Jesu LaRoca makes everybody die using the USS Tiburon NCC-(1)68636: "Tiburon" means "shark" en Espanol.
General Ssharki demands your respect in the IKS Norgh'a'Qun: a norgh is an acquatic predator much like a shark. The 'a'-suffix indicates greatness in the attached noun. "Qun" is the Klingon word for god. So "Norgh'a'Qun" translates literally as "great shark god" or loosely as "God of sharks."
All the other ships belonging to my two mains are variations on the theme. (USS Mako, USS Hammerhead, IKS Norgh'Iw (blood shark), IKS Nuj'taj (dagger mouth) etc.) I like sharks.
For my Romulan I'm doing something a little different. My other great passion is military hardware, so between the Romulan fascination with Raptors and the USAF's tendency to name their aircraft after various birds of prey, I'll be naming Don'el Sander's ships after various American flying war machines.
...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
I recently renamed all of my ships so that I could list them all alphabetically...
Andromeda - named after a ship I commanded in an IRC Star Trek roleplaying group back in the 90s. Not sure if the Andy was named after the show or not, as I didn't name her originally. Blaidd Dwrg - Welsh for "bad wolf", a recurring element of the Ninth Doctor's time on TV. Mobius class destroyer, so it's all about time travel. Concordia - another ship I commanded in the IRC group. May or may not be named after Wing Commander. I didn't name her originally, so I'm not sure. Discovery - named after the Earth shuttle Eddard Stark - my Breen ship. Named after the Warden of the North, Lord of Winterfell. Freedom - named after one of the shuttles in Armageddon Galatea - went through the list of Royal Navy ships beginning with the letter G until I found one I liked Horizon - named after a planet in Mass Effect 2. Independence - the other shuttle from Armageddon Jeanne d'Arc - French girl who rallied a nation. Knight - went through the list of Royal Navy ships beginning with the letter K until I found one I liked Lexington - US aircraft carrier. Always liked its name. Merlin - the magician Normandy - I'll admit it. It's named after the SSV Normandy. I make no apologies. Orion - missing its belt Pathfinder - seemed a good name for the Year Two Oddy prototype. Queen's Gambit - either a chess move, or a reference to the TV show Arrow. You decide. Redemption - my adventuring party in Dungeons and Dragons. Saratoga - US aircraft carrier. Always liked its name. Tempus - Latin for time. The Tempus is an Aeon shuttle.
The USS Ann Veronica: Wells-class Time Ship. Named for one of Wells' more controversial books.
The USS Shimmering: Mixed-hull Recon cruiser. Originally part of a trio of MU recon ships (The others were the Radiant and the Lucent). It now sports Reman shields and looks shimmery. It is the Most Pretty Ship.
The USS Dapper Chappy: Danube-class runabout. It has a monocle and top-hat painted on the hull.
The USS Elysium: Ambassador-class cruiser. In this place called heavenly, you were born here.
Alis Solis - Latin for "Wings to the Sun" (according to Google translator, anyway)
...is my Rommie's D'deridex. The name is meant to imply the rising of the Romulan Republic. It is partially inspired by this quote:
Last night the very gods show'd me a vision-
I fast and pray'd for their intelligence-thus:
I saw Jove's bird, the Roman eagle, wing'd
From the spongy south to this part of the west,
There vanish'd in the sunbeams: which portends-
Unless my sins abuse my divination-
Success to the Roman host.
USS Cimarron - Ship I served on while in the US Navy.
USS Chosen - 2nd Ship I served on in the Navy
actually im not going to list them all as I have every lockbox and Fleet and C-store ship in the game,but they all are named after real Navy ships that I served aboard or that were stationed in Pear Harbor when I was on active duty.
RRW Khellid, for my Romulan. Name origin is obvious.
USS Congress, for my Starfleet ex-Borg. All her ships are named for the original US Navy frigates.
USS Serenity (fan of "Firefly")
USS Firefly (ditto)
RRW Serenitatis (ditto)
USS Washington (fan of Washington State -- though I don't live there ... yet)
Alis Solis - Latin for "Wings to the Sun" (according to Google translator, anyway)
...is my Rommie's D'deridex. The name is meant to imply the rising of the Romulan Republic. It is partially inspired by this quote:
Last night the very gods show'd me a vision-
I fast and pray'd for their intelligence-thus:
I saw Jove's bird, the Roman eagle, wing'd
From the spongy south to this part of the west,
There vanish'd in the sunbeams: which portends-
Unless my sins abuse my divination-
Success to the Roman host.
U.S.S. Calypso - Jacques Cousteau's ships name, found it fitting for the game. This is my main ship
U.S.S. Ajax - Named after British Battle Cruiser during WW2
U.S.S. Fleming - After Sir Sanford Fleming.
