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Top Five Sci-Fi Carriers

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Spacedock breaks down five sci-fi carrier designs.

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20 Comments

@Mobius_118 5 years ago (edited)

Cylons: We designed our new Basestars to use only missiles and rely heavily on its strike craft. What'd you guys make?

Colonials: Another extremely well-armed brick.

@MortisPithLord 5 years ago

how about top 10 worst starship designs, various categories

@andysimmons2648 7 years ago

Showing my age, but if you’re talking carriers, then I always liked the USS Saratoga in Space Above and Beyond.

@GhiddySchmiddy 6 years ago (edited)

Homeworld 2's Hiigarin carrier was always beautiful to me.

@Inyo22 7 years ago

"For a brick he flies pretty good"

@Funkography 7 years ago

They need to go like WAYYYYY more in depth on Mass Effect ships. Would’ve loved to see the Alliance Carrier.

@BattleUnit3 7 years ago

You cant just slap launch tubes on a brick and call it carrier
finger guns Thats where you are wrong kiddo

@connergibson9453 7 years ago

The Lucrehulk class battleship is a perfect example of a ship that excels at being not just a carrier and a battleship, but also a troop transport. In my opinion the best carrier in all of sci fi.

@Irespawnoften 7 years ago

I mean, I don't want to be the guy who shows up to defend call of duty of all things, but the retribution is capable of atmospheric flight, a situation where gravity would be a factor after all.

@dfailsthemost 5 years ago

You don't like the monorails? That's fine. I guess it's more of a Shelbyville idea..

@ChaviBonchev 7 years ago

Just saying - Homeworld 1 & 2 carriers are proper specialized carriers quite according to your logic - would have been nice to see one here.

@3dprintedmemes 7 years ago

I'd argue for the Guantanamo-class Carriers from Macross 7, Frontier, and Delta. Designed for both stealth and missile/fighter support, they are employed as unseen escort carriers and carry around 70 fighters.

@xyshomavazax 5 years ago

I love these top 5 videos, and I have a suggestion - instead of focusing on exteriors, how about ship *interiors*? I’d love your take on bridge design, hangars, cargo bays, crew quarters, and other design elements - windows vs view screens, sliding vs irising doors, corridor shapes, lighting, and so on.

@cmj0929 7 years ago

The retribution from infinite warfare was designed to be used in atmosphere as well so I do see the use of landing on a runway

@toadofsteel 7 years ago

My favorite carrier is the Protoss Carrier from Starcraft. It's one of the few ships that is just straight-up a carrier, with no offensive weapons of its own other than its interceptors. They get melted by Terran Battlecruisers on their own thanks to the BC's Yamato Gun, necessitating that they operate alongside Void Rays and Tempests, but they are great at absolutely melting smaller craft and ground targets so long as the enemy doesn't focus them down.

@richallan001 5 years ago

Would have liked to have seen the USS Saratoga from space above and beyond in this list.

@isegrim-in-the-woods 7 years ago

I really liked the USS Saratoga from Space above and beyond. A brick in space and very utilitarian.

@NikitaWolf1776 3 years ago

The Quasar-Fire class was used quite effectively in my opinion at least in the story mode of Star Wars: Squadrons. It was used quite effectively I think

@daxtr5 7 years ago

I would love to see some other SciFi universes acknowledged on this channel. Eve Online, Gundam, Ace Combat, for example all have a wealth of fantastic world building and technology to explore.

@Thareen79 7 years ago (edited)

I would note two honorable mentions in terms of carriers: The carrier from Homeworld (Part 1 - both factions, though the carriers from Part 2 are also noteworthy, maybe even more so, see refit) and the Saratoga, from Space - Above and beyond.