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  • kjaneway11kjaneway11 Member Posts: 15 Arc User
    edited November 2012
    Well, my first ship was the USS Expedition, because I really liked that for a starship name,
    and my current one ((just got promoted to Lieutenant Commander a few days ago...)) :D is the U.S.S Medina. :)
  • deyvaddeyvad Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited November 2012
    I name my defiant class escort U.S.S. Hubris

    Get it? Defiant, defiance, hubris? Not yet? See, the ultimate defiance is hubris, wouldn't it?

    My timeship destroyer is named I.S.S Sherman in memory of the DS9 crew who travelled back in time in 2373.

    My other toons' ship are named randomly until I reach level 50 and pick a final ship, then I'll ponder on a name.
  • corbinwolf#9797 corbinwolf Member Posts: 565 Arc User
    edited November 2012
    Hi,

    This has been a great thread! :)

    I have the following ships:

    U.S.S. SERENITY - A Constitution Class Starship that I purchased. She is named in memory of my mother.

    U.S.S. SERENDIPITY - A Constitution Class starship retrofitted to into an Exeter class starship. Being a hopeless romantic I named her with my wife in mind.

    U.S.S. PRIME - A MIRROR Star Crusier (soverign) I obtained through the now discontinued Tholian lock box. This ship was actually named after a 1980's icon - Optimus Prime, leader of the Autobots. I also gave this ship an NX registry for reasons that pertain to my characters background story, etc... The name has been used on two other ships which I have since discharged as I was not fond of them. This is my flagship for the foreseeable future. If anyone could tell me how to get the I.S.S. Prefix I would be most appreciative!

    U.S.S. GRIMM - I also receive TWO MIRROR Assault cruisers and unpacted only one of them. The name was assigned by cryptic and I have not used the ship at all really. I am not sure if I am going to keep it or not. The other boxed ship is up for grabs if anyone wants it! Just make me an offer!

    I have tried various other ships given to me with each new tier but I have since discharged them all. They were:

    U.S.S. POS - a crappy shuttle craft that I had to use for a mission. The name speaks for itself.

    U.S.S. OSLO - A promethius class starship I never bothered to change its name and after two missions I discharged it. Blastphemy to some, I know, but I found it generally underwhelming and prefer the look to the original ST cruisers.

    I also had a variant of the Galaxy class ship and a Tactical Escort... Both discharged. The original ship that comes with sign up never stood a chance as I bought the original TOS ship (Serenity) almost immediately. Again, I know, why throw away ships...

    I may try a Defiant class starship in future but to be honest I would love to see cryptic make it so that you could eventually purchase additional slots for your existing starships. I make the PRIME more tactical oriented and give it more weapon slots... My character may have turned over a new leaf but it doesnt mean he has stopped sleeping with a phaser under his pillow!:cool:
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  • sandoz217sandoz217 Member Posts: 2 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    My main ship is named Geddy Lee after the bass player from Rush. I've been a fan since 1975.
  • reinawattreinawatt Member Posts: 53 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    With my Reina Harit Beaumont character, my current ship is named the USS Starsteel, a mix and match of two Transformer's names - Starscream and Steelshot. Her next, and likely final ship, will be called the USS Shore, a heavy escort carrier with the Akira class appearance.

    My Karen Linla Beaumont character's ship is called the USS Medsworn, onto the third version now. It's named as such because in the Beaumont series I've been writing since 1998, Karen is very interested in the Medical sciences.
  • zhouzhizhouzhi Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    U.S.S. Hoshi no Tobira

    Translated it is roughly "Door to the Stars", fitting, for a starship.
  • dm19deltadm19delta Member Posts: 206 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    I name most of my ships after famous fighting ships of the past, mostly WWII. There are a couple that are named for trek ships.

    For my tac officer:
    Galaxy-X USS Hornet
    Odysee USS Yamato
    Soveriegn USS Bismarck
    Intrepid refit USS Guam
    Prometheus MVAE USS North Carolina
    Excelsior refit USS Hood

    For my science officer:
    Prometheus MVAE USS Arizona
    Odysee USS Musashi
    Mirror star cruiser USS Tirpitz
    Luna USS Fuso
    Excelsior refit USS Crazy Horse
  • khan5000khan5000 Member Posts: 3,008 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    I served in the US Navy for 11 years and was on three ships. Most of the ships I fly are named after those ships of sister ships.

    USS Constellation (aircraft carrier)
    USS Patriot (minesweeper)
    USS Chief (minesweeper)


    my Ody tac was USS Constellation - F
    I currently fly a defiant USS Valiant
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  • trygvar13trygvar13 Member Posts: 697 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    The ship I use the more right now is my Krenn destroyer so I called it wa'leS'wa' (Tomorrow One)

    I also use my Galor which I called qarDaS tev (Cardassian prize)
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  • stugats187stugats187 Member Posts: 4 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    USS Enrico Fermi. Because I'm Italian-American and he was a great Italian scientist.
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  • squatsaucesquatsauce Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    Khas has commanded the following starships:

    USS Xeno: Named for the philosopher and his horrible paradox. Poor turtles...

