Captain V'Mar: USS Pegesus (My lvl 40 assualt cruiser deserves a great name)
R'Tath: RRW T'Favaron (Picked off random name because the Ha'pax sucks even for an eng)
Shanara: IKS Hangrow (Cryptic doesent let me use good names by thrusting this sh*t on me: You do not have a ship by that name)
P.S: Is this a bug? Because I want to call my future oddy the USS Pegesus:(
Sometimes it tosses this up. I don't know why. The solution is to accept the random name they assign the ship, then rename it when you're making it your active ship.
Allot of my captains and ships share a naming trend so...
USS Charybdis - Captained by FA Scylla (greek myth It's a gravity well boat Scylla and craybdis were mytical sea monsters that would trap and destroy ships.)
USS Deuteronomy - Captained by VA Nobanion (Catian). Nobanion is the king of beasts in Forgotten realms and Deuteronomy is a Cat from the musical cats
USS Eragon - Captain; VA Arya - Eragon book series
USS Corbenik - Captain VA Macha - .hack
IKS Entrophy - Captain Arbex it's a power Drain boat
IKS Summer Flame - Captain Laurana - Dragonlance
IRW Regnuim Corvis - Captain Nami regnum corvis means kingdon hearts in latin so there's that one.
Amethyst - Jem hadar Dreadnaught it's purple.. so uh.. yea
Each of my "serious" federation characters has a specific set of rules for what they name their ships.
My Vulcan Tac Officer (my true main) names all ships after real-world spacecraft. Tactical ships are named for unmanned solar system exploration missions, cruisers after manned missions, science vessels for a manned or unmanned mission named after a scientist, and carriers (like cruisers) after manned missions.
My Andorian Engineer names all ships after constellations.
My Betazoid Science Officer names then all after famous scientists.
My Human Tac Officer names them all for mythological creatures (typically hostile ones).
KDF: I usually just hit random til I see one I like and slightly modify it.
Rom: I usually just make up a word I think sounds "Roman" and go with it.
V. Adm. Jesu LaRoca, Starfleet Consular Operations Task Force - USS Ice Shark (Because USS Greenland was already taken by his Chel Grett. He'll only be flying it to unlock the trait for the Tiburon)
Captain Nine of Nine, 19th Heavy Reconnaissance Squadron - IKS bo'DeghpeD (Snow Bird)
Harding Cash, mercenary and slicer-for-hire (and reluctant KI asset) - Ugly Yeti
...Oh, baby, you know, I've really got to leave you / Oh, I can hear it callin 'me / I said don't you hear it callin' me the way it used to do?...
- Anne Bredon
V. Adm. Jesu LaRoca, Starfleet Consular Operations Task Force - USS Ice Shark (Because USS Greenland was already taken by his Chel Grett. He'll only be flying it to unlock the trait for the Tiburon)
Captain Nine of Nine, 19th Heavy Reconnaissance Squadron - IKS bo'DeghpeD (Snow Bird)
Harding Cash, mercenary and slicer-for-hire (and reluctant KI asset) - Ugly Yeti
I'm going to get that beauty on all of my characters, for the trait if nothing else.
D'trel: RRW Ra'khoi (trans. "Revenge").
Three: USS Michael Dorn. Because awesome.
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Gonna name my Sarr Theln on my KDF the Bhantkara, after the class of carrier the Kilrathi had in Wing Commander 3. http://www.wcnews.com/wcpedia/Bhantkara-class_carrier
I got a couple ships on my KDF named after Kilrathi things. A Mirror Vo'Quv named after Sivar, the Kilrathi God of War, and a Kamarag Retro named after Thrak'hath, the Kilrathi Crown Prince.
I have had a decades long habit of naming my personal computers after the proper names of various stars and/or mythological beings, so I just used a similar naming scheme for my ships.
