5 DEADLIEST Starship in Science Fiction

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[@casbot71]

The Scimitar is the deadliest because it _almost killed a Franchise…_

[@Gunnar001]

More like the USS Discovery. That _did_ kill a franchise.

[@sergioaccioly5219]

It did kill the TNG movie franchise

[@ahcokris]

it did come close ;)

[@ahcokris]

@@ArtifexAnimations deploy the capital weapon *comment now*

[@biggsydaboss3410]

Then mushrooms finished off the job.

[@Connor.SG-1Ring]

Wraith Super-Hive Ship (Stargate Atlantis)

[@HighLatencyEmu]

Surely by this Metric, Atlantis is a more powerful ship as it managed to travel from one galaxy to another within seconds and destroyed it

[@Connor.SG-1Ring]

@@HighLatencyEmu The ship was destroyed because of the nuke that was planted inside of it.

[@sunny-sq6ci]

not really. the wraith even at the end were barely beating the SG team and were getting their butts whooped on by the replicators. their ships also were limited in terms of ftl and weaponry. I'd say the Ori were more deadlier. they were actually the Atlanteans, and as such were practically gods.

[@jameschamberlain2981]

How about an Ori Warship? (Stargate SG-1)

[@nahuelleandroarroyo]

@@sunny-sq6ci You are not trading well, the wraith -super- hive is the series finale wraith ship, it outmatched at least two BC-304 with Asgard weapons

[@phaylnx]

No Warhammer 40K ships like The Phalanx? The World Engine? This list is HERESY!!!!!!

[@jozefkozon4520]

A HERESY IT IS!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@thorveim1174]

@@jozefkozon4520 think the World Engine and Phalanx qualify more as mobile stations than actual ships, just like the Death Star... necron Cairn tomb ships don't though, and those things are HORRIFYING

[@gadgetboy4717]

40k wins so much on countdowns that you have to exclude it to give all the other franchises a fair shot. The winner’s trophy might as well say your #1 (next to 40k)

[@zannanger8147]

Burn the heretics!!

[@raistlarn]

@@thorveim1174 necron anything is horrifying. That's why we try to eliminate them as fast as possible whenever we get the chance.

[@bluefalconssuck5881]

Volgon Constructor Fleet... So Long,and thanks for all the fish.

[@carlosh.8097]

I love The Expanse but, the Amun-ra class, really? No ship from the expanse should be on this list. Instead you are missing ships from other franchises like: The vorlon planet killer from B5. The Narada, the species 8472 ships, the Krenim time ship from Star Trek. The Lexx. The Sun Crusher from Star Wars. Any ship from Andromeda equipped with a nova bomb. Many others.

[@marsar1775]

A shadow battlecrab would be a good contender, as just one or two could effortlessly wipe out fleets of tye younger races

[@deathstrike]

Exactly!!! Also the title has "starships" and the Amun Ra is never shown to have any form of interstellar nor FTL capability. One deadly ship not mentioned was Blake 7. Another was the Space Battleship Yamato with its Wave Gun and also the dreaded Asguard ships from Stargate and had transgalactic ability. What about Macross? Sorry not the best ships chosen for this video.

[@brothersgt.grauwolff6716]

@@deathstrike, I agree the Argo (Yamato) and the Aluus (S.D.F. Macross) not included Blasphemy!

[@carlosh.8097]

@@marsar1775 I like the battle crab, i chose the vorlon ship because it can destroy a planet by itself.

[@carlosh.8097]

@@deathstrike To be fair, no human ship in The Expanse has ftl. I don't know much about Yamato or Blake's ship, it was the Liberator i think, odd looking ship.

[@TheModelWorkShop.]

You forgot the lexx, it destroyed and feed on planets, it punched a hole between universes

[@SSTR87]

Exactly

[@mikeyjames1000]

Omg funny you mention Lexx ive just started to watch it again.

[@yogidemis8513]

I was wondering if anyone would mention Lexx. One of the greatest TV shows. I need to re-watch it again.

[@sageoz9886]

I destroyed a Universe! I destroyed a Universe! I destroyed a Universe!

[@abrahamdeweese1017]

Im hungry stanley

[@timothyarnold1679]

It's funny that no one in the video OR the comments mentions the Andromeda Ascendant. It could self replicate fighters, self repair the ship, build it's own automated crew and oh yeah, featured a torpedo that caused supernovas and wiped out entire systems in one shot, which it could again, self replicate.

[@Taliesyn42]

Yeah, people have basically forgotten Andromeda. Loved that show.

[@rang123yea5]

Kevin Sorbo! Criminally underated actor!

[@wolfpreist]

It got weird in the middle when the show runners changed. Entire plot lines were dropped, remember the whole engine of creation thing? The consensus? They dropped that in favor alternate dimension aliens ... lame

[@chrisbingley]

And the Magog worldship.

[@supremeio5930]

Would be great if Andromeda was redone again by Netflix, HBO, Amazon, or some channel/streaming service like them. Given a good budget. And they ignored all that alternate dimension crap and went with the Sentient Suns/Stars story that was suppose to be done.

[@L33tSkE3t]

What I really liked about the Reapers was that they operated as a hive consensus when beneficial to all but also each considered itself like a sovereign intelligence each making up something similar to a state of a greater Nation

[@morlath4767]

"Most starships are not large organisms" - Alan, Alan, Alan, you totally forgot about the Event Horizon!

[@grindcorejoe6661]

Hell Yeah! That is really a fucking deadly Ship!

[@plamentd]

or lexx

[@TheBernito2]

''Most'', meaning some are, but not all.

[@aiosquadron]

Mean while, in fluidic space : THE WEAK WILL PERISH! (Undine bio-ship)

[@daleford8621]

@@grindcorejoe6661 yeah, but it was only deadly to its own crew.

[@LarcheOsborne]

I would have thought the First One (Vorlon or the Shadows) ships from Babylon 5 might merit a mention.

[@jamerv86]

Larche Osborne-Simmons more so than the expanse, which I never heard of. Even the Excalibur is far better.

[@plucas1]

No YAMATO? The ship that literally fought its way through two galaxies and entire fleets of thousands of enemy ships?

[@SilverFoxKnows1]

Damage output for a ship that size is high.

