U.S.S. Columba (the Dove)
U.S.S. Cygnus (the Swan)
U.S.S. Aguila (the Eagle)
U.S.S. Axia (the Phoenix) coming eventually.
U.S.S. Corvus (the Crow) coming somewhat more eventually.
Going with the bird-themed constellation names. I gave up on Apus (the Bird of Paradise) because it just doesn't sound that good.
Why did you pick it any real reason or was it just random post it here.
Mine was the USS Sentinel. Named after My old Lug Trek Ambassador Class Ship. captained that thing for 18 years before it got blown up by the Hur'Q. total roleplay nerd here.
Other ship is the USS Tantalus. Another Nod to a Star trek rpg i play. it was a Galaxy class.
To be honest...I actually picked up a dictionary/thesaurus and looked at words that went with my class (science/med, tactical, engineer).
I would write how I kept creating branches of words/ideas for each ship name theme that I did...but that would be long and boring
In my captain's logs, I have detailed the story of the crew of the USS Visionary and its successor the USS Visionary-A. The first was a sovereign class starship, my second favorite looking ship in Trek-dom after the "All Good Things..." galaxy. Once I was able to get my favorite ship in-game, I indicated in the logs how the original was destroyed along with several of my crew members. Lt. Cmdr. Anrol (Bolian) I was close to, so it was difficult to lose her for me. Cmdr. Connelly (Human) I liked, but only kept him on as I was waiting for my Cardassian security chief. Tired of waiting, I customized a random alien into looking like a Cardassian and let him go with little regret.
Back on topic, the name is Visionary because I wanted to choose a somewhat general word that had a lot of meaning that could be conveyed in how it relates to the ideas behind Star Trek, much like the name Enterprise. I think of it mainly in its adjective sense as a thing that is characterized by vision and foresight, often prophetic.
On another side note, I consider myself a visionary in the noun sense, an idealist and a dreamer.
My main character is a Klingon (Fed Side) science officer. Her ships have all been NCC-92000 USS N'Hampsha all the way up to the current which is NCC-92000 E USS N'Hampsha. I live in New Hampshire, USA. I figured it sounded Klingon....:D.
My secondary character is a Fed (Human) Engineer who's ships are all named after US Presidents: NCC-93003 USS Washington, NCC-93004 USS Lincoln, NX-93005 (Excelsior Class, hence the NX disignation) USS Eisenhower, and his current NCC-93006 USS Roosevelt. I am not sure which president I will use for his RA ship yet, maybe Reagan... or Kennedy....don't know yet. I'll decide when he makes RA
My Klingon Engineer's ships are all named after mythological creatures and gods: IKS Chimera and IKS Dionysus. He is only an LC at the moment.
I just started a Klingon Tactical officer whose ships I will name using an english to Klingon translater on a website I found. His first ship is the IKS May' ej Bathl which is Klingon for glory and battle.
well my fed has
the U.S.S Endeavour, Miranda class the name came from captain cooks ship the HMS endeavour
next one was the U.S.S Dark saber, constitution class i liked the name and it also comes from my love of fencing
the next one was the U.S.S challenger anouther ship named after a british navy ship the HMS Challenger
then the U.S.S indefatigable again named after the HMS indefatigable a brit first rate and later air craft carrier
then came my current ship named the U.S.S Magnificent i just like it and i havent seen anouther ship with that name to date
so yeah there my ships
He also has an Intrepid-class science ship registered USS Via Domus. It is latin for "Way Home" and is named after the great journey home of the USS Voyager.
Why? This is the name (or rather the engraving on) of the Golden Apple of Eris, that most desired thing which wreaked so much havoc amongst the gods. The golden Apple was engraved "For the Fairest" and the gods themselves fought and squabbled over who it was meant for, much like the cloak ability here resulted in heated fighting for who this was intended. I felt it most fitting for the cloaking defiant refit.
After getting this, I realized I had no clue how to outfit it or fly it.
So, I rolled another liberated borg Klingon, Wampaq, making him look more like an albino Klingon than a borg. He was named after my old SWG bounty hunter, Wapma, a huge white wookie. His ship has been one Raptor after another, each named with the klingonization of Kashiik (the Wookie homeworld): qaSIyq. Kind of lame, I suppose. But I enjoy being reminded of the early days of that game, and Wampa was my first ever MMO character in that regard back in SWG closed beta and again at launch.
