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  • hawku001xhawku001x Member Posts: 10,767 Arc User
    edited June 2014
    seoulsista wrote: »
    Got a couple others like Cowboy Bebop, Fooly Cooly, Final Fantasy

    should've went Bebop, Kanti and Highwind
  • gunsang1gunsang1 Member Posts: 25 Arc User
    edited June 2014
    OAH!

    Wirblewind.

    The first and fastest enemy super ship in the Naval Ops game. It was the hardest, and most epic fight I've ever had against an NPC with amazing music attached. I consider it more challenging and epic then a person ever could be, next to Sky Captain of "Future Cop LAPD".

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldZg77Up86U
  • chepetico2chepetico2 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited June 2014
    My future vessel will be the Philadelphia because my family is from there. My character was originally the XO of an Oberth class vessel named the Darwin because he, Charles Darwin, was an explorer and a scientist. However I currently have him stationed and costumed as an Academy instructor because my time is tight and what time I had for the game was spent designing my mission.

    I actually created another character to represent the Darwin now that my main character was reassigned and I use the Darwin to try out new foundry missions.

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  • prierinprierin Member Posts: 7 Arc User
    edited June 2014
    Completely forgot my Fed side...

    The USS Anchorage - for my hometown.

    My shuttle, the USS Plymouth 58, after my fave car, the 1958 Plymouth Fury

    However, if I get this Risian Crusier I may deviate from that and name it The Montalban. Risa is a Fantasy Island after all...
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  • midnightvisionmidnightvision Member Posts: 13 Arc User
    edited June 2014
    Let's see...

    My first 50, Tac Escort Captain is flying the U.S.S. Basilisk-F, A Steamrunner-class Blockade Escort right now, having kept that name from the very beginning, adding hyphenated letters for each tier.

    My Gorn eng captain is flying a Fleet K'Tinga Retrofit, the I.K.S. Slar, named for a Gorn Engineer of some repute. Most of his prior ships were named for famous Klingons, such as the I.K.S. Klaang, and the I.K.S. Korrd.

    My Fed-Aligned Romulan Sci Captain, and current pet project, is flying a Fleet D'Deridex, the R.R.W. Emperor. Named for the emperor penguin. His prior ships have all been named for species of birds, such as the R.R.W. Gander, R.R.W. Cassowary, and R.R.W. Harrier.

    I have a few other Federation captains, and in general I stick to a theming convention - Cruisers are named for cities such as the U.S.S. Batman, U.S.S. Goose Bay, or U.S.S. Canberra, Escorts are named for fictional monsters, such at the above U.S.S. Basilisk, or the U.S.S. Manticore, and Science vessels are named for scientists, such as the U.S.S. Currie (Philip Currie, palaeontologist), or the U.S.S. Plait (Phil Plait, Astronomer)
  • dougglendowerdougglendower Member Posts: 84 Arc User
    edited June 2014
    Main: Douglas Glyndwr in the U.S.S. Gunston Hall - Named after the Ashland class LSD(-5) that my grandfather served aboard in WWII

    Others:

    Olympia in the USS Ray Bradbury - Loved his stories. Blessed to have lunch with him once.

    Pfipher in the USS Cavatica - Tholian Recluse, Cavatica is latin for spider... and Charlotte (of Charlotte's Web fame) last name.

    Sonek of the USS Micah Brack - "Requiem for Methuselah", TOS

    Big Heath MacIntyre of the USS Conqueror - named for the HMS Conquerer, sinker of the Belgrano during the Falkland Islands War

    Alesthane Garfield of the USS Watchtower - His ships are named after lyrics in the Dylan song "All Along The Watchtower", culminating in his T5 ship.

    Mach in the USS Hostile Takeover - Ferengi.

    Angela Franks in the USS Fifth Dimension - Aquarius class destroyer. Had to be done.

    Inaerr in The Sparrow - My nickname is "Sparrow", long before Cap'n Jack...

    Oniarrei in the RRW Erased Memory - Plucked song lyric.

    Lena Markenwaard in the USS Mount Shasta - Favorite place on earth.