I.K.S. Kortez - I tried to name it "Cortez" it didnt go through so I went with that..sounds much cooler actually.
U.S.S. Bremen - City in Germany.(Place I've always wanted to visit. Makes my favorite beer BECKS)
U.S.S. Alliance - named after something I RPed back in StarCraft 2.
U.S.S. Phoenix - named after three things - can you guess them all?
R.R.W. Brak'en - Star Trek Legacy Romulan ship name.
I.K.S. Hurgh'ragh - same as above, but Klingon.
I.K.S. MajQa'be - same as above.
U.S.S. Peacebringer - completely random on my part.
Scorpion Fighter, Kestrel Runabout, Tiercel Shuttle - named after their classes.
Ebon Hawk, Darkstar One - named after several fictional ships I was fond of. (both appear in games)
Infinite possibilities have implications that could not be completely understood if you turned this entire universe into a giant supercomputer.
I've a lot of ships, so i've got a lot of names, haha. So i'll just post a few notable ones;
Vesta Class - USS Gemini, USS Discovery - Named for two NASA space probe programs.
Wells and Mobius Class - USS Infinity and USS Causality (respectively) - Coming up with names for Timeships was a little challenging, especially when trying to keep them in tune with the USS Relativity's naming. I also have an Aeon shuttle named Hawking
Fleet Nebula Retrofit - USS Horizon - Named after the Horizon colony in the ME series, I think!
Non-Starfleet Ships Caitian Atrox - USS Ferox - Ferox is in-keeping with the latin naming of the class. Vulcan D'Kyr - VSS Shi'Kahr - Named for the Shi'Kahr in Vulcan Lore Kumari Class - IGV Lor'Vela, IGV Ushaan - Lor'Vela, I believe, is the capital city of Andoria. Ushaan is pretty obvious. Jem'Hadar Dreadnought - Penumbra Apex - This was shamelessly ripped from ME3 because naming Jem'Hadar ships isn't exactly easy! Tholian Recluse - Ascendant - Not sure about this one.
Klingon and Romulan ships were a bit more difficult.
Bortasqu' War Cruiser - IKS Reclaw - Named after the "Reclaw" bridge Commandeered Galor-Class - IKS Kraxon - So named as to retain it's "original" name.
Fleet / D'Deridex Retrofit - RRW Ventarix, RRW Dividices - Not named for anything, although Ventarix I picked up on an article on Romulan ship classes on Memory Beta.
You're just a machine. And machines can be broken.
It sounds bad TRIBBLE, something you dont want to mess with...which fits perfect for a Klingon ship no? I think I heard of it first in pirates of the Caribbean and it kind of fits. It's a though ship whose commanding officer is rpetty much like my Gorn, Gorvar. It only seemed to fit really.
RRW Virinat's Spirit
Although I headcanon it as The Spirit of Virinat, thank you lack of characters box, the point is still the same. A portion of your crew are fellow survivors of Virinat, Tovan Khev is one to. You lost your home, you got a new ship...and you want to remember were you came from. To show the Tal shiar that the spirit of your home still lives on...and is currently shooting torpedos and phasers at them while boarding parties jump in and kick all kinds of TRIBBLE. We comin' for you Hakeev!
Tactical - Escorts, naturally...I tend to name them aggressively or with a dark sense of humor, or after particularly awesome quotes and even song lyrics and titles
USS Make My Day
USS Say My Name
USS Complaint Department
USS Ready or Not
USS You Look Like a Nail
USS Yippee-Ki-Yay
USS Out Of Gum
USS Time to Bleed
USS Problem Child
USS Say Cheese
USS God of Thunder
USS Ma Deuce
USS Say What Again
Engineer - Cruiser...shocker, right? I tend to name my Engineer's Cruisers after real-world ships, or names that sound like they should have been a real-world ship. Most of these names inspire defiance, resistance, or the image of an extremely tough ship
USS Due Repulse
USS Warspite
USS Errant Venture
USS Black Prince
USS Iron Duke
USS Arrogant
USS Indignant
USS Formidable
USS Royal Sovereign (My first name for my Regent :P )
USS Royal Oak
My latest Romulan has ship names taken from book titles on my uppermost book shelf.
So far we have
RRW Snow Crash (Neal Stephenson)
RRW All That Remains (Patricia Cornwell)
and the next few will be
RRW Black Notice (Patricia Cornwell)
RRW Divine Endurance (Gwyneth Jones)
and my shuttle will be
RRW Seven Up (Janet Evanovich)
Hope I don't get greedy and buy too many ships otherwise this naming scheme will result in the RRW Striptease (Carl Hiaasen)
"...we are far more united and have far more in common with each other than the things that divide us.”