USS Rose Tyler
USS Donna Noble
USS Martha Jones
USS Sarah J. Smith
USS Romana
USS Romana II
USS Amelia Pond
all from Doctor Who
USS Jarrah
USS Faraday
USS Sawyer
USS Austin
USS Kwon
USS LaFleur
all from LOST
IKS Stolze Amazone
IKS Kalte Klinge
IKS Tobender Sturm
IKS Kriegerherz
IKS Zorn des Trill
some warrior-poetic names... just in German.
USS ISS (Name prefix for mirror universe ships)
USS Dagger of Skaro (Doctor Who)
USS Palpatine (Emperor from Star Wars)
USS Flying Dutchman (Legend of Davy Jones/ Pirates movies)
those are all evil tainted names for my mirror universe captain
IKS Quv'voq'Dit (Honor in the Blood) Vo'qov Carrier/
USS Mary Rose, Excelsior. Named after the first carrack ever built which mounted her artillery on the sides of the ship, versus on the forecastle as was common in the early renaissance. Even though the idea of gun port covers were not considered, and the heavier guns were on the top causing intense rolling at sea, which lead to her flooding and sinking, she paved the way for Hawkin's new design of ship under Queen Elizabeth that would prove instrumental, in combination with the daring fire ship raid, and the weather, led England to victory over the Spanish Armada. A design that would propel nautical combat to the art form it became, and propelled England, and by extension, the United States to the maritime power that they both have become.
U.S.S. Heart break One (derived from Ace Combat Five: The Unsung War, directly)
U.S.S. Hindenburg (obviously the Hindenburg Zeppelin)
U.S.S. Deteis (My favorite, asside from Heartbreak One. One of the bloodline choices in EVE Online's empires, the Caldari State)
U.S.S. Scatman (John Paul Larkin )
U.S.S. Yamato (obvious, again)
U.S.S. Daniel Jackson (Another ripped name... Some imagination I have, huh? Comes directly from Stargate)
U.S.S. Crow (more obvious...)
U.S.S. Gallente (More EVE Online... Name of one of the four major empires)
U.S.S. Mobius (Ace Combat Four: Shattered Skies. Another one I like, a lot. Wasn't a complete steal this time )
I.K.S. Sebiestor (MORE EVE ONLINE!! [Focused on another bloodline from the Minmatar, my absolute FAVORITE of the four major empires in New Eden])
USS Starfury, Advanced Escort, not just a reference to Babylon 5 which was the first time I saw the name ever used for anything, but also to my favorite Armored Core that I built. Fast nimble, and packing more energy weapons and plasma than you could shake a stick at.
USS Themistocles, Excelsior class. Named after an Athenian naval general. The one that beat the Persians.
USS Perseus, Recon Science named for a greek hero.
My main character's ship, The USS Argus, has been the hero ship in my fan fic for over decade. All the other ships he had have also appeared at some point in the series.
The "Meitou" are a rare class of katana, meitou meaning "Celebrated Sword" or "Named Sword". They are prized swords passed through generations, won in battle, or given as a gift out of respect. Meitou are superior to ordinary katana in most aspects: cutting, endurance, etc. Meitou are more expensive, due to their quality; typically handmade by renowned sword-smiths, the Meitou gain their name through battle, long existence, and even royalty.
Considering when my Caitian reached Captian, he commanded a Defiant named the USS Katana, I thought Meitou seemed a fitting name for his newer defiant class vessel
USS Johnston - Named for the World War II era Fletcher class destroyer captained by Commander Ernest E. Evans. She changed the world when she charged into a line of Japanese heavy cruisers and destroyers, inspiring the other smaller ships in Taffy 3 to do the same.
USS Shadenfreude - pleasure derived from the misfortunes of others (or "Ha Ha!").
USS Treppenwitz - staircase wit, thinking of a clever comeback when it is too late.
USS Zeitgeist - the spirit of the times
IKS Ver'Nicht - a "klingonized" version of the german word "to destroy", vernichten
For the Federation I was trying to keep with German words that represent an abstract idea and don't necessarily have a good corresponding English word. And for the Klingons I was going with hard consonent words related to violence, honor, and all that Klingon jazz.
I was very tempted to just do Schadenfreude-A,B, etc., but that seemd a bit boring.
