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Naming the fleet

Those weird people
17-08-2007, 02:57
Okay, so for my own purposes I need to name 141 more space navy destroyers. This has nothing to do with actual NS, so I decided this is a safe place to put it =D. Anyway, the purpose of this thread is to get help from the wonderful denizens of NS to come up with names for those 141, since I came up with 19 before I hit a mental block. I'll just put up the number designations, and the ones with names I'll put the name in quotes. Just pick any unnamed number and give it a name, I'll update it and reply as they come in. Thanks folks :D. Oh, and this first post has the regular destroyers, the second post will have the missile destroyers.


Regular Destroyers
DD-1-01 "Battlewagon"
DD-1-02 "Radioflyer"
DD-1-03 "Victory"
DD-1-04 "Triumph"
DD-1-05 "Redeemer"
DD-1-06 "Grumman"
DD-1-07 "Honor and Glory"
DD-1-08 "Quiet Keeper"
DD-1-09 "Highlander"
DD-1-10 "Lady Grey"
DD-1-11 "Sir Walter"
DD-1-12 "Shining Star"
DD-1-13 "Ericsson"
DD-1-14 "Horizon"
DD-1-15 "Ranger"
DD-1-16 "Respectable"
DD-1-17 "Starlight"
DD-1-18 "Pepperbox"
DD-1-19 "Admiral Scheer"
DD-1-20 "Franz von Hipper"
DD-1-21 "Cecil Burney"
DD-1-22 "John Jellicoe"
DD-1-23 "Admiral Beatty"
DD-1-24 "Sophocles"
DD-1-25 "Socrates"
DD-1-26 "Plato"
DD-1-27 "Aristotle"
DD-1-28 "Cicero"
DD-1-29 "Quintillion"
DD-1-30 "Voyager"
DD-1-31 "Defiant"
DD-1-32 "Rebel"
DD-1-33 "Akeron"
DD-1-34 "Hell's Fury"
DD-1-35 "Reliant"
DD-1-36 "Constitution"
DD-1-37 "Divine Wind"
DD-1-38 "Finity's End"
DD-1-39 "Andromeda Asendant"
DD-1-40 "Hyperion"
DD-1-41 "Rain Maker"
DD-1-42 "Trident"
DD-1-43 "Ionic Storm"
DD-1-44 "Retribution"
DD-1-45 "Enola Gay II"
DD-1-46 "Brunhilde"
DD-1-47 "Shiva"
DD-1-48 "Thor's Hammer"
DD-1-49 "Ulysses"
DD-1-50 "Tristan"
DD-1-51 "Excalibur"
DD-1-52 "Beowulf"
DD-1-53 "Percival"
DD-1-54 "Exelion"
DD-1-55 "Avalon Arisen"
DD-1-56 "Inferno"
DD-1-57 "Hell's Gate"
DD-1-58 "Eden's End"
DD-1-59 "Flare Nova"
DD-1-60 "Larry"
DD-1-61 "Curly"
DD-1-61 "Moe"
DD-1-63 "Hereward the Wake"
DD-1-64 "Compensation"
DD-1-65 "Rufferto"
DD-1-66 "Julia The Strong"
DD-1-67 "Black Adder"
DD-1-68 "Geddy Lee"
DD-1-69 "Serene Wind"
DD-1-70 "Goldrush"
DD-1-71 "End of Days"
DD-1-72 "Molly Brown"
DD-1-73 "Magnum Opus"
DD-1-74 "Grifter"
DD-1-75 "Neil Peart"
DD-1-76 "Alex Lifeson"
DD-1-77 "Paul McCartney"
DD-1-78 "John Lennon"
DD-1-79 "George Harrison"
DD-1-80 "Ringo Starr"
Those weird people
17-08-2007, 02:59
Missile Destroyers
DD-2-01 "Beehive"
DD-2-02 "David Crosby"
DD-2-03 "Stephen Stills"
DD-2-04 "Graham Nash"
DD-2-05 "Neil Young"
DD-2-06 "Homeward Bound"
DD-2-07 "Heartland"
DD-2-08 "Nehemiah Scudder"
DD-2-09 "Mandalore's Fury"
DD-2-10 "Antipathy"
DD-2-11 "Bunko"
DD-2-12 "Dream Catcher"
DD-2-13 "Bounding Main"
DD-2-14 "Shangri-La"
DD-2-15 "Dante's Peak"
DD-2-16 "St. Helens"
DD-2-17 "Missouri"
DD-2-18 "Ala Wai"
DD-2-19 "Yang Tzi"
DD-2-20 "Bull Run"
DD-2-21 "Bay of Pigs"
DD-2-22 "Enduring Freedom"
DD-2-23 "War Rose"
DD-2-24 "Fall of Antwerp"
DD-2-25 "Tropsodor"
DD-2-26 "Warlike Demeanor"
DD-2-27 "Oruboros"
DD-2-28 "Harriet Conchorde"
DD-2-29 "Hardigan's Wake"
DD-2-30 "Belligerence"
DD-2-31 "Woodsdeep"
DD-2-32 "Hypepheralcus"
DD-2-33 "Sanguine"
DD-2-34 "Deliterious"
DD-2-35 "Donder and Blitzen"
DD-2-36 "Entreaty"
DD-2-37 "Raze Duluth"
DD-2-38 "Unfallen Hero"
DD-2-39 "Dawn Solace"
DD-2-40 "Divine Countenance"
DD-2-41 "Legion of Bremmenvale"
DD-2-42 "Indignant"
DD-2-43 "Mercurial Form"
DD-2-44 "Resolve of Ander"
DD-2-45 "Conquest Socratic"
DD-2-46 "Harrower"
DD-2-47 "Vindictive"
DD-2-48 "Tribulation Incessant"
DD-2-49 "Remembrance of Simon"
DD-2-50 "Ferocity Restrained"
DD-2-51 "Ascendant Titan"
DD-2-52 "Valourous Service"
DD-2-53 "Sun the Mutilated"
DD-2-54 "Colossus of Rhodes"
DD-2-55 "Revere's Ride"
DD-2-56 "Waterloo"
DD-2-57 "Guantanimoo's Vengeance"
DD-2-58 "Troll"
DD-2-59 "Zeppo"
DD-2-60 "Groucho"
DD-2-60 "Harpo"
DD-2-62 "Chico"
DD-2-63 "Mahatma Gandhi"
DD-2-64 "Winston Smith"
DD-2-65 "Strawman"
DD-2-66 "Cheney"
DD-2-67 "Cognitive Dissonance"
DD-2-68 "Logical Fallacy"
DD-2-69 "Smunktastik"
DD-2-70 "Flamebaiter"
DD-2-71 "Mod Hammer"
DD-2-72 "Deat"
DD-2-73 "Ad Hoc"
DD-2-74 "Aurora's Dream"
DD-2-75 "Crusader"
DD-2-76 "Lucette"
DD-2-77 "Lutscher"
DD-2-78 "Scorpio"
DD-2-79 "Startide"
DD-2-80 "The Furies"
Smunkeeville
17-08-2007, 03:01
you must name one SmunktastiK

