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[NekoFever]

Forerunner structures are just ridiculous. The rings in the original Halo array in the Forerunner novels were even bigger – 30,000km across rather than the mere 10,000km of the ones we see in the games. And the Precursors before them built filaments between star systems that were impervious to anything but a Halo firing.

 

[Dai101]

Next to the Walle Buy'N'large ones like down and a smidge to the left.

Oh yeah, there she is. Love that ship, design and all, even if she's wicked and evil.

BTW, hi there girl!

 

[Darth Pinche]

Not the same trench. This is what the equatorial trech should look like

I am 43 years old, born and raised on Star Wars so how the hell did I never notice this or make this connection?!? Thanks for pointing this out to me, all replies. GAF is the center of all knowledge.

 

[TheRedSnifit]

The list needs the Cloak of Untrammeled Dignity:

Over 1000 kilometers long.

 

[Darkmakaimura]

Forerunner structures are just ridiculous. The rings in the original Halo array in the Forerunner novels were even bigger – 30,000km across rather than the mere 10,000km of the ones we see in the games. And the Precursors before them built filaments between star systems that were impervious to anything but a Halo firing.

Precursors are god-like beings that were able to move galaxies around and predate the universe as we know it, but the Star Roads (the filaments) are just one awe inspiring example of their power.

Forerunner technology itself is ridiculous.

Even on the chart the OP posted, the Forerunner Keyship is one of the largest ships and that thing was kept inside the High Charity....

 

[rexor0717]

This is the site I am most familiar with when it comes to space ship size comparisons.
Pro-tip: at -2000X, the background depicts the moon at scale.

The Halo thingie, Ringworld, and Dyson Sphere are the only things bigger than it.

I mean, if we want to throw those very non-ship-looking things into the ring, then let me just get this out of the way. I promise I'll stop.
TTGL

Multiple hundred thousands of lightyears tall.

Then we have STTGL

Millions of light years in size.

 

[Savitar]

That chart is older than old and thrice beyond old than that. Even old doesn't know how old that chart is.

But it does get updated which is nice.

Always love looking at it now and then.

 

[xam3l]

I always wonder how Citadel would fit in a comparison like this.

 

[Leunam]

Imperial Navy keeping all other ships humble.

Praise the Emperor.

 

[CreepingFear]

Imperial Navy keeping all other ships humble.

Praise the Emperor.

Basically, the Emperor was over-compensating for something...

 

[TheRedSnifit]

I always wonder how Citadel would fit in a comparison like this.

From Mass Effect? It's in there.

 

[Mistel]

Oh yeah, there she is. Love that ship, design and all, even if she's wicked and evil.

BTW, hi there girl!

Hi, Event horizon does have a nice design adds to the menacing nature quite a bit I think.

 

[foxuzamaki]

Is the arwing and Great Fox in this picture

 

[Mistel]

Is the arwing and Great Fox in this picture

Not that I'm aware of.

 

[CorvoSol]

I mean, if we want to throw those very non-ship-looking things into the ring, then let me just get this out of the way. I promise I'll stop.
TTGL

Multiple hundred thousands of lightyears tall.

Then we have STTGL

Millions of light years in size.

STTGL belongs on a chart of mecha, though, not ships.

 

[YesNOnoNOYes]

omg this is super awesome *_____*

i just spent minuuuuuuuuuutes just looking at everything and every ship and details

*____*

 

[Lautaro]

What the shit?

Farscape's Moya is bigger than several Star Trek vessels?

W40K scale is as crazy as expected.

 

[xam3l]

From Mass Effect? It's in there.

Just the Crucible. The Citadel is about 50 km in size.

 

[skullmuffins]

Is the arwing and Great Fox in this picture

the Great Fox is on there next to the Wall-E ships, above the right side of the giant Independence Day ship. No arwing, probably because it'd only be a couple pixels at most at that scale.

 

[Lastgengamer]

Really nice comparison image, leaves me wondering if they all somehow had a brawl at once what vessel would be left standing?

 

[xenist]

Really nice comparison image, leaves me wondering if they all somehow had a brawl at once what vessel would be left standing?

Probably something from Warhammer 40K. They look like they could ram apart most other ships on this without even flinching. And many of them have planet killing capabilities. Multiple ones.

 

[Valhelm]

A handful of vessels from Halo are larger than anything shown there.

 

[Andrew Korenchkin]

Is the Von Braun or the Rickenbacker from System Shock 2 on here?

 

[Jason Frost]

The Tardis may look small in there, but I swear it's bigger on the inside.

 

[foxuzamaki]

the Great Fox is on there next to the Wall-E ships, above the right side of the giant Independence Day ship. No arwing, probably because it'd only be a couple pixels at most at that scale.

Took me a while but I found it, I dont remember the spaceship in independence day looking like that at the top with a more dome shape

 

[NekoFever]

The Tardis may look small in there, but I swear it's bigger on the inside.

The description of the image actually says the Tardis isn't there because it's both too big and too small to be represented at that scale.

 

[kess]

Wait no spaceballs

 

[Darkmakaimura]

A handful of vessels from Halo are larger than anything shown there.

Halo ships are sick. And Mantle's Approach dwarfs all those too.

 

[petszk2]

Not a valid image unless it includes the craft from Star Control 2.

 

[ponpo]

Someone add the structure from Blame!

 

[revolverjgw]

As awesome as this is, I wish there was some kind of interactive version of this where you could mix and match what you want, compare ships directly, etc. It can be an adventure finding the ship you want on this.

 

[Rykestrasse 68]

I looked at the whole thing just for the ships from Farscape... I thought they'd be bigger.

 

[PayOffWizard]

Its not really a ship but the Dyson sphere from TNG would eclipse everything.

 

[Korten]

Halo ships are sick. And Mantle's Approach dwarfs all those too.

Pretty sure Trevelyan is by the biggest thing in Halo thus far... To think it was stored in slip space in the size of 23 cm...

Trevelyan - 2 AU (300,000,000 km)...

I mean, holy shit.

 

[DarthWoo]

Its not really a ship but the Dyson sphere from TNG would eclipse everything.

Interesting thing I read about Dyson shells is that if one were to be constructed, it could be done so with less than one solar mass worth of materials.

 

[Protein]

Warhammer 40k writers need to step up their game. Add more zeroes to the end of those lengths. Increase those penises.

 

[foxtrot3d]

It moves around and can jump between systems. Technically it's a ship.

Yup, despite what Grand Moff Tarkin says the Death Star is totally a ship.

 

[The Technomancer]

Interesting thing I read about Dyson shells is that if one were to be constructed, it could be done so with less than one solar mass worth of materials.

Yup, Ringworlds are also pretty mass efficient. Its easy to underestimate just how much material you save by making the layer thin.

Of course, as the titular novels explain, if civilization ever collapses you're fucked for it rearising to the same degree thousands or millions of years later since your natural resources are kind of screwed by the lack of plate tectonics or any actual geology

 

[heliosRAzi]

And a Culture GSV would be bigger than the entire picture.

This. 53km long

 

[Mistel]

Its not really a ship but the Dyson sphere from TNG would eclipse everything.

V'ger is 82 AU across that would eclipse even that.

 

[Earendil]

Im looking for the Enterprise like Wheres Wally

Look for Defiant... lol

And I didn't see the TARDIS on there, but it would probably be less than one pixel.

 

[Dai101]

And I didn't see the TARDIS on there, but it would probably be less than one pixel.

is both too small and too big to fit in the chart.