origin of your ship name

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My latest ship, New Horizons, is taken from a megatraveller game. Many many years ago.

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My ship, the USS Courageous, comes from here. (http://www.toyarchive.com/Gobots/Combiners/Courageous.html)

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Ooh, fun.

My current ship is the U.S.S. Dark Frontier, a heavily modifier Sovereign class. Dark Frontier was the name of a two-parter episode of Star Trek: Voyager. Given the ships darker color scheme and heavy focus on combat, the name fit well.

Other ship names I've had:

U.S.S. Avalon - A streamlined Intrepid class.
U.S.S. Wyvern - Experimental Star Cruiser
U.S.S. Osiris - An old reliable Miranda-class variant.
U.S.S. Arcadia - A stock Akira-class vessel
U.S.S. Ragnarok - A hybrid Dervish/Maelstrom class.
U.S.S. Silent Wind - A personalized Nova-class.

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I fly a retrofit defiant that I call the USS Debris Cloud. I don't think I need to explain why.

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My ship is the USS Dunnottar - named after my families ancestral castle in Scotland

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I fly the USS Dawn Treader, a retrofit Intrepid. It is named after a vessel that appears in C.S.Lewis's Chronicles of Naria.

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Let's see... my science officer's ships:
USS Komorov
USS Michael Adams
USS Dobrovolski
USS Francis Scobee
USS Rick Husband
If you can't figure out the pattern you fail at space stuff.

My Pakled Tac appreciates strength in his cruisers:
USS Resilient
USS Enduring
USS Robust
USS Unyielding
USS Stalwart

My engineer/cruiser pilot goes more traditional for Fed cruisers, namely US Navy WW2 carriers, mostly escort class that were sunk during the war:
USS St. Lo
USS Bismarck Sea (A Connie and Connie refit)
USS Block Island (planned)
USS Wasp (planned)
USS Gambier Bay (planned)

I can't bring to mind the whole list atm, but my Tac/escort captain names her ships after battles.
Currently USS Goliad
USS Tsushima
USS Samar

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For my main I made a character based off of my wife and used her middle name as the name of the ship. I did not use her name as the character but rather a mix of it and my character from LOTRO that was based on her (Mariwyn Zerimar)

For my second character (Ryan Scott) I used my name and based the character on me. I've named each ship after the cars I have owned in chronological order.

For my third character (Ryick Pa'tran) I named him after my character from SWG (pre-NGE) and named his ship after his nickname (the Blue Speedo).

For my fourth character I named him Thrawn (yes, from Star Wars), he is Captain of the Chimaera and his BOs are Pallaeon, Piett, Veers and Daala. Yes they are in uniform as well.

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Naming my ships after pioneers of aerospace. Or, at least after names I remember because they have theory's or equations named after them.

Kutta-Jakowski equation is an easy way to calculate lift given velocity and circulation. Great for calculating curveballs.

Helmholtz is famous for fundamental principals of vortices.

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Hmm well a have a small foltilla at the moment here are there names.
Miranda Class- named 'Lynn Minmay' after cute anime singer from the series Macross/Robotech

TOS Connie-named 'Golden Hind' after Sir Frances Drakes ship.

Tier 1 escort-named 'Don Quixote' after famous charracter from book.

Nova Class-named 'Don Leon' after Aurica's mind guardian from Ar Tonelico game

Vesper class-named 'Calnus' after famous ship from Star Ocean franchise.

Excellsior class-named 'Agamenon' after Omega Class Destroyer from B5 series.

Akira class-named 'Mikasa' after pre Dreadnaught IJN Mikasa perserved in Japan.

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The ships on my main are named after rivers.
USS Rubicon (T1 & T5)
USS Tiber (T2 & T4)
USS Amazon
USS Euphrates

Current ship is the USS Rubicon A, the name comes from the river near Rome that Caesar had to cross to enter the city. When the Senate learned of his intentions they instructed him to leave his army on the far bank or risk becoming an enemy of Rome. Caesar decided to bring his army with him and subsequently became Emperor.

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USS Quagmire NX-891237

Because I have a tattoo of the evil monkey, so The Quagmire seemed fitting... GIGGITY!

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U.S.S. Intrepid a intrepid class retrofit self-explanatory. :)

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U.S.S. Columba (the Dove)
U.S.S. Cygnus (the Swan)
U.S.S. Aguila (the Eagle)
U.S.S. Axia (the Phoenix) coming eventually.
U.S.S. Corvus (the Crow) coming somewhat more eventually.

Going with the bird-themed constellation names. I gave up on Apus (the Bird of Paradise) because it just doesn't sound that good.

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My main ship is the USS Cascadia for the Bio-region in which I live.

My seconday ship, the USS Nauticlue is named after my boat which was named by my wife.

There are a few others but they are mostly PacNW based:

USS Seahawk
USS Cape Flattery
USS Whidbey
USS Fort Casey
USS Rainier
USS Chinook

:D

Edit: My Klink ship is the IKS petaQ. Because dammit that's what we are!

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Why did you pick it any real reason or was it just random post it here.

Mine was the USS Sentinel. Named after My old Lug Trek Ambassador Class Ship. captained that thing for 18 years before it got blown up by the Hur'Q. total roleplay nerd here.

Other ship is the USS Tantalus. Another Nod to a Star trek rpg i play. it was a Galaxy class.

To be honest...I actually picked up a dictionary/thesaurus and looked at words that went with my class (science/med, tactical, engineer).

I would write how I kept creating branches of words/ideas for each ship name theme that I did...but that would be long and boring :o :p ;)

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In my captain's logs, I have detailed the story of the crew of the USS Visionary and its successor the USS Visionary-A. The first was a sovereign class starship, my second favorite looking ship in Trek-dom after the "All Good Things..." galaxy. Once I was able to get my favorite ship in-game, I indicated in the logs how the original was destroyed along with several of my crew members. Lt. Cmdr. Anrol (Bolian) I was close to, so it was difficult to lose her for me. Cmdr. Connelly (Human) I liked, but only kept him on as I was waiting for my Cardassian security chief. Tired of waiting, I customized a random alien into looking like a Cardassian and let him go with little regret.

Back on topic, the name is Visionary because I wanted to choose a somewhat general word that had a lot of meaning that could be conveyed in how it relates to the ideas behind Star Trek, much like the name Enterprise. I think of it mainly in its adjective sense as a thing that is characterized by vision and foresight, often prophetic.

On another side note, I consider myself a visionary in the noun sense, an idealist and a dreamer.

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My main character is a Klingon (Fed Side) science officer. Her ships have all been NCC-92000 USS N'Hampsha all the way up to the current which is NCC-92000 E USS N'Hampsha. I live in New Hampshire, USA. I figured it sounded Klingon....:D.

My secondary character is a Fed (Human) Engineer who's ships are all named after US Presidents: NCC-93003 USS Washington, NCC-93004 USS Lincoln, NX-93005 (Excelsior Class, hence the NX disignation) USS Eisenhower, and his current NCC-93006 USS Roosevelt. I am not sure which president I will use for his RA ship yet, maybe Reagan... or Kennedy....don't know yet. I'll decide when he makes RA :)

My Klingon Engineer's ships are all named after mythological creatures and gods: IKS Chimera and IKS Dionysus. He is only an LC at the moment.

I just started a Klingon Tactical officer whose ships I will name using an english to Klingon translater on a website I found. His first ship is the IKS May' ej Bathl which is Klingon for glory and battle.

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well my fed has
the U.S.S Endeavour, Miranda class the name came from captain cooks ship the HMS endeavour
next one was the U.S.S Dark saber, constitution class i liked the name and it also comes from my love of fencing
the next one was the U.S.S challenger anouther ship named after a british navy ship the HMS Challenger
then the U.S.S indefatigable again named after the HMS indefatigable a brit first rate and later air craft carrier
then came my current ship named the U.S.S Magnificent i just like it and i havent seen anouther ship with that name to date
so yeah there my ships

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Wow, I've had several. My Tact Admiral mainly goes around in the Sovereign-class USS Nebuchadnezzar (http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c338/thun712/Star%20Trek%20Online/ussnebuchadnezzar03.jpg), or the Prometheus-class USS Archangel. Named after the Babylon king (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebuchadnezzar) and archangels respectively. He started aboard the USS Atlanta (http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c338/thun712/Star%20Trek%20Online/screenshot_2010-01-30-12-37-36.jpg), named after a city in Georgia, USA (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta). Commanded two ships with just cool names: USS Interceptor (http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c338/thun712/Star%20Trek%20Online/ussinterceptor01.jpg), and USS Spearhead (http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c338/thun712/Star%20Trek%20Online/ussspearhead05.jpg) (Both escorts).

He also has an Intrepid-class science ship registered USS Via Domus (http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c338/thun712/Star%20Trek%20Online/ussviadomus04.jpg). It is latin for "Way Home" and is named after the great journey home of the USS Voyager.

My science alt started on the USS Tesla (http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c338/thun712/Star%20Trek%20Online/usstesla01.jpg), named after the scientist (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Tesla). She then moved to the Nova-class USS Endeavour (http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c338/thun712/Star%20Trek%20Online/ussendeavour02.jpg) named after the tall ship (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HM_Bark_Endeavour). She also commanded the Akira-class USS Korolev (http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c338/thun712/Star%20Trek%20Online/usskorolev06.jpg), named after the Russian rocket scientist (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergey_Korolyov) and the Excelsior-class USS Leicester (http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c338/thun712/Star%20Trek%20Online/ussleicester03.jpg), named after the city in England (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leicester). She then commanded a second USS Endeavour, Intrepid-class. And during special op missions she commands the Defiant-class USS Fenrir, named after the Norse Mythical Wolf (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fenrir).

She commanded some other ships: The TOS Constitution USS Barcelona (http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c338/thun712/Star%20Trek%20Online/ussbarcelona01.jpg), named after the city in Spain (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barcelona). The USS Charon, a runabout, named after Pluto's moon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charon_%28moon%29).

Lastly, I have a Klingon alt that commanded the IKS ghangwI' (http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c338/thun712/Star%20Trek%20Online/iksghangwi01.jpg) which is (allegedly) Klingon for "Horizon"

More pics here (http://s30.photobucket.com/albums/c338/thun712/Star%20Trek%20Online/)

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U.S.S. Jared.

