My old Klingon ship was called "Eggterprize" lol Sort of making fun of the Old Fed ship Enterprise. Now I have a new ship with new name. :eek: "Omeletteprize"
My ship names always have some sort of significance in regards to the character commanding it, relating to either their origins, or some aspect of their personality.
For example, my Federation Main's ship is the USS Raging Tempest. It connects to him through his fighting style: In close-quarters combat, he and his sword are like a rampaging storm of destruction.
My Klingon Main's ship is the IKS D'ul. Her captain is an Expy of Yzak Joule from Mobile Suit Gundam SEED, whose Mobile Suit was the GAT-X102 Duel.
My Federation Crafter has a Xenosaga Theme, and her ship is named the USS Elsa. Elsa is the name of the ship that ferries you all over the place in the Xenosaga games, so it fits the theme.
Another Fed Character I have has a bit of a Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Theme. Her ship, the USS Wolfram, is named after a ship from the latest Manga in that franchise, Mahou Senki Lyrical Nanoha FORCE.
And another Fed Character of mine will command a line of ships all named USS Calnus. The name Calnus comes from the Star Ocean Franchise.
There are other characters, but those are my main ones. :cool:
I name my ships based on things I think a Federation starship would be named, I tend to be very careful to not use names that "sound cool" but instead sound like they belong in the existing Star Trek universe.
My flagship is the U.S.S. New England and my other ship is the U.S.S. Vermont,
While not strictly canon, they sound like something a Starship would be named for and also reflect my personal love for the area.
At first I had names from other games or any sci-fi genre movies, Novalith for example, than I made the USS Roddenberry -G, than later when I had a clear storyline for my main character, I started to think of names that gave a history to the ship. At the beginning of his career, my captain was hindered, so he got the USS Kinslayer, a loathed ship, because in the drydocks, during assembly, a torpedo went off and destroyed another ship.
Now i have a fleet escort called S'harien's Fury - the name is a paradox, S'harien is the legendary Vulcan blacksmith, who crafted mythical weapons. The name shows that my Vulcan main character does have a twisted humour
USS Franziskaner, captained by Morgan. Franziskaner makes a nice wiessbier, and having a captain named Morgan...come on people! LOL I also have a ship named Goldschlager. Apparently, Captain Rumsy "Rumrunner" Morgan likes his drink! XD
On another character, I have various names that are all synonyms for "nomad". Nomad, Lonewolf, etc.
I created a new KDF character recently and came up with these names to use, and translated them as best I could into Klingon. Mind you, these are close approximations, not exact translations (Klingonese lacks a lot of synonyms):
At first I had names from other games or any sci-fi genre movies, Novalith for example, than I made the USS Roddenberry -G, than later when I had a clear storyline for my main character, I started to think of names that gave a history to the ship. At the beginning of his career, my captain was hindered, so he got the USS Kinslayer, a loathed ship, because in the drydocks, during assembly, a torpedo went off and destroyed another ship.
Now i have a fleet escort called S'harien's Fury - the name is a paradox, S'harien is the legendary Vulcan blacksmith, who crafted mythical weapons. The name shows that my Vulcan main character does have a twisted humour
In FASA's Star trek universe, the Klingons have a similar "cursed" shiptype, it was called the "Luckless;" apparently, there were several incidents wherein there were unusual happenings, breaking out of moorings in the shipyard (resulting in a devastation collision with another vessel), several deaths; indeed, it was a bad time to be a Klingon.
USS Scarlet Lady in honor of the 1940's style pin-up that graces Virgin Altalntic airplanes. If only we could have custom paintjobs on our hull, this would be mine.
USS Horizon - sounded good
USS Avenger - Also sounded good
USS Discovery - sounded good...
USS Valor - named after a ship in a RPG I do
USS Sentinel - sounded good
USS Atlas - Sounded good
USS Challenger - Named after another ship from a RPG
Surak - Since I didnt have a better name for a vulcan ship
USS Vanguard - Sounded good
USS Comet - since I didnt have a better name for my DF
USS Polaris - sounded good (again)...
USS Infinity - from an RPG
Names I havent used yet that I probley will:
USS Virtue (again after a ship from an RPG also it just sounds good etc.)
