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[Catamount]

ilithi dragon, on 21 January 2012 - 01:28 PM, said:

As for aesthetics.... Ugh, the NX-01 is not a pretty ship. She's an Akira with inverted and retro-ized nacelles.

I FORGIVE your blasphemy!


The Akira is hands down one of the prettiest ships out there (not to mention completely BA), so if Enterprise is nothing but an Akira with retro nacelles, so much the better!

The NX class is a gorgeous ship




She's also one of the toughest ships of her technological era.


This is the ship that went one on four against an enemy squadron, and after being carved up for several straight minutes, having the roof cave in on the bridge, 80% of her systems go down, and hull breaches on almost EVERY SINGLE DECK, she STILL defiantly spat out a torpedo and split one of the enemy ships in half!

Like the E-C almost exactly 190 years later, she not only survived the encounter, but was operational a short time later (and engaged in two further major battles without proper repairs, hull fractures and all!).




Aside from being an early M/AM design, that ship is a beast (though a larger ME ship would probably still win, handily, on size, since the tech does seem comparable).

Edited by Catamount, 21 January 2012 - 02:17 PM.

[Zakatak]

I know this is the most ridiculous comparison to a starship ever, but does anybody see the similarity between the above picture and this?

Look where the saucer and the arms connect, and then look behind the propellers.



While were at it, P-38J vs Andromeda Ascendant.

Edited by Zakatak, 21 January 2012 - 02:55 PM.

[Ilithi Dragon]

Oh, yes, the P-38 was an inspiration for the Akira class.

[Jack Gammel]

Now this is a pretty boat.

[Ilithi Dragon]

No, this is a pretty starship:


You don't get much more sleek than a Sovereign class.

Though the New Orleans has its own beauty, as you can see here, despite being blasted all to hell:


And then there's the other of my three #1 favorites (yes, they're all tied), the Steamrunner. Like a bulldog, nobody will call her pretty, but also like a bulldog, she has her own attraction:

[Jack Gammel]

Not sure if its my computer, but two of those images aren't displaying.

[Razor Kotovsky]

Eve online, hands down.

It also isn't as retarded as SW and ST but neither is as realistic as BT and BSG.

Edited by Razor Kotovsky, 21 January 2012 - 06:10 PM.

[Alaskan Viking]

Comparing which fictional universe is stronger is just stupid. They are fictional, the writers can make their characters, super heroes, and weapons as powerful as they want. I could invent some fictional universe where regular foot soldiers shoot deathstar rays out of their *****, have unstopable personal force fields, can fly faste rthan light and teleport themselves, travil through time and resurrect themselves after death?!??!?!

[Ilithi Dragon]

Alaskan Viking, on 21 January 2012 - 06:19 PM, said:

Comparing which fictional universe is stronger is just stupid. They are fictional, the writers can make their characters, super heroes, and weapons as powerful as they want. I could invent some fictional universe where regular foot soldiers shoot deathstar rays out of their *****, have unstopable personal force fields, can fly faste rthan light and teleport themselves, travil through time and resurrect themselves after death?!??!?!

Coming into a thread dedicated to comparing sci-fi franchises to say that comparing sci-fi franchises is stupid is... well, rather a silly and pointless waste of time, don't you think? If you think it's silly and pointless to compare sci-fi franchises like we have been doing, well, then, just move right along and find another thread to post in. If you want to stick around and post, then please post something that contributes to the general discussion at hand. Thank you.

[Strum Wealh]

Hmmm...
For the Trekkers/Trekkies: is there enough canon material available to reasonably debate a conflict between the Federation (circa the 24th+ centuries; we know they had timeships like the USS Relativity by the 26th century...) and the Time Lords (prior to the Last Great Time War; say, the Fifth-Seventh Doctors' eras)?

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Jack Gammel, on 21 January 2012 - 05:47 PM, said:

Now this is a pretty boat.

So... what is that?

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Also, are we considering any power from the listed franchises?
If so... I would posit that the Forerunners from Halo (prior to activating their Halo Array) could take down anyone currently listed on the poll who isn't already god-like (e.g. the Q and the Douwd, the Eternals and other transcendental beings, the Celestial Avatars and the Spirit of the Abyss, the Chaos Gods and their daemons, and so on) or time-active (e.g. 24th+ century Federation, the Time Lords, and so on).

Your thoughts?

Edited by Strum Wealh, 21 January 2012 - 06:57 PM.

[Jack Gammel]

Strum Wealh, on 21 January 2012 - 06:50 PM, said:

So... what is that?

It's an Eldar Shadow Cruiser.

