New Favorite Starship

A few hundred posts ago (I looked and couldn't find it) I listed my favorite starships and proclaimed the USS Cygnus as the best looking one. I'm going to update that and bump the Cygnus to number two on the list.

The Destiny from Stargate: Universe by far looks like a starship I'd like to be on. Well not in the situation that the occupants of the Destiny find themselves on by any means but say if the ship was in optimal condition.

Destiny is really a work of art among the geek world of starships. It has long and fluid lines, narrow in the front and flares out wide like an Imperial Star Destroyer from Star Wars. It is really quite the opposite of the more gothic styled USS Cygnus.

Destiny is massive but not nearly as big as Darth Vader's Super Star Destroyer, The Executor. Probably far bigger than The USS Enterprise from TNG which is pretty large but again not the behemoth Executor.

There are starship comparison charts out there for the searching but none of them have the Destiny on it.

Stargate: Universe is quickly becoming the best (and sadly very few) Scifi show on TV. This show rocks. The show is still really dealing with the basic conditions on board the Destiny. Food rations, air problems, water rationing, and power shortages.

I'd like to compare it with something but unfortunately the only thing that comes to mind is the new Battlestar (now deceased and someday in rerun heaven) Galactica. It has lots of human drama, lots of potential for more, and a premise that has really intrigued me in the Stargate realm.

The characters are developing. There are more than a few who you really don't have a handle on as of yet. One guy for sure is very unlikable and unsympathetic and it isn't Rush the doctor. Dr. Rush is just very high strung but he also has everyone's survival interests at heart and will work on them nonstop despite his social shortcomings.

I'm hoping for a few seasons:)