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Worlds of Star Trek

by storiesbywilliams on June 17, 2012 in Movies, Sci-Fi, Series and tagged atomic horror, bajor, bajoran wormhole, betazed, Bill of Opportunities, camp khitomer, captain janeway, captain kirk, captain picard, captain sisko, cardassia prime, cardassian empire, commander riker, deanna troi, deep space 9, dominion war, ds9, eugenics war, ferengi, Ferengi Commerce Authority, ferenginar, grand nagus zek, khan noonien soong, khitomer accords, kirk, lwaxana troi, mccoy, mount seleya, remus, romula warbird, romulus, rules of acquisition, spock, star trek nemesis, Star Trek TNG, star trek voyager, star trek: first contact, starfleet, starfleet academy san francisco, stark trek ds9, stark trek III the search for spock, stone of gol, terok nor, the bajoran wormhole, the dominion, the dominion war, the prophets, the romulan star empire, the Sacred Marketplace, the united federation of planets, the vulcans, time of awakening, Tower of Commerce, vulcan, Zefram Cochrane

In honor of the other sci-fi franchises I’ve covered in my “Worlds Of” series, which includes my own (shameless!), I’ve decided to throw some credit and attention Gene Rodenberry’s way. His Star Trek franchise is not only one of the most popular science fiction franchise of all time, it’s also hailed as one of the […]

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Cool Ships (volume IX)

by storiesbywilliams on May 19, 2012 in Cool Ships, Movies, Series and tagged Alien, B5, borg cube, borg sphere, cardassia, cardassian union, cardassians, corellian, CVS-101 Prometheus, dominion, dominion war, empire, forerunner shield world, galaxy-class, halo, halo wars, jem'hadar battleship, k't'inga-class cruiser, klingons, LV-426, mechas, mon calamari, negh'var class cruiser, new republic, primus-class, prometheus, prometheus movie, rebel alliance, robotech, sdf-1 macross, SLV-111 Daedalus, space jockeys, spacejockey ship, star trek ds9, Star Trek TNG, Star Wars, strident-class star defender, super star destroyer, the breen, the coventant, the derelict, the federation, the nostromo, unsc spirit of fire, uss defiant, uss enterprise D, uss valiant, vor'cha-class cruiser, vorchan-class

Borg Sphere: This first example shows us that thought they were obsessed with simple geometric shapes, the Borg were capable of thinking outside of the cube. If anything, the sphere is a more perfect shape and aesthetically way more pleasing, so its a wonder why they didn’t do it sooner. Making its first appearance in […]

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Cool Ships (volume VIII)

by storiesbywilliams on May 17, 2012 in Cool Ships, Movies, Series and tagged 2000 dune miniseries, alliance escort carrier, arrakeen, arrakis, battle of bilbringi, battle of installation 05, battleship yamato, battlestar flight pod, Battlestar Galactica, boomer, caprica, cardassian union, centurions, cloaking device, corellian, corellian freighter, Covenant, cylon heavy raider, cylon raider, darth malak, darth revan, david lynchs dune, disruptors, dominion war, Dune, flight pod, FTL, gamilons, general martok, grand admiral thrawn, halcyon-class cruiser, han solo, imperium, interdictor-class cruiser, jedi order, klingon empire, kobol, KOTOR, mechas, milennium falcon, negh'var class cruiser, ornithopter, paul muad'ib, photon torpedoes, protoculture, quasar fire-class cruiser, robotech, scattered, Sci-Fi, science fiction, sharon valerii, space ships, star destroyer, star trek ds9, Star Trek TNG, Star Wars, star wars: knights of the old republic, starbuck, the farm, the great war, the leviathan, thrawn trilogy, truce at bakura, usnc in amber clad, valkyrie, vf-1 veritech, vladivostok-class missile frigate, yt-2400 freighter

Battleship Yamato: A couple times now I’ve given praise to ship designs that went beyond the usual airplane/ seafaring paradigm. But what can you say about a spaceship which is a carbon copy of a old sea battleship? I don’t know, gutsy maybe? That its paying homage to the original? That’s all I can really […]

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Cool Ships (volume VI)

by storiesbywilliams on May 11, 2012 in Movies, Series, Cool Ships and tagged Star Trek, Star Wars, Battlestar Galactica, lightsaber, Star Trek TNG, homeworld, halo, Covenant, jedi order, corellia, boba fett, sith wars, firefly, reavers, cortana, star trek ds9, cloaking device, cylons, millennium falcon, dominion war, romulan empire, klingon bird of prey, cylon raider, slave I, the ebon hawk, star wars kotor, KOTOR, klingon empire, corellian freighter, revan and malak, taris, event horizon, gravity drive, lewis and clarke rescue ship, mothership, Kushan fleet, Kharak, homeworld war, pillar of autumn, flood, forerunners, forerunner installation 04, the scimitar, star trek nemesis, shinzon, reaver ship

Back yet again with a sixth installment in the Cool Ships series. Like last time, I took this opportunity to tackle some overlooked examples, and some new ones as well. In addition… You know what? Screw the introductions and final thoughts, let’s just get into this! Bird of Prey: There’s nothing like a classic, and […]

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Cool Ships (volume IV)

by storiesbywilliams on May 6, 2012 in Cool Ships, Movies, Sci-Fi, Series and tagged a call to arms, alpha quadrant, ancients city ship, Arthur C Clarke, Babylon 5, babylon 5 crusade, Battlestar Galactica, captain janeway, city ship, cylons, deimos class corvette, delenn, distant origins, dominion war, drakh, drakh raider, freespace, freespace II, galactica, gamma quadrant, generational ship, jem'hadar, kilrathi empire, londo, pegasus, rama, rendezvous with rama, romulan, romulan empire, romulan warbird, Sci-Fi, sci-fi geeks, space above and beyond, Star Trek, star trek deep space 9, star trek ds9, star trek voyager, stargate, stargate atlantis, terran confederation, terran-vasudan alliance, the colossus, the enterprise, tiger's claw, twelve colonies, uss defiant, uss saratoga, viper mark II, viper mark VII, voth, voth city ship, white star, wing commander

Back with a fourth installment. As usual, I am indebted to people for making suggestions and offering critiques. Funny thing, these lists seem to be getting longer and more diverse the longer this series goes. But I guess that tells you something about the world of sci-fi. No shortage of material, and kind of like […]

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