Ship Class Names

by **Praxis** » Thu Dec 29, 2005 3:16 am

Mecron wrote:Zen buddhism.

The Imperial Command Dreadnaught "Not a Spoon"? :lol:

by **Mecron** » Thu Dec 29, 2005 3:19 am

more like the Dreadnought biowar ship "Regretful Embrace"

by **Maestro** » Thu Dec 29, 2005 3:19 am

I think I'm going to take the Starship Troopers approach myself. Smaller vessels named for individuals, middle named for generals or national leaders, and larger for famous battles (ie Waterloo, Agincourt, Saratoga...)

Actually that leads me to a question. Will I be able to create templates, which I can then modify? That'd make it easier for those who want to make ships that are individually named.

by **Mecron** » Thu Dec 29, 2005 3:21 am

already been answered...random tech makes your templates useless very quickly. Any design can be called up and then modified and renamed though.

by **Maestro** » Thu Dec 29, 2005 3:23 am

Righto. Thanks Mecron.

by **OF-pathfinder** » Thu Dec 29, 2005 3:40 am

Mecron wrote:more like the Dreadnought biowar ship "Regretful Embrace"

Hmmm...I thought that would be more like Chili Cloud

by **Praxis** » Thu Dec 29, 2005 3:53 am

Mecron wrote:more like the Dreadnought biowar ship "Regretful Embrace"

Ah, reminds me of some of the ship names in Iain M. Banks' Culture novels. "Frank Exchange Of Views" is an inspired name for a warship

by **Faenaris** » Thu Dec 29, 2005 5:24 pm

I'm gonna call my dreadnought "GAN".

*looks around, hoping anyone will recognise the name*

by **Tssha** » Sat Dec 31, 2005 5:36 am

I'm gonna be naming a small, low-tech, but powerful Destroyer class "Victory" class. My goal is to have a class that's rough and dependable; balanced, but effective. I also plan on naming a mid-high range Cruiser class a "Warlock" class vessel. Only the second is a reference to something, though I'd be interested to know what anyone thinks I might've been referencing in the first. Could add to my potential reading list. :wink:

by **Vagabond Prince** » Sat Dec 31, 2005 7:25 am

B5 has Warlocks, doesn't it? As for Victory, I was immediately reminded of the Liberty ships of WWII (and Orwell's "victory gin").

In many cases, it IS the rugged common equipment that's most seen and most remembered. The T-34 was a pretty humble tank compared to, say, the KV-1. The Tiger was not as heavy as the Maus. V&W destroyers weren't the HMS Hood, and U-boats weren't the Bismarck.

by **cathexis** » Sat Dec 31, 2005 11:39 am

At some point in a game against my buddy Avi I'm going to have to name three classes of ships (probably one of each size catagory) the "Biggity Bam" "Biggity Bizzam" and finally "Ring of Quads" after a really silly Maya3d (or XSI, one or the other) explanation I heard him give someone. I can't remember anything beyond him saying "Biggity Bizzam" in relation to generating a ring of quads, and it being amusing as hell. I wonder if he remembers...

However, for more serious games against people, I'm probably going to figure some useful serial numbering system with space for changes based on weapons loadout and then some somewhat related and slightly rediculous name. Though at some point I'm going to need a heavy-armed destroyer class called the Leviathan, and a class with identical sections and a much lighter weapons loadout called the Fenris.

by **Emperor Zog** » Mon Jan 02, 2006 5:49 pm

All will fear the Holy Empire of Man

Orders of the First Choir are: Early Game vessels
Supernals - Celestials - Illuminations

Orders of the Second Choir are: Destroyers
Seraphim - Cherubim - Thrones

Orders of the Third Choir are: Cruisers
Dominations - Virtues - Powers

Orders of the Fourth Choir are: Dreadnaughts
Principalities - Archangels - Angels

by **Ran Taro** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 1:34 am

Praxis wrote:
Mecron wrote:Zen buddhism.
The Imperial Command Dreadnaught "Not a Spoon"?

"One Hand Smacking"?

by **northrnlites** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 5:14 am

Military themes for Human. Navy (capital ships)/Coast Guard (smaller ships, patrols, explorers) vessels, submarines/u-boats (special forces).
With the Liir I'll name some after oceans and other aquatic themes.

by **Thrawn** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 5:28 am

Vagabond Prince wrote:B5 has Warlocks, doesn't it?

Warlock class Destroyer (keep in mind that their destroyers are more or less battlecruiser class, mixed with the fighter complement of a a medium carrier; meanwhile, they have a far older design, the "Hyperion" class cruiser, that's much smaller than the newer "Omega" class destroyer...). See this link for data on the Warlock project from the Babylon 5 universe.

I believe that Ivanova's first post-B5 assignment was to take one of these prototypes on a shakedown cruise.

Of course, there are other meanings.

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