Named after my best friend/teacher who died. He was like a father to me.

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Some updates to my old ship list:

My recent Advanced Tactical (refit): USS Kallisti

Why? This is the name (or rather the engraving on) of the Golden Apple of Eris, that most desired thing which wreaked so much havoc amongst the gods. The golden Apple was engraved "For the Fairest" and the gods themselves fought and squabbled over who it was meant for, much like the cloak ability here resulted in heated fighting for who this was intended. I felt it most fitting for the cloaking defiant refit.


After getting this, I realized I had no clue how to outfit it or fly it.

So, I rolled another liberated borg Klingon, Wampaq, making him look more like an albino Klingon than a borg. He was named after my old SWG bounty hunter, Wapma, a huge white wookie. His ship has been one Raptor after another, each named with the klingonization of Kashiik (the Wookie homeworld): qaSIyq. Kind of lame, I suppose. But I enjoy being reminded of the early days of that game, and Wampa was my first ever MMO character in that regard back in SWG closed beta and again at launch.

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Main Character:-

USS Carthage - Named after the great faction that opposed Rome during the time of Hannibal.

I named every ship from the start of the account USS Carthage and changed the name of the ship when I got a new one :D

current

USS Wasp - Named after the Defiant Class from Star Trek Armada's 1 and 2.

Alt:-

USS Thapsus - Carthaginian Town in North Africa

USS Constellation - Named after the Constitution Class from "The Doomsday Machine"

USS Caralis - A former Carthaginian City in Southern Sardinia.

current

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oh well... here it goes:

USS Gallifrey (A-D) from Doctor Who

USS Rose Tyler
USS Donna Noble
USS Martha Jones
USS Sarah J. Smith
USS Romana
USS Romana II
USS Amelia Pond
all from Doctor Who

USS Jarrah
USS Faraday
USS Sawyer
USS Austin
USS Kwon
USS LaFleur
all from LOST

IKS Stolze Amazone
IKS Kalte Klinge
IKS Tobender Sturm
IKS Kriegerherz
IKS Zorn des Trill
some warrior-poetic names... just in German.

USS ISS (Name prefix for mirror universe ships)
USS Dagger of Skaro (Doctor Who)
USS Palpatine (Emperor from Star Wars)
USS Flying Dutchman (Legend of Davy Jones/ Pirates movies)
those are all evil tainted names for my mirror universe captain

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IKS Quv'voq'Dit (Honor in the Blood) Vo'qov Carrier/

USS Mary Rose, Excelsior. Named after the first carrack ever built which mounted her artillery on the sides of the ship, versus on the forecastle as was common in the early renaissance. Even though the idea of gun port covers were not considered, and the heavier guns were on the top causing intense rolling at sea, which lead to her flooding and sinking, she paved the way for Hawkin's new design of ship under Queen Elizabeth that would prove instrumental, in combination with the daring fire ship raid, and the weather, led England to victory over the Spanish Armada. A design that would propel nautical combat to the art form it became, and propelled England, and by extension, the United States to the maritime power that they both have become.

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U.S.S. Heart break One (derived from Ace Combat Five: The Unsung War, directly)
U.S.S. Hindenburg (obviously the Hindenburg Zeppelin)
U.S.S. Deteis (My favorite, asside from Heartbreak One. One of the bloodline choices in EVE Online's empires, the Caldari State)
U.S.S. Scatman (John Paul Larkin :D)
U.S.S. Yamato (obvious, again)
U.S.S. Daniel Jackson (Another ripped name... Some imagination I have, huh? Comes directly from Stargate)
U.S.S. Crow (more obvious...)
U.S.S. Gallente (More EVE Online... Name of one of the four major empires)
U.S.S. Mobius (Ace Combat Four: Shattered Skies. Another one I like, a lot. Wasn't a complete steal this time :p)
I.K.S. Sebiestor (MORE EVE ONLINE!! [Focused on another bloodline from the Minmatar, my absolute FAVORITE of the four major empires in New Eden])

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I had a few bassguitars

USS Stingray escort
USS Alembic runabout
USS Thunderbird escort

Then my tribute to the most gorgeous actress in the world

USS Saldana miranda class

I named a science vessel USS Endorphine comet class

I had one named USS Galactica (speaks for itself) defiant class

I had an Inteprid Class called USS Homewards (named after voyagers journey home ofcourse)

A galaxy class called USS Clouds Suite wich was a david gates song from 1975

that's about it

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USS Starfury, Advanced Escort, not just a reference to Babylon 5 which was the first time I saw the name ever used for anything, but also to my favorite Armored Core that I built. Fast nimble, and packing more energy weapons and plasma than you could shake a stick at.

USS Themistocles, Excelsior class. Named after an Athenian naval general. The one that beat the Persians.

USS Perseus, Recon Science named for a greek hero.

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My main character's ship, The USS Argus, has been the hero ship in my fan fic for over decade. All the other ships he had have also appeared at some point in the series.

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Retrofit Defiant: U.S.S. Meitou

The "Meitou" are a rare class of katana, meitou meaning "Celebrated Sword" or "Named Sword". They are prized swords passed through generations, won in battle, or given as a gift out of respect. Meitou are superior to ordinary katana in most aspects: cutting, endurance, etc. Meitou are more expensive, due to their quality; typically handmade by renowned sword-smiths, the Meitou gain their name through battle, long existence, and even royalty.

Considering when my Caitian reached Captian, he commanded a Defiant named the USS Katana, I thought Meitou seemed a fitting name for his newer defiant class vessel

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USS Johnston - Named for the World War II era Fletcher class destroyer captained by Commander Ernest E. Evans. She changed the world when she charged into a line of Japanese heavy cruisers and destroyers, inspiring the other smaller ships in Taffy 3 to do the same.

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My @ name is sp3ctrenyc, so my main char's escorts are named for synonyms of ghost

Apparition
Spectre
Ghost
Phantom
Wraith
Eidolon

Wow cryptic, way to name your new devidian NPC after my ship.

you're welcome

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I decided to do German words:

USS Shadenfreude - pleasure derived from the misfortunes of others (or "Ha Ha!").
USS Treppenwitz - staircase wit, thinking of a clever comeback when it is too late.
USS Zeitgeist - the spirit of the times
IKS Ver'Nicht - a "klingonized" version of the german word "to destroy", vernichten

For the Federation I was trying to keep with German words that represent an abstract idea and don't necessarily have a good corresponding English word. And for the Klingons I was going with hard consonent words related to violence, honor, and all that Klingon jazz.

I was very tempted to just do Schadenfreude-A,B, etc., but that seemd a bit boring.

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Cruiser: U.S.S. Freelancer, named after the Microsoft game from 2000. I love that game.

Escort: A Caitian Captain, so U.S.S. Kilrah, after the home planet of the Kilrathi in the Wing Commander game. (Another game series I love.)

Sci Ship: Captained by Lloth so U.S.S. Menzoberranzan seemed appropriate. :D

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U.S.S. Sao Paulo - the original name of the 2nd Defiant in season 7 DS9

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I decided to do German words:
USS Shadenfreude - pleasure derived from the misfortunes of others (or "Ha Ha!").

That would actually be "Schadenfreude" Edit: nvm i read the rest must have been just a typo

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I named my Defiant Class ship U.S.S. Thunderstorm.
Reasons ... I like Thunderstorms, and Escorts make things go BOOM so it seamed like it fits. :)

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Cruiser: U.S.S. Freelancer, named after the Microsoft game from 2000. I love that game.

Escort: A Caitian Captain, so U.S.S. Kilrah, after the home planet of the Kilrathi in the Wing Commander game. (Another game series I love.)

Sci Ship: Captained by Lloth so U.S.S. Menzoberranzan seemed appropriate. :D


Nice names there, and I totally agree with your reasons for picking them :D

USS Starfall - I needed a name, so made one up. Going to go with other Star based names for the rest of my escort ships.

USS Lovelave - Named after Ada lovelace, the world's first computer programmer. Other ships owned by this character will be named after other famous scientists - Einstein, Tesla, etc.

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For one of my alts, I name the ships after booze that I like.

USS Stolichnaya
Russian Vodka
USS Jameson
Irish Whiskey
USS 40 Creek
Very Good Canadian Whiskey
USS St James Gate
This is where Guinness is brewed

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So my main ship was an Assault Cruiser called the U.S.S. Absolution, which fits my entire Fleet's background of protecting the Federation from threats from all sides. It also has a hidden meaning since the definition of absolution is "1. The act of absolving or the state of being absolved. 2. The formal remission of sin imparted by a priest, as in the sacrament of penance." and what my Fleet has to do makes us break the ideology of the Federation to protect the ideology of the Federation (btw the new weekly episode has Drake using some of my words but I said 'em first... My Fleets been around since beta :P). So I'm sure that in the background I would want absolution of the sins we are forced to make.

Even though I love my ship, as a Tac Officer I want more boom and unfortunately an "assault cruiser" doesn't have enough boom (kinda funny) so I bought the Excelsior Retrofit, which gave me the ability to toss High Yield III at enemies and due to people joking about my name (which is based on the real world and not fantasy books) I called it the U.S.S. Dawn Treader.

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One of my future ships is slated to be called the USS Sojourner, after the rover that was attached to the Mars Pathfinder.

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U.S.S Phobos - Luna Class Vessels are named after moons
U.S.S. Colt - Defiant Class; I just wanted a name related to combat.
U.S.S. Hyperion - Excelsior Refit; named after Jim Raynor's battlecruiser in Starcraft.
IKS Noktao - T5 BoP; default name; never bothered coming up with a new one

I'm gonna name my B'rel refit IKS Praxis II, once the ship is available.

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U.S.S Ally -in the hopes of confusing the Klingons

I.K.S. Klee'Tus -I thought it was funny at the time

These are alts ...
On my main toon ...

U.S.S. Longsword -My Star Cruiser - my ship of personal preference.

U.S.S Broadsword -My TacRetrofit Cuiser - my cruiser I have to use because it's so much better.

U.S.S Viper -My Fleet Escort - just sounds cool.

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USS Ascension - Excelsior - Ascended from the grave for a new era

USS Cerberus - Assault Cruiser - To protect the Federation just like Cerberus protected Styx

USS Pegasus - Star Cruiser - Named after Battlestar Pegasus. My char is named Caine.