Jo Cox 22.6.1974 - 16.6.2016
U.S.S. Ajax - Named after British Battle Cruiser during WW2
Ajax was a light cruiser, also named for a hero from the Trojan war.
"The meaning of victory is not to merely defeat your enemy but to destroy him, to completely eradicate him from living memory, to leave no remnant of his endeavours, to crush utterly his achievement and remove from all record his every trace of existence. From that defeat no enemy can ever recover. That is the meaning of victory."
-Lord Commander Solar Macharius
USS Mannerheim (Ambassador-class) - my Fed main ship, named after C.G.E. Mannerheim.
USS Valley Forge (Excelsior-class) - name that I've always liked. Has been the name of 2 real world (CV-45 and CG-50) and 1 Star Trek (NCC-43305) ship before.
USS Beverly Hills (Vesta-class) - the ship of my main Fed Sci. Named after Beverly Hills, CA.
USS Gordon Gekko (D'Kora-class) - the ship of my Ferengi. Named after Gordon Gekko.
USS Turtledove (Wells-class) - named after the alternate history writer Harry Turtledove.
USS Defiance (Steamrunner-class) - named after the TV Show/Computer Game. Has served as the test bed for Omega and Romulan plasma torpedoes (since then reverted back to quantum torpedoes).
USS Rogue Warrior (Defiant-class) - named after the SEAL Team 6 founder Richard Marcinko.
USS Larry Thorne (Prometheus-class) - named after the Special Ops legend Lauri T?rni. He had a rather interesting career.
AKS Emperor Reclaw (Mirror Vo'quv-class) - named after the Emperor Reclaw. Loving this ship, I find it better than the normal version and would love to have a fleet version of it.
I have a bunch of other ships, but those are the ones with more story to their name.
I think I already posted at least one of my ships in this thread a long time ago (U.S.S. Tereshkova), but well... why not post some more ...
U.S.S. Tereshkova NX-91937 (Multi-Mission Surveillance Explorer)
Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova is a retired soviet cosmonaut, and was the first woman in space.
The registry number includes the year of her birth.
Ships Motto: "Quam Celerrime Ad Astra"
U.S.S. Torga NX-92373 (Jem'Hadar Attack Ship)
Named after the planet from which the first Jem'Hadar Attack Ship for the Federation was captured in 2373. "This would be the greatest intelligence find in the last ten years." B. Sisko.
Ships Motto: "Nemo Me Impune Lacessit"
U.S.S. Chin'toka NX-92374 (Cardassian Galor)
Named after a cardassian planetary system, that was the scene of two major confrontations during the Dominion War.
The registry number includes the year of the first battle.
Ships Motto: "Non Cedo Ferio"
U.S.S. Eos NCC-91895 (Fleet Assault Cruiser)
Named after the greek goddess/titaness of the dawn.
The registry number includes the year of creation of the painting "Eos" by Evelyn de Morgan.
Ships Motto: "Unitas Et Parati"
U.S.S. Aurora NCC-91704 (Odyssey Tactical Cruiser)
Named after the roman goddess of dawn.
The registry number includes the year of creation of the painting "Aurora Taking Leave of Tithonus" by Francesco Solimena.
Ships Motto: "Memor Et Fidelis"
U.S.S. Banshee NCC-91897 (Fleet Tactical Escort Retrofit)
Named after a spirit in irish mythology.
The registry number includes the year of creation of the painting "Banshee" by Henry Meynell Rheam.
Ships Motto: "Audaces Fortuna Iuvat"
U.S.S. Cousteau NCC-91910 (Fleet Advanced Research Vessel Retrofit)
Named after the famous french naval officer and explorer Jacques-Yves Cousteau.
The registry number includes the year of his birth.
Ships Motto: "Scientia Potentia"
U.S.S. Gagarin NCC-91937 (Fleet Exploration Cruiser Retrofit)
Named after the famous soviet pilot and cosmonaut Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin.
The registry number includes the year of his birth.
Ships Motto: "Semper Anticus"
U.S.S. Tolokonnikova NCC-91989 (Fleet Advanced Heavy Cruiser Retrofit)
Named after Nadezhda Andreyevna Tolokonnikova - a russian conceptual artist and political activist.
The registry number includes the year of her birth.
Ships Motto: "Celer Et Audax"
U.S.S. Concordia NCC-91992 (Odyssey Science Cruiser) - My Flagship
Named after the roman goddess of harmony.
The registry number includes the year of the signing of the "Maastricht Treaty".
Ships Motto: "In Varietate Concordia"
Well.. there are many more, but that should do for today !!!
"We might get pretty singed at that range, but not as singed as they're going to get. Engage."
- Captain Six of Nine aka Ashley "Don't Call Me Ash" Campbell
USS Texas NCC-361836 (Ambassador Class): This ship is my flag ship and my personal favorite. I named it after Texas because I want to move there, also because you don't mess Texas.
