Growing up, I was always fascinated with the US Space Program, and as a child of the 80's, the Space Shuttle was a big deal to me. So, I wanted to name my Main's ship after one of the Space Shuttles. I had already decided that my Main's ship would be an Odyssey class. It was apparent to me that the Odyssey and it's Aquarius escort were named for the Apollo 13 Command Module and Lunar Module respectively. So, cross referencing Apollo spacecraft and Space Shuttle names gave me two choices: Columbia or Endeavour.
I went with Endeavour for my Main's Odyssey, named for the Space Shuttle (OV-105) and Apollo 15 Command Module (CSM-112), as well as it being a canon Starfleet starship (also Endeavour and Enterprise are synonyms ). Also, her Aquarius escort is the Falcon, named for the Apollo 15 Lunar Module (LM-10). As a US Air Force veteran, I chose Endeavour over Columbia, because the Apollo 15 mission had an all US Air Force crew.
The ship's registry is based on the date my wife and I got married. My Main is modeled after myself and his First Officer is modeled after my wife with his Department Heads being modeled after our kids. So, effectively I "boldly go" with the whole family in tow.
The quote on the ship's dedication plaque “Ambition leads me not only farther than any other man has been before me, but as far as I think it possible for man to go.” is a quote from Captain James Cook, captain of the HMS Endeavour, which is the same ship that the Space Shuttle and Apollo 15 Command Module are named for.
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I called my Samsar "Lazarus" a very fitting name if I do say so myself. All my ships get the registry # 91701 The Letter attached is always the first letter in the ship name for ex; Samsar Crusier Lazarus 91701-L
My "flagship" and/or "goto ship name" was generated back in the days of Starfleet Command - one of the other players cited his ship name as an obscure Deep Purple song, and so I jumped on the Bandwagon.
So was born the U.S.S. Little Paradise, soon re-used for the ISCS Little Paradise when SFC II came out...
And, keeping in this theme, he's been known to... somewhat lazily, make a lot of "blank Paradise"s, like the "Greedy Paradise" for a Nandi, or the "Zombie Paradise" Kobali Samsar...
As my "goto" ship name, many of my alts will fly one, though once in a while it's "semi-localized", one Rom has "Paradisio Minor"...
Otherwise, especially with "levelling" ships, I tend to go "thematic", usually song names - one band, one alt. My current main used Poison songs that sounded somewhat... ship appropriate like "Fallen Angel", "Ride the Wind". This is true for most Fed alts except my Engineer, who flew the Windscry like it was the Enterprise (so U.S.S. Windscry, NCC-101701-X), renamed for each variant of ship owned (So I have Windscry-TOS, Windscry-TMP, Silent Lucidity, Windscry-TNG, Windscry as his levelling lists, he was "born" before the Ambassador was released...), the Galaxy-X is his "Little Paradise"
One alt went with a "metallic dragons as per D&D" theme, so the Brass, Bronze, Copper, Silver and Gold Dragon(s) was the levelling ships, and her endgame ship (then Armitage Carrier) was the Platinum Dragon, though she's hopped into the Tiamat - multiple heads for the multiple parts of the Hestia...
Ever since my days of FASA Trek RPG, I've grown attached to Kinshaya = Demon. So, many of my KDFs tend to fly Kinshaya blanks, where I try to google-translate a weapon or something into Klingon... (So Kinshaya Bat'leH = Demon Sword)
Registry numbers are a mish-mash, though usually tend to incorporate either my "old" fleet number (673rd), a "newer" variant of such (373) or "canon" numbers like 1701 and 1864, and are "messed with" - one alt has 17010x, where X=tier number, another went X01701, etc. Post-registry letters mean little to me, heck, on the Vestas I went NCC-whatever-M/E/R based on variant...
The only two "really ripped off ship names" I own are the SS Botany Bay (Tuffli Freighter) and SDF-01 (Tholian Recluse)...
Detecting big-time "anti-old-school" bias here. NX? Lobi. TOS/TMP Connie? Super-promotion-box. (aka the two hardest ways to get ships) Excelsior & all 3 TNG "big hero" ships? C-Store. Please Equalize...
