He's opposed chiefly by The Hero Shad from Akir, piloting the Sapient Ship Nell that resembles a flying uterus, and the other mercenaries' ships includes Nestor's (a glowing Flying Saucer), Space Cowboy's (which roughly resembles an overgrown Lunar Landing Module), Gelt's (which resembles a flying manta ray), and Cayman's (which has a design that makes it look like a flying mouth). In Battle Beyond the Stars, Sador commands a dark, boxy warship with a hammer-like bow. Also contrast with Flying Cutlery Spaceship, for alien ships that are instead outrageously complicated in design. Contrast Standard Human Spaceship: this trope's opposite. See also Flying Saucer and Shiny-Looking Spaceships, which sometimes overlap with this trope. If the ship in question is packed full of super-advanced technologies that are as alien to the outside observer as the ship's design and aesthetic, it means we're dealing an Eldritch Starship instead. Green, purple, and tan seem to be the most common.Īlso: note that for this trope to come into play, the ship and the aliens who made it must be on a roughly similar Technology Level to their human counterparts. Much of the ship's exterior will have a single dominant color, usually not a shade of grey.The hull will be smooth and streamlined, with few to none obvious functional components and/or greebles.At first glance the ship will look like an ocean-themed Living Ship, despite it being made of the same stuff as human vessels. The ship has a flowing and curved geometry, sometimes peppered with tendril-like protrusions.The main reasons for this are to set the ship apart from the far more utilitarian-looking Standard Human Spaceship and to reflect the fact that its builders evolved under different circumstances and have their own unique history and culture, influencing their general aesthetic. In science fiction, especially Space Opera, it is common for alien-built spacecraft to have a flowing, smooth, organic-looking appearance, painted in one or two eye-catching colors. Daniel Orett, " Why Are Alien Ships Always So Boring? "
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