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The galaxy class ship that Benjamin Dawson commanded and appeared in the backround in a few DS9 episodes.

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Main: U.S.S. Evangelion, from.....well, the Evangelion anime series/movies.

A subtle acknowledgement that even in star trek, individuals are weak beings, but with great perseverance they can overcome almost anything.

Alt: U.S.S. Seraphim, highest order of angels. This ship is a sovereign class, so i named it as a variation of the non-canon sovereign U.S.S. Archangel.

Klingon: I.K.S. Hegh'tah, err......well came out of the random generator.....my klingon vocabulary is limited to the glossary at the back of the Gorkon series novels...

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Far from his world in the Delta Quadrant, Rockairee has dedicated his Starship's titles
for things related to his part of the galaxy, and some for this quadrant.....

Flagship: USS Myopic Shift (relating to the anomaly that marooned him in the Alpha Quadrant
Tier 5 Excelsior class Heavy Cruiser Retrofit

Cruiser Class Vessels: USS Alpha Male (the name says it all)
Assualt Cruiser
USS Tunosian Sunset (named for the spectacular view on his home planet)
Cruiser
USS Anadall (Name relating to my Real-life spouse)
Star Cruiser
USS Mustang (named for my favorite Fender Guitar)
Light Cruiser

Tactical Vessels: USS Tunosian Crush (named for his planet and the result of his assault)
Advanced Escort
USS Assimilate This (again, the name says it all)
Fleet Escort Retrofit

Science Vessels: USS Omega Directive (dedicated to a favorite Voyager episode)
Reconnaissance Science Vessel
USS Tarthis (named for the system of his home planet "Tunosia")
Nebula Class Retrofit
USS Omega Molecule (named for 7 of 9's view of perfection)
Long Range Science Vessel

And the rest is history, see you out there.........................................Vice Admiral Rockairee out.

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USS Nevermore - T5 Fleet Escort Ship for my latest character: Engineer/Tac Ship captain. Named after watching that video on Youtube of John De Lancie reading "The Raven". It seemed so apropos.

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My main character is a human science officer (based on me, living it up in the 25th century) has commanded the following ships:

USS Magellan - Centaur/Miranda/Shirkahr hybrid. My first ship and it needed a name. I realised that the name I wanted could only be carried through each ship by putting -A or something unique on the end of it, so decided the 'hero name' I was after would be saved for later in the game. Magellan was a generic choice, based on the Portuguese explorer.

USS Enigma - Excalibur class (with Constitution neck & pylons). A name I had used in a previous Babylon 5 universe I had imagined. Based off of the coding device from WWII and the 20th century 'music project'.

USS Thunderbird - Akira/Oslo class hybrid. Based on the Gerry Anderson sci-fi series and also as one of the famous Akira class ships from First Contact was named Thunderchild (albeit from The War of the Worlds), I figured there could be a whole fleet of Akira type ships named based on the 'Thunder' theme including Thunderflash, Thunderstreak, Thunderchief, which also pays tribute to some awesome aircraft from Earth's 20th century.

USS Tempest - Galaxy class. Named after a storm, much like Typhoon and Hurricane. Another tribute back to a WWII fighter plane as well.

USS Conquest - Sovereign class. This is my ships 'hero name', finally realised on my favourite class of ship. Conquest does carry some connotations of war but I have always reasoned that the name was designed to be in an explorative context of Earth's conquest of the stars. Conquest comes from a Trek universe I had previously imagined, with the Conquest originally named Explorer.

For my new Caitian Tactical Officer:

USS Montana - Shirkahr class. The initial ship used in the STO Tutorial. Named after the launch site of the Phoenix and where First Contact took place in 2063.

USS Liberty - Constitution class. My characters story tells that he was born in the Mirror Universe in the 23rd century and through an anomaly was transported forward to the prime universe in 2408. The Liberty is my character's ship from the Mirror Universe which he retakes command of in 2409 :)

In the future as I level my Tactical Officer I've planned he'll command the Enigma (from above) and possibly the Tempest either in its normal Galaxy class or perhaps as a Dreadnought.

Cheers,

Dan

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Each of my characters have their ship's named for members of the US Air Force.

My tactical officer's are based on key Generals.
My engineer's are based on TACPs that have died in the line of duty.
My science's are based on Pararescuemen that have died in the line of duty.

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My sci main:
T1: USS Stormchaser
TOS Constitution: USS Redoubtable
T2 Escort: USS Ad Astra (Latin for "to the stars")
T2 Science: USS Leonard H McCoy

My Tac alt
T1: USS Ticonderoga (only because I like the way it sounds)
TOS Constitution: USS Vimy Ridge
T2 Cruiser: USS Indomitable

My Klingon Eng alt:
T1: IKS Qo'nosDaj SuvwI' (Warrior of Kronos)

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USS Argo as it was the famous ship of heros from greek mythology and has a constellation in the sky meaning i am out exploring those stars. thought it was a cool name at the time.

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These are just a few that I've used on my 4 FED. Characters so far...

USS Schenectady
It's where I live, so I name all of my T-1 Light Cruisers this one.

USS Thunderbird
Because I loved that show as a kid and also because my Uncle was a pilot on the Air Force Thunderbird Team, stationed in Jersey many years ago

USS Galaxy Star
Just because I like the sound of it.

USS Star Dragon
Again,... Just because I like the sound of it.

USS Ticonderoga
It's a Fort here in NY State up near Canada.

USS Marco Polo
That's the name on my LRSV refit. It just seemed appropriate for a vessel that is supposed to be way out on the frontier of Federation space.

USS Jim Thorpe
This is what I named my Runabout, because it's fast and agile just like this guy was in every sport he competed in.

USS Dragonfly
I named my Research Science vessel this cause I used the bug-eye front end, and that's just what it looks like to me.



My one Klingon character is currently flying the "I.K.S. Mah'Duj Hegh" which roughly translates to:

" We Are, the Vessel of Death"


I'm about to use...

USS Serendipity
I'm working on a brand new FED Engineering Character with Cruiser's. I'm hoping that this one will give me better luck in getting rare drops when I get to my T-2 Connie. ;)

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As someone who owns the updated Star Trek Encyclopedia, the Franz Joseph Starfleet Technical Manual, a copy of Ships of the Star Fleet 2290-2291, damn near every Trek novel published in the 1990s, and two bookcases full of 20th-century European history books, I am basically never short of decent names. The following are the ones I've used for my current sci Saurian character.

USS Tashkent, Shi'Kar class Light Cruiser

I always like to use names from Russian and Soviet history, and this one is named after the current capital of Uzbekistan (and former rest stop on the Silk Road).

USS Mantell, Nova class Science Vessel

A little joke on my part, the Mantell is named after the 19th century English geologist and paleontoligist Gideon Mantell, whose main claim to fame was discovering the dinosaur Iguanadon (cuz, you see, dinosaurs and Saurians, dur hur hur).

USS Brian Aldiss, Stargazer class Heavy Cruiser

I didn't really like the designs of the research science vessels, so I went with a heavy cruiser. The name's another joke on my part; most ships in Trek named after SF authors are named after American authors from the golden age of John W. Campbell and the pulps, so I thought it'd be kinda funny to name a ship after someone from the British New Wave, particularly someone who wasn't a fan of TOS back when it was originally airing. Thankfully, Aldiss is a kickass author, so I can forgive him his human failings.

USS Pathfinder, Intrepid class Long Range Science Vessel

This is a shout-out to the USS Pathfinder that appeared in the Shatnerverse novel Preserver. (Yes, I read the Shatnerverse. I know it's basically Kirk****, but there are some cool ideas hidden away in those books.) It seemed like a great name for an Intrepid class ship.

USS Marignano, Oracle class Deep Space Science Vessel

My pride and joy, this ship is a reference to a ship in the awesome TNG novel Intellivore that had the sort of backstory you'd expect a DSSV to have; lots of time out on its own, wandering through the cosmos exploring stuff, but with enough engine and weapon power to look after itself.

USS Thuban, Polaris class Reconnaissance Science Vessel

I'd originally named this ship the Iapetus, after the moon of Saturn, before deciding to redo the hull into a Polaris class one. Since the Luna class went with a lunar naming theme, I figured that the Polaris class used a stellar naming theme. After a quick trawl through Wikipedia star name list, I chose "Thuban" after discovering it translates from Arabic into "snake" (reptiles hurr durr). A few days later, a little further research reminded me that Thuban is a star in the constellation Draco that, thanks to galactic evolution, actually was the North Star about half a million years ago. Totally unintentional, but I really like the name.

USS Pathfinder II, Intrepid class Long Range Science Vessel Retrofit

What can I say? I really like the name. It's also a memorial to the original Pathfinder from Preserver, which came to a tragic end after body-slamming the planet Halkan.

It's a long story.

USS Kronstadt, Sovereign/Imperial hybrid class Assault Cruiser

Part of my lamentable attempts to fit out a cruiser to handle combat in B'Tran, this one's named after the famous Russian naval base in the Baltic. It's basically a Sovereign hull with the Imperial neck pod sticking out where the main shuttlebay was. Depending on my mood, I say it's part of an prototype ECM system that was never widely implemented in the fleet, or it's the Federation's biggest heat sink (on the plus side, the ship's holodecks can run Crysis at 60 FPS).

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USS Helios, greek sungod, it just seemed to rly fit to my nebula class. :)

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Newst ship. The USS Lewis and Clark. Famous Explorers

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Shank: Shanks was a guild on the Vallon Zek server in Everquest.

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U.S.S. Vostok
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vostok_1

U.S.S Buran
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buran_(spacecraft)

K.D.F. Zvezda
"Star" in Russian.

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Most of my fed ship names come from people or places from Texas history because lets face it, Texas is pretty much awesome. My Vo'Quv is the I.K.S. Unrelenting in honor of my favorite ship from Escape Velocity Nova.

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Most of my fed ship names come from people or places from Texas history because lets face it, Texas is pretty much awesome. My Vo'Quv is the I.K.S. Unrelenting in honor of my favorite ship from Escape Velocity Nova.

Kudos on the EVN reference. Sad that ev-nova.net died.

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Thanks Pougan! One of my old roommates turned me on to EVN several years back and I must have played through every storyline at least 5 times. Think I might name my Kar'fi the Thunderhead or whatever the final ship of the auroran story was called!