U.S.S. Maia - Light Cruiser
U.S.S. Sinistra - Cruiser Refit
U.S.S. Avior - Heavy Escort Refit
U.S.S. Canopus - Support Cruiser (replaced with Support Cruiser Retrofit)
U.S.S. Alcyone - Tactical Escort (replaced with Fleet Tactical Escort Retrofit)
U.S.S. Arcturus - Obelisk Carrier
U.S.S. Procyon - Advanced Escort (replaced with Mirror Universe Patrol Escort)
U.S.S. Pleione - Mobius Temporal Destroyer (upgraded to T5-U)
I traded enough Dil for Zen that I could purchase the Tier 1 Connie, so I started a new toon with a definite naming scheme in mind. James R. Church (bonus points if you get both references there) commands USS Endeavour. So far he's been in the center seat of NCC-98375, the Connie, and NCC-98375-A, a Connie refit. I'm trying not to let him hit Tier 3 until I can get an Excelsior-class, to be NCC-98375-B. C will of course be awarded by the Temporal Ambassador mission, then when I hit Captain I'll have the Galaxy-class for 98375-D, and then on to the Sovereign-class for E...
So far for my ship naming, I've stuck with the aircraft I maintained in the Air Force. I'm still a "noob" so to speak, so I don't have many ships yet, but what I do have on my main character:
USS Falcon - I worked F-16s for 8 years...so that is how that name came about
USS Thunderbird - still on the F-16 theme.
(Bonus points to anyone who knows the third and not-as-frequently used name of the F-16)
Since I am running my main toon with a friend from work, I created a second toon for mostly solo stuff...only one ship for that captain so far:
USS Irondequoit
It's named for a town east of where I live and for some reason I always liked that name. It's difficult to find much history for the name, but supposition says it comes from an Iroquois (maybe Seneca?) word probably meaning "bay." (Please, feel free to correct me on this. I'll freely admit I am not as up-to-speed with my Six Nations lore as I should be).
For my Romulan I honestly can't quite remember how to spell it, but its called "Freedom's Progress" translated into Romulan. I think there was a ship in Star Wars: KOTOR that was called Freedom's Progress and I felt it tied well into the story since its about the progress of the Romulan people towards freedom.
U.S.S England = Named after the country I'm from.
My Caitian has ships that run along a similar naming convention. Firestorm, Firestrike, Firerunner, Firebeam ect.
My Fed human Tac does similarly. Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, Diamond, Obsidian ect.
My KDF Klingon I admit I just use randomly generated names.
I like running with themes when it comes to ship naming.
My newest ship, is the USS Archer, named after Captain Archer of the original Enterprise. I named her that because she's a Pathfinder, and Archer was pretty much the original pathfinder.
My engineers Guardian class is the USS Decatur, after several US Navy ships.
My tac flys the USS Archership, named after the WWII sub my grandpa served on. They sunk the largest ship ever sunk by a sub, the Japanese carrier Shinano. I think its a fitting name.
Finally, my Romulan science captain pilots a Scimitar, named "Scian," which is an old Irish word meaning "knife."
I have about 70 ships. Most are named after anime themes(characters, shows, whatever).
Some have a special military meaning like the USS BOHICA, or a mild joke like calling the black colored catian carrier the Kuro Neko{means black cat in Japanese}, or a certain recent ship the "pizza cutter". Lately I've been naming them after Viking legendays like Grendel and Ragnorock.
Space the final frontier. These are the voyages of [your name here] on a five year mission to gain one level after the delta rising xp nerf.
So far for my ship naming, I've stuck with the aircraft I maintained in the Air Force. I'm still a "noob" so to speak, so I don't have many ships yet, but what I do have on my main character:
USS Falcon - I worked F-16s for 8 years...so that is how that name came about
USS Thunderbird - still on the F-16 theme.
(Bonus points to anyone who knows the third and not-as-frequently used name of the F-16)
So what class will the USS Viper be?
...Oh, baby, you know, I've really got to leave you / Oh, I can hear it callin 'me / I said don't you hear it callin' me the way it used to do?...
- Anne Bredon
Prolly been in this thread a dozen pages back or so...
