My current Klingon ship (a BoP) is called the IKS Ravage, after the Transformer. I figured what the hey, I had a Federation ship called "Grimlock" at one point. I only play my Gorn character sporatically, so I'm not sure how I what I'll call my future ships.
i called my ships with many different names, all sharing a common origin:
The USS Corona is the first i got, and the one i use the most, now it's an Assault cruiser, The uss Corona, NX-9338 - E.
then i have some escort, called Juniper, A and B.
My ltcmd 3 actually has an escort that goes with the name Korinna.
Corona is the home-world of one of the character from the Disney comic Paperinik New Adventury, an Italian production. My Captain is named after Everett Ducklair, an alien escaped from is own culture;
My second captain is named after Zyggi Flaggstar, an ex-PBI( the Disney equivalent of the FBI) that dropped out the accademy because he did not belive in the need of secrecy on important matters(like alien, for istance.)
Korinna and Juniper are the daughters of Ducklairs, and are also the names of 2 of the 4 artificial moons surrounding the Corona planet.
i just love the comic, i pratically been grown with it....
USS Weatherlight, I named my assault cruiser that. It's from a "Magic the Gathering" book. Forgot the name of the book though. Think it was Rath and Storm.
For a little bit there was a USS Energize and USS Sarah Palin. The Energize was my first personal design. Lost it now, as I designed it in 6th grade.. The other one needs no explanation.
My first ship was called the U.S.S. Bravery, because I wanted my little ship and crew to have a good name to live up to, which they proved at Vega.
Then when I was promoted and got a cruiser, that was named the U.S.S Paragon, because I wanted it to also live up to its name and be a paragon example of Federation ideals and goodness.
The next ship which was a heavy cruiser was called the U.S.S. Paladin. It sounded similar to the previous ship name, so I wasn't sure at first if I should go for it, but the definition for Paladin was "fighter for a cause" so I thought it suited the ship quite well and sounded cool when Admiral T'nae said it.
My current ship is a Galaxy class exploration cruiser called the U.S.S. Meridian. I like the word "meridian", which means "a period of greatest prosperity, splendor, success, etc. or pinnacle of achievement" so it has a pretty fitting name as well, because I was aiming for that Galaxy class and now I got it!
The greatest challenge has been trying to think up ship names that sound cool but that isn't likely to have already taken. I was considering names like "Valiant" and such, but definitely have seen tons of those in the game by multiple people.
My ships name is Avalon since death represents the last unknown which makes it the greatest adventure.
Avalon also represents beauty, myth, culture, and paradise; all ideals represented by the Federation.
Once upon a time there was a little show called Star Trek. People kinda liked it, and it eventually was made into a movie, and then another movie, and then another movie, and then another movie, and then another movie, and then another movie. After that, they decided to make a couple more TV shows, and a few more movies. Sadly, however, the franchise began to decline in popularity and the very last TV series was canceled.
Then a ray of hope; the franchise was being rebooted with a new movie by director JJ Abrams. Though the movie was a box office hit and liked by most people, some long time fans disliked it for various reasons. One thing they disliked was the newly designed Enterprise, commonly called the JJ-prise. And it is after that very ship, which some hard core fans dislike, that I named my in game ship...mainly to make them mad
U.S.S Originso named because it was my first characters ship, with origin meaning beginning, start of, or from which all else is derived.
U.S.S ArchangelSo named because it is my tactical captains ship, who was a liberated borg working hard on redemption. He would swoop in on the enemies of the federation like an avenging archangel.
U.S.S Aphroditeso named after the greek goddess of beauty, this is the name of my orion engineers ship, and her crew of beautiful, intelligent and capable women of several species.
U.S.S Hippocratesso named after the greek physician after whom the Hippocratic oath physicians swear. Needless to say this is my medical officers, medical ship name.
U.S.S Tigers Claw In light of my new Caitian captain I decided to give homage to the old Wing Commander computer game series because cat people always make me think Kilrathi and Kilrathi always makes me thing Wing Commander
I.K.S. QIb vo' Hegh Which in klingon means the "Shadow of Death" is my klingons K'tinga cruiser, so named because once its shadow falls on you, it is as a prelude to your inevitabel demise no.. REALLY
got myself a runabout too. USS Ihs'ree, NX-91019.
It's the captain's yacht aboard the USS Barnard in my fanfic. although under the name SS Ihs'ree and the registry LRS-019
("Ihs'ree" used with permission from Rush Limborg, TrekBBS.)