it's the law *nod*

DD-2-28
Those weird people
17-08-2007, 03:02
you must name one SmunktastiK

it's the law *nod*

DD-2-28

Better than anything I've got so far, so I'll go ahead and add it...
Andaluciae
17-08-2007, 03:11
It never hurts to name them after World War I Naval commanders!

So, Admiral of the Fleet John Jellicoe, Admiral Reinhard Scheer, Admiral David Beatty, Admiral Franz on Hipper, Vice-Admiral Sir Cecil Burney, etc. etc. etc.

There's loads of 'em, and they've all got great names!
Good Lifes
17-08-2007, 03:39
Freedom and Glory-----It will fight for any or no reason. The problem will be getting it to stop at the end of hostilities.
JuNii
17-08-2007, 03:42
you must name one SmunktastiK

it's the law *nod*

DD-2-28
Smunkee... I love you... I honestly respect you... but...


"Smunktastik" has more of a nasty 80's porno movie title than a Battleship.

the Destroyer "Smunkeeville" however has a more respectable tone to it.
JuNii
17-08-2007, 03:44
Okay, so for my own purposes I need to name 141 more space navy destroyers. This has nothing to do with actual NS, so I decided this is a safe place to put it =D. Anyway, the purpose of this thread is to get help from the wonderful denizens of NS to come up with names for those 141, since I came up with 19 before I hit a mental block. I'll just put up the number designations, and the ones with names I'll put the name in quotes. Just pick any unnamed number and give it a name, I'll update it and reply as they come in. Thanks folks :D. Oh, and this first post has the regular destroyers, the second post will have the missile destroyers.
so what is this for? Starfire?
Those weird people
17-08-2007, 03:45
Freedom and Glory-----It will fight for any or no reason. The problem will be getting it to stop at the end of hostilities.

