Top Five Sci-Fi Stealth Ships 

God, why are stealth ships always the best looking if we never see them?

What I loved about the Expanse stealth ships was that they demonstrated how terrifying stealth ships would be. You can't see it coming unless it wants you to see it. You can't stop it until it's close enough to tear you apart in moments.

We need "Top 5 sci-fi ships that need a damn toilet"

That Miranda Class burn was savage...though accurate. "Prefab coffin."

The lack of a toilet aboard a Sith stealth ship might explain why they are so cranky all the time.

Don't forget the SSV Normandy's greatest asset... she has the best damn pilot in the Systems Alliance!

You got to help on the Expanse?! Jealous!!

I tried to do my Top 5 Stealth ships once, but it didn't turn out well. I managed to lose them all...

I adore stealth vessels, I love these ships to death. Seeing a grounded and realistic stealth ship is something that never ceases to make me happy. The Amun-Ra-class is my favourite thing to come out of The Expanse, and that's saying a lot. I'd really like to see more stealth stuff in the future.

"A handy prefab coffin for 400 Federation officers-" Thanks, dude. I really wanted to choke on my coke and get it all over my desk. Really, thanks.

Never thought I'd hear Daniel complement a ship for its beautiful wood paneling

The Amun-Ra is also my #1 choice. I'll never forget the scene in ep. 4 where the unidentified ship decelerating towards the Donnager reveals itself to be 4 baddest ass stealth warships. So far this is THE best implementation of stealth tech in any film or TV show. I absolutely love it.

ONI Prowlers from Halo would be a great pick too. Their properties are especially well described in several of the Halo books.

Prefab coffin for 400 Starfleet officers... best description of the Miranda class ever

Spacedock throws shade at the Miranda-class? Instant like.

Wait, what?! You were responsible for helping the Expanse? These ships gave me chills when I first saw them in the show. Spot on job m8!

You didnt mention it but the oni prowler is alsa a very good stealth ship

Klingon Bird of Prey - the U-boat of the Star Trek Universe

The Miranda was a damn good ship … In the time of Kirk.

I Love the Normandy SR-2 from Mass Effect 3 because of its Interior layout, like the war room were you can see your fleets and allys throughout the war against the Reapers but I also love the Amun-Ra class and I'm absolutely behind you for the pros and cons of this awesome vessel. By the way great Video.

“Handy prefab coffin[Miranda Class] for 400 people.” ~Spacedock

Ahh, the Anubis! Currently I am up to book 7 of the expanse and just introduced to the Tempest. and she is one hell of a ship!

The Honor Harrington novels didn't forget about counter-missiles.

9:15 I knew that was coming the moment I clicked on the notification. Edit: I also really like the Sahara-Class Heavy Prowler from Halo as a dedicated stealth ship.

Expanse fanboy detected. Which is fine, because the expanse is amazing!

I love it. “No toilet”! Did they just use the Star Trek Replicators to “transporter” the crap out of you? Lol

This is actually 10 through 6 of the top 10. The top 5 haven't been found yet.

Here an idea for a future video: cool or unique means of space travel or FTL in sci-fi. Can cover everything from your standard hyperdrives to 40k’s shortcut through the Hell dimension that is the Warp

How about a BOTTOM Five Sci-Fi Stealth Ships? I don't know about the other 4, but my pick would be the TIE Stealth from Rebel Assault II. It was not custom built, it was a re-purposed system patrol craft, didn't really have the size or power output to be able to use a cloaking field, and the scaled-down cloak-technology didn't even work reliably, making it just another failed "wunderwaffe" of the Empire! The game it stared in was a lot of fun though.

Shadow Cruisers from Babylon 5 would have been on my top 5 list

Me: He'd better do Amun-Ra. He'd better do Amun-Ra. He'd better do Amun-Ra... YEEEAAAAAAAHHH!!

Part of why I love the Phantom from SW:TOR is that part of the design ideas is that it's meant to look like an unarmed diplomatic ship, so that even when uncloaked it didn't look like a threat.

Gets first commission as a Starfleet Officer: YES Sees first posting is on a Miranda Class: Pikachu face

I'm actually surprised you didn't include the stealth viper from BSG, considering it was hand build by the crew and allowed them to get in the middle of the cylon fleet close enough to get up close photos

No Romulan D'Deridex-class Warbird? Daniel, you're breaking my heart!

my fave is Normandy SR2 [Alliance colors] but I admit the amun-ra class is one hell of a ship, even losing 90% of the fleet taking out the Donnager, even a single ship was a hell of a force to be reckoned with.....a small squadron like that that can take out a dreadnaught is a powerful force.....

Stealth ships? I don't see any stealth ships around here.

When I saw this pop up in my feed I automatically knew what the last two ships would be.

The Phantom is my favorite, followed by the Normandy, but I have to say that I also really like what they did with the Nebula Stealth Cruiser from FTL.

