[Marcov]

Well, I think those 30 ships are the top 30 best representing FS. Take your pick: I personally would chose the Orion.

[Hades]

It doesn't matter which ones you think belong up there, likely someone else has a ship they would vote for but isn't up there, like the Apollo or Medusa.

[General Battuta]

I added the Perseus because I didn't see it, if it is I am dumb

[redsniper]

Perseus

[Aurora Paradox]

I would say the Orion.  That was what popped into my head first.

[Mongoose]

Yeah, there's a few that could work, but Orion.

[KyadCK]

Herc 1 for me, but maybe thats just fond memories of FS1, i dunno

2nd is Orion, then Apollo

[IronBeer]

What in the hell? Where's the Apollo? That most iconic of Terran fighters?

[Flipside]

Herc 1, it was like getting your first car

[Polpolion]

WHERE IS MARA?

[peterv]

And may i ask where is the Volition Bravos? 

Seriously, the Orion.

[ssmit132]

We should just put every single retail ship on the list.

[NGTM-1R]

Which FS?

If we had to do a universal symbol of FS much like the Mad Cat is used for BattleTech, my vote is on the Ulysses for FS1. I am unsure for FS2.

[T-LoW]

Definetly the Orion. On both games.

[headdie]

In order of preference

Orion - I am still emotionally scarred from the first time watching the Galatea go down
Fenris - I have spent way to much time protecting the Orff
Apollo - The first fighter you get and the FS intro is brilliant
Colossus - the signature ship of the second game

[Luis Dias]

I heretically pick the Collossus.

Mainly because of the epic cutscene. The contrast between the hubris displayed in that cutscene and actual reality is mind-boggingly entertaining. "... and for generations to come" ahahah!

[Zacam]

If we had to do a universal symbol of FS much like the Mad Cat is used for BattleTech, my vote is on the Ulysses for FS1. I am unsure for FS2.

Seconded. Even though the Uly isn't the first ship for FS1 that you are given, it's still a fairly well recognizable and distinctive to FS Universe ship that about any other.

The Loki would probably be tied with the Hercules as a good Runner-up/Second Place.

[NGTM-1R]

The contrast between the hubris displayed in that cutscene and actual reality is mind-boggingly entertaining.

It would be hubris if they actually knew better. At that point in the game, they don't.

[Dilmah G]

I reckon that rather than individual ships being representative of the game, there were scenes or images that were. The art on the OEM version of the game's disc fits that category. But Orion, for me.

[Marcov]

Maybe I should add all ships. Every single ship, even the NavBuoy, Asteroid, Knossos, or Volition Bravos.