:p

Very funny... except I already have an Honor and Glory. DD-1-07, no relation to FnG.
Good Lifes
17-08-2007, 03:45
Sophocles
Socretes
Plato
Aristotle
Cicero
Quintilion

They will only fight for a logical reason.
Those weird people
17-08-2007, 03:46
so what is this for? Starfire?

It's for my own story writing purposes and because I have no life outside of school.
Those weird people
17-08-2007, 03:46
Sophocles
Socretes
Plato
Aristotle
Cicero
Quintilion

They will only fight for a logical reason.

Any specific numbers? Or just the next ones in line?
Nadkor
17-08-2007, 03:47
DD-2-48: Winston Smith
Minaris
17-08-2007, 03:48
Cheney-If with allies, it will hit them rather than the enemy. (DD-2-66)
Upper Botswavia
17-08-2007, 03:49
DD-2-63 "Good Ship Lollipop"

:D
Those weird people
17-08-2007, 03:49
Cheney-If with allies, it will hit them rather than the enemy. (DD-2-66)

How appropriate for a missile destroyer :p.

And I'm not gonna go with lollipop... I went with smunktastik beacause I needed one humerous name in the bunch. Sorry :P
Good Lifes
17-08-2007, 03:49
Any specific numbers? Or just the next ones in line?

Any number. If you like them, you could fill a list with Greeks and Romans.
Dexlysia
17-08-2007, 03:49
DD-2-63 "Mahatma Gandhi"
Lets Get This Fixed
17-08-2007, 03:51
Sly Bitchin' Mk II, give which ever # you want, just don't call it Mk I.
Maldorians
17-08-2007, 03:51
DD-2-09 "Mandalore's Fury"
Lord Bucas
17-08-2007, 03:53
well since i'm a trekkie, i would have to go with

Enterprise
Voyager
Defiant
Rebel
Akeron
Hell's Fury
Reliant
Constitution

Just to name a few. the writers come up with decent names for ships
Non Aligned States
17-08-2007, 03:55
Remote Kimchi. An Electronic Warfare Destroyer. Will frequently feed false data to both allies and enemies in an attempt to pass them off as genuine. Friend or Foe requests will often be returned with obscure questions and paranoid accusations instead.
Sane Outcasts
17-08-2007, 03:56
DD-1-25 Larry
DD-1-26 Curly
DD-1-27 Moe

DD-2-25 Groucho
DD-2-26 Harpo
DD-2-27 Chico

What's a fleet without some screwballs?
Good Lifes
17-08-2007, 03:58
Remote Kimchi. An Electronic Warfare Destroyer. Will frequently feed false data to both allies and enemies in an attempt to pass them off as genuine. Friend or Foe requests will often be returned with obscure questions and paranoid accusations instead.

Kimchi is fermented cabbage with red peppers.
JuNii
17-08-2007, 03:59
It's for my own story writing purposes and because I have no life outside of school.

Hmmm...

I'll toss out some names and let you place them where you will.

Divine Wind
Finity's End
Andromeda Asendant
Hyperion
Rain Maker
Trident
Singularity's Heart
Ionic Storm
Retribution
Eden's End
Brunhilde
Shiva
Thor's Hammer
Ulysses
Tristan
Excalibur
Beowulf
Percival
Exelion
Avalon Arisen
Heaven's Gate
Hell's Gate
Inferno
Enola Gay
Flare Nova
Good Lifes
17-08-2007, 04:00
Any specific numbers? Or just the next ones in line?

Any number. If you like them, you could fill a list with Greeks and Romans.
Those weird people
17-08-2007, 04:02
DD-1-25 Larry
DD-1-26 Curly
DD-1-27 Moe

DD-2-25 Groucho
DD-2-26 Harpo
DD-2-27 Chico

What's a fleet without some screwballs?