[@robertkreutzer9186]

Agreed! The Yamato (and other Wave-Motion Gun equipped ships from that series) are much more deadly than several ships on this list. The long range of the weapon and its ability to destroy (at maximum energy) a continent-sized land-mass, punch a hole through a solar prominence or destroy an artificial star all give it much more firepower than something like the Scimitar and though I adore the Expanse, the Amun-Ra class is a joke compared to the Yamato.

[@Aurumk1]

@@robertkreutzer9186 There are a lot of extreme ships out there, for instance, xenosaga's Durandal I think it is called, has so much firepower it rivals stars at some points, wiping whole fleets of god creatures out. Or what of the ships in Star Ocean 3?

[@mar1no124]

Tha Yamato has the most powerful weapon THE WAVE MOTION GUN

[@jasonxland4399]

the Yamato was not only powerful; it was tough, fast, had its own fighters, and proved itself battle after battle against varied opponents

[@KeishinB237]

The Infinity also had storage for smaller ships, essentially enabling it to become a small fleet on its own. Also, I'd like to introduce the Phalanx. Mobile Fortress Monastery to the Imperial Fist Adeptus Astartes and the most powerful starship in the Imperial Navy. Fully capable of taking on entire fleet on its own with the track record to back it up. The exact specs aren't known but it has destroyed entire fleets on it's own suffering while little damage itself.

[@Awol991]

Heart of Gold, Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. It destroys reality every time the main drive powers up.

[@brianflowers4217]

Awol991 That seems improbable...

[@MrJinglejanglejingle]

@@brianflowers4217 HHGttG is fun. But its not really well-designed for 'realism'.

[@yazanmowed]

Brian Flowers I see what you did there “ improbable”

[@Alligator81]

Well you’re only turned into a yarn version of yourself *briefly*. And reality is a bit overrated, especially if you enjoy reading Douglas Adams.

[@jwenting]

@@MrJinglejanglejingle nor are any of the designs listed elsewhere...

[@FuzzyChubbyPurpleUnicorn]

"ASSUMING DIRECT CONTROL" Harbinger wins lol

[@willt3223]

The usa defiant can take out a planet with 2 torpedoes

[@christopherdriscoll6628]

@@willt3223 and it's crew will serve the Reapers nicely. >:)

[@danielawesome36]

@@christopherdriscoll6628 What's the reaper gonna do? Hug the ship? Indoctrination doesn't work if it's not close quarters.

[@christopherdriscoll6628]

@@danielawesome36 Starfleet always hails new vessels to open communications. Starfleet always attempts diplomacy. This plays ludicrously hard into Reaper favor. Looking at the case with sovereign, who knew it was outclassed by itself, sought to establish agents before revealing itself as the threat it was. Mass Effect universe had the best luck imaginable that Shepard responded to Saren's actions on Sovereign's behalf. Deep Space 9 leaned HARD into how cells within Starfleet had, and would abuse, authoritarian power with extrajudicial means. From an infiltration and political perspective, Starfleet is, hands down, the most vulnerable faction to Reapers due to thier philosophy.

[@user-iy7jo7bq4f]

@@christopherdriscoll6628 Only the mortal factions of Star Trek might fall to the Reapers... Any militant sci-fi settings will rape the Reapers, and I'm not even counting the factions who "throw" galaxies like ninja stars...

[@sergioaccioly5219]

Borg Cube, IAS Excalibur, Yamato, Superdreadnough GPS Dauntless (Lensman book Series), Ori Templeship, SDF-1. All these ships went toe to toe against entire fleets and won, usually many times over their times of service.

[@brothersgt.grauwolff6716]

don't forget White Base and her kin from the Mobile Suit Gundam franchise's those ships took a beating and still survived

[@JoshSweetvale]

Ori Toiletships are in a class of their own. Their shields were implied to be powered by the Ori ascended. They shrugged off head-on collisions with Pyramid ships! They were only ever broken by 1: A wormhole vortex or 2: The most high-tech weapon in the series finale: Asgard shield-piercing high-energy plasma beams. And even then it took a volley.

[@bradp4]

Definitely missing the SDF-1 on this list

[@candyhochstmann4632]

with the bs disney has doing on star wars, number one deadly´s ship any star wars ship with lightspeed jump

[@OutcastSpartan]

XeeLee and Culture would wipe the floor with every ship in 99% of other franchises combined.

[@sotek2345]

No Andromeda Ascendant? Nova Bombs can take out whole solar systems!

[@weldonwin]

Strictly speaking you didn't need the Andromeda to use Nova bombs, since those could be slung under a fighter

[@sotek2345]

@@weldonwin Yeah, but a fighter can't carry enough to make a white hole!

[@JeanLucCaptain]

Or world ships?

[@arhonvalran1551]

@@sotek2345 And Magog's World Ship used blackholes as a weapons. That series was crazy :)

[@chansamuel3215]

bad writing killed the series

[@viet_cong_momiji2324]

The bob Semple tank is clearly the most deadliest Starship

[@animedude34]

Now we need a list of Bob Semple like ships of scifi

[@builder396]

@@animedude34 The Endeavor Space Shuttle comes to mind, as it was featuref in Stargate SG-1, and their main firepower comes from a grappling arm. It was used as well, albeit for recovery rather than combat, as well as a psychological deterrent...well, at least ONeill tried to make them sound impressive when Bratac asked if they were powerful.

[@combineeliteunit8769]

Anime_ Fan123 one Bob Semple tank, at maximum velocity!

[@LeoH3L1]

Scimitar? What about one of the species 8472 bioships, that can basically one shot a cube.

[@Age_of_Apocalypse]

The bioships were also able to blow out planets!

[@martinhanke1670]

Then, Voyager in last episode should be there, because it killed cubes with one shot, and scared species 8472 back to fluidic space, before they got their future tech. The one shot cube thing was after they got their future tech.

[@Demobot1]

@@ArtifexAnimations There wouldn't be enough time to arm the weapon and fire it before Species 8472 destroyed it. The Theleron weapon was designed to use on mostly stationary targets.

[@Demobot1]

@@martinhanke1670 Voyager never one shot a Cube before the future tech was mounted.

[@brothersgt.grauwolff6716]

Your talking about the Nucor & Dactylis class Undine Bioships which work in tandem to destroy a planetary body

[@tungstentaco495]

5 Starships in Star Trek that can wipe the floor with the Scimitar" Species 8472 Bioship Borg Cube Krenim Imperium Temporal Weapon Ship V'ger Voth City ship V'ger is a bit of a stretch, but it technically qualifies since it was a vessel built for the Voyager 6 probe to command.