I decided to do German words:
USS Shadenfreude - pleasure derived from the misfortunes of others (or "Ha Ha!").
That would actually be "Schadenfreude" Edit: nvm i read the rest must have been just a typo I named my Defiant Class ship U.S.S. Thunderstorm.
Reasons ... I like Thunderstorms, and Escorts make things go BOOM so it seamed like it fits.
Cruiser: U.S.S. Freelancer, named after the Microsoft game from 2000. I love that game.
Escort: A Caitian Captain, so U.S.S. Kilrah, after the home planet of the Kilrathi in the Wing Commander game. (Another game series I love.)
Sci Ship: Captained by Lloth so U.S.S. Menzoberranzan seemed appropriate.
Nice names there, and I totally agree with your reasons for picking them
USS Starfall - I needed a name, so made one up. Going to go with other Star based names for the rest of my escort ships.
USS Lovelave - Named after Ada lovelace, the world's first computer programmer. Other ships owned by this character will be named after other famous scientists - Einstein, Tesla, etc.
So my main ship was an Assault Cruiser called the U.S.S. Absolution, which fits my entire Fleet's background of protecting the Federation from threats from all sides. It also has a hidden meaning since the definition of absolution is "1. The act of absolving or the state of being absolved. 2. The formal remission of sin imparted by a priest, as in the sacrament of penance." and what my Fleet has to do makes us break the ideology of the Federation to protect the ideology of the Federation (btw the new weekly episode has Drake using some of my words but I said 'em first... My Fleets been around since beta :P). So I'm sure that in the background I would want absolution of the sins we are forced to make.
Even though I love my ship, as a Tac Officer I want more boom and unfortunately an "assault cruiser" doesn't have enough boom (kinda funny) so I bought the Excelsior Retrofit, which gave me the ability to toss High Yield III at enemies and due to people joking about my name (which is based on the real world and not fantasy books) I called it the U.S.S. Dawn Treader.
U.S.S Phobos - Luna Class Vessels are named after moons
U.S.S. Colt - Defiant Class; I just wanted a name related to combat.
U.S.S. Hyperion - Excelsior Refit; named after Jim Raynor's battlecruiser in Starcraft.
IKS Noktao - T5 BoP; default name; never bothered coming up with a new one
I'm gonna name my B'rel refit IKS Praxis II, once the ship is available.
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Because I have a tattoo of the evil monkey, so The Quagmire seemed fitting... GIGGITY!
U.S.S. Cygnus (the Swan)
U.S.S. Aguila (the Eagle)
U.S.S. Axia (the Phoenix) coming eventually.
U.S.S. Corvus (the Crow) coming somewhat more eventually.
Going with the bird-themed constellation names. I gave up on Apus (the Bird of Paradise) because it just doesn't sound that good.
My seconday ship, the USS Nauticlue is named after my boat which was named by my wife.
There are a few others but they are mostly PacNW based:
USS Seahawk
USS Cape Flattery
USS Whidbey
USS Fort Casey
USS Rainier
USS Chinook
Edit: My Klink ship is the IKS petaQ. Because dammit that's what we are!
To be honest...I actually picked up a dictionary/thesaurus and looked at words that went with my class (science/med, tactical, engineer).
I would write how I kept creating branches of words/ideas for each ship name theme that I did...but that would be long and boring
Back on topic, the name is Visionary because I wanted to choose a somewhat general word that had a lot of meaning that could be conveyed in how it relates to the ideas behind Star Trek, much like the name Enterprise. I think of it mainly in its adjective sense as a thing that is characterized by vision and foresight, often prophetic.
On another side note, I consider myself a visionary in the noun sense, an idealist and a dreamer.
My secondary character is a Fed (Human) Engineer who's ships are all named after US Presidents: NCC-93003 USS Washington, NCC-93004 USS Lincoln, NX-93005 (Excelsior Class, hence the NX disignation) USS Eisenhower, and his current NCC-93006 USS Roosevelt. I am not sure which president I will use for his RA ship yet, maybe Reagan... or Kennedy....don't know yet. I'll decide when he makes RA
My Klingon Engineer's ships are all named after mythological creatures and gods: IKS Chimera and IKS Dionysus. He is only an LC at the moment.
