I'd remove The Borg Cube from the list (it might be powerful but its aesthetic design is extremely uninspired)

Omission from the list that would not only make my top Starships list, they'd made my top 5 Starships list.

#3. (ostensibly - Ed) The U.S.S Enterprise NCC-1701-E. This aesthetic design would absolutely _top my list_ if it actually looked like this in the Trek movies. It however doesn't. The Enterprise E's nacelles are bulkier and not set at the same incline, effectively imo rendering the streamlined Sovereign class version (in the photo)., into an as yet _undeveloped prototype_. Otherwise a fantastic hybrid A come D post-retro design.

#2.   Heavy Metal: The Movie's Giant Smiley Ship. Love the new wave design. Strangely reminiscent of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy's mascot.

and the #1 Spaceship design: The U.S.S Enterprise NCC-1701 (refit ST:TMP) would take the #1 Spaceship spot on my list.

I love everything about it. To me nothing quite epitomizes "the future" like the transmogrifications made to turn a past-future ship into a future-future ship.

To this day, I find it remains the single most aesthetically compelling and eternally-futuristic of all onscreen vessels.

(partially because she died before her time - Ed)

Indeed. In a sense, she is the Marilyn Monroe/James Dean of Starships. Forever young, forever perfect, forever holding the promise of adventure.

The Avante Guardian. ---- Einstein's Hair^2 //Approved.