[@Kolonol1]

Any Enterprise lol

[@oliver9006]

I was thinking about voyager from the future that was 1 shotting Borg cubes lol

[@gerhardadler3418]

Yes, first thing i thought about was that Temporal Weapon Ship

[@Jake-cm9jj]

@@gerhardadler3418 The Temporal Weapon Ship would have to be able to target the Scimitar to hit it with its main weapon and Voyager was heavily damaged by the time it engaged the time ship so its possible voyagers ability to evade the weapon was compromised, the time weapon didn't look like a very accurate weapon for ship to ship combat.. Now of course if it caused a temporal change that might affect the Scimitar since time itself changed, but in a battle scenario the Scimitar's cloak would allow it to cut the Krenim ship to pieces. Also if we are taking crew into consideration the Scimitar had a very powerful psychic character on its bridge, which could allow for unpredictable advantages. As for the Borg and 8472, by this time in the story both had been reliably defeated by Voyager, which brought its tech back to the alpha quadrant, and the talshiar probably procured said tech, meaning the Scimitar had access to it. It is very possible that anti-borg or 8472 tech may have even been shared openly with other alpha quadrant species in an effort to get them to fight such threats for the federation (though maybe not since such tech could of been turned into other weapons that could be used against the federation). Also we see in Picard that the captured borg cube had been harvested by the Romulans for decades by the time picard takes place, so it is possible that effort had already begun during Nemesis, but we don't know. Vger is really hard to compare to Nemesis level of technology since it was from such a different era.

[@liamhalliday8437]

Everybody always forgets about the Voth. I really enjoyed this outing and Chakokay got a rare chance to shine. I'd like to see more of them. You could easily bring them back and have had their society undergo some changes since Voyager and the realisation they come from elsewhere. Or maybe it's like as a small group of effective hippies / zealots decide to bring a few ships back "home" and this upsets the Alpha Quadrant balance and creates for some interesting scenarios. Maybe this "small" group of just a few million Voth decide to further uplift humans as they have a warped sense of legacy - either genuinely or with ulterior motives - etc etc.

[@PsychCow]

Cortana also revolutionized how plasma was used on Covenant ships. Up until humanity, the plasma the Covenant used to glass planets was basically just a giant ball of plasma. Cortana found out that you could shape the plasma into a laser and it would take considerably less energy to absolutely gut even the covenants own ships after easily bypassing the shields.

[@barbarossarotbart]

Not a good list: - Questionable choices for both Star Wars (the Eclipse is NOT canon) and Star Trek (a Borg cube or a bioship of Species 8472 is much more deadly than the Scimitar) - No ships from any Anime movie or series - No ships from Warhammer 40,000 - No ships from Perry Rhodan - No ships from Babylon 5 - No ships from Stargate - ...

[@Kolonol1]

Eclipse is actually still canon...and canon at this point is questionable considering Disney's butchering of their timeline and inconsistencies all over the place...canon things are not even canon... Sorry...everyone who argues for Disney's timeline being canon clearly is lacking in the brain department... But i will agree with part of it being WRONG...Eclipse armament was larger than they stated...carried twice the fighters....but was NOT designed to ram anything...

[@tharunbala7783]

the yamato could one shot any of these ships with wave motion gun

[@gerhardadler3418]

But he has deadliest in the title, that's good for some clicks, even when it's a bad top 5

[@highlordlaughterofcanada8685]

At the end of the day, all these lists are subjective.

[@godlucifer8428]

Space battleship Yamato deserves a spot on the list

[@rangulfgimfang8322]

Fire the wave motion gun

[@jozefkozon4520]

Wave motion gun かいほ

[@barrybend7189]

Macross class vessels.

[@hoarder66]

I remember seeing that movie 28 years ago or so when my dad brought it home... Aaahhhh the memories

[@dfailsthemost]

I used to draw terrible pictures of that ship obsessively as a child.

[@frozenjafa]

Xeelee Nightfighter. Culture ship "Mistake Not...". The god-like Excession.

[@cunningdingo2541]

the cool think about the borg is that if they have some ressources they are nearly unstopable. They were only stopped by the federation because of plot armor. One ship might not be that strong but a fleet can adapt fast enough to beat almost everything without plot armor.

[@leagreenall5972]

Species 8472 :)

[@Colden226]

Im Surprised the Molecular Disruption Device, Aka MD or the "Little Doctor" seen on the film Ender's Game did not make this list.

[@ttv_mrjack6749]

That thing was a glass cannon. Could 1 shot most things, but not take damage itself.

[@careylymanjones]

The MD from the book could be, and was, mounted on fighters. The fighter version had shorter range than the capital ship models, but stopping the entire swarm of fighters was more than Formics could handle.

[@artembentsionov]

careylymanjones they could also go kamikaze and fire the MD without opening the gunports, essentially turning the ship into an MD missile, using the ship’s own mass to power the initial MD field. That’s what Bean tells the fleet to do during the final run

[@careylymanjones]

@@artembentsionov In the book, MD-armed fighters hit the planet, and were caught in the chain reaction. Hitting the planet with fighters was like using a hand grenade in an elevator.

[@artembentsionov]

careylymanjones in the original or Ender’s Shadow (basically the same events but from Bean’s POV)?

[@greyofpta5305]

Scimitar? Not the Voth City ship? Borg Tactical cube? Not V'Ger? (the Voyager probe aboard was technically the captain of the ship so it would just barely make the qualifications to be on the list). What about the Husnock, Ori warship, Asguardian O'Neill class, any number of First Ones ships of Babylon 5, or, heck, the War World from Young Justice?

[@benperez6454]

I feel like a borg cube is way more deadly than the scimitar I mean one blew through a whole fleet and I think they would adapt and destroy it before 7 minutes

[@itschrisritter]

Not to mention a Borg Tactical Cube can still function even if 80% is destroyed.

[@leagreenall5972]

@@itschrisritter And not to mention that a Species 8472 bioship one shots a Borg cube ;)

[@candyhochstmann4632]

and a simple x-wing from the bs disney starwars franchise just lightspeed jump through everything

[@casbot71]

The HALO Universe, guaranteeing random ships and planets getting hit by relativistic projectiles for eternity… Taking collateral damage to the next level. So if you're minding your own business on a faraway planet, a couple of tonnes of ancient metal moving at a percentage of light speed could take you out without warning.

