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  • coldicephoenixcoldicephoenix Member Posts: 344 Arc User
    edited November 2012
    I name mine after NATO designation for Russian subs esp for KDF ships. (sorta fits actually esp in light of Star Trek 6)
    My current main is a Fleet Vorcha going by the name I.K.S Akula. :cool:

    Unfortunately because of the stupid bug in Season 7 at times, my ship name gets replaced by the name of my Shuttle and NPCs refer to the Akula as IKS Dungbeetle:mad: :confused:

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  • admiralsvakadmiralsvak Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited November 2012
    USS Tiberius-I think the name says all;)
  • burstdragon323burstdragon323 Member Posts: 853 Arc User
    edited November 2012
    USS Tesadora:

    I've been playing trek games for a long time. Tesadora is the ship I used in Star Trek Bridge Commander.
  • daveynydaveyny Member Posts: 8,227 Arc User
    edited November 2012
    U.S.S. Elise McKenna (Temporal Science Ship)

    NCV-100380

    A character from the movie "Somewhere In Time" and the date the movie premiered in the USA.

    Seemed appropriate to me.
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  • philiptoddphiliptodd Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited November 2012
    Since playing Star Trek online i've had more then a couple of ships
    either named from places or family names of importance.

    My most recent ship which is a Mirror Assault cruiser is named the U.S.S. Franklin
    Family name with all of its historical connections. :)
  • obsidiusrexobsidiusrex Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited November 2012
    Since CoH (and even before in PnP land), I've had a running gargoyle theme.

    Before VA, most of my ships were named after sentinel/ guard/ watchtower themes. But after VA, I decided to go with Slavic deities.

    It also helps me track older "loot storage" ships and my new ready-to-captain vessels at a glance, with the two different naming schemes :)
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  • littlesarbonnlittlesarbonn Member Posts: 486 Arc User
    edited November 2012
    My first ships (from the beginning):

    U.S.S. Lost Avatar - which didn't really mean anything but sounded decent at the time

    U.S.S. Redacted - Cause I figured the ship wouldn't last long. But it did.

    U.S.S. Magnus - The name of a character in a book I wrote some years ago.
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  • thilgaedraugthilgaedraug Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited November 2012
    I have a few that I use and kind of wait to see if anyone gets the reference.

    U.S.S. Mercy Island. Admiral Angelica Vendetti, commanding.

    -- one of the locations in City of Heroes

    U.S.S. Elizabeth Dehner. Lt. Daniella Vendetti, commanding.

    -- TOS reference

    U.S.S. Cendrillon. Captain Adria Jin, Commanding.

    -- the French name for a very famous Fairy Tale.
  • longhorn5633longhorn5633 Member Posts: 1 Arc User
    edited November 2012
    i choose the crazy 8 due to my old unit in the army which is no more:(
  • sjokruhlicasjokruhlica Member Posts: 434 Arc User
    edited November 2012
    My primary toon is named after a Civil War confederate general, so I mostly kept the names along those lines. His tac escort retrofit is the Gatling, the Chimera the Merrimac, my fleet tac escort the Robert E. Lee , my Delta the Fort Sumter, and my Captain's Yacht the HL Hunley (named for the first submarine ever used in naval warfare.) One exception is the Jem attack ship, which I named the Ian Gillan, for a reason no one's figured out yet. I meant it to be and "inside joke," but apparently it's too inside. Ian was the lead singer for Deep Purple. Get it?
  • takeshi6takeshi6 Member Posts: 752 Arc User
    edited November 2012
    My newest character's ship is a Delta Flyer, named the U.S.S. Phantom, after the Rolls-Royce Phantom. :D
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  • amosov78amosov78 Member Posts: 1,495 Arc User
    edited November 2012
    When thinking about a name for my Odyssey-class starship I eventually settled on the name U.S.S. Entreprenante.
    U.S.S. Endeavour NCC-71895 - Nebula-class
    Commanding Officer: Captain Pyotr Ramonovich Amosov
    Dedication Plaque: "Nil Intentatum Reliquit"
  • capthaydencapthayden Member Posts: 57 Arc User
    edited November 2012
    U.S.S. Excalibur (Named after the ill-fated Constitution-class, blown to bits in the 23rd century.)
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  • axegaijin13axegaijin13 Member Posts: 58 Arc User
    edited November 2012
    U.S.S. Austin, because I drive an Austin Mini. :)
  • bolter25bolter25 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    Per Wikipedia....

    USS Wahoo (SS-238) was a Gato-class submarine, the first United States Navy ship to be named for the wahoo, a dark blue food fish of Florida and the West Indies.
  • outlaw51825outlaw51825 Member Posts: 172 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5DG3LzqfW4

    Possibly the best Anime ever written with some of the best characters. This is one of several shining moments of that series.