To rob a line: [quote: Mariemaia Kushrenada] Forum Posting is much like an endless waltz. The three beats of war, peace and revolution continue on forever. However, opinions will change upon the reading of my post.[/quote]
USS HERMANITA (spanish for little sister) NCC-140220 I named this ship in honor of my little sister whom I lost 2 years ago. The registry represents the date she died.
Supposedly, and this is one of those, believe it if you do or don't if you don't. I'm on the fence. But supposedly I had a past life in Egypt, a follower of Sekhmet the Warrior Goddess. So my ship, shuttles are all named for Egyptian Gods or Goddess. The Registry number is the one I got at random when I first started. USS Sekhmet is my main ship, my Delta Flyer is the USS Anubis, Yellowstone Runabout is the USS Anuket (Goddess of Fertility), Type-10 is the USS Henet, and so on.
And again, this is just believe it if you do or don't. I just thought it would be a different change of pace.
Defending The Galaxy By Breaking One Starfleet Regulation After The Next.
The USS Michal, USS Michal E, and USS Piglet are all ships I've had on my main named for my kid sister. They are all of the Patrol Escort line of ships.
Lately, I've been naming ships after cities in a Pathfinder game I'm in.
Cheers from Antonio Valerio Cortez III, Half-Celestial Archduke of the Free Marches Confederacy.
I named my Tac ship the U.S.S. Aether Lykos. Aetheris an ancient Greek word for the "air" they believed existed beyond the terrestrial sphere that permeated all of space.
Lykos is the Greek word for Wolf.
I'll leave you all to guess why I name my mad science ships U.S.S. Heterodyne.
"Let me guess, my theories appall you, my heresies outrage you, I never answer letters and you don't like my tie" - The Doctor
"Any sufficiently analyzed magic is indistinguishable from science!" -Agatha Heterodyne
Let's see. There's a timeship leSSov'a' SamI' (Seeker of Total Foresight), a BoP chang milHa' (Chang's Redemption), a Monbosh qaghuHmoHtaH (I'm Warning You) and a destroyer yIH DatojlI' (You're Being Fooled By Tribbles) to name a few...
...and they say Klingons have no appreciation for whimsy.
When the ship doesn't automatically have a random name, I just click the Random button. The only time I bother to read ship names is when I'm deleting them and forced to type them.
Some of my characters have a theme for starship names. It's not always strictly followed, but is used on several ships. Melati Kusumu has named several of her ships after comic book characters such as Curt Connors or Norman Osborn. Beltran has named some of his ships after Total Drama characters. Eridian names most of her ships after actresses who have played a character named Eris, such as Molly Hagen. Chuft names his Traitor's followed by a cat body part(claw, fang, etc). That or Kilrathi starship classes, he sometimes does those too. Monica Rappaccini names some of hers after organizations and people(real or fictional) associated with cutting edge research( such as M.O.D.O.K., and L.A.N.L.)
Having a fascination with falcons, I named my first Fed Science Captain's ships after these swift predatory birds, thus,
T1 = Kestrel
T2 = Sparrowhawk
T3 = Merlin
Ambassador Freebie = Aplomado
T4 = Peregrin
I had plans for a T5 Gyrefalcon when rumors began that T5's were coming, but then I shifted to Klingons for a while. Each name was derived from the Klingon Dictionary on the web and, to be honest, I no longer remember any but the T4 BoP, which is "Hov'chon Bom," or Hunter's Song, derived from the Klingon Opera about the search for Kah'less when Klingons first went to the stars.
Since then I stopped caring about the names and allow the generator created name to stand. However, I still get a smile when I pull out my old Recon Sci, "Peregrin", or my Ki'tang ,"Hov'chon Bom".
My primary ship on my primary character (USS Tewkesbury NCC-94084-A) is named after a town I used to live in, it's also the location of the Battle of Tewkesbury. A name I like that also fits Starfleet's naming scheme.