[@nobleman9393]

The chance for something like this is extremely low

[@mrexists5400]

@@nobleman9393 one could say.... *astronomically* low ;) :D

[@Taliesyn42]

Sir Isaac Newton remains the deadliest sonofabitch in space.

[@MrPhil94]

@@Taliesyn42 Once you fire this chunk of metal, it keeps going till it hits something.

[@yazanmowed]

casbott I think that was the natural evolution of humanity’s “well fuck you. You’ll regret raging this war even though you are winning” strategy. What with all the nuclear mines and planet scorching moon cracking nova bombs.

[@typical106]

there's just something about your voice that sounds soo convincing and soothing but at the same time your reasons, theories, and logic are the reasons why I subscribe plus you look like you can vibe with me at the same time live your videos I just needed to get that out.

[@ascherlafayette8572]

Really, he doesn't seem that convincing. He's a decent speaker but eh

[@zhaimorenn8273]

Gonna go ahead and toss maybe some honorable mentions: Moya from Farscape: Peacekeeper Wars, after Creighton had built the Wormhole Weapon on board. The Blackstone Fortress: Warhammer 40k. One of them can cut battleships in half, scour planetary surfaces and is damned near unassailable. Two of them can combine their power to destabilize a star, resulting in a super nova shortly thereafter. Three supposedly were used to put the most powerful member of a race of immortal star gods called C'tan (The Void Dragon) into a crippled state of dormancy. There have been at least 7 known Blackstone fortresses and there could be more undiscovered out there.

[@DLordSadow]

I’d like to add an honorable mention to this list: The Sathanas class Shivan Juggernaut from FreeSpace 2. Nearly 7 kilometers long and armed with weapons they could shred almost any capital ship in short order. Also, when about eighty or so of them surround a star, they can send it supernova!

[@pigghoti]

Amazed they didn't talk about the Shadows from Babylon5. One of the larger varients could wipe out entire fleets of Minbari warships with little effort.

[@DSzaks]

Exactly, how did they overlook such a stand out monster.

[@rctankchannelone7558]

Minbari sharlin battlecruiser? Shadow vessal? Battlestar galactica? 😂

[@sergioaccioly5219]

Against the Sharlin, I'd bring up the IAS Victory class

[@Noctambulo2011]

The Vorlon capital ship that destroyed planets was more powerful than a Sharlin

[@andrewlocke4609]

excalibar class vessel volon planet killer and shadow planet killer

[@MichaelLaing71]

@@andrewlocke4609 The Excalibar was really rather limited compared to the Vorlons, Shadows and other first one ships.

[@willdriverc]

@@andrewlocke4609 it has been a long time since I watched A Call to Arms. Did the Shadow Planet Killer get classed as a ship? I never got the impression that it had a bridge as it was a cloud that fired missiles. Though I remember there being something about linkages and they destroyed it by targeting a critical link.

[@jameshumea353]

The only thing I would add to this, the Infinity from the halo series was also equip with 10 strident class frigates stored in its underbelly, ready to deploy if nothing else its 10 extra MAC cannons to bring too the fight as always brilliant video, I love watching you cover halo content!

[@commanderdon4300]

I think the title of this video should be "Our 5 favorite deadly ships from sci-fi" because most of these except from maybe the reaper is nowhere near the most deadly or powerful space ship in it's respective universe.

[@fabianknaudt2214]

Plus Reapers are not ships, they are living entities part biological and part mechanical, the smaller reapers were ship controlled by them remotely, and Sovereign was just posing being a ship in Mass Effect

[@jesusmora9379]

or sci-fi

[@inquisitorthomasdefinitely536]

FK DRoNe what about tyrands then since each and every single thing is a living entity including they space ships that transport the ground forces and carry the Queens but they are also all controlled by the hive mind

[@brandoncook1123]

Don’t forget the lack of mercy because to them the mercy is collecting/destroying. Reapers would destroy even the empire by force

[@KillerOrca]

@@brandoncook1123 Not really saying much mate, the Empire's kind of a pushover. Now put the Reapers against the UNSC...oh whats that, MACs ignore thermal shielding?

[@Bond95123]

Reapers didnt harvest all life, just life that is"technologically evolved intellegent" life - it was even stated in game that humanity and several others was spared the previous cycle

[@luggy9256]

Yea they’re actually protecting organic life in their own way haha

[@koyuki4848]

Like a good fisherman You only catch it when it is matured

[@darwinxavier3516]

It was more like culling an invasive environmentally destructive species like cane toads.

[@cosuinofdeath]

Damn. No comments Where’s the vengeful spirit

[@rustkarl]

Licking it’s wounds after what happened at Vigilus I suppose.

[@rustkarl]

And I suppose 40k is kind of sci-fi/science fantasy. And they are likely tired of 40k.

[@gregorygreenwood-nimmo4954]

@@rustkarl It is a fair point. Have a list of the deadliest ships from other sci fi franchises for a bit of variety. The Imperial Navy/Astartes Fleets/Ad Mech Fleets can be addressed another time. There is more than enough material there to do a 'Top 10 Deadliest Imperial Ships' list if the Genration Tech guys wanted to, all the more so if you broaden it out to include ships from all 40K factions.

[@JFDavis-lq1bp]

No mention of 40k? Fuggen heresy!!!!!!

[@Noctambulo2011]

Any Gloriana Class battleship could kick the ass of any SW, ST ship.

[@galbert117]

If there were space for more I'd have out the Ori Mothership from the Stargate series.

[@DLordSadow]

Except, that the Asgard Beam equipped Daedalus class ships outmatched them.

[@galbert117]

Remember Unending? Even then the Asgard Plasma Beam equipped Odyssey was destroyed when cornered. The Asgard Plasma Beam equipped ships were the only things that could stand up to them and there were too few to beat the Ori in open combat.

[@bjoernsenp.5664]

@@galbert117 If you wanna add a Stargate ship, wouldnt the Aurora Battleship or the Cityship make more sense?

[@Ananamitron]

@@DLordSadow I would argue that Daedalus shields were still subpar compared to Ori shields.

[@SSTR87]

Totally

[@chrisbingley]

No Andromeda Ascendant? She carries Nova bombs. 40 Nova Bombs. They do exactly what they say on the tin. None of the ships mentioned here have weapons capable of destroying an entire star system. Let alone 40 of them.

