Am I the only one who thinks it would be nice if space was a bit 3D?

[Aed]

I've always thought the description of space warfare in Ian Banks The Algebraist was the most believable.

There battles are extremely fast flybys that last seconds at most. The ships are generally long and thin so as to minimise their profile on approach and maximise their broadside capabilties.

 

[LordMagus]

There battles are extremely fast flybys that last seconds at most. The ships are generally long and thin so as to minimise their profile on approach and maximise their broadside capabilties.

The reason there are big hulking ships in sci-fi is that there is shielding technology, or at least some tech to make it less about 'not being hit'.

 

[BlackUmbrellas]

In fairness, a wedge-shape is a pretty decent warship design- it allows you to minimize your profile while maximizing the number of guns you can bring to bear on a target.

Star Destroyers wouldn't take many modifications to "make sense" in 3D space. If you scrapped the exposed bridge tower and over-armoured the top (which I will accept exists because artificial gravity), you could then fly them in a circular formation with their undersides and hangers pointing towards each other and their heavier armour all facing outwards.