    And for the KDF:

    Krenn in the IKV Thought Admiral - John M. Ford wrote the best stuff. I'm outfitting the D7 Fencer too.

    Kaden in the IKV epetai-Khemara - See above. Fire Blossom is his Vo'Quv.

    Qi'malia in the IKV Starslayer - Best Battlemech ever.

    Wiiaaeeiiaak in the RRW Shattered Temple - Song Lyric, "Guysborough Train" by Stan Rogers
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  • kamakaze101kamakaze101 Member Posts: 187 Arc User
    edited June 2014
    Main - Kimio- U.S.S. Bonnie Kin- Oddy star cruiser- Because we all know why!
    Klingon - Vatorre - I.K.S. Shadow- MU neggie- Because i couldn't think of a better name
    Rom-Fed - Zivico - lvl 30 - R.R.W. Talon of Romulus the equivalant of the lvl 30 arika because it sounds cool!
  • rooster707rooster707 Member Posts: 901 Arc User
    edited June 2014
    My current ship is a patrol escort called the U.S.S. Janeway, and I'm probably calling my next one the Hiro Nakamura.
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  • mynameisnommynameisnom Member Posts: 639 Arc User
    edited June 2014
    R.R.W. Buffalo Wing - Scimitar class romulan dreadnought
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    stoutes wrote: »
    Those fish are much like their masters, filthy backstabbers... All battlecloaked fish, waiting for the right moment...
    The boss being a gigantic Winter Epohh Researcher. As you lay waste to the Epohh Horde, she can occasionally cry out things like, "Didn't you want an Epohh friend?"
  • cptjhuntercptjhunter Member Posts: 2,288 Arc User
    edited June 2014
    Jefferson....you have to be at least 30 to get it.:D
  • theraven2378theraven2378 Member Posts: 6,014 Arc User
    edited June 2014
    cptjhunter wrote: »
    Jefferson....you have to be at least 30 to get it.:D

    Jefferson Airplane
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      -Lord Commander Solar Macharius
    • cptjhuntercptjhunter Member Posts: 2,288 Arc User
      edited June 2014
      Jefferson Airplane

      Jefferson Starship...It's a drain build, because they suck.:D
    • over4teeover4tee Member Posts: 5 Arc User
      edited June 2014
      My 1st/main toon is Overfourtee (UFP Science) and the theme was slogans from the American Revolution, but recently changed to "Starbreaker", named after a Judas Priest song.

      My 2nd toon is Kerry (UFP Tactical) whose theme was flags but now it is just "Gadsden", after the Gadsden Flag of the Revolution Era.

      I recently started a 3rd toon, Eekoedireng (UFP Engineering) whose ships are/will be named "O'Brien", after the Chief O'Brien character.
    • thunderfoot#5163 thunderfoot Member Posts: 4,545 Arc User
      edited June 2014
      Been a huge BattleTech fan ever since the game first came out in the Eighties. Had most of the books, most of the miniatures and all of the computer games. As a result, all my ship names reference either a character or 'Mech from BattleTech.

      Didn't have a choice, really. By the time I got around to playing STO, all the really good and really clever ship names had been used up. So when that MU Star Cruiser shows up in your PUG ISE wearing the name Dire Wolf and it is commanded by VA Natasha Kerensky, it is everyone else's fault I had to reach that far back to avoid drowning in a sea of Enterprise or Defiant variations. :D
      A six year old boy and his starship. Living the dream.
    • mattpond95mattpond95 Member Posts: 1 Arc User
      edited June 2014
      Currently my Starfleet main commands:
      1. The USS Valhalla, a Sovereign Class cruiser
      2. The USS Valkyria, a Cerberus Class escort
      and two light craft, the USS Surtr, a Danube class and the USS Fenrir, a Type-8.
    • docnightwalker1docnightwalker1 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
      edited June 2014
      My science ship is the USS Silver Sabre. My bug I named after my black cats, so USS Midnight Shadow, and my MVAE is USS Nightflyer
    • trojanborgtrojanborg Member Posts: 27 Arc User
      edited June 2014
      Gone through several names. The "why" of names depends. I named my very first ship the "Optimus". I thought it sounded sounded fitting for a Federation ship. It is in tribute to an obvious fictional character of mine, better put to the Peter Cullen for giving the character what he's made of.