I use it in all games (though some, like Armada 2, require modding) and the registry number is a minor tweak of what I would normally use in those games as NCC-49084-A is annoyingly off-limits. It's also always some variety of Galaxy Class.
My non-mains are normally just the first random name I like that pops into my head.
I try to have a naming scheme for each character's ships - though I depart from it freely when the mood takes me. So....
My main (Tylha Shohl) has ships named after compositions by Gustav Holst (and is most often seen aboard the carrier USS King Estmere).
Other Fed characters get: compositions by Sibelius; islands on Earth; palaces on Earth; and one who alternates between different species of hunting birds and different kinds of angels.
I have two Rom toons: one of them has ships named after female characters in I, Claudius, the other's ships are named after geographic features of Rome (I started with the seven hills, then moved on.)
For a while, I just accepted the random names from the system for my KDF toons, but eventually I came up with a plan for each of them. So, ships named after alien Lensmen in the "Doc" Smith novels, Lords of the Instrumentality in Cordwainer Smith's stories, or individual Ice Warriors in Doctor Who.
I break the pattern whenever I feel like it, or I have (what seems to me) a funny idea. So, one Rom has a T6 Intel warbird called the Accompli (makes it a Faeht Accompli, you see). Similarly, I have a Kobali cruiser called the Gregor, and if I ever get a Cardassian ship, it will be called the Whisky. The reasoning is left as an exercise for the alert student.
i don't pay attention to the registry numbe,r beyong keeping the first one a got and updating the letter after each new ship i fly, but y toons all have ship names of significance to the ship type, one way or another.
My Tac captain flies the Manticore, which i called the Delphinus (because Skies of Arcadia is one of my favourite games, and the phaser lotus makes me think of the Moonstone Cannon)
My Engineer's oddysey is called the Belvoir (because i like to name all of my cruisers after castles)
My Sci's Pathfinder is called the Isaac Newton (partly because he was one of the first scientists that came to mind, but mainly because it was specced for CRAZY HUGE grav wells :P)
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Some of my characters have a theme for starship names. It's not always strictly followed, but is used on several ships. Melati Kusumu has named several of her ships after comic book characters such as Curt Connors or Norman Osborn. Beltran has named some of his ships after Total Drama characters. Eridian names most of her ships after actresses who have played a character named Eris, such as Molly Hagen. Chuft names his Traitor's followed by a cat body part(claw, fang, etc). That or Kilrathi starship classes, he sometimes does those too. Monica Rappaccini names some of hers after organizations and people(real or fictional) associated with cutting edge research( such as M.O.D.O.K., and L.A.N.L.)
Heh, one of my Roms, who I mentioned has a ship named the RRW Katar Hol after Hawkman actually has a theme with his ships that all of their names relate back to Hawkman in some way. On another character I decided to use a similar theme, and the first ship I selected for the character was named the USS Daniel Jackson, followed by USS Carter Hall, I had to explain to a few people how those names were part of the same theme as apparently not a lot of people realize Michael Shanks played both men, Jackson on SG-1 and Hall on Smallville.
Fun Fact, Shanks's casting as Carter Hall/Hawkman on Smallville was extremely funny on a meta level as Jackson and Carter share the following. Both are Archeologists, both are involved with alien technology discovered in Egypt, and both lost their wives to agents of evil Egyptian "Gods". Extra trivia fact, Shanks is married to Lexa Doig who played the AI/Android Andromeda Ascendant (lucky SOB).
Lexa also played Carolyn Lam in 11 episodes of Stargate.
For a little over three years now my main has commanded the various incarnations (Pun intended ) of the U.S.S. Lazarus. The current Lazarus, NX-95600-F, is a Fleet Battlecruiser [T6] using all Avenger parts, except for the Arbiter saucer, and the T6 fleet material with a light blue "Andromeda" pattern remincent of the refit constitution's color scheme. (As a side note, please Cryptic can you fix the nacelle armor placement as well as the holes in the neck textures when combining the Avenger hull and the Arbiter saucer... It might not be as bad as the infamous run of the original phaser lance or invisible Kar'Fi, but it is getting annoying. ) And as a Lib Borg who returned to her life after many years in the collective the, perhaps, irony of the name is not lost on Admiral Trevelyan. Though she is beginning to wonder why every ship she has been given since the training Miranda has been quickly re-christened Lazarus...
