motherships
Fleet's main carriers
A mothership is a large vessel that carries, deploys, or supports smaller craft—aircraft, boats, or spacecraft.
The term appears in science fiction for alien vessels commanding fleets of smaller ships.
Figuratively, a mothership is a central hub or headquarters from which operations extend: The startup operated from a mothership in San Francisco with satellite offices worldwide.
Fictional interstellar vessel
- carrierOne that transports
- docking bayEnclosed vessel arrival zone
- hangarAircraft storage structure
- shuttleShort-distance transport
cruiser · Enterprise · landing craft · escape pod · tractor beam · orbital · interstellar · fleet command
Unlawful seizure of person
- extraterrestrialBeing from outer space
- hoveringSuspended without support
- invasionForcible entry into territory
- Independence DayNational sovereignty anniversary
close encounters · saucer · beam · landing · visitors · contact · spacecraft · otherworldly
Vehicles under unified command
- flagshipCommander's principal vessel
- command vesselShip housing fleet leadership
- carrierOne that transports
- warshipArmed naval vessel
tender · flotilla · convoy · armada · naval base · destroyer · cruiser · battlegroup
Surface for liftoff
- airshipSteerable lighter-than-atmosphere craft
- zeppelinRigid lighter-than-air craft
- refuelingAdding more fuel supply
- reconnaissanceInformation-gathering before action
bomber · blimp · flight deck · release mechanism · retrieval · airborne · tanker · deployment
starship
Fictional interstellar vessel
- carrierOne that transports
- docking bayEnclosed vessel arrival zone
- hangarAircraft storage structure
shuttle · cruiser · Enterprise · landing craft · escape pod · tractor beam · orbital · interstellar · fleet command · crew quarters
abduction
Unlawful seizure of person
- extraterrestrialBeing from outer space
- hoveringSuspended without support
- invasionForcible entry into territory
Independence Day · close encounters · saucer · beam · landing · visitors · contact · spacecraft · otherworldly · Area 51
fleet
Vehicles under unified command
- flagshipCommander's principal vessel
- command vesselShip housing fleet leadership
- carrierOne that transports
warship · tender · flotilla · convoy · armada · naval base · destroyer · cruiser · battlegroup · docking
launch platform
Surface for liftoff
- airshipSteerable lighter-than-atmosphere craft
- zeppelinRigid lighter-than-air craft
- refuelingAdding more fuel supply
reconnaissance · bomber · blimp · flight deck · release mechanism · retrieval · airborne · tanker · deployment · formation
Funkadelic
- P-FunkPsychedelic funk collective's style
- funkDepression or groove music
- albumUnified collection of recordings
George Clinton · spaceship · stage prop · tour · concert · landing · cosmic · groove · bassline · collective
- sci-fiscience fiction, Star Wars, sci-fi, Blade Runner 2049, aliens
- spacecraftspacecraft, starships, spaceship, Voyager 1, rocket ships
- space fictionscience fiction, spaceship, sci-fi, astronaut, space adventure
- UFOsUFO, flying saucers, UFOs, flying saucer, space aliens
- commercial fishingfishing boat, trawlers, fishing net, trawler, fishing gear
- Somali piracyhijacking, ransom, hostages, skiffs, pirate attacks
mothershipsdrones
Unmanned aerial vehicles
scouts · fighters · shuttles · landing craft · pods
mothershipsscouts
Information gatherers ahead
probes · interceptors · forward observers · outriders · pathfinders