I just started a Klingon Tactical officer whose ships I will name using an english to Klingon translater on a website I found. His first ship is the IKS May' ej Bathl which is Klingon for glory and battle.
the U.S.S Endeavour, Miranda class the name came from captain cooks ship the HMS endeavour
next one was the U.S.S Dark saber, constitution class i liked the name and it also comes from my love of fencing
the next one was the U.S.S challenger anouther ship named after a british navy ship the HMS Challenger
then the U.S.S indefatigable again named after the HMS indefatigable a brit first rate and later air craft carrier
then came my current ship named the U.S.S Magnificent i just like it and i havent seen anouther ship with that name to date
so yeah there my ships
He also has an Intrepid-class science ship registered USS Via Domus. It is latin for "Way Home" and is named after the great journey home of the USS Voyager.
My science alt started on the USS Tesla, named after the scientist. She then moved to the Nova-class USS Endeavour named after the tall ship. She also commanded the Akira-class USS Korolev, named after the Russian rocket scientist and the Excelsior-class USS Leicester, named after the city in England. She then commanded a second USS Endeavour, Intrepid-class. And during special op missions she commands the Defiant-class USS Fenrir, named after the Norse Mythical Wolf.
She commanded some other ships: The TOS Constitution USS Barcelona, named after the city in Spain. The USS Charon, a runabout, named after Pluto's moon.
Lastly, I have a Klingon alt that commanded the IKS ghangwI' which is (allegedly) Klingon for "Horizon"
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Named after my best friend/teacher who died. He was like a father to me.
My recent Advanced Tactical (refit): USS Kallisti
Why? This is the name (or rather the engraving on) of the Golden Apple of Eris, that most desired thing which wreaked so much havoc amongst the gods. The golden Apple was engraved "For the Fairest" and the gods themselves fought and squabbled over who it was meant for, much like the cloak ability here resulted in heated fighting for who this was intended. I felt it most fitting for the cloaking defiant refit.
After getting this, I realized I had no clue how to outfit it or fly it.
So, I rolled another liberated borg Klingon, Wampaq, making him look more like an albino Klingon than a borg. He was named after my old SWG bounty hunter, Wapma, a huge white wookie. His ship has been one Raptor after another, each named with the klingonization of Kashiik (the Wookie homeworld): qaSIyq. Kind of lame, I suppose. But I enjoy being reminded of the early days of that game, and Wampa was my first ever MMO character in that regard back in SWG closed beta and again at launch.
USS Carthage - Named after the great faction that opposed Rome during the time of Hannibal.
I named every ship from the start of the account USS Carthage and changed the name of the ship when I got a new one
current
USS Wasp - Named after the Defiant Class from Star Trek Armada's 1 and 2.
Alt:-
USS Thapsus - Carthaginian Town in North Africa
USS Constellation - Named after the Constitution Class from "The Doomsday Machine"
USS Caralis - A former Carthaginian City in Southern Sardinia.
current
USS Gallifrey (A-D) from Doctor Who
USS Rose Tyler
USS Donna Noble
USS Martha Jones
USS Sarah J. Smith
USS Romana
USS Romana II
USS Amelia Pond
all from Doctor Who
USS Jarrah
USS Faraday
USS Sawyer
USS Austin
USS Kwon
USS LaFleur
all from LOST
IKS Stolze Amazone
IKS Kalte Klinge
IKS Tobender Sturm
IKS Kriegerherz
IKS Zorn des Trill
some warrior-poetic names... just in German.
USS ISS (Name prefix for mirror universe ships)
USS Dagger of Skaro (Doctor Who)
USS Palpatine (Emperor from Star Wars)
USS Flying Dutchman (Legend of Davy Jones/ Pirates movies)
those are all evil tainted names for my mirror universe captain
USS Mary Rose, Excelsior. Named after the first carrack ever built which mounted her artillery on the sides of the ship, versus on the forecastle as was common in the early renaissance. Even though the idea of gun port covers were not considered, and the heavier guns were on the top causing intense rolling at sea, which lead to her flooding and sinking, she paved the way for Hawkin's new design of ship under Queen Elizabeth that would prove instrumental, in combination with the daring fire ship raid, and the weather, led England to victory over the Spanish Armada. A design that would propel nautical combat to the art form it became, and propelled England, and by extension, the United States to the maritime power that they both have become.
