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* ''[[Forever Free]]'': the AI of the ship passed the Turing Test.
* ''[[Bolo]]'': multi-thousand-ton, sapient [[Tank Goodness|main battle tanks]].
* ''[[Posleen War Series]]'': The USS
* "''Voyage of the'' Princess Ark": [[Dragon]] Magazine articles: in which the titular Alphatian vessel explores the world of [[Mystara]]. Although initially a non-sapient sailing ship enchanted to fly, the ''Princess Ark'' eventually fused with a powerful sphinx-like extraplanar entity, acquiring a new layout, the capacity for self-direction and self-defense, and a quirky personality.▼
▲* [[Posleen War Series]]: The USS ''Des Moines'' in ''Yellow Eyes'', after {{spoiler|the insane AID}} is installed as part of her upgrades to fight the [[Horde of Alien Locusts|Posleen]].
* ''[[Wor Ship]]'' by Frank Herbert: after a [[Generation Ship]] becomes self-aware, it hijacks the crew and demands humanity learn how to WorShip it.
* ''[[Empire From the Ashes]]'': Dahak is a [[That's No Moon|planetoid dreadnought]] the size of the Moon, which attained sentience during 52,000 years of unsupervised operation. Fortunately, given its ability to wipe out star systems simply by FTLing/deFTLing in the wrong place, it's a good guy.
* Fluffy from Pat Murphy's ''[[There and Back Again]]'' is an intelligent space fighter developed as an experiment by the Resurrectionists. Her [[Wetware CPU|brain matter]] comes from a combination of an adventurer and her cat, hence the name.
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* ''[[Warhammer 40000]]'': The [[Our Elves Are Better|Eldar]] ships combine elements of this and the [[Afterlife Express|ghost ship]], with the implanted spirits of the dead giving the ship its own personality.
** Many Chaos ships are infused with Daemons, in many cases giving them sapience. Some extreme examples of this slowly devour, or even forego entirely, human crew.
* [[Dungeons and Dragons]]
** ''[[Spelljammer]]'': features a legendary [[Living Ship]] known as... well, "''the'' [[Title Drop|Spelljammer]]". It also spawns little cute Smalljammers
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* ''[[Magic: The Gathering]]'' has the Skyship Weatherlight, which gains sentience as its engine is upgraded with new pieces of the Legacy.
* ''[[Paranoia]]'' has warbots (tanks, up to and including the [http://gmftp.paranoia-live.net/GreyMist08s_Props/Acute/MAMSM4/GR000003.JPG Mark IV]) and flybots (aircraft).
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== Web Comics ==
* ''[[Schlock Mercenary]]'': It's a rare exception when a capital ship is flown by a human pilot or even a mobile robot. Almost every armed starship we see is inhabited by its own AI, who "is" the ship and considers the whole structure its body. A number of them from different factions
* ''[[Zap]]'': The Excelsior is sapient, chooses its own captain, and is also apparently having an affair with Robot.
* ''[[Freefall]]'': The ''Savage Chicken'' will frequently talk to the crew and makes witty retorts. As well as try to maim the captain.
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