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Posted: 6/8/2005 7:40:18 AM EDT
Geek question of the day.....
Which space fighter was the "coolest". My vote is for the B5 Starfury.... it's the only one that ever treated the physics right.  |
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Posted: 6/8/2005 7:41:03 AM EDT
[#1]
The Last Starfighter and it's "Death Blossom"
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Posted: 6/8/2005 7:42:35 AM EDT
[#2]
Geez... too many good ones out there. But I'll vote X-Wing because it's so sweet.
Gotta add the one from Last Starfighter as well as the ship from the Buck Rogers TV show. |
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Posted: 6/8/2005 7:42:50 AM EDT
[#3]
Whatever the Cylons had in the original Battlestar Gallactica series.
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Posted: 6/8/2005 7:42:55 AM EDT
[#4]
Dude, with inertial dampeners the physics of actual thrust vectors and accelleration would not necessarily apply as viewed visually. I vote for the Colonial Viper.
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Posted: 6/8/2005 7:44:05 AM EDT
[#5]
Viper
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Posted: 6/8/2005 7:44:14 AM EDT
[#6]
Hammerhead from Space: Above and
Beyond 
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Posted: 6/8/2005 7:44:46 AM EDT
[#7]
While the vipers are pretty neat looking, and who can argue with the stylings of the x-wing, my other vote would go for almost anything from the Wing Commander series (not the terrible movie).
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Posted: 6/8/2005 7:44:54 AM EDT
[#8]
I like the X-Wing because it looks beat up and real.
The new Vipers because they do space flight right. I wonder if Earth will ever field space fighters. |
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Posted: 6/8/2005 7:44:56 AM EDT
[#9]
A-wing. Fast, good shields, and did I mention fast?
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Posted: 6/8/2005 7:45:13 AM EDT
[#10]
Viper Mark VII... the ones in the new series with the computer glitch.
Mark IIs look like shit. |
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Posted: 6/8/2005 7:45:30 AM EDT
[#11]
Cylon Raider!
  Always liked Y Wings too.  
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Posted: 6/8/2005 7:45:56 AM EDT
[#12]
I have to vote other. Wing Zero from Gundam Wing.
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Posted: 6/8/2005 7:50:29 AM EDT
[#13]
Install a laser blaster on the Spaceship Columbia and we have one. 
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Posted: 6/8/2005 7:51:57 AM EDT
[#14]
Hands down, Vipers (both those from the original and new series) The "reverse" function was something that had never been seen before (as well as uber-cool). Sleek, wicked looking, big engines and small cockpits scream "Your ass is toast" to see one coming at you.
 As for most realistic, that would be a StarFury. One (of many) things that JMS got dead-on was microgravity and spacecraft physics. But I still have a very special place in my heart for the Starfighters from "Buck Rogers". *THOSE* were cool looking beasts. |
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Posted: 6/8/2005 7:55:08 AM EDT
[#15]
 Kinda hard to do when the tens-of-thousands of pieces of its wreckage is in storage at the VAB.
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Posted: 6/8/2005 7:55:49 AM EDT
[#16]
If you guys think this is geeky now, if the Viper wins we'll have a debate on the Mark II verses the Mark VII varients.
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Posted: 6/8/2005 7:55:50 AM EDT
[#17]
My Marine background demands a vote for Hammerheads. But I like the X-Wings for their battered hugeness. Made me think of F-4 Phantoms, for some reason. Or P-47 Thunderbolts.
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Posted: 6/8/2005 7:58:13 AM EDT
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Posted: 6/8/2005 8:05:17 AM EDT
[#19]
  A reworked Eagle? PFFFT! Just yanking your chain. I loved Eagles. The modular design was probably one of most practical concepts that has ever been written into sci-fi. |
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Posted: 6/8/2005 8:06:35 AM EDT
[#20]
I'll go with the Viper.
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Posted: 6/8/2005 8:09:15 AM EDT
[#21]
My Votes:
Imperial Advanced Missile Boat TIE Defender TIE Advanced |
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Posted: 6/8/2005 8:12:11 AM EDT
[#22]
Nell from "Battle Beyond the Stars"
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Posted: 6/8/2005 8:13:42 AM EDT
[#23]
X-301/Goa'uld deathglider from Stargate SG-1
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Posted: 6/8/2005 8:21:30 AM EDT
[#24]
A-wings have shitty shields. 