Deety flies ships with names from E.R.Burroughs Martian saga,
Dauntless class USS Galthol, Phantom class USS City of Helium Eclipse class will probably be USS Deimos, and the Jemnaught is USS Sword of Barsoom
Drummond is currently in Eclipse class USS Deneb. Phantom class USS Eagle of Zeus, Odyssey class USS Altair, Recluse class USS Tarazed, and Dauntless class USS E.K. Hornbeck
all ships are tied to the constellation Aquila except Deneb and Hornbeck. Few if any will get Hornbeck without Google's help, and those that do will et Drummond's name.
3.14159 of Pi doesn't really have a theme. most ships are math oriented, USS Tangent, and such, but the phantom she is flying is USS Von Braun.
the other toons have themes but I only bring them up for change of pace or dil farmin
Managed to keep the Gustav Holst theme running for Tylha's Breen ships - readers of my fanfics will now be aware of the awesome cosmic significance of Holst - with her Chel Grett being the Bleak Midwinter, the Plesh Brek being the Clear and Cool, and the new Sarr Theln being the Winter Idyll. Because those corrosive plasma beams I've put on it are just so idyllic, don't you think?
I tried to rename my ship to USS Working as Intended, but I'm not given enough space.
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Main ship is the U.S.S. Makron, it's a T5-U Fleet Assault Cruiser, aka a Sovereign-class.
I tend to try to follow general naming conventions for ships while also throwing in references to things I like; Sovereign-class ships are named after the titles of leaders. It was the U.S.S. Imperator for a while, but I started seeing that name on other ships flying around, so I changed it. Makron is the name/title of the Strogg leader from Quake II/IV.
Current ship I'm leveling is the Ignis Purgatorio, a likely bad translation to Hellfire. It's one of them newfangled Elachi Dreadnaughts. Name continues a tradition of naming most of my Main's ships in Latin or Pseudolatin (Memento Mori, Ars Morendi, Assertor) with the exceptions being my fed Tier 6 ships (Elucid's Hammer, Elucid's Anvil, and Elucid's Compass). Ships' name is a self reference to the ship's 'theme song' a 'pump up' track by Vonikk called Hellfire
Flying a fleet Defiant T5-U named USS Westminister, she's named after the ship I served on whilst in the Royal Navy many years back :-)
Awesome name/reason for a ship.
I just named two Phantoms Banshee and Storm. Storm being on a character that has Marvel named ships. Her Defiant is Fury and her Vesta is Jemma Simmons. I haven't decided what I'm going to name any of my Breen carriers yet
Let us upgrade the Seleya Ceremonial Lirpa and Kri'stak Blade
Fun thread to read - I'll limit my list to those ships actively played.
U.S.S. Buyer's Remorse T6 Guardian Cruiser, captained by Thrax TAC
This was how I felt a week into Delta Rising, after dropping $250 on ships and dil. It seemed that week that many of my online friends had left the game. Since that time, and after many expensive upgrades, it's a decent tactical cruiser and my favourite T6 starship design. It's a classic Trek loadout with Elite Phasers arrays.
U.S.S. Jade Dragon T6 Guardian Cruiser, captained by Uruk ENG
Uruk's choice in ship layouts has remained unchanged since LoR. Essentially a Green Plasma Tank - the Jade Dragon continues to be my 'goto' ship when all i want to do is unwind and kill borg aimlessly for hours. Of course that requires active queues...
U.S.S. Quia Scientia T6 Scryer Intel Science, captained by SciThrax SCI
It's a science ship with teeth. The name is Latin for 'Because Science' which has become my short comment when I respond to supernatural-inspired answers to how something works. It's a classic Trek loadout with Elite Phasers arrays.
FREEZER BURN T6 Sar Thein Carrier, captained by T'Hrax SCI
The name was inspired by the Twitch cast where she was introduced. Literally the most fun I've had with a new ship - and best of all it's free. Upgraded a full set of Breen space gear, phased polaron weapons, Transphasic torpedoes and Plesh Brek Hangers.
Hynerian Dominar T5-U Scimidar, captained by Thrax Al'Ghul TAC
While I have 'mastered' both new romulan ships - neither have the sheer thuggery of the Scimidar. Her name came from a character in Farscape, Dominar Rigel XIV in honor of the voice actor Jonathan Hardy who passed away in 2003. He was the reason I watched that show. Anyways a odd mix build centered around polaron beam weapons.