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Most of my ships are named after areas in the UP where I live I have too many ships to conveniently list though.

Marquette

Menomonee

St Ignace

Keweenaw

Escanaba

Ishpeming

Tahquamenon

Pretty sure you get the idea

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My Latest ship name; IKS Unvanquished.

Honestly, I got it from Caprica. Name of the twelfth episode, thought it sounded cool.

Curse SyFy for canceling it. And changing it's name from Sci-fi to SyFy.

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USS Poseidon-A
Sovereign Class

It's the name of the first (and only) Star Trek forum RP ship that I played on.

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I named mine the USS Rijeka (pronounced ree-YAY-kuh). It's a city in Croatia, where my mom has spent the last decade or so teaching English. She said Rijeka was her favorite city there, and I've become good friends with a few people from there as well.

When they heard that I named my ship after their city, they were so happy -- even my mother, who sadly had to retire from going overseas due to a heart condition.

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My Sovereign is named the Randy White, after the Dallas Cowboys Ring of Honor/Football Hall of Famer. All the ships on my engineer toon are named after Ring of Honor inductees.

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My Sovereign is named the Randy White, after the Dallas Cowboys Ring of Honor/Football Hall of Famer. All the ships on my engineer toon are named after Ring of Honor inductees.

If this were a Facebook post, it would say Sanford likes this and have a thumbs-up icon.

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Captain Iria Tru'Keng(Vice Admiral)
Current Command
U.S.S. Delia Excelsior Class(Lakota Refit)
Served onboard during the Dominion War as Chief Engineer
Past Command
U.S.S. Ambassador NX-910521-B Sovereign Class
U.S.S. Shawee Saber Class

Vice Admiral Josh
Current Command
U.S.S. Bismarck Excelsior Class(Bismarck Refit)from Star Trek Starfleet Command
Past Command
U.S.S. Carcass Sovereign Class
U.S.S. Calombia Miranda Class

Yes I do RP

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Decided to go for my federation fleet ships, all ladies names, mostly from greek mythology, and always ending in "a", except for my escort....

USS ATHENA = goddess of wisdom and war
USS CORTANA = cool blue AI from Halo
USS HERA = mother of the gods, wife of Zeus
USS AGATHA = Patron saint of my Church
USS PANDORA= in greek mythology, the first woman created, with her box of bad stuff in it, except for "hope"
USS ANNA = after my grandma
USS DEFENDER = obvious

since I am part of a mirror universe fleet, I have some spare ships for that, with appropiate paint jobs...(generally what I imagine the mirror verse to be like, is "the Clans, and their ways" from the battletech /mechwarrior universe....

ISS Turkina's Pryde = Flagship of Clan Jade Falcon, capital ship of the 3rd Falcon Talon Cluster
ISS Falcon's Prey = again themed after Clan Jade Falcon, but instead of 3067ad, its in dark age 3143ad....

ISS Marthe Pryde (under construction) = the best Falcon leader, in my book

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USS Bad Romance - I Think you can guess where that is from.

USS Valentine - My RL last name

USS Terra Externa - Attack featured in RPG Eternal Sonata

USS Nimbostratus - A type of cloud, also featured as an attack in Eternal Sonata

USS Sepharim - A type of angel, highest chorus of Angels

USS Malificent Harm - An attack from RPG Valkyrie Profile

USS Fredick Chopin - Named after a famous Polish composer

USS Imperium - The Latin word for "Empire"

IKS Federation - Just to annoy Klingons

IKS Starfleet - Just to annoy Klingons

IKS Dominion - Named because of my Vorta character

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what does 10-F mean ???

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what does 10-F mean ???

Means the Ten Forward subforum. But he's a little late with that suggestion since this thread has been here for months now.

My latest additions:

My Ferengi character has a cruiser called the USS Noble Greed :) couldn't resist.
When I bought the excelsior of the C-store I named it the USS Overmars. Thought it sounded cool. It's the last name of a famous dutch football player. Don't care much for football but it was World Cup time then.

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My Excelsior Class Ship is the U.S.S. Miyaneko (NCC-407000-B) named after Miyaneko Gato from the webcomic "Angel Moxie". It was to be NCC-407-B, but the number limiter scratched that idea.

There's also a little back story to why this is the Miyaneko-B

The first one (NCC-407000) was an Oberth Class ship destroyed by a Klingon vessle. Miyaneko-A was a Constitution class that made it to decomissioning. Before she was retired however, the Miyaneko-B was constructed and for her test run round the solar system, was escorted by her predesesor.

All Miyaneko's have been captined by someone in my characters family.

My other ships are: red means decommisioned.

Najiko= Japanese for "son of the rainbow" i think. I promices a friend I would name my first ship this.
Seto= after my Fav. Yu-Gi-Oh character.
Ponyo= after a Myazaki character
Howl= same as Ponyo
Totoro= same as Howl
Cave Story= after a freeware PC game
Jenifer Wakemin (Original, A, B)= after the main character of "My Life as a Teenage Robot" (this is my escorts name)
Edmund Fitzgerald= after the sunken ship

I have a hard time coming up with good ship names, On some I settled for the names because I coulden't come up with better ones..

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From LtC onwards my Federation Tactical Captain's escort ships were named after weapons connected in some way to the ship class or an established naming convention.

Tier 2 Saber class - USS Claymore (had to be a sword)
Tier 3 Akira Class - USS Tomahawk (In the Decipher RPG this class had a Native American tribe naming convention)
Tier 4 Defiant Class - USS Katana (I had a Defiant by the same name in SFC3 that I had great fun with)
Tier 5 Dervish Class - USS Scimitar (A tricky one for various reasons but keeping to the middle eastern theme this name seemed to work. It didn't occur to me until later that there had been a romulan ship by the same name.:o)

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USS McKenna... Only Star League vessel to win the Martial Olympiads on two consecutive occasions, and...
USS Damascus on the road to Damascus where Paul found Christ.

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All my characters vesels follow the same group theme.

Engineer- USS Honor Harrington (David Weber's Honor Harrington Series)
Science- USS Suffolk (Cities in Hampton Roads)
Tactical- USS Shiva (Summoned Entities from the Final Fantasy series)

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USS Sepharim - A type of angel, highest chorus of AngelsHate to rain on your parade, and I hope it's just a typo in the post, but it's Seraphim, not Sepharim. :P

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USS Damascus on the road to Damascus where Paul found Christ.

grrrrr, people stealing my ideas! :( :p

My ship names are often series. My primary character was originally planned as a 'get to high level and use to fund the toons you really want to play' so fitting with a pseudo-Messianic lifespan. But I actually like playing her so changes need to be made. Her ships are named after important locations in the life of arguably the world's famous sacrificial lamb.

USS Gethsemane - as in 'Garden of' (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden_of_Gethsemane)
USS Calvary - traditional acknowledgement of the cruxifixion (it's actually Golgotha but, whatever)
USS Galilee - where Jesus found the first bridge officers.....errr, disciples
USS Nazareth - hometown
USS Damascus - as quoted above (though I wonder if Christ was lost since Saul "found" Him)
USS Judea - Romanized version of the name of the area Jesus was born in. Kinda like a state in today's parlance (Bethlehem of Judea). I chose the Romanized version because the actual name (Judah) is the name of a tribe and I wanted to make the distinction. I'm the son of a theologian. Sue me. :p

My tactical alt names her ships after prominent warriors in Earth history (Earth due to the influence of Tarania plus the fact that she doesn't feel comfortable using Vulcan warriors for non-Vulcan ships):

USS Boadicea - now known as Boudica (I used the name from the Enya song :p), queen of a British tribe who revolted against Roman occupation
USS Zenobia - Syrian queen who revolted against Roman occupation
(future ship) USS Artemisia I - ruler of the Ionians and the only female commander of King Xerxes (yes, that King Xerxes) and commanded five ships in the Battle of Salamis)
(future ship) USS Fu Hao - King Wu Ding of the Shang dynasty's "problem solver" and the only female military general in China at the time. The ambush of the Ba that she designed and commanded was a thing of beauty.
(future ship) USS Ahhotep - one of the most influential figures in the founding of Egypt's 18th dynasty. She was such a fierce and capable warrior that her sons put weapons and items celebrating her prowess in their own tombs (kinda like a 'look how badass my mom was').
(future ship) USS Tamar - Georgian Queen who built the Trebizond Empire commanding her army

Pretty easy to think of ship names for me when I have a theme to work off of.

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My Klingon ships were from the random name generator so they stayed Klingony.

My federation ships are
The USS Mercury -a galaxy class cruiser retrofit Named for the greatest rockstar ever to of lived, Freddie Mercury.
The USS Victory - a stock fleet escort named for the Flagship of lord Nelson at the battle of Trafalgar, a historic victory of England over the french.

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USS Constitution-Sovereign Class- Named for the 18th century American Frigate which had such a sturdy hull that cannon balls would bounce of the hull. It is still offically in active service with the United States Navy and is the oldest commissioned sea-worthy naval vessel in the world.

USS Eisenhower-Galaxy Refit- Named for General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower the Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force in Europe during World War II. He led the all the Allied forces to victory over the Nazis and later became the 34th President of the United States.

USS George Patton-Defiant Refit-Named after General George Smith Patton Jr. Commander of United States Third Army. One of if not the best armored field commanders to ever step upon the battlefield.

USS Omar Bradley-Intrepid Refit- Named for General Omar Bradley Commander of Twelfth United States Army Group. He commanded the American half of the D-Day landings and later commanded much of the American Forces charging across Europe into Germany. He later was promoted to General of the Army and became the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

USS Florida-Galaxy X- No fancy description here, its the state I'm from and live in

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USS Warchild - Named for a Steamrunner class starship from my fanfic series that served from 2372-2374 and was destroyed with all hands lost during the Dominion War.

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NX- 912045-D, U.S.S. Sinistar Reborn, Defiant class Tactical Escort Refit.

My ship is a refit of a past Tactical Escort ship that was destroyed in battle, that is why I added `reborn` in this version. The name Sinistar comes from a horrifying old arcade game that scared the bejesus out of me as a child.

In the Sinistar game you would pilot a spacecraft gathering the only object capable of damaging Sinistar.

While doing so you would get taughted by the menacing voice of Sinistar untill he appeared, chased down your ship and eats it.

