Ships commanded by Alyosha Strannik (Devidian, raised on Earth in St. Petersburg, Russia)
USS Chin'toka (Advanced Escort):
"In keeping silent about evil, in burying it so deep within us that no sign of it appears on the surface, we are implanting it, and it will rise up a thousand fold in the future. When we neither punish nor reproach evildoers, we are not simply protecting their trivial old age, we are thereby ripping the foundations of justice from beneath new generations."
― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956
(I felt this fits for an escort because it puts a focus on its offensive efforts.)
USS Chalcedon (Vesta)
"Filled with rapture, his soul yearned for freedom, space, vastness. Over him the heavenly dome, full of quiet, shining stars, hung boundlessly. From the zenith to the horizon the still-dim Milky Way stretched its double strand. Night, fresh and quiet, almost unstirring, enveloped the earth. The white towers and golden domes of the church gleamed in the sapphire sky. The luxuriant autumn asleep till morning. The silence of the earth seemed to merge with the silence of the heavens and the mystery of the earth touched the mystery of the stars."
― Fyodor Dostoevsky
(Yes, it's a long one, but I think it fits a science vessel.)
I'm not sure yet what the dedication plaques for the ships commanded by my Cardassian sci are yet...
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USS Tiburon, NCC-68636, Akira-class heavy escort carrier, V. Adm. Jesu LaRoca commanding: "It is good that we do not have to try to kill the sun or the moon or the stars. It is enough to live on the sea and kill our true brothers." - Ernest Hemigway, The Old Man and the Sea, 1951
USS Megalodon, NCC-94768, Odyssey-class tactical super-cruiser, flagship of V. Adm. Jesu LaRoca: "Engage the enemy more closely" - Fighting Instructions for His Majesty's Ships, Signal XVI, ca. 1805
USS Ray Bradbury, NCC-471-F, Intrepid-class long range science vessel, Captain Sander commanding: "Mysteries abound where most we seek for answers" - Ray Bradbury, All Flesh Is One, What Matter Scores?, 1973
USS Larry Niven, NCC-93365, Destiny-class reconnaisance science vessel, Captain Sander commanding: "Tell them the universe is too complicated a toy for any sensibly cautious being to play with." - Larry Niven, Ringworld, 1970
IKS Norgh'a'Qun, Bortasqu'-class tactical heavy battlecruiser, flagship of Gen. Ssharki: "Their desire to continue living shows me no respect." - Don-Bot, ca. 3001
...Oh, baby, you know, I've really got to leave you / Oh, I can hear it callin 'me / I said don't you hear it callin' me the way it used to do?...
- Anne Bredon
U.S.S. Red Dawn Nemo vir est qui mundum non reddat meliorem
"What man is a man who does not make the world better?"
(From the film Kingdom of Heaven.)
U.S.S Hammer of Dawn (This is what I'm going to name my Tholian Recluse once I get it.)
"Be without fear in the face of your enemies. Be brave and upright, that God may love thee. Speak the truth always, even if it leads to your death. Safeguard the helpless and do no wrong; that is your oath." (Again, from the film Kingdom of Heaven.)
U.S.S Red October
You are not what you were born, but what you have it in yourself to be.
(Yet again, Kingdom of Heaven.)
"Correction. Humans have rules in war. Rules that make victory a little harder to achieve, in my opinion."
Elim Garak
"Mumit Haec et Altera Vincit" ("One defends and the other conquers")
- Nova Scotia provincial motto, seen on the dedication plaque of the U.S.S. Nova Scotia
"Critics who say that the optimistic utopia Star Trek depicted is now outmoded forget the cultural context that gave birth to it: Star Trek was not a manifestation of optimism when optimism was easy. Star Trek declared a hope for a future that nobody stuck in the present could believe in. For all our struggles today, we haven’t outgrown the need for stories like Star Trek. We need tales of optimism, of heroes, of courage and goodness now as much as we’ve ever needed them." -Thomas Marrone
"Great War! / And I cannot take more! / Great tour! / I keep on marching on / I play the great score / There will be no encore / Great War! / The War to End All Wars"
— Sabaton, "Great War"
USS Hans Asperger, Vice Admiral Jonathan Sills commanding:
"It seems that for success in science or art, a dash of autism is essential." - Dr. Hans Asperger
USS Meriwether Lewis, Rear Admiral Iain Burwell commanding:
"I could but esteem this moment of departure as among the most happy of my life." - Meriwether Lewis
USS Ferenginar, Rear Admiral Grunt commanding (briefly):
"Caveat emptor."
"Hllue rhifv sienov, llhnaeu noimnir anhelaefv daehp'ukhi." ("When a sword shatters, take the fragments back to the forge.")
- Romulan maxim
"Great War! / And I cannot take more! / Great tour! / I keep on marching on / I play the great score / There will be no encore / Great War! / The War to End All Wars"
— Sabaton, "Great War"
Three's new TSABC, the USS Leonard Nimoy: "'I. Like. To. Murder. People.' ~ Richard, Chief Warlord of the Brothers of Darkness, Lord of the Thirteen TRIBBLE, Master of Bones, Lord of the Undead, Emperor of the Black, Lord of the Dance, Mistress of Magma, and Mayor of this little town up the coast. Quite scenic in springtime."
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USS Chin'toka (Advanced Escort):
"In keeping silent about evil, in burying it so deep within us that no sign of it appears on the surface, we are implanting it, and it will rise up a thousand fold in the future. When we neither punish nor reproach evildoers, we are not simply protecting their trivial old age, we are thereby ripping the foundations of justice from beneath new generations."
― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956
(I felt this fits for an escort because it puts a focus on its offensive efforts.)
