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Cybermen(2006)

A group from the Doctor Who (Universe) universe
The Cybermen are a race of cyborgs bent on conquering and upgrading every single being in the universe into one of their own. They were created on Earth in an alternate dimension as a means of achieving immortality by one John Lumic, CEO of Cybus Industries and likely his world's most powerful man - with influence and factories all over th...

Cygnus

A ship from the Black Hole, The universe
A 1 kilometre long Deep Space Exploration vessel, the USS Cygnus left Earth amidst a great publicity campaign. Its commander, Dr. Hans Reinhardt, had pushed for the vessel to be constructed and it was labeled as the 'costliest fiasco in history'. The crew complement was 150, and the ship's role was to find intelligent life in outer space. In this r...

Cylon Basestar

A vehicle/ship class from the Battlestar Galactica (1978) universe
The Cylon Basestar is the main fighter carrier for the Cylon Empire. Carrying around 300 Cylon Raiders, these craft are a potent opponent. They are heavily armed with various laser emplacements and a fighter attack on them is considered suicide. The Basestars seem to be a bit slower moving than a Battle...

Cylon Empire

A group from the Battlestar Galactica (1978) universe
The Cylon Empire is a race of robotic beings that seem to live for conquest. They are the descendants of a reptilian race that came into contact with the Twelve Colonies when the Cylons attacked a neighbouring species. This started the war that would last for a thousand yahrens (approximately a thousand years). The Cylons decided eventua...

Cylon Raider

A vehicle/ship class from the Battlestar Galactica (1978) universe
The Cylon Raider is a medium sized multirole craft operated by the Cylon Empire. It seats three Cylon Centurions, one Commander and two Pilots. The Raider is a distinctive 'flying wing' design, and is moderately armed. Buried in the wings are twin Laser cannons, but Solenite Bombs and Pluton Missiles are also part of the Raiders co...

Cylon Tanker

A vehicle/ship class from the Battlestar Galactica (1978) universe
The Cylon Tanker is the main refuelling vessel of the Cylon Empire. The same basic hull is used in modified forms to haul different substances. A slow and poorly armed and armoured ship, the target is easy prey for any Colonial ships, especially the fast Viper fighters. Tankers have also been used as fighter c...

Daedelus class starship

A vehicle/ship class from the Stargate universe
The Daedelus class starship is the latest starship build by Earth. So far, their is only one Daedelus class ship in the USAF fleet, the Daedelus. However, the number is set to grow in the near future. In combat, a Daedelus is a fearsome oponent. Lying behind it's incredibly strong Asgard shields, it can stay comfortably save from enemy fire whi...

Daleks

A group from the Doctor Who (Universe) universe
Daleks:  Basic info:  The Daleks are a race in the television series Dr. Who. They resemble pepper-pots, though this should not be taken to mean that they are robots, as a living being exists within that shell. Their ideology resembles Nazism, as they believe that they are the superior beings, and all others are...

Danilov-class cruiser

A vehicle/ship class from the Gundam SEED universe
Unlike ZAFT, the Earth Alliance maintains an extensive and powerful surface navy, the backbone of which is the 190-meter long Danilov-class cruisers. There are two distinct subclasses within the Danilov-class, the Arkansas and Des Moines-classes. The Des Moines-class, as it is an anti-surface combatant, mounts a rapid-fire cannon on its fo...

Daria

A ship from the Space:1999 universe
The Daria was an immense colony ship launched by the Darian people hundreds of years before. The ship was five miles wide by twenty miles long. It first came into contact with Moonbase Alpha when Alpha received an automated distress call. The Daria had in fact suffered from reactor problems flooding the ships...

Darians

A group from the Space:1999 universe
While the entry 'Darians' is one group, there are in fact two distinct factions. The 'pure' Darians appear to be the most civilised, wearing contempary clothing, with access to various scientific methods, and the 'outcast' Darians who live in the ruined parts of the SS Daria. The Pure Darians in fact are a dying race, when the nuclear acc...

Dark Angel

Universe
Dark Angel follows the story of Max Guevara, also formerly known as X5-452. Max is an escaped genetically engineered super soldier, and her and a number of her comrades escaped from Manticore, a covert operations facility seemingly headed up by Colonel Donald Lydecker who seems intent on tracking the runaways down. When the series starts ...

Dark Angel (Videogame)

A videogame from the Dark Angel universe
A third person game based on the popular TV series. Incorporating stealth elements that are familiar from games like Splinter Cell and Metal Gear Solid, this game seems to be of a similiar genre. However, the game has met middling reviews.

Darket

A vehicle/ship class from the Wing Commander universe
The Darket was the penultimate light fighter design manufactured by the Kilrathi in the closing days of the Confed-Kilrathi war. Still woefully outclassed by it's Confed equivalent, the Arrow, the Darket typically had the advantage of numbers. Not many Darket pilots survived long enough to become veterans, never mind aces, so therefore, Darkets w...

Dark Reign

Universe
A short lived series of 2 RTS computer games, tells the struggle of the Sprawlers with the oppressive JDA, later to become the Imperium, a de facto government of mankind that holds all her colonies in line by rationing water, a scarce resource in the Dark Reign universe.

Darkstar One

Universe
A relatively new space sim, Darkstar One features the protagonists powerful ship (whose name is borrowed for the title), that is partially organic and is capable of growing and becoming stronger with time, depending on the number of alien crystals the player collects.

Dart dumbfire missile

A technology from the Wing Commander universe
Dart missiles are large, unguided missiles with a large payload and among the most common weapons in the Terran and Kilrathi arsenals. Dumbfire missiles are quite often carried by regular fighters and can supplement a bomber strike. Dart's are good at weakening shields or delivering the killing blow to a capita...

DataDyne Corp.

A group from the Perfect Dark universe

Dauntless

A ship from the Lensman universe
The Dauntless is the name of Kimball Kinnison's private Super-Dreadnought: a ship specially designed for his needs. Unlike a normal Super-Dreadnought, the Dauntless was capable of taking on even Maulers if need be, yet was far faster with a cruising speed of 80 parsecs per hour (pph) - though no upper limit was ever specified, it is reasonable to a...

Dave Lister

A character from the Red Dwarf universe
Dave Lister until recently was the last human living. Never what you could call an enthusiastic worker, his reasons for joining the Space Corps are unknown, though one source (the novels) say that he was stranded on one of the moons of Jupiter after mysteriously waking up in a spaceport terminal the night after a major drinking binge which might n...

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