I.K.S.SAMCRO T6 MatHa Raptor, captained by Toran TAC
SAMCRO stands for Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club Redwood Originals, the name of a fictional bike gang from the series 'Sons of Anarchy'. After the bleak ending to the series, I may end up changing it to Red Woody for a little levity. Also from the series, it's the name of the fictional TRIBBLE studio run by the gang.
I.K.S. Ice Queen T6 Sar Thein Carrier, captained by Tvan'aH SCI
Another Ice-themed name, this time inspired by Disney's Frozen which in turn inspired the Winter Wonderland updates. Identical build as T'Hrax's Freezer Burn, except using the standard pets. My KDF fleets development has stalled, so no access to the higher quality pets yet.
My guess is "hope" keeps people not playing but posting on the forums. For others, its a path of sad realization and closure. Grieving takes time. The worst "haters" here love the game, or did at some point.
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R'Tath: RRW T'Favaron (Picked off random name because the Ha'pax sucks even for an eng)
Shanara: IKS Hangrow (Cryptic doesent let me use good names by thrusting this sh*t on me: You do not have a ship by that name)
P.S: Is this a bug? Because I want to call my future oddy the USS Pegesus:(
Grand Master Thotok, son of Koloth, I.K.S. Sompek==Dahar Master Shanara, I.K.S. Balth'Quv
Admiral R'Tath V'Tirex, R.R.W. Dhael Glohha'enh==Commander Ta'eth Korval, R.R.W Hachae ch'Rhian==Admiral Vranuk, R.R.W Delevhas
BTW, it's spelled "Pegasus".
Jinna Shiled, the Orion Space Pirate.
Player and forumite formerly known as FEELTHETHUNDER
Expatriot Might Characters in EXILE
USS Charybdis - Captained by FA Scylla (greek myth It's a gravity well boat Scylla and craybdis were mytical sea monsters that would trap and destroy ships.)
USS Deuteronomy - Captained by VA Nobanion (Catian). Nobanion is the king of beasts in Forgotten realms and Deuteronomy is a Cat from the musical cats
USS Eragon - Captain; VA Arya - Eragon book series
USS Corbenik - Captain VA Macha - .hack
IKS Entrophy - Captain Arbex it's a power Drain boat
IKS Summer Flame - Captain Laurana - Dragonlance
IRW Regnuim Corvis - Captain Nami regnum corvis means kingdon hearts in latin so there's that one.
Amethyst - Jem hadar Dreadnaught it's purple.. so uh.. yea
Grand Master Thotok, son of Koloth, I.K.S. Sompek==Dahar Master Shanara, I.K.S. Balth'Quv
Admiral R'Tath V'Tirex, R.R.W. Dhael Glohha'enh==Commander Ta'eth Korval, R.R.W Hachae ch'Rhian==Admiral Vranuk, R.R.W Delevhas
Grand Master Thotok, son of Koloth, I.K.S. Sompek==Dahar Master Shanara, I.K.S. Balth'Quv
Admiral R'Tath V'Tirex, R.R.W. Dhael Glohha'enh==Commander Ta'eth Korval, R.R.W Hachae ch'Rhian==Admiral Vranuk, R.R.W Delevhas
My Vulcan Tac Officer (my true main) names all ships after real-world spacecraft. Tactical ships are named for unmanned solar system exploration missions, cruisers after manned missions, science vessels for a manned or unmanned mission named after a scientist, and carriers (like cruisers) after manned missions.
My Andorian Engineer names all ships after constellations.
My Betazoid Science Officer names then all after famous scientists.
My Human Tac Officer names them all for mythological creatures (typically hostile ones).
KDF: I usually just hit random til I see one I like and slightly modify it.
Rom: I usually just make up a word I think sounds "Roman" and go with it.
--Red Annorax
It's from a StrongBad email on the Homestar Runner site.
Ship name: U.S.S. Spaceball One
Yogurt!? I hate yogurt. Even with strawberries.
