Most Durable Ships in Science Fiction PART 2

[@GenerationFilms]

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[@addisonchow9798]

The Ark of destruction in space battleship yamato 2202 can ram and disintegrate a planet.

[@drrohanjacob]

Hallowed are the ori and their plot armour that wanes and waxes as per the need of the story.

[@TheGoodOne1998]

Eltreum from Gunbuster, considering it hull is made from it namesake material can only be destroyed by it antimatter equivalent and possible travel at relativistic speeds like every other ship in the series. If you think that its engines are a possible weak point forget it because the Eltreum moves around through pure mathematics but it does require psychically-enabled humans and/or porpoises as pilots and finally it 70km long. Yes, this is from a publish work.

[@corporategunner5972]

You missed Space Battleship Yamato! It's so durable, that it was able to solo entire fleets comprising of thousands of warships.

[@ianirizarry30]

Go watch Atlantis next. You get some crossovers from sg1.

[@Serhiy_Fomenko.]

No offense to Galactica or Enterprise, but Destiny's 50-million years cruise with who-knows-how-long random encounters with not so peaceful people across the universe outmatches them all. An all that without any crew or fully self-avare A.I.!

[@Whalewraith]

Galactica wins if we keep things within there own universe.

[@musicalaviator]

50 million years old. Casually flies inside stars every few years. Crosses between galaxies as a normal part of its journey.

[@MrRobot-0]

Well this is more about endurance trough, sheer durability probably goes to atlantis, and it op pleas nerf shield.

[@Voltaic_Fire]

My thoughts exactly, even if it was a mostly peaceful journey, it regularly flew into suns for millions of years.

[@mcclintick]

@@MrRobot-0 Atlantis with 3 full ZPM's would be op

[@hkxeno001]

The Galactica it the most durable ship. give her an energy shield and she will live forever. So say we all.

[@Captain_Tumbleweed]

So say we all.

[@addisonchow9798]

Maybe some Borg self repair technology would help too.

[@shadowofhawk55]

@@addisonchow9798 Not even the Xeelee Sequence could kill it then

[@wyatthord12]

So Say We All!

[@HighmageDerin]

Yamato; "am I a joke to you?" Destiny; "Im old, but Im still alive and kicking after 50 million years!" Gunstar; "I SOLOED an entire armada!" SunCrusher; I survive the explosions of the Stars I blow up!"

[@thecathouse8174]

The Destiny from Stargate Universe survived for millions of years traveling across the universe before it even got a crew to do repairs

[@darthdodge]

but it never got attacked, always ftl'ing so no proof of its durability

[@Predator42ID]

@@darthdodge Actually it did. Many of the breaches you see before the crew shows up aren't just from wear and tear but also from weapons fire. Keep in mind you had a number of aliens determined to capture the ship and its technology for themselves. Then the Tau'ri showed up and Destiny learns very quickly what the Ancients descendents do with their old toys.

[@MrRobot-0]

@@Predator42ID steal them?

[@v4skunk739]

@@darthdodge It was getting hunted down, they specifically showed this in the show over multiple episodes.

[@caelestigladii]

@@darthdodge How many ships can you think of that can withstand the "attack" of a star?

[@ChuckleHead934]

Massive Star Trek fan here but I gotta say, the Galactica is one of my most favorite ships. The shape of it just screams its ready for a good old fashion slug fest.

[@teddysurf]

I too really like the design of the ship and I really like how they launch raptors and put up kind of a AAA fire perimeter. I also really like there’s a couple of shots in the show when cylon base ships jump in and you see for a few seconds the battlestar starting to turn broadside in order to protect the fleet and set up a perimeter. The art department did a fantastic job on the whole series. I live in Los Angeles and took a 35 mm class at the UCLA extension and the guy who edited Battlestar, I honestly can’t remember his name was in the class and he took us over to the studio and we got to screen one of the episodes before it actually aired that he was working on, it was really cool.

[@jacara1981]

I'm pretty sure the human ships in Star Gate are based on the Galactica as well.

[@channingdeadnight]

Actually you should be watching Battlestar Galactica. No knocks on sg1 or sga. Both good scifi shows for their time. Better than most of any era. But Battlestar Galactica is a great show for any time. Not only was it a focused 4 season's vs. Just so many. But Battlestar was written in a 4 season completed story. So you get the entire vision of the writer when you are finished. Most series just keep adding on storylines to keep the seasons going. The cast of Battlestar is also surprisingly good for any show let alone a scifi series. For a scifi series this is maybe the best opening cast ever. It's also an adult show. Not that PG ratings are bad but an r rating is very refreshing for us adult scifi fans. In America we just don't get much well written and acted adult scifi. Overall the Stargate groups of series are some of the best serial American science fiction. Good quality "watch with the family" scifi TV shows. But Battlestar is a whole different monster. It's by Rolling Stones standard one of the best television shows ever made. After watching 10 seasons of Stargate if you never watch the rest you honestly won't miss anything groundbreaking or just that different than all the other scifi you have already seen. If you miss out on Battlestar Galactica you will be missing out on a rare and exquisite gem. Something never done before in America or done since. Battlestar Galactica was and still is an amazing show. Well written and acted with a star studded cast. A complete science fiction saga written and directed as a complete 4 season story. And you will be missing out on the only well done no hand holding adult scifi TV show ever made in the United States. Stargate is good. Battlestar Galactica is amazing groundbreaking adult science fiction entertainment.

[@nsargeant92]

Got to give it to Galactica, not only did she take every punch on the chin she slugged anything that came a bit to close. All when she was at her weakest! Imagine if she was new with a full crew and armament!