(Though, BTW, I can also appreciate taylor1701d's use of the name too. Still, I prefer the name Demeter when using a Samsar. Aside from the skull-like bow, as we all know there is definitely something Dracula/Undead-esque about the Kobali. )
EDIT: Another ship, but not my main's, that I put some thought into was my Fed-Rom's warbird R.R.W. Helios Ascendant. Originally it was a Falchion Dreadnought, but now its a Khopesh (Though I still use mostly the same design configuration and I chalked up the changes "in-game" to it having been refit after the Iconian War.) For the hull material I used the Veteran skin with the veteran type 3 pattern (In a sort of dull orange/ dull yellow color scheme). In game I said my Rom and their crew, shortly after joining D'Tan and the RR, found the vessel adrift. It had been a new prototype of its kind, but was abandoned after a set of mechanical failures in its experimental systems and was then forgotten in the chaos after Romulus' destruction. Upon finding the vessel, with its gleaming white/orange hull, the crew took it as a sign that there was hope for their cause and named it the Helios Ascendent to indicate the dawning of a new day (era) for Romulans and Remans. (As an out of game note, and as my avatar likely implies, I am also a fan of Andromeda, and had been looking for an excuse to use "Ascendant" in a ship name for a long time anyway. )
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As Zephram Cochrane once said, "That'll do, pig. That'll do." - April 1st 2015.
U.S.S. Yggdrasil, after the world tree from norse mythology
U.S.S. Minerva becuase more mythology names! (Roman this time)
I really need to update my signature becuase the R.R.W. Legend has been long replaced by the R.R.W. Destiny, and now the intimidating Khopesh class R.R.W. Indominus
One of my characters has a Wells named the U.S.S. Achron becuase of a game called Achron which was the most brilliantly designed time travel game ever made. the word also means "Outside time"
"He shall be my finest warrior, this generic man who was forced upon me.
Like a badass I shall make him look, and in the furnace of war I shall forge him.
he shall be of iron will and steely sinew.
In great armour I shall clad him and with the mightiest weapons he shall be armed.
He will be untouched by plague or disease; no sickness shall blight him.
He shall have such tactics, strategies and machines that no foe will best him in battle.
He is my answer to cryptic logic, he is the Defender of my Romulan Crew.
He is Tovan Khev... and he shall know no fear."
The numbers of ships are totally random, the names how ever are a bit more interesting..
If it has a flight deck, then it's named for a real world Carrier, for example Hornet, Constellation, Nimtiz and so forth.
Non flight deck ships are named for Warships that fill a similar role, Flag Ships have named like Iowa, South Carolina or Montana. Escorts are named after Destoryer classes.
I mostly ignore registry numbers, too, with the exception of my current ship (my Fleet Tactical Escort [T6] shares a name with the lower tier Tactical Escort I helmed as a Commander, so I tacked an 'A' on the end).
I usually name my ship in a way that's thematically appropriate to the ship class's name or function. My Presidio Command Cruiser, for instance, was named for Pensacola, a Floridian city known for its Spanish fort (that is, a presidio). My Danube-class runabout was named for a river near where I live. When in doubt, I scrounge around for famous military commander's name (which is made difficult in my instance that I not use one already used in canon).
On my Sci Romulan, once I actually started getting science ships, I named them for species of owls.
On my Klingon, I use a(n admittedly dicey) online translator to give his ships names in Klingon, mostly naming them for weapons (though his Samsar cruiser's name translates something like 'Risen Warrior,' and his B'rel would've been named 'Glorious Death,' but it turns out that's just To'Duj).