    USS Bride of Quiet: Named for a Decemberists lyric. It is an escort and war is the bride of quiet and the bride of all unquiet things.

    USS Winterborn: Named for a municipality in Rhineland-Palatinate.

    ISS Shimmering: Has Reman covariant shields installed and shoots purple beams. Shimmering seemed an appropriate descriptor.

    There is, finally, a Wells-class ship that I've not given a permanent name to. I'm thinking of calling it the Ann Veronica or the Undying Fire after some of Well's other works.
  • captainhookerscaptainhookers Member Posts: 12 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    U.S.S. Black Pearl
    Because Im a Pirate
  • tsurutafan01tsurutafan01 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    I've generally named my ships after bands on the Fed side, and one after a singer.

    USS Opeth, Dickinson (as in Bruce as in Iron Maiden), Triptykon, Celtic Frost. Using the Celtic Frost, assault cruiser. Working towards an Odyssey pack. I plan to name the three the Tony Iommi, the Geezer Butler, and the Bill Ward. But I might just name the one I use the most the Black Sabbath and go with that.

    My Hegh'ta Bird of Prey is called the IKS MaqMIgh Taj. I based it off of searches from this: http://klingonska.org/dict/

    Taj is a dagger, MaqMigh sort of translates as "bad omen". So I think my ship name means "dagger of ill omen" or something. Kind of like a Klingon Sword of Damocles.

    It sounded cool to me.


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  • stardestroyer001stardestroyer001 Member Posts: 2,615 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    Ooh boy, ship names! Here we go!

    My primary FED character

    USS Challenger, NCC-71099 (Galaxy-class Expl. Cruiser Retrofit/Dreadnought)
    - the ship from VOY: "Timeless", except LaForge retired or something. The Challenger is heavily modified and can have Dreadnought components attached/detached at will.

    USS Andromeda Ascendant, NCC-160982 (Eng Vesta-class MME)
    - named after an alternate universe starship. (see Andromeda, the show)

    USS Hera, NX-210395 (MVAM Prometheus)
    - named after the character in Battlestar Galactica, who was the new hope for humanity's continued existence.

    USS Appalachia, NCC-205xxx (Steamrunner-class Blockade Runner Retrofit)
    - For lack of a better name, I used the one from DS9.

    USS Sovereign, NX-73811 (Sovereign-class Assault Cruiser)
    - I'd like to think that the crew of the Dauntless continued their journeys in STO.

    ISS Imperius (Mirror Achilles-class Assault Cruiser)
    - Mirror version of the Achilles-class starship USS Imperius.

    Columbia, NX-02 (NX class)
    - The one from ENT. Used as a training ship.

    USS Heyes (Intrepid LRSV)
    - Random name generator.

    USS Relativity (Akira Heavy Escort)
    - The "-B" of the ship seen in VOY: "Relativity". No temporal capabilities whatsoever.

    USS Solstice (Nova Science Vessel)
    - Name taken from ST: Legacy's ship names for the Nova class. It's a nice name.

    USS Ticonderoga (Defiant-class Tac Escort Refit)
    -Random name generator.


    Secondary Character: Nushid (KDF)


    IKS Hegh daq jaghpu' (Guramba Siege Destroyer)
    - Klingon for... something along the lines of "Death to the enemies [of the Empire]".

    IKS Navt'Vu (Negh'Var Battle Cruiser)
    - Random name generator, and it starts with the same letter as my character (literary tool)

    I also have a Mirror Vor'cha, but I can't remember its name.

    Tertiary Character: Charlott [FED]

    USS Magellan, NCC-272067 (Galaxy Dreadnought)
    - Also named after an actual Starfleet Galaxy-class ship, heavily refitted.

    USS Pulsar (registry classified) (Sci Vesta-class MME)
    - A seemingly innocent name for a deadly ship. Quite possibly a great name for a science vessel.

    USS Poseidon (Luna-class RSV)
    - Named after the ancient god.

    Quad-ary Character: Emergency Command Hologram 668 [FED]
    USS Avenger, NX-09 (NX class)
    - named after the mirror ship in ENT episodes.

    USS Hakata (Saber-class Escort)
    -Randome name generator
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  • marcusdkanemarcusdkane Member Posts: 7,439 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    The first ship I wrote about was the USS Endeavour (name mentioned on the subspace chatter at the beginning of First Contact) which I always envisage as a Sovereign-Class.

