My favorite render of Samus Aran's ship. Very nice job.

Althought I always thought that the term gunship was somewhat inadequate to it's class or name.

Gunship, I came to think, describes a ship whose soul function is to attack; it's guns or weapons so apparent in it's design that it was deigned more like a floating gun than a vehicle, to the extent that it could -- just as well -- undergo the need of a pilot and be remotely controlled or navigated through an AI. Considering they are the first line of defense for a planet, a space station or colonies, the risk of these ships from beeing the first target from ennemi fire is highly probable. Thus it would be dangerous for any pilot to take place in such a craft.

Gunships, to me, are beefed-up space drones.

This is Samus' home. In this fashion, it is just a ship or a shuttle. One of the last operable remnants of Chozo culture. In such a way, it is the equivalent of our RV.