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Posted: 6/8/2005 8:23:48 AM EDT
[#25]
well duh!>>>
  
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Posted: 6/8/2005 8:24:27 AM EDT
[#26]
I think TIE Interceptors are cool.
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Posted: 6/8/2005 8:26:10 AM EDT
[#27]
bahhhhh they are all crap.
they may have sheilds buteveryone knows i could shoot any of them down from earth with a 45acp. |
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Posted: 6/8/2005 8:27:59 AM EDT
[#28]
bring it, punk!
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Posted: 6/8/2005 8:32:54 AM EDT
[#29]
Chiss Clawcraft. Very cool.
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Posted: 6/8/2005 8:35:42 AM EDT
[#30]
Bastardized Tie? I don't like "organic" looking spaceships. |
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Posted: 6/8/2005 8:36:33 AM EDT
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Posted: 6/8/2005 8:40:38 AM EDT
[#32]
TIE Defender from the Expanded Star Wars Universe games or the Dragon heavy fighter from the video game Wing Commander IV. And lets not forget the Dropship from Aliens. That thing was loaded to the brim with missiles, had a gattling cannon a la the A10, and carried an APC to boot! Personally it's a tossup between the Dragon and Dropship for me. I'd probably have to take the Dropship. It's just too badass. Yeah, I love this stuff.
Dropship from Aliens  Dragon (couldn't find a big picture  ) TIE Defender 
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Posted: 6/8/2005 8:41:53 AM EDT
[#33]
babylon 5 fighters
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Posted: 6/8/2005 8:42:29 AM EDT
[#34]
B-Wing
The A-10 of the Star Wars galaxy. |
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Posted: 6/8/2005 8:42:50 AM EDT
[#35]
The Sabre or Titan from the game Freelancer.
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Posted: 6/8/2005 8:55:58 AM EDT
[#36]
Stealth baby!!!
  CW |
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Posted: 6/8/2005 8:58:21 AM EDT
[#37]
 Mega Maid was the coolest  Or maybe this one, I forget what it was called |
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Posted: 6/8/2005 8:58:29 AM EDT
[#38]
Those aren't fighters. They are ships. Start your own thread comparing the coolness of NCC-1701 vs Birds of Prey vs Warbirds vs Star Destroyers vs Calamari Cruisers.
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Posted: 6/8/2005 9:04:11 AM EDT
[#39]
Any Farscape fans here? No one has mentioned the Peacekeepers Prowlers
I voted but not sure I did it right. I know...stupid noobiehinking.gif Please dont send me to the Pit hinking.gif |
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Posted: 6/8/2005 9:05:00 AM EDT
[#40]
web-worthy.com/saab/images-hammer.html    |
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Posted: 6/8/2005 9:07:07 AM EDT
[#41]
Gotta love the B-wing too.
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Posted: 6/8/2005 9:10:06 AM EDT
[#42]
The one in "Space 1999" with the missile on the nose. PICTURES
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Posted: 6/8/2005 9:10:46 AM EDT
[#43]
OK How about this?  CW |
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Posted: 6/8/2005 9:13:10 AM EDT
[#44]
D'deridex class Warbird! That's what I was going to say! 
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Posted: 6/8/2005 9:30:06 AM EDT
[#45]
+1 Yeah, that was one cool movie growing up  Alos, Buck Rogers ship. MMMMM, Erin Gray! ETA: pics   OTOH, What did the Ice Pirates cruise around in? |
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Posted: 6/8/2005 9:35:54 AM EDT
[#46]
Ha, I had that model kit! |
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Posted: 6/8/2005 9:41:05 AM EDT
[#47]
Don't know if it qualifies, but I always liked the Dropship from Aliens.
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Posted: 6/8/2005 9:41:20 AM EDT
[#48]
The Millenium Falcon. Fastest ship in the galaxy....
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Posted: 6/8/2005 9:44:22 AM EDT
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Posted: 6/8/2005 9:44:58 AM EDT
[#50]
The Arrow from Wing Commander 3/4
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