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more about #buckrogersinthe25thcentury Cash907Censored: I can't believe I almost forgot Marjorie Monaghan as Jojo Thorsen from Space Rangers: Valley Forge. To a 13 year old, she was hottest space pilot ar... more » MagentaCarme: Jadda Pinkett Smith from the Matrix trilogy?!?!?!? She's gotta be here. That is if you consider them space movies. more » littlewade: "you havent lived until youve seen a valkarie go down " Ahh the innocent 70s more » Torley: Arial Tetsuo of the Wipeout games. OK, not "space", but definitely a badass pilot. I submit proof! more » alphanumeric1971: I take exception to calling jinx a mean android. First off he wasn't an android he was a robot, and he wasn't being mean he was trying to help his o... more » Cash907Censored: Uh... where is Commander Susan Ivanova? She was the baddest StarFury pilot in all of Earth Alliance, and she road fire with the best of them. Besi... more » I_Like_Rabbits: Starbuck is so badass, she is sent back by God to save the fleet. Oh, sorry. I know It hates that name. more » Mathmos: of course there are many badass females who weren't primarily pilots. James Schmidtz's Trigger Argee comes to mind, ignoring all his other strong fema... more » My_Latest_Incarnation: Excuse me? What about Classic Battlestar Galactica? No mention of Rigel, Athena, Lieutenants Sheba and Dietra, Serena and Brie? No mention of Robot... more » Adam Whitehead: Whilst Ivanova didn't do a lot of flying, she single-handedly blasted her way through a whole Raider squadron in 'Believers' to give the starliner Asi... more » HeeroYuy: Ana Khouri wasn't actually a pilot; She was a former soldier from Sky's Edge accidentally transferred to Yellowstone and also the Nostalgia For Infini... more » Noah Smith: Miriya Paraino from Robotech. more » Daveinva: I concur with the Starbuck #1 vote. That said-- no Miriya Sterling from Robotech/Macross? For shame. . . more » Kamigoroshi: As much as I love Aeryn Sun and Susan Ivanova doesn't technically pilot a ship for most of Babylon 5. I'd vote her in for badass after this line from ... more » Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.: Ohhh Erin Grey. grooowwlll. more » TCMcQueen: That is a fairly complete list. And I'm right in the middle of "Against a Dark Background" right now. more » NotArthurPDragon: more » blackoak: May I suggest including Tabitha Jute from Colin Greenland's 'Plenty' series. Also Pricilla 'Hutch' Hutchins from several of Jack McDevitt's books. more » CharlesRockyPamplin: sweet, my suggestion made it in! more » Alizarin: Aeryn. Lord Aeryn. She doesn't get enough credit. more » -
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The Most Badass Female Space Pilots Of All Time
Some of the hottest hot-shot pilots in space opera are women. It's a longstanding tradition in science fiction to show women taking the controls of starships, space fighters and star-cruisers, and here are our favorite badass female cockpit jockeys.
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#comics
Buck Rogers #0 Makes Fighting Giant Amoebas Look Pretty Fun
Dynamite's Buck Rogers comic series starts with a whole lot of Buck kicking ass (if giant amoebas had them, which I kind of doubt) and taking names (which, actually, the amoebas also don't have). More » -
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Revived Buck Fights Sluggishness
Arriving in stores today is Buck Rogers #0, a 25 cent preview of the upcoming revival of science fiction's first man out of time. Click through for a couple of pages. More » -
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Buck Rogers' Future Looks Glowing
The Buck Rogers revival officially kicks off in May with the release of the first issue of Dynamite's new Buck comic. But what kind of 25th century should we expect? The hero's new writer explains. More » -
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Buck Rogers Brings Retro Space-Swashbuckling To The Web
Buck Rogers is coming to the twenty-first century. James Cawley, producer of the Star Trek: Phase II fan series, has gotten the rights to do a Buck Rogers webseries with the same attention to detail. More »
