starships
Galaxy-crossing craft
Starships are spacecraft capable of traveling between star systems—a staple of science fiction rather than current technology.
The term implies faster-than-light or generation-spanning vessels that could cross interstellar distances: The starship emerged from hyperspace near the alien homeworld.
In everyday use, starship sometimes describes any impressive spacecraft, blurring the line with spaceship.
Named vessel or brand
- Millennium FalconCorellian freighter spacecraft
- warp driveHypothetical superluminal propulsion system
- hyperdriveFictional superluminal propulsion
- SerenityName evoking peace
Battlestar Galactica · TARDIS · Andromeda · Yamato · Rocinante · Red Dwarf · Normandy · Prometheus
Force driving movement forward
- FTLExceeding light speed
- antimatterSubstance of antiparticles
- shieldsProtective barriers for defense
- hullOuter covering or frame
life support · artificial gravity · cryosleep · fusion reactor · navigation · sensors · docking · airlock
Thorough examination or tool
- deep spaceRemote regions beyond planets
- exoplanetPlanet outside our system
- first contactHumanity's alien introduction
- lightyearsDistance light travels annually
crew · mission · expedition · frontier · surveying · charting · discovery · pioneers
Smooth and elegant
- aerodynamicMinimizing drag through shape
- modularMade of separable units
- saucerSmall plate beneath cup
- nacellesEngine housing structures
hangar bay · cargo hold · cockpit · command deck · quarters · corridors · bulkhead · viewport
Enterprise
Named vessel or brand
- Millennium FalconCorellian freighter spacecraft
- warp driveHypothetical superluminal propulsion system
- hyperdriveFictional superluminal propulsion
Battlestar Galactica · Serenity · TARDIS · Andromeda · Yamato · Rocinante · Red Dwarf · Normandy · Prometheus · Bebop
propulsion
Force driving movement forward
- FTLExceeding light speed
- antimatterSubstance of antiparticles
- shieldsProtective barriers for defense
hull · life support · artificial gravity · cryosleep · fusion reactor · navigation · sensors · docking · airlock · bridge
probe
Thorough examination or tool
- deep spaceRemote regions beyond planets
- exoplanetPlanet outside our system
- first contactHumanity's alien introduction
lightyears · crew · mission · expedition · frontier · surveying · charting · discovery · pioneers · settlers
sleek
Smooth and elegant
- aerodynamicMinimizing drag through shape
- modularMade of separable units
- saucerSmall plate beneath cup
nacelles · hangar bay · cargo hold · cockpit · command deck · quarters · corridors · bulkhead · viewport · fuselage
fleet
Vehicles under unified command
destroyer · dreadnought · battleship · fighter · escort · weapons · torpedoes · lasers · cannons · turrets
- spacespace, sun, moon, Earth, earth
- sci-fiscience fiction, sci-fi, Blade Runner 2049, aliens, The Terminator
- spacecraftspacecraft, Voyager 1, rocket ships, Voyager 2, space shuttles
- speculative fictionsci-fi, science fiction, dystopia, fantasy, futurism
- 80s sci-fiBlade Runner, E.T., The Terminator, Back to the Future, Aliens
- space fictionscience fiction, sci-fi, space adventure, spacecraft, space station
starshipssatellites
Bodies circling larger ones
space stations · space habitats · docking stations · shuttles
starshipsrafts
Flat buoyant watercraft
dugout canoes · wooden ships · rowboats · canoes · sailing vessels
starshipsautomobiles
Self-propelled road vehicles
cars · trains · trucks · submarines · ships
- Starship EnterpriseFamous fictional vessel
- Starship TroopersMilitary science fiction film
- starship captainCommander of spacecraft