[@ebee-uz1oz]

oh hell yeah, in blood and chrome (i know, green screen type stuff) they made it look like she had a couple of hundred vipers stored further in the background... and she also had three times the armament before she was to retire.....wish blood and chrome went on further

[@tomitiustritus6672]

@@ebee-uz1oz that full set of heavy batteries looked extremely frightening, after watching the main series. I feel there could have been a great run of a full 1-2 maybe more season Blood and Chrome Series. The writers would have had to reorientate from their humanoid Cylon fokus and I'm not sure what they would do, if they couldn't write naked sexbots into it, but I believe they could have overcome that hurdle.

[@itastecolors7]

youve got to give credit where its due, notice how everything old is durable? think of the nokia, old cars, and other old things, just like the galactica.

[@That80sGuy1972]

Yep... a decommissioned old spaceship that was effectively falling apart and being made into a museum stop for military history that got suddenly activated and thrust into battle and held its own. That's like taking a floating battleship that we have here on Earth from WWII that got turned into a museum and put into active duty as a WWIII warship and doing what an entire task force of warships can do, still keep afloat, and even recover. Galactica was indestructible in its time, downgraded to "merely" be super-durable via becoming "obsolete" while falling into disrepair and dismantling.

[@TheMyrmo]

@@That80sGuy1972 The story of Space Battleship Yamato in a nutshell.

[@krisgonynor689]

The Space Battleship Yamato made a round trip from it's underwater hanger off of Japan to the Clouds of Magellan and back in just under one year, being constantly under attack both ways. It was so badly damaged at times it was about to fall apart but they had no trouble repairing it while under flight and under fire, not even when submerged in a sea of acid. It took on an entire Interstellar Empire by itself, using technology that had just been invented and never even tested, including Earth's first FTL drive. That should be worth a mention at least in this series. GT should do an episode on animated starships.

[@mcclintick]

The SDF-1 needs to be on the list

[@ScaryBaldMan]

Thank you for including Galactica this time. That's the best and toughest ship in sci-fi. So say we all!

[@ajm2872]

Some? There may be SOME plot armor on the Enterprise? It's a delicate space-waffle that happens to contain every member of the original crew. It is literally indestructible.

[@PrototypeSpaceMonkey]

The outer hull is made of Plotonium

[@seawind930]

EXCUSE ME! it's obviously a pizza cutter, I mean that's why there is a rivalry between Star wars/trek one has Pizza slices the other has Pizza cutters.

[@michelecastellotti9172]

@@PrototypeSpaceMonkey i like that ome

[@michelecastellotti9172]

@@seawind930 this one is just brilliant

[@rogerp.4375]

You should be watching Stargate Atlantis concurrently with the later seasons of SG1.

[@matyasofinvention6304]

I agree, they were aired together with a back and forth episode airing style and would cross over with each other every so often. If memory serves season 8 of sg1 aligns with season 1 of Atlantis and so on.

[@ravenmoon5111]

The wraith hive ship was super tough

[@channingdeadnight]

Actually you should be watching Battlestar Galactica. No knocks on sg1 or sga. Both good scifi shows for their time. Better than most of any era. But Battlestar Galactica is a great show for any time. Not only was it a focused 4 season's vs. Just so many. But Battlestar was written in a 4 season completed story. So you get the entire vision of the writer when you are finished. Most series just keep adding on storylines to keep the seasons going. The cast of Battlestar is also surprisingly good for any show let alone a scifi series. For a scifi series this is maybe the best opening cast ever. It's also an adult show. Not that PG ratings are bad but an r rating is very refreshing for us adult scifi fans. In America we just don't get much well written and acted adult scifi. Overall the Stargate groups of series are some of the best serial American science fiction. Good quality "watch with the family" scifi TV shows. But Battlestar is a whole different monster. It's by Rolling Stones standard one of the best television shows ever made. After watching 10 seasons of Stargate if you never watch the rest you honestly won't miss anything groundbreaking or just that different than all the other scifi you have already seen. If you miss out on Battlestar Galactica you will be missing out on a rare and exquisite gem. Something never done before in America or done since. Battlestar Galactica was and still is an amazing show. Well written and acted with a star studded cast. A complete science fiction saga written and directed as a complete 4 season story. And you will be missing out on the only well done no hand holding adult scifi TV show ever made in the United States. Stargate is good. Battlestar Galactica is amazing groundbreaking adult science fiction entertainment.

[@kentondonaldson8862]

Glad to see the stargate franchise getting some spotlight. Usually seems to be starwars, star trek, 40k, halo, and mass effect. Hopefully we see other lists that include other franchises, maybe like Babylon 5, farscape, or hell maybe even some ships from the gundam universe. But the wraith super hive ship needs to be on this list also.

[@HighmageDerin]

They also continually ignore ships from great animated series. such as the Yamato, and Arcadia.

[@GenerationFilms]

You guys wanted it, so I binge watched SG1, halfway through season 10 now. Ben.

[@matyasofinvention6304]

@@GenerationFilms Glad to hear it. Stargate is my favorite scifi franchise of all time. (Maybe with a bit of nostalgia kicking in) Even so I love it and heavily recommend you give Atlantis a go next.

[@jbz4788]

I have only a limited knowledge of Gundam series but from what I’ve watched their ships are basically tissue paper (with the exception of white base but that was mostly plot armour)

[@HighmageDerin]

@@jbz4788 I love the gundam series, but you're right 90% of the battles is plot armor And paper mache targets!

[@barrybend7189]

Still missed the Cosmo Navy first Interstellar Battleship the Yamato.

[@HighmageDerin]

It never gets any love on lists :( nor for that matter does the Arcadia.................

