Greatest Ship in Science Fiction?

no, because they home.

superninjakiwi wrote:

no, because they home.

Quite possibly they've upgraded since last time I played halo 1, 2 or 3, but back in my days, Warthogs had gauss cannons that fired 40mm grenades.

Now get off my lawn, you damn kids!

ah. i play reach, that's the differance.

Lord Mackeroth wrote:

I never said most powerful ship. I just said greatest. That might mean good looking, good firepower, good technology, good defense, or general awesomeness.

^ exactly why I picked the Andromeda, I even said that in my post.

in that case, i think the greatist ship of all time would be the Mothership from the movie Independance day. That damn thing was over a hundred Kilometers across.

Kobialka wrote:

Yes. The Voyager. Not even a enterprise class ship. Very similar to the Enterprise design though. meh.

Which Enterprise?
I assume you mean the Enterprise-E?

scout37 wrote:

in that case, i think the greatist ship of all time would be the Mothership from the movie Independance day. That damn thing was over a hundred Kilometers across.

Too overpowered. Makes it un-great. Just stupid.

Lord Mackeroth wrote:

scout37 wrote:

in that case, i think the greatist ship of all time would be the Mothership from the movie Independance day. That damn thing was over a hundred Kilometers across.

Too overpowered. Makes it un-great. Just stupid.

I probably laughed too much when I read that

Lord Mackeroth wrote:

scout37 wrote:

in that case, i think the greatist ship of all time would be the Mothership from the movie Independance day. That damn thing was over a hundred Kilometers across.

Too overpowered. Makes it un-great. Just stupid.

Well, we can't really say that. In fact, it's a giant city, or world-ship, which houses the civilians. It's got the alien's super shield, that we know, but as far as weapons go, we've never seen it fire anything.
In fact, I think we could assume that the mothership itself has no weapons, that's why it launches the "smaller" saucers as assault craft. Basically the mothership is the equivalent of a planet, quite literally, and the saucers are the planet's military force.

So all it's really got is big, stinky on the inside, infested with aliens hellbent on consuming all resources in the known universe at any cost, and gets blown up by one well-placed nuke.

I love the Retribution, Emperor, and Apocalypse class battleships from Warhammer 40K. They aren't the best ships, but I like them a lot. ( This pic is an Emperor Class, the only difference between them is armament.)

stufuzzycat wrote:

I love the Retribution, Emperor, and Apocalypse class battleships from Warhammer 40K. They aren't the best ships, but I like them a lot. ( This pic is an Emperor Class, the difference between them is armament.)

Avenger_7's made the WH40K guys seem pretty tough.

Pat Best wrote:

stufuzzycat wrote:

I love the Retribution, Emperor, and Apocalypse class battleships from Warhammer 40K. They aren't the best ships, but I like them a lot. ( This pic is an Emperor Class, the difference between them is armament.)

Avenger_7's made the WH40K guys seem pretty tough.

Believe me when I say that some of those capital ships have retarded amounts of firepower, and they are the only Imperial ships that can hold their own without heavy support.

I still think they have some of the coolest architecture across any franchise.

Avenger_7 wrote:

Pat Best wrote:

stufuzzycat wrote:

I love the Retribution, Emperor, and Apocalypse class battleships from Warhammer 40K. They aren't the best ships, but I like them a lot. ( This pic is an Emperor Class, the difference between them is armament.)

Avenger_7's made the WH40K guys seem pretty tough.

Believe me when I say that some of those capital ships have retarded amounts of firepower, even if they aren't the best defensively. Except for that one class with 20m thick armor, but they move soooooooo ssssllllloooooooowwwwwwlllllyyyyyyyyy......

I still think they have some of the coolest architecture across any franchise.

I won't lie, I like how they've incorporated that religious theme into the ship's armor., BUT, I personally don't like the shape of the ship in that picture.

Pat Best wrote:

Avenger_7 wrote:

Pat Best wrote:

stufuzzycat wrote:

I love the Retribution, Emperor, and Apocalypse class battleships from Warhammer 40K. They aren't the best ships, but I like them a lot. ( This pic is an Emperor Class, the difference between them is armament.)

Avenger_7's made the WH40K guys seem pretty tough.

Believe me when I say that some of those capital ships have retarded amounts of firepower, even if they aren't the best defensively. Except for that one class with 20m thick armor, but they move soooooooo ssssllllloooooooowwwwwwlllllyyyyyyyyy......

I still think they have some of the coolest architecture across any franchise.

I won't lie, I like how they've incorporated that religious theme into the ship's armor., BUT, I personally don't like the shape of the ship in that picture.

That is the Pastel box art for BFG. It's also the general design for most Imperial ships

The Carrier of SCII (look up the artwork) has some things that I really like, however now I like the Andromeda Whatever more.

Keon wrote:

The Carrier of SCII (look up the artwork) has some things that I really like, however now I like the Andromeda Whatever more.

I preferred the carriers from SCI, less flashy artsy stuff but they looked tougher.

Avenger_7 wrote:

Pat Best wrote:

Avenger_7 wrote:

Pat Best wrote:

stufuzzycat wrote:

I love the Retribution, Emperor, and Apocalypse class battleships from Warhammer 40K. They aren't the best ships, but I like them a lot. ( This pic is an Emperor Class, the difference between them is armament.)

Avenger_7's made the WH40K guys seem pretty tough.

Believe me when I say that some of those capital ships have retarded amounts of firepower, even if they aren't the best defensively. Except for that one class with 20m thick armor, but they move soooooooo ssssllllloooooooowwwwwwlllllyyyyyyyyy......

I still think they have some of the coolest architecture across any franchise.

I won't lie, I like how they've incorporated that religious theme into the ship's armor., BUT, I personally don't like the shape of the ship in that picture.

That is the Pastel box art for BFG. It's also the general design for most Imperial ships

It looks like one of your trains...

I forgot to say that is not an Emperor-class, it is a Retribution-class.

Avenger_7 wrote:

This is my favorite so far. Just purely on pretties.

I agree with Lord Mackeroth, Atlantis forever!`

dimitriye98 wrote:

I agree with Lord Mackeroth, Atlantis forever!`

Thank you.

Keon wrote:

Avenger_7 wrote:

This is my favorite so far. Just purely on pretties.

The ship is pretty cool looking. But it is a fifth of the size of Atlantis, and has much less firepower. Not to mention Atlantis' wormhole drive, which has to be the coolest piece of technology (in my opinion) in all of sci-fi.

Avenger_7 wrote:

I forgot to say that is not an Emperor-class, it is a Retribution-class.

No it's not look at the side weapons, for a Retribution they would be all guns, not the hangars for the attack craft.

stufuzzycat wrote:

Avenger_7 wrote:

I forgot to say that is not an Emperor-class, it is a Retribution-class.

No it's not look at the side weapons, for a Retribution they would be all guns, not the hangars for the attack craft.

Though it does have torpedo tubes, which Emperor class ships don't have, which makes me think that its just an awesome pic.

Lord Mackeroth wrote:

Keon wrote:

Avenger_7 wrote:

This is my favorite so far. Just purely on pretties.

The ship is pretty cool looking. But it is a fifth of the size of Atlantis, and has much less firepower. Not to mention Atlantis' wormhole drive, which has to be the coolest piece of technology (in my opinion) in all of sci-fi.

I said purely on looks.