USS Lexington NCC (Should be CVN) ....Idk wth the number is tbh lol
Jupiter Class Carrier and really wish i could give it a CVN designation SINCE its a carrier, and i think if the federation was real carriers would have a CVN designation or a variant of that carrier prefix.
Story behind the name?
When i think carrier only two names came to mind Enterprise and Lexington and tbh the Lady Lex sounds alot better as a nickname then The Big E or Lucky E lol
And Lexington just fits the jupiter class like an isotoner glove on dan marinos hand (oh god im getting old )
Ships motto : The Lady lex may not be the youngest girl at the ball, but she can still turn a few heads
(I kept my motto from my last carier with the lexington name which was a litterbox )
My primary captain is Rowan Vaer. Flies her lights on the USS Cannae, an Avenger battlecruiser named for the bloody battle that saw Romes legions encircled and slaughtered by Hannibal. It suits Rowan perfectly, given her reputation of ironclad discipline, asymmetrical tactics, and absolute ruthlessness in battle.
The Cannae is not deployed on peaceful missions. If She and her Captain are going in, the possibility of a peaceful solution is already lost, and as such, Rown doesn't even issue a chance to surrender. Cannae comes crashing in, dropping warp already in weapon range with cannons blazing and torpedoes already launching.
The ship and her crew have a reputation in the Delta Quadrant. The Klingons are thrilled that Starfleet actually has such a captain in it's service.
The most telling thing though, is the quote on Cannaes dedication plaque. It brutally spells out the purpose of the ship, and her crew:
Destruction cometh; and they shall seek peace, and there shall be none. -Ezekiel 7:25
"So you walk eternally through the shadow realms, standing against evil where all others falter. May your thirst for retribution never quench, may the blood on your sword never dry, and may we never need you again."
-Dedication plaque of the Federation Starship U.S.S. Merkava
My primary captain is Rowan Vaer. Flies her lights on the USS Cannae, an Avenger battlecruiser named for the bloody battle that saw Romes legions encircled and slaughtered by Hannibal. It suits Rowan perfectly, given her reputation of ironclad discipline, asymmetrical tactics, and absolute ruthlessness in battle.
The Cannae is not deployed on peaceful missions. If She and her Captain are going in, the possibility of a peaceful solution is already lost, and as such, Rown doesn't even issue a chance to surrender. Cannae comes crashing in, dropping warp already in weapon range with cannons blazing and torpedoes already launching.
The ship and her crew have a reputation in the Delta Quadrant. The Klingons are thrilled that Starfleet actually has such a captain in it's service.
The most telling thing though, is the quote on Cannaes dedication plaque. It brutally spells out the purpose of the ship, and her crew:
Destruction cometh; and they shall seek peace, and there shall be none. -Ezekiel 7:25
Ya know the scripture verse is nice but
Your captains description i think theres a line from the Bhagavad Gita that would some her up
My character's story was based on my Fleet Nova U.S.S. Rim Marie. Named after the character pictured in my forum avatar.
But the Rim Marie was severely damaged during the Iconian war and Buttons was transferred to the Command Battle Cruiser, U.S.S. Elizabeth Dane, named after the ship lost in 'The Fog'
All my Breen ships are named after Godzilla monsters
King Ghidorah
Baragon
Gigan
My bug is the U.S.S. Higurashi, Japanese Cicada (I totally equip the Trait that makes me shed my skin when I take a certain amount of damage)
Wonderful ship name/number origins ladies and gentlemen. Thanks for the read! Hope to read more
@baddmoonrizin Nice shot of the Odyssey. Still the prettiest ship of Starfleet, fitting for a flagship. Also did you make that plaque yourself or from a site?
The first Belfast was commanded by Captain Ve'Kal Shon until its destruction in 2409. A new ship was commissioned bearing the same name and registry as special dispensation to then newly promoted Captain Edward XIII for his pivotal role during the renewed Dominion War.
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I went with Endeavour for my Main's Odyssey, named for the Space Shuttle (OV-105) and Apollo 15 Command Module (CSM-112), as well as it being a canon Starfleet starship (also Endeavour and Enterprise are synonyms
The ship's registry is based on the date my wife and I got married. My Main is modeled after myself and his First Officer is modeled after my wife with his Department Heads being modeled after our kids. So, effectively I "boldly go" with the whole family in tow.