[@brm1380]

yeah, it's a very durable (and powerful) ship, it went from one galaxy to another in 1 year, getting constantly attacked, crash landed multiple times, flew close to a giant star, rammed the Ark of Destruction, etc. (notes to the Battle of Balun, Battle of the Rainbow cluster and Battle of Carell 163)

[@mehmetgurdal]

nah the arc of destruction was stronger but still, the arc is almost as big as gas giant :D

[@sircommander27]

Hey its Barry bend why dont you bug the channel again to do a video on the Space battleship Yamato Haha

[@jesperohlrich7090]

The Galactica is my favorite ship on this list :) Now you just need a part 3 where you include the Tardis, a Terran Battle Cruiser, an Eldar Craft World, a Hive ship from SG Atlantis and Atlantis it self :)

[@jordanmckellar6737]

Gotta watch Atlantis before universe

[@IN-tm8mw]

The Magog World Ship, that thing took on fleets and Nova bombs and kept on going.

[@artembentsionov]

I guess being powered by a demonic (or divine?) entity has its perks

[@tomitiustritus6672]

Far more concerning about the Enterprise is not how many 'dangerous incidents' it survived, but how many of them it had. Think of all the weird accidents, equipment malfunctions and glitches, security breaches, several iterations of alien organisms contaminating the ship and many of those incidents killed and endangered the crew and put the entire ship out of action for hours or days. The enterprise is sturdy in the sense of an old Lada that was converted to a horse carriage by sawing off the motor block. It's 'sturdy' because it's still flying. But it should have been decommissioned and probably seriously redesigned a long time ago, for the better of its crew.

[@CNC-Time-Lapse]

The fact that Galactica took multiple direct hits by nukes and kept on going makes her the toughest ship. No shields just pure armor. I'm not sure any other ship on this list could withstand that without using their shields.

[@plexx365]

The rise of Atlantis will give you goosebumps! Stunning scene.

[@nickolaswilcox425]

from what i remember of it, someone said that the galactica wasnt destroyed by enemy action and was only finally beaten by its own sheer old age, as a fairly primitive human made vessel it had none of the regen stuff that makes for the super long lived craft and suffered the degradation that consumes and ultimately destroys all ships given enough time, even the ships that do have the regen suffer this eventually it just takes longer to hit the tipping point

[@connorbennett1517]

And Galactica's deterioration was not due to age as much as shoddy work. Corners were cut in her creation due to the necessity of having the ships quickly to fight in the first war, leaving a frame that was full of fractures and would cause her to ultimately fall apart.

[@unseenoni5819]

@@connorbennett1517 I mean but beyond that, she suffered nuclear strikes, missile bombardment, boarding actions, internal firefights during rebellions, insurgencies, mutinies, and multiple cases of sabotage. The battle at New Caprica alone was enough to do significant damage to her frame, had that fight never taken place, chances are she prolly would have kept going for another 4-5 years no problem, but that bombardment, combined with the Adama Manuever over the planet, aka jumping in atmo, likely caused serious structural damage. Shoddy construction aside, that poor ship took so much pounding that wasn't just the result of combat with the Cylons.

[@drewrubtheMando]

Probably my most favorite list you’ve done recently. Excellent selection of ships.

[@dustinmorse8497]

Thank you for correcting the heinous omission of the Battlestar Galactica from the first list.

[@Jayjay-qe6um]

I'm glad you guys included Galactica on the list, thank you.

[@israelcroskrey-warner1586]

To watch next of your choices I say Atlantis But you can't go wong with farscape, Babylon 5, and Andromeda

[@jacara1981]

Sadly most youtube channels ignore Babylon 5 😞

[@fenixbogarden8665]

if games count too, like in the first video, why not include the SD ravana class ships from freespace

[@channingdeadnight]

Actually you should be watching Battlestar Galactica. No knocks on sg1 or sga. Both good scifi shows for their time. Better than most of any era. But Battlestar Galactica is a great show for any time. Not only was it a focused 4 season's vs. Just so many. But Battlestar was written in a 4 season completed story. So you get the entire vision of the writer when you are finished. Most series just keep adding on storylines to keep the seasons going. The cast of Battlestar is also surprisingly good for any show let alone a scifi series. For a scifi series this is maybe the best opening cast ever. It's also an adult show. Not that PG ratings are bad but an r rating is very refreshing for us adult scifi fans. In America we just don't get much well written and acted adult scifi. Overall the Stargate groups of series are some of the best serial American science fiction. Good quality "watch with the family" scifi TV shows. But Battlestar is a whole different monster. It's by Rolling Stones standard one of the best television shows ever made. After watching 10 seasons of Stargate if you never watch the rest you honestly won't miss anything groundbreaking or just that different than all the other scifi you have already seen. If you miss out on Battlestar Galactica you will be missing out on a rare and exquisite gem. Something never done before in America or done since. Battlestar Galactica was and still is an amazing show. Well written and acted with a star studded cast. A complete science fiction saga written and directed as a complete 4 season story. And you will be missing out on the only well done no hand holding adult scifi TV show ever made in the United States. Stargate is good. Battlestar Galactica is amazing groundbreaking adult science fiction entertainment.

[@jacara1981]

@@channingdeadnight is was decent, but I found Stargate far more enjoyable than Battlestar Galactica. To each their own.

[@antonymash9586]

Red dwarf; it persisted through over 3 million years in a functional state without maintanance. Can you name any onter vesel that stuck around for so long, was able to still work from such a low tech base?

[@ReddwarfIV]

Holly and the Skutters would have carried out maintenance work. Still, three million years is impressive.