V. Adm. Jesu LaRoca, Starfleet Consular Operations Task Force - USS Ice Shark (Because USS Greenland was already taken by his Chel Grett. He'll only be flying it to unlock the trait for the Tiburon)
Captain Nine of Nine, 19th Heavy Reconnaissance Squadron - IKS bo'DeghpeD (Snow Bird)
Harding Cash, mercenary and slicer-for-hire (and reluctant KI asset) - Ugly Yeti
...Oh, baby, you know, I've really got to leave you / Oh, I can hear it callin 'me / I said don't you hear it callin' me the way it used to do?...
- Anne Bredon
I'm going to get that beauty on all of my characters, for the trait if nothing else.
D'trel: RRW Ra'khoi (trans. "Revenge").
Three: USS Michael Dorn. Because awesome.
http://www.wcnews.com/wcpedia/Bhantkara-class_carrier
I got a couple ships on my KDF named after Kilrathi things. A Mirror Vo'Quv named after Sivar, the Kilrathi God of War, and a Kamarag Retro named after Thrak'hath, the Kilrathi Crown Prince.
Don't know what I'll name her fed side though.
U.S.S. Maia - Light Cruiser
U.S.S. Sinistra - Cruiser Refit
U.S.S. Avior - Heavy Escort Refit
U.S.S. Canopus - Support Cruiser (replaced with Support Cruiser Retrofit)
U.S.S. Alcyone - Tactical Escort (replaced with Fleet Tactical Escort Retrofit)
U.S.S. Arcturus - Obelisk Carrier
U.S.S. Procyon - Advanced Escort (replaced with Mirror Universe Patrol Escort)
U.S.S. Pleione - Mobius Temporal Destroyer (upgraded to T5-U)
U.S.S. Celaeno - Danube Runabout
U.S.S. Asterope - Aeon Timeship
USS Falcon - I worked F-16s for 8 years...so that is how that name came about
USS Thunderbird - still on the F-16 theme.
(Bonus points to anyone who knows the third and not-as-frequently used name of the F-16)
Since I am running my main toon with a friend from work, I created a second toon for mostly solo stuff...only one ship for that captain so far:
USS Irondequoit
It's named for a town east of where I live and for some reason I always liked that name. It's difficult to find much history for the name, but supposition says it comes from an Iroquois (maybe Seneca?) word probably meaning "bay." (Please, feel free to correct me on this. I'll freely admit I am not as up-to-speed with my Six Nations lore as I should be).
For my Romulan I honestly can't quite remember how to spell it, but its called "Freedom's Progress" translated into Romulan. I think there was a ship in Star Wars: KOTOR that was called Freedom's Progress and I felt it tied well into the story since its about the progress of the Romulan people towards freedom.
U.S.S England = Named after the country I'm from.
My Caitian has ships that run along a similar naming convention. Firestorm, Firestrike, Firerunner, Firebeam ect.
My Fed human Tac does similarly. Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, Diamond, Obsidian ect.
My KDF Klingon I admit I just use randomly generated names.
I like running with themes when it comes to ship naming.
My engineers Guardian class is the USS Decatur, after several US Navy ships.
My tac flys the USS Archership, named after the WWII sub my grandpa served on. They sunk the largest ship ever sunk by a sub, the Japanese carrier Shinano. I think its a fitting name.
Finally, my Romulan science captain pilots a Scimitar, named "Scian," which is an old Irish word meaning "knife."
Some have a special military meaning like the USS BOHICA, or a mild joke like calling the black colored catian carrier the Kuro Neko{means black cat in Japanese}, or a certain recent ship the "pizza cutter". Lately I've been naming them after Viking legendays like Grendel and Ragnorock.
...Oh, baby, you know, I've really got to leave you / Oh, I can hear it callin 'me / I said don't you hear it callin' me the way it used to do?...
