SFDB: The Science Fiction Database
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Penal Ship

A ship from the Battlestar Galactica (1978) universe
The Penal Ship is used to house prisoners in the Colonial Fleet. Despite the criminal natures of some of the Fleet's personnel, Commander Adama would not condone abandoning them to the Cylons. The Penal Ship has a constant position near the Galactica itself.  It has held Kommandant Leiter and his crew from th...

Perfect Dark

Universe
Perfect Dark is a video game. It follows agent Joanna 'Perfect' Dark as she fights the massive and domineering DataDyne Corproration. Durng the game, Joanna discovers that DataDyne is collaborating with an alien species and learns of the larger conflict she is involved in.  Perfect Dark is set on Earth in the near future (the first title...

Peric

A character from the Trigan Empire, The universe
Peric is a close adviser to Trigo, and he is also an accomplished Scientist, healer, engineer and architect. Originally a refugee from Tharv after it was bombed by the Lokans, Peric was discovered by one of Trigo's hunting parties. Much to Perics amazement, an 'uncivilised barbarian' had heard of him. He helped Trigo plan t...

Perigard Zalman

A character from the Battletech universe

Perry Rhodan

Universe
Perry Rhodan is the world's largest science fiction series, published since 1961 in Germany, named after its main protagonist. Following the launch of the series in Germany in September 1961, more than 3,500 novels set in the Perryverse have been published, including over 2200 weekly serialized booklet novellas issued continuously since 19...

Peter vanBuskirk

A character from the Lensman universe
The gigantic, fun-loving, hard-fighting Space Marine whose combat-hardened Valerian soldiers so often provided ready assistance to Kinnison throughout his career. Bus dropped out of Valeria's Cadet Corps because of his inability to handle higher mathematics; while not a deep thinker, he possessed a keen brain and unswerving loyalty. His six-and-a-h...

Phayder Secret Society

A group from the Unreal universe
The Phayders are a cult, whose mebers are aliens of the Necris race (a deadly race of pale-skinned humanoids). The members of this cults are mostly religious fanatics and assassins, and are known as persistent and dangerous.  The cult has declared war on Earth in the late 23rd century, but due to their small numbers were forced to rely on ...

Phelan Ward-Kell

A character from the Battletech universe

Photino Birds

A group from the Xeelee Sequence universe
The Photino Birds are a cosmos-spanning race which reside in the stars of the universe. They are composed of dark matter. It is theorized that the Photino Birds began their civilization shortly after the birth of the universe and the beginning of stellar evolution. When the first stars of the universe began showing instabilities such as su...

Photon Beam Cannon

A technology from the FreeSpace universe
Nothing is more strongly identified with FreeSpace than the deadly beam cannons that fill the heavens in FS2. Thee weapons are a sight to behold as they rip through fighters and capital ships. The beam cannons are called photon beam cannons in-game, and as would be expected for a laser with an output of many gigatons per shot, their effects are kin...

Pilot Ship

A ship from the Space:1999 universe
The Pilot Ship was a small ship provisionally attached to the Superswift interplanetary spacecraft to act as a high speed scouter. Aliens with vast hive telepathy powers were able to convince the Alphans that the Superswift had landed and earth people had emerged. To give credence to the argument they convinced the Alp...

Piranha

A vehicle/ship class from the Wing Commander universe
The Piranha is a newer class of Scout Fighter with impressive dogfighting capabilities as well a decent speed. Deployed on board the TCS Midway, the Piranha is designed to replace the large amount of Arrow Class fighters that Confed has in it's inventory. Armed with a single laser cannon...

Pitch Black

A film from the Chronicles of Riddick universe
A transport ship carrying civilians and an escaped prisoners crash lands on a remote planet. All is quiet until it gets dark... Pitch Black introduces us to the character of Riddick.

Planet Express

A group from the Futurama universe
Planet Express is the interplanetary courier service founded by Professor Hubert Farnsworth for the sole purpose of funding his strange, eccentric experiments. Considering the amount of work they have, staff levels are rather high. It employs Fry, Leela, Bender, Dr Zoidberg and Hermes Conrad, and Amy Wong as an intern. It also employs Scr...

Planet Ice

A group from the Shadow Raiders universe
The people of Planet Ice are a insectoid species who are led by King Cryos, a brave and intelligent leader. They are the first member of the Planet Alliance, and had to fight the Beast Planet alone for some time. They feel comfortable at sub-zero temperatures, while only able to withstand very warm temperatures for limited time. T...

Planet of the Apes

Universe
The original Planet of the Apes was a novel written by Pierre Boulle who also gained fame for writing the novel of Bridge Over the River Kwai. The film was made in 1968, starring popular actor Charlton Heston and was substantially different from Boulle's novel. Despite this, the film soon gained massive cult status with its various releva...

Planet of the Apes (Film)

A film from the Planet of the Apes universe
A Space Mission is apparently diverted off course and lands on an unknown planet. The three survivors trek across the wastelands and eventually find habitable land. Their joy soon turns to horror when they find out that the dominant species on this planet are bipedal apes who treat human beings like slaves. This film was adapted from t...

Planet of the Apes Multimedia Site

A link from the Planet of the Apes universe
Various multimedia sources about the various films, including archive footage and rare pictures taken on location. This site is well worth a look for the enthusiast.

Plunkett Class Artillery Cruiser

A vehicle/ship class from the Wing Commander universe
The Plunkett class artillery cruiser is one of a new series of Confed vessels that are replacing old tonnage that dates from the Kilrathi war. The Plunkett will primarily replace the Tallahassee class of cruisers. It has already seen action against Nephilim forces.

Points Of Departure

An episode from the Babylon 5 universe
Shock news reaches Ivanova that Sinclair, having left the station after the previous episode, Chrysalis, will not be returning to the station. Instead, Captain John Sheridan will arrive to take command in his place. Upon his arrival, he is immediately thrust into the middle of things when he is told of a rogue Minbari Wars...

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