[@RichtorLazlo]

The destiny from Stargate universe it did pretty much the same thing

[@HighmageDerin]

Destiny from Stargate universe. ran by AI with no crew traveling across the Universe refueling by flying through the Coronas of stars. while constantly being hunted by Alien races who want its tech....................................... FOR 50 MILLION YEARS!!!!

[@RichtorLazlo]

@@HighmageDerin Ok ok my bad ,so it did it better 🤣

[@robertmartin9029]

@@ReddwarfIV Holly had an unfair advantage, he had an IQ of 6,000, the same as 6,000 PE teachers.

[@catfisha1257]

It always makes me happy when stargate is in the spotlight

[@cleric_call6674]

Forgot Starbug from Red Dwarf, that ship crashed more often than my old TI-99/4a 8 bit computer.

[@BenMonroe964]

I think the Destiny from Stargate Universe should be on one of these lists. I mean, it recharged by flying through a star. That's one impressive trait.

[@jacara1981]

And it has been traveling on its own for 50 million years.

[@SenkanYamato39]

Space Battleship Yamato isn't on the list? Damn

[@IN-tm8mw]

I agree the Yamato is one hell of a ship.

[@SenkanYamato39]

@@IN-tm8mw yea, in the Space Battleship Yamato series she takes on entire fleets and always shakes off the damage afterwards. And this is a space battleship either directly built from the wreck of the Yamato herself or inspired by Yamato to act as a disguise (depending on whether its the original series or the reboot)

[@lordnedz]

The Destiny from Stargate S.G.U. It is millions of years old, been through who knows what, all whilst unmanned and is still going.

[@ryank5424]

What can I say.... Starfleet knows how to build its ships. 🖖

[@Laeadern]

I've always thought Starfleet made superior hulls to any other fleet, just seemed that they could really take a beating.

[@Connor.SG-1Ring]

Wraith Super Hive

[@JaredLS10]

I honestly would have put that in front of the Ori Mothership. After the Odyssey got its upgrades it took out a couple Ori ships with ease, the Super Hive not only withstood two fully upgraded BC-305's but crippled them before moving on.

[@Typhyr]

Ben, once you're done watching Stargate SG-1 I suggest you watch Stargate Atlantis and Stargate Universe before watching Battlestar Galactica. This way it's easier not to confuse the franchises. (Although I don't think you guys will have problems with that anyway)

[@HighmageDerin]

And once again, No love for the Yamato, Arcadia, Archangel (mostly plot armor on this one), or Destiny................. Or hell why is not the Gunstar on this list. That thing SOLOED an entire conflict!!!!

[@darthdodge]

ahh the gunstar emmm love that ship, so sleak and elegant

[@MrRobot-0]

Super galaxy dai gurrem, its powered by "because fuck you" energy.

[@studlord9970]

What more does the Millennium Falcon have to do to get some respect!?!? Take a few more laser blasts and asteroid strikes? Gag a few more giant space slugs? Give up a couple more sensor dishes? Destroy another Death Star or two? Sit around abandoned for a couple decades and start right up a few more times? That's one tough ship!

[@eldorados_lost_searcher]

Already listed on their Star Wars-centered list.

[@HighmageDerin]

Star wars star trek and Halo get WAY too much attention on these lists, Its time for the lesser known franchises to get some love. not to mention all the great anime sources that generation films completely ignore!

[@mightyhood8552]

Part 3 Ancient City Ship from Stargate Atlantis

[@seanbennett7318]

Galactica was hastily made with sub par materials and she still fought harder and longer than any other ship on any other list. She was even still space worthy in the end episode, she just couldn’t use the FTL because her keel was broken. So say we all…

[@Voltaic_Fire]

I'd have to say the Destiny from SG:U is the toughest, it survived at the very least flying into suns regularly for millions of years.

[@tba113]

Excellent list! The BC-304's of Stargate SG-1 and Atlantis are pretty tough ships themselves: compared to the Ha'Tak pyramid ships they were designed to fight, a Daedalus-class 304 is built like a friggin' _tank._ The shields help a lot, of course - the shields let one 304 park in the path of a _solar flare_ at one point, which was enough to vaporize a TNG-era Borg cube - but they're just tough as old boots in general. That really puts the power and durability of the Ori ships in perspective, though. Ha'Taks were kind of power-creeped into middling threats as the seasons went on, but they're still powerful ships in objective terms: a couple Ha'Taks were enough to conquer Earth in the first season. The Tau'ri had spent weeks/several episodes making deals and calling in favors with every faction with a fleet to bring dozens of those monsters to the Battle of P3Y-229, not to mention fast-tracking the construction of the _Korolev_ to get it in the air in time as well. So, when those world-conquering Ha'Taks are getting aced by Ori death rays, and even one of the incredibly durable Daedalus-class battlecruisers is vaporized after only two or three hits... I remember it being a gut-punch to see the handful of Ori ships just effortlessly tear apart that massive unified fleet of Milky Way warships in minutes. Speaking of Stargate, my recommendation is to dive into Atlantis next. It does a creditable job of capturing a similar feel to SG-1.

[@yazanmowed]

Oh yeah, tech wise Stargate pretty much tops most Sci-fi, I mean Hataks can park in a sun's corona unshielded! The 50 million years old Destiny goes through the actual stars to recharge its batteries and as mentioned the Deadalus can withstand coronal mass ejections. Meanwhile in other Sci-fi universes: oh no it a sun, get away get away!

