# Which starship would you command? Pilot? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 13, 2007, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-starship-would-you-command-pilot/407858 "2007-06-13T15:15:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2007, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-starship-would-you-command-pilot/407858/21 "2007-06-13T16:43:39Z")
Command - Tie between _Imperial_ class Star Destroyer and a _Mediator_ class Star Defender. In a galaxy-scale battle I’d want one of the bigger ones, but these two are just right for personal conquests. Pilot: A-wing. But I’d want a lot of space around me until I got the hang of it. ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2007, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-starship-would-you-command-pilot/407858/22 "2007-06-13T17:12:52Z")
Pilot: Tie-Interceptor (or maybe a Starfury from B-5). Z-95’s are kinda fun, too. Basically anything lightly shielded, overgunned and highly maneuverable. Command: Miranda class (“KHAAAAAAN!!!”). Or maybe a Nebulon-B frigate. ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2007, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-starship-would-you-command-pilot/407858/23 "2007-06-13T17:28:00Z")
[QUOTE=Shamozzle] The Falcon, of course. Which Falcon, you ask? :rolleyes: [/QUOTE] The Aluminum Falcon? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2007, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-starship-would-you-command-pilot/407858/24 "2007-06-13T17:28:54Z")
See, this is what television has done to our culture. No one has yet mentioned the _[Long Shot](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Shot_%28Niven%29)_, the _[Lying Bastard](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lying_Bastard)_, _[Gay Deceiver](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Number_of_the_Beast_%28novel%29)_, the “Slapstick” Libby-enhanced _[New Frontiers](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methuselah's_Children)_, the Xeelee nightfighter-augmented _[Great Northern](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timelike_Infinity)_, or even the G.S.S. _Suicidal Insanity_. The U.S.S. _Enterprise_? Are you kidding? That ship is nearly as prone to accident, incapacitation, and sudden total gratuitous existance failure as the _[Starship Titanic](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Places_in_The_Hitchhiker%27s_Guide_to_the_Galaxy#Artifactovol)_. I’d much rather fly the [NSEA \*Protector](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NSEA_Protector)\*, which is capable of standing up to a hideous amount of punishment even in the hands of a totally incompetent crew. And while _Liberator_ is nearly indestructible, it seems to be a very cursed ship which also lacks even a basic operator’s manual. I’ll fly the _Mary Celeste_ to the Moon before I set foot on _Liberator_. [QUOTE=MacTech] Actually, i change my vote to **The Starship Heart of Gold** from HHGTTG Improbability Drive Roxxors!!!111!ONE! 😉 [/QUOTE] Not me. I’ll take the _[Bistromath](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starship_Bistromath)_, which uses a wonderful new method of crossing vast interstellar distances without all that dangerous mucking about with Improbability Factors. I don’t want to be responsible for bringing into existance a sperm whale and a bowl of petunias several miles above the surface of a planet, only to be dashed into protoplasm on the ground below, and you just never know what other terrible problems the Improbability Drive will wreck upon your lifestyle. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2007, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-starship-would-you-command-pilot/407858/25 "2007-06-13T17:34:27Z")
The Pillar of Autumn ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2007, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-starship-would-you-command-pilot/407858/26 "2007-06-13T17:49:24Z")
[QUOTE=Stranger On A Train] See, this is what television has done to our culture. No one has yet mentioned the _[Long Shot](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Shot_%28Niven%29)_, the _[Lying Bastard](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lying_Bastard)_, _[Gay Deceiver](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Number_of_the_Beast_%28novel%29)_, the “Slapstick” Libby-enhanced _[New Frontiers](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methuselah's_Children)_, the Xeelee nightfighter-augmented _[Great Northern](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timelike_Infinity)_, or even the G.S.S. _Suicidal Insanity_. [/QUOTE] The OP asked about starships from movies, but some of these are from novels. Otherwise, I’d agree on the Gay Deceiver. If you’re willing to consider Star Trek televsion shows, I’d say the Defiant. ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2007, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-starship-would-you-command-pilot/407858/27 "2007-06-13T17:52:12Z")
Oh, if you’re opening it up to starships from books, give me either the _Dauntless_ or the _Skylark of Valeron._\* - Screw your puny little starships. I want one that can masquerade as a small planet. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mikemike2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikemike2/32/305_2.png) [@Mikemike2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mikemike2)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2007, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-starship-would-you-command-pilot/407858/28 "2007-06-13T17:54:28Z")