U.S.S. Hindenburg (obviously the Hindenburg Zeppelin)
U.S.S. Deteis (My favorite, asside from Heartbreak One. One of the bloodline choices in EVE Online's empires, the Caldari State)
U.S.S. Scatman (John Paul Larkin
U.S.S. Yamato (obvious, again)
U.S.S. Daniel Jackson (Another ripped name... Some imagination I have, huh? Comes directly from Stargate)
U.S.S. Crow (more obvious...)
U.S.S. Gallente (More EVE Online... Name of one of the four major empires)
U.S.S. Mobius (Ace Combat Four: Shattered Skies. Another one I like, a lot. Wasn't a complete steal this time
I.K.S. Sebiestor (MORE EVE ONLINE!! [Focused on another bloodline from the Minmatar, my absolute FAVORITE of the four major empires in New Eden])
USS Stingray escort
USS Alembic runabout
USS Thunderbird escort
Then my tribute to the most gorgeous actress in the world
USS Saldana miranda class
I named a science vessel USS Endorphine comet class
I had one named USS Galactica (speaks for itself) defiant class
I had an Inteprid Class called USS Homewards (named after voyagers journey home ofcourse)
A galaxy class called USS Clouds Suite wich was a david gates song from 1975
that's about it
USS Themistocles, Excelsior class. Named after an Athenian naval general. The one that beat the Persians.
USS Perseus, Recon Science named for a greek hero.
The "Meitou" are a rare class of katana, meitou meaning "Celebrated Sword" or "Named Sword". They are prized swords passed through generations, won in battle, or given as a gift out of respect. Meitou are superior to ordinary katana in most aspects: cutting, endurance, etc. Meitou are more expensive, due to their quality; typically handmade by renowned sword-smiths, the Meitou gain their name through battle, long existence, and even royalty.
Considering when my Caitian reached Captian, he commanded a Defiant named the USS Katana, I thought Meitou seemed a fitting name for his newer defiant class vessel
Wow cryptic, way to name your new devidian NPC after my ship.
you're welcome
USS Shadenfreude - pleasure derived from the misfortunes of others (or "Ha Ha!").
USS Treppenwitz - staircase wit, thinking of a clever comeback when it is too late.
USS Zeitgeist - the spirit of the times
IKS Ver'Nicht - a "klingonized" version of the german word "to destroy", vernichten
For the Federation I was trying to keep with German words that represent an abstract idea and don't necessarily have a good corresponding English word. And for the Klingons I was going with hard consonent words related to violence, honor, and all that Klingon jazz.
I was very tempted to just do Schadenfreude-A,B, etc., but that seemd a bit boring.
Escort: A Caitian Captain, so U.S.S. Kilrah, after the home planet of the Kilrathi in the Wing Commander game. (Another game series I love.)
Sci Ship: Captained by Lloth so U.S.S. Menzoberranzan seemed appropriate.
That would actually be "Schadenfreude" Edit: nvm i read the rest must have been just a typo
I named my Defiant Class ship U.S.S. Thunderstorm.
Reasons ... I like Thunderstorms, and Escorts make things go BOOM so it seamed like it fits.
Nice names there, and I totally agree with your reasons for picking them
USS Starfall - I needed a name, so made one up. Going to go with other Star based names for the rest of my escort ships.
USS Lovelave - Named after Ada lovelace, the world's first computer programmer. Other ships owned by this character will be named after other famous scientists - Einstein, Tesla, etc.
USS Stolichnaya
Russian Vodka
USS Jameson
Irish Whiskey
USS 40 Creek
Very Good Canadian Whiskey
USS St James Gate
This is where Guinness is brewed
Even though I love my ship, as a Tac Officer I want more boom and unfortunately an "assault cruiser" doesn't have enough boom (kinda funny) so I bought the Excelsior Retrofit, which gave me the ability to toss High Yield III at enemies and due to people joking about my name (which is based on the real world and not fantasy books) I called it the U.S.S. Dawn Treader.
U.S.S. Colt - Defiant Class; I just wanted a name related to combat.
U.S.S. Hyperion - Excelsior Refit; named after Jim Raynor's battlecruiser in Starcraft.
IKS Noktao - T5 BoP; default name; never bothered coming up with a new one
I'm gonna name my B'rel refit IKS Praxis II, once the ship is available.