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  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    My cruiser shall be the USS Godwin, because not naming ships after stuff that amuses you is something Hitler would have done. ;)
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    I wanted the captain to be named TRIBBLE flying the USS Constipation
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    Federation science ship U.S.S Cochrane ...u all know Zefram Cochrane the scientist

    NCC-630405-V .... 630405 is the YYMMDD of first contact and the V is for Vulcans ...So first contact with the Vulcans
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    Mine is the USS Independence named after the town in OR i grew up in
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    12-21-2012

    the remembrance of humanity and its last stand...
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    I decided to name my ships after ancient greek philosophers.

    U.S.S. Anaximander
    U.S.S. Xenophanes

    I can think of a few more - theres still lots of presocratic philosophers to chose from
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    Ophelia Rising

    Look her up here if you don't already know.

    Epitome of an innocent caught between matters beyond their control and then paying the ultimate price. Jaded innocence is a fuel that burns hot, though.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    OK then....Alien Captain Draco of the USS MUSTANG in OB. Just casual but like all Navy seamen I kinda fell for her ( and I liked the original '67 auto)

    Liked it so much I took it on over to headstart. Now its...

    USS MUSTANG
    LT4 Horatio Richard Bolitho (nick - Jason - golden haired)
    commanding

    Horatio Hornblower, Richard Bolitho and Cap'n Hazard are my lifelong companions

    Thinking about names such as Jaques Cousteau (Explorer and sea scientist)
    Calypso (his wonderful ship and love the John Denver song)
    Also 'Durendal"...Sword of Charleroi (Charles Magnus - Charlemagne)
    And mabey the 'Charon'...to lead you cross the river to death

    Final cute quote: Inimicus - Amicus - Politicus....Enemy before you, friend beside you, politician behind you - Be afraid !!!
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    I chose the U.S.S. Zebulon. This was derived from the name Zebular, an old child-hood nick-name of mine that I have no idea how I got. All I can recall from child-hood is that one of my many hundreds of German relatives called me Zebular whenever he would address me. Sometime in my late-teens, I embraced the nickname and have used it ever since. Yes, I did come up with "Zebulon" without even knowing it was once used as an actual planet name in some science-fiction somewhere that I cannot recall. I was surprised to one day find it on google many years later.

    Mayhaps I am really an alien from the planet Zebulon, adopted by my parents, who won't admit to it and this relative of mine wanted me to know the "truth."

    >>insert X-Files theme music<<
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    Mine is named the U.S.S Endeavour, after the Space Shuttle Endeavour.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    The USS Exordium

    A nod to the Revelation Space series of novels by Alastair Reynolds

    Some of the greatest modern sci-fi ever written

    Go read and let it blow your mind
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    Before I got into the game I was considering USS Sulu :P He was one of my favorite characters in the original series, and I figured it'd make sense to name a ship after him after all these years. Don't think the name would work out now though.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    USS Pandora
    Because this game is like opening Pandora's box for me. If it weren't for server outages, I might not get any sleep.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    dashuu wrote: »
    Before I got into the game I was considering USS Sulu :P He was one of my favorite characters in the original series, and I figured it'd make sense to name a ship after him after all these years. Don't think the name would work out now though.
    You should go with the "U.S.S. Sulu Homage" then, for that would be synonymous with giving honor to Sulu. :)

    However, Starfleet has a long history of naming ships after famous officers, so the U.S.S. Sulu should be expected at some point. Unless there already is one in Starfleet History, that is.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    You should go with the "U.S.S. Sulu Homage" then, for that would be synonymous with giving honor to Sulu. :)

    Good idea, thanks.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    USS Aurion Aster. means Morning Star
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    I named my ship the USS Arbiter, in honor of Jean-Luc Picard being the only human to ever be the Arbiter of Succession in Klingon history.

    This is also the name I submitted during the contest to name the Star Cruiser. Unfortunately they chose Emisary but there is no counting for taste.

    When I submitted it I doubt they even got the reference.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    dashuu wrote: »
    Good idea, thanks.

    Most welcome. I am glad I still can recollect my English and Grammar properly, that is just about the only thing I have that hasn't completely failed me yet. :eek:

    Just be aware that there are those who won't know the meaning of Homage and might think you're trying to just copy Sulu's name. Any educated GM should be able to understand however.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    Science.

    USS Tesla.

    Nikola Tesla
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    U.S.S. Escoffier, created the kitchen brigade, popularized and updated French cuisine.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    U.S.S. Argentina <---- My country.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    Samy wrote: »
    Science.

    USS Tesla.

    Nikola Tesla

    I like that... I suggested the USS Higgs-Bosun for the Deep Space exploration vessel.. It too would have been a proper science based name for a science based vessel.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    U.S.S. Zarkov, named after Dr. Hans Zarkov from Flash Gordon.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    I havn't decided on my ship name yet but I will change it per ship type. Im also going to base it on what I find suitable for that kind of ship. Im eventually going to be piloting a Tier 5 cruiser and ill probably end up calling it something similar or along the lines of Juggernaut, Titan, Colossus etc
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    Thorbraestnn... my first troll character in DAoC :)
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    U.S.S. Vigilant. It was the name of the 322nd's troop transport in my Star Wars RP.

    I honestly had no idea, before playing this that is, that there was a ship class Vigilant. Either way though, it's a bad-TRIBBLE name.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    Mine is the USS Nimiz Named for Adm. Nimitz also the name of the ship / local chapter of the Star trek Intrnational fan club which I have been a member of for around 10 years now
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    USS Enlightenment - as in enlightened self interest.
    Captain John Taggart

    They may think that absence of money in Starfleet means some kind of utopian, post-capitalist society but I laugh at that. On the USS Enlightenment, trade is recognized as the highest form of respect between intelligent, rational life forms. A gold plate mounted above the main deflector array reads "A is A."
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    USS Rocinante

    Borrowed from the song 'Cygnus X-1' by RUSH on the album "A Farewell to Kings". It's the story of a voyager who flies his ship into a Black Hole and it goes a little something like this:

    Cygnus X-1, Book One: the Voyage
    (click to listen)

    [Prologue:]
    In the constellation of
    Cygnus, there lurks a
    mysterious, invisible
    force: the black hole
    of Cygnus X-1...

    Six Stars of the Northern Cross
    In mourning for their
    sister's loss
    In a final flash of glory
    Nevermore to grace the night...

    [1]
    Invisible to telescopic eye
    Infinity, the star
    that would not die

    All who dare to cross her course
    Are swallowed by her
    fearsome force

    Through the void
    To be destroyed
    Or is there something more?
    Atomized...at the core?
    Or through the Astral Door?
    To soar...

    [2]
    I set a course just east of Lyra
    And northwest of Pegasus
    Flew into the light of Deneb
    Sailed across the Milky Way
    On my ship, the 'Rocinante'
    Wheeling through the galaxies
    Headed for the heart of Cygnus
    Headlong into mystery

    The x-ray is her siren song
    My ship cannot resist her long
    Nearer to my deadly goal
    Until the black hole
    Gains control...

    [3]
    Spinning, whirling
    Still descending
    Like a spiral sea
    Unending...

    Sound and fury
    Drown my heart
    Every nerve
    Is torn apart...

    To be continued... (on their next concept album "Hemispheres")

    Rocinante is also the name of Don Quixote's horse, loosely translated as 'no longer a nag'



    8)
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