[QUOTE=Stranger On A Train] See, this is what television has done to our culture. No one has yet mentioned the _[Long Shot](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Shot_%28Niven%29)_, the _[Lying Bastard](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lying_Bastard)_, _[Gay Deceiver](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Number_of_the_Beast_%28novel%29)_, the “Slapstick” Libby-enhanced _[New Frontiers](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methuselah's_Children)_, the Xeelee nightfighter-augmented _[Great Northern](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timelike_Infinity)_, or even the G.S.S. _Suicidal Insanity_. [/QUOTE] I was going to say “Gay Deceiver,” but I don’t think it is quite a starship. More like a big car. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2007, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-starship-would-you-command-pilot/407858/29 "2007-06-13T17:56:41Z")
If it \*has \*to be movies, then the _Serenity_, definitely. Either command or pilot. Pity, I think the GSV _Sleeper Service_ would be cool - not that you “pilot” or “command” such a ship, but to ride in, hell yeah. ---
**Author:** ![kingpengvin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9dc877/32.png) [@kingpengvin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kingpengvin)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2007, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-starship-would-you-command-pilot/407858/30 "2007-06-13T17:56:58Z")
The USS Enterprise… NCC1701 No bloody A…B…C… or D That vessel had its quirks but it never got a scratch until its upgrade. It even withstood several attacks from Nomad with the equivilant power of 90 photon torpedoes. It can get from one Quadrent of the Galaxy to another in meere hours… Fast… Oh Yeah. ---
**Author:** ![joemama24\_98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ce7236/32.png) [@joemama24\_98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joemama24_98)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2007, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-starship-would-you-command-pilot/407858/31 "2007-06-13T18:00:25Z")
I would have expected the Borg Cube from such a bunch of squares 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2007, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-starship-would-you-command-pilot/407858/32 "2007-06-13T18:20:52Z")
If books are allowed, give me _Dahak_ and we’ll call it good. ---
**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2007, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-starship-would-you-command-pilot/407858/33 "2007-06-13T19:03:33Z")
For general exploring the universe in an almost realistic movie ship - _Black Hole_’s Cygnus. ---
**Author:** ![puppygod](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@puppygod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puppygod)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2007, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-starship-would-you-command-pilot/407858/34 "2007-06-13T19:31:07Z")
Nobody mentioned Planet Express Ship yet? Well, I’ll do. Either pilot or command, but preferably the latter. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2007, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-starship-would-you-command-pilot/407858/35 "2007-06-13T19:36:51Z")
Dangit, I meant to include in my previous post - Kimbell Kinnison’s Super-Dreadnought _Dauntless_, since someone allowed books. Naturally I’d want a Lens to go along with it. ---
**Author:** ![butler1850](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@butler1850](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/butler1850)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2007, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-starship-would-you-command-pilot/407858/36 "2007-06-13T19:37:49Z")
[QUOTE=Stranger On A Train] Not me. I’ll take the _[Bistromath](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starship_Bistromath)_, which uses a wonderful new method of crossing vast interstellar distances without all that dangerous mucking about with Improbability Factors. Stranger [/QUOTE] Not to mention that it has an SEP field. So often, I’ve tried to perfect my design for a small SEP generator for my work cube, but it doesn’t seem to work quite right. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![FlyingCowOfDoom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/flyingcowofdoom/32/21776_2.png) [@FlyingCowOfDoom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingCowOfDoom)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2007, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-starship-would-you-command-pilot/407858/37 "2007-06-13T19:38:52Z")
The [_USS Relativity._](http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/USS_Relativity) –FCOD ---
**Author:** ![akira5822](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/53a042/32.png) [@akira5822](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/akira5822)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2007, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-starship-would-you-command-pilot/407858/38 "2007-06-13T20:24:44Z")
The Executor…If you’re gonna be bad,be bad well lol ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2007, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-starship-would-you-command-pilot/407858/39 "2007-06-13T20:43:52Z")
I’ll take the battleship INSS Lenin from The Mote In God’s Eye. For movie ships, perhaps the Rodger Young from Starship Troopers, or a B-Wing. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2007, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-starship-would-you-command-pilot/407858/40 "2007-06-13T21:03:01Z")
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