No one stands a chance against Sinistar. It is a giant spacecraft eating skull thing that cannot be stopped. It constantly hungers for more, and destroys all in its path.
=)

``I am Sinistar! Beware I LIVE!! Run, run, run!! Beware coward!! RUN coward! RAAWWRR! I Hunger!``
-Sinistar

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USS Mutara, Nebula class Advanced Research Cruiser
USS 40 Eridani, all-Vulcan crewed DSSV
USS 61 Cygni, all-Tellarite crewed RSV
USS Empress of Indii, all Andorian crewed Dreadnought

"Captain, pattern-recognition subroutines running at 99.9%..."

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The USS Mah'alleinir

From the Wheel of Time series, it's the name of Perrin's Power wrought Hammer

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I think I've already covered my main character's ships far earlier in the thread, but I've got a few more to add.


USS Delphi: Nebula-class science cruiser, named because I like the sound of it.

USS Raleigh: Luna-class variant experimental recon explorer vessel, named twofold after the capital of my home state and Sir Walter Raleigh.

IKS Skeiron: Bird-of-Prey, named after a minor Greek wind god.

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My Intrepid is named the USS Richard Feynman, after my favorite physicist and personal hero. Also my Intrepid Refit, the USS Richard Feynman II.

My Nebula is the USS Into the Void. That should be pretty obvious ;)

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USS Valley Forge - Named after the valley where General Washington settled his troops for a long and harsh winter.

USS Paramount - Definition: above others in rank or authority; superior in power or jurisdiction.

USS Sentinel - Named after the USAF unmanned aircraft RQ-170

USS Predator - Again named after a USAF unmanned aircraft the MQ-1

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My ship is the USS Andromeda, Constitution Class, named after the Andromeda Asendant from the TV show

USS Akatsuki, Light Cruiser. In japanese, Akatsuki means Dawn or Daybreak

And last but not least.

The USS Saratoga, a canon ship from ST: Movie and ST: DS9 as well as a novel...cause everyone knows that the saratoga is starfleets bish lol.

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I decided that all my ships would be named after events, places, or people from my home country of Canada.

USS Charlottetown - Shikar Class - Origin: Provincial Capital of Prince Edward Island, Location of the signing of the "BNA Act, 1867" - which would be analogous to Canada's "Declaration of Independence" and her first Constitution. (before anyone asks, I'm a Toronto born and Mississauga raised)

USS Strachan - Excalibar Class - Origin: Bishop John Strachan was an important Anglican Bishop during the early 19th century, who ended up founding 2 Universities (including my alma matter).

USS Pearson - Stargazer Class - Origin: Canadian Prime Minister, full name Lester B. Pearson, winner of the Noble Peace Prize for coming up with the idea of UN Peacekeepers

USS MacDonald - T3 Galaxy/T5 Celestial - Origin: First Canadian Prime Minister, Full Name Sir John A. MacDonald. Ship was originally a T3 Galaxy, but was exchanged for a T5 Celestial when it came out.

USS Canada - Nomad Class - Origin: Self evident - Main Vessel

USS Dominion - Sovereign Class - Origin: When Canada was founded, it was decided that it's full name was to be "The Dominion of Canada" However in recent years the descriptive "Dominion" has been completely dropped. My original intention was to fly the Dominion and the Canada equally, but i just ended up playing the Canada all the time.

USS Credit River - Danube Class - Origin: Nearest river to my present location.

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USS Black Mesa - Miranda Class (decommissioned) & Nebula Class (shiny new :D ) - cos I think Half-Life (1/Blue Shift/Opposing Force) is one of the best games ever devised.
USS Braben (Nova Class) - after David Braben, creator of the Elite series of space trading games.
USS Hawking (Olympic Class) - after Stephen Hawking.
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IKS Da'vI' (Bird Of Prey) - (n) a bird characterized by erratic, unpredictable behavior. From Klingon Language Institute ( http://www.kli.org/tlh/newwords.html )

:)

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USS Babbage - for mathematician Charles Babbage

USS Raven - for the two ravens, Huginn and Muninn, that Odin sent out each day to bring him news of the world.

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I decided that all my ships would be named after events, places, or people from my home country of Canada.

USS Charlottetown - Shikar Class - Origin: Provincial Capital of Prince Edward Island, Location of the signing of the "BNA Act, 1867" - which would be analogous to Canada's "Declaration of Independence" and her first Constitution. (before anyone asks, I'm a Toronto born and Mississauga raised)

USS Strachan - Excalibar Class - Origin: Bishop John Strachan was an important Anglican Bishop during the early 19th century, who ended up founding 2 Universities (including my alma matter).

USS Pearson - Stargazer Class - Origin: Canadian Prime Minister, full name Lester B. Pearson, winner of the Noble Peace Prize for coming up with the idea of UN Peacekeepers

USS MacDonald - T3 Galaxy/T5 Celestial - Origin: First Canadian Prime Minister, Full Name Sir John A. MacDonald. Ship was originally a T3 Galaxy, but was exchanged for a T5 Celestial when it came out.

USS Canada - Nomad Class - Origin: Self evident - Main Vessel

USS Dominion - Sovereign Class - Origin: When Canada was founded, it was decided that it's full name was to be "The Dominion of Canada" However in recent years the descriptive "Dominion" has been completely dropped. My original intention was to fly the Dominion and the Canada equally, but i just ended up playing the Canada all the time.

USS Credit River - Danube Class - Origin: Nearest river to my present location.

+1 for Canadian brother :D

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I tend to try to come up with cool, but original names. If not, I just go with cool.

USS Alent <- originated from Ebon Scape, the game I'm designing.
USS Legacy <- A really bad a$$ T5 escort with what I thought to be a bad a$$ name.
USS Ebon Scape <- again, named after the game I'm designing.

USS Blue Horizon <- As original as I could think really. It was for a T3 cruiser in OB... I really liked that T3 Cruiser, and I have to admit, I hate the T4 and T5 Cruisers. They can't turn worth crap, it's really hard for me to get some good shots off... I guess that's why I switched to Escorts, different play styles... But I really loved that T3 Cruiser I built in OB, I don't think I'll ever forget it.

USS Phoenix <- A little corny, but I still liked the name. Used it for a dinky T1 ship.
USS Peregrine <- I didn't know there was an actual class until the ship naming contest, still, I liked the name and I used it for my T1 ship after OB.

USS Nova <- It's what I'm planing on using for my next ship, I'm going for Science and trying out that style until season 3.

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IKS Roflcoptor - T5 BOP - Origin: http://content.ytmnd.com/content/5/8/b/58bc164c372c051edb4974ea57cf3416.gif
USS Panzer - Fleet Escort - Origin: German light tank http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panzer_II

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USS Aegis
Because the saucer section of the Sovereign reminds me a shield(aegis is shield in Greek) and to make sure the military purpose of the ship even in a defensive way,by the principles of the federation.
Just loved the new craft set was named after Aegis,it matches my ship in name and role:cool:.

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USS Defalus - All my main ships, the name came from Egosoft's "X2 The Threat", the name was from an Argon Destroyer. It also puts me at number one in google when searching for Defalus - yay.

USS Vinicator - Advanced Escort, Escorts need a kick a@s name and Vindicator rocks

USS Ethos - Long Range Explorer - Saw the name Ethos when looking through a Thesaurus for alternative words to the mundane words. My thesaurus ties Ethos with - philosophy, beliefs, principles, code, character, tenet (formal), attitude, spirit, moral belief.

USS Indefatigable - Assault Cruiser, Indefatigable was the name of an old Royal Navy warship, the name stuck with me and I thought it was apt for my cruiser because no matter what it will fight to the bitter end, that and there is no death penalty.

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I tend to be sort of all over the place with inspirations but all my ships have womens names.

U.S.S. Millennia-Advanced Escort, it's a reference to the Leiji Matsumoto anime Queen Millennia.

U.S.S. Euphemia-Tactical Cruiser, named after my Grandmother

U.S.S. Arturia-Currently an Intrepid. I wanted to do something that had an Arthurian influence but I figurd someone was already flying the U.S.S. Gewnevyre.

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I'm Happy... Starfleet Gave me the Wellington... maybe it won't fight against me... no name change required...

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USS Raleigh

as in sir walter, It's a cruiser so i wanted a name that reflected exploration

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USS Grayson.

Because USS Batman was pushing it.:p

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Let's see...my current roster:

Inrale: USS Stephen Hawking and USS Claudius Ptolemy. Hawking because I respect the man's work and Ptolemy because he gets a bum rap all too often because of his geocentric view of the universe, but at the time he did his work, he used the math and science available to him. Also, his navigational tables were so accurate and so well done that they were using them well into the seventeeth century.

Lucretzia: USS Stiletto--Rapier class ship, so I named it after a blade and it fits the way Lucretzia likes to fight--dirty.

Talana: USS Yorktown--a Connie refit, so I gave a classic ship a classic name.

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U.S.S. Valhalla

The resting place of warriors in Norse Mythology

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I've had quite a few since I started:

- USS Princeton (Shi'Kahr class) - my uncle served on the carrier USS Princeton during the Korean War
- USS Ranger (Excalibur class) - after John Paul Jones' original frigate and two carriers (CV 4 and CV 61)
- USS Independence (Constitution class) - wanted to choose a name that evoked the Connies from TOS but didn't want to duplicate one already out there
- USS Scimitar (Akira class) - I used to participate in the online RPG "Star Trek: A Call To Duty" and was posted on the USS Scimitar, an Akira (I chose my primary character name in honor of my ACTD name)
- USS Antares (Nova class) - followed the stellar phenomena naming convention (Nova, Equinox, etc.)
- USS Copenhagen (Excelsior class) - some of the TNG Excelsiors were named after major world cities (Cairo, Melbourne)
- USS Endeavour (Galaxy class) and USS Discovery (Intrepid class) - went with the Space Shuttle theme
- USS Hornet (Defiant class) - in addition to being a historic US Navy name (CV 8, CV 12), it fits the Defiant's aggressive nature
- USS Apollo (Hermes class) - Greek mythological ties
- USS Europa (Luna class) - Europa is one of the moons of Jupiter (similar to USS Titan of ST: Nemesis fame)
- USS Constellation (Sovereign class) - not only a famed US Navy name, but I just happened to be watching "The Doomsday Machine"
- USS Triton (Prometheus class) - again, Greek mythology
- USS Warrior (Avenger class) - the name of the Royal Navy's first steel-hulled ship (HMS Warrior)

...whew. Sorry for the lengthy post...

