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Lexington

A ship from the Babylon 5 universe
The EAS Lexington under Captain Sterns is part of the taskforce which encounters the Minbari Warcruiser Drala'Fi, or Black Star. Captain Sterns is killed in the first exchange of fire and the Lexington is left crippled. The Lexington's main drive systems are disabled, only docking thrusters are operational at the moment, and...

Lexington (Ship)

A ship from the Wing Commander universe
The TCS Lexington is the 11th ship in history to bear the name. The Lexington had only a partial air group during the Kilrathi assault on Earth and it was decided to use her as a decoy to attract attention away from other Confederation vessels. Heavily damaged and almost completely gutted, she nonetheless survi...

Liberator

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The Liberator was an advanced spacecraft of alien design encountered by the Terran Federation Prison Transport 'London', while transporting convicts, including Roj Blake, Jenna, and Avon to Cygnus Alpha. The Liberator had been found adrift in space, apparently disabled. The crew of the London had observed what appeared to be a space battl...

Livery Ship

A ship from the Battlestar Galactica (1978) universe
The Livery Ship served two purposes in the Twelve Colonies: they could serve as livestock transport ships, or as mineral and ore processing vessels. Its distinctive appearance makes the class stand out in the Colonial Fleet; it is likely that it can carry few passengers. The refugee fleet's Livery Ship was used when the fleet...

Long Shot

A ship from the Known Space universe
-Attention! This entry is incomplete, since I have yet to finish reading all the books and stories describing the ship. However, it still contains a great deal of spoilers for various books (including the new Ringworld's Children), so you have been warned. INTRODUCTION The Long Shot is the only known spaceship to mount an experime...

Lusankya

A ship from the Star Wars universe
The Lusankya was the Sister ship to the SSD Executor, built alongisde it and with similar design specs. The Lusankya was sunk under the cityscape of Coruscant and acted as a prison for undesirables.  The director of Imperial Intellegence, Ysanne Isard, was well known for her deadly prison, known as Lusankya. She used the prison to 'repro...

Midway

A ship from the Wing Commander universe
The TCS Midway was the first of a new class of ships, the MegaCarrier. Designed in the post war environment, the Midway and any sister ships were intended to project power en-masse without needing to use larger numbers of smaller vessels. It's also likely that the Midway was a testbed of sorts for future carrier development....

Moya

A ship from the FarScape universe
A Leviathan Class transport ship, Moya is alive and is in a symbiotic relationship with her 'Pilot'. After a prison breakout, Moya becomes home to the alien prisoners it was originally carrying. Along for the ride is present-day human John Crichton, whose test orbiter gets sucked away from Earth orbit by a wormhole and ends up in uncharted...

Norad II

A ship from the StarCraft universe
The Norad II was the personal warship of Terran Confederacy commander Edmund Duke. The vessel was an upgraded Behemoth-class battlecruiser, with advanced armor (in-game, 700 HP vs 500 HP for other Battlecruisers) and an especially powerful weapon suite (in-game, 50 vs 25 baseline damage points). From this ship, Duke commanded his Confederate forces...

Nostromo

A ship from the Alien / Predator universe
The U.S.C.S.S. Nostromo is an M class star-ship that is owned by Weyland-Yutani. It was refitted to be a commercial towing vessel in 2116. The Nostromo has a mass of 63,000 metric tons, and its frame is based on a modified Lock-mart CM-88B Bison Transporter. The ship has three pressurized decks and four main cargo holds. The spare vol...

Pegasus

A ship from the Battlestar Galactica (2004) universe
The Battlestar Pegasus, under the command of Admiral Helena Cain, was encountered by the Galactica and her refugee fleet. Thought lost along with the rest of the Colonial Fleet, the Pegasus had been in dry dock with other vessels, and her network offline when the Cylons attacked. Therefore, she was not subject to the same problems that the vast m...

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...

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...

Pollux

A ship from the Babylon 5 universe
Commanded by Captain Elizabeth Morgenstern, the EAS Pollux, along with the EAS Heracles, was guilty of firing on, and destroying three Earth starliners that contained civilian refugees. For this barbaric act, Captain Sheridan instructed his forces to regard the Heracles and Pollux as hostile, before he set out to liberate Pro...

Prakesh

A ship from the Star Trek universe
The Prakesh was a Cardassian Galor-class warship in service in the 24th century. Under the command of Gul Dukat, the Prakesh evacuated the members of the Detapa Council from Cardassia Prime during the early days of the Klingon-Cardassian War in 2372.  The ship was intercepted by several Klingon ships and destroyed after a long battle, but ...

Prometheus

A ship from the Babylon 5 universe
The EAS Prometheus captained by Captain Michael Jankowski was the vessel selected to lead a small taskforce to try and initiate first contact with the Minbari. The Prometheus was a Hyperion Class heavy cruiser, and accompanied another Hyperion and a Nova as well as a number of smaller auxilia...

Psamtik

A ship from the FreeSpace universe
The GVD Psamtik was the flagship of the GTVA's 13th Battle Group, stationed in Deneb. Commissioned in 2360, the Psamtik was one of the first of the Hatshepsut class of destroyer. The Psamtik's first known combat operation was its destruction of the Deimos-class corvette NTCv Belisarius in 2367. The Psamtik was destroyed by the second SJ Sathanas in...

Red Dwarf (Ship)

A ship from the Red Dwarf universe
The Red Dwarf is a five-mile long mining ship belonging to the Jupiter Mining Corporation. It houses several support craft, including at least two Starbugs and a Blue Midget. It is red in colour, with a large hydrogen scoop at the front and a single engine at the rear. This class of ship is extremely durabl...

Reliant

A ship from the Star Trek universe
The USS Reliant under the command of Captain Terrell was a Miranda class Starship assigned to the Genesis project, a civilian project that could make barren planets habitable. The Reliant was to find a suitable planet for test purposes that had absolutely no life. The Reliant decided to probe Ceti Alpha VI, a desolate planet where it pick...

Repulse

A ship from the FreeSpace universe
The NTD Repulse was an Orion-class destroyer commanded by Admiral Koth. In 2367, the Repulse joined the Neo-Terran Front, destroying several GTVA warships. The Repulse was destroyed in a failed attempt to ram the GTVA Colossus.

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