USS Dallas NCC-361836-A (Defiant Class): This ship is my grinding ship that use to quickly mow through a bunch of missions in a short amount of time. I named it after the City of Dallas because I'm a Cowboys fan, and I want to move to the rural East Texas area just outside of Dallas.
USS Florida NCC-281861 (Sovereign Class): I'm about to get this ship and figured that I would name it after my home State, will likely keep it in my stable just because. Might play with it for a bit before switching back to the Dallas or Texas.
My next 2 free ships will be named the Montgomery A, which is the name of my son and first capital of the Confederacy, and Brahman which is the mascot for my alma mater South Florida.
My previous ships were named Montgomery (Miranda Class), Brooksville (Constitution Class), and Stonewall (Akira Class). I did not like the way they played so I deleted them from my stable of ships.
USS Texas (NCC361836) - Ambassador Class
USS Dallas (NCC361836-A) - Defiant Class
USS Florida (NCC361513) - Sovereign Class (Mirror)
USS Stonewall Jackson (NCC241861) - Prometheus Class
When I first started playing, my inspiration for ship names came from the New Generation arc of Robotech (known in Japan as Genesis Climber Mospeda).
Flagship: U.S.S. Ikazuchi (Odyssey-Class Tactical Cruiser). The Ikazuchi-class were the carriers that had the quick-launch Alpha Bays on the sides. I liked the name and it's stuck with me. Also, Ikazuchi is a Japanese word for Lightning and was a class of destroyer in the 19th Century. U.S.S. Izumo (Heavy Cruiser Retrofit). That was the huge command ship that appeared at the end of Mospeda. In Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles, they renamed it as the SDF-4 Liberator. U.S.S. Ark Angel (Galaxy-Class). The Ark Angel was the colony ship that appeared at the end of The Shadow Chronicles.
After that, I went with some other naming conventions
U.S.S. Newport News: Ushaan-class. Named after the destroyer my dad served on as a gunner. U.S.S. Britannia: Ambassador-class. That was the name that came with it and I thought it was a good name for a ship. U.S.S. Graviton City (Sovereign-class). Named after the main setting for Project A-ko, one of my favorite anime movies. And yes, I do have bridge officers on it named A-ko, B-ko, and C-ko! I.S.S. Elizabeth Bathroy (Mirror Patrol Escort). I came with the name Elizabeth, so I thought since it was from the Mirror Universe that it sounded like it should be named after The Blood Countess. I.S.S. Dark Star (Mirror Deep Space Science Vessel). Named after the John Carpenter film. It also just sounded evil!
For my Federation small ships, I have a runabout called U.S.S. New River, which is a river near where my grandparents lived. I also a Type-8 Shuttle called the Ryo-Ohki, which is named after the cabbit in Tenchi-Muyo!
For my Romulan alt, she's in a ship called the Flamebird--a name of one of the crime-fighting duo on Krypton in the Superman comics. My Klingon alt sails on a ship called the Turisas, which is named after a symphonic metal band that got their name from a Finnish god of war.
DJ Kei, in MMO Radio, flies the U.S.S. Xee-Nisu
The origin of this name involves a friend and fleet member, who's best friend had passed away a couple years ago. Her nickname was Xee, and her main character was named Nisu. So, in honor of her, I have named his Ambassador-class retrofit, the Xee-Nisu.
Nilara Keil flies the U.S.S. Mercury 7
This ship was named in honor of America's first Astronauts in the Mercury Program, dubbed the "Mercury 7"
Alan B. Shepard - spacedraft "Freedom 7" - May 5, 1961
Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom - spacecraft "Liberty Bell 7" - July 21, 1961
John H. Glenn - spacecraft "Friendship 7" - February 20, 1962
Donald K. "Deke" Slayton - spacecraft "Delta 7" grounded due to heart condition
Malcolm Scott Carpenter - spacecraft "Aurora 7" - May 24, 1962
Walter M. "Wally" Scherra - spacecraft "Sigma 7" - October 3, 1962
Leroy Gordon "Gordo" Cooper - spacecraft "Faith 7" - May 15, 1963
Reiko flies the U.S.S. Endeavour
The naming scheme of her ships follow the lineage of the US Space Shuttles
U.S.S. Columbia
U.S.S. Challenger
U.S.S. Discovery
U.S.S. Atlantis
U.S.S. Endeavour
I also named the NX I claimed for the grappler as the U.S.S. Enterprize, just to give it a name. Considering it never flew, it fit with the shuttles as the original Enterprise never flew.
