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Seven of Nine

“We are the Borg.” - My personal favorite. She is also what prompted me to create this illustrious list. I’ve been on a Star Trek Voyager kick for the last month or two and have decided to re-watch all the old episodes in chronological order. I never realized how utterly boring the show was until they added Seven of Nine to the cast of characters in the fourth season. This buxom Borg made the pain of enduring the previous seasons well worth it. Seven is a by far one of the more interesting characters I have come across in realm of science fiction.

Star Trek: Voyager

Kara Thrace

“Frak.” - Battlestar Galactica is, without a doubt, my favorite television show ever to be aired. When I first heard that they were remaking the original series, I was ecstatic. When I heard that the part of “Starbuck” was going to be played by a women, I was worried. Maybe even a little offended. But all my fears and doubts were laid to rest the moment I actually watched the show. Kara Thrace is a more complex version of the former Starbuck. She is also far better looking and much tougher than her male counterpart ever was. Sorry Dirk, Kara for the win.

Battlestar Galactica

Princess Leia Organa

“I recognized your foul stench when I was brought on board.” - For all of you younglings out there still daydreaming about Padme, stop it. She couldn’t hold a candle to Princess Leia Organa (Skywalker) (Solo). At age 20, this young spitfire was the leader of the Rebel Alliance against the well established and all powerful Galactic Empire. She even told Grand Moff Tarkin that he stank, right to his face. Let’s see Padme do that! Oh, and this is all while she was being escorted by the Dark Lord of the Sith, the most feared being in the universe. Don’t be fooled by her cute little buns people. By that I mean hair buns naturally. This princess is the kick ass mother of all sci-fi women to follow. Except for Padme of course, who actually is her mother…

Star Wars: A New Hope - Empire Strikes Back - Return of the Jedi

Leeloo

“Multipass.” - Every geek, male or female, has had a crush on Leeloo at some point in their life. Perhaps it’s her flowing orange hair or the fact that her whole outfit looks like one big distorted belt. Maybe it’s her cute incoherent babble or her innocent blue eyes. No, it’s more likely the fact that she could kill you without even breaking a sweat. Sweet and deadly, sort of like a twinkie.

The Fifth Element

Trinity

“Dodge this.” - Finally, this brings us to one of the most celebrated female characters in the realm of science fiction, Trinity. The Matrix spawned a slew of iconic figures and Trinity is at the top of that list. Clad in latex, this cyber-goth-goddess is one hacker that isn’t to be trifled with.

The Matrix - The Matrix Reloaded - The Matrix Revolutions

And there you have it, my top five greatest women in sci-fi list is complete. This list was not an easy one to make mind you. Quite a few of my favorite sci-fi vixens didn’t make the cut for various reasons. Take the women of Firefly for instance. After BSG, Firefly could be my favorite TV series, and a lot of that had to do with the great cast, both male and female. Alas, I didn’t feel that as individuals they could bump anyone off this list. Sorry girls. Below are some of the other gals that almost broke into the top 5, but were snubbed out at the last minute.

The Runners-Up

	Sarah Connor - Terminator 1 & 2
	Max Guevera - Dark Angel
	Mystique - X-Men 1, 2, & 3
	Ripley - Alien, Aliens, Alien 3, & Alien Resurrection
	Lara Croft - Tomb Raider 1 & 2

Millenium Falcon

Let’s get the obvious out of the way first. If you’re a geek, the Millenium Falcon is synonymous with the phrase “kick ass spaceship”. It really is the king of the hill in this category. It did the Kessel run in under 12 parsecs you know. Need I say more?

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Nebuchadnezzar

If it wasn’t for this ship, the title of this entry would have read “Top 5 sci-fi spaceships of all time”. But I couldn’t leave the Nebuchadnezzar off this list. What kind of geek would I be? And honestly, I couldn’t think of four other hovercrafts that would make up my “Top 5 sci-fi hovercrafts of all time” list.

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Voyager

Forget about the Enterprise, Voyager is where it’s at. This little ship got blown 70,000 light years away from Earth, and landed smack-dab in the middle of Borg territory. That’s like putting a tiny little goldfish in a huge tank filled with sharks and then telling him to fight his way out. That’s one tough little goldfish.

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Galactica

The Galactica is the equivalent of a present day aircraft carrier. Now, imagine defending an entire race of people against the largest superpower on Earth, but you could only use one aircraft carrier. That’s the Galactica. How could it not be on this list?

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Serenity

Ahh, Serenity. Serenity is a lot like the Millenium Falcon, except it’s not as fast. And it can’t shoot. And it doesn’t really have any shields. And it looks nothing like the Millenium Falcon. But other than that, they are very, very similar. It’s just a great ship.

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