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I have the U.S.S. Bataan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Bataan_%28CVL-29%29), named after a light carrier from the Pacific Theater of WWII, of which my great-grandfather was the XO.


...and the U.S.S. Lindbergh, named after Charles Augustus Lindbergh (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Lindbergh) for his great contributions to aviation, and consequently, spaceflight.

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U.S.S. Dante, after the author. ;)

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My ship the U.S.S. Polaris is named after a system from Freespace 2, where one of the important battles againt the Neo-Terrans were fought.

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Currently in use: USS De Ruyter after the famous Dutch naval admiral.

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Currently in use: USS De Ruyter after the famous Dutch naval admiral.


I love it when I see fellow countrymen and women on the forums:):) USS de Ruyter, a good one for sure.

My latest ship: 2 days ago, a B'rel Bird of Prey called the I.K.S. Kali'fal, named after the romulan beverage.
I have a defected Romulan hitman as my first KDF character.

My Ferengi also flies a new ship before returning to the USS Noble Greed and it's humbly called the USS Discovery

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Bought a runabout, slapped some borg mods on and called it USS Pew Pew:rolleyes:

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Ships on my main are named after actresses mostly. USS (Ellen) Page, USS (Kate) Beckinsale, USS (Keira) Knightley, USS (Mila) Kunis, USS (Kaya) Scodelario.

Ships on my eng alt are named after greek or roman mythology figures, although she's only on her second ship, the USS Artemis.

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Ships on my main are named after actresses mostly. USS (Ellen) Page, USS (Kate) Beckinsale, USS (Keira) Knightley, USS (Mila) Kunis, USS (Kaya) Scodelario.

Ships on my eng alt are named after greek or roman mythology figures, although she's only on her second ship, the USS Artemis.

Cool.

I had the USS Saldana for a while, couldn't resist the honors she was due:o


I feel a USS Glau coming up (as in Summer)

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I have the following:

USS Richard E Byrd - Named for the Admiral Explorer and one of my former US Navy ships.

USS Klakring - US Submarine Commder of WW II - Served on and commissioned current US Navy Frigate

USS Dudley W Morton - Named for the late Commander Dudley W Morton, commander of the USS Wahoo sunk by the Japanese in WW II. He had the highest sinking tonnage rate until his loss. (The Wahoo was just found in mid-2010, its final resting place in the Sea of Japan now known.)

USS Edwin Hubble - Named for the scientist who developed the space telescope.

USS Longview - Local street landmark.

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My main toon is currently commanding the USS Kirov-F. Named after a city on Earth

My engineering alt will be flying escorts named after fighter planes from WWII and the Cold War. Currently commanding the USS Hellcat (WWII US Navy Fighter)

My Science alt will be flying science ships named after famous scientists. Currently commanding the USS Tesla

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Aren't there people here who just want cool sounding ship names? Like USS Stingray for an escort or something.

I was reading Star Trek Titan yesterday and after a few chapters or so, 3 miranda class vessels in Titan's convoy were introduced, one was named the USS Der Sonnenaufgang and I just laughed my frakkin ass of while reading :p

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I've had a few.

The Blitzkrieg was my first ship. Named for the first mechanised warfare tactic.

Then there was the Metabaron. Named after the titular characters from a series of comics about the greatest warrior in a Dunesque space opera galaxy.

Then there's the Nesterov. Named after the first human to achieve an air to air combat kill, although he died in the process.

And finally the Othon. Named after the first Metabaron from the previously mentioned comic series.

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Aren't there people here who just want cool sounding ship names? Like USS Stingray for an escort or something.
I always named my ships after Snakes.
USS Viper, USS Cobra, USS Adder.
The only different one was my latest that I called USS Wraith.

My Final one when I get to VA, I plan on calling USS Krait.
Reason: I like Escorts and the Krait is small and fast but quite deadly.

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Uss. kobayashi maru
origin of the name is obvious for any trekkie
i just like it because i take it to mean "buggered no matter what i do" :-p

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U.S.S Imirinde - Quenyan for 'heart of crystal'.

And it's the name of my staff in LoTRO.

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Miranda Class - USS Worthington - X-Men Reference.
Excalibur/Constitution Class Refit mix - USS Orin - Aquaman Reference.
Excelsior Class - USS Michael Collins - National Hero.
Akira Class - USS Rao - Superman reference. -no longer have the ship-
Galaxy Class - USS Arbiter - A name I just really always liked. A week after I got it, someone says to me "Do you play Halo?"; I wasn't impressed at all. -no longer have the ship-
Defiant Class - USS Grayson - Nightwing Reference.
Sovereign Class - USS Pacific - My ST fan fics used to take place on a ship with that name.

want to add:

NX Class - USS Ava - Tis' my sister's name.
Galaxy Class Refit - USS Arbiter - Took it when i discharged my old Galaxy Class.

My Klingon ships:

B'rel Class Bird of Prey - IKS Cha'par - A Klingon bird
K'Tanco Class - IKS Tiq - Klingon word for Heart.
k'Tinga Class - IKS Qeh - Klingon word for Anger, from what I found.

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My Orion character's ship is the Locknar. This was named after an Orion character (non Star Trek) in one of my favorite old shool games: Master of Orion 2.

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USS Falchion - I am a big fan of scimitars and similar swords. Since there is already a canon ship named Scimitar and it would have been cliche for the character that is in this ship to go with a USS Scimitar as she is half Romulan, I decided to go with this.

USS Fortitude - I just wanted a strong name for a ship, but there was an HMS Fortitude that was a 74 gun ship-of-the-line and served with distinction for nearly 40 years.

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I named my TOS Enterprise ship the USS Noah Vale (get it?) after a character my best friend played in our D&D game back in high school.

In the 1970s.

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U.S.S. Vae Victus - Battleship from Warhammer 40K (Ultramrines)
U.S.S. Rubicon - Battleship from Warhammer 40K (Daemon Hunters, Inquisition)
U.S.S. Invictus - Battleship from Warhammer 40K ( read the name somewhere in the Warhammer 40K-WIKI ;) )
U.S.S. Vengeance - StarWars (X-Wing Vs. Tie-Fighter Balance of Power)
I.K.S. Yu'Vok - Generated from the game... sounds very Klingon to me....

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The USS Expeditious. Speedy and efficient... perfect name for the ship that uses my tactics.

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USS Indianapolis, since that's where I'm from.

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Well, my first few ships were all named after cats...
U.S.S. Mau - Light Cruiser - Named for the Egyptian Mau
U.S.S. Caracal - Light Escort
U.S.S. Serval - Heavy Escort
U.S.S. Lynx - Tactical Escort

My current ship is the U.S.S. Pakhet, a fleet escort. Pakhet was the central egyptian name for the cat goddess, who was known in northern egypt by the name Sekhmet, and in southern egypt by the name Bast or Bastet (though, technically, those are all modern day pronunciations, the 'et' suffix was added to denote a feminine subject, the actual spellings are more along the lines of Pakt and Bes/Bas, I'm not sure what the spelling for Sekhmet is supposed to be though). Sekhmet in Northern Egypt took on the more aggressive properties of a lioness, and was known as a goddess of war. Bastet in Southern Egypt had the features of a domestic cat, and was a gentle goddess of joy, music, and fertility (sometimes referred to as the goddess of sex, drugs, and rock&roll). Pakhet, in the middle, was a hybrid of the two, represented by the egyptian desert wildcat and a protector of the people.

My character's name, Telbasta, is a variation of Tell Basta or Tell Bastet, the ancient egyptian name for what was later named Bubastis by greek explorers. It is a city, or rather was a city/location, in egypt where the temple of Bast was located - and only a short distance from that temple are a series of underground tombs where mummified cats were buried, thousands of which have been excavated. If it wasnt obvious, my character also happens to be a Caitian =P

I also have an advanced escort I occasionally fly named the U.S.S. Bubastis, after the city detailed above, and a Danube Runabout named the U.S.S. Tigris (which follows the standard naming conventions of runabouts, being a river, but also relates to felines).

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Been trying to stick to warrior tribes:
Mohawk
Iroquois
Apache
Maori

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The first of my ships that I'll address is on my joined trill science captain Jaz, she commands the USS Salvation. Interesting enough this is the original name it was assigned but as I had her planned to be a healer the name fit so I kept it.

My next captain is Trag, human engineer who commands the USS Pernicious, an advance escort. The name means destroy and that is what I did with him is destroy tge enemy.

Tragamite is a liberated Borg tac captain who commands the USS Novocaine. I generated this actually as a song title by Bon Jovi and the fact that dentist use this to numb you as they make holes in your teeth. I felt it was a fitting name for a fleet escort that makes short work of shields finishing the job at hand before you have time to feel the pain of what just happened.

Lana is a Klingon tac captain commanding the USS Enterprize(s). She has in her ship inventory the NX,TOS, Connie, makeshift Ambassador, galaxy X, sovereign and galaxy retrofit. I couldn't help but have one character with the epic liniage that IS Star Trek.

That is it for my VA now my LTGs

Ria an Orion tac captain commands a Hegh'ta BoP named IKS Kov'Koht. Since I don't actually know any Klingon or have a translator dictionary I just went with the name I was given.

Tak'Rahn of Borg science captain of the IKS IwIlj Jachjaj. I don't actually remember the translation but I was going for something along the lines of "big mama is a killer" for my Vo'Quv carrier.

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USS Lorelei Lee: For the Marilyn Monroe character in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

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U.S.S. Devastator (Galaxy Dreadnought)
U.S.S. Executor (Sovereign variant)
U.S.S. Infiltrator (Gallant/Defiant Retrofit Variant)
U.S.S. Avenger (Star Cruiser)
U.S.S. Accuser (Recon Vessel)
U.S.S. Stalker (Advanced Escort)
U.S.S. Tyrant (Fleet Escort)
U.S.S. Vengeance (Adv Heavy Cruiser Retrofit)
U.S.S. Conquest (Intrepid Retrofit)
U.S.S. Adjudicator (Advanced Research Vessel Retrofit)
U.S.S. Imperator (Deep Space Vessel)

Names taken from a fleet of Star Destroyers under the personal command of Darth Vader. Codenamed "Death Squadron" it represented the largest fleet of warships ever gathered in the history of the galaxy.
The U.S.S. Infiltrator is taken from the name of Darth Maul's personal ship, the Sith Infiltrator.