[@Tonydjjokerit]

Vorlon Planet Killer ,Shadow planet Destroyer and even EVE online Titans can and do not forget the Lexx!

[@paulgoffin8054]

@@Tonydjjokerit Not even close - the Glorious Heritage class Andromeda Ascendent can destroy 40 entire solar systems on her own - and before the Fall, she was one of a fleet of hundreds.

[@dake4629]

As for Star Trek cannon - Voyager encountered a ship ( in Year of Hell) where the commander repeatedly reorders time, retroactively wiping out whole planets in an attempt to bring back his late wife.

[@Age_of_Apocalypse]

In the Star Trek universe, species 8472 had bioships that could blow up a planet; that's pretty impressive in my book.

[@EMan-1920]

[The Tyranid Hive mind is looking to recruit species 8472]

[@JeanLucCaptain]

Apocalypse 8 biohips equal one dead planet. Plus they massacred the Borg.

[@JeanLucCaptain]

E Man that would be an interesting battle for sure.

[@meh12345HEY]

@@JeanLucCaptain exactly. A borg cube is easily worse than the Scimitar, and 8472's bioships could beat the cubes.

[@itschrisritter]

​@@meh12345HEY​A Borg Tactical Cube is probably the most deadly ship behind the 8472 Bioships (when linked up). Either should be on this list before the Scimitar.

[@aristidelegiman13]

O'Neill class ofthe Asgard from Stargate

[@mccvargues7792]

Just deal with the fact that we will never see any stargate on any of these videos :(

[@TheEventHorizon909]

@@mccvargues7792 imagine not seeing his Stargate videos and inclusion of the Asgard hyperdrive on the fastest FTL methods

[@Noble713]

Ugh. This list covers pretty much nothing from written works/ sci-fi novels. Any of these would eat the ships on this list in a heartbeat: 5. Vorlon Planetkiller, for reference (Babylon 5) 4. Any Honorverse Superdreadnought (David Weber, Honor Harrington series). Their missiles, as well as the ships themselves, use impenetrable wedges of gravity for propulsion. A near flyby would kill anything in this video. 3. Utu-class planetoid (David Weber, Mutineer's Moon). Moon-sized battlestation, advanced AI, armed with FTL-capable missiles that can shatter planets. 2. Culture General Offensive Unit- GOU (Iain M. Banks, Culture novels). Armed with "gridfire incursion", basically pumping energy from another dimension into known space, blast radii up to "light years". Advanced AI brain so space battles take mere seconds. 1. Xeelee Nightfighter (Stephen Baxter, Xeelee Sequence). Intergalactic travel in seconds, total manipulation of time and space, and armed with weapons that can destroy stars.

[@Genesongx]

Xeelee stuff is made to laugh on other sci-fis, so people don't really take it seriously

[@darwinxavier3516]

@@Genesongx Would you say its the One Punch Man or the Gurran Lagann of scifi novels?

[@peterbachman5965]

Hmm, Dahak 2 post-boot-strap would certainly be a contender. Though this is Armageddon Inheritance. Ima hafta concur with all these. @Noble713: you win at SciFi destruction

[@hitandruncommentor]

So what everyone is saying is Xeelee is what I should read next, thank you.

[@patrickdusablon2789]

Oh yes, say, an Apollo-capable Invictus-class podnought would be one of the deadliest ships in space, short of an Imperial planetoid. Short of those Imperial planetoids, there is nothing that can outrange their missiles...

[@YaleGB30]

What about the Shadow ships in Babylon 5. They powerful with very accuracy and precision shoot capabilities and very hard to lock on to.

[@gregorygreenwood-nimmo4954]

What about pretty much any of the Culture Mind ships from Ian M Banks Culture series? They tend to be very, very powerful indeed.

[@Demobot1]

I would love to see a vote of people that have any clue what your talking about.

[@CTCParadox]

@@Demobot1 Unfortunately the Culture is mostly confined to novels. Not many people read these days so it's not so well known. Amazon picked it up to turn into a TV series though. I have my doubts how well that will go though.

[@danieltempas6062]

I was going to say Dahak, which is a powerful ship indeed. But the Culture ships could probably take it. Still, I'll vote Dahak.

[@Noble713]

@@danieltempas6062 I posted a comment with the Top5 list I expected, features both Culture ships and Dahak. ^_^

[@Initialgs]

The Abominator Class Offensive Unit “Falling Outside the Normal Moral Constraints” which describes itself as "borderline eccentric and very slightly psychotic”. Is pretty much in a league of its own... well, apart from others in that class. TBH any half respectable GCU, let alone GSV would handle anything outside an OCP, it’s ass on a plate. Let alone a fully gunned up ready for business Culture warship.

[@ThomasTee]

Also Deimesen is awesome :D But one must not forget the Mistake Not...

[@Cundalinis_Hand]

@@ThomasTee Yes, lets not forget Mistake Not....

[@Noble713]

I clicked on this video expecting to see SOMETHING from the Cultureverse in the Top 2 and was sorely disappointed.

[@derekburge5294]

Banks also wins simply on the grounds of naming conventions. Some make me smile just from memory, *Hand Me the Gun and Ask Me Again, Appeal to Reason,* and *Frank Exchange of Views.*

[@ThomasTee]

@@derekburge5294 one could say Culture names have *Zero Gravitas*

[@Shadowkey392]

3:15 in that case, the Borg Cube should be in this spot. After all, we’re talking deadliest ships here, and I’m sorry, but the Scimitar was never capable of WIPING OUT ENTIRE FLEETS IN CLOSE-RANGE COMBAT WITHOUT TAKING SEVERE DAMAGE.

[@Adzakorrahn]

And if you manage to destroy it, the next wave will be immune to your weapons...

[@darwinxavier3516]

@@Adzakorrahn And that's a huge "if".

[@Alpha4Sierra]

Sins of a Solar Empire Rebellion: The Vasari Vorastra Titan. It had an ability called 'The Maw' that literally released so many nanoparticles that it formed a visible vortex stripping ships of shields and hull, and with it's great size, it was ridiculously overpowered.

[@wraithcraftgaming6891]

What about The Spear of Adun? I think it can easily destroy any of those ships. That thing is massive and can destroy several minotaur class battlecruisers at once without taking any significant damage

[@michaelgimenez4032]

No 40k in this list, what kind of HERESY IS THIS!!!!!!