[@terricon4]

Well, only one ship on that list survived a direct hit from a nuke without shields and only had some bad fires in the nearby areas. So when it come to basic physical durability... there's one clear winner. The Battlestar Galactica. That said, the Ori ring ships with their shields up did definitely take the cake. Though they were reliant on the Ori to power and support them so I am cautious on them. Never a fan of technology that requires external support from and outside source for critical life and death matters. Now this all said... the battlestars were tough in the core, but they lacked good offensive and defensive options. They were tough on account of just being built with such a thick and armored hull that they were basically flying metal bricks. If you put them up against the Enterprise or most others on these lists... they'd get slaughtered since they can't really dish out the pain as well as they can take it, and they are still taking it with their hull. Their defenses are also almost entirely built to counter small short ranged physical objects like slow unarmored missiles or fighters. Shoot some lasers, large MAC cannon rounds, phasers, plasma lances, or most other things at the ship and you'll deal some very serious damage to that one part of the ship you hit and puncture through. It'll probably take several shots still, but you can deal some damage and destroy it with some time. And most of these other ships can out range or simply ignore the weapons of the Galactica and its escort fighters. The Galactica survived almost entirely because it could run away so often. But with an enemy that's got good jump abilities to pop in, start shooting within seconds right on the Galactica... that approach really wouldn't work as well as it did against the Cylons and stuff.

[@matyasofinvention6304]

The Ori ships didn't rely on the help of the ascended Ori what so ever once they were in the milky way. The priors were required to initiate the systems and fly the ship, but they were simply more powerful humans with special powers of their own. The Ori could in no way directly influence anything in the milky way as the Ancients were stopping them. The ships were simply that powerful all on their own.

[@terricon4]

@@matyasofinvention6304 Well I certainly am not subscribing to their faith or brainwashing or stuff, so I'd likely not be able to fulfill that role myself. In which case I'd much rather be relying on some good old fashioned technology that works just fine on its own like a Marza Dreadnought or Ankylon Titan. If i want near invulnerability in my ship, I want it to be able to fulfill that without requiring some alien power or something that I can't produce and fully control myself "naturally" or such. Even if its like the Andromeda Ascendant where its largely reliant on an AI or such entinty, that's better than what you need with an Ori ship imo.

[@ala5530]

I'd disagree that the battlestars were unable to dish it out: Galactica was smaller and less capable than Pegasus, but still capable of getting into the middle of a brawl and smashing other capital ships (like cylon basestars). As well as the point defence turrets all over the hull, there were eight larger gun turrets on the dorsal hull (also capable of contibruting to the flak screen), and at least 2 heavy guns mounted in the prow, plus a number of heavy missile tubes that it could use to launch nukes. Oh, and her Viper and Raptor squadrons. Why don't we really see this brawling power being used? Well, for much of the series, Galactica is essentially the sole main combatant for a fleet of civilian ships: humanity can't afford to have the fleet's only defender drawn away from the defenceless noncombatants trying to get into a position to do the most damage with its big guns. To maximise the firing arcs for the dorsal guns (and thus provide the greatest chance of intercepting incoming fire aimed at the fleet), she needs to present her broadside to the attack, and roll so the enemy are slightly 'above' her. If she can do that and present her port side while doing that, it maximises the delta-v advantage/budget for the Vipers, as it points the port launch catapults in mostly the right direction (while keeping them out of the flak wall Galactica is throwing out) (Why can't they use the Starboard launch? It's a gift shop now...). Unfortunately, doing so keeps Galactica's biggest, deadliest guns pointed at right angles to where their ideal target is. Also unfortunately, the nukes Galactica has in her magazines at the start of the series (less than 20) are all that humanity has left. And they keep getting stolen... It's not until the later seasons that we see a battlestar really let loose, unfettered by the need to protect civilians, and when they do, their fury is awesome to behold.

[@terricon4]

@@ala5530 In setting Battlestars are pretty capable yes. But compare that to the Enterprise, Pillar of Autumn, Borg Cube, Infinity, a Super Star Destroyer, any covenant capital ship (even a smaller cruiser), an Ankylon titan, an Ori ring ship, the Daedalus... Really, compared to most other settings the ability to fire small explosive projections at slow speed is considered super low power on the attack side. One shot from a phaser, one shot from a MAC cannon, one plasma lance from a covey capital ship, a beam shot from the Daedalus.... The only weapon beyond small flak fire and medium explosive shells, things many other settings consider completely worthless against capital ships, is nukes. And slow missiles not being teleported around are often of somewhat limited viability against these other ships, both in their ability to not be intercepted, but also in their ability to even damage them should they hit. I mean if you want nukes any Terran ship from stargate could pack a pretty sizeable number of nukes into missiles, and onto its fighters as well. Or many UNSC ships, not hard to find ones packing dozens of nuclear missiles. But missiles are often seen as limited weapons themselves against many ships, especially ones with shields.

[@pr0hobo]

@@terricon4 these ships are being compared to see how the defend against and attack in universe threats, ie a battlestar does a great job against the sciolons, and the enterprise vs borg, and ori v goauld and tari. though im sure there would be great discotion on these ships combating in a cross over, the strengths are determined in universe so you know which ship you would be safest on where you to be on it or command it against in universe threats. ofc the death star vs and ori ship may no longer be in the ori's favor, likewise warp and phasor technology vs battlestar is a bit unfair as you are trying to see does the galactica defend against scilons better or worse than the enterprise (or another galaxy class) defends against dominion.

[@AITries]

Ya'll forgot about the ship of the imagination with Neil Tyson. That thing can go through a quasar...

[@illegitimatecrepe1990]

"humans first" during the robot uprising he will regret these words that he foolishly put on camera

[@GenerationFilms]

i would be their first target

[@drrohanjacob]

@@GenerationFilms Nah most robots will soon figure out that we are our own worst enemy and will just hang back and watch the fun.