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USS Bass Master (from SFC-3 MOD Generations at war... I was the designer of that ship)
USS Macco ( Sea Wolf class advanced cruiser .. also designed by Ol Buzzard)
USS Crimson Tide (Alabama foot ball fan ) ..:D

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U.S.S. Macintosh (obviously why. Dibs that it came at a time I was just starting to use apple stuff :P)
U.S.S. Avalon (my first ever ship. Was knee-deep in Arthurian reading at the time, pleasantly surprised)

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U.S.S. Its Majic

Obviously its a science vessel and we all know science is only used by witches and wizards.
thus

Majic

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I'm captain Darmok Jalad of the USS Tanagra.

I think fans of TNG will get this one.

Oh and in beta I flew the USS Pollux, from greek mythology. Pollux and Castor were twin sons of Zeus, but Castor was mortal and Pollux was immortal (although Castor later became immortal).

Shaka, when the walls fell! "Temba, his arms wide!"

"Darmok, and Jalad... on the ocean."

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My current ship is the "White Star" from Babylon 5.

The White Star Class, was a class of advanced warships maintained by the Rangers and utilizing Minbari and Vorlon technology and served as the backbone of the Interstellar Alliance's fleet. They were manufactured at the Valen's Eye manufacturing point in the Minbari System.

The first full scale ship was complete and presented secretly to Captain John Sheridan of Babylon 5.

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Beginning Ship: Amergin, named for Amergin White Knee of the Invasion Cycle of Ireland.
Escort Ship: Milesius, from the first High King of Ireland, same cycle.

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U.S.S Rapier - Fast, Deadly and straight to the point

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Part of my deceased dads name.

Vice Admiral Keith
Fleet Leader Sol Vanguard
U.S.S. Eli Mason

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Cool.

I had the USS Saldana for a while, couldn't resist the honors she was due:o


I feel a USS Glau coming up (as in Summer)

Hehe yeah I got it. ;) She's a worthy acrtess to have a ship named after her.

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USS, Antigone- Fleet Escort of my toon Ms Murder. :D

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USS Genocide
because thats all you do in sto

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USS Renown

WWII British Battlecruiser

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USS Vanguard - For it is the Vanguard of your destruction, to quote that is,

USS Backdoor Bandit - My star cruiser which earned the name back early after release for my tendancy to ramming speed voquvs in pvp from behind.

USS Furious Abyss - named after the word bearers warship purely cos i liked the name

oh and USS Rishi Maze.

Klink, its Pumwi (dreadnaught class name) or theres May Van Bom (heavy battlecruiser) and the Qem Wi Hech (all Klingon academy ship names)

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USS Passendaele: My beginner ship, named after a famous WWI battle fought by the Canadian Corp.

USS Kindjal: First saw the name as a fighter in the Dune series. Later learned it was named after a gladius style sword from the Ural Mountains.

USS Trinculo: The only soft canon Galaxy Class starship name I could find that actually made sense and didn't suck.

USS Demeter: Takes its name from the ship that brought Dracula into London in the Bram Stoker's classic novel.

USS Tycho Brahe: Named after a medieval era astronomer.

USS Franz Joseph: Do I really need to make an introduction. A non canon starship designer and writer.

IKS Painbringer: Taken from the old FASA Starship Tactical Combat Simulator. The original Painbringer was the name for the D-7a cruiser.

IKS Stingtongue: Another FASA STCS ship, this time a torpedo ship.

IKS Fat Man: My carrier, named after a FASA STCS battleship that was actually a bit of a dud...

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I try to name whatever my current ship is, depending on class, a cannon name. There are plenty of websites with ship name lists to be correct. It is a shame we have to have that extra 9 in the registry. For ship classes that are unique to STO, that don't have ship names, I will choose a name of a ship usually form a WWII British ship, just because they always had the coolest ship names!

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USS Michael Jackson because I love Michael Jackson.

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USS Kumari the shipname of the Cutter that circumnavigated Andorian.....(T3 Nebula)
USS Nebula of Borg (nuff said)(T5 Nebula)
IKS Hegh ghoS QeD means Death by Science in Klingon
USS Chivalirc (following the theme of the way the defiant class seemed to be named after virtues)

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Imo you can summarize the far eastern wisdom by their fortune cookies, the indian by the dalai lama's tear-off calendar aphorisms... and our's, the western world's, by Alfred E. Neuman.
Therefore... USS A.E. Neuman.
Won't tell my other ship's names origins, would be asking for trouble.

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USS Fridtjof Nansen

Named after Fridtjof Wedel-Jarlsberg Nansen (10 October 1861 – 13 May 1930)
A Norwegian explorer, scientist, diplomat, humanitarian and Nobel laureate.

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USS. Tempest - a William Shakespear play
USS. Dawn Treader - based on the C.S. Lewis book
USS. Invictus - a poem by William Henley
USS. Tunguska - a huge explosion that happened on 30th June 1908
USS. Cassini - after the Cassini mission to Saturn
USS. Aventine - after Captain. Dax's ship in the Star Trek Destiny books 'Vesta Class'
USS. Goliath - a name I chose for my runabout
USS. Echelon - a signal intelligence codename to monitor cold war communications of the Soviet Union

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USS Aotearoa, the native name of New Zealand.
USS Drakkar, named after the famous norse longships.
USS Terra, self speaking.
USS Rapier, one of the most elegant weapons ever made, imho.
USS Stardust, named after a primitive starship from another universe/ reality.

Thank you for reading.

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My 1st character, male tac had Thor based names... I wanted to be a bit more imaginative for my 2nd, female,eng character

U.S.S. Calypso - after both the Nymph and the explorer Jacques Cousteau's ship.

U.S.S. Zenobia - after a 3rd century Syrian Queen who conquered Egypt and drove out the Romans for a while.

U.S.S. Alma - Alma has many meanings in many languages , Maiden, Soul, Nourishing, Effort.

U.S.S. Barbara Hillary - on April 23, 2007 at the age of 75 Barbara Hillary of Queens NY became the 1st African American woman to reach the North Pole on skis.

U.S.S. Mae Jemison - The first African American woman to travel in space when she went into orbit aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour on September 12, 1992.

U.S.S. Sally Ride - In 1983, became the first American woman, and then-youngest American, to enter space.

U.S.S. Jeanne d' Arc - The Maid of Orléans, led the French in several important battles and victories in the 100 years war

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In order from first to current (I tend to pick more obscure names/references for that unique-ish feeling):

USS Parallax (LC) - Was thinking about parallax scrolling if I remember correctly, sounded good so I went with it.
USS Xanadu (SV) - Originally the summer capital of Kublai Khan's empire, but it's been referenced many a time.
USS Amarantine (RSV) - Enya album name, related to a genus of plant, sounded interesting.
USS Cassandra (LRSV) - Greek prophetess
USS Alessa (DSSV) - Character from the Silent Hill series of games (brilliant games if you like horror) - Alessa Gillespie
USS Asakura (ARSV refit) - Character from the anime 'Haruhi Suzumiya' - Ryoko Asakura

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my main is the uss Armagosa its from generations. i like to pick names that have something to do with an obscure line or name from the movies and shows.

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U.S.S. Feynman: after astrophysicist Richard Feynman

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I got to add " Lilith in White" as my Nebula, can't wait for the Vulcan ship, going to name it "Devils Trill", lol guess what race I'm "joined" too.:D

Started here. (http://forums.startrekonline.com/showpost.php?p=2425065&postcount=849)

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USS Stingray

the puppet show as a kid

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The penumbra (from the Latin paene "almost, nearly" and umbra "shadow") is the region in which only a portion of the light source is obscured by the occluding body. An observer in the penumbra experiences a partial eclipse. An alternative definition is that the penumbra is the region where some or all of the light source is obscured (i.e., the umbra is a subset of the penumbra). :)

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Assault Cruiser - U.S.S. Fail Boat, A name of irony as I feel, for the moment at least, my Cruiser build is good.

Carrier (Have Klingon Captain...getting there) - I.K.S. Coral Sea, First Naval battle fought where opposing navies never saw each other....and Feds don't have carriers so...

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my science adm. Galadriel captains the Varla, named for the Valar queen of stars.

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USS Alert - Named for a currently serving US Coast Guard vessel.

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I have to admit, I was pleasantly surprised to find so many good ship names in STO. I was expecting to find things like "USS lolnoobkiller" and seventy different misspellings of "Enterprise."

U.S.S. Coral Sea, NCC-93703, an Excalibur-class Cruiser. The US Navy names their Ticonderoga-class cruisers after historically-significant American battles, so I went that route. Not as creative as some others here, though. I might have to think harder. :D

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Why did you pick it any real reason or was it just random post it here.

Mine was the USS Sentinel. Named after My old Lug Trek Ambassador Class Ship. captained that thing for 18 years before it got blown up by the Hur'Q. total roleplay nerd here.

Other ship is the USS Tantalus. Another Nod to a Star trek rpg i play. it was a Galaxy class.

All my ship and character names come from Ancient Aliens as indicated by the tablets of ancient Sumer because what could be more appropriate for aliens then names from real extra terrestrials?

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I have a ship which bears the name of a famous literary steam powered sex toy. Some people think the name refers to a famous rock group. The truth is that the rock group and I got the name from the same source; Edgar Burrough's 'Naked Lunch.' :D

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All of my ship names have been refrences to the Half-Life universe

USS Freeman (Light Cruiser, and Freeman II escort)
USS Black mesa (Heavy escort)
USS Overwatch (Tactical Escort)
USS Lambda Core (Delta-class shuttle)

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U.S.S. Macharia
Galaxy-X Class Cruiser

A term from ancient Greek referring to a sword or justice, the act of cutting.

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Tactical captain: USS Relentless, Defiant refit
sounded cool for a little ship to have a name meaning it doesn't quit

Science captain: Uss Hyperion, Sovereign class
Hyperion is one of the Greek Titans, cool name for a battleship.

