[Herra Tohtori]

Saab AB is a defence contractor company.

Saab Automobile AB is (besides a source for a cool recursive acronym) the automobile manufacturer.

Saab by itself means Svenska Aeroplan Aktiebolaget, so...

The aerospace&defense contractor is called Svenska Aeroplan Aktiebolaget Aktiebolaget, while the automobile manufacturer ir Svenska Aeroplan Aktiebolaget Automobile Aktiebolaget.

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[-Sara-]

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..and contingencies.

[Talon 1024]

The UEF Uhlan and UEF Uriel look a lot like the Coalition Saber from Starlancer.


The UEF Kentauroi also looks a lot like the fighter shown on the front of the SL Box/CD case


Even the cockpits seem to be largely inspired by Starlancer.

[General Battuta]

Yeah, I think Steve-O was definitely riffing.

[FreeSpaceFreak]

And there's the Karuna, which has some stylistic elements from Babylon 5 ships, like this one - note the shape of the front section, the number of antennas and the rotating thing.

[terran_emperor]

Actually, the Karuna looks like the child of an Oracle Cruiser and an Omega

The Oracle (See Below) is a canon ship from the Cancelled B5Wars game


Basically remove the Oracle's Bridge tower and the fin on underside, add the Omega's rotating fin  near the back and the result is essentially the karuna

[Black Wolf]

It's been way too long since I saw the show and I almost completely forgot everything about the Chigs to make the other connections (except that water kills them, and you fly their ships by sticking your arms in holes, like giant cows).

[Pred the Penguin]

Cows have holes in them!!

[-Norbert-]

Actually that Oracle reminds me a lot of the Chellenger from Wings of Dawn.... or probably the other way round.

[Scourge of Ages]

It's true! If you'd seen it, you'd know. And you'd never forget it.

[Dragon]

Challengers in WoD are actually based on Federaion ships from Xenosaga.

[Buckshee Rounds]

There's a comparison shot on google somewhere of the Omega and Karuna:



The Narayana's two guns with curved hull reminds me of something but I can't for the life of me think what it is.

[General Battuta]

I think the Karuna was riffing more off of Nexus ships than anything else.

[SpardaSon21]

I suppose it might be a Noah vessel with a rotating section, although Noah vessels tend to be a bit thicker than the Karuna and Narayana.

[General Battuta]

I was actually thinking of the Stiletto and Longsword. They're kind of similar to the Karuna/Narayana pair in some respects, actually.

[-Norbert-]

True for the rotating sections (especially the tripple of the Narayana and Longsword), but the "nose" of the Karuna is very symbolic for the Babylon 5 Omega (and Nova, which was the Omegas predecessor - but without a rotating section).

[-Sara-]

It's true! If you'd seen it, you'd know. And you'd never forget it.

I think Black Wolf more so wonders why you put your hands into the holes of a cow. 

[Hades]

I was actually thinking of the Stiletto and Longsword. They're kind of similar to the Karuna/Narayana pair in some respects, actually.

...No they aren't, the Longsword is just a Stiletto with some compartments and the rotating section removed, while the Karuna and Narayana aren't visually from the same basic hull design.

Not to mention the Karuna looks waaay more like the Omega than it does the Stiletto (which the only thing they have in common is a very different rotating section)

[SpardaSon21]

The Stiletto is far flatter than the Karuna, and nowhere near as long.

[General Battuta]

fine