Do you have a naming scheme for your characters and/or ships?

azrael605

Like the title says. Do you set up the names of your characters, Boffs & ships according to a specidic scheme/theme?

For example my AoY character is named Eliott Spencer, his ship is the USS Nathan Ford, his Boffs include Cmdr. Alec Hardison, these names are all references to the TV series Leverage. Another character (my oldest, first creation) is named Charles Victor Strange, a reference to Professor X, Doctor Doom, & Dr. Strange. Yet another character (KDF) is named Gaheris Rhade & he flies the IKS Kodiac Pride, an Andromeda reference. Just curious what others come up with or if people just spam random .

byozuma

Yes

So far I've named my ships all after NPCs or zone from Final Fantasy XI and XIV (my character just being my XI/XIV character recreated as they were in those games), but clearly I'm fashioning them in a Star Wars theme. The ship in my banner is the V.S.D. Alisaie (V.S.D. standing for Victory Star Destroyer). My temporal captain also flies a S'ateth named V.S.D. Alphinaud. I also have a Bastion on my main account named I.S.D. Ascilia (the birth name of XIV's Minfilia). And if I can get ahold of the Vorgon carrier I'm so calling it S.S.D.... something. Likely A~.

trennan

No

I use the random name generator for when I haven't thought up a name for a character. Though I have done this. My first character is a Vulcan named Cheerwine, Fleet: Life of Leisure. But then...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxHcSF49hb8

how can you argue against it?

jamieblanchard

Yes

I generally name characters/toons after characters from my own universe, adapted to the Trek 'verse. I model my boffs after characters from assorted shows, as well as my original characters. As for ships, I largely name them after bands, songs, and Transformers. I sometimes also look to heroic figures from WW2 as well, such as Glenn Miller.

Then again, my own head-canon is a crossover of Transformers and G.I. Joe. with a hint of McHale's Navy, complete with temporal shenanigans! XD

thewyldebosie

For some of my ships and crew yes, for others no.

steaen

Yes

Yes, but not just one.

For my science ships, I use the names of famous scientists - current ships in my roster include the USS Hawking, USS Turing and USS Feynman.

For my tactical ships, I use the names of military aircraft, with current examples including USS Vulcan, USS Valiant, USS Nighthawk, USS Blackbird, USS Victor and USS Valkyrie.

bloodyriz

Yes

Each of my toons is just a general name but each toon has a convention for their ships. My main for example has all of her ships named for Sci Fi authors.​​

shinku

Yes

Anime names mainly:
Fed toon: Rozen Maiden characters
Rom toon: Sailor Moon characters.
Klingon toon: Pokemon characters.
Fed 23c toon: Girls und Panzer characters.
Ship names:
USS Donald J Trump
IKS Pokemon Master
USS Deplorables
USS Meme Master
USS White House
USS Lock her Up
USS Orange

galatt

Yes

All my ships are named after Mecha from various anime shows like:
USS Gaogaigar
USS Rahxephon
USS Macross

kekvin

Yes

I tend to name the ships after ppl i care as bout. Saint claire, princess phoebe ect

postagepaid

Yes

Most of the time I opt for scottish mountains or islands.

I do have one with ships named after various SG-1 characters

And a tos vulcan called T'pot whose ship collection has names like darjeeling, gunpowder, ceylon and so on.

odinforever20000

Yes

Most of my ships follow similar names meaning "ghost"

mirrorchaos

No

I don't have an established name list for a character that is connected to anyone famous on screen or about something on screen, not on STO with exception to one or two ships. I feel that it is somewhat lacking in imagination relying on using names of others to make up for it, i have always seen it like that.

These characters we create are special to us in our own way, they should stand out as such. I wouldn't go to the trouble by creating a human character called Tyr Anasazi and his companions are an alien gen character called Bortus and a Vulcan character called Selar. I like to see what people come up with in their own ways, own characters and their unique backstories.

My main has the USS Fearless, redesignated registry number due to a major overhaul of that ship that served during the mid-24th century, in effect it's a brand new ship.
Others have the IKS Kyrixix, USS Bajor, RRW Hakeev*, RRW Qo'nos, USS Esperence, USS Ferenginar, IKS Pirate, USS Moskva...

