SFDB: The Science Fiction Database
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Blue Midget

A ship from the Red Dwarf universe
Blue Midget is a small multipurpose transport vessel used for carrying personnel and cargo. It has tracks to enable it to navigate the rough terrain on some planetary surfaces. A later version used in Series 8 had retractable legs. The Blue Midget is not used as much as Starbug and later seems to fall into disuse. It also ...

Bobo

A character from the Mystery Science Theater 3000 universe
Professor Bobo was a leading scholar amongst the apes who ruled Earth in 2525 AD. He tried his best to maintain an air of dignity and sophistication around the other apes, who were usually more interested in eating bananas and other ape activities. He was also skeptical of the Lawgiver (Pearl Forrester), unlike his compatriots who viewed her as a r...

Bolo

Universe
A series of books about unite of the Dinochrome brigade. Bolos are massive tanks employed by the Concordiate of Man in its wars with aggressive alien species and the various books focus on different marks of Bolo. Except for the earliest Bolos developed by the US army, all Bolos are armed with one or more hellbore plasma cannon as its main...

Bonnie Heather

A ship from the Wing Commander universe
The TCS Bonnie Heather was a high tech Free Trader which was assigned to James Taggart in 2656. It was equipped for covert missions and was used in the rescue of the Firekkan hostages on the Ghorah Khar space station in 2656. The ship has an image overlay that will simulate a Kilrathi face on the ...

Borg Collective

A group from the Star Trek universe
The Borg Collective is a group of mentally linked, cybernetically enhanced members of various species. Their primary focus is on assimilating other civilizations - that is, absorbing their technology, and forcing them to become augmented and linked to the Collective themselves. The origins of the Borg are shrouded in mystery. Their name se...

Born to the Purple

An episode from the Babylon 5 universe
Londo begins an affair with a beautiful young dancer, and begins to realise that she may be after his so-called 'Purple Files'.

Boskone

A group from the Lensman universe
The highly stratified empire of the Eddorians, Boskone is diametrically opposed to Civilisation: whereas Civilisation prides itself on its lack of corruption, its democratic institutions and its liberties, Boskone is an autocratic system focused around one thing: power.Starting at the top with Eddore, we then get Ploor and the Ploorans, follow...

Boys from the Dwarf

A group from the Red Dwarf universe
The crew of the Red Dwarf are:  3rd Technician Dave Lister, the only surviving human member of the crew,Arnold J Rimmer, a hologram of Lister's dead bunkmate, Cat, a descendant of Lister's pet cat Frankenstein who was sealed in the hold when radiation flooded the ship Kryten, service...

Brag

A character from the Trigan Empire, The universe
Brag is one of the brothers of Trigo. Not too smart, but brave he is a constant and staunch supporter of his brother. He is also father to Janno, Trigo's nephew. Brag is a loyal companion and was also a fearless warrior in the days when Trigo and him were tribesmen on the plains of Vorg. Although he i...

Brain bug

A creature from the Starship Troopers universe
The Brain bug is a strain of Arachnid species that serve the role as base commanders and generals as well as coordinators within the Bug hordes. These large defensiveless creatures are not tasked with battle but with leading a colony of Arachnids. Described as 'smart bugs'; they are responsible for the intense level of coordination among Bug attack...

Brainsucker

A creature from the X-Com universe
These small brown creatures appeared during the alien incursions on Mega-Primus at 2080's, and were used by the aliens as a dangerous weapon. A small brainsucker pod was fired from a special alien rifle. Upon landing close to a human, the pod hatched, and the Brainsucker emerged. The Brainsucker would run and leap at the first human he sees, clutch...

Breakaway

An episode from the Space:1999 universe
Possible signs of intelligent life have been discovered emanating from the distant planet Meta. A deep space probe has been readied and its crew has been doing pilot training on the Far Side of the Moon. The flight crew crash, their condition is critical, and Commander John Koenig, who once served on Moonbase Alpha, is...

Bretonia

A group from the Freelancer universe
Bretonians are the descendants of the group of people that escaped Earth's solar system on the sleeper Ship Bretonia. Primarily made up of British people, the Bretonia's engines suffered a malfunction and when they made their way to the Sirius system the best areas had already been claimed. The areas that were claimed turned out to be ric...

Broadsword Class Bomber

A vehicle/ship class from the Wing Commander universe
The Broadsword class Bomber was the mainstay anti-capital ship bomber of the Terran Confederation for many years until the introduction of the Longbow in the latter years of the war. Despite it being supplanted in front line service, many Broadswords found their way to the Border Worlds or the Landreich. Although it continued in service...

Brotherhood of Nod

A group from the Command and Conquer universe
The Brothood of Nod is a world-wide terrorist organization whose ultimate goal is to bring the world under their control and this organization is headed by the charmaristic but cold-hearted Kane, who some claim that cannot be killed. To bring the world under his rule, he has to deal with the GDI, the Brotherhood's mortal enemy.

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

A TV series from the Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1978-80) universe
In the year 1987, NASA launches the last of it's deep space probes. Ranger 3, with it's sole crewman, Captain William 'Buck' Rogers suffers a catastrophic failure of it's life support systems causing Buck to be frozen and revived in the year 2491. Buck must adjust to an earth that has changed drastically since his mission set off. The Ea...

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1978-80)

Universe
Glen A Larson started production on Buck Rogers in the 25th Century round about the same time as he started on Battlestar Galactica. Buck Rogers, along with Flash Gordon, had been staples of 1930's TV as well as radio serials, with the original TV part being played by Buster Crabbe. For some reason, the characters name was slightl...

Bushwhacked

An episode from the Firefly universe

B-wing

A vehicle/ship class from the Star Wars universe
The B-wing is an assault fighter, a craft somewhere between a normal fighter and a bomber. Rather than engaging fighters like a space-superiority craft or attacking ground targets like a true bomber, the B-wing is used primarily in an anti-capital ship role. B-wings have respectable speed and fairly heavy armor, though they are not terribl...

By Any Means Necessary

An episode from the Babylon 5 universe
A threatened strike of dockworkers causes a problem for Sinclair, while G'Kar and Londo clash over a Narn religious event.

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