USS John A Lejeune
USS Carlos Hathcock
USS Dan Daly
USS Charles C. Krulak
Think I may go different since I just picked up Captain. Perhaps name my assault ship after some Star Trek battle like real life US Destroyers are named.
USS Spector - (taken from page 39 of Decipher Starships Star Trek Role Playing Game) "Participated in the recovery of the experimental USS Prometheus seized by Romulan forces (2374)."
IKS Ning'Tau - (page 119 of Starships) "Commendeered By Kor after it's captain was killed; assumed lost after engaging ten Jem'Hadar fighters to cover escape of task force."
My Andorian Tactical officer, Lt Cmdr, is flying the USS Exeter. Why? Well, I used to be a part of a trek online RPG, and one of my characters had the original USS Exeter as a Refit (There is a long and convoluted storyline about her fighting with the admiralty to take it out of mothballs. I'm horribly stubborn and so was that character, so she won). Since I'm in a Connie Refit, I figured I'd use it again. The Refit Connie is one of my favorite ships!
My alien science officer is flying a Miranda right now, the USS Orion. Because that's what the game gave me for a name right after Beta when I first leveled her to RA5, figured I'd use the same ship on the reroll. Gonna level her slow since I'm hoping for refit capabilities on that Miranda so she can keep it. It's totally her style.
Which was a cargo ship called a Liberty ship when it was first launched in 1945 as the SS Robert Hart but was refurbished for the U.S. Navy in the 1960s to be a science vessel of all things.
I was trying to use a ship name with the letter "G" in the beginning, since all of Estebano's ships were like that. And thought it neat that the Georgetown had some history. Since my first ship for my first character was a science vessel I felt a kindred connection.
All of my ships Escorts and are named after significant battles in Marine Corps history. Reason is I'm a Marine
USS Montezuma (lt cruiser/Miranda Class)
USS Tripoli (lt cruiser, Constitution Class)
USS Guadal Canal (Escort)
USS Khe Sanh (Heavy Escort)
USS Wake Island (Tactical Escort)
USS Belleau Wood (Fleet Escort)
I tried to pick names that would be known by fellow Marines and history buffs but relatively unknown to the average person. I stayed away from Iwo Jima, Okinawa, and New Orleans.
All of my ships Escorts and are named after significant battles in Marine Corps history. Reason is I'm a Marine
USS Montezuma (lt cruiser/Miranda Class)
USS Tripoli (lt cruiser, Constitution Class)
USS Guadal Canal (Escort)
USS Khe Sanh (Heavy Escort)
USS Wake Island (Tactical Escort)
USS Belleau Wood (Fleet Escort)
I tried to pick names that would be known by fellow Marines and history buffs but relatively unknown to the average person. I stayed away from Iwo Jima, Okinawa, and New Orleans.
You stayed away from Iwo Jima but used Wake Island?
My bird of prey line for my lethian science officer are all 'spears' of some sort, not sure why though. started out with ebon spear, then ivory spear and now smoke spear
My battlecruiser captain has just been using made up names that sound vaugely Andorian/Aenar, hell the last one I translated Ice driver into russian and converted the non-english characters into their english look-a-likes. so no real origens i suppose just so long as the sound good to me.
The reasons are as elusive as Higgs-Boson doublets are elusive. Well, I could say something like that, for fun, but it wouldn't be true. It's more of a simple thing, really. I'm an armchair psychologist, intrigued by lucid dreaming, guided imagery and similar things. Mix that in with a very romantic outlook on Life, the Universe, and Everything and you'll end up with someone who wants a name that's a bit out of the ordinary.
I didn't want it to be too jarringly out-of-canon though, so I didn't opt for anything really silly, out of respect ot the community of course, since everyone's going to see me warping, swooping, and loop-the-looping a bit around space. So I settled on the Dreamwalker, it's a little unusual, but the Federation does have ship names that are a little unusual at least. I feel particularly good about my choice, and I like my little ship.
All of my ships have been named USS Pittsburgh ( my girlfriend's hometown), with the corresponding suffix letter for each one , plus a runabout named after a river in Pittsburgh
All of my ships have been named USS Pittsburgh ( my girlfriend's hometown), with the corresponding suffix letter for each one , plus a runabout named after a river in Pittsburgh
I'm surprised you didn't name them after one of their sports teams (though a starship called USS Penguins might raise some eyebrows).
