If you could have any starship you wanted what would you chose and what would you name it?

[47of74]

Since I asked, here's what I would want;



And I'm kind of partial to the name Devastator.

[arcane1]

1. I have a soft spot for the Runabouts in Star Trek. They are somewhat larger than my apartment...

Especially if you remove some of the unnecessary (for me) equipment.

Plus, they travel faster than light, have a transporter, and also have a replicator.

You can't lose!

It's a sweet apartment that travels through space! Plus, there is even room for a cat!

[47of74]

2. Knowing my sister's cats...

....I'd be navigating around hazards and they'd be sitting there with their "humans, feed us NOW" looks on their faces.

[Kennah]

3. Think of the fun you'd have programming the computer to display a moving red dot on the wall

[47of74]

4. And programming 10,000 feline supplements for each cat.

[Kennah]

5. Or programming a can opener sound for the turbolift doors

[getting old in mke]

8. Make sure, though,

that they aren't the "Flat Cats" from Heinlein's juvenile _The Rolling Stones_. When fed and warm had eight offspring every 64 days...

Apparently, he received a signed shooting script from _The Trouble with Tribbles_ to acknowledge the flat cats inspiration of tribbles.

[mojowork_n]

6. Roger Corman's "Battle Beyond the Stars" had a spaceship named, "Nell."

Nell had boobies:



and, of course, there was a real life counterpart in the film, Sybill Danning




Edit to add:

Hey, it's 4 am, what am I supposed to think of?

[Fortinbras Armstrong]

7. Well, just for looks, it's hard to beat

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The Cygnus from that ghastly movie, Black Hole



However, what I really want is a General Systems Vehicle from Iain M. Banks' Culture. And give it a cool name

(My favorite name for an existing Culture ship is the Mistake Not..., which is short for Mistake Not My Current State Of Joshing Gentle Peevishness For The Awesome And Terrible Majesty Of The Towering Seas Of Ire That Are Themselves The Milquetoast Shallows Fringing My Vast Oceans Of Wrath.)

[Posteritatis]

13. I refuse to ever get tired of Culture ship names. (nt)

[petronius]

14. +1. I wouldn't have one, I would *be* one. Although I lean

more towards a GOU or GCU...

[YankeyMCC]

9. This one

However, I will give a 2nd place nod to the FSS Far Star from the Foundation Series

[47of74]

10. You'd probably have to fight Shatner for that one.

[Fumesucker]

11. Louis Wu's ship from Ringworld

I'd keep the name Lying Bastard.

Hey, it (and more importantly its passengers) survived a nearly relativistic collision with the Ringworld more or less undamaged.

Not to mention the onboard autodocs will keep you alive and in good health indefinitely.

[getting old in mke]

12. Plus, a bathtub.

[Bill Lermer]

15. I guess I'll just have to settle for this:

As for the name, it doesn't get any better than the original.

[quakerboy]

16. Whoa

Can you imagine the cost of keeping that place dusted and tidy?

[quakerboy]

17. There are far too many great options

Flinx's ship The Teacher would be pretty awesome. Not sure about a name change on that one.

I liked the White stars of Babylon 5. Maybe have one named Xeno.

I'm sure there are others. I need a fleet, not just one ship.