USS F`ukushima (Named in honor of the disaster) {Blasted forum filters}
USS Chernobyl (Named for the disaster)
USS Carpathia (Named for the ship that rescued the Titanic's survivors)
U.S.S. Gabriel Angelos- Captain of the Blood Ravens W40K
U.S.S. Royal Oak- British Royal Navy Battleship sunk by U-Boat Ace Gunther Prien. In Her Memory
I named my ship the USS John Paul Jones, I admired the "I have not yet begun to fight!" attitude as it were and felt compelled to Captain a ship that captured the essence of that quote
USS Avenger - Venture Class refit dedication plaque "All that is required for the triumph of evil, is for good men to do nothing" named for one of the early NX-Class ships (taken from the programming codes is ST: Legacy)
USS Templar - Heavy Cruiser
USS Spitfire - Defiant class (obv named for the WWII British fighter)
USS Aegis, USS Buster, (taken from Gundam SEED, the show sucked as far as Gundam goes, but the names were catchy)
I have many officers and many ships (altaholic here!) but 7 out of 10 times my ship names are based on WW1 or WWII ship names. Lexington, Portland, Royal Oak.
Some on historical folks, Linclon, Patton, Kennedy.
And the rest are out of any Si-Fi mythos, HAL, Black Swan, Far Point, etc..
USS Antares (From the series called Defying Gravity)
USS Scotland (Where i come from)
USS Nightingale (ST Bridge Commander)
USS Samsung(Corporation Electronics Company)
I've got the USS Iroquois on my VA Tactical officer.
And the USS Victoria on my RA Engineer.
Both courtesy of the random generator.
Umm... those are decent names but...
I do not think that the Random Name Generator should be mentioned in this thread.
We're discussing Ship Names that have some kind of importance to the namer--the RNG yields names that just sound good.
If a ship name was selected through the RNG, it should not go into this thread unless the name selected through the RNG has some connection to the user. (for example, getting the name USS Colorado and having Colorado as your home state, getting the name USS Iroquois and being descended from them, that kinda thing)
That said, that is just my personal opinion. It is up to the OP to decide which names are kosher for this thread and which names are not.
USS Mace Windu - Star Wars
USS Larry Niven A,B - Favorite author
USS Galifrey - Doctor Who
USS Faithful - I was listening to "Faith of the Heart" theme from Enterprise.
USS Kzin- Irony. The Kzin "Scream and leap" . My Exploration refit is to slow to leap, so it just screams.
USS Drew Brees-Named after my favorite quarterback from my favorite (American) football team.
USS Challenger-Named after the destroyed NASA space shuttle.
USS Astray - Akira
USS Freedom - Gryphon
USS Falcon - Peregrine (just pushed for a random name, made sense for the nippy fighter to be named after a bird of prey)
USS Epyon - MVAM Prometheus
USS Zeta - Defiant R
USS Marasai - Emissary
USS Justice - Sovereign
USS Legend - Galaxy dreadnought
USS Stargazer - Intrepid R
USS Yamato - Shuttle, named after the titular vessel from Space Battleship Yamato
Others which I cant remember atm.
All vessels named after mecha from the Gundam series', unless stated otherwise.
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For example, my Federation Main's ship is the USS Raging Tempest. It connects to him through his fighting style: In close-quarters combat, he and his sword are like a rampaging storm of destruction.
My Klingon Main's ship is the IKS D'ul. Her captain is an Expy of Yzak Joule from Mobile Suit Gundam SEED, whose Mobile Suit was the GAT-X102 Duel.
My Federation Crafter has a Xenosaga Theme, and her ship is named the USS Elsa. Elsa is the name of the ship that ferries you all over the place in the Xenosaga games, so it fits the theme.
Another Fed Character I have has a bit of a Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Theme. Her ship, the USS Wolfram, is named after a ship from the latest Manga in that franchise, Mahou Senki Lyrical Nanoha FORCE.
And another Fed Character of mine will command a line of ships all named USS Calnus. The name Calnus comes from the Star Ocean Franchise.
There are other characters, but those are my main ones.
My flagship is the U.S.S. New England and my other ship is the U.S.S. Vermont,
While not strictly canon, they sound like something a Starship would be named for and also reflect my personal love for the area.
