Which Sci-Fi Capital Ship is Best? | Battlestar Galactica, Halo & Star Wars, Compared 

Battlestar Galactica: "I can carry fighters and act as a Frontline capital ship!" Infinity: *laughs* "Can you carry frigates?"

I had no frickin clue how utterly broken the infinity is! Like wtf it shits out capital ships!

" A very short game of tag " Well that's a way to put it

I love how each new mc ship is made it becomes more and more of a tube with bumps

"The writers were trying to create an invincible ship." Well, they had to pit it against the Mantle's Approach, and it actually had to be able to do something to it, so yeah. It's far beyond anything in the Halo universe, barring Forerunner tech. When you calculate the total kinetic energy of its four MAC cannons firing all at once on a concentrated area like it did to the Mantle's Approach, the MA took a direct hit from an impact with energy roughly four times the impact that killed the dinosaurs, and all it managed to do was create a hole wide enough for Chief to fly a Longsword through to reach the inside of the ship. And the MA took that hit with its shields down at the point of impact no less. Nothing else would have been able to do literally anything to it. Even the Earth's orbital defense MAC stations weren't able to do anything to it. Hell, that shot really only managed to get Chief into the MA, because the thing repaired itself in seconds.

I’m more of a Star Wars fan than that of Battlestar Galactica. But I have to ask, if you’re comparing Capital Ships...why did you pick the Galactica over the Pegasus?!??

The problem with the term "best Capital Ship" is that it's such a broad category that comparing vessels based on that qualification gets a little tricky. After all, irl the phrase "Capital Ship" has been used for everything from Battleships, to Carriers, to Submarines. So, what really is a "Capital Ship"? Simply put, a "Capital Ship" is a defined as any ship which is of sufficient strategic importance to the fleet it belongs to. Losing a capital ship is essentially a national tragedy for the nation which it belongs to, and as such these ships are usually deployed in groups when outside friendly waters, as they are too valuable to risk losing (this is why I kinda have problems thinking of the USS Enterprise from Star Trek as a "Capital Ship," but that's a whole other story). A ship can be considered of "Capital" importance either due to the financial cost of acquisition (like a modern aircraft carrier) or due to the weapons or technology aboard (like a nuclear submarine). With that in mind, what exactly makes for a good "Capital Ship"?

Galactica faced the worst odds compared to all the others and pulled through. She is a tough old lady, and you don't mess with old ladies.

The Infinity Super carrier is like if the Starship Enterprise and a Harrower Class Sith Dreadnought had a baby, then it was raised by the Halyclon Class Light Cruiser.

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The Infinity probably plays more of a Super Star Destroyer role really...

I finally started watching BSG, and holy crap, I should have watched that show before now!

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I would rather replace Raddus with a different ship. Either one of ships from Star Trek, The Terran Battlecruiser from Starcraft or Normandy SR-2 from Mass Effect trilogy. If Raddus (ship) was defenseless and also the fact that there are two ships from Star Wars universe on this list, I think it was kinda a waste of time to talk about Raddus.

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and the'' Heart of Gold'' arrive on the scene..turning all enemy ship into pretzel and win the fight :P

I feel like Infinity is cheating by basically being the most giant most expensive ship imaginable. It should be compared with the Death Star.

None of these ships could contend with the Spaceball One

Awesome video! I'd love to see more capital ship stuff from other universes!

I feel as if including the Infinity on here made the whole match a bit unfair as that ship belongs more in the dreadnoughts section of ships. Also here’s my suggestion for the Best Ground Armies: The Republic Clone Army (Star Wars) The UNSC (Halo) The Imperial Guard (40k) GDI (C&C) The Grineer (Warframe) And The Terrans (Starcraft) Would love to see a comparison video of who is the best plz! ^^

Yuuzhan Vong Miid ro'ik warship vs the Covenant CCS-class battlecruiser. Nebula-class Star Destroyer vs MC90 Star Cruiser. The First Order vs the New Republic (legends). The Separatist fleet at Coruscant vs the Covenant High Charity defense fleet. The UNSC vs the Rebel Alliance. MC80 Home One type star cruiser vs Providence-class carrier/destroyer. Thrawns fleet at Atollon vs the Separatists fleet at Christophsis. The Eldar vs the Galactic Republic (Clone Wars era). The Autumn-class heavy cruiser vs the MC80 Liberty type Star Cruiser. The Yuuzhan Vong vs the Covenant.