The Normandy: A list-crasher, if I've ever seen one. It seem like it's in a lot of lists, regardless of the criteria. ;)

How did the Defiant not make this list?! *nerd rage intensifies* great video for real tho

Pre watching: Iconic wise: "B'rel" Bird of Prey but realistic I throw in to the ring: Expanses "Amun-Ra"

I love that in the expanse we have a lot of stuff named after Egyptian deities warms my heart

All starships use the blackadder 2 toilet system. You crap out of the window ( full ventilation and wide guttering below)

Can you do a top 10 hero ships? Id love to hear your take on the best hero ships that are aesthetically pleasing and practical designs.

I'm sad that the UNSC prowlers isn't in this but overall a good list

Daniel, This was a superb video. I completely agree with the picks. I also Finally got a name for the Battlestar in BSG Blood and Chrome. The Orion Class is a top notch stealth ship. Now a request: Top 5 Battleship/Carrier hybrids.

Amazing content. Keep up the great work!

Scout/Stealth ship (SS) Chuck’s Favorites 2019 June 14 5. Romulan V-8 class Bird of Prey Cruiser (Star Trek) 4. Carrion Spike stealth corvette (Star Wars) 3. Blackbird stealth fighter (Battlestar Galactica 2003) 2. Phantom Cruiser (Space Ghost) 1. Klingon K-22 B'rel (D'Gamma) Bird of Prey Scout (Star Trek)

In defence of the Puddlejumper, it is built to observe primitive civilisations which would detect it by sight ....just felt i needed to defend it

Great list. The Amun-Ra definitely deserves to be the top of the list.

A great episode, I especially liked the Normandy being mentioned, but something is missing. The Scimitar Class Reman Warbird - The Cloak is Perfect. Really not a stealth/spy vessel, but the perfect cloaking device alone should have rated a mention.

One of my favorite videos from you in awhile

Wait. Hold on. BACK UP. YOU GOT TO WRITE ON THE EXPANSE?!? Deets. NAO.

Great video Spacedock!!!

I knew that the Expanse would be number one, you have impeccable taste. Still the most brutal stealth thingy I have ever read about is definitly Marco Inaros stealth "very large rock". That was a real nightmare weapon when you think about it...

I love the Phantom because it's designed to be both a luxury vessel and a stealth combat vessel. You know, for when you get boarded and you're just like, "What do you want? This is clearly just a civilian yacht and I'm clearly just rich enough to afford blaster cannons, concussion missiles, torpedo launchers, and military-grade armor plating and shield generators. There's very obviously nothing suspicious about this ship or any of my heavily armed... passengers..."

No Romulan Warbird :(

I love the Amon Ra. It’s my favourite ship in the show and I’d love to see them come back in the next book somehow. Not likely but they’re cool

No need for toilets in Trek. Just call for an emergency beamout. Condition brown.

Aside from no toilets, the phantom apparently doesn't have real engines, just lights stuck onto the back of the hull.

Nice, posted 37 seconds ago. Great video as always!

I would have been very disappointed if the Normandy wasn't on this list. Glad to see that I wasn't. Great vid

I really love the stealth ship from TCW that later became Tarkin's personal vessel, the Carrion Spike.

Hmmm..the Star Wars ship looks like an incarnation of the SR-71 Blackbird .

Spacedock: designs the Amun-Ra class Also Spacedock: "really awesome design"

What about the Scimitar from Star Trek Nemesis? I mean damn. Shinzon's Scimitar is a badass STEALTH-DREADNOUGHT 😁👌

"Yeah, one of the most sophisticated ships we've seen on the show" Well let me add the single word "yet" to that sentence. There is some interesting stuff coming as the timeline of the expanse progresses. Overall really good picks. Just for Star Wars I'd definetly go with the clone wars stealth corvette. The submarine atmosphere of that thing is just unbeatable (great episode).

Perfect list!

Wait, you contributed a ship design for the Expanse show?

I don’t think Daniel describing things as being very cool will ever be lost on me:) but hey I’m here watching and commenting so that irony isn’t lost either:)

Nice video 👍

Good stuff, strangely interesting comfort food tech for sci fi people/ Scortt Burrell : Moon Called Triton

Anti missle missles make alot of sense for space ships, since they give you true 360 degree protection pretty easily with them. Sadly people think tracer fire looks cooler

My favorite one is actually the MCRN ballistic platform in the Expanse. I just love its symmetric and very sleek design. Also judge from the world of the Expanse, I actually think the ballistic platform is more stealthy than the stealth frigate.

Honorable mentions,. Halo's - Prowler Stealth Corvettes and, or ONI's "Stealth Cruiser'" - The UNSC Point of No Return.

If I had my choice of these...definitely the Phantom.

What about Wonder Woman’s Invisible jet- it can go into outer space and it Has a toilet!!

The original Battlestar Galactica's 2nd. Season Galactica: 1980's improve Vipers & Turbo Cycles we're equipped with stealth when they finally got here to Earth. Love that new edition. Stargate SG-1's puddle jumper. Babylon 5's Shadows ships and technomage ships, no love for DS9's USS Defiant.

