers and raiders!
The Lightship!
SDF-1 Macross and Veritechs from Macross (a personal favorite from anime)
V's shuttles
The Proteus from Fantastic Voyage
The Cygnus from The Black Hole
The GodPhoenix from Gatchaman aka Battle of the Planets


hmmm... there are lots more... but I'm drawing a blank.

[Archangel]

Y'know, I see all these great ships here, but no one mentioned SG1's Prometheus!

1. aforementioned Prometheus
2. TOS Enterprise
3. Millenium Falcon
4. SW X-wing
5. Battlestar Galactica (the original)
6. ST Enterprise/Enterprise-A (the movies)
7. K.I.T.T.
8. Airwolf (sci-fi or no, you decide)
9. ST Excelsior
10. SW AOTC speeder (I liked the Coruscant chase)
11. (Some die-hards may want to shoot me for this one)Battlestar Galactica - new
12. Cylon raiders TOS
13. Optimus Prime - it's off a cartoon, but no one specified.
14. V - visitor fighters
15. TNG Romulan Warbird -
16. TNG Enterprise D
17. DS9 Defiant
18. TNG Enterprise E
19. SW TIE-Fighters (simplicity in design)
20. SeaQuest DSV
21 Andromeda Ascendent
22. Taelon Mothership (Earth: Final Conflict)
23. Excalibur (B5:Crusade)
24. Imperial Super Star Destroyer
25 Those plucked chickens from Babylon 5. For the life of me I can't remember the name.

[thomas7g]

Oh I shouda named Airwolf! I thought that was a FUN and beautiful machine!

[martok2112]

HEAR HEAR! Yes, I loved Airwolf! There is a show that would be great to be remade....and I don't care if they take Stringfellow Hawke and make him into a girl either. I love seeing chicks kick some, even if they're surrounded by awesome hardware.

I was a straight up Blue Thunder fan for a time, but when it went off the air, all I had was Airwolf....and that show was incredible....as was its namesake helicopter. The show that aired on USA (picking up with St,John Hawke, Stringfellow's long lost brother) just didn't cut the mustard like the original with Jan Michael Vincent and Ernest Borgnine.

Here's to the Airwolf....may she still howl!
Respectfully,
Martok2112

[Archangel]

That show was a staple with me growing up!

[martok2112]

Archangel, I think I can see why it was a staple for you, too. If I remember correctly, the guy that gave missions to Stringfellow Hawke was called Archangel.

Respectfully,
Martok2112

[Archangel]

Originally Posted by martok2112

Archangel, I think I can see why it was a staple for you, too. If I remember correctly, the guy that gave missions to Stringfellow Hawke was called Archangel.

Respectfully,
Martok2112

LOL! I totally forgot about that. Mine actually come from a TV pilot I wrote in school!

[martok2112]

Shaweet!