Sorry, I filled in those numbers before I refreshed and saw this post. New numbers?
Sane Outcasts
17-08-2007, 04:02
Sorry, I filled in those numbers before I refreshed and saw this post. New numbers?

Sure, I just picked them randomly.
Utracia
17-08-2007, 04:04
Defiant is always a good name along with classical references. Nike, Agamemnon, etc.
Lacadaemon
17-08-2007, 04:06
There should be a Hereward The Wake.
IL Ruffino
17-08-2007, 04:08
The following names have been studied and selected for use in a suggesting list of "yes" name:

Compensation
Rufferto
Sally & Me
Julia The Strong
Compensation II
Nitramda
17-08-2007, 04:09
DD-1-39 The Geddy Lee
JuNii
17-08-2007, 04:11
There should be a Hereward The Wake.

how could I not suggest this...

Black Adder
Those weird people
17-08-2007, 04:15
DD-1-39 The Geddy Lee

Sorry man, filled up and entered in before I refreshed to see your post.
Upper Botswavia
17-08-2007, 04:19
Serene Wind
Goldrush
End of Days
Molly Brown
Magnum Opus
Grifter


:)

Oops... I see someone got to Trident before me.
Nitramda
17-08-2007, 04:19
Just Move it to a different number the number doesn't matter to me.
Those weird people
17-08-2007, 04:24
Wow.... I thank all of you for being so prompt and helpful :D. Just about half of them are named already, I wasn't expecting to get anywhere near this many even by the end of the week. Again, thank you and keep the names rollin' in! :)
The Metal Horde
17-08-2007, 04:25
DD-1-77 The Paul McCartney
DD-1-78 The John Lennon
DD-1-79 The George Harrison
DD-1-80 The Ringo Starr
Non Aligned States
17-08-2007, 04:27
Kimchi is fermented cabbage with red peppers.

Oh I know. But you see, Remote Kimchi is actually an amalgamation of one ship, but with many names. First it was Whispering Legs, then it was Deep Kimchi, after that it was Remote Observer. It has many names, but it always does the same thing.

Send out false data.
Those weird people
17-08-2007, 04:29
Oh I know. But you see, Remote Kimchi is actually an amalgamation of one ship, but with many names. First it was Whispering Legs, then it was Deep Kimchi, after that it was Remote Observer. It has many names, but it always does the same thing.

Send out false data.

I already have a corvette for that, thanks anyway though.
Upper Botswavia
17-08-2007, 04:29
Homeward Bound
Special Offer
Plenty Of Fish
Heartland
Sideways
Nehemiah Scudder
Antipathy
Profit Margin
Bunko
Dream Catcher
Bounding Main
Nitramda
17-08-2007, 04:32
I got 2 more
The Neil Peart
The Alex Lifeson

I love RUSH
The Metal Horde
17-08-2007, 04:34
David Crosby
Stephen Stills
Graham Nash
Neil Young
JuNii
17-08-2007, 04:36
Wow.... I thank all of you for being so prompt and helpful :D. Just about half of them are named already, I wasn't expecting to get anywhere near this many even by the end of the week. Again, thank you and keep the names rollin' in! :)

we can just toss off names... like we have been. but nomally, most navies have some sort of naming rules that they use.

For instance.

http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/weapons/RS22478.pdf

Are There Naming Rules For Ship Types?
Rules for giving certain types of names to certain types of ships have evolved over time. Attack submarines, for example, were once named for fish, then later for cities, and most recently for states, while cruisers were once named for cities, then later for states, and most recently for battles. For ship types now being procured for the Navy, current naming practices can be summarized as follows:
! The 10 most recently named aircraft carriers have been named for U.S. presidents (8 ships) and Members of Congress (2 ships).5 On January 16, 2007, the Navy announced that CVN-78, the next aircraft carrier to be procured, will be named for President Gerald R. Ford,6 making it the eighth carrier since the 1970s named for a U.S. president.
! Virginia (SSN-774) class attack submarines are being named for states.
! The first DDG-1000 class destroyer has been named for Admiral Elmo R. “Bud” Zumwalt, Jr., who was the Chief of Naval Operations from 1970 to 1974. This is consistent with past practice of naming U.S. Navy destroyers for U.S. naval heroes and leaders.
! Littoral Combat Ships (LCSs) are being named for small and mediumsized cities. The Navy has named the first two LCSs Freedom and Independence, after multiple U.S. cities with these names. The Secretary of the Navy wanted the first two LCSs to bear city names that refer to important U.S. values.7
! San Antonio (LPD-17) class amphibious ships are being named for U.S. cities.
! The Navy wants to procure the first LHA Replacement, or LHA(R), “big deck” amphibious assault ship in FY2007. The previous eight Wasp (LHD-1) class big deck amphibious assault ships were named for World War II-era Navy aircraft carriers and earlier Navy ships. ! Lewis and Clark (TAKE-1) class cargo and ammunition ships are being named for legendary explorers.