The quote on the ship's dedication plaque “Ambition leads me not only farther than any other man has been before me, but as far as I think it possible for man to go.” is a quote from Captain James Cook, captain of the HMS Endeavour, which is the same ship that the Space Shuttle and Apollo 15 Command Module are named for.
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All my ships get the registry # 91701
The Letter attached is always the first letter in the ship name for ex;
Samsar Crusier
Lazarus 91701-L
My "flagship" and/or "goto ship name" was generated back in the days of Starfleet Command - one of the other players cited his ship name as an obscure Deep Purple song, and so I jumped on the Bandwagon.
So was born the U.S.S. Little Paradise, soon re-used for the ISCS Little Paradise when SFC II came out...
And, keeping in this theme, he's been known to... somewhat lazily, make a lot of "blank Paradise"s, like the "Greedy Paradise" for a Nandi, or the "Zombie Paradise" Kobali Samsar...
As my "goto" ship name, many of my alts will fly one, though once in a while it's "semi-localized", one Rom has "Paradisio Minor"...
Otherwise, especially with "levelling" ships, I tend to go "thematic", usually song names - one band, one alt. My current main used Poison songs that sounded somewhat... ship appropriate like "Fallen Angel", "Ride the Wind". This is true for most Fed alts except my Engineer, who flew the Windscry like it was the Enterprise (so U.S.S. Windscry, NCC-101701-X), renamed for each variant of ship owned (So I have Windscry-TOS, Windscry-TMP, Silent Lucidity, Windscry-TNG, Windscry as his levelling lists, he was "born" before the Ambassador was released...), the Galaxy-X is his "Little Paradise"
One alt went with a "metallic dragons as per D&D" theme, so the Brass, Bronze, Copper, Silver and Gold Dragon(s) was the levelling ships, and her endgame ship (then Armitage Carrier) was the Platinum Dragon, though she's hopped into the Tiamat - multiple heads for the multiple parts of the Hestia...
Ever since my days of FASA Trek RPG, I've grown attached to Kinshaya = Demon. So, many of my KDFs tend to fly Kinshaya blanks, where I try to google-translate a weapon or something into Klingon... (So Kinshaya Bat'leH = Demon Sword)
Registry numbers are a mish-mash, though usually tend to incorporate either my "old" fleet number (673rd), a "newer" variant of such (373) or "canon" numbers like 1701 and 1864, and are "messed with" - one alt has 17010x, where X=tier number, another went X01701, etc. Post-registry letters mean little to me, heck, on the Vestas I went NCC-whatever-M/E/R based on variant...
The only two "really ripped off ship names" I own are the SS Botany Bay (Tuffli Freighter) and SDF-01 (Tholian Recluse)...
To rob a line: [quote: Mariemaia Kushrenada] Forum Posting is much like an endless waltz. The three beats of war, peace and revolution continue on forever. However, opinions will change upon the reading of my post.[/quote]
And again, this is just believe it if you do or don't. I just thought it would be a different change of pace.
Defending The Galaxy By Breaking One Starfleet Regulation After The Next.
Lately, I've been naming ships after cities in a Pathfinder game I'm in.
Aether is an ancient Greek word for the "air" they believed existed beyond the terrestrial sphere that permeated all of space.
Lykos is the Greek word for Wolf.
I'll leave you all to guess why I name my mad science ships U.S.S. Heterodyne.
"Any sufficiently analyzed magic is indistinguishable from science!" - Agatha Heterodyne
...and they say Klingons have no appreciation for whimsy.
My character Tsin'xing
As for registry numbers, they have no significant meaning, I just try to set every new ship's number larger than the previous one has.
U.S.S. Buteo Regalis - Brigid Multi-Mission Surveillance Explorer build
R.R.W. Ri Maajon - Khopesh Tactical Dreadnought Warbird build
My Youtube channel containing STO videos.
