A bioship is a type of
spacecraft described in
science fiction. Bioships
differ from most spacecraft in
that they are predominantly or
totally composed of
organic or
biological components, rather
than being constructed from metal
or artificial materials. Because
of this, they nearly always have a
distinctively 'organic' look.
Bioships are frequently
regarded to be artifacts of the
highest level of technology,
superior to all other kinds of
spacecraft. They tend to be able
to absorb huge amounts of damage,
can regenerate or heal damaged
parts, and often have very
powerful offensive weapons. Some
bioships are intelligent or
sentient, and are sometimes
considered to be lifeforms.
In
Tenchi Muyo!, the Jurai use
ships grown from seeds. Their
hulls are carved from the wood
of giant trees, and protected by
forcfields. In addition, it is
possible that the
cabbits
Ryo-Ohki and Fuku could be
considered bioships.
In
Infinite Ryvius, the Vaea
project was designed to be able
to leave the solar system using
the gravimetric nature of the
creatures (space squid) found in
the Geould, a highly vioalatile
sea of gas. Four were made in
total; Each contains a Vital
Guarder of different shape,
which have high attack/defense
capacity that varied from ship
to ship. Each also contained a
life core that was bound to a
"captain", that would mentally
destroy the captain if the core
was destroyed. Sometimes, a dead
body was used as a bio core,
they are the most stable, and
affect the captain least.
In
Lexx, the ship LEXX is a
living ship shaped like at
dragonfly with no wings capable
of destroying whole planets.
In the Japanese anime of
Bio-Booster Armor
Guyver, the Creators had
living ships that were grown.
Also, the Guyvers themselves
were biotechnological armor
suits.
In
Bio-ship Paladin, the
player flies a bioship, which
has the ability to grow.
R-Type Final has a
number of organic or
part-organic Bydo-based fighters
which can be unlocked later in
the game.
In
Star Wars: Galactic
Battlegrounds, the
Gungan race uses organic
technology. Most buildings are
organic and large offensive
units, such as their Air
Cruisers appear to be organic
bioships.
In
Perfect Dark, a level is
set inside a large sentient
Bioship, one of a race called
the Cetan. The ship rests on the
floor of the Pacific ocean,
where it crashed millions of
years before. The ship had
deliberately crashed itself
there to deny anyone access to
the powerful weapon it
contained.
In
Escape Velocity Nova,
the Polaran faction of humans
developed bioship technology to
replace their depleted
conventional fleet. Polaran
bioships are significantly more
powerful than the ships of other
human factions, and make use of
a variety of laser and particle
weapons derived from specialized
organs.