[@aiosquadron]

It needs to be excluded from the list for other francies.

[@laurenceunderwood4717]

Abandons planet killer or the good old space marine bs not much stands up to full chapter drop ship assaulting your ship

[@user-iy7jo7bq4f]

@@laurenceunderwood4717 Because a random Culture ROU can eradicate entire star systems with its black hole guns, micro-bombs, or just straight-out Grid-fires...

[@inquisitorthomasdefinitely536]

陳潔明 there is a ark Mechanicus war ship that can also fire black wholes reverse time so its dost miss and a few other nasty surprises

[@chr1642]

Why does warhammer need to be on here and WHY do you guys say heretic and heresy so much its kinda of annoying tbh

[@Toldoris]

Cool ships but NOT the deadliest! Andromeda Franchise: Abyss World Ship and any Ship with nova Bombs! Star Wars: New Planet killing emperial Star destroyers. Lexx: Lexx Star Trek: 8472 Bioships 10 of those small crafts could destroy a Planet in seconds so we can assume that one can do the same with a little more time. Star Gate: Latest Tech asgardian ships!

[@Nintendonicke]

The only significant thing those planet killing star destroyers managed to destroy was the fanbase.

[@Utubesuperstar]

I’d put the super hive for stargate

[@Toldoris]

@@Nintendonicke I fully agree with you! Those things are stupid and make no sense! But they are powerfull!

[@jerryvr]

Babylon5: Vorlon planet killer, shadow ship

[@travissmith2848]

Wing Commander III: Behemoth class planet killer Wing Commander III: any ship as small as a large starfighter equipped with a temblor bomb Quick google search (which led to Wikipedia) indicates things of similar magnitude as Dalek mothership A number of different options in StarCraft ......

[@inquisitorichijou883]

I would say that the doctrine of obedience through fear was originally pitched by Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin, who in the end blew up with his pride and joy: the Death Star.

[@barrybend7189]

Hey guys can you please do a video on the ships from SDF Macross.

[@keloid7682]

Yeah that ship has a massive gun that can destroy anything, and transform too!

[@VT-zc9ln]

Plus not only did it have it's pinpoint barrier system, it also had a full shield that absorbed all attacks coming in then exploded that energy back out 10 fold around itself.

[@koyuki4848]

And when their idol sings it is pretty much a guaranteed win especially if the idol is Basara.

[@waveman0]

Voth City ship, Hirogen Warship, Husnock Warship (last version), Undine (species 8472) Bioship, Gumtu (code name Tinman), Borg type 4 Tactical cube would all give the Scimitar a run for its money.

[@travissmith2848]

Give me a Dragon starfighter equipped with a flashpack from Wing Commander 4 and some cover fire and I'll take just about any of those out with a single weapon! Seriously, there's got to be at least half a dozen planet killer ships and several dozen one shot big ships or wipe out entire fleets kind of ships and some of these things are doing good to take out a large city in a single shot.

[@JoshSweetvale]

The correct answer however, is _Sajuuk._ The Precursor capitol ship from Homeworld. Can jump anywhere in the galaxy in minutes (and lol through gravity wells.) Plus it has the best armor and armaments in the galaxy by an order of magnitude.

[@hanzz213]

no ID4? no stargate? no babylon5?

[@Demobot1]

Thank you. I think this is a popular sci-fi list.

[@brianflowers4217]

Both Shadows and Vorlons had Planet killers. We also see very little of the other First Ones.

[@JopardBDS]

@@brianflowers4217 depending how you look at the Shadow planet killer it is difficult to call it a ship but certainly the Vorlon. The only definitely more powerful weapon in Babylon 5 is not a ship

[@brianflowers4217]

@@JopardBDS It was self propelled, and had a command center, so I'd call it a ship. It certainly wasn't a station.

[@JopardBDS]

@@brianflowers4217 It's a weird an difficult to define one you must agree. Yes mobile but given the way it is portayed in both series and feature I'd say it's a bit more like a station although station doesn't seem to fit it either. If I were to give it a definition I for the moment call it a seige system. The Vorlon one was undeniably a ship. Either way like you I also feel Babylon 5 was an omission

[@BryanMinnix]

What about the Lexx?

[@NathansWargames]

Things for and against lexx, for it's as powerful as the death star and smaller and faster, against it can be damaged

[@Ananamitron]

I'd argue that no ship from the Expanse should be on a list of "deadliest" starships in science fiction by the simple fact that Expanse ships are bound by physics and don't have magical technology. There are so many other ships that are more powerful that could be included on this list. In fact, I'd argue that the only ship on this list that can stay is Harbinger. Even that is debatable. If it's meant to be the deadliest ship in its respective universe, then the video should have been framed that way. Why are the Ori ships from Stargate SG-1 not included? What about ancient ships fully equipped with drones? How come a Vorlon planet killer isn't on this list?

[@jesusmora9379]

"Expanse ships are bound by physics and don't have magical technology." HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[@Ananamitron]

@@jesusmora9379 You're an idiot. Have a bad day sir.

[@Dahaka27]

@@jesusmora9379 Except they are bound by MORE real word concept compared to other franchises. It makes them less deadly, but they are probably the most realistic scifi ships out there

[@dihoxide]

The Expanse is one of my favorite shows ever but the only ship even worth an honorable mention (and it still shouldn't make this cut) without spoiling anything is the Heart of the Tempest from the books. Those Mangnatar class battle cruisers are no joke for the level of tech in that universe.

[@darwinxavier3516]

@@Ananamitron The Epstein drive is still made up technology that has made fuel a seemingly non issue in the show. So jesus mora was right that "don't have magical technology" wasn't totally correct. Unless you wanna specify what you mean by "magical technology".

[@nathanokun8801]

There are a lot of powerful starships in books and short stories too. In the novel THE MIXED MEN a super-starship used as an exploration ship was so strong that when tricked into warping into a space that was in the middle of a supernova, the ship had systems to take it, though it meant tearing the ship into hundreds of small self-sufficient mini-ships, each being its own escape pod moving outward from the point away from the danger, and then later those mini-ships would find each other and those who had survived would rebuild the main ship, which would then complete its repairs automatically. Now THAT is one tough starship!

