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Technology in the Star Trek Universe (updated!)

by storiesbywilliams on May 30, 2012 in Movies, Sci-Fi, Series and tagged 1984, aldea, Alien, aliens, battletech, beam me up, beaming, bone knitter, cloaking device, custodian, deflector shields, dilithium chamber, Dune, dystopian, George Orwell, holodeck, hypospray, matter anti-matter, matter-energy transporter, medical tricorder, phaser banks, phaser cannons, phaser rifles, phasers, replicator, science fiction universes, Star Trek, star trek ds9, star trek the original series, Star Trek TNG, star trek voyager, star trek: insurrection, Star Wars, technology in the star trek universe, Terminator, the aldeans, the borg, tricorder, uss defiant, uss enterprise D, utopian, warp bubble, warp drive

I’ve wanted to do a post like this for awhile, ever since my conceptual post on Galactic Empires in fact. After doing my research on what distinguished one from the other, I noticed just how central technology, or the perception thereof, is to it all. And let’s face it, Star Trek has had a lot […]

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Cool Ships (volume X)

by storiesbywilliams on May 23, 2012 in Cool Ships, Movies, Series and tagged aerospace fighter, akira-class starship, alien nation, battle mechs, battletech, borg, covenant assault carrier, defiant, descent freespace, District 9, ferro-fibrous, fleet of sacred consecration, freespace, generational ship, GVD Hatshepsut, high charity, Independence Day, liberty-class cruiser, mc80 liberty-class cruiser, mon calamari, mon calamari cruiser, mothership, prawns, retribution-class battleship, shivan, Star Trek, star trek ds9, terran ships, the prawn, UNSC, unsc aegis fate, unsc forward unto dawn, vasudan, warhammer 40k

Aerospace Fighter: Here’s one I found while sifting through info for another post (see Giant Robots). Like the mechas from that list, this too comes from the Battletech universe. And the name pretty much says it all. This futuristic fighter, which is found in the air forces of every Clan, is capable of flight in […]

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

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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More Cool Ships

by storiesbywilliams on April 30, 2012 in Cool Ships, Movies, Sci-Fi, Series and tagged a-wings, admiral ackbar, Alien, aliens, alliance cruiser, b-wings, Babylon 5, battle of endor, battle of yavin, biometric ship, borg cube, borg sphere, captain sheridan, chig cruiser, chig fighter, chigs, commander ivanova, cool ships, cyborg, darth vader, delenn, divine order, earth alliance, earth alliance destroyer, firefly, FTL, great war, his divine shadow, home one, hyperdrive, hyperspace, kai, lexx, lt. warren keffer, mon calamari cruiser, multi-vector assault mode, narn heavy cruiser, nostromo, omega-class destroyer, organic ship, organic technology, prometheus-clas ship, ragesh 3, saucer section, Sci-Fi, science fiction, second death star, serenity, shadow fighters, shadow vessel, shadow war, space above and beyond, stanley tweedle, star destroyer, Star Trek, star trek ds9, Star Trek TNG, star trek voyager, star trek: first contact, Star Wars, stargate, stargate:atlantis, super star destroyer, the daedalus, the death star, the executor, tie bomber, tie fighter, uss defiant, uss enterprise D, x-wings, y-wings, zev bellringer

And I’m back with more examples, in part because people had some suggestions but also because I found the last list lacking. I mean, you can’t suggest a concept as big and as awesome as cool science fiction ships and only provide a handful of examples. It’s just not decent! So here’s installment number two […]

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Cool Ships!

by storiesbywilliams on April 29, 2012 in Cool Ships, Movies, Sci-Fi, Series and tagged Alien, aliens, b5 crusade, Babylon 5, Battlestar Galactica, book, building better worlds, cache weapons, captain sheridan, cat, chewi, cheyenne dropship, cloaking device, colonial marines, commander adama, companion, conestoga-class, corellia, corellian ships, cylons, deep space nine, defiant-class, delenn, drakh, dropship, firefly, firefly-class, han solo, hegazi, hell-class weapons, hoben washburne, ilia volovya, inara serra, interstellar alliance, j michael straczynski, jabba the hutt, jayne cobb, kaylee, kessel, kessel run, lighthugger, lister, malcolm reynolds, melding plague, millennium falcon, mimbari, phasers, president roselyn, quantum torpedoes, red dwarf, religious caste, revelation space, rimmer, river tam, romulans, sajaki, secret compartments, serenity, shepherd book, simon tam, spice, star trek ds9, Star Trek TNG, the alliance, the borg, the defiant, the dominion, the empire, the excalibur, the galactica, the pegasus, the rangers, the sao paolo, the twelve colonies, the valiant, the victory, the white star, ultranauts, ultras, uss nostromo, uss sulaco, wash, Weyland Yutani, white star destroyers, white star fleet, xenomorphs, zoe, zoe washburne

God, what an obvious extension of the whole conceptual sci-fi thing, I can’t believe I didn’t think of it sooner! After all, what is a sci-fi franchise without some cool spacefaring vessels? Sometimes, these come in the form of exploratory ships that chart the unknown regions of the galaxy. Sometimes they are battleships which kick […]

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