I just thought of a name for my Jupiter class.

kylethetrue · November 2015

Been very excited for the new Carrier. I love fighters. And if I can't fly one during normal missions I shall carry them! Just tough coming up with a name. But I finally got one. My great grandfather designed a carrier that went on to be called the U.S.S. Hornet. It'd be pretty cool if my characters in Star Trek captained a virtual ship of the same name....

cidjack · November 2015

I am going to name mine : U.S.S. swiped CC

tomoyosakagami1 · November 2015

If I do get one which I'm not sure I will, I might name it the U.S.S. Infinity-C, or U.S.S. November-C ( C for Carrier ). I have an Odyssey named U.S.S. Infinity and a Vesta named U.S.S. November, having a theme for my ships is something I like doing. Naming a ship I know I'm going to use for awhile is my personal favorite part of buying a new ship.

rangerryu · November 2015

I'm going to be boring and name it after one of Jupiter's moons,either Ganymede or Europa.

tacofangs · November 2015

That's fantastic. You should come out to the Bay Area sometime, and go visit the real USS Hornet. It's a museum ship in Alameda now.

johnwatson71 · November 2015

I'm torn between 2 names I really LOVE.

U.S.S. Nibelung or U.S.S. Rhine Maiden

But I' will be going with one of those.

gulberat · November 2015

tacofangs wrote: »

That's fantastic. You should come out to the Bay Area sometime, and go visit the real USS Hornet. It's a museum ship in Alameda now.

But it doesn't look like a nuclear wessel to me...

oldravenman3025 · November 2015

A fine choice in names OP.

Since my original's current Odyssey is called the U.S.S. Admiral Ushakov, I'm going to try and stick with a Russian warship name. If I can squeeze it in, I'm gonna call my the U.S.S. Admiral Kuznetsov.

If not, I'll go with U.S.S. Admiral Lazarev.

tolmarius · November 2015

Unfortunately, I'm unable to name it after the most famous American carrier. T_T

kheldryn · November 2015

Mine will be named the U.S.S. Kitty Hawk NCC 97363 (Original ship was CVA-63, Refit as CV-63, Decommissioned in 12, May 2009), When I was a kid my friends dad served on her, we had a school field trip on her and I even still have a post card, signed by his dad with his name and rank, of the Kitty Hawk.

davideight · November 2015

tacofangs wrote: »

That's fantastic. You should come out to the Bay Area sometime, and go visit the real USS Hornet. It's a museum ship in Alameda now.

can you tell us the way to alameda?! *insert russian dialect*^^

captainmaths · November 2015

Jupiter? USS Outland, USS Monolith both come to mind. USS Heywood Floyd. USS Frank Poole. USS Great Red Spot.

tacticalrook · November 2015

I've never understood this, why people spend so much time thinking of the "perfect" name.

It can't be a RP sort of thing, because it'd be extremely controversial (not to mention wholly disrespectful) for countless people to design a ship, build it, then at the commissioning ceremony have the captain announce that they have pulled political strings to force the renaming of the ship to something that gives them more personal pleasure. That wouldn't go well at all.

kheldryn · November 2015

tacticalrook wrote: »

I've never understood this, why people spend so much time thinking of the "perfect" name.

It can't be a RP sort of thing, because it'd be extremely controversial (not to mention wholly disrespectful) for countless people to design a ship, build it, then at the commissioning ceremony have the captain announce that they have pulled political strings to force the renaming of the ship to something that gives them more personal pleasure. That wouldn't go well at all.

In my case its a tribute to an old ship thats no longer in service, My buddy Joe, if he played STO (Maybe he does, haven't heard from him in years though) would more than likely name his ships after the ones he served on in the Navy (I know he served on both the Texas and the Ingersol). So in a sense there might be a little RP involved and/or respect for service.

johnwatson71 · November 2015

tacticalrook wrote: »

I've never understood this, why people spend so much time thinking of the "perfect" name.

It can't be a RP sort of thing, because it'd be extremely controversial (not to mention wholly disrespectful) for countless people to design a ship, build it, then at the commissioning ceremony have the captain announce that they have pulled political strings to force the renaming of the ship to something that gives them more personal pleasure. That wouldn't go well at all.

I pretty much name my ships after things I love. I once had my ships named after the 12 Colonies from BSG. And right now I have a theme going where my ships are named after the ES's/ships from Xenosaga III

It just gives me a lil nostalgic feeling, also some names are just aesthetically pleasing.

talonxv · November 2015

If I grab one, gonna name it USS Essex. After the first Essex class carrier to be launched. That or the Forrestal.

tacticalrook · November 2015

reyan01 wrote: »

tacticalrook wrote: »

I've never understood this, why people spend so much time thinking of the "perfect" name.