Hell yeah, the X-70B is my favorite from SWTOR. Long live the Sith Empire!

The Orion was actually just featured in the fanfic _Invincible_ by Darth Marrs. And honestly, more people should check out that fanfic in any case, it's an amazing blend of magic and sci-fi. If you're after the sci-fi bits, you do have to wait several chapters, but they're well into the Galactica crossover by now, and it's fraking awesome.

You forgot the Griffin from starcraft 2 who's captain is nova. It is designed to do covert operations also the crew is made up of dominion ghosts who are specifically designed humans to be sent on stealth missions. Maybe it's not worth a spot on the list but maybe an honourable mentions?

The Phantom looks like something Frontier would come up with...

Number 4 is my favorite even though I haven't played the games it's in and it's why Legends is awesome.

I was expecting to see the Strakha on here, but in retrospect, these five are way more awesome.

This is a great list. Ever since I saw the Orion class in Blood and Chrome I loved it. After doing some research on it, it became my favorite BSG ship. I think the Orion class proves one thing...it's not the size of the weapon but how you use it that matters. I also like how the designers used a sensor cloak over a visual cloak. Also I have received my stuff from the Sojourn fund raiser and couldn't be happier. Though our local post office decided to disregard the instructions of not bending it, at least they didn't fold it. As for the downloads I am unclear where to go for those. The last few emails I have received have been unreadable for some reason. I am currently searching for a good frame for the Letter of Mark, and am trying to decide on what the patch will go. The pin looks awesome and will be put onto my Con bag. I look forward to answering the questions I'm sure will come by having it there. Anyway thanks for all the hard work you guys do. Your content is informative and entertaining. BTW are you guys going start back on Twitch soon? I'm sure you all are super busy but the content there is missed.

Have you finished Tiamats wrath yet? And when you do can you do a breakdown of the Magnator dreadnought “the Tempest” or maybe the “eye of the storm” destroyer????

The Gamillon subspace submarine from Space Battleship Yamato 2199 was a really good stealth ship. It hid in another dimension and could fire torpedoes at ships in realspace from there.

I knew the amun-ra was first place when I saw the video title. And I knew it was there although I forgot you were involved with naming and background and stuff xD

I'd throw in a few extras: from the Honorverse, the Mesan Alignment's Shark- and Leonard Detweiler-class battleships (plus the virtually unarmed Ghost-class scout frigates): equipped with a Spider drive that rendered them virtually undetectable to the gravimetric sensors that formed the primary detection methods of their contemporaries, albeit at a fraction of the possible acceleration, and equipped with low-signature stealthed weapons pods for long-range strikes, they are excellent silent killers. Unfortunately, the hull configuration, and mass/cubage required by the Spider meant they were unable to mount conventional drives as well, nor to project the "sidewall" shields other navies used for protection, meaning they were slow and vulnerable... if something spotted them. From the Jenkinsverse, the Drunker On Turkeyer (no, seriously, that's what it's called): the personal flagship of Great Father Daar of the Gao, fitted with the very best in drives and capacitors for boisterous sub-light manoeuvring and frankly ridiculous FTL speeds, radar-absorbent stealth composite hull, a generous EWAR suite (they can't see you if you've blinded them), a shield designed to redirect virtually all of an attack's energy back at an attacker as a gamma-ray laser, or dump a ship's waste heat out through the same system in a directed stream away from enemies to reduce noticeable emissions. Add to that a large battery of railguns, missiles, lasers and potentially access to wormhole-delivered ordnance (via their alliance with Earth, although once the Dark Eye nanofact can be repurposed from the rebuilding of Gao, it's likely that capacity would be used to build up their own strategic weapons reserve), and it's one hell of a bruiser that'll likely only be seen if they want to be.

Hi Daniel Today you make me lmao with "handy prefab coffin for 400 Federation officers" and "incendiary grenade". About the 4th ship, the sith stealth ship, I would pick the The Tempest from Mass Effect Andromeda.

That SW ship is gorgeous, if you look at the nose you can recognise the sr-71 spyplane, especially the black patch where the cockpit would have been. Sadly no toilet lol

You can always use the airlock as a bathroom ya know! Wink Wink! , and even leaves no stench!

I wonder if Normandy-class ships have proper silent-running protocols. Something in the vein of deactivating all non-essential systems to minimise heat generation. Especially in the event of a passive drift that the Codex mentions, that can be maintained for days. Turn off the artificial gravity like ships are described as doing in combat, deactivate internal heaters since it's going to get warm in there soon enough regardless, turn down the lighting...

10/10 agree.really glad normandy and amun-ra got in here

You called out the Phantom; you have my sword. Blaster. Whatever. ;)

Speaking of the Puddle Jumper, Top 5 scout/shuttle craft?

Once i begun to watch i immediately figured out which will be the number one :)

4:36 shower wit a module that can be pulled out to form a toilet. (Conserves space)(many camper vans use all in one bathrooms, where the toilet is in a side compartment of the shower.)

you forgot the shadow warships from babylon 5