so if you adopt similar for your Destroyers and Missile Carriers, it would make things easier. especially if you break down each into different classes.

Say, the Nova Class Destroyer, Nebula Class Destroyer, the Savior class Missle Frigate, the Black Adder Class Missile Frigate... that way you also remove the illusion that every Destroyer is the same and also with the Missile Carriers.

Just a Suggestion...
Big Jim P
17-08-2007, 04:40
How about naming one the "Big Jim P". The ships motto could then be "We'll get Satanic on your ass":D
Greater Valia
17-08-2007, 04:40
Shangri-La (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Shangri-La). Would be more appropriate for a carrier, but still works for a warship. Using various war deities (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_war_deities) also works if you're into that sort of thing.
Those weird people
17-08-2007, 04:42
we can just toss off names... like we have been. but nomally, most navies have some sort of naming rules that they use.

For instance.

http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/weapons/RS22478.pdf



so if you adopt similar for your Destroyers and Missile Carriers, it would make things easier. especially if you break down each into different classes.

Say, the Nova Class Destroyer, Nebula Class Destroyer, the Savior class Missle Frigate, the Black Adder Class Missile Frigate... that way you also remove the illusion that every Destroyer is the same and also with the Missile Carriers.

Just a Suggestion...

I considered that... but then, I'm not that creative, especially since I tried to stray away from things like city/states/people themes because not only are there 160 of these (and not to mention I have close to 800 frigates that only have a class name and unit number right now), but the power that runs all this stuff has eliminated a sense of regionalism and brought it to the planetary level to help keep things unified. To start using city names would sort of break that up.
The Gay Street Militia
17-08-2007, 04:47
DD-1-24 "Fall of Antwerp"
DD-1-25 "Tropsodor"
DD-1-26 "Warlike Demeanour"
DD-1-27 "Oruboros"
DD-1-28 "Harriet Conchorde"
DD-1-29 "Hardigan's Wake"
DD-1-30 "Belligerence"
DD-1-31 "Woodsdeep"
DD-1-32 "Hypepheralcus"
DD-1-33 "Sanguine"
DD-1-34 "Deliterious"
DD-1-35 "Donder and Blitzen"
DD-1-36 "Entreaty"
DD-1-37 "Raze Duluth"
DD-1-38 "Unfallen Hero"
DD-1-39 "Dawn Solace"
DD-1-40 "Divine Countenance"
DD-1-41 "Legion of Bremmenvale"
DD-1-42 "Indignant"
DD-1-43 "Mercurial Form"
DD-1-44 "Resolve of Ander"
DD-1-45 "Conquest Socratic"
DD-1-46 "Harrower"
DD-1-47 "Vindictive"
DD-1-48 "Tribulation Incessant"
DD-1-49 "Remembrance of Simon"
DD-1-50 "Ferocity Restrained"
DD-1-51 "Ascendant Titan"
DD-1-52 "Valourous Service"
DD-1-53 "Sun the Mutilated"
DD-1-54 "Colossus of Rhodes"

Hopefully you'll like some of those...
Rangpur
17-08-2007, 04:50
how bout the mighty L. Ron Hubbard, it only moves in triangles and no one really understands what it does
JuNii
17-08-2007, 04:54
I considered that... but then, I'm not that creative, especially since I tried to stray away from things like city/states/people themes because not only are there 160 of these (and not to mention I have close to 800 frigates that only have a class name and unit number right now), but the power that runs all this stuff has eliminated a sense of regionalism and brought it to the planetary level to help keep things unified. To start using city names would sort of break that up.

