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Starting with the second season, the Klingons begin developing the cleaner avian-inspired ships they (and the Romulans) would be known for in the original series and onward.

Star Trek: Discovery: During the first season, and into the second season, Klingon ships sport a Gothic look with lots of curves and protrusions.

They're usually green in color, but teal and brown are also seen on occasion.

The Romulan Star Empire uses a raptor as its emblem, and its starships ('warbirds') tend to resemble giant avians as well.

The overall effect is something like a giant alien starfish.

Battlestar Galactica: The Cylon Basestars in the 2003 reboot feature sweeping curves tapering into several huge spike-like projections.

While some such as the Centauri and the Narn follow a design closer to the humans' own Standard Human Spaceship fleets, others such as the Minbari (and ships made of adapted Minbari tech, such as the White Stars) resemble flying pieces of modern art made of purple-white coral and the ships of the Shadows and the Vorlons dip straight into Eldritch Starship territory.

Babylon 5: Zig-zagged with the alien designs, depending on the race.

Since it came from Moron Mountain, this craft is the space-going equivalent of an Edsel.

The Nerdlucks from Space Jam come to Earth in a spacecraft that's very sculpted and colorful, modeled roughly after a 1949 Buick Roadmaster in front and a 1959 Cadillac Eldorado in back, replete with rolled edges and chrome galore.

By Revenge of the Sith, most of these ships have been phased out in favor of hard-edged designs more closely resembling the Used Future of the original trilogy. The Naboo N-1 fighters in The Phantom Menace are probably the best example of the trope in Star Wars, being solid yellow except for a silver bow and completely smooth throughout. Ships in the 'civilized age' of the prequels are closer to this trope than the examples above the Republic's ships had lots of curvy segments with red and white coloration, while Trade Federation ships are round and organic-looking with grey and blue coloration.They are still, however, solid grey or grey-blue in color. While most of the ships used by the human-dominated Rebel Alliance are scrappy, blocky, cobbled-together and utilitarian vessels reflecting the Rebellion's lack of resources to devote to aesthetics over functionality - and most of the human-centric Empire's warships are wedge-shaped slabs of grey metal with the subtlety and grace of a brick to the teeth - the star cruisers built by the Rebellion's Mon Calamari allies are sleek, smooth-edged vessels with gracefully tapering outlines, globular outer details instead of the human ships' hard-edged greebling and similarly elegant internal designs.Their city-destroying Flying Saucers and their planetoid-sized mothership have greebles in a few spots, but otherwise they fit the bill. Independence Day: The invaders' ships all look like they were carved out of black stone, and look very smooth (from a distance, at least).

He's opposed chiefly by The Hero Shad from Akir, piloting the Sapient Ship Nell that resembles a flying uterus, and the other mercenaries' ships includes Nestor's (a glowing Flying Saucer), Space Cowboy's (which roughly resembles an overgrown Lunar Landing Module), Gelt's (which resembles a flying manta ray), and Cayman's (which has a design that makes it look like a flying mouth). In Battle Beyond the Stars, Sador commands a dark, boxy warship with a hammer-like bow.

Mass effect black blocky characters