Cameron flies the U.S.S. Phoenicia
the lineage of his craft all originate from the game series Descent: Freespace
U.S.S. Galatea
U.S.S. Bastion
U.S.S. Krios
U.S.S. Aquitaine
U.S.S. Psamtik
the Phoenicia is the only vessel you don't actually serve on. An NPC warship, nearly destroyed by the Shivan Juggernaut "Sathanas"
Himeko flying the U.S.S. Medusa also followed Freespace, instead of warships, she uses Bomber-classes
U.S.S. Valkyrie (interceptor, not bomber, but could carry a heavy warhead)
U.S.S. Athena
U.S.S. Medusa (name retained via retrofit-class)
U.S.S. Ursa
U.S.S. Zeus
U.S.S. Artemis
Luna flies an elongated Star Cruiser, named U.S.S. Longcat
yeah... she's Caitian :P
all other names are fairly random, or Klingon translations of things like "black raptor"
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General Ssharki demands your respect in the IKS Norgh'a'Qun: a norgh is an acquatic predator much like a shark. The 'a'-suffix indicates greatness in the attached noun. "Qun" is the Klingon word for god. So "Norgh'a'Qun" translates literally as "great shark god" or loosely as "God of sharks."
All the other ships belonging to my two mains are variations on the theme. (USS Mako, USS Hammerhead, IKS Norgh'Iw (blood shark), IKS Nuj'taj (dagger mouth) etc.) I like sharks.
For my Romulan I'm doing something a little different. My other great passion is military hardware, so between the Romulan fascination with Raptors and the USAF's tendency to name their aircraft after various birds of prey, I'll be naming Don'el Sander's ships after various American flying war machines.
First up will be RRW Silent Eagle, followed by RRW Nighthawk and RRW Black Osprey
...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
Andromeda - named after a ship I commanded in an IRC Star Trek roleplaying group back in the 90s. Not sure if the Andy was named after the show or not, as I didn't name her originally.
Blaidd Dwrg - Welsh for "bad wolf", a recurring element of the Ninth Doctor's time on TV. Mobius class destroyer, so it's all about time travel.
Concordia - another ship I commanded in the IRC group. May or may not be named after Wing Commander. I didn't name her originally, so I'm not sure.
Discovery - named after the Earth shuttle
Eddard Stark - my Breen ship. Named after the Warden of the North, Lord of Winterfell.
Freedom - named after one of the shuttles in Armageddon
Galatea - went through the list of Royal Navy ships beginning with the letter G until I found one I liked
Horizon - named after a planet in Mass Effect 2.
Independence - the other shuttle from Armageddon
Jeanne d'Arc - French girl who rallied a nation.
Knight - went through the list of Royal Navy ships beginning with the letter K until I found one I liked
Lexington - US aircraft carrier. Always liked its name.
Merlin - the magician
Normandy - I'll admit it. It's named after the SSV Normandy. I make no apologies.
Orion - missing its belt
Pathfinder - seemed a good name for the Year Two Oddy prototype.
Queen's Gambit - either a chess move, or a reference to the TV show Arrow. You decide.
Redemption - my adventuring party in Dungeons and Dragons.
Saratoga - US aircraft carrier. Always liked its name.
Tempus - Latin for time. The Tempus is an Aeon shuttle.
To learn the inspiration for this name, go here: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7948998/1/Fate-Revenant-Sword
Escalvantine appears in the later chapters of that story, and plays a rather unique role.
The USS Shimmering: Mixed-hull Recon cruiser. Originally part of a trio of MU recon ships (The others were the Radiant and the Lucent). It now sports Reman shields and looks shimmery. It is the Most Pretty Ship.
The USS Dapper Chappy: Danube-class runabout. It has a monocle and top-hat painted on the hull.
The USS Elysium: Ambassador-class cruiser. In this place called heavenly, you were born here.
...is my Rommie's D'deridex. The name is meant to imply the rising of the Romulan Republic. It is partially inspired by this quote:
Last night the very gods show'd me a vision-
I fast and pray'd for their intelligence-thus:
I saw Jove's bird, the Roman eagle, wing'd
From the spongy south to this part of the west,
There vanish'd in the sunbeams: which portends-
Unless my sins abuse my divination-
Success to the Roman host.
- the Soothsayer, from Cymbeline by Shakespeare.
USS Chosen - 2nd Ship I served on in the Navy
actually im not going to list them all as I have every lockbox and Fleet and C-store ship in the game,but they all are named after real Navy ships that I served aboard or that were stationed in Pear Harbor when I was on active duty.
U.S.S. Valse Aeris
In honor of game heroine Aeris of Final Fantasy 7.
I.K.S. Xing Feng
Chinese for 'star wind' in honor of Gene Starwind from Outlaw Star.
