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Most " Alien " looking ship?

I was curious what everyone consider the most " alien " looking ship so to say.

While there is a valid argument to be had about the validity of alien designs when everything was made by human imagination, there's also an argument to be made regarding H.R. Giger bio-mechanical designs in the same breath. This part was really just counter-discussion if someone was thinking that line :wink:

In ' our real time ' so to say, we're mostly used to the all-famous Saucer style of extraterrestrials, and I've always been amused by the delightful irony that Starfleet just about exclusively style their ships with Saucers. Most notable example of these would be the Galaxy's detach ability and it's sister-line ships the Nebula class ( calling it a sister ship may be practically incorrect but it's theoretically correct since Galaxy and Nebula contains the same parts just different designs ). However, I don't really consider the saucer style myself as that alien.

The Voth Bulwark Carrier reminds me of the Protoss Carrier from StarCraft, just as the Klingon Battlecruiser reminds me of the Terran Battlecruiser. But I do enjoy the Bulwark's design, but alien? Hmm.. On the same hand, I don't consider the Breen to be all that alien either but more as someone trying too hard to look cool by only pulling on one side of their pants and leaving the other side hanging. Still a nice design never the less.

The Suliban Cellships IF they moved I guess I'd consider more akin to something alien, but they suffer the same issue I find the Borg to have - Floating geometric shapes in space.

I do love the Romulan designs of their ships a lot but many - if not all - have very large wings in order to captivate the obvious Bird of Prey look like a Hawk, or Owl. Would be interesting to see a D'Deridex class without any wings.

Now that I've rambled on about my opinions, what are yours?
I'm asking this because I desire a ship that looks rather peculiar for a character I'm making.
Plus, I am a curious person.

( I wonder if they'll ever add the TAS-Kukulkan ship :P PS. This is a joke. They most likely would not. )
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  • thay8472thay8472 Member Posts: 6,376 Arc User
    Either the Undine Bioships or the Gekli
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  • reiklingraiderreiklingraider Member Posts: 209 Arc User
    All of the Na'kuhl ships look very alien to me. My KDF Alien character flies the Daemosh Science Vessel and is very happy with it.
  • seriousdaveseriousdave Member Posts: 2,777 Arc User
    edited December 2016
    Herald, Sphere builder, and to a point Breen ships are pretty far out there. Aside from that there really isn't anything that makes me go "WTF is this?" that's part of Trek. Many other franchises have done a better job at making completely alien and unrecognizable stuff.

    Honorable mention: old iconian ship models from before their revamp.

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    That thing was creepy as hell.
  • berginsbergins Member Posts: 3,454 Arc User
    Anything Iconian.

    Who builds ships with parts that aren't actually attached?
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  • theanothernametheanothername Member Posts: 1,513 Arc User
    zeithri wrote: »
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    The asymmetrical look of the Breen ships IMO comes closest to the Engineer ships in the Alien franchise. A tad more on the tech than bio looking side.
  • saurializardsaurializard Member Posts: 4,409 Arc User
    thay8472 wrote: »
    Either the Undine Bioships or the Gekli
    But Gekli aren't ships.

    For me, I hesitate between the Iconian ships, the Xindi-Reptilian Contortrix, the Xyfius (mostly for the hull material that makes it look like it has fur) and the Elachi Monbosh/Ornash (because they're mostly vertically angled ships as opposed to the rest).
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  • kodachikunokodachikuno Member Posts: 6,020 Arc User1
    Im gonna toss out the orion ships... lets face it no human will design ships to look like their cobbled together clumps of tumors
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  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,236 Arc User
    Well, if it's "Alien"..... then def either Breen or Nakuhl stuff. Those are a very unique aesthetic that few things resemble.
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  • evilmark444evilmark444 Member Posts: 7,058 Arc User
    Am I the only one that saw the thread title and immediately had the derelict from Alien pop in their head?
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  • lsegnlsegn Member Posts: 594 Arc User
    Elachi and Herald.
  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,236 Arc User
    Am I the only one that saw the thread title and immediately had the derelict from Alien pop in their head?
    Well... no. I posted a link to that. :p Another person compared things to "Engineer" ships.
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  • evilmark444evilmark444 Member Posts: 7,058 Arc User
    Am I the only one that saw the thread title and immediately had the derelict from Alien pop in their head?
    Well... no. I posted a link to that. :p Another person compared things to "Engineer" ships.

    Oops, didn't click the link, lol
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  • smokebaileysmokebailey Member Posts: 4,668 Arc User
    bergins wrote: »
    Anything Iconian.

    Who builds ships with parts that aren't actually attached?

    As Doug Drexler said, "You're thinking with the ape brain". I think he wanted to make a ship design with the engine pods floating with the ship, which I think is an awesome idea. Working on a design with that myself.

    Now the saucer always felt alien to me.

    I'd picture something big as a building shunting into a ball of light size of a grapefruit when traveling.
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  • jorantomalakjorantomalak Member Posts: 7,133 Arc User
    alien eh?

    1 : Iconian ( needs no explanation)

    2: Breen ( the designs are very different )

    3 : Romulan ( Classic romulan designs take on a avian look , yet are very elegant in their designs unlike other ships , romulan ships are like works of art)
  • claudiusdkclaudiusdk Member Posts: 561 Arc User
    Honorable mention: old iconian ship models from before their revamp.
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    That thing was creepy as hell.