[@illegitimatecrepe1990]

@@GenerationFilms how do you know you aren't already

[@charlescaine6022]

Remember, robots can't see the color purple, so invest in some new clothing before the robot uprising!

[@r0kus]

No one talks about them much, and I don't remember them very well. But I remember the ships in the _Lensmen_ series of novels (E.E. "Doc" Smith, 1935-1954) being incredibly durable. I'd have to reread them to get a sense how they stand up to the ships of modern science fiction, but I have a half memory of one of them flying thru a star unscathed. Not sure, though.

[@thomasseidel2381]

Better example: the "Skylark of Valeron", also written by E. E. Smith.

[@r0kus]

@@thomasseidel2381 After a quick check at the Wikipedia, I think the Skylark stuff was what I was remembering. Thank you! I read both series as a young teen, which was a LONG time ago.

[@thomasseidel2381]

@@r0kus Yes, it was long ago. At the same time I discovered The Lord of the Rings and shortly after the Belgariad Saga from David Eddings. I love this stuff.

[@conneryoung599]

Ori mothership is hands down my favorite

[@thebajanbots7131]

I'm surprised the USS Defiant wasn't mentioned. In Riker's words (both Rikers) "Tough little ship".

[@damenwhelan3236]

Halo universe: we can't afford giant ships! Also the halo universe: We better build bigger... to hell with the expense...

[@digitalis2977]

The lack of an Omega Class Destroyer is deeply disturbing.

[@ljdasilva3139]

The Jupiter II - shrugs off meteor storms - and crash lands on every planet, bar two - one tough ship. It's a cruel world

[@roryedward2631]

Not only was Galactica an old ship who took one hell of a heating, some nuclear strikes and even point blank shots..but imagine if she was actually fully armed and armoured? Alot of her armour plating was gone by the time the colonies fell. AND she wasn't even built properly in the first place! Much of her internal structure was made with cheap materials and many corners were cut to save time and money. And still...she was the last colonial warship standing.

[@JadedeaJade]

Can't wait for more!

[@sammywhite5127]

3:44 the Invisible Hand isn't the Dreadnought version it's the carrier/destroyer version of the Providence

[@kenjett2434]

USS VOYAGER should have been on this list battling its way home through the Delta Quadrant. In final episode with the upgrades not even 3 borg cubes could take her out.

[@RandomGamer-qy6ys]

Galactica + Borg regenerative tech + USS Voyager J energy shield = indestructible

[@neondystopian]

A good runner up would be the Event Horizon. It survived a journey through hell! That must be worth something!

[@vadfarkas14]

Just another day for any imperial vessel in the warhammer40k universe

[@neondystopian]

@@vadfarkas14 legend has it that Event Horizon was just a prequel to WH40k.

[@vadfarkas14]

@@neondystopian indeed. I was about to mention it. Altough its wierd cause it does not exactly fit into the timeline. Then again the timeline is already a giant clusterfuck so...

[@heathward9239]

Hello British Ben good to see you

[@BigJeremyBeyer]

I watched this video thinking "he BETTER have Galactica on this list" 🤣

[@jenniferstewarts4851]

I'm really surprised you listed the Ori Mothership, over the upgraded Daedalus class. the upgraded Daedalus could tank SEVERAL hits from ori ships, but at the same time could take down an ori ship with just 2-3 hits with its beam cannons. As well, we've seen them tanking hit after hit from Wraith hive ships, Ghould mother ships, and such... but its most impressive feat, and the benchmark to meusure it by.... was taking a CME aka a massive solar flare, to the FACE. This was the kind of event that wiped out a borg ship instantly... Obliterated multiple Klingon ships... and took out an entire ship yard full of jemhadar ships. This kind of blast has been shown to kill star destroyers instantly, as a star destroyer caught in a CME is just obliterated... shields, armor, did nothing... And while the Daedalus class took thermal damage to its forward hull and did have systems start failing... its shields held out more then long enough to deflect and dispurse the force of the CME so it didn't kill all life on a planet. Fully ZPM Powered Daedalus class ships... can tank the fire from fleets, they are just insanely OP... Super fast... and with their beam cannons, have enough firepower to cut a moon in half.

[@johnmeerabux5224]

Few of these ships are as durable as Known Space's Ringworlds (the inspiration for Halo) and the General Products hulls made of a single molecule used for exploration. The GP can survive close to a star and it's one weakness is antimatter. The The ringworlds themselves (which may be used as a ship) are made from black material only an asteroid has managed to penetrate.

[@artembentsionov]

The ZPM-powered Hive ship from Stargate Atlantis needs to be on the list. It’s pretty much the only ship in Stargate that can shrug off an Asgard plasma beam strike. Even an Ori ship goes down from a few of these hits. And Hive ships are organic so they can regenerate damaged hull

[@Daedalus-BC308]

Aight, part three is just going to be the Destiny and nothing else, right?

[@seawind930]

Galactica had plot armor, all the other ships that were upgraded models were wiped out by a Windows update. And apparently the Pegasus just had a bad commander. Cylons were apparently the worst military in Sci-fi but were good at hacking.

[@Z3rath]

Ben: Your favorite ship ? Me: Hallowed are the Ori.

[@42meep13]

Among the ships I'd add are SBY's Yamato, and The Lucerhulk Battleship from Star Wars. Not the refit transport from Phantom Menace, the propper battle carrier version. That thing is ridiculous. The only one I think destroyed on screen is the one Anakin war crimes a Venator into at full speed to get the Repulic onto Ryloth. Then we have (legends) Executor which just casually takes two ISD holdo-maneuvers without losing sheilds.

