# Favorite Fictional Spacecraft? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 5, 2003, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fictional-spacecraft/205733 "2003-10-05T17:48:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fictional-spacecraft/205733/1 "2003-10-05T17:48:04Z")
In this thread– [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=215480](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=215480) non-space vehicles from fiction are discussed. How 'bout spaceships from fiction? My favorite is the _Eagle_ class ship from _Space:1999_. [Images 1](http://www.fxmodels.com/space1999.shtml) [Images 2](http://www.fxmodels.com/space1999-2.shtml) [Image](http://www.space1999eagle.com/an/an_images/an_home/home1.jpg) [Plan Views](http://eagle1999.com/eagle03.jpg) I’m also fond of Flash Gordon’s rocket from the old Republic serials. Tell me what _you_ like in a ship, & give us an image link, so we can see what it’s like. (It’s only a Google Image search away…) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fictional-spacecraft/205733/2 "2003-10-05T17:54:06Z")
I always thought the little runabout in Voyager was pretty cool. The Heart of Gold, definately. The Tie Fighter and the A-wing. ---
**Author:** ![Early\_Out](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Early\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Early_Out)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fictional-spacecraft/205733/3 "2003-10-05T18:03:20Z")
Dr. Who’s Tardis, of course, which has the added advantage of being both a space ship and a time ship! ---
**Author:** ![Chocobo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@Chocobo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chocobo)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fictional-spacecraft/205733/4 "2003-10-05T19:11:06Z")
The Imperial-class Star Destroyer. It is the epitomy of cool. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fictional-spacecraft/205733/5 "2003-10-05T19:11:23Z")
I have two, both from Star Trek. The first is the Federation’s [Prometheus](http://www.shipschematics.net/startrek/images/federation/tacticalcruiser_prometheus.jpg%5B/url) class starship, as seen in Voyager and the second is the Romulan Empire’s [D’deridex](http://www.shipschematics.net/startrek/images/romulan/battlecruiser_zv1B.jpg%5B/url) class Warbird, which first appeared in The Next Generation’s first season finale. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fictional-spacecraft/205733/6 "2003-10-05T19:13:07Z")
I screwed those URLs up. Prometheus: [http://www.shipschematics.net/startrek/images/federation/tacticalcruiser\_prometheus.jpg](http://www.shipschematics.net/startrek/images/federation/tacticalcruiser_prometheus.jpg) D’deridex: [http://www.shipschematics.net/startrek/images/romulan/battlecruiser\_zv1B.jpg](http://www.shipschematics.net/startrek/images/romulan/battlecruiser_zv1B.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Krisfer\_the\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Krisfer\_the\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Krisfer_the_Cat)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fictional-spacecraft/205733/7 "2003-10-05T19:18:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Early Out \* > \*\*Dr. Who’s Tardis, of course, which has the added advantage of being both a space ship and a time ship! \*\* Exactly what I thought when I read the thread title… AND it occupies at least two dimensions so I seem to remember an Olympic sized pool in there! ---
**Author:** ![kasuo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8c91f0/32.png) [@kasuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kasuo)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fictional-spacecraft/205733/8 "2003-10-05T19:23:33Z")
The **Defiant** was one of my biggest favorites from Star Trek DS9. Defiant: [http://www.shipschematics.net/startrek/images/federation/escortcruiser\_defiant1.jpg](http://www.shipschematics.net/startrek/images/federation/escortcruiser_defiant1.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![kasuo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8c91f0/32.png) [@kasuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kasuo)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fictional-spacecraft/205733/9 "2003-10-05T19:24:00Z")
The **Defiant** was one of my biggest favorites from Star Trek DS9. Defiant: [http://www.shipschematics.net/startrek/images/federation/escortcruiser\_defiant2.jpg](http://www.shipschematics.net/startrek/images/federation/escortcruiser_defiant2.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fictional-spacecraft/205733/10 "2003-10-05T19:28:58Z")
I liked the Russian ship from “2010”. The big balloons used for the atmospheric braking were cool. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fictional-spacecraft/205733/11 "2003-10-05T19:32:30Z")
[Enterprise A](http://www.cs.umanitoba.ca/~djc/startrek/pics/ncc1701a.gif) [Jupiter 2](http://www.meredy.com/lisj2.jpg) [Discovery](http://lemonolithe.free.fr/maquette/disc/discg.jpg) [Nortromo](http://www.angelfire.com/al/metalalien/images/nostromo.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fictional-spacecraft/205733/12 "2003-10-05T19:33:11Z")
The rocket from the 1980’s Flash Gordon movie, because it was so stupidly designed. Why, Dr Zarkov, did you design and build a ship that would kill you if you operated it alone? ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fictional-spacecraft/205733/13 "2003-10-05T22:16:38Z")
Anyone who’s seen my non-spacecraft list will be unsurprised to see the [SDF-1](http://www.opusgames.com/toys/pics/sdf1.jpg) here. The Defiant. ---
**Author:** ![Horseflesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horseflesh/32/7502_2.png) [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fictional-spacecraft/205733/14 "2003-10-05T22:34:35Z")
The BIG ass ship from the opening scene of _Spaceballs_. “We Brake For Nobody.” The hero’s Winnebago-ship as well. Two from Peter Hamilton’s _Naked God_ trilogy. The bitek Edenist habitats (Tranquility and Valisk rule!), and the ships that the race of beings that lived entirely on pieces fabricated from old, derelict ships (from the final book) that used them to fly _into_ their sun to mine it’s energy. The Puppeteers mobile rosette of five planets locked in formation from _Ringworld_. ---
**Author:** ![Master\_Wang-Ka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/master_wang-ka/32/3325_2.png) [@Master\_Wang-Ka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Master_Wang-Ka)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fictional-spacecraft/205733/15 "2003-10-05T22:34:52Z")
Hey, I’d fly ANYTHING… if it had a General Products hull. Guaranteed against ANYTHING except visible light… and antimatter! ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fictional-spacecraft/205733/16 "2003-10-05T23:01:13Z")
From H2G2: _Heart of Gold_ with the infinite improbability drive, which is the most original idea for a space drive I’ve ever run across. ---
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fictional-spacecraft/205733/17 "2003-10-05T23:05:49Z")
Cylon Basestar ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fictional-spacecraft/205733/18 "2003-10-05T23:11:04Z")
The _Serenity_. ---
**Author:** ![3.885AM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/58956e/32.png) [@3.885AM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3.885AM)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fictional-spacecraft/205733/19 "2003-10-05T23:26:25Z")
The Planet Express ship from Futurama. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fictional-spacecraft/205733/20 "2003-10-05T23:40:28Z")
The Satellite of Love from MST3K. All the movies you’d ever want, too. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-fictional-spacecraft/205733.md?page=2)