    Hate they entirely removed that.
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  • berginsbergins Member Posts: 3,454 Arc User
    edited December 2016
    bergins wrote: »
    Anything Iconian.

    Who builds ships with parts that aren't actually attached?

    As Doug Drexler said, "You're thinking with the ape brain". I think he wanted to make a ship design with the engine pods floating with the ship, which I think is an awesome idea. Working on a design with that myself.

    Now the saucer always felt alien to me.

    I'd picture something big as a building shunting into a ball of light size of a grapefruit when traveling.

    "Thinking with the ape brain" is exactly what was being asked by the OP, was it not?
    "Logic is a little tweeting bird chirping in a meadow. Logic is a wreath of pretty flowers which smell BAD." - Spock
  • officerbatman81officerbatman81 Member Posts: 2,761 Arc User
    edited December 2016
    7th anniversary event ship Lukari beta design. (Drops mic)
  • bcwhguderian1941bcwhguderian1941 Member Posts: 804 Arc User
    I find the Narcine Dreadnaught Carrier rather exotic in appearance, along with the Iconian and Breen ships.
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  • zeithrizeithri Member Posts: 20 Arc User
    There were some great suggestions in this thread so I thank you!
    I am especially interested in the Iconian ships as the most unusual ones. Though I recall just a year back that Dreadnought Carrier was lit. everywhere as everyone and their mum captain'd it :P

    Now, it's just a matter of finding and then being able to afford one of them xP

    Also regarding the Engineer ship.. Indeed. One could say a lot about it but it'd all be AO-Rating on that talk.
    Which leads me to an off-topic thought that I can only hope that the new Alien: Covenant movie will be good, but I remain skeptical of it because it looks like they're missing the mark judging by the trailer. One can just hope. A shame they never finished and released the game Alien Crucible. The idea of that game is just, so good.
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  • galattgalatt Member Posts: 711 Arc User
    The Borg Cube.
    Its completely void of anything we would recognize as being a ship.
    You look at it and you wouldn't think it was a ship... until it started chasing you
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  • nikeixnikeix Member Posts: 3,972 Arc User
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    Or its doughnut-loving cousin

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  • fovrelfovrel Member Posts: 1,448 Arc User
    We can wonder why space is populated with such a variety of space ships, while the species that crew it, look so much the same.
  • lordsteve1lordsteve1 Member Posts: 3,492 Arc User
    How has nobody mentioned the Sphere Builder ships yet?
    Those are utterly weird looking compared to any other ships and don't even look all that practical as ships (Denuos for example).

    But my favourite alien looking ships have to be the Na'kuhl or the Undine ships.
    The Undine are obviously grown as they are bioships but the Na'kuhl really do look organic, even more so if you look at the concept art, maybe not living but certainly grown not built.
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  • captainwellscaptainwells Member Posts: 718 Arc User
    Just got an APU Cruiser that is a bit strange in appearance, but I really sort of like the darned thing and I set it up with an entire slate of antiproton beam arrays that seem to be working pretty well in instances too. Time will tell!
  • kitsunesnoutkitsunesnout Member Posts: 1,210 Arc User
    galatt wrote: »
    The Borg Cube.
    Its completely void of anything we would recognize as being a ship.
    You look at it and you wouldn't think it was a ship... until it started chasing you

    I might have to hand a few points to the Borg Cube, it's a design that can actually make a lot of sense, while still not seem like something humans would make, at least for a hundred years +.

    However my prize for alien-looking design does go to the Iconian Herald ships, they scream vanity in their design due to them having such vast amounts of resources and energy at their disposal they can design ships how ever they like without much concern of practicality so they make them in their own image a bit like flying space masks intended to give anyone that see's them an impression.

    Honorable mention goes to the Elachi S'Golth.
  • nikephorusnikephorus Member Posts: 2,744 Arc User
    Herald and breen ship's look the most alien to me.
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  • satai07satai07 Member Posts: 48 Arc User
    We need a "Derelict/Juggernaut" with a "Deploy Xenomorph egg boarding party" console :)

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  • meimeitoomeimeitoo Member Posts: 12,594 Arc User
    edited December 2016
    Herald, Sphere builder, and to a point Breen ships are pretty far out there. Aside from that there really isn't anything that makes me go "WTF is this?" that's part of Trek. Many other franchises have done a better job at making completely alien and unrecognizable stuff.

    Honorable mention: old iconian ship models from before their revamp.

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    ^^ That Iconian ship wins, for me, hands down!

    My own personal honorable mention goes to the Benthan Assault Cruiser T6. The Devs mistook an alien-looking forward cannon for an aft exhaust pipe, and made it go the wrong way:

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  • zeithrizeithri Member Posts: 20 Arc User
    satai07 wrote: »
    We need a "Derelict/Juggernaut" with a "Deploy Xenomorph egg boarding party" console :)

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    On the topic of Xenomorphs and the likes, an interesting fan-possibility of Crossover one could make is regarding the USS Enterprise-B that was " lost " with little to no knowledge regarding it's whearabouts after it contracted an unknown infection . . .
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