*Hakeev is a fictional character, techincally not apart of anyone famous.

nikephorus

Yes

Many of my ships are named after actual ships -Royal Navy (Swiftsure, Warspite, ..etc) and some famous ships like the ghost ship Mary Celeste. I also sometimes use mythical beast names (Wendigo, Manticore). My normal bridge officers (aside from away team members) no longer have actual names. I have a number to keep them in order on the roster and then the class (Tac, Eng, or Sci) along with a rank (Cmd, LtCmd, ...etc) the higher the rank the better the skills (like lockbox skills and such). So like this...

01 Tac Cmd
02 Tac LtCmd
03 Eng Cmd
04 Eng LtCmd
05 Eng Lt
06 Sci Cmd
07 Sci LtCmd

My away team members all have names. I typically use Nelen Exil and left his name unchanged, I use the a female lifetime android and named her Android 19. I also have the Kelvin timeline Android and named him Android 18. I dressed up my photonic officer in a hearld uniform, made him as big as possible and named him Herald Defiler. My diplomatic tactical Orion chick is named Cleopatra. I have a few other named officers that I use on away teams, but I generally stick with the ones I named.

shadowkosh

Yes

Yes I have one ship that is named after my late grandparents the rest are either historical figures or names I think up

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rattler2

Well... I have a Romulan named Saria, and all of her ships are Zelda references, IE Farore (Mogai), Dodongo (D'Deridex), Volvagia (Breen Rezreth)...

My Orion has a few named after Kilrathi ships, although she does have a Kamarag Retrofit named after Prince Thrak'hath himself.

Generally I don't have any joke names or names that wouldn't actually fit a starship. Although... I do have a Pilot Escort on my main with as much cyan on the hull as possible and Chroniton Beams that I named USS Rainbow Dash. It was one of those "Had to do it" ships. Only other "joke" ship I have is a T5 Excelsior named USS Gaseous Anomaly, loaded with every possible gas venting ability I can put on her.

lopequil

Yes

Only if you count whimsical tlhIngan Hol as a theme.

jonsills

Some yes, some no.

My main, named for me (he said modestly), flies ships named for famed scientists, mostly Human (except the T'planahath), and often in the field of neurology. About a year ago, he upgraded from the Tier 5 Prototype Odyssey USS Hans Asperger to the Tier 6 Yorktown-class science cruiser USS Lorna Wing.

I also have a Klingon Starfleet officer, K'tang, who (thanks to a randomly-generated first ship name) turns out to be a huge fan of old Earth prog rock, particularly Rush. That first ship was the USS Syrinx; every ship since has had a name derived from a Rush song (the Snowdog, the Tom Sawyer, and so forth). When he gets a T6 ship, it will be named USS Rocinante.

tyler002

Yes

In a sense. There is a trend in my ship names across my account, though it's fairly broad; I tend to use names of people and places I like from other series such as Vegeta (Dragon Ball Z), Prim Fiori (Kuroinu), ect.

Individual characters often have names from a specific source, though.

jrdobbsjr

Yes

For Feds I use historical ship names or ship names from Star Fleet Battles. Occasionally I pick a name for the politicall incorrectness of it, such as USS Manifest Destiny for a T6 Galaxy-X.

theraven2378

Yes

Fed Cruisers- Royal Navy Battleships
Fed Escorts- Ancient Pirates, historical warriors and Victoria Cross winners
Fed Sci- Historical eras
Lock box and event ships- I put I.S.S. in front of their names (captured by the Terran Empire)

evilmark444

Yes

Characters are mostly either named after me or one of my WoW characters (the exception being my fed klink engineer, no idea where I got his name from).

Boffs are either named after my wife and kids or random NPCs that make a good impression on me.

For ships I'm all over the place. My AoY character is meant to be a proud military man, so his ship is the U.S.S. Tun Tavern, named after the birthplace of the USMC. My earlier mentioned fed Klingon is in a T6 Sovereign that I got not long after WoW launched Legion, him being a proud warrior I named his ship the U.S.S. Varian Wrynn after someone who was KIA in the launch event for Legion. My original main I can't remember what his ship is called, he's in a T6 Excalibur though. Have not figured out what I'm going to call my new TNG themed alt's ship, I just know it's going to be a Galaxy-X.

sisteric

Yes

I have naming conventions for the ships, but not the Boff's.
My Fed Sci Officer usually has ships names based on the concept of researcher. Things like Scryer, Discovery, Explorer, Researcher and such. My Fed Engineer takes what ever name is randomly generated. My Fed Tactical officer has all the his ships named after the last names I have found in my Family Tree. My Klingon Engineer has weapons named translated to Klingon, usually. Lots of others have either historical ship names, or names based on the ship class name. None are joked based at all.

angrytarg

Yes

Most ship names are somewhat piggy xD

chozoelder2nd

Yes

I don't do much with character names, but when I name my ships, I think of some of my favorite video games.


