"To succeed, planning alone is insufficient. One must improvise as well."
-- Isaac Asimov, Foundation Part V: The Merchant Princes
"Hllue rhifv sienov, llhnaeu noimnir anhelaefv daehp'ukhi." ("When a sword shatters, take the fragments back to the forge.")
-- Romulan maxim
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And of course her main ship, the George Takei: "Alright! Let's DO this, chums! Leeeeeeeeeeeeeeee-roy....JENKINS!!!!!!!!!"
D'trel's ship has has "Vengeance for the lost". She's a simple woman, in her own way.
"Enterprise gets to explore strange new worlds......we get to blow them to smithereens"
"For every crossing made in life, the Boatman must be paid."
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BCW.
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.
"Time has a way of demonstrating that the most stubborn are the most intelligent." - Yevgeny Yevtushenko
"A ship is safe in port, but that's not what ships are built for."
In the format of everyone here...
USS Lexington, Regent class Assault Cruiser Refit
"To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield." - Tennyson
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"Let them still say 'this was their finest hour'!" - Winston Churchill
USS Endeavour, Vesta-Class Multi-Mission Explorer:
"Your present circumstances don't determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start." - Nido Qubein
Trials of Blood and Fire
Moving On Parts 1-3 - Part 4
In Cold Blood
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U.S.S. Little Skye Yu
NCC - 92012
Galaxy Class Dreadnought
"Here be a dragon"
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The ship is named after my daughter (Skye), who was born in the Chinese year of the dragon. And I think she is getting the temperament of one. :rolleyes:
Yes, I fly a Dreadnought cruiser. Deal with it.
-Lord Commander Solar Macharius
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"Our missions are peaceful...not for conquest. When we do battle, it is only because we have no choice." - James T. Kirk
Sa'Sogh Crell, of the House of Jev, Commanding.
Strike your enemies as the thunderbolt does! Without remorse or regret.
"'Tis not too late to seek a newer world." -Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Peace Through Smoking Your Enemies.
In the end, I don't fly this ship much, right now I'm leveling through DR wih my D'Kora, the Bangor. Plaque suggestions?
USS Fearless -fleet excel t5u.
"For honor is a blade, the Fearless is a sharp blade and nothing stands before it."
Admiral Morzarr
USS Rycus Kilran -prototype frigate t1.
"Underestimate the small and weak? It will come back to fight again."
Shenna
Kyrixix -risian cruiser t5u.
"Flagship of the House of Kyrixix. Property belonging to the new leader of the house, Shenna. Fight well, earn honor as it means everything and this ship represents the best of what our house can offer."
Slaassh
IKS Brihangu -bird of prey t1.
"Dancing is a way of life; the form, the composure, the mechanics of the positions and the moves. In space the empire dances to survive."
Been around since Dec 2010 on STO and bought LTS in Apr 2013 for STO.
"Someone once told me that time was a predator that stalked us all our lives, but I'd rather believe that time is a companion who goes with us on the journey and reminds us to cherish every moment... because they'll never come again."
May I point out the irony of a character who constantly manipulates time to his own benefit using that quote?
Trials of Blood and Fire
Moving On Parts 1-3 - Part 4
In Cold Blood
The irony is intentional. You have to look at it from his perspective though, and then it makes sense.
Norway and Yeager dammit... I still want my Typhoon and Jupiter though.
JJ Trek The Kelvin Timeline is just Trek and it's fully canon... get over it. But I still prefer TAR.
#TASforSTO
'...I can tell you that we're not in the military and that we intend no harm to the whales.' Kirk: The Voyage Home
'Starfleet is not a military organisation. Its purpose is exploration.' Picard: Peak Performance
'This is clearly a military operation. Is that what we are now? Because I thought we were explorers!' Scotty: Into Darkness
'...The Federation. Starfleet. We're not a military agency.' Scotty: Beyond
'I'm not a soldier anymore. I'm an engineer.' Miles O'Brien: Empok Nor
'...Starfleet could use you... It's a peacekeeping and humanitarian armada...' Admiral Pike: Star Trek
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The USS Falcon's dedication plaque is - as befits her commander - a little more eccentric.
NCC - 1298
Heavy Escort Carrier
Admiral Jeremy Eden commanding
Ship's Dedication :
"I hae brocht ye to the ring, now see gif ye can dance."
- attributed to William Wallace
Before the Battle of Falkirk 21 July 1298
(I am really loving seeing other people's ship's dedications. Thanks for resurrecting this thread. Perhaps a link to the original could be included in the 1st post ?)
It's the Latin in my sig: "to see the truth clearly in liquid".
All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.
From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.
-J.R.R Tolkien
The U.S.S Polarity-B (Third ship to hold that designation, Heavy Cruiser-Stargazer Class):
The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.
-Albert Einstein
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My wife's starship, U.S.S. Kinomoto: "Back off man! I'm a scientist." - Peter Venkman
http://i1352.photobucket.com/albums/q652/Edward_Ashford/KinomotoDedication_zps5993627d.jpg?t=1414359278
- Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea, 1951
USS Mako NX-81230, Cmdr. LaRoca Rusty, Defiant-class tactical escort, heavily modified (fleet retrofit):
- Motto of the US Navy SEALs
USS Ray Bradbury NCC-451-F, Capt. Lewis McLain, Intrepid-class (fleet retrofit, upgraded):
- Ray Bradbury, All Flesh Is One, What Matter Scores?, 1973
USS Hammerhead NX-81231-A, Capt. Fozter'Dayn th'Ibear, Khyzon-class Andorian strike escort with Borg-derived modifications (technically a Charal with a Khyzon skin, upgraded):
- Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, Lucifer's Hammer, 1977
IKS Norgh'a'Qun, Gen. Ssharki, Bortasqu'-class tactical heavy battlecruiser (upgraded):
- General Earle, 1997
IKS Carcharias Rex - General Ssharki's KDF-registered Risian Cruiser (upgraded):
- Larry Niven and Steven Barnes, Saturn's Race, 2001
IKS noSwI' (Nibbler), Cmdr. "Sway" S'fwyrnamokaarn, Ning'tao-class bird of prey (soon-to-be fleet upgrade):
- Gorn proverb
IKS Lung moH (Ugly Lizard), Provisional Cmdr. Harding Cash, KDF-registered Phalanx-class support vessel:
- Maxim 31, The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries
Ugly Snowball, Harding's Breen heavy raider (upraded):
- Maxim 24, The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries
...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
"We are star stuff harvesting sunlight" Carl Sagan
U.S.S. Trafalgar (Antonine's newer Guardian class Cruiser, and an appropriate quote for someone who relies on the 'stay standing after you're done hitting each other' school of tactics)
"Gentlemen, when the enemy is committed to a mistake we must not interrupt him too soon." Horatio Nelson
On the Romulan side the R.R.W. Great Owl (Ha'nom Guardian Warbird)
"Those who hunt in dark places must always remember the light"
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