    USS Gurren Lagann. If it used torpedos they'd look like drills. As it is I DONT ****ING LOSE!
  • khayuungkhayuung Member Posts: 1,876 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    Added the Esclarent to my line-up, and she's now my flagship. The name comes from a subversion of Arthurian legend, where the Excalibur is actually 2 swords, the Caliburn, and the Esclarent -- the Sword in Stone, the Sword of Peace, and ironically, the sword that Mordred stole and used to mortally wound Arthuria Pendragon.

    Considering that I RP as a shining example of a Vice Admiral whose big on diplomacy, and is also a Section 31 agent hiding in plain sight, the name Esclarent embodies my character in his entirety. :D

    (No, I did not mispell Pendragon's name. ;))


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  • takeshi6takeshi6 Member Posts: 752 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    khayuung wrote: »
    Added the Esclarent to my line-up, and she's now my flagship. The name comes from a subversion of Arthurian legend, where the Excalibur is actually 2 swords, the Caliburn, and the Esclarent -- the Sword in Stone, the Sword of Peace, and ironically, the sword that Mordred stole and used to mortally wound Arthuria Pendragon.

    Considering that I RP as a shining example of a Vice Admiral whose big on diplomacy, and is also a Section 31 agent hiding in plain sight, the name Esclarent embodies my character in his entirety. :D

    (No, I did not mispell Pendragon's name. ;))

    No, you didn't. :)

    There is a series that has King Arthur's name as Arthuria (well, technically it's Arturia there, but still...). Of course, they also ran King Arthur through Rule 63, but that's neither here nor there. :D
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  • amurorx0amurorx0 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    Picked up a fleet Prommie.

    Three vectors, dancing around an enemy, softening their defences. Then merging to form a solar wing of destruction, almost as genesis...

    Merge 1!
    Go merge 2.
    Go... (U.S.S.) AQUARION!

    The rest just fell into place :)
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  • coupaholiccoupaholic Member Posts: 2,188 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    My ship names are as follows:

    U.S.S. Echelon (Assault Cruiser)
    U.S.S. Onyx (Mirror Assault Cruiser)
    U.S.S. Sigint (Shuttle)

    I try to use names that have a 'military' feel to them, and something a little different from everyone else.
  • vintage1gamervintage1gamer Member Posts: 31 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    Ship name is USS Gene Roddenberry, thought having a excelsior named after him would be a good tribute.
  • arna85arna85 Member Posts: 1 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    i named my ship U.S.S. Sarajevo after my hometown,and i believe that u.s.s.Sarajevo whas in one of the episoedes of the star trek.
  • badvaiobadvaio Member Posts: 159 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    I name my ships after overrated actors

    My current ship is the USS Tom Cruise, in the past I have flown the USS Kevin Costner, the USS Ben Affleck and the USS Matt Damon.
  • undyingzeroundyingzero Member Posts: 313 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    U.S.S. Nephilim
    Just wanted a cool name that wasn't overly used.
  • stellarjoestellarjoe Member Posts: 21 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    mrkollins wrote: »
    USS SAGAN

    From a great teacher, Carl Sagan.

    Perfect name for a Science Vessel
  • stellarjoestellarjoe Member Posts: 21 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    badvaio wrote: »
    I name my ships after overrated actors

    My current ship is the USS Tom Cruise, in the past I have flown the USS Kevin Costner, the USS Ben Affleck and the USS Matt Damon.

    In that case, I need to start naming ships after action film stars. But I don't think there's enough room to fit U.S.S. Arnold Scwarzenegger on the saucer section. ;)
  • hawkdoc60hawkdoc60 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    I named mine the U.S.S. Jamestown. The reason was because back in the 80s, I was a member of the official Start Trek fan club called Starfleet. I was chief of security on there. It was a great group. The name of the ship for our region (in Virginia) was the Jamestown, and ironically, it was a light cruiser, too. i thought it would be a great homage to the good ole days.
  • trahltrahl Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    My main is the Temporal Science Vessel, USS River Song
    Had to be something time related.

    Then the three I used to use occasionally:
    Deep Space Science Vessel Empoleon
    Galaxy Dreadnought Typhlosion (named for my pokebros)
    Mirror Assault Cruiser T'Pax, Sounds vulcan, means peace in latin, kind of looks like a tampon.
  • samb0wskisamb0wski Member Posts: 39 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    I alternate between two ships. The Tactical Escort Refit named USS Crimson Sunrise, named after a Glorious Heritage Class ship from the Andromeda universe.

    The second is a Assault Cruiser the USS Midian Breach, again named after a Glorious Heritage Class ship from the Andromeda universe.

    You have to admit that the GH Class ships have some lovely names, like Fires of Orion, Salient Debate, Million Voices etc.

    I still also have a Galaxy Class starship that I don't use anymore. Named that one USS Eric Hartmann, after the WWII Ace of all Aces, Eric Hartmann who score 358 confirmed kills.
    13th Autonomous Battle Group
    USS Crimson Sunrise / USS Midian Breach
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