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One is the USS Carpe Diem, currently on my assault Cruiser. I'm sure most know it means sieze the day.
The other is Thunderchild, the ship from War of the worlds.
My new Klingon ship is the I.K.V Sinister, (well untill we can make romulan toons.)
Sinister was my old SL handle back in the days of SFC.
Luna class RSV - U.S.S. Roswell, N.C.C - 97247
Emissary class Star Cruiser (Modified) - U.S.S. Jericho, N.C.C. - 93150
Ki'tang Bird-of-Prey - I.K.V Tal'khan
All names chosen because I liked the sound of them.
The USS Corona is the first i got, and the one i use the most, now it's an Assault cruiser, The uss Corona, NX-9338 - E.
then i have some escort, called Juniper, A and B.
My ltcmd 3 actually has an escort that goes with the name Korinna.
Corona is the home-world of one of the character from the Disney comic Paperinik New Adventury, an Italian production. My Captain is named after Everett Ducklair, an alien escaped from is own culture;
My second captain is named after Zyggi Flaggstar, an ex-PBI( the Disney equivalent of the FBI) that dropped out the accademy because he did not belive in the need of secrecy on important matters(like alien, for istance.)
Korinna and Juniper are the daughters of Ducklairs, and are also the names of 2 of the 4 artificial moons surrounding the Corona planet.
i just love the comic, i pratically been grown with it....
For a little bit there was a USS Energize and USS Sarah Palin. The Energize was my first personal design. Lost it now, as I designed it in 6th grade.. The other one needs no explanation.
Then when I was promoted and got a cruiser, that was named the U.S.S Paragon, because I wanted it to also live up to its name and be a paragon example of Federation ideals and goodness.
The next ship which was a heavy cruiser was called the U.S.S. Paladin. It sounded similar to the previous ship name, so I wasn't sure at first if I should go for it, but the definition for Paladin was "fighter for a cause" so I thought it suited the ship quite well and sounded cool when Admiral T'nae said it.
My current ship is a Galaxy class exploration cruiser called the U.S.S. Meridian. I like the word "meridian", which means "a period of greatest prosperity, splendor, success, etc. or pinnacle of achievement" so it has a pretty fitting name as well, because I was aiming for that Galaxy class and now I got it!
The greatest challenge has been trying to think up ship names that sound cool but that isn't likely to have already taken. I was considering names like "Valiant" and such, but definitely have seen tons of those in the game by multiple people.
Avalon also represents beauty, myth, culture, and paradise; all ideals represented by the Federation.
Then a ray of hope; the franchise was being rebooted with a new movie by director JJ Abrams. Though the movie was a box office hit and liked by most people, some long time fans disliked it for various reasons. One thing they disliked was the newly designed Enterprise, commonly called the JJ-prise. And it is after that very ship, which some hard core fans dislike, that I named my in game ship...mainly to make them mad
U.S.S Archangel So named because it is my tactical captains ship, who was a liberated borg working hard on redemption. He would swoop in on the enemies of the federation like an avenging archangel.
U.S.S Aphrodite so named after the greek goddess of beauty, this is the name of my orion engineers ship, and her crew of beautiful, intelligent and capable women of several species.
U.S.S Hippocrates so named after the greek physician after whom the Hippocratic oath physicians swear. Needless to say this is my medical officers, medical ship name.
U.S.S Tigers Claw In light of my new Caitian captain I decided to give homage to the old Wing Commander computer game series because cat people always make me think Kilrathi and Kilrathi always makes me thing Wing Commander
I.K.S. QIb vo' Hegh Which in klingon means the "Shadow of Death" is my klingons K'tinga cruiser, so named because once its shadow falls on you, it is as a prelude to your inevitabel demise
got myself a runabout too. USS Ihs'ree, NX-91019.
It's the captain's yacht aboard the USS Barnard in my fanfic. although under the name SS Ihs'ree and the registry LRS-019
("Ihs'ree" used with permission from Rush Limborg, TrekBBS.)
USS Palier Zel because I like that name
USS Cardassia to celebrate the new era of relations between the Feds and the big reptiles.
USS Patriot
USS New England
USS Massachusetts
USS Boston
USS Randolph
I wonder if you can tell where I'm from?
USS Caprice
My first car was a Caprice Classic. I loved that car 'til the day it died and I've missed it ever since.
USS America
Self explanatory. New England is in America after all.