[@Snooshy]

Video idea: Best Evil Plans in film, palpatines plan to take over the galaxy, Thanos to purge half the universe, probably some more I can’t think of but you get the idea

[@mosalah8551]

Plot armor will always help 😂

[@daninja2971]

Just a small shout out to the Andromeda. Surviving the event horizon of a black hole an all.

[@mcclintick]

that was cool

[@darthnightwolf1011]

There's another durable ship in the stargate universe. In the final season of Stargate Atlantis the Wraith found the coordinates of Earth and powered with a ZPM, it became massive and super overpowered. It was destroyed, but the good guys needed the win at the end :)

[@MrRobot-0]

Yeah but they literary had to field the most overpowered ship on the tau'ri fleet to do it.

[@jedidrummerjake]

Gotta love the Enterprise. I'm old.

[@darthdodge]

loving the alan leia. should photoshop or whatever all his videos as leia

[@peccatumDei]

Fun fact: The Galactica was not only being converted to a museum, it already had some of it's armor removed.

[@republiccommando6104]

"Galactica is the toughest ship in science fiction." *Laughs in Great Crusade-era Grand Cruisers serving in the 41st Millennium*

[@recursiveslacker7730]

*Cackles in Xeelee Nightfighter*

[@Cody-5501]

Sidonia it’s sheer size makes it a good candidate

[@jayvhoncalma3458]

3:42 it's a destroyer Ben Grevious's ship is a costumized version but it was still a destroyer if you wanted to feature a dreadnought variant of the Providence you should've gone for Admiral Trench's flagship

[@nobleman9393]

The Spear of Adun really deserves a place here.

[@justinthompson6364]

As far as I remember it didn't see a lot of ship-to-ship combat, and it didn't perform extraordinarily well when it did.

[@RazudMezeghis]

I would also include the Lexx and the Babylon 5 Omega Destroyer. And the Destiny from SGU is an epic durable ship... TONS of years old and still somewhat working.

[@PetersonZF]

Part 3 needs Destiny and Red Dwarf (both survived millions of years with no crews to maintain them), the Suncrusher, V'ger and the Magog Worldship.

[@MrBiggie58]

It never occurred to me but how did the Ori even build ships?

[@jimmyrogue7817]

You should make videos of falling skies!

[@melficeskye292]

constitution class starships like the USS Enterprise and the USS Constellation were pretty Durable both of them survived several direct hits from a weapon that could rip planets apart.

[@wschnabel1987]

My top 5: Swordfish (from Cowboy Bebop) Clear Skies Tempest Class Battleship (eve online tempest class) Destiny (Stargate Universe) Serenity (Firefly) NX-01 Enterprise (Star Trek) These ships have earned a distinct love/hate relationship with their crews.

[@simonwillis1529]

I hope we get more parts to this

[@LorenzoFerrari-d5e]

You forgot the Grand Old Lady of the U.N.C.F., the Space Battleship Yamato. That ship never fucking lost a battle!

[@pelimies74]

"power and the greatness of the Ori can not be denied, those who reject the path to enlightenment must be destroyed.Hallowed are the Ori"

[@noone.3532]

Galatica was an amazing fleet escort ship.

[@charlestownsend9280]

I wonder who would win between an ori ship and the enterprise?

[@jacara1981]

The enterprise, far more maneuverable, and the Ori ships can only shoot from the front. Once that's known they could never hit the enterprise again. Also the Ori ships are subject to relativity, so they can't move quickly in normal space. While the Enterprise can reach 50% light speed while staying in temporal sync because of the subspace field it generates.

[@weareorigin]

The Ori ships are always a work of art and function combined perfectly.

[@Predator42ID]

Empire, our ships look scary, and thus our enemy's surrender without a shot. Ori, our ships are a work of art and don't scare anyone. Makes converting them easier yes. Replicators, no malice, no regrets, the only goal is to consume and eat all. Everyone else in every Syfy universe out there. Keep your mechanical demons in your own universe.

[@rory-red]

you must watch SG Atlantis it a must watch after SG-1

[@johnweems4586]

Can't help but think that the USS Defiant belongs on this list.

[@jamoecw]

i have to disagree with the enterprise, they put thermite in the consoles people use so that power surges (say from energy weapon fire) explodes on the crew operating those consoles.

[@17wolf359]

For whatever reason, Babylon 5 doesn't seem to rank as a Sci Fi show for this channel...however, the Vorlon Heavy Cruiser or the Excalibur Heavy Destroyer would have been good additions to this list....

[@jacara1981]

B5 is ignored by most youtube channels sadly 😥

[@hellfish2309]

A Jem H’Dar ‘fighter’ crashed into a planet after falling out of warp, was salvaged completely intact, THEN into a different rogue planet after warping into a dark matter nebula AND was ENTIRELY intact after crashing… don’t flick a paperclip into its tender dorsal field junction though

[@christopherg2347]

Dominion Fighter: "The Crew breaks into Atoms before the ship does."