I don't think that the Infinity can be compared to the ISD. It's more comparable to a Praetor-II or some Dreadnought of sorts.

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"...very short game of tag..." That one line absolutely made my morning! Thank you, Eckhart. That was an apt and absolutely wonderful line!

I really like the Halo universe because it's so well thought- through. Many of these other factions (mainly in starwars) just use ships that make so little sense and it's always the plot that decides who wins, not the ships...

The autumn class would have been more fair here as the infinity is a flag ship. Also you need to decide if you are doing things in universe or comparatively. AI should be ignored for halo as they are standard if you are doing in universe also them having the ship be all about Mac shouldn’t count against them. If you are doing comparatively then fire power and range should be part of this discussion.

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I’d consider the infinity something larger than a capital ship. It’s a good ship but it’s a whole different level from the other ships here

This list is spot on imo. And like you said, the Infinity is a perfect ship, so far it has no flaw.

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That being said you could've also lumped the Pegasus in there as well w the Galactica to compare the pros and cons of both versions. Galactica vs Pegasus would be like the USS WASP vs USS Nimitz.

It's important to also know that a Battlestar like the Pegasus had an onboard factory that was capable to making Vipers. This only increases a Battlestar's sustainability.

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A small gripe for when it comes to BSG. The Mercury class is a far more superior ship than the old Jupiter class battlestar. We've seen that the BSG-62 Pegasus can use its forward weapons to inflict heavy damage on Cylon basestars. Not only that, the ship also has inverted flight pods making it able to carry more vipers and raptors. The Mercury class can also construct new vipers using mined ore and also has VR simulators to train new pilots.

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God I love the Infinity so much. It looks phenomenal, it's name is amazing, and every time we see it for the first time in a piece of contentt it just looks awe inspiring, especially the very first time we got to see it on screen dwarfing the frigates we were so used to seeing during the final days of the human-covenant war

It's nice to see some of my BSG work in this video :)

Hey Eck, if you are looking at doing game nights, the Jackbox games (I think the 3rd version is best, but whatever) would be a great way to let everyone participate.

I think the MC-85 had most of its weapons removed after the demilitarization

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The infinity is an invincible ship Halo Infinite: um about that

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I know why some ships are such Mary Su ships: PLOT ARMOR

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Nice,would love one with the Hyperion and the spear of Adun

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The problem with the UNSC Infinity is that its an unstoppable ship. When the thing enters battle it removes all tension from the scene because its so good.

Hey, EckhartsLadder, I've been wondering. Which star wars faction Empire, Rebels, Republic and CIS has the best fighter pilots? I mean it might be hard with the CIS because of a lot of their fighters were controlled directly by a droid with no pilot. For easier comparison you could have them all in the same fighter, maybe the X-Wing. I'd love to see that and thanks for all the videos.

Why not the Pegasus

star wars snoke's fleet with the republic defense fleet vs halo ring fleet and earth defence fleet in halo

I love the Galactica the most probably out of familiarity and sentimentality. The reasoning of your video is excellent. I think the Pegasus would be a great ship to compare, however it is not invincible as the Halo capital ship appears to be.

Sorry I’m late, I was dealing with something. I almost died...of laughter

The captain of the ship is almost always more important than the ship itself. But if I had a choose, the various Mon Calamari cruisers of my own universe are by far the “best” capital ships out there.

Here's what you should do, EckhartsLadder. *1. Imperial II Star Destroyer (Star Wars) vs Lucrehulk-class Droid Control Ship (Star Wars)* *2. Imperial II Star Destroyer (Star Wars) vs Romulan D'deridex-class, B-type Warbird (Star Trek)* *3. Tempest Shadow (My Little Pony: The Movie) vs Darth Vader (Star Wars)* *4. Darth Sidious/Palpatine (Star Wars) vs Mewtwo (Pokemon)* Please do these ones.