[@EMan-1920]

I want a list of sci-fi super weapon emplacements, like planetary defensive weapons. I would want to see the BFG 10,000 on there. "You can't just shoot a hole into the surface of Mars!" -Dr. Samuel Hayden, DOOM Eternal

[@Paerigos]

Miranda class from Star trek deservers honorable mention... it was deadly for its crew mainly... but still...

[@DLordSadow]

Lol

[@freezetasticvoyage19]

The oberth kills more people than the Miranda class.

[@distomos8118]

Miranda class: the red shirt among starships.

[@JopardBDS]

To be fair Khan deployed the genesis device from USS Reliant which was Miranda class and others including Klingon empire regarded it as a super weapon

[@TheCarrottop0226]

Chief: I need a weapon UNSC: hold my beer

[@garycarsley5613]

Great to see people from all over the universe collaborating

[@user_anthony]

How about a fully staffed/equipped city-ship from the ancients (stargate series). Imagine 3 zpms powering the shields and full armament of drones. It would tear through ships in the star wars and star trek universe.

[@madrabbit9007]

How does any primitive ships from the Expanse make the list and a Borg tactical cube and Species 8472 get ignored? They would eat everything in this list for breakfast.

[@leagreenall5972]

Exactly... not to mention Babylon 5's Shadow cruisers and Vorlon ships

[@OniricChef]

About the Star Trek one: would the Borg Cube be far superior? I guess it doesn't apply, as it's closer to a station than a ship

[@GodOfWar109]

Borg cube is still a ship. And is the most powerful in the st universe

[@GodOfWar109]

Gen tech is wrong

[@richardb6260]

A space station couldn't chase and catch the Enterprise. Maybe the Scimitar's special weapon could destroy a cube (or at least it's crew). But the next cube would have learned from the last and adapted.

[@ascendantdawn]

A borg cube isn't designed to be deadly, even if it is sometimes, but a 8472 ship is able to destroy borg cubes with ease.

[@Baerchenization]

@@GodOfWar109 I am not an ST expert, so I cannot tell you the name of the episode, but there is a far superior ship. It is quite small compared to a cube and attaches itself to ships a bit like a parasite. In this episode, the borg and humans join forces, as the borgs are at risk of defeat. They want to 'flush' the entire galaxy with some 'bug' or whatever, but humans object because they don't want to completely extinct any life form bla-bla.... sorry, it's been 20 years or so :) Anyway, the borg ship did not even have a slight chance, all they could do was 'run', but they were not fast enough, either.

[@m3017co]

I'd like to bring to your attention Andromeda. A particular ship could actually deploy what is called a nova bomb. As the name suggests they could actually induce a Nova into a star system. This weapon was so powerful it could fry an entire star system in one shot. When fully loaded and drop it off to deploy up to forty of these.

[@RedwoodTheElf]

the Eclipse? Seriously? The Sun Crusher tells the Eclipse to hold its beer.

[@mana6549]

"Space battleship Yamato laugthing in the background"

[@jozefkozon4520]

Saraba chikyuu yo tabidatsu fune wa uchuu senkan yamato

[@brothersgt.grauwolff6716]

Macross Cannon.... Fire!

[@fadelsukoco3092]

*2000 Andromedas and 10000 Borodino battleships quietly wait behind it*

[@leagreenall5972]

Man I used to love watching that show when I was a teen :)

[@lukeparker8559]

Obscure to alot of you but where is LEXX in all of this?

[@SG1fanatic9]

The Daedalus from the last episode of Stargate SG-1 had technology that can stop time for everyone outside the ship and even reverse time. Plus it could use the energy weapons of other ships as a power source. Pretty sure those abilities can stop any of these plus any ship mentioned in the comments.

[@thegladnick]

I literally came here expecting Daedalus to be #1. The Asgard weapons and shields alone make it #1. Not to mention the transgalactic hyperdrive.

[@Todd66]

Good stuff!! I would like to see a longer list. Maybe top 100? Regardless, awesome video. Be safe

[@FullMetalFox2]

Feels like those ships were just selected to please 5 specific franchises. Otherwise this would be dominated by WH40k, Lexx, etc.

[@jesusmora9379]

star wars is not even sci-fi

[@FullMetalFox2]

@@jesusmora9379 Fuck yes, give this guy a medal! Jokes aside, yes id rather call it space fantasy or something.

[@JackR936]

Xeelee and the Culture topping the list. Forerunner warcraft would also roflstomp everything on this list. The only reason humanity didn't lose in Halo 4 is plot armor.

[@ttv_mrjack6749]

@@JackR936 Yeah in H5 just 6 Forruner Guardians are used to subdue the galaxy at the end. Their big warships were even stronger. But it was hard for them to fight tier 0 FLood graveminds with a directive from an angry precursor. (they could kill/infect stuff before they arrived with fancy time shenanigans, could control space with their minds and teleport anywhere whilst also controlling indestructible constructs known as star roads. Outside of that shenanigans the forerunners were GOAT).

[@WarlockInTraining]

Actually Marvel Comics and Dr Who ships and races shit on Xeelee and Culture too. So.....

[@jamoecw]

'when a captain thinks an order there should be no delay in executing it.' well you were never in the Navy. the best ship would have the captain never think any orders, just let the enlisted do what they do.

[@Emanon...]

The UNSC Infinity ramming that covenant cruiser always brings tears of joy to my eyes.

[@jasonm1691]

Very informative could you guys do a versus like you did with space marines bit for spaceships from different sci-fi universes maybw do it based on role like battleships carriers frigates etc

[@marsar1775]

No shadow battlecrabs? What about the world devastator Edit: spelling

[@jimsteele9261]

If you go the literary route, there's the Skylark of Valeron...

[@joostvisser6508]

In the Expanse, Eros was explicitly called a spaceship many times. I feel like with all the stuff that the Protomolecule gets up to, that would be a pretty powerful ship as well.

[@survivingbehindliberallines]

I just found this video after three years. You mentioned that the Whale Probe and the Doomsday Machine from ST are not ships because they are not manned. I will agree with you on the probe because of no further info on it. However, in the ST:RPG module "A Doomsday Like Any Other", it shows towards the back of the DM that there is a compartment (Can it house somebody though?). According to the game module (yes I have the ST:RPG and modules as you have figured), if players are smart they can actually find said section (although the GM will make sure they do not keep the weapon) that can house individuals. Also, in the Star Trek book (vendetta I believe, been awhile and all my ST items are in storage), there was another DM that was a Borg Killer. There was a person onboard that one. I think that person knew or communicated with Guinan in the book. I think Picard had something to do at the end (been awhile). So, I think technically the DM can be classified as a ship and a damn powerful one at that. My input on this.