It can't be a RP sort of thing, because it'd be extremely controversial (not to mention wholly disrespectful) for countless people to design a ship, build it, then at the commissioning ceremony have the captain announce that they have pulled political strings to force the renaming of the ship to something that gives them more personal pleasure. That wouldn't go well at all.

You mean like how Captain Sisko had the USS Sao Paulo renamed 'USS Defiant'?

Not really, no. Sisko contributed heavily to the development of that class of ship, so it's understandable the fallout was minimal. This was a much different situation from what I'm talking about, namely a situation where the newly assigned captain (who was not crucial to the design and development of the new ship and did not earn the respect from the people involved in its construction due to their contributions to the project) decides to rename the ship on-the-fly, purely for personal reasons.

tacticalrook · November 2015

A functional reason for renaming ships would be to get them to sort in a particular order in the ship list on the left of the ship selection window. Their names would need to be relative to each other, so you need to ensure they all had uniform names like U.S.S. 001, U.S.S., 002, U.S.S. 003, and so on.

samt1996 · November 2015

I'm considering 'Lard TRIBBLE' and 'Pie Cutter' but I havent made up my mind yet...

mustrumridcully0 · November 2015

The most important guide is to make your Shuttle Craft have names at the end of the Alphabet, like Zeppelin or Zarathustra. That way, when someone opens up the info screen on your character or ship, he finds the actual name and type of your ship, and not that of your shuttle.

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jorantomalak · November 2015

tolmarius wrote: »

Unfortunately, I'm unable to name it after the most famous American carrier. T_T

There are other famous carriers like

USS Yorktown

USS Lexington

USS Saratoga

to mention a few you could even name it

USS Nimitz

which is a famous carrier in the navy current day if it hasnt been retired

Im torn between these two

USS Lexington

USS Nimitz

kodachikuno · November 2015

tacticalrook wrote: »

I've never understood this, why people spend so much time thinking of the "perfect" name.

It can't be a RP sort of thing, because it'd be extremely controversial (not to mention wholly disrespectful) for countless people to design a ship, build it, then at the commissioning ceremony have the captain announce that they have pulled political strings to force the renaming of the ship to something that gives them more personal pleasure. That wouldn't go well at all.

According to lore (at least at one point dont know if its still canon) Pike had the vessel he was assigned to command renamed the Enterprise.... imagine if he hadn't

eighrichte · November 2015

I tend to go with a northwestern theme, e.g. USS Cascadia (my Vesta) or Tahoma (Sheshar — Tahoma is one spelling for the original name of Mount Rainier).

Considering:

- USS Mount Olympus (highest peak in the Olympic range, and of course home of Zeus)
- USS Mount Rainier (highest peak in the Cascade range)
- USS Kalakala (first streamlined ferry, sadly scrapped earlier this year: http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7007/6785994569_fffddaa3c1_b.jpg)

...and my favorite so far:

- USS Salish Sea (the larger network of waterways of which Puget Sound is a part)

mustrumridcully0 · November 2015

ruinthefun wrote: »

That won't actually work. The trigger to the shuttle bug is not the name of the ship, but the order in which the shuttle was acquired. If the shuttle was not added to your roster AFTER you added your current ship, this will happen. I believe Drydocking the shuttle and pulling it back out will correct the issue now.

Maybe I am confusing it with something else where the ships are alphanumerically sorted. It almost has to be, otherwise I wouldn't need to remember this, what do I care what people see on my info screen. (Okay, I care a little, I actually write short biographical information for my chars!)

eighrichte wrote: »

I tend to go with a northwestern theme, e.g. USS Cascadia (my Vesta) or Tahoma (Sheshar).

Hehe, that reminds me of the names I gave two space stations in my DragonStar campaign. Tahoma and Verdana.
A player picked up on my theme* and suggested at some point that the characters should meed at the Rockwell café.

*) font names, not northwestern theme.

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artan42 · November 2015

Ark Royal. Shame it'll be U.S.S. and not HMS.

samt1996 · November 2015

U.S.S. is a Star Trek thing, probably because he was from the United States. It doesn't make a lot of sense to me when he should've created his own prefix or something.

The ship was initially meant to be named 'Yorktown' but was renamed at the last minute because of the launch of the United States revolutionary new warship the Enterprise class Nuclear Powered aircraft carrier and her predesesor from World War II. The first and only of her class she innovated technologies that transformed navies across the world.

So you could always name your new carrier Yorktown and be smugly content that only the biggest trekkies will get the reference.

xyquarze · November 2015

tacticalrook wrote: »

I've never understood this, why people spend so much time thinking of the "perfect" name.