    Following the STO timeline jump, the new ship I write about is the USS Valkyrie, named for the plot to kill Hitler. I've come to appreciate the functionality and utility of the Nova-Class, and if given the choice between the two ships, I would opt for the Nova-Class :cool:
  • gulberatgulberat Member Posts: 5,505 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    I have several ships. Here's the history behind them all...

    Main (science)--Berat, Cardassian exchange officer, dual-commissioned as a gul and a Starfleet captain

    U.S.S. Sherouk (RSV): With the blessing of Starfleet, named for his former (and since decommissioned) command in the Cardassian Defense Force. Also happens to be a place located somewhere in the Middle East, but that was not the intention when I came up with the name. This same name will carry over if/when I get a Fleet RSV. This is the ship that, for all its quirks, I am the most used to fighting with out of any ship, any toon.

    C.D.S. Tekeny Ghemor (Galor): In-game it obviously has a Federation registry, but I always imagine it as Berat's current command in the Cardassian Guard, when he gets the opportunity to return the favor Starfleet did for him, and host a number of Starfleet officers (the BOFFs ;) ) as exchange officers aboard a Cardassian vessel. Named for Legate Tekeny Ghemor, seen in "Second Skin" and "Ties of Blood and Water."

    U.S.S. Zerayd (Peregrine): Named for a Cardassian bird of prey (in my fics).

    U.S.S. Shalok (Danube): I made up the name of a river on Cardassia for that.


    Secondary (Engineering) Rraeit Nirria, Caitian.

    U.S.S. Le-Matya (Vesta): I wanted something "cat-themed," but I also felt that Starfleet even on the show has a dearth of alien ship names in spite of the diversity Starfleet claims to have and the appreciation of its member worlds. So I named the ship after a Vulcan felinoid.

    U.S.S. Dawn (Mirror Assault Cruiser): Repainted and rechristened as a Starfleet vessel. The name of the Dawn was actually the game's suggestion--and it fit, because I was looking for something redemption-themed!

    U.S.S. Serval (think this one is a Peregrine fighter): I decided to break with the bird-of-prey theme for the Peregrines, and choose a smaller felinoid for this one.

    U.S.S. Tallahatchie (Danube): Named for a river in Alabama.


    Tertiary (science)--Alexei (Alyosha) Ivanovich Strannik, Devidian found on Earth and raised (sort of) human. Appears in human form.

    U.S.S. Chin'toka (Ushaan-class): Named for a significant Dominion War battle. I'm flying Alyosha in escorts though when I hit endgame I may also give him a Vesta. I'm undecided on whether I will roll the Chin'toka name over to the Vesta or not. He may well keep the name given that he graduated right into the Dominion War and he lost a lot of his graduating class in battle. (Yes, Alyosha cares about his crew and classmates, and no, they are NOT the MRE's. He has a device that supplies him with artificial neural energy he's able to live off of.)

    It'll depend on whether I give up Alyosha's last escort after I start playing him on the Vesta.

    His small craft (and the Vesta, if I don't carry over the name Chin'toka) will probably get a more "personal" name whenever he gets one...I can see a location in Russia, or a place considered sacred to the Orthodox Church, inspiring that ship's name.


    Last character (tactical--KDF)--Jesror Krantak, Nausicaan

    I.K.S. Fugh'li: I don't like the KDF. I have this character solely to farm dilithium. Hence I didn't even bother with "real" Klingon, and without further comment, let's just say the name should make my opinion perfectly clear.

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  • gulberatgulberat Member Posts: 5,505 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    U.S.S. POS - a crappy shuttle craft that I had to use for a mission. The name speaks for itself.

    LOL! I didn't have the nerve to name it in the game that way but I was definitely thinking of that name for Alyosha's first ship--that awful Miranda--recently! ;)

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  • raventomoeraventomoe Member Posts: 723 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    takeshi6 wrote: »
    The names of my characters' ships (and the reasoning behind them) are as follows:

    Takeshi Yamato (Main): USS Raging Tempest (reflects his fighting style)

    Nanoha Takamachi: USS Wolfram (this character is based on the protagonist of the Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha franchise, and all names related to this character [BOffs and ships] come from the same franchise)

    Shion Uzuki: USS Elsa (Xenosaga Naming Theme here)


    Leonhardt "Leo" Raglan: USS Oathsworn (Record of Agarest War Generation 1 Naming Theme here)

    Zak'Jul: IKS D'ul (minor Gundam SEED [translated into Klingon] Naming Theme here)

    I have other characters, but these are some of my main ones. :)

    EDIT 10/19/2012: Added my newest Level 50 to the list. :D

    I want to meet those ships and jsut stroll around!
    mirai222 wrote: »
    Ginzuishou (Long Range Science Vessel Retrofit) - Tribute to Sailor Moon.
    Radiant (Patrol Escort) - Continuing a line of shining/shimmering style names.
    Fortitude (Odyssey Star Cruiser) - Sort of continues a line of names involving forts.
    Hephaestus (Exploration Cruiser Retrofit) - For a Vulcan engineer. Get it? Vulcan engineer.
    Opal Sea (Odyssey Star Cruiser) - Just sounded good for a Betazoid doctor.
    Firebrand (Odyssey Star Cruiser) - Continuing a line of patriotic/revolutionary names, for a Bajoran.