- Anne Bredon
Deety flies ships with names from E.R.Burroughs Martian saga,
Dauntless class USS Galthol, Phantom class USS City of Helium Eclipse class will probably be USS Deimos, and the Jemnaught is USS Sword of Barsoom
Drummond is currently in Eclipse class USS Deneb. Phantom class USS Eagle of Zeus, Odyssey class USS Altair, Recluse class USS Tarazed, and Dauntless class USS E.K. Hornbeck
all ships are tied to the constellation Aquila except Deneb and Hornbeck. Few if any will get Hornbeck without Google's help, and those that do will et Drummond's name.
3.14159 of Pi doesn't really have a theme. most ships are math oriented, USS Tangent, and such, but the phantom she is flying is USS Von Braun.
the other toons have themes but I only bring them up for change of pace or dil farmin
STO Forum member since before February 2010.
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I actually avoid success entirely. It doesn't get me what I want, and the consequences for failure are slim. -- markhawman
I tend to try to follow general naming conventions for ships while also throwing in references to things I like; Sovereign-class ships are named after the titles of leaders. It was the U.S.S. Imperator for a while, but I started seeing that name on other ships flying around, so I changed it. Makron is the name/title of the Strogg leader from Quake II/IV.
Awesome name/reason for a ship.
I just named two Phantoms Banshee and Storm. Storm being on a character that has Marvel named ships. Her Defiant is Fury and her Vesta is Jemma Simmons. I haven't decided what I'm going to name any of my Breen carriers yet
Let us upgrade the Seleya Ceremonial Lirpa and Kri'stak Blade
U.S.S. Buyer's Remorse
T6 Guardian Cruiser, captained by Thrax TAC
This was how I felt a week into Delta Rising, after dropping $250 on ships and dil. It seemed that week that many of my online friends had left the game. Since that time, and after many expensive upgrades, it's a decent tactical cruiser and my favourite T6 starship design. It's a classic Trek loadout with Elite Phasers arrays.
U.S.S. Jade Dragon
T6 Guardian Cruiser, captained by Uruk ENG
Uruk's choice in ship layouts has remained unchanged since LoR. Essentially a Green Plasma Tank - the Jade Dragon continues to be my 'goto' ship when all i want to do is unwind and kill borg aimlessly for hours. Of course that requires active queues...
U.S.S. Quia Scientia
T6 Scryer Intel Science, captained by SciThrax SCI
It's a science ship with teeth. The name is Latin for 'Because Science' which has become my short comment when I respond to supernatural-inspired answers to how something works. It's a classic Trek loadout with Elite Phasers arrays.
FREEZER BURN
T6 Sar Thein Carrier, captained by T'Hrax SCI
The name was inspired by the Twitch cast where she was introduced. Literally the most fun I've had with a new ship - and best of all it's free. Upgraded a full set of Breen space gear, phased polaron weapons, Transphasic torpedoes and Plesh Brek Hangers.
Hynerian Dominar
T5-U Scimidar, captained by Thrax Al'Ghul TAC
While I have 'mastered' both new romulan ships - neither have the sheer thuggery of the Scimidar. Her name came from a character in Farscape, Dominar Rigel XIV in honor of the voice actor Jonathan Hardy who passed away in 2003. He was the reason I watched that show. Anyways a odd mix build centered around polaron beam weapons.
I.K.S.SAMCRO
T6 MatHa Raptor, captained by Toran TAC
SAMCRO stands for Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club Redwood Originals, the name of a fictional bike gang from the series 'Sons of Anarchy'. After the bleak ending to the series, I may end up changing it to Red Woody for a little levity. Also from the series, it's the name of the fictional TRIBBLE studio run by the gang.
I.K.S. Ice Queen
T6 Sar Thein Carrier, captained by Tvan'aH SCI
Another Ice-themed name, this time inspired by Disney's Frozen which in turn inspired the Winter Wonderland updates. Identical build as T'Hrax's Freezer Burn, except using the standard pets. My KDF fleets development has stalled, so no access to the higher quality pets yet.
Granted, since I deleted most of my alts, that's not a whole lot of ships.
Fed Tac
U.S.S. Puff
Named for the greatest dragon ever.
Kholhr is Romulan for Vengeance.
Vengeance for what the Borg did to me
Vengeance for what happened to the Homeworld
Vengeance for Virinat.