It can't be a RP sort of thing, because it'd be extremely controversial (not to mention wholly disrespectful) for countless people to design a ship, build it, then at the commissioning ceremony have the captain announce that they have pulled political strings to force the renaming of the ship to something that gives them more personal pleasure. That wouldn't go well at all.

First of all, I did not rename that ship, I got it with that name - at least in my headcanon. And why? Because I like it. I consider names that "feel right" for me very important for my enjoyment in a game. And after all, it appears in big letters on your login screen.

Also, people who care about names make Space a little more diverse, because even with all the variations on the same topic ("Enterpr1se" anyone?) there is more different names around than just with the standard names. "Captain, we got an emergency call from the USS Cherokee" - "Dang, that's the 17th Cherokee today")

(One thing I'd advise though: do not name a ship artificially after one of the names you may get by the game. Kind of funny bugs - nothing really worrying though - may appear if you commission another ship which then happens to accidentally get the same name.)

kylethetrue · November 2015

tomoyosakagami1 wrote: »

If I do get one which I'm not sure I will, I might name it the U.S.S. Infinity-C, or U.S.S. November-C ( C for Carrier ). I have an Odyssey named U.S.S. Infinity and a Vesta named U.S.S. November, having a theme for my ships is something I like doing. Naming a ship I know I'm going to use for awhile is my personal favorite part of buying a new ship.

So U.S.S. Infinity is from Halo, What's November from?

rangerryu wrote: »

I'm going to be boring and name it after one of Jupiter's moons,either Ganymede or Europa.

Sounds fitting.

tacofangs wrote: »

That's fantastic. You should come out to the Bay Area sometime, and go visit the real USS Hornet. It's a museum ship in Alameda now.

Maybe that's a different Hornet? U.S.S. Hornet (CV-8) sank after the Battle of Santa Cruz Islands in 1942 after being torpedoed twice, scuttled and then torpedoed again by the Japanese. She took a total of 16 torpedoes and 400 5 inch rounds before finally sinking with a loss of 140 of her crew over the course of the battle.

johnwatson71 wrote: »

I'm torn between 2 names I really LOVE.

U.S.S. Nibelung or U.S.S. Rhine Maiden

But I' will be going with one of those.

Somebody likes their German stories.

oldravenman3025 wrote: »

A fine choice in names OP.

Since my original's current Odyssey is called the U.S.S. Admiral Ushakov, I'm going to try and stick with a Russian warship name. If I can squeeze it in, I'm gonna call my the U.S.S. Admiral Kuznetsov.

If not, I'll go with U.S.S. Admiral Lazarev.

Thanks. And nice.

kheldryn wrote: »

Mine will be named the U.S.S. Kitty Hawk NCC 97363 (Original ship was CVA-63, Refit as CV-63, Decommissioned in 12, May 2009), When I was a kid my friends dad served on her, we had a school field trip on her and I even still have a post card, signed by his dad with his name and rank, of the Kitty Hawk.

Cool.

tacticalrook wrote: »

I've never understood this, why people spend so much time thinking of the "perfect" name.

It can't be a RP sort of thing, because it'd be extremely controversial (not to mention wholly disrespectful) for countless people to design a ship, build it, then at the commissioning ceremony have the captain announce that they have pulled political strings to force the renaming of the ship to something that gives them more personal pleasure. That wouldn't go well at all.

Maybe it's a personal preference? Or from an rp standpoint, perhaps the Captain liked the ship and the name and made an effort to take command of it when he got the chance.

sophlogimo wrote: »

Well, if I buy it, mine will have names that fit the class name - that is, ancient deity names. Jupiter, Mars, Venus, Apollo, Tiamat, Amun, Quetzalcoatl, Wotan...

Fine idea.

eighrichte wrote: »

I tend to go with a northwestern theme, e.g. USS Cascadia (my Vesta) or Tahoma (Sheshar — Tahoma is one spelling for the original name of Mount Rainier).

Considering:

- USS Mount Olympus (highest peak in the Olympic range, and of course home of Zeus)
- USS Mount Rainier (highest peak in the Cascade range)
- USS Kalakala (first streamlined ferry, sadly scrapped earlier this year: http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7007/6785994569_fffddaa3c1_b.jpg)

...and my favorite so far:

- USS Salish Sea (the larger network of waterways of which Puget Sound is a part)

Makes sense.

tacticalrook · November 2015

There's also the tendency for a lot of folks to make a snap judgement and stereotype you as being "hopelessly lost in your little own world" if you go out of your way to make it self-evident that you've spent a considerable amount of time contemplating the most perfect and personally satisfying ship (or character) name you can.

I just thought of a name for my Jupiter class.

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