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Choosing a fictional spacecraft for one-person operation

Andromeda, Atlantis, and Stargate craft prompt a comparison of automation, useful carried craft, and what a single operator could manage.

Question

If you could bring a spaceship from a favorite science-fiction series into reality, which would you choose and what would you do with it?

Short answer

Choices include Andromeda for solar-system exploration, a puddle jumper for personal travel, and Atlantis if its automation and carried craft make it usable by one person.

Notes

Andromeda Ascendant is chosen for exploring and colonizing the solar system because one person could operate it, with Rommie providing company. Drach considers a Stargate puddle jumper for personal utility, then chooses a Goa'uld Ha'tak largely for the joke of broadcasting announcements from orbit. Other possibilities include Atlantis and a large UNSC ship such as Infinity, depending on whether their subsidiary craft come with them. The practical distinction is between acquiring a powerful hull and acquiring something one person can actually use. The exchange treats planetary flags and orbital broadcasts as jokes, while the choices of Andromeda and Atlantis depend on their fictional automation.