Bayonetta

• Galaxy - USS Affinity
• Guardian - USS Resplendence
• Jupiter - USS Fortitudo
• Ty'Gokor - IKS Resentment

Castlevania

• Arbiter - USS Belmont

Final Fantasy

• Defiant - USS Strife
• Temporal Light Cruiser - USS Tifa
• Kelvin Timeline Heavy Command Cruiser - USS Lockhart
• Lukari Ho'kuun - USS Ramuh
• Prometheus - USS Ifrit
• Temporal Heavy Dreadnought Cruiser (Universe) - USS Bahamut

Fire Emblem

• Aventine (on alt) - USS Lucina
• Endeavor (on alt) - USS Lyndis
• Icarus - USS Roy
• Voth Bastion - IKS Ragnell

Kirby

• Presidio - USS Halberd

Metroid

• Jupiter (on alt) - USS Thardus
• Paradox - USS Chozo
• Wells - USS Aran

Resident Evil

• D4x - IKS Verdugo
• Fleet Norgh - IKS Novistador
• NX Refit - USS Redfield

Star Wars

• Bulwark - IKS Admonitor
• Jem'Hadar Dreadnought - IKS Ravager
• Regent - USS Arrestor
• Tal Shiar Adapted Battlecruiser - RRW Malevolence
• Vengeance - USS Accuser
• Vo'Quv - IKS Leviathan

The Legend of Zelda

• Aelahl - RRW Ilia
• D'deridex - RRW Saria
• Scimitar - RRW Majora
• T'laru - IRW Aryll
• T'varo - RRW Nayru
• Vastam - RRW Farore

hevach

Yes

I've had kind of a theme with my main ships. My Fed main has the Vindicator, my KDF character has the Devastator, my science character has the Judicator, and my Romulan has the Instigator.

This theme broke down when the best I could come up with for my temporal recruit was the Penetrator.

vetteguy904

Yes

my mains have definite themes, Deety is Dejah Thoris Burroughs lifted from The Number of the Beast. all her ships are named for people and places from Mars/Barsoom

Drummond was created with Stars of the galaxy, and the Constellation Aquila in particular, the two flags on Altair and Tarazed

Kamehameha has ships all named from Hawai'i and the indigenous gods goddesses and geography

tm706

Yes

All of my ships are named after American fast attack submarines or in some cases Subs from WWII.

disqord

Yes

My character's aren't normally named after anything, and only somewhat have a consistent format style (All Caitians, for instance, are named with an apostrophe after a single syllable; M'rearr, Si'kar, Ka'ashi.)

My ships are usually named after whatever I happen to enjoy, usually referencing some media,
U.S.S. Kritzkrieg (Team Fortress 2), or named after whatever a friend will tell me, I.R.W. Trillium (Flower).

The ship name scheme is consistent on one character. The Trillium, for instance, is on the character whose ships are all named after flowers (Thinking of Bluebell next).

My main has ships named after the Warrior Cats series of fantasy books that I read a long time ago (Main is also a Caitian, so it fits) Ships like U.S.S. Cinderpelt, U.S.S. Whitestorm, C.D.S. Leafpool, C.D.S. Firepaw. Shuttles are always ended in the suffix -paw, because they're small.

I like cats.

ltminns

Yes

I've only named four of my 14 Characters. The rest were system generated. Same thing with Boffs, with two exceptions. If I create an Aliengen Vorta, they are named Loriss. Once I named the LTS Android Andrea.

KDF and Romulan ships I let the system generate names and I select. Federation ships I normally name after things 'Forbidden Planet' related:

Bellerophon
Krell
Adamantine
JJ Adams
Ostro
Farman
Gorgon
Morbius
Altaira
Archimedes
Klystron
Youngerford
Altair IV