    Song of Horror (Kar'Fi Battle Carrier) - Continues a line of "Song of..." ships, including Song of Ire, Song of Malice, etc. For an Orion scientist.
    Phantom Flare (Qin Heavy Raptor) - A stealthy blaster.
    Tankertoy (Bortas Heavy Battle Cruiser) - A haven for a joined Trill engineer.


    Kudos to you as well!

    As for me in current use.

    U.S.S. Eris (Long Range Science Vessel - Discovery-Class) Named for both the Greek Goddess of Chaos and the main Catian Heroine from Asobi ni iku Yo!/Cat Planet Cuties. My Engineer and his team of bouncy Bridge Bunnies love the Star Explorer Bridge on it. ^_^

    I.K.S. Aral (Norgh-clas Bird of Prey) named for Aral Vorkosigan from a series of books. References and knowledge of the series gets you bonus points.
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  • tinkerstormtinkerstorm Member Posts: 853 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    U.S.S. Ginormous Interior (except it gets cut short). I'm sure I do not need to explain why.
  • vintage1gamervintage1gamer Member Posts: 31 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    U.S.S. Gene Roddenberry, as a tribute to a great man, that understood humanity and its potential, the world needs more like him. ship is a fleet excelsior, original version with TOS bridge and TMP uniforms. registry is NX-200000-B
  • horatiobarryhoratiobarry Member Posts: 6 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    USS Courageous - named after an Alliance battlecruiser from the Lost Fleet book series
  • frostyslyfrostysly Member Posts: 42 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    My Character's name:

    "Charlie Two Delta" a liberated Borg - inspired by the movie "The Island" with Scarlett Johansson.

    Her Ship:

    Galaxy X - U.S.S. Bad Girl's Dream - inspired by the song "Power of love" from Back to the Future. The Lyrics go: The power of love is a curious thing
    Make a one man weep, make another man sing
    Change a hawk to a little white dove
    More than a feeling that's the power of love

    Tougher than diamonds, rich like cream
    Stronger and harder than a bad girl's dream
    Make a bad one good make a wrong one right
    Power of love that keeps you home at night

    The Registration number: NX-91101 - to honor and remeber the attacks on WTC 2001
  • vancious23vancious23 Member Posts: 14 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    My ship names are the Virtus, Validus, and the Vae Victus. All of them are in Latin.

    Virtus -- Courage
    Validus -- Strength
    Vae Victus -- Woe to the vanquised
  • connortreeves67connortreeves67 Member Posts: 84 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    My ships is my sovereign class vessel, which is named U.S.S Tibet, honestly because i've always been fascinated by that area of the world,
    Also my Shuttle is named U.S.S Sabotuer because of the small and stealthier nature of a shuttle over a ship. :D
  • smokeybacon90smokeybacon90 Member Posts: 2,252 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    U.S.S. Indefatigable, named after the WW1 Battlecruiser which blew up rather spectacularly at the Battle of Jutland. Hopefully mine won't do the same.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Indefatigable_(1909)
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  • cdrgadleycdrgadley Member Posts: 145 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    U.S.S. Nexus

    Made when the Federation and Section-31 pulled resources together to create the prototype starship.

    The Nexus and her crew are a special task group put together to handle situations that the regular ships and crews cannot...and receive orders/missions from both the Federation and Section-31.


    Nexus -
    a means of connection; tie; link.
    the core or center, as of a matter or situation
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  • lexusk19lexusk19 Member Posts: 1,415 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    USS In Amber Clad, named after Miranda Keys ship in Halo 2. I would give anything to fly a Halo frigate in STO. :D
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  • smokeybacon90smokeybacon90 Member Posts: 2,252 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    cdrgadley wrote: »
    Uand receive orders/missions from both the Federation and Section-31.

    I can see that being an administrative nightmare.
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  • zidanetribalzidanetribal Member Posts: 220 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    Mine is the USS Lord English, named after the big bad monster in the Homestuck series of web comics. All my ships are Homestuck-themed because at that time, I decided Homestuck needed more exposure.
  • tinchazocba81tinchazocba81 Member Posts: 1 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    My ship name is U.S.S. Argentina (NCC 91005 (Miranda Class), then A (Cheyenne Class), B (Modified Galaxy Class), and now C (Modified Sovereign Class).

    The name comes from my home country. Im from Cordoba, just in the middle in Argentina.

    I decided to put this name to make some justice; my country has been named only 3 times in the hole series and I think that the Argentine people needs to make presence here in STO.

    Regards!
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