[@snuckel4]

No WH40k lmao im glad they didnt include wh40k cuz if they do then we already know who's the boss.

[@Nothing-1w3]

5. Random wh40k ship 4. Random wh40k ship 3. Random wh40k ship 2. Random wh40k ship And on the first place! 🥁🥁🥁 Random wh40k ship

[@rustkarl]

Bitter much?

[@snuckel4]

@@Nothing-1w3 nah man Halo and star wars still could hold their place.

[@gregorygreenwood-nimmo4954]

There does seem to be a dirth of vast, space born battle cathedrals on the list, but that is OK. A chance for others to shine without the Inquisition declaring everyone Excommunicate Diabolus and rolling in with the kind of almost comedically OP ships that fire shells the size of ships from some other franchises.

[@hang_kentang6709]

too many to pick i guess. here's a few notable one that i can think of, Talisman of Vaul, the Gloriana classes, 1st legion The Rock, Phalanx, Necron world engine, Eldar craftworlds, ork rok, Planet Killer (exactly as it says on the tin), Abyss class battleships (Our Blessed Lady is such a fine name for a battleship btw), Ark Mechanicus, Imperator Somnium, and ork attack moon.

[@engineergaming1365]

[ Insert Ark Mechanicus Speranza, the Bucephalus, imperator somnium, phalanx, raprorus rex here ]

[@inquisitorthomasdefinitely536]

yeet and many many more

[@Deridus]

Damn Ark... ripping the princess bride...

[@christate3523]

I would say you missed the Super Wraith Hive Ship for Stargate Atlantis. Even the Asguard beam weapons barely scratched the hull (it didnt require shields), and that was before the armour was near full strength

[@daltonsmith4823]

Forgot to mention that the Infinity also carried several frigates essentially making it its own fleet.

[@ehotto]

The Culture laughs in Gridfire

[@thomassmith6232]

How about a Borg cube from Star Trek, and Lexx, described as "the most powerful weapon in two universes?"

[@kazoosc]

never heard of the Reavers before -- going to have to look into them. love the 'cuttlefish / octopus' design maybe a Culture ship? ( Iain Banks )

[@LordProteus]

I like how you have all these huge deadly warships but even simple Federation, Klingon, Romulan, etc... ships can destroy planets. An average Klingon ship destroys the entire surface of a planet in the TNG episode "The Chase" and the USS Enterprise could do it whenever it wanted. Species 8472/Undine ships can cause planets to outright explode, and on top of that they can basically teleport by going in and out of Fluidic Space.

[@SmithGuy]

The Phalanx from Warhammer could have tanked all 5 of these ships at the same time!

[@-JustHuman-]

Planetary defense ships could tank those ships when we are talking 40K.

[@xavierbrock4126]

Hello Allen. I hope you're having a great day

[@shadoman7682]

You forgot the "Lexx" They used to fly round in that blowing up planets for kicks.

[@meridgey]

In Star Wars there's actually a ship that's deadlier than the Eclipse. It's called the Sun Crusher. It carries resonance torpedoes. You could launch one of these into a sun's core, making it go supernova, destroying everything in the system. It had really strong armour. It managed to take a superlaser hit from a Death Star prototype and could fly straight through a Star Desfroyer. The only thing that destroyed it was a black hole.

[@marcusjohansson668]

I would aregue that in Star trek species 8472:s ships are stronger, not even the Borg could handle them.

[@leagreenall5972]

Absolutely

[@casbot71]

What if the *Death Star 2* had been fully completed and Y'know…, that giant hole leading to the main reactor had been sealed off? Oh and it's own shields had come online.

[@hightechredneck8587]

That isn't a ship. It's a space station.

[@leagreenall5972]

Wouldn't matter again Species 8472 bioships or Shadow and Vorlon ships...

[@magicmulder]

Perry Rhodan universe - both chaotenders and cosmic factories could take out entire galaxies in the course of their battles against each other.

[@brozy5720]

Now there's a valid question!

[@SSTR87]

What about the Lexx? The Peacekeeper battleships and Scarran dreadnauts? Borg Cubes? The planet destroyer from Star Trek: TOS? Atlantis from Stargate Atlantis? The Asgard ships in Stargate:SG-1? The Taelon living ship on the dark side of the moon from Earth: Final Conflict? You guys really left a lot of viable ships from the mix.

[@Hoboranger]

I'd put the Argo/Yamato's Wave motion gun and crew up against any of them.

[@declanlewis7826]

Needs more 40k

[@1701Emperor]

You dare not mention Warhammer 40k?... Brother Avitus, get the flamer.. The HEAVY Flamer!..

[@brothersgt.grauwolff6716]

Ragnarok Drop Pod Assault on standby on your order Wolf Lord

[@joshfritz5345]

I'm glad you included the stealth ships from The Expanse. They might not be the strongest ships in sifi, but in the context of their own series, they are a huge game changer, as they don't follow the rules of conventional warfare, and are more technilogically advanced than even the cutting edge Martian navy. Oh yeah, and they're also really cool looking.

[@joshfritz5345]

@mandellorian I think I understand how the stealth ships in The Expanse were supposed to work, and it seems at least plausible. Spacecraft traveling using the Epstein drive generate a lot of heat, as any ship with an engine that powerful would. This needs to be radiated away into space over time to avoid overheating internal components and turning the crew compartment into an oven. Presumably, detection of ships is a combination of searching for radar contacts, as well as the heat signature of ships dumping waste heat. The stealth ships in the Expanse only ever seemed to be able to hide while stationary. A ship operating in a "low power" mode would presumably generate very little heat. This would allow you to minimize your heat signature without causing excess heat buildup in the ship for some time. You could even prolong the amount of time you can remain stealthy by passively venting heat at a slow rate to keep the buildup of your heat banks minimal until you detect a target drive signature, presumably long before they would detect your minimal heat signature. At no point did the stealth ships show any ability to remain hidden while their main drives are engaged, implying that the heat from the main drive being active was impossible to conceal, and excess heat from the reactor would presumably need to be radiated away while it is active. Of all the depictions of stealth in space, this seems to be one of the most believable.