USS Chalcedon (Vesta)
"Filled with rapture, his soul yearned for freedom, space, vastness. Over him the heavenly dome, full of quiet, shining stars, hung boundlessly. From the zenith to the horizon the still-dim Milky Way stretched its double strand. Night, fresh and quiet, almost unstirring, enveloped the earth. The white towers and golden domes of the church gleamed in the sapphire sky. The luxuriant autumn asleep till morning. The silence of the earth seemed to merge with the silence of the heavens and the mystery of the earth touched the mystery of the stars."
― Fyodor Dostoevsky
(Yes, it's a long one, but I think it fits a science vessel.)
I'm not sure yet what the dedication plaques for the ships commanded by my Cardassian sci are yet...
Christian Gaming Community Fleets--Faith, Fun, and Fellowship! See the website and PM for more. :-)
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Oh well.
USS Tiburon, NCC-68636, Akira-class heavy escort carrier, V. Adm. Jesu LaRoca commanding: "It is good that we do not have to try to kill the sun or the moon or the stars. It is enough to live on the sea and kill our true brothers." - Ernest Hemigway, The Old Man and the Sea, 1951
USS Megalodon, NCC-94768, Odyssey-class tactical super-cruiser, flagship of V. Adm. Jesu LaRoca: "Engage the enemy more closely" - Fighting Instructions for His Majesty's Ships, Signal XVI, ca. 1805
USS Ray Bradbury, NCC-471-F, Intrepid-class long range science vessel, Captain Sander commanding: "Mysteries abound where most we seek for answers" - Ray Bradbury, All Flesh Is One, What Matter Scores?, 1973
USS Larry Niven, NCC-93365, Destiny-class reconnaisance science vessel, Captain Sander commanding: "Tell them the universe is too complicated a toy for any sensibly cautious being to play with." - Larry Niven, Ringworld, 1970
IKS Norgh'a'Qun, Bortasqu'-class tactical heavy battlecruiser, flagship of Gen. Ssharki: "Their desire to continue living shows me no respect." - Don-Bot, ca. 3001
...Oh, baby, you know, I've really got to leave you / Oh, I can hear it callin 'me / I said don't you hear it callin' me the way it used to do?...
- Anne Bredon
"Fortune favors the bold." Unknown Author
And then the U.S.S. Reckless
"Its not about winning its about making sure someone else loses." Unknown Author
U.S.S. Red Dawn
Nemo vir est qui mundum non reddat meliorem
"What man is a man who does not make the world better?"
(From the film Kingdom of Heaven.)
U.S.S Hammer of Dawn (This is what I'm going to name my Tholian Recluse once I get it.)
"Be without fear in the face of your enemies. Be brave and upright, that God may love thee. Speak the truth always, even if it leads to your death. Safeguard the helpless and do no wrong; that is your oath." (Again, from the film Kingdom of Heaven.)
U.S.S Red October
You are not what you were born, but what you have it in yourself to be.
(Yet again, Kingdom of Heaven.)
Elim Garak
"It's what's underneath that really counts."
"Where's the logic in a ride home, you idiot?" - Doctor Lenoard "Bones" McCoy
NCC-92709-A
"Mumit Haec et Altera Vincit" ("One defends and the other conquers")
- Nova Scotia provincial motto, seen on the dedication plaque of the U.S.S. Nova Scotia
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"The future is in the hands of those who explore".
- Cartier
"Critics who say that the optimistic utopia Star Trek depicted is now outmoded forget the cultural context that gave birth to it: Star Trek was not a manifestation of optimism when optimism was easy. Star Trek declared a hope for a future that nobody stuck in the present could believe in. For all our struggles today, we haven’t outgrown the need for stories like Star Trek. We need tales of optimism, of heroes, of courage and goodness now as much as we’ve ever needed them."
-Thomas Marrone
N.C.C. 81393 (reads 98133 ingame)
"The Universe Unfolds."
Fleet Advanced Escort
"Unity to be real must stand the severest strain without breaking"
Mahatma Gandhi
Also, IRW Kholhr has "Vengeance for the lost". USS George Takei has "Alright! Let's DO this, chums! Leeeeeeeeeeeeeeee-roy....JENKINS!!!!!!!!!"
Three's a bit weird, obviously.
— Sabaton, "Great War"
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May you always do what you are afraid to do.
"It seems that for success in science or art, a dash of autism is essential." - Dr. Hans Asperger
USS Meriwether Lewis, Rear Admiral Iain Burwell commanding:
"I could but esteem this moment of departure as among the most happy of my life." - Meriwether Lewis
USS Ferenginar, Rear Admiral Grunt commanding (briefly):
"Caveat emptor."
T. S. Eliot
"Hllue rhifv sienov, llhnaeu noimnir anhelaefv daehp'ukhi." ("When a sword shatters, take the fragments back to the forge.")
- Romulan maxim
— Sabaton, "Great War"
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"For every crossing made in life, the Boatman must be paid"
Unknown leader...
BCW.
NCC - 92012
Galaxy Class Dreadnought
"Here be a dragon"
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The ship is named after my daughter, who was born in the Chinese year of the dragon.
Yes, I fly a Dreadnought cruiser. Deal with it.
In case anyone has a problem reading it, it says "To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield."
"Our missions are peaceful...not for conquest. When we do battle, it is only because we have no choice." - James T. Kirk
"Lure from our history to make a better tomorrow."
Fed: http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?t=780321
RR: http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?p=12150781#post12150781
KDF: http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?t=784941
"Si vis pacem, para bellum" as, "If you want peace,
prepare for war".
No number
Jem hadar dreadnought carrier
"Enterprise gets to enjoy exploring strange new worlds......we get to blow them to smithereens"