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* In Creator/MarvelComics, the Shi'ar's spaceships tend to look like giant insects. Ironically, the Shi'ar themselves are a race of bird people.
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* ''Series/BabylonFive'': Zig-zagged with the alien designs, depending on the race. While some such as the Centauri and the Narn follow a design closer to the humans' own StandardHumanSpaceship fleets, others such as the Minbari (and ships made of adapted Minbari tech, such as the ''White Stars'') resemble flying pieces of modern art made of purple-white coral and the ships of the Shadows and the Vorlons dip straight into EldritchStarship territory. In ''[[BabylonFiveTheLegendOfTheRangersToLiveAndDieInStarlight Legend of the Rangers]]'', Dulann criticizes humans for their penchant for dull-gray featureless ship designs.

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* ''Series/BabylonFive'': Zig-zagged with the alien designs, depending on the race. While some such as the Centauri and the Narn follow a design closer to the humans' own StandardHumanSpaceship fleets, others such as the Minbari (and ships made of adapted Minbari tech, such as the ''White Stars'') resemble flying pieces of modern art made of purple-white coral and the ships of the Shadows and the Vorlons dip straight into EldritchStarship territory. In ''[[BabylonFiveTheLegendOfTheRangersToLiveAndDieInStarlight ''[[Film/BabylonFiveTheLegendOfTheRangersToLiveAndDieInStarlight Legend of the Rangers]]'', Dulann criticizes humans for their penchant for dull-gray featureless ship designs.
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* ''Series/BabylonFive'': Zig-zagged with the alien designs, depending on the race. While some such as the Centauri and the Narn follow a design closer to the humans' own StandardHumanSpaceship fleets, others such as the Minbari (and ships made of adapted Minbari tech, such as the ''White Stars'') resemble flying pieces of modern art made of purple-white coral and the ships of the Shadows and the Vorlons dip straight into EldritchStarship territory. In ''[[Recap/LegendOfTheRangersS01E00 Legend of the Rangers]]'', Dulann criticizes humans for their penchant for dull-gray featureless ship designs.

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* ''Series/BabylonFive'': Zig-zagged with the alien designs, depending on the race. While some such as the Centauri and the Narn follow a design closer to the humans' own StandardHumanSpaceship fleets, others such as the Minbari (and ships made of adapted Minbari tech, such as the ''White Stars'') resemble flying pieces of modern art made of purple-white coral and the ships of the Shadows and the Vorlons dip straight into EldritchStarship territory. In ''[[Recap/LegendOfTheRangersS01E00 ''[[BabylonFiveTheLegendOfTheRangersToLiveAndDieInStarlight Legend of the Rangers]]'', Dulann criticizes humans for their penchant for dull-gray featureless ship designs.
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* In ''VideoGame/SwordOfTheStars'', [[SapiensCetaceans Liir]] ships look like sea creatures with flowing protrusions and curving shapes. [[InsectoidAliens Hiver]] ships have a bug-like appearance. [[TheReptilians Tarka]] ships look like they're covered in scales. [[GeneticEngineeringIsTheNewNuke Zuul]] ships look like a mish-mash of parts cobbled together at a junkyard with menacing spikes (because that's exactly what they are). [[FeatheredSerpent Morrigi]] ships have a distinct avian appearance. This is all in contrast to human ships, which largely look like shipping containers welded together, except for a giant ring at the back, which is a part of the human FTL drive.

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* In ''VideoGame/SwordOfTheStars'', [[SapiensCetaceans Liir]] ships look like sea creatures with flowing protrusions and curving shapes. [[InsectoidAliens Hiver]] ships have a bug-like appearance. [[TheReptilians [[LizardFolk Tarka]] ships look like they're covered in scales. [[GeneticEngineeringIsTheNewNuke Zuul]] ships look like a mish-mash of parts cobbled together at a junkyard with menacing spikes (because that's exactly what they are). [[FeatheredSerpent Morrigi]] ships have a distinct avian appearance. This is all in contrast to human ships, which largely look like shipping containers welded together, except for a giant ring at the back, which is a part of the human FTL drive.
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* In ''VideoGame/SwordOfTheStars'', [[SapiensCetaceans Liir]] ships look like sea creatures with flowing protrusions and curving shapes. [[InsectoidAliens Hiver]] ships have a bug-like appearance. [[TheReptilians Tarka]] ships look like they're covered in scales. [[GeneticEngineeringIsTheNewNuke Zuul]] ships look like a mish-mash of parts cobbled together at a junkyard with menacing spikes (because that's exactly what they are). [[FeatheredSerpent Morrigi]] ships have a distinct avian appearance. This is all in contrast to human ships, which largely look like shipping containers welded together, except for a giant ring at the back, which is a part of the human FTL drive.
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* In ''VideoGame/ConquestFrontierWars'', the [[InsectoidAliens Mantis]] design their ships to have an insectoid appearance, while [[EnergyBeings Celareon]] ships look like majestic sea creatures (except for their scout which looks like a FlyingSaucer).
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** Vulcan ships in ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'' are red in color and ditch conventional warp nacelles in favor of a giant ring that does the same job.

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** Vulcan ships in ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'' are red in color and ditch conventional warp nacelles in favor of a giant ring that does the same job. The same design style continues well into the late 24th century, as shown in ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekLowerDecks'' and ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekProdigy''.
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* ''Series/BabylonFive'': Zig-zagged with the alien designs, depending on the race. While some such as the Centauri and the Narn follow a design closer to the humans' own StandardHumanSpaceship fleets, others such as the Minbari (and ships made of adapted Minbari tech, such as the ''White Stars'') resemble flying pieces of modern art made of purple-white coral and the ships of the Shadows and the Vorlons dip straight into EldritchStarship territory.

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* ''Series/BabylonFive'': Zig-zagged with the alien designs, depending on the race. While some such as the Centauri and the Narn follow a design closer to the humans' own StandardHumanSpaceship fleets, others such as the Minbari (and ships made of adapted Minbari tech, such as the ''White Stars'') resemble flying pieces of modern art made of purple-white coral and the ships of the Shadows and the Vorlons dip straight into EldritchStarship territory. In ''[[Recap/LegendOfTheRangersS01E00 Legend of the Rangers]]'', Dulann criticizes humans for their penchant for dull-gray featureless ship designs.
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-->-- '''Spacedock''', "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfMbr3tFLDw Why Are Alien Ships Always So Boring?]]"

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-->-- '''Spacedock''', '''Daniel Orett''', "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfMbr3tFLDw Why Are Alien Ships Always So Boring?]]"
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* ''Film/StarTrek2009'': Ambassador Spock's ship, the ''Jellyfish'', is one of the most unusual looking vessels of the franchise, with an organic looking semi-circle main body that seems to be propelled by [[WhenThingsSpinScienceHappens spinning]] gyroscope-like appendages. It was purposefully designed to contrast the bigger and badder ''[[EldritchStarship Narada]]''.

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