The Kestrel Cruiser from FTL. Even though it’s not even the coolest ship in the game, The Kestrel is still the most nostalgic for me.
It brings me back to when I first played FTL a decade ago. I was a kid back then and loved the game so much, I even built and painted a cardboard Kestrel model.
When it comes to FTL, The Lanius Cruiser is my favorite, but Kestrel was fun to play too. I remember going back to it several times, after unlocking new ships.
The Intrepid class of star ships.
I’ve always had a strange affinity for Dark Star.
The Rocinante
This ship inspired me to ask this question :)
Love seeing Roci up top!
Seriously? Someone named a spaceship after an old horse?
Cool.
+1 for the Roci
Finished the series this week and am already suffering from withdrawal.
Read the books! There’s tons more. Unless that’s what you mean.
Ah that book ending though. chef’s kiss
It was pure perfection. Like if you’ve only seen the tv show, the book ending isn’t something you need to read, it’s something you deserve to read.
Yeaah, I really need to get to them! Especially since the last 3 didn’t make it to the TV series, from what I’ve read.
I assure you you won’t regret it.
Oh that’s a good ship.
I was going to say the Trimaxion Drone Ship from Flight of the Navigator. Seems lame now. lol.
One of my favourite things on the Roci are the point defense cannon (PDC).
In space they make a little brrrrrt noise
In atmosphere they sound like artillery. BOOM BOOM BOOM. And they act like artillery too, all you can do is try to cover your ears.
Just fun to think how powerful those “little” PDCs need to be.
I’m a huge Expanse fan, but come on. Compared to the Enterprise, the Roci shouldn’t even be hauling garbage, it should be taken away as garbage!
ahem
Definitely not the Chetzemoka lol
Although as much as I love the Roci, I might have to go with the Donnager as my real favorite. It’s just so damned intimidating.
Definitely the Rocinante!
Should have known I’d already find the Roci here.
How the fuck could they not even give it a new name?! One of my favorites as well.
R-Gray 1, RayStorm (1997) - Mostly laser by weight.
I have a gacha model of this.
Not sure in what context you’re asking this question, but my answer is the International Space Station. I love how it’s possible to see it at random sometimes at night, and the way it crosses the sky just looks different compared to a regular airplane flying at night.
Pedantic question! Does the ISS count as a spaceship? I feel like something that travels in an orbit is kind of the equivalent of something stationary on a planet… so it feels like more of a, uh, station, than a ship to me. It’s a good answer, though!
True but it still has to be a ship!
It has boosters. If it can move, it is a spaaaceshiiip!
The ISS’s propulsion is just for small orbital adjustments, right?
Imperial star destroyer
Battleship Yamoto.
Yamato is pretty nice, very unique and playfully design.
I’d also like to add The Mothership from Homeworld. Also awesome story, and the game had revolutionary gameplay for it’s time.
Romulan Warbird or the Saturn 5 rocket.
Nice choices.
Daedalus.
I always liked the Nostromo’s design.
Mistake Not My Current State Of Joshing Gentle Peevishness For The Awesome And Terrible Majesty Of The Towering Seas Of Ire That Are Themselves The Mere Milquetoast Shallows Fringing My Vast Oceans Of Wrath
Killing Time is my all time favourite Culture warship. Especially because Peter Kenny gives it a pissed off London geiser accent.
xROU Killing Time: “Missed, fucker!”
I’m not going to say Meatfucker did nothing wrong, but I always liked A Frank Exchange of Views .
I’ve always liked Falling Outside the Normal Moral Constraints
I dunno, man, their names all seem to have a lack of gravitas for some reason
Sleeper Service.
How did the quote go? Are we in danger? Nah you’re looking at a slow motion replay.
