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Annoying Ship Names

SystemSystem Member, NoReporting Posts: 178,019 Arc User
edited April 2011 in Ten Forward
People who name their ships variants of Enterprise, Voyager, Defiant etc. really get on my goat :mad:
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    Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2011
    THANK YOU! or slight misspellings of those names.
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    Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2011
    That's not annoying - that's just unoriginal.
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    Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2011
    I dunno, I saw a USS Exitprise once, I thought that was pretty clever.
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    Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2011
    OtakuboyT wrote: »
    THANK YOU! or slight misspellings of those names.

    Those are probably intentional, since no one can use the exact spellings of the hero ships.

    Personally, I find the names some people give their ships rather amusing. I saw a USS Starscream last night coming out of the Coliseum episode (I've named one of my ships the USS Grimlock, so I'm not totally innocent of the charges ;) ).
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    Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2011
    Oh I have nothing against humorous ship names, I just hate ones like U.S.S. EnTpriz.E etc.
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    Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2011
    Krent wrote: »
    I dunno, I saw a USS Exitprise once, I thought that was pretty clever.

    I'll give you that one - but on the whole, most ship names are unoriginal and/or quite dull. Then again, it works very nicely as a warning system - people with unoriginal/unclever names means GO AWAY.
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    Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2011
    I'm bugged by all the TARDISes and Chimaeras I've been seeing. Now Chimaera on its own is a good name, but when you make your captain out to be Grand Admiral Thrawn, then you're just being an idiot.
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    Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2011
    I just stick with old Capital Ship names from various historical and current navies. The name I am sick of seeing is all teh Serenity's and Malcom Reynolds flitting about. Which is bad since I am in The Firefly Fleet at Serenity station. :eek:
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    Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2011
    My most hated one so far is the U.S.S. Justin Bieber. I totally want to challenge that player to a duel so I can blow up their ship! LOL! :p
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    Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2011
    Shard-Warrior wrote: »
    My most hated one so far is the U.S.S. Justin Bieber. I totally want to challenge that player to a duel so I can blow up their ship! LOL! :p

    Watch the CSI:Vegas episode from Two weeks ago, it'll sooth your nerves in that regards :D
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    Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2011
    I think my earlier ships for my Gorn character could be annoying; especially for the one naming them, as I had no idea what to call a ship captained by a Gorn, let alone Klingon names!
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    Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2011
    I just love ships and captains like this:

    THEADMRALKIRK
    USSENE$RPRISE
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    Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2011
    the USS 'Enter Her Prize' amused me.

    although for legal reasons i dont know why. ;)
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    Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2011
    Personally, I don't like the "enterprise", "voyager", "defiant" replicas, but...I don't mind some of the lesser-known ships. I myself have the USS Malinche - A (a reference to the Excelsior-class Malinche seen in DS9's "For the Uniform"). I consider that a tribute to a good ship / episode.

    A good tribute is recognizeable without being too obvious. "USS Odyssey" (the Galaxy-class ship destroyed by the Dominion) or the Potempkin and Hood (two ships that Riker served on before the Enterprise), or Melbourne (ship offered to Riker, later destroyed in Wolf 359). Naming your ship after those is a tribute, but it's not overly obvious.
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    Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2011
    I try to just pick either random names for my ships, or base them off my existing ships:

    For examples: My Advanced Escort is named the Wave Eagle, my Fleet Escort is the Wave Eagle II, and my Danube is the Eagle's Chick.

    The ones I hate the most? Random names, like the U.S.S. Macadamea, or the U.S.S. Ottomotopia, or stuff like that.
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    Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2011
    I personally have my ship named after the Kobyashi Maru, altho a little mixed up.:D
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    Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2011
    Krent wrote: »
    I dunno, I saw a USS Exitprise once, I thought that was pretty clever.


    Yes!!! this one made me laugh
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    Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2011
    Shard-Warrior wrote: »
    My most hated one so far is the U.S.S. Justin Bieber. I totally want to challenge that player to a duel so I can blow up their ship! LOL! :p

    This one would be a prime example of why there should be some taging on your ship to indicate how often it gets pawnd in PVP.
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    Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2011
    Depends on my mood at the time of naming, but on my Tactical Admiral the ship is named Thunderchild (both as a nod to the ship from War of the Worlds, and the one mentioned in Star Trek). Then I also name ships after towns and counties from Ireland.

    On my science captain I recently named the ships after scientists who advanced science, though my current intrepid is just called the USS Science. Not sure why....but meh.

    Un-original names do bore me though.
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    Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2011
    Shard-Warrior wrote: »
    My most hated one so far is the U.S.S. Justin Bieber.

    target their bridge, all weapons!!!!!!!
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    Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2011
    Cuatela wrote:
    Personally, I don't like the "enterprise", "voyager", "defiant" replicas, but...I don't mind some of the lesser-known ships. I myself have the USS Malinche - A (a reference to the Excelsior-class Malinche seen in DS9's "For the Uniform"). I consider that a tribute to a good ship / episode.

    My main's ship is the U.S.S. Kearsarge, which was a ship mentioned, but not seen in the episode "Firstborn" (TNG). I actually named it after the Civil War sloop of the same name, but it's a nice, if unintentional, nod to the series.

    My other ships have (at least to my knowledge) no corresponding ship in Trek canon:

    IKS Drahkos II
    USS Albemarle II
    USS Atlantis
    IKS Anat
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    Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2011
    My name's the USS Elysium (Defiant-R).

    When the MVAM comes, I'm rechristening my Prometheus class the USS Gae Bolg.
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    Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2011
    I'm going to make a character called the UsS Enterprise and name my ship the JameSTKIrK.
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    Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2011
    spartan844 wrote:
    I try to just pick either random names for my ships...

    The ones I hate the most? Random names...

    Yeah, me too.
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    Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2011
    I haven't seen the USS PwnsYou in a while.

    Oh I did see something along the lines of USS ROFLStomp. something like that.
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    Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2011
    I remember when I named my ship at headstart it seemed orginal enough for me, the Constitution for the old frigate,which in turn is named for the US Constitution, Im 90% certain I was the first to use the name or at least one of the first and I hit the random name button a lot and it easnt there. Now cryptic added it to the random name generator and while I dont see them often I see others with the name for no reason other then they hit random till they found it.
    To paraphrase Lurr of Omicron Persei 8 "This random button confuses and infuriates us!"
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    Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2011
    BoredZero wrote: »
    My name's the USS Elysium (Defiant-R).

    When the MVAM comes, I'm rechristening my Prometheus class the USS Gae Bolg.


    :eek: ALERT! ALERT! Final Fantasy reference detected! Terminate with excessive force!


    Now then....

    I know I said I hate random names, but I did name my Miranda class the U.S.S. Carniciera, which if I spelled it correctly, translates into "Butcher Shop", in English.
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    Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    When I hear carneceria, I think tacos.
    Mmm, tacos.
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    Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    I'm guilty of the original-yet-kinda-rude ship naming crime. All of my ships are the USS Deez Nutz I thru XX. All of my shuttles/runabouts are named after exploding/horribly ugly cars. Wave if you see the USS AMC Pacer or the USS Ford Pinto cruise by. With the Pinto, I'd keep your distance, thou.
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    Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    I dig where the OP is coming from.

    Some people who give their ships stupid names on purpose **** me off a lot.

    I'm still praying that one day Cryptic finally becomes naming TRIBBLE :)
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