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more about #davidweber 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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