God the fact that the Infinity can just launch a fleet of other capital ships just puts it over for me.

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Blacklight vs flood! I’m joining the initiative. I want to see it too!

Hello Eckhart, nice video, keep up the good work. Just a reminder, the UNSC Infinity is technically a battleship, not a super carrier :)

First off, the raddus had more weapons before the film, the ship would have probably 3.5 x the amount of weapons it currently has, and like you said, the mon cal ships are focusing more on durability and this ship is impressive, considering the other ships in the resistance fleet got destroyed in less than 5 shots ( due to kyber enhanced weapons) and due to having no shields, the raddus probably had shields stronger than a home one, and is close to the strength of a luckerhulk in my view, plus the ship was meant to be a mobile base for the resistance, and due to the amount of weapons it had pre refit, it may have been best to remove the weapons and have some for self defence. Also the new republic would have had ships like the liberty and mc 80a fully armed and others like them, i.e. The starhawk and nebulon c and b, so they wouldn't have been afraid, just cautious when it came to ships as big as a star destroyer.

Ok, I have a couple grievances with the way Star Wars is represented in standard cross-universe ship comparisons. Here’s what I mean: Halo: The standard ship used for cross-universe comparison is the UNSC Infinity, the pinnacle of human innovation, the best ship in the UNSC and the ship the main characters are based off of. Star Trek: (I know very little about Star Trek, bear with me here) I believe they generally use the Enterpise E as a comparison, which I believe is also the best ship in Starfleet. The main characters are also based off of an Enterprise E. Battlestar Galactica: They of course use the Battlestar Galactica, the savior of the human race, and the main ship in the series, also the best ship in the Colonial fleet. Star Wars: The Imperial II Star Destroyer, a ship with tons of guns and shields, only good for capital ship combat. Although it can outmatch almost any other capital ship of its time, size, and universe, it is a potato against anything else. It’s far from the best ship in the universe, and it is incredibly flawed. It also only shows average Star Wars engineering and technology, not the very best. See what I mean here? In every other universe (except for Star Trek if I’m wrong with what I said) we choose the best, most powerful ship which is often used by the main characters and it’s simply either the pinnacle of the faction’s innovation or its savior, and then we move to Star Wars and choose a ship which is far from the best, far from the pinnacle of Star Wars innovation, and honestly I don’t feel that it represents Star Wars well. A better representative would be Home One, which although it isn’t the pinnacle of Star Wars innovation, it’s a great all around ship and as a singular vessel I believe it’s one of the best Star Wars has to offer in terms of a representative ship for the universe, and like all the other ships we choose, it’s the main capital ship of the goodguys, which evens that playing field. An alternative to Home One could be the Finalizer, or some other Resurgence class star destroyer, which is (at the time of this comment’s writing) the pinnacle of Star Wars capital ship innovation, with its insane firepower and average fighter power. If legends is taken into account, the Nebula class star destroyer could also be an adequate representative, since it combines the strengths of the Imperial II with the fighter power of the Home One and other Rebel ships, and although I do not believe it is the pinnacle of Star Wars Legends innovation, it’s certainly up there. So yeah for future videos concerning ship comparisons between Star Wars factions, I believe it is the best to pick something other than the Imperial II, one of the ships listed above would do a better job. Faction comparisons are different because the Empire was the original dominant faction in the galaxy, so there it would be fair to use the Imperial II as a mainstay in the Imperial fleet. However, if we’re comparing the ships of each universe to each other, then I think the Imperial II should not be the go-to for that.

Love these comparison videos! Any chance for the Starship Troopers universe to make an appearance?

Fascinating comparison! Is there any chance you will do one about collossal warships including First Order's Supremacy Mega Star Destroyer and Harvester's City Destroyer?

