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Old 10-November-2007, 10:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Chip View Post
For the opposite - aerodynamic shapes but used mostly in space, I nominate the Raiders ships in Babylon 5, which look like they were designed by Jack Northrop.

I suppose they retain WWII style camouflage on the upper surfaces in case they're flying low within a planet's atmosphere and all other means of detection save for human eyes are not available - or it just looks cool.
Raider ships and Centauri fighters were meant to be transatmospheric fighters, hence their somewhat aerodynamic shape.
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