Now i have a fleet escort called S'harien's Fury - the name is a paradox, S'harien is the legendary Vulcan blacksmith, who crafted mythical weapons. The name shows that my Vulcan main character does have a twisted humour
On another character, I have various names that are all synonyms for "nomad". Nomad, Lonewolf, etc.
JorwI'tor - Divebomb
Hos'Qeh - Tantrum
Qeh'yab - Headstrong
Qaw'ral - Rampage
Pach'leth - Razorclaw
In FASA's Star trek universe, the Klingons have a similar "cursed" shiptype, it was called the "Luckless;" apparently, there were several incidents wherein there were unusual happenings, breaking out of moorings in the shipyard (resulting in a devastation collision with another vessel), several deaths; indeed, it was a bad time to be a Klingon.
You, sir, win one interwebz! Bruce should have been in one of the movies, or in the next!
Venture-X
USS Avenger - Also sounded good
USS Discovery - sounded good...
USS Valor - named after a ship in a RPG I do
USS Sentinel - sounded good
USS Atlas - Sounded good
USS Challenger - Named after another ship from a RPG
Surak - Since I didnt have a better name for a vulcan ship
USS Vanguard - Sounded good
USS Comet - since I didnt have a better name for my DF
USS Polaris - sounded good (again)...
USS Infinity - from an RPG
Names I havent used yet that I probley will:
USS Virtue (again after a ship from an RPG also it just sounds good etc.)
Also a few others...
USS Chernobyl (Named for the disaster)
USS Carpathia (Named for the ship that rescued the Titanic's survivors)
U.S.S. Royal Oak- British Royal Navy Battleship sunk by U-Boat Ace Gunther Prien. In Her Memory
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USS Templar - Heavy Cruiser
USS Spitfire - Defiant class (obv named for the WWII British fighter)
USS Aegis, USS Buster, (taken from Gundam SEED, the show sucked as far as Gundam goes, but the names were catchy)
Some on historical folks, Linclon, Patton, Kennedy.
And the rest are out of any Si-Fi mythos, HAL, Black Swan, Far Point, etc..
USS Scotland (Where i come from)
USS Nightingale (ST Bridge Commander)
USS Samsung(Corporation Electronics Company)
USS. Torboto [the robot that tortures people]
IKS. Reester Bunny [tasty and deadly]
And the USS Victoria on my RA Engineer.
Both courtesy of the random generator.
Umm... those are decent names but...
I do not think that the Random Name Generator should be mentioned in this thread.
We're discussing Ship Names that have some kind of importance to the namer--the RNG yields names that just sound good.
If a ship name was selected through the RNG, it should not go into this thread unless the name selected through the RNG has some connection to the user. (for example, getting the name USS Colorado and having Colorado as your home state, getting the name USS Iroquois and being descended from them, that kinda thing)
That said, that is just my personal opinion. It is up to the OP to decide which names are kosher for this thread and which names are not.
USS Larry Niven A,B - Favorite author
USS Galifrey - Doctor Who
USS Faithful - I was listening to "Faith of the Heart" theme from Enterprise.
USS Kzin- Irony. The Kzin "Scream and leap" . My Exploration refit is to slow to leap, so it just screams.
USS Arkadia- Got it from the name Arkady Daryl from Isaac Asimov's Foundation series. Gotta love the golden oldies.
USS Challenger-Named after the destroyed NASA space shuttle.
USS Freedom - Gryphon
USS Falcon - Peregrine (just pushed for a random name, made sense for the nippy fighter to be named after a bird of prey)
USS Epyon - MVAM Prometheus
USS Zeta - Defiant R
USS Marasai - Emissary
USS Justice - Sovereign
USS Legend - Galaxy dreadnought
USS Stargazer - Intrepid R
USS Yamato - Shuttle, named after the titular vessel from Space Battleship Yamato
Others which I cant remember atm.
All vessels named after mecha from the Gundam series', unless stated otherwise.
Sci, most probably intrepid class refit ot nebula refit - USS Wheldon, in memory of the late racing driver killed at LV speedway.
Tac, most probably prometheus refit MVAM - USS Simoncelli, in memory of the late motorbike rider who died exactly a week after Wheldon.
right now i dont have the stomoch to grind the levels just yet. but i will clear Tellus who is an upcoming TAC at some point within the next few days.