Editing Spaceball One

[[File:Spaceball One 1.jpg|thumb|500px|right|Model of Spaceball One]]
[[File:Spaceball One 2.jpg|thumb|500px|right|Rear of ship]]
[[File:Spaceball One 3.jpg|thumb|500px|right|Spaceball One: "Mega Maid"]]

'''Spaceball One'''<br />'''Craft''': Spaceball Mothership<br />'''Type''': Mothership<br />'''Scale''': capital<br />'''Length''': 11,200 x 2,240 x 1,120 meters<br />'''Skill''': capital ship pilot<br />'''Crew''': 285,123; gunners: 4,000; skeleton: 51,322/+10<br />'''Crew Skill''': Astrogation 4D, capital ship gunnery 4D+2, capital ship piloting 5D+1, capital ship shields 4D+1, sensors 4D<br />'''Passengers''': 22,400 troops<br />'''Cargo Capacity''': 83,250 metric tons<br />'''Consumables''': 5 years<br />'''Hyper-Active-Drive''': x0.003309 <br />'''Nav Computer''': yes<br />'''Maneuverability''': 0D<br />'''Space''': 6<br />'''Hull''': 9D+2<br />'''Shields''': 6D+2<br />'''Sensors'''
*Passive: 50/1D
*Scan: 100/3D
*Search: 200/4D
*Focus: 6/4D+2
'''Weapons'''
*'''500 Heavy Laser Cannons'''
:Fire Arc: 200 front, 150 left, 150 right<br />Crew: 4<br />Skill: Capital ship gunnery<br />Fire Control: 2D<br />Space Range: 3-15/35/75<br />Atmosphere Range: 6-30/72/150KM<br />Damage: 8D
*'''500 Turbolaser Batteries'''
:Fire Arc: 150 front, 125 left, 125 right, 100 back<br />Crew: 2<br />Scale: Starfighter<br />Skill: Starship Gunnery<br />Fire Control: 4D<br />Space Range: 3-15/36/75<br />Atmosphere Range: 6-30/72/150km<br />Damage: 5D
*'''75 Ion Cannons'''
:Fire Arc: 25 front, 25 left, 25 right<br />Crew: 6<br />Skill: Capital ship gunnery<br />Fire Control: 2D+2<br />Space Range: 1-10/25/50<br />Atmosphere Range: 2-20/50/100km<br />Damage: 3D
*'''100 Tractor Beam Emplacements'''
:Fire Arc: 55 front, 20 left, 20 right, 5 back<br />Crew: 5<br />Skill: Capital ship gunnery<br />Fire Control: 4D<br />Space Range: 1-5/15/30<br />Atmosphere Range: 2-10/30/60km<br />Damage: 6D
*'''16 Radar "Jammers"''' (see note)
: Fire Arc: 4 forward, 4 port, 4 starboard, 4 rear<br />Crew: 1<br />Scale: capital<br />Skill: capital ship gunnery<br />Fire Control: 4D<br />Space Range: 1-15/35/75<br />Atmosphere Range: 2-30/70/150km<br />Ammo: varies; pick flavor<br />Rate of fire: 5<br />Effect: “Jams” radar system with jam
*'''Mega Maid Vacuum''' (see note)
: Fire Arc: adjustable forward and down<br />Crew: 150<br />Scale: death star<br />Skill: capital ship piloting<br />Fire Control: 0D<br />Space Range: 1/3/5<br />Atmosphere Range: orbital bombardment<br />Ammo: energy based<br />Rate of fire: “Suck” and “Blow”<br />Damage:
:*”Suck”: Sucks atmosphere (air) from a planet
:*”Blow”: Blows atmosphere (air) onto a planet

'''Notes''':
*'''Ludicrous Speed''': Movement at this speed leaves a plaid trail through space.
*'''Radar Jammer''': Effectively reduced sensors and fire control systems to 0D until the “Jam” is removed.
*'''Mega Maid''': Spaceball 1 transforms into this weapon. Transformation takes 1 minute. Movement is reduced to 1 and all weapons other cannot be used while in Mega Maid form.

'''Description''': The Spaceballs' weapon of conquest, Spaceball One, is a powerful spaceship and the equivalent of the Death Star in the movie, although in appearance it much more closely resembles an Imperial Star Destroyer. The opening scene with the ridiculously long, wide angle continuous shot of Spaceball One is homage to the opening scene of Star Wars—which itself is homage to the first shot of the Discovery One in Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey. The length of the ship may also be homage to the Nostromo of Alien, or the Sador's ship in the Roger Corman film Battle Beyond The Stars. Its shape resembles the Battlestar Galactica and the Super Star Destroyers, while its name is a pun on Air Force One, the U.S. president's airplane. The Spaceballs' attitude toward others is expressed by the ship's large bumper sticker: "We brake for nobody." In the DVD commentary, Mel Brooks mentions that he wanted the introductory 'spaceship' scene to be much longer, but changed his mind when it was pointed out that at the length he wanted, that one scene would become the entire movie.

The ship's absurd size is a frequent point of reference:

The ship is so large that it contains a shopping mall, a zoo, and a three-ring circus (complete with a freak show).

When shown on the radar, it takes up almost half the screen, while other spaceships appear as only dots.

The ship takes about 1 minute and 38 seconds to cross the screen at the beginning of the film. This is emphasized by the music theme (based on the musical theme from Jaws) which stops and resumes again several times, each time growing louder and louder.

President Skroob is once forced to jog to the bridge in order to arrive before the end of the film. He references this by saying "This ship is too big. If I walk, the movie'll be over."

Spaceball One is capable of traveling at four different speeds: When a situation requires it to travel faster than its normal "sub-light" speed, it can accelerate to light speed, "ridiculous speed", and "Ludicrous Speed". When going to Ludicrous Speed, all crew members must use a seat belt for their own safety. Ludicrous Speed results in the ship leaving a trail of plaid, parodying the "warp trail" seen in the first few Star Trek films and 2001.

Spaceball One's secret weapon is its ability to transform, in parody of various transforming robot toys (Barf describes it as "a Transformer"), into Mega Maid, a colossal cleaning woman holding a gigantic vacuum cleaner used to extract air from other planets and take it back to planet Spaceball. It can also reverse that process, expelling air (thus changing modes from "suck" to "blow"). When Spaceball One begins to undergo its metamorphosis into "Mega Maid," Dark Helmet exclaims "Ready, Kafka?", an allusion to Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis.

The ship's destruction mixes-and-mashes the destruction of the Death Star in Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi with that of Unicron in Transformers: The Movie. Lone Starr's ship flies through a small hole in Mega Maid's ear to reach the self-destruct button, and then escapes out the other ear only seconds before the ship explodes. Mega Maid's head, and the hand holding the vacuum-cleaner handle, crash on a nearby planet's sandy ocean beach with Sandurz, Skroob and Helmet still aboard (but escaping shortly after the landing), with the pieces resembling the Statue of Liberty as seen in the final scene of Planet of the Apes.

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