What if the new flagship of the Rebels/Resistance (whatever they're called now) is a MC90?

Wouldn't the Infinity be considered a dreadnought in it's own universe?

The Last Jedi was released in December 2017. The Supremacy, Snoke's boudoir can carry, build, and/or repair 8 Resurgent class Star Destroyers, twice as long as ISD s and with 1500 laser turrets.

Nice video, now how not a versus episode with halo pillar of autumn vs battlestar galactica or the infinity vs battlestar pegasus? (2nd attempt). Similar tech, let’s see who uses it best

Thunderbolt Starfury from Babylon 5 vs the Sabre from Halo Reach. VF-1S Valkyrie variable fighter from SDF Macross (not Robotech) vs the Union Overflag from Gundam 00.

I love how after 27 years of humanity getting essentially pummelled to death, it comes out with the Infinity, which can basically one-tap anything short of a CSO-Class Super Carrier, and has it wipe out entire Covenant faction fleets 💜

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING BSG!!!!!

Well said. Love the Galactica... thx for posting..

The infinity was a poor choice as it is so powerful in weapons,shields,secondary ships,etc....that it is definitely more akin to a super star destroyer. One of the battle ship or dreadnaught classes would have been better.

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Hey eckharts ladder, ever considered bringing ender’s game into your videos? I think a video on geonosians from Star Wars, drones from halo, and buggers from enderverse would be interesting

If they all had the same arms and shielding I wouldn't bet against the Old Man ''Galactica''

You know Eckhart I clicked on the link to your discord but the invite has expired because Ackbar banned my ass lmao

Hell yeah infinity’s easily the best😃😃😃😎😎!!! Hell halo’s pretty much the best sci fi franchise ever

Would be cool if you could do something with EVE online ships at some point, they have really cool and unique designs to them.

The best ship is the invictus class super dreadnot of the Royal Manticoran Navy in the Honor Harrington book series by David Weber.

Shame you didn't use the Galactica model from the miniseries/film Battlestar Galactica : blood and chrome it's looks absolutely beastly it has almost twice as many main batteries

The infinity is more of a dreadnaught / super carrier not a mass produced ship of the line its better compared to the supremecy as its in a Different league above capital ships like the star destroyer and Mon cal cruiser also the pegasus might have been a better choice of battle star

maybe you could have done battlestar vs halo vs star wars, vs star trek but great video none the less

Very interesting comparison. I'd also be interested to see how the Finalizer fits into this list considering how that was a far superior ship to the Imperial II class.

the super battleship carrier ark infinity is #1 compared... I like the Galactica Universe and especially the new game. However the Pegasus has 4 carrier decks and a Viper production line. Sacrificing the Pegasus for the Galactica was trading potential power worth of a 3 or 4 level when sacrificed for the big G... the G should of had a few civ ship in it's Museum bay for crew ftl escape like the raptors did in the last black hole colony battle and the Peg then ftl away before in suicide space. So vote for G but for the more powerful Peg. and if the Colonies had wanted they could probably have built a SUPER ARK ship for emergency with optional no linked computers that hook in and off just in case of a Cylon super bug weapon. And the new starwars movies are just ridiculous.. out of a BILLION planets there is Only ONE Resistance Battleship in the whole galaxy with a handful of other junk ships.. The Galaxy would have hundreds of mothballed ISD and Calamari ships for a unforeseen emergency... Like the VONG.... And the ability for one fighter to totally destroy ur only fighter deck was such a joke. they would of had like 4 massive armored doors like in the last matrix movie to protect their "ONE" fighter deck lol.

CAS assault carrier vs 3 star destroyers

I don’t know how many times I’ve requested this. Triple digits prolly. Recusant Class Light Destroyer vs Something (Acclamator, Assault Frigate, MC40, etc)

In the next episode : infinity vs Borg cube

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Wheres the Warhammer 40k imperial apocalypse-class battleship?

Have you heard of the new republic skyhawk warship? It was mentioned in a few of the newer cannon books

what about custom mini Lego Star destroyers which one do you guys think is best

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