USS Kolinahr
This is my Vulcan character, LtCdr. Spovok's ship.
USS Cassin Young
The name of the destroyer I worked on for 3 years. Named for a Medal of Honor recipient from World War II.
USS Glory
USS Infinity
USS Grenadier
USS Sentinel
They're just plain old good names.
USS Carlos Hathcock
USS Dan Daly
USS Charles C. Krulak
Think I may go different since I just picked up Captain. Perhaps name my assault ship after some Star Trek battle like real life US Destroyers are named.
USS Vindicator - Name of my computer.
USS Spector - (taken from page 39 of Decipher Starships Star Trek Role Playing Game) "Participated in the recovery of the experimental USS Prometheus seized by Romulan forces (2374)."
IKS Ning'Tau - (page 119 of Starships) "Commendeered By Kor after it's captain was killed; assumed lost after engaging ten Jem'Hadar fighters to cover escape of task force."
IKS K'Vort - (page 119 of Starships) "Prototype; destroyed defending Narendra III."
IKS Gr'oth - (page 123 of Starships) "Captain Koloth, commanding, visited space station K-7 for shore leave; participated in the Great Tribble hunt."
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My Andorian Tactical officer, Lt Cmdr, is flying the USS Exeter. Why? Well, I used to be a part of a trek online RPG, and one of my characters had the original USS Exeter as a Refit (There is a long and convoluted storyline about her fighting with the admiralty to take it out of mothballs. I'm horribly stubborn and so was that character, so she won). Since I'm in a Connie Refit, I figured I'd use it again. The Refit Connie is one of my favorite ships!
My alien science officer is flying a Miranda right now, the USS Orion. Because that's what the game gave me for a name right after Beta when I first leveled her to RA5, figured I'd use the same ship on the reroll. Gonna level her slow since I'm hoping for refit capabilities on that Miranda so she can keep it. It's totally her style.
Admiral Estebano is my main (and has been since he hit captain level) ...
And he flied the U.S.S. Georgetown
Which was a cargo ship called a Liberty ship when it was first launched in 1945 as the SS Robert Hart but was refurbished for the U.S. Navy in the 1960s to be a science vessel of all things.
I was trying to use a ship name with the letter "G" in the beginning, since all of Estebano's ships were like that. And thought it neat that the Georgetown had some history. Since my first ship for my first character was a science vessel I felt a kindred connection.
Keokuk
Galena
Albemarle
All of them were ironclads from the Civil War (although the USS Galena was refitted into a conventional schooner later).
USS Montezuma (lt cruiser/Miranda Class)
USS Tripoli (lt cruiser, Constitution Class)
USS Guadal Canal (Escort)
USS Khe Sanh (Heavy Escort)
USS Wake Island (Tactical Escort)
USS Belleau Wood (Fleet Escort)
I tried to pick names that would be known by fellow Marines and history buffs but relatively unknown to the average person. I stayed away from Iwo Jima, Okinawa, and New Orleans.
I'm pretty sure Guadalcanal is one word.
My bird of prey line for my lethian science officer are all 'spears' of some sort, not sure why though. started out with ebon spear, then ivory spear and now smoke spear
My battlecruiser captain has just been using made up names that sound vaugely Andorian/Aenar, hell the last one I translated Ice driver into russian and converted the non-english characters into their english look-a-likes. so no real origens i suppose just so long as the sound good to me.
The reasons are as elusive as Higgs-Boson doublets are elusive. Well, I could say something like that, for fun, but it wouldn't be true. It's more of a simple thing, really. I'm an armchair psychologist, intrigued by lucid dreaming, guided imagery and similar things. Mix that in with a very romantic outlook on Life, the Universe, and Everything and you'll end up with someone who wants a name that's a bit out of the ordinary.
I didn't want it to be too jarringly out-of-canon though, so I didn't opt for anything really silly, out of respect ot the community of course, since everyone's going to see me warping, swooping, and loop-the-looping a bit around space. So I settled on the Dreamwalker, it's a little unusual, but the Federation does have ship names that are a little unusual at least. I feel particularly good about my choice, and I like my little ship.
Ahh, good times with the "USS Erica" and the "NX Ares"
uss aliester crowley, hp lovecraft ect....
I'm surprised you didn't name them after one of their sports teams (though a starship called USS Penguins might raise some eyebrows).
not at all. we passed that level when USS flower power showed up. we're beyond these things now... god help us all...