R.R.W. Ael t'Rllailliieu
In honor of the 23rd-century Romulan empress that fought corruption.
self-explanatory
USS Congress, for my Starfleet ex-Borg. All her ships are named for the original US Navy frigates.
It blows up a lot or hits every iceberg?
I needed to top Magenta Deity.
USS Firefly (ditto)
RRW Serenitatis (ditto)
USS Washington (fan of Washington State -- though I don't live there ... yet)
You sir amaze me. Nice thought.
U.S.S. Ajax - Named after British Battle Cruiser during WW2
U.S.S. Fleming - After Sir Sanford Fleming.
I.K.S. Kortez - I tried to name it "Cortez" it didnt go through so I went with that..sounds much cooler actually.
U.S.S. Bremen - City in Germany.(Place I've always wanted to visit. Makes my favorite beer BECKS)
Thank you for the kind words.
U.S.S. Phoenix - named after three things - can you guess them all?
R.R.W. Brak'en - Star Trek Legacy Romulan ship name.
I.K.S. Hurgh'ragh - same as above, but Klingon.
I.K.S. MajQa'be - same as above.
U.S.S. Peacebringer - completely random on my part.
Scorpion Fighter, Kestrel Runabout, Tiercel Shuttle - named after their classes.
Ebon Hawk, Darkstar One - named after several fictional ships I was fond of. (both appear in games)
Infinite possibilities have implications that could not be completely understood if you turned this entire universe into a giant supercomputer.
Vesta Class - USS Gemini, USS Discovery - Named for two NASA space probe programs.
Wells and Mobius Class - USS Infinity and USS Causality (respectively) - Coming up with names for Timeships was a little challenging, especially when trying to keep them in tune with the USS Relativity's naming. I also have an Aeon shuttle named Hawking
Fleet Nebula Retrofit - USS Horizon - Named after the Horizon colony in the ME series, I think!
Non-Starfleet Ships
Caitian Atrox - USS Ferox - Ferox is in-keeping with the latin naming of the class.
Vulcan D'Kyr - VSS Shi'Kahr - Named for the Shi'Kahr in Vulcan Lore
Kumari Class - IGV Lor'Vela, IGV Ushaan - Lor'Vela, I believe, is the capital city of Andoria. Ushaan is pretty obvious.
Jem'Hadar Dreadnought - Penumbra Apex - This was shamelessly ripped from ME3 because naming Jem'Hadar ships isn't exactly easy!
Tholian Recluse - Ascendant - Not sure about this one.
Klingon and Romulan ships were a bit more difficult.
Bortasqu' War Cruiser - IKS Reclaw - Named after the "Reclaw" bridge
Commandeered Galor-Class - IKS Kraxon - So named as to retain it's "original" name.
Fleet / D'Deridex Retrofit - RRW Ventarix, RRW Dividices - Not named for anything, although Ventarix I picked up on an article on Romulan ship classes on Memory Beta.
It sounds bad TRIBBLE, something you dont want to mess with...which fits perfect for a Klingon ship no? I think I heard of it first in pirates of the Caribbean and it kind of fits. It's a though ship whose commanding officer is rpetty much like my Gorn, Gorvar. It only seemed to fit really.
RRW Virinat's Spirit
Although I headcanon it as The Spirit of Virinat, thank you lack of characters box, the point is still the same. A portion of your crew are fellow survivors of Virinat, Tovan Khev is one to. You lost your home, you got a new ship...and you want to remember were you came from. To show the Tal shiar that the spirit of your home still lives on...and is currently shooting torpedos and phasers at them while boarding parties jump in and kick all kinds of TRIBBLE. We comin' for you Hakeev!
USS Make My Day
USS Say My Name
USS Complaint Department
USS Ready or Not
USS You Look Like a Nail
USS Yippee-Ki-Yay
USS Out Of Gum
USS Time to Bleed
USS Problem Child
USS Say Cheese
USS God of Thunder
USS Ma Deuce
USS Say What Again
Engineer - Cruiser...shocker, right? I tend to name my Engineer's Cruisers after real-world ships, or names that sound like they should have been a real-world ship. Most of these names inspire defiance, resistance, or the image of an extremely tough ship
USS Due Repulse
USS Warspite
USS Errant Venture
USS Black Prince
USS Iron Duke
USS Arrogant
USS Indignant
USS Formidable
USS Royal Sovereign (My first name for my Regent :P )
USS Royal Oak
So far we have
RRW Snow Crash (Neal Stephenson)
RRW All That Remains (Patricia Cornwell)
and the next few will be
RRW Black Notice (Patricia Cornwell)
RRW Divine Endurance (Gwyneth Jones)
and my shuttle will be
RRW Seven Up (Janet Evanovich)
Hope I don't get greedy and buy too many ships otherwise this naming scheme will result in the RRW Striptease (Carl Hiaasen)
Jo Cox 22.6.1974 - 16.6.2016
Ajax was a light cruiser, also named for a hero from the Trojan war.