T1 = Kestrel
T2 = Sparrowhawk
T3 = Merlin
Ambassador Freebie = Aplomado
T4 = Peregrin
I had plans for a T5 Gyrefalcon when rumors began that T5's were coming, but then I shifted to Klingons for a while. Each name was derived from the Klingon Dictionary on the web and, to be honest, I no longer remember any but the T4 BoP, which is "Hov'chon Bom," or Hunter's Song, derived from the Klingon Opera about the search for Kah'less when Klingons first went to the stars.
Since then I stopped caring about the names and allow the generator created name to stand. However, I still get a smile when I pull out my old Recon Sci, "Peregrin", or my Ki'tang ,"Hov'chon Bom".
I use it in all games (though some, like Armada 2, require modding) and the registry number is a minor tweak of what I would normally use in those games as NCC-49084-A is annoyingly off-limits. It's also always some variety of Galaxy Class.
My non-mains are normally just the first random name I like that pops into my head.
My main (Tylha Shohl) has ships named after compositions by Gustav Holst (and is most often seen aboard the carrier USS King Estmere).
Other Fed characters get: compositions by Sibelius; islands on Earth; palaces on Earth; and one who alternates between different species of hunting birds and different kinds of angels.
I have two Rom toons: one of them has ships named after female characters in I, Claudius, the other's ships are named after geographic features of Rome (I started with the seven hills, then moved on.)
For a while, I just accepted the random names from the system for my KDF toons, but eventually I came up with a plan for each of them. So, ships named after alien Lensmen in the "Doc" Smith novels, Lords of the Instrumentality in Cordwainer Smith's stories, or individual Ice Warriors in Doctor Who.
I break the pattern whenever I feel like it, or I have (what seems to me) a funny idea. So, one Rom has a T6 Intel warbird called the Accompli (makes it a Faeht Accompli, you see). Similarly, I have a Kobali cruiser called the Gregor, and if I ever get a Cardassian ship, it will be called the Whisky. The reasoning is left as an exercise for the alert student.
My Tac captain flies the Manticore, which i called the Delphinus (because Skies of Arcadia is one of my favourite games, and the phaser lotus makes me think of the Moonstone Cannon)
My Engineer's oddysey is called the Belvoir (because i like to name all of my cruisers after castles)
My Sci's Pathfinder is called the Isaac Newton (partly because he was one of the first scientists that came to mind, but mainly because it was specced for CRAZY HUGE grav wells :P)
My character Tsin'xing
(Though, BTW, I can also appreciate taylor1701d's use of the name too. Still, I prefer the name Demeter when using a Samsar. Aside from the skull-like bow, as we all know there is definitely something Dracula/Undead-esque about the Kobali.
EDIT: Another ship, but not my main's, that I put some thought into was my Fed-Rom's warbird R.R.W. Helios Ascendant. Originally it was a Falchion Dreadnought, but now its a Khopesh (Though I still use mostly the same design configuration and I chalked up the changes "in-game" to it having been refit after the Iconian War.) For the hull material I used the Veteran skin with the veteran type 3 pattern (In a sort of dull orange/ dull yellow color scheme). In game I said my Rom and their crew, shortly after joining D'Tan and the RR, found the vessel adrift. It had been a new prototype of its kind, but was abandoned after a set of mechanical failures in its experimental systems and was then forgotten in the chaos after Romulus' destruction. Upon finding the vessel, with its gleaming white/orange hull, the crew took it as a sign that there was hope for their cause and named it the Helios Ascendent to indicate the dawning of a new day (era) for Romulans and Remans. (As an out of game note, and as my avatar likely implies, I am also a fan of Andromeda, and had been looking for an excuse to use "Ascendant" in a ship name for a long time anyway.