      I forget what some of the others were for now. Currently the captain of the Optimus now commands the Crusher. I wanted a familier name but something a name less to associated with combat. It's also in tribute to the acress as she is my favoirite female lead role in all of Star Trek.

      The same captain has a caitian shuttle (after all he's catian) named the Kitsune. I like the sounds of it. It is the name of an ancient folklore spirit among Japanese culture, a magical fox with nine tails and can shapeshift.

      Ship naming I wish the developers would keep a closer eye on things. Those idiot names should be banned from the game all together. I despise the players give their ships stupid named.
    • ricosakararicosakara Member Posts: 422 Arc User
      edited June 2014
      Most of my Ships on my FED are named after famous space ships from tv and films, like Sulaco, Elyisum, or Benthic-Explorer. The registry numbers are the dates the films or series came out.

      My current ship is a basic Dyson Hybrid named "Alexei Leonov," - registry N.C.C.-91984-O.

      You guessed it - it's from the film 2010: The Year We Make Contact.
    • dougglendowerdougglendower Member Posts: 84 Arc User
      edited June 2014
      Tholian Widow fighter is named the "Hot Water Closet".
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    • mjarbarmjarbar Member Posts: 2,084 Arc User
      edited June 2014
      Most of my fed ships are named after types of swords, the corvette I just got from Risa I have named after one of the corvettes that took part in the D-Day landings of WW2 as it was recently the 70th anniversary.
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    • theraven2378theraven2378 Member Posts: 6,014 Arc User
      edited June 2014
      My Fleet Avenger is called the USS Cadia

      Named for a planet in Warhammer 40K, in the lore it has endured 10 millennia of Chaos attacks and raids and it still endures
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        -Lord Commander Solar Macharius
      • anyone#9933 anyone Member Posts: 24 Arc User
        edited June 2014
        I'm flying a Voth Palisade Science Vessal whom I've named the Vo'Toyias. The name originally comes from a unique item in Diablo 3 RoS, but I found it very matching with my ship.
      • annemarie30annemarie30 Member Posts: 2,692 Arc User
        edited June 2014
        my Main has ships named for the characters from the play CATS. when i was in college I was an understudy, and it's my favorite play.
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      • thunderfoot#5163 thunderfoot Member Posts: 4,545 Arc User
        edited June 2014
        The ship in my sig banner is my current favorite and the name translaiterates from Rihannsu as Storm Wing. My other ships are all named after BattleTech characters or Mecha.
        A six year old boy and his starship. Living the dream.
      • captclazoruscaptclazorus Member Posts: 377 Arc User
        edited June 2014
        Here are a few more of mine:
        USS Eureka: after Archimedes' famous coined phrase quote.
        USS Tiberius: after my cat (who I bet you can guess the namesake of).
        USS Expedition: after setting out to explore strange new worlds.
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      • simplejack239simplejack239 Member Posts: 6 Arc User
        edited June 2014
        Well, just started a few days ago, my 2 Starfleet ships are:

        Miranda Class - USS Falcon Spear
        2 Call signs from back in the day

        Constitution Refit - USS Carlisle
        I don't know how to rename......otherwise it'd be "USS Mayfly"
        I die in combat A LOT....and quick, so thats why lolz
      • neppakyoneppakyo Member Posts: 245 Arc User
        edited June 2014
        My fed hirogen hunter is P.L.Z. Buff Zero. It means I should be buffed more!
        Quote about STO on consoles: "Not quite as bad as No man's sky, but a close second."
      • sonnikkusonnikku Member Posts: 77 Arc User
        edited June 2014
        Dreadnought: Yamato. Seems fitting when firing the main gun on a swarm of unsuspecting spheres. :P

        D'D: UltraMegaChicken. If you don't know, you don't deserve to.
      • donkyhotaydonkyhotay Member Posts: 38 Arc User
        edited June 2014
        My captains name is Donkyhotay, my ship U.S.S. Rose 'N Ant. If you get the joke of my captains name you'll understand the name of the ship. If you don't... well it really wouldn't be worth explaining.
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