doesn't have to be cities/states, but landmarks, river names, Events
(more suggestions btw)
Dante's Peak
St. Helens
Missouri
Ala Wai
Yang Tzi
Bull Run
Bay of Pigs
Enduring Freedom
Desert Storm
Rose War (or War Rose)
Revere's Ride
Waterloo
Guantanimoo's Vengence
Those weird people
17-08-2007, 04:54
DD-1-24 "Fall of Antwerp"
DD-1-25 "Tropsodor"
DD-1-26 "Warlike Demeanour"
DD-1-27 "Oruboros"
DD-1-28 "Harriet Conchorde"
DD-1-29 "Hardigan's Wake"
DD-1-30 "Belligerence"
DD-1-31 "Woodsdeep"
DD-1-32 "Hypepheralcus"
DD-1-33 "Sanguine"
DD-1-34 "Deliterious"
DD-1-35 "Donder and Blitzen"
DD-1-36 "Entreaty"
DD-1-37 "Raze Duluth"
DD-1-38 "Unfallen Hero"
DD-1-39 "Dawn Solace"
DD-1-40 "Divine Countenance"
DD-1-41 "Legion of Bremmenvale"
DD-1-42 "Indignant"
DD-1-43 "Mercurial Form"
DD-1-44 "Resolve of Ander"
DD-1-45 "Conquest Socratic"
DD-1-46 "Harrower"
DD-1-47 "Vindictive"
DD-1-48 "Tribulation Incessant"
DD-1-49 "Remembrance of Simon"
DD-1-50 "Ferocity Restrained"
DD-1-51 "Ascendant Titan"
DD-1-52 "Valourous Service"
DD-1-53 "Sun the Mutilated"
DD-1-54 "Colossus of Rhodes"

Hopefully you'll like some of those...

They're all most excellent, except that their designations are in the DD-1 class :P. It's okay, I'll move them into the DD-2 class and try and fit them into the same build numbers.
Non Aligned States
17-08-2007, 05:06
Cognitive Dissonance
Strawman
Logical Fallacy

The Troll :p
Those weird people
17-08-2007, 05:09
Cognitive Dissonance
Strawman
Logical Fallacy

The Troll :p

Fabulous. I literally started cracking up when I saw these.
JuNii
17-08-2007, 05:10
Cognitive Dissonance
Strawman
Logical Fallacy

The Troll :p

FlameBaiter
Mod Hammer
Deat
Ad Hoc

:p
Those weird people
17-08-2007, 05:11
FlameBaiter
Mod Hammer
Deat
Ad Hoc

:p

Ditto my last post.:D
Those weird people
17-08-2007, 05:16
SEVEN MORE! Get those spaces while they're still hot!
JuNii
17-08-2007, 05:20
Startide
Solar Sails
Starshine
Tranquility Sea
Aurora's Dream
The Furies
Orion's Sting
Scorpio
Upper Botswavia
17-08-2007, 05:20
Lutscher
Franklin's Revenge
Tornado
Grapes of Wrath
Lucette
Afterword
Sven the Crusader
17-08-2007, 05:20
Crusader, Juggernaught, Dreadnaught, Monitor, Enterprise(I can't believe no one threw that one in yet...), Templar... I can keep going...
Neo Undelia
17-08-2007, 05:21
Seven more eh?

Joel Robinson
Mike Nelson
Crow
Servo
Gypsy
Cambot
SOL (Spaceship of Love)

Edit: Mine are way better than those three losers'
Those weird people
17-08-2007, 05:22
Alright folks, thats a wrap. Thank you everyone who contributed, the humorous ones where valued greatly. No more entries will be accepted now, so you can stop posting :D.
JuNii
17-08-2007, 05:24
Alright folks, thats a wrap. Thank you everyone who contributed, the humorous ones where valued greatly. No more entries will be accepted now, so you can stop posting :D.

Good... NOW we can get really silly...

Ravenclaw
Hufflepuff
Gryffendor
Slytherin... :D

er... Ravenpuff
Gryfferin
Slytherclaw
Huffledor
Saige Dragon
17-08-2007, 05:26
Sly Bitchin' Mk II, give which ever # you want, just don't call it Mk I.

So few spots left, thought I'd mention this one again. As well, seeing some seem to be named after musicians or gods, why not get the best of both worlds and name the last on Lemmy?