NCC - 51029105 (me graduation date)
U.S.S. Minerva becuase more mythology names! (Roman this time)
I really need to update my signature becuase the R.R.W. Legend has been long replaced by the R.R.W. Destiny, and now the intimidating Khopesh class R.R.W. Indominus
One of my characters has a Wells named the U.S.S. Achron becuase of a game called Achron which was the most brilliantly designed time travel game ever made. the word also means "Outside time"
"He shall be my finest warrior, this generic man who was forced upon me.
Like a badass I shall make him look, and in the furnace of war I shall forge him.
he shall be of iron will and steely sinew.
In great armour I shall clad him and with the mightiest weapons he shall be armed.
He will be untouched by plague or disease; no sickness shall blight him.
He shall have such tactics, strategies and machines that no foe will best him in battle.
He is my answer to cryptic logic, he is the Defender of my Romulan Crew.
He is Tovan Khev... and he shall know no fear."
If it has a flight deck, then it's named for a real world Carrier, for example Hornet, Constellation, Nimtiz and so forth.
Non flight deck ships are named for Warships that fill a similar role, Flag Ships have named like Iowa, South Carolina or Montana. Escorts are named after Destoryer classes.
I usually name my ship in a way that's thematically appropriate to the ship class's name or function. My Presidio Command Cruiser, for instance, was named for Pensacola, a Floridian city known for its Spanish fort (that is, a presidio). My Danube-class runabout was named for a river near where I live. When in doubt, I scrounge around for famous military commander's name (which is made difficult in my instance that I not use one already used in canon).
On my Sci Romulan, once I actually started getting science ships, I named them for species of owls.
On my Klingon, I use a(n admittedly dicey) online translator to give his ships names in Klingon, mostly naming them for weapons (though his Samsar cruiser's name translates something like 'Risen Warrior,' and his B'rel would've been named 'Glorious Death,' but it turns out that's just To'Duj).
USS Lexington NCC (Should be CVN) ....Idk wth the number is tbh lol
Jupiter Class Carrier and really wish i could give it a CVN designation SINCE its a carrier, and i think if the federation was real carriers would have a CVN designation or a variant of that carrier prefix.
Story behind the name?
When i think carrier only two names came to mind Enterprise and Lexington and tbh the Lady Lex sounds alot better as a nickname then The Big E or Lucky E lol
And Lexington just fits the jupiter class like an isotoner glove on dan marinos hand (oh god im getting old )
Ships motto : The Lady lex may not be the youngest girl at the ball, but she can still turn a few heads
(I kept my motto from my last carier with the lexington name which was a litterbox )
The Cannae is not deployed on peaceful missions. If She and her Captain are going in, the possibility of a peaceful solution is already lost, and as such, Rown doesn't even issue a chance to surrender. Cannae comes crashing in, dropping warp already in weapon range with cannons blazing and torpedoes already launching.
The ship and her crew have a reputation in the Delta Quadrant. The Klingons are thrilled that Starfleet actually has such a captain in it's service.
The most telling thing though, is the quote on Cannaes dedication plaque. It brutally spells out the purpose of the ship, and her crew:
Destruction cometh; and they shall seek peace, and there shall be none.
-Ezekiel 7:25
-Dedication plaque of the Federation Starship U.S.S. Merkava
Ya know the scripture verse is nice but
Your captains description i think theres a line from the Bhagavad Gita that would some her up
"Now i am become death, destroyer of worlds"
But the Rim Marie was severely damaged during the Iconian war and Buttons was transferred to the Command Battle Cruiser, U.S.S. Elizabeth Dane, named after the ship lost in 'The Fog'
All my Breen ships are named after Godzilla monsters
King Ghidorah
Baragon
Gigan
My bug is the U.S.S. Higurashi, Japanese Cicada (I totally equip the Trait that makes me shed my skin when I take a certain amount of damage)
@baddmoonrizin Nice shot of the Odyssey. Still the prettiest ship of Starfleet, fitting for a flagship. Also did you make that plaque yourself or from a site?
The first Belfast was commanded by Captain Ve'Kal Shon until its destruction in 2409. A new ship was commissioned bearing the same name and registry as special dispensation to then newly promoted Captain Edward XIII for his pivotal role during the renewed Dominion War.