[Ilithi Dragon]

Strum Wealh, on 21 January 2012 - 06:50 PM, said:

Hmmm...
For the Trekkers/Trekkies: is there enough canon material available to reasonably debate a conflict between the Federation (circa the 24th+ centuries; we know they had timeships like the USS Relativity by the 26th century...) and the Time Lords (prior to the Last Great Time War; say, the Fifth-Seventh Doctors' eras)?

I dunno... We really don't know much about them and their capabilities at all.... Personally, I prefer to just leave timetravel well alone, all it results in is confusion and headaches...

Strum Wealh, on 21 January 2012 - 06:50 PM, said:

Also, are we considering any power from the listed franchises?
If so... I would posit that the Forerunners from Halo (prior to activating their Halo Array) could take down anyone currently listed on the poll who isn't already god-like (e.g. the Q and the Douwd, the Eternals and other transcendental beings, the Celestial Avatars and the Spirit of the Abyss, the Chaos Gods and their daemons, and so on) or time-active (e.g. 24th+ century Federation, the Time Lords, and so on).

Your thoughts?

I would say that the Forerunners would definitely be able to compare to any top species, at the least. Just off-hand, I'd probably peg them as roughly comparable to the pre-Wraith Alterans.

[Jack Gammel]

ilithi dragon, on 21 January 2012 - 08:04 PM, said:

I dunno... We really don't know much about them and their capabilities at all.... Personally, I prefer to just leave timetravel well alone, all it results in is confusion and headaches...

And problems with grammar.

[Zervziel]

Powerful or not, I've always liked the Covenant ships from Halo. They have a nice otherworldly, alien, predatory look to them.

Cruiser



And the Supercarrier dwarfs all but the largest ships in scifi






And the tiny 935 meter Covenant Corvette




Some of the human ships are pretty nice thought much smaller

Destroyer



heavy frigate




light frigate




and the ancient Halcyon cruiser (modified)



and the modern Marathon cruiser

[Zakatak]

How can you forget the Prowler?



Halo has awesome ships, on both sides, and they certainly don't lack for size. I also like how the get rid of planets. Rather then some ridiculous super weapon, they just glass it with plasma until the oceans are gone and the land is superheated plasma.

Edited by Zakatak, 21 January 2012 - 09:34 PM.

[Catamount]

Fortunately for the UNSC, Covenant attitutes on technology (and pretty much everything in general) preclude the sort of attitudes that would allow them to really exploit the sort of power they could be getting out of those vessels.

They are definitely pretty though

[JP Josh]

for ground fighting i prefer mech for space (depends what im doing) will be between macross star wars and star trek my fighting style varys diffrently does any one else wish there was a game where we could pilot almost all the science fictoin space ships?

for my capital ship i choose i choose oh i cant choose one ill take ALL the Enterprises the death star (complete second versoin) and battle ship yamoto

[Alaskan Viking]

ilithi dragon, on 21 January 2012 - 06:49 PM, said:

Coming into a thread dedicated to comparing sci-fi franchises to say that comparing sci-fi franchises is stupid is... well, rather a silly and pointless waste of time, don't you think? If you think it's silly and pointless to compare sci-fi franchises like we have been doing, well, then, just move right along and find another thread to post in. If you want to stick around and post, then please post something that contributes to the general discussion at hand. Thank you.

Fine then...

Zakatak, on 21 January 2012 - 02:54 PM, said:

I know this is the most ridiculous comparison to a starship ever, but does anybody see the similarity between the above picture and this?

Look where the saucer and the arms connect, and then look behind the propellers.



While were at it, P-38J vs Andromeda Ascendant.

P-38's are my favorite WWII fighter. It was the most expensive prop powered fighter aircraft of WWII, and the only US fighter to be in production all the way from the begining of the war till the end. Also, it would defeat the Enterprise AND the Deathstar because it is real...

My father is named after the WWII fighter ace Robin Olds, (who flew P-38's, among others) because my grand dad knew Olds while he was in the Army Air Core.

Edited by Alaskan Viking, 21 January 2012 - 09:57 PM.

[JP Josh]

dont know why but i forgot to add my cannon folder fleet in along with this

the cannon folder being my three fleets from sins of a solar empire the visary, TEC (human), and the Advent

Advent drives your crew to insanity

visary dissinigrates your ships and phase missle pass by shields

TEC cripples your econimy

i win bitch

[Zakatak]

A shame the Lightning II is sort of... homely. And its a taxpayers nightmare.

Although it apparently is pioneering 30 different things at once, so that's nice.