-Lord Commander Solar Macharius
USS Mannerheim (Ambassador-class) - my Fed main ship, named after C.G.E. Mannerheim.
USS Valley Forge (Excelsior-class) - name that I've always liked. Has been the name of 2 real world (CV-45 and CG-50) and 1 Star Trek (NCC-43305) ship before.
USS Beverly Hills (Vesta-class) - the ship of my main Fed Sci. Named after Beverly Hills, CA.
USS Gordon Gekko (D'Kora-class) - the ship of my Ferengi. Named after Gordon Gekko.
USS Turtledove (Wells-class) - named after the alternate history writer Harry Turtledove.
USS Defiance (Steamrunner-class) - named after the TV Show/Computer Game. Has served as the test bed for Omega and Romulan plasma torpedoes (since then reverted back to quantum torpedoes).
USS Rogue Warrior (Defiant-class) - named after the SEAL Team 6 founder Richard Marcinko.
USS Larry Thorne (Prometheus-class) - named after the Special Ops legend Lauri T?rni. He had a rather interesting career.
AKS Emperor Reclaw (Mirror Vo'quv-class) - named after the Emperor Reclaw. Loving this ship, I find it better than the normal version and would love to have a fleet version of it.
I have a bunch of other ships, but those are the ones with more story to their name.
Good choice!
As a history buff, I can't believe I'd not heard of Shen Kuo before reading this wiki link. Thanks for pointing this out! :cool:
U.S.S. Tereshkova NX-91937 (Multi-Mission Surveillance Explorer)
Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova is a retired soviet cosmonaut, and was the first woman in space.
The registry number includes the year of her birth.
Ships Motto: "Quam Celerrime Ad Astra"
U.S.S. Torga NX-92373 (Jem'Hadar Attack Ship)
Named after the planet from which the first Jem'Hadar Attack Ship for the Federation was captured in 2373.
"This would be the greatest intelligence find in the last ten years." B. Sisko.
Ships Motto: "Nemo Me Impune Lacessit"
U.S.S. Chin'toka NX-92374 (Cardassian Galor)
Named after a cardassian planetary system, that was the scene of two major confrontations during the Dominion War.
The registry number includes the year of the first battle.
Ships Motto: "Non Cedo Ferio"
U.S.S. Eos NCC-91895 (Fleet Assault Cruiser)
Named after the greek goddess/titaness of the dawn.
The registry number includes the year of creation of the painting "Eos" by Evelyn de Morgan.
Ships Motto: "Unitas Et Parati"
U.S.S. Aurora NCC-91704 (Odyssey Tactical Cruiser)
Named after the roman goddess of dawn.
The registry number includes the year of creation of the painting "Aurora Taking Leave of Tithonus" by Francesco Solimena.
Ships Motto: "Memor Et Fidelis"
U.S.S. Banshee NCC-91897 (Fleet Tactical Escort Retrofit)
Named after a spirit in irish mythology.
The registry number includes the year of creation of the painting "Banshee" by Henry Meynell Rheam.
Ships Motto: "Audaces Fortuna Iuvat"
U.S.S. Cousteau NCC-91910 (Fleet Advanced Research Vessel Retrofit)
Named after the famous french naval officer and explorer Jacques-Yves Cousteau.
The registry number includes the year of his birth.
Ships Motto: "Scientia Potentia"
U.S.S. Gagarin NCC-91937 (Fleet Exploration Cruiser Retrofit)
Named after the famous soviet pilot and cosmonaut Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin.
The registry number includes the year of his birth.
Ships Motto: "Semper Anticus"
U.S.S. Tolokonnikova NCC-91989 (Fleet Advanced Heavy Cruiser Retrofit)
Named after Nadezhda Andreyevna Tolokonnikova - a russian conceptual artist and political activist.
The registry number includes the year of her birth.
Ships Motto: "Celer Et Audax"
U.S.S. Concordia NCC-91992 (Odyssey Science Cruiser) - My Flagship
Named after the roman goddess of harmony.
The registry number includes the year of the signing of the "Maastricht Treaty".
Ships Motto: "In Varietate Concordia"
Well.. there are many more, but that should do for today
USS Dallas NCC-361836-A (Defiant Class): This ship is my grinding ship that use to quickly mow through a bunch of missions in a short amount of time. I named it after the City of Dallas because I'm a Cowboys fan, and I want to move to the rural East Texas area just outside of Dallas.
USS Florida NCC-281861 (Sovereign Class): I'm about to get this ship and figured that I would name it after my home State, will likely keep it in my stable just because. Might play with it for a bit before switching back to the Dallas or Texas.