[@ThePalaeontologist]

Dalek Saucers: _Am I a joke to you?_ Now, even individual, standard Dalek drones were basically living tanks. Lasers or blasters don't do anything to them normally. Their energy shielding and force fields make them almost unstoppable to begin with. According to the Doctor himself, Dalek shielding can tank direct nuclear blasts: - _"It's fully formed now. I can't just throw a brick at it again. Its got a tough, radiation-proof casing. It's immune to every infection. It'd just blink at a nuclear explosion. If it could blink."_ Even with their shielding down, they have armoured casings/hulls made of Dalekanium. At baseline, this is bulletproof, indestructible against most lasers/blasters/bombs. Even a battle-damaged Dalek with it's shielding down, can survive re-entry and impact forces strong enough to punch a burning crater deep into hard, igneous/volcanic rocks. Even after it was on fire for 3 days after crashing, it was still completely unharmed, as though it may as well have fallen into a giant marshmallow. They are insanely durable. What makes the LGTW (Last Great Time War) Daleks even worse, is how they can upgrade on the spot and are able to rapidly adapt and learn to deal with new enemy weaponry and countermeasures. Sometimes someone fighting them shall basically figure out a way to hinder them if only temporarily, briefly, and within a minute or two, the Daleks will have negated the problem: - _"The loader's gravity field cancels out the Dalek's elevation units,' explained Scrum. He was moving around the Dalek, examining the neck and shoulder sections carefully, 'I've rigged a high-frequency radio jamming field too, which should counteract the motive unit."_ The Doctor nodded, impressed. "Yeah, that might work. I've done that a couple of times myself. It'll interfere with the guidance systems at least, and maybe the motive unit. But it won't last for ever. You'll get ten seconds, tops, before it finds a way to cancel the jamming field." - Prisoner of the Daleks Their very armoured casings have hundreds of elaborate defence mechanisms, making it dangerous even if the Dalek itself has been killed (which is no mean feat) Booby traps and death traps in the armour casings can make them very dangerous to even go near. - _"We had to move it,"_ Scrum explained. _"Cuttin' Edge didn't have any room to work."_ _"That was risky,"_ said the Doctor. _"Even a dead Dalek is dangerous. They've got a hundred different automatic defences."_ _"It's all right, we didn't even touch it. I used a couple of cargo grapplers to shift it down to the hold. It's dead. I could crack it open with the right tools."_ The Doctor stared at him. _"Believe me, you really don't want to do that. Every Dalek has defences against that sort of thing. It would be like playing with a live hand grenade. The creature inside may be dead, but that casing is chock full of anti-handling devices and booby traps that would make your hair curl. There are enough self-destruct mechanisms packed inside one of those things to keep a team of bomb-disposal experts happy for a month."_ - Prisoner of the Daleks If you tried to walk up to a shielded, living Dalek, and tried to touch the armour (assuming it let you get that close in the first place) then your hands would vapourise off in the shielding layers, and probably set the rest of you on fire. Quite simply, they are not hospitable to any life. They are genocidal monsters and hate everything that is not a Dalek. By fighting the Time Lords, they became even stronger than they already were. The Dalek Empire had 10 million Dalek Saucers and a billion billion Daleks on them during the Last Great Time War by the last day of the war. When the previously all-powerful, mighty Time Lords, start to lose a universal war fought across all of time and space, in spite of all their powers, you just know how strong the Daleks became. 1 Dalek saucer has been proven to be able to destroy planets by itself. 4 Daleks of the Cult of Skaro, refused negotiations of alliance with 5 million Cybus Cybermen during the Battle of Canary Wharf, instead claiming that 1 Dalek was enough to kill all 5 million of them. The Daleks don't often make idle threats, so it was probably not a joke. It has been proven that 1 Dalek saucer can destroy an entire planet. Daleks = universe and time continuum spreading threat to all existence. Literally have de-mat guns which can erase someone from all of time. The reality bomb alone would be a huge shake up to whoever they were compared against. Their Flagships especially would be some of the most powerful warships in sci-fi. Just a single powerful Dalek warship, has been proven to be able to destroy a planet. Extremely durable, even against the Time Lords.

[@recursiveslacker7730]

I’d be curious how a Dalek Saucer vs Xeelee Nightfighter matchup would go.

[@ThePalaeontologist]

Same tbh I am guessing the Nightfighter would win. Saucers are good but if the Xeelee are lobbing blackholes at them I'm not sure they will be good enough. That said, the Daleks have endured worse.@@recursiveslacker7730

[@tomcat124us]

Love them all

[@thedivinityman]

The Enterprise E, is my favorite Fictional ship, the second is the Defiant

[@-Dr.Plague-]

What about Anubis’ mothership from stargate

[@KrK-EST]

The best survival ship is the x304 with the Asgard core/arhive (aka all tech) and if it would have an ZPM onboard. They managed to upgrade the beaming tech so they had a matter/food replacator and if had enought power (aka the ZPM) if would be untuchable to even to the Ori ships ;)

[@nonkynonk]

The Sagamatha (Donnager class) hands down, just from that scene at the end of season 5 of the expanse.

[@Predator42ID]

Not really. Expanse ships don't have much in the way of armor and rely heavily on redundant systems to keep them in the fight. It's why they have a pdc grid that would make the Coloniels and Tau'ri envious.

[@everettharris967]

Looking forward to the update in a few years to include Heart of the Tempest.

[@robertchapman625]

I go with Atlantis, since your watching SG-1 and it's helps with some of the content since they aired together for while and at times plot of one affected the other. I like to see your reaction to Gene's Amdromeda-not the best, but has some cool ships and combat [though I would not go past season three, as it had some major directional issues between first two seasons and the the last three, but at least three is better than the last two [though if you do, skip season 5, even those liking its potential/what we got agree 5 was just bad.]

[@jacara1981]

Part of the reason for the drastic change in season 4 and 5 of Andromeda is Kevin Sorbo had a severe stroke, this limited what he could do and how many lines he could remember.

[@Qaos]

This makes me wonder what the best ships for the personal use of a single person are.

[@Deft002]

Ya'll include the Razorcrest but snub the Normandy SR-2? Survives a crash into a collector base, takes on reapers, and the crash at the end of ME3.