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The Yggdrasill from Hyperion.
The one from The Fountain was kinda similar. It was unique enough to stick with me over the years anyway.
I don't know if Ringworld really counts as a ship but I loved that too. The Out Of Band 2 from A Fire Upon The Deep seemed like it would be pretty baddass. Or the alien ship from Rendezvous with Rama.
Space Battleship Yamato, original model
Serenity. Just the nicest "home" you can keep flying.
Penny Royal, from Neal Asher's Technician and Dark Intelligence.
Certainly not the Event Horizon ๐
โIโll take the Lewis and Clark to a safe distance, and then I will launch TAC missiles at the Event Horizon until I'm satisfied she's vaporized. Fuck this ship!โ
"Careful, that's not a load bearing structure!" CRUNCH "It is now."
Definitely the Enterprise-E absolutely perfect.
https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/enterprise-e-c68e0b0a794446a1ae04ebf564b41b16
Honourable mention to the Roci though
There's a lot of ships I like in sci-fi, but the one that comes to mind at the moment is the garfish-class cruiser in robotech
Or if we're talking about real spacecraft here, I like the soyuz (and really the whole r-7 derived rocket family to be honest), as I like the look of it's side boosters and the four engine bells on each engine
I'll pick the Bowie from Guardians of the Galaxy.
It's a fast ship that can flown solo, but also comfortably carry six people with their own quarters. It's fast, can cloak itself and defend itself from anything it can't outrun or hide from.
I don't want a big starship that needs a big crew to fly. But, I don't want a small ship that can't carry guests.
The Kiith Somtaaw Archangel-class Dreadnought
The Nomandy from Mass Effect
Since Roci is everywhere...
Do Gundam count? Aerial or Quiet Zero are pretty baller
Rebel Blockade Runner, mostly because it's the first ship you really see in A New Hope and my first interaction with the Star Wars franchise as a kid in the early 90s.
Despite the many, many problems with the show, I'd say The Lexx.
The Thunder Road
Now that's a deep cut.
Discovery (2001) and Leonov (2010).
Or, from system shock 2, the Von Braun and the Rickenbacker.
... you know what, they're spaceships, so all of them.
Lakon Spaceways Diamondback Explorer. Hands down. Like a little cicada with huge fucking engines hanging out of it. Cozy way to map the galaxy.
Asp Explorer took me far, far along the Perseus arm of the galaxy. All my paint was worn off when I finally got back to civilization!
The Phalanx
The Ebon Hawk
Odyssee class!
Swims Against the Current in a Stream Reflecting the Sun
The wedge ships belonging to the Chitzas in the books from the "quantum series" by Douglas Phillips. they were bad ass ships ran by badass little porcupine dudes. They were able to travel beyond the visible universe in hours. The books were so much fun.
The USS Crawlspace!
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