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== Tabletop Games ==
== Tabletop Games ==


* Eldar and Tau vessels in ''[[Warhammer 40000]]''. ''Just'' those two races.
* Eldar and Tau vessels in ''[[Warhammer 40,000]]''. ''Just'' those two races.
** Eldar, of course, have the aforementioned 'cleaner robots'(like the small 'warp spiders' that maintain each ship's Infinity Circuit-the aspect warriors were actually called after those, apparently), and goodness knows what else keeping their psychically alive spacecraft made out of a self-regenerating material clean. And tau? Well, this is the race with the caste system that makes them consider the guy that cleans out the latrines to be on par with a bureaucrat.
** Eldar, of course, have the aforementioned 'cleaner robots'(like the small 'warp spiders' that maintain each ship's Infinity Circuit-the aspect warriors were actually called after those, apparently), and goodness knows what else keeping their psychically alive spacecraft made out of a self-regenerating material clean. And tau? Well, this is the race with the caste system that makes them consider the guy that cleans out the latrines to be on par with a bureaucrat.
*** They really only stand out because by contrast the Ork "ships" are salvaged junkers called Space Hulks held together by garbage and good feelings, while the human ships are basically city-sized space-faring cathedrals.
*** They really only stand out because by contrast the Ork "ships" are salvaged junkers called Space Hulks held together by garbage and good feelings, while the human ships are basically city-sized space-faring cathedrals.
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* The pulp fiction stylings of ''[[Red Alert 3 Paradox]]'' demanded this. Soviet spacecraft are even chromed against radiation.
* The pulp fiction stylings of ''[[Red Alert 3 Paradox]]'' demanded this. Soviet spacecraft are even chromed against radiation.
* The Thul ships in ''[[Dark Star One]]''. Since they want to prove that they are better than the other races (especially the Terrans, who they were descended from) in every way, it's natural that they make their ships look much better than all of the rest.
* The Thul ships in ''[[Dark Star One]]''. Since they want to prove that they are better than the other races (especially the Terrans, who they were descended from) in every way, it's natural that they make their ships look much better than all of the rest.
* In ''[[Starcraft]]'' the Protoss all have bright and shiny space ships that have gold-like paint jobs, and shields surrounding them.
* In ''[[StarCraft]]'' the Protoss all have bright and shiny space ships that have gold-like paint jobs, and shields surrounding them.


== Real Life ==
== Real Life ==
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