EDIT: Damn, too late.
Upper Botswavia
17-08-2007, 05:30
DD-2-76 "Lucette"
DD-2-77 "Lutscher"

Errrr.... don't shoot me... but I snuck those in. Both are translations (French and German) of Lollipop. :D


But I am going to take a swing here... you put them next to each other, which they were not in my post, so maybe you figured that out already?
Those weird people
17-08-2007, 05:37
DD-2-76 "Lucette"
DD-2-77 "Lutscher"

Errrr.... don't shoot me... but I snuck those in. Both are translations (French and German) of Lollipop. :D


But I am going to take a swing here... you put them next to each other, which they were not in my post, so maybe you figured that out already?

Hahaaha... at least the sound cooler than lollipop. And no I didn't realize that, they just sounded cool and happened to end up next to eachother.
IDF
17-08-2007, 06:25
It never hurts to name them after World War I Naval commanders!

So, Admiral of the Fleet John Jellicoe, Admiral Reinhard Scheer, Admiral David Beatty, Admiral Franz on Hipper, Vice-Admiral Sir Cecil Burney, etc. etc. etc.

There's loads of 'em, and they've all got great names!
Beatty doesn't deserve his name on a ship. He was a horrible tactician and an even more horrible man.

The slanderous shit he did to Jellicoe was despicable. He is damn lucky the Lion wasn't lost like half his force was at Jutland. He really fucked up there and Jellicoe saved his ass.

Beatty turned around and thanked him by slandering the man.
Intangelon
17-08-2007, 07:38
CLASSICS:

Bismarck
Tirpitz
Hood
Repulse
Yamato
Arizona
Kitty Hawk
Nimitz

DUBIOUS DISTINCTION/REDEMPTION:

Stockholm
Titanic
Lusitania
Andrea Doria
Icarus
Pyrrhus
Thermopylae (or Leonidas)
Alamo
Little Bighorn
Waterloo
Pickett
Gallipoli
Dunkirk
Edmund Fitzgerald
Sultana
Hesperus
Peleliu
Tian'anmen
Klendathu
Footfall

EMOTIONS/CONCEPTS:

Intrepid
Astounding
Regardless (always wanted to see a warship with that name)
Annoying
Perplexing
Strident
Persistent
Smug
Superior
Fabulous (keep all your admittedly flaming sailors on this one)
Ginormous
Eclectic (part submarine, part aircraft carrier, part Dodge Dart?)
Erratic
Interminable
Obdurate
Occlusion
Erudite (wins no battles, but kicks ass at trivia fights)
Assiduous
Diligent
Anti-Social Darwinism
17-08-2007, 08:03
How about some for Sci Fi Masters

The Robert A. Heinlein
The Isaac Asimov
The Arthur C. Clarke
The Jules Verne
The Lois McMaster Bujold
The Marian Zimmer Bradley
The Andre Norton
The Ray Bradbury

Some for great Sci Fi characters

The James T. Kirk
The Johnny Rico
The Valentine Michael Smith
The Leonard McCoy

and so on.
Those weird people
17-08-2007, 08:15
Thanks, but all the name spots are filled :p.
Imperial isa
17-08-2007, 08:18
Larry dam Crimson Skies what i use for a Battleship name is better then that
Anti-Social Darwinism
17-08-2007, 08:20
Thanks, but all the name spots are filled :p.

So save the unused names for another time. There's always an occasion for naming something.
Imperial isa
17-08-2007, 08:24
So save the unused names for another time. There's always an occasion for naming something.

indeed like when you need a whole fleet of ships
Nadkor
17-08-2007, 10:31
See, now you've moved Winston Smith off number 48 the vague humour is gone.
IDF
17-08-2007, 15:39
you must name one SmunktastiK

it's the law *nod*

DD-2-28

I'll now go into II and use my own fleet of NX class and Daedalus class vessels to destroy it. Either that or I'll wait until I commission my first Constitution class.:p
Non Aligned States
17-08-2007, 18:38
I'll now go into II and use my own fleet of NX class and Daedalus class vessels to destroy it. Either that or I'll wait until I commission my first Constitution class.:p

Pah! Stock standard ships, even heavily modded ones, have no imagination. No soul. Custom designed battlefortresses from ground up. Everything from descriptions to actual schematics. That's the way to go.