My next 2 free ships will be named the Montgomery A, which is the name of my son and first capital of the Confederacy, and Brahman which is the mascot for my alma mater South Florida.
My previous ships were named Montgomery (Miranda Class), Brooksville (Constitution Class), and Stonewall (Akira Class). I did not like the way they played so I deleted them from my stable of ships.
USS Dallas (NCC361836-A) - Defiant Class
USS Florida (NCC361513) - Sovereign Class (Mirror)
USS Stonewall Jackson (NCC241861) - Prometheus Class
Great movie.
Flagship: U.S.S. Ikazuchi (Odyssey-Class Tactical Cruiser). The Ikazuchi-class were the carriers that had the quick-launch Alpha Bays on the sides. I liked the name and it's stuck with me. Also, Ikazuchi is a Japanese word for Lightning and was a class of destroyer in the 19th Century.
U.S.S. Izumo (Heavy Cruiser Retrofit). That was the huge command ship that appeared at the end of Mospeda. In Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles, they renamed it as the SDF-4 Liberator.
U.S.S. Ark Angel (Galaxy-Class). The Ark Angel was the colony ship that appeared at the end of The Shadow Chronicles.
After that, I went with some other naming conventions
U.S.S. Newport News: Ushaan-class. Named after the destroyer my dad served on as a gunner.
U.S.S. Britannia: Ambassador-class. That was the name that came with it and I thought it was a good name for a ship.
U.S.S. Graviton City (Sovereign-class). Named after the main setting for Project A-ko, one of my favorite anime movies. And yes, I do have bridge officers on it named A-ko, B-ko, and C-ko!
I.S.S. Elizabeth Bathroy (Mirror Patrol Escort). I came with the name Elizabeth, so I thought since it was from the Mirror Universe that it sounded like it should be named after The Blood Countess.
I.S.S. Dark Star (Mirror Deep Space Science Vessel). Named after the John Carpenter film. It also just sounded evil!
For my Federation small ships, I have a runabout called U.S.S. New River, which is a river near where my grandparents lived. I also a Type-8 Shuttle called the Ryo-Ohki, which is named after the cabbit in Tenchi-Muyo!
For my Romulan alt, she's in a ship called the Flamebird--a name of one of the crime-fighting duo on Krypton in the Superman comics. My Klingon alt sails on a ship called the Turisas, which is named after a symphonic metal band that got their name from a Finnish god of war.
"No matter where you go...there you are."
The origin of this name involves a friend and fleet member, who's best friend had passed away a couple years ago. Her nickname was Xee, and her main character was named Nisu. So, in honor of her, I have named his Ambassador-class retrofit, the Xee-Nisu.
Nilara Keil flies the U.S.S. Mercury 7
This ship was named in honor of America's first Astronauts in the Mercury Program, dubbed the "Mercury 7"
Alan B. Shepard - spacedraft "Freedom 7" - May 5, 1961
Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom - spacecraft "Liberty Bell 7" - July 21, 1961
John H. Glenn - spacecraft "Friendship 7" - February 20, 1962
Donald K. "Deke" Slayton - spacecraft "Delta 7" grounded due to heart condition
Malcolm Scott Carpenter - spacecraft "Aurora 7" - May 24, 1962
Walter M. "Wally" Scherra - spacecraft "Sigma 7" - October 3, 1962
Leroy Gordon "Gordo" Cooper - spacecraft "Faith 7" - May 15, 1963
Reiko flies the U.S.S. Endeavour
The naming scheme of her ships follow the lineage of the US Space Shuttles
U.S.S. Columbia
U.S.S. Challenger
U.S.S. Discovery
U.S.S. Atlantis
U.S.S. Endeavour
I also named the NX I claimed for the grappler as the U.S.S. Enterprize, just to give it a name. Considering it never flew, it fit with the shuttles as the original Enterprise never flew.
Cameron flies the U.S.S. Phoenicia
the lineage of his craft all originate from the game series Descent: Freespace
U.S.S. Galatea
U.S.S. Bastion
U.S.S. Krios
U.S.S. Aquitaine
U.S.S. Psamtik
the Phoenicia is the only vessel you don't actually serve on. An NPC warship, nearly destroyed by the Shivan Juggernaut "Sathanas"
Himeko flying the U.S.S. Medusa also followed Freespace, instead of warships, she uses Bomber-classes
U.S.S. Valkyrie (interceptor, not bomber, but could carry a heavy warhead)
U.S.S. Athena
U.S.S. Medusa (name retained via retrofit-class)
U.S.S. Ursa
U.S.S. Zeus
U.S.S. Artemis
Luna flies an elongated Star Cruiser, named U.S.S. Longcat
yeah... she's Caitian :P
all other names are fairly random, or Klingon translations of things like "black raptor"