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I have a few ships:

USS Crazy Horse (Excelsior Class) - A nod to the original as seen in TNG.
USS RickRoll (Defiant Class) - No explanation really needed, but it packs a punch lol
USS Odyssey (Galaxy Class) - Another nod to the original destroyed in DS9 by the Dominion.
USS Picard (Constitution Class) - Ohmage to TNG
USS BohemianRhapsody (Intrepid Class) - Ohmage to one of the best bands out there, Queen!

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A few of mine

USS Forlorn Hope - Heavy Cruiser - A Nepoleonic term for the first wave in an attack on a well defended position. Basically a suicide mission.
USS Warspite - Assault cruiser - Named after a British battleship that served in WW1 & WW2
USS Inquisitor - Cruiser retrofit - Mainly from the Warhammer 40k universe, but everyone is terrified of the inquisition.

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USS Georgia - I've named my septum piercing georgia and it was the first name to come to mind that sounded shiplike

USS Shrike - I got my wildlife book from the kitchen and opened it on a random page. All the birds on the page I opened were different shrikes. The character this ship belongs to is called Henriette Aecellus - Henriette because that's the name of one of my ear rim piercings (only two of my seven piercings have names though), Aecellus because when I opened the wildlife book to find her surname it opened on the common woodlouse - Oniscus acellus. I liked the sound of acellus but changed it so it looked nicer. So I made it look nicer and so it sounded more like Aeschylus but not as harsh (because I'm an ancient history freak).

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I.K.S. THRALL

Do I really need to explain this?

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I decided to try flying the Nebula for a while, so I picked one up and named it the U.S.S. Azophi, for the Persian astronomer of that name. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azophi)

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U.S.S. Thomas Jefferson (Galaxy Dreadnaught) - Named, obviously, for the renown political leader, writer, renaissance man, and third President of the United States
U.S.S. Damascus (Sovereign), for the capital city of Syria, which around the time of the Crusades was legendary for producing the highest quality steel in the world
U.S.S. Phalanx (Galaxy Refit), for a defensive military formation used by the Greeks
U.S.S. Resnik (Delta Flyer), for Judith Resnik, an astronaut who died in the Challenger explosion.
U.S.S. Missouri (Danube Runabout), named for the river in the midwestern United States.
U.S.S. Sagan (Nebula), for Carl Sagan, the educator, astronomer and poet who authored the Cosmos book and TV series, among many other things.

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I think I may have participated in this thread a long time ago. However, I have some new ships since then.

U.S.S. Lafayette (Noble Class) for General Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette (French General that participated in the American Revolution)
U.S.S. Norseman (Envoy CLass) for the people of Scandanavia (Vikings).
U.S.S. Missouri (Stargazer Class) for the state.
U.S.S. Truman (Excalibur Class) for the 33rd President of the United States.
U.S.S. Praetorian (Miranda Class)--a guard of a Roman Emporer.

I have other ships, but these are the ones I put the most thought into. For my Klingon ships, I usually take a name the random name generator gives me. I've tried looking some of them up, but I haven't found translations for many.

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Okay my main has always had the USS Smokey (Recon sci). He was a famous horse duffer in the Kimberley Australia. Seeing as though my Character was a refuge Bajoran Minner who worked the Kimberley's, it fitted into his bio. For my runabout I have Bandit. From Smokey and the Bandit. My defiant is called the USS Phantom from the comic book series and my other Sci vessel is called the USS Chaplain. After Charlie Chaplan.

I won't go into Thors ships, because you may as well look up Stargate ship names. Just named my runabout the X-302.
And my Klingon Alt ship names are all after Australian Female named cities. Currently IKS Adelaide I think.

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Here's some of mine:

USS Byrd - fleet escort named after polar explorer Adm. Byrd

USS Korolyov - assault cruiser named after Soviet space designer Сергей Павлович Королёв

USS Beagle - a science vessel named after Darwin's ship

USS Oppenheimer - my sci officer's advanced escort, named after atomic bomb designer

I like ancient astronomers, too. My flash drive is named Albategnius, but I held off on the name because there's already a USS Al Batani mentioned somewhere in trekdom. Kepler, my ipod, found its way into one of my sci officer's ships, though.

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Some new ones...

USS Tethys (Prometheus-class) = named for the greek Titaness and sea goddess
USS Sedna (Luna-class) = named for an Inuit sea goddess and also a trans-Neptunian object

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Since my ship, Sedna, is named after both a Trans-Neptunian planetoid and an Inuit Goddess, I've given inuit names to my shuttles.

My Type-8 is Tayaout, my runabout Agaguk and my Delta Class Shutttle Iriook.

*glares above* Hey!

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My Excelsior is USS Outlaw Star. Named after the ship of the same name from the anime.

My Galaxy X is named USS SDF-1 Macross. As you can tell I really like anime.

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USS Crimson Tide. ROLL TIDE ROLL

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USS Arrow

The Fighter Jet Canada produced back in the 50's that was canceled due to politics.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avro_Canada_CF-105_Arrow

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Since my ship, Sedna, is named after both a Trans-Neptunian planetoid and an Inuit Goddess, I've given inuit names to my shuttles.

My Type-8 is Tayaout, my runabout Agaguk and my Delta Class Shutttle Iriook.

*glares above* Hey!


LOL

My Type-8 shuttle is named Alhazen after the Persian scientist and my runabout is named the Shoshone.

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My new Delta Flyers:

USS Stiletto: Small, sleek, deadly. Felt like a natural fit for the little devil.
USS Martin-A: I called my pet runabout Martin as a joke. Naturally the Flyer, replacing the Runabout, should be named after it.
USS Arrowell: Another in a series of ships named after unrelated RP characters.

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USS Emperor's Legacy:

Wanted to make a Star Destroier, so I outfitted a Star Cruiser with 6 turrets and 2 torps.

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My Excelsior is USS Outlaw Star. Named after the ship of the same name from the anime.

My Galaxy X is named USS SDF-1 Macross. As you can tell I really like anime.

Awesome. Always nice to see other Outlaw Star fans about. I've seen a few Gene Starwinds running around, always makes me smile.

Almost all my ships are named after Gundam ship classes.

U.S.S. Argama
U.S.S. Ra Cailum
U.S.S. Nahel Argama
U.S.S. Endless Waltz
U.S.S. Musai (Runabout I used for The Vault >.>)

Okay so Endless Waltz isn't an actual ship class, but I thought it made a sweet ship name anyway heh.

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Named my ship the Lucky Star, named after the ship from the Space Rat comics, which people on here probably don't really know about... :D

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Haha so far 2 of my Type-8 shuttles are named after characters from Hamlet.

NX-Fortinbras, and the NX-Polonius :D

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I've got several names for ships, but there's 3 I use for all my alts, Diomedes and Gallonigher, and Bradbury. The first 2 I took their names from star systems from the PS1 game "Colony Wars" (One of my favs of all time). Diomedes just sounds like an awesome Escort name, and Gallonigher for my Excelsiors/T5 cruisers.
Bradbury is my flagship though, I saw the listing for a ship called Bradbury NX-72307 in a star trek magazine (looong time ago) and it just resonated for me.

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LOL

My Type-8 shuttle is named Alhazen after the Persian scientist and my runabout is named the Shoshone.

You must have the Mirror Universe Sedna. That's it - Mirror Universe!

I'm on to you, you imposter! :D

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My first ship was the USS Evanescence. Named for the rock group of the same name. I love their music and I heard them on the local radio (Arkansas when I lived there) before they made it big. My current ship is the USS Polaris. Named for the Northern Star by which navigation was founded. I am going to change the name of my Runabout (Currently Rio Grande as I am from Texas) to Ursa Major, and my Type-8 to Ursa Minor. :D When I do get the Delta Flyer, I may call it Northern Star.

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Started frm USS Abergard, a name of a dog in a cartoon series Archer, now the name in my siggy, just wanted something to match the class and biggnesss of my ship, altho I have seen some srsly stupid names...names like USS Leetship...geezus

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Awesome. Always nice to see other Outlaw Star fans about. I've seen a few Gene Starwinds running around, always makes me smile.

Same here. I ended up liking Cowboy Bebop as well, but Outlaw Star will always be my favorite of the two.

Well, as you might expect I have a ship based on an Anime as well, however, I'll start with my main:

I first started role playing with Dungeons and Dragons, and created a main character named Brandon Dragoncove. When I played Earth and Beyond a few years back, I created Dragoncove as my main character. I pictured him as a Han Solo kind of rogue, the kind of guy who pieced his ship together with duct tape and baling wire, and knew people that "nice people" don't normally associate with. As my Captain in STO he's essentially the same, my bio tells about how he had been arrested by Star Fleet and was on his way back to a starbase for trial when his ship got involved in the Borg attack on the Khitomer.

As my main Captain, his name is Brynden Dragoncove, and he has two main ships and his shuttle, now:

U.S.S. Glimithar - Heavy Cruiser - Brandon's primary weapon in D&D was a battle axe named Glimithar. His ship in E&B was named Glimithar as well, and vaguely axe-shaped, with a notched, saucer-shaped hull and cargo pods coming out the back. (It was a Terran Trader ship) In STO I tried to keep the notched look, with the warp nacelles stagged so they look like Dragoncove just threw them together.

U.S.S. Zayra - Advanced Escort - Zayra was a small dragon that Brandon had as a pet. Named after the Masterharper's fire lizard Zair in the Pern series. I tried to make the Zayra look like a dragon, with the triangular hull instead of the round one, and the little spars underneath it to look like claws.

U.S.S. Donford - Type 8 Shuttle - This is the Glimithar's shuttle, so it has the Glimithar's registration number with "-a" tacked on since they game currently doesn't let you use "-1" (Hopefully they will soon) Donford and Tarkin were Brandon's mules, and I will probably get a Runabout and call it Tarkin. Or perhaps a Captain's Yacht.

My secondary Captain is based on the Anime Plastic Little. Her first name is Tita, but I called her Tita Readman after Read or Die as well. Many of her references are crossovers between the two, although the ships are all currently named after Plastic Little characters.

My crews actually cross over with each other, and I consider them all the same crew, just with four ships instead of two. Tita is on Dragoncove's crew, and Dragoncove is on Tita's. It's just the Engineer tends to take over command of the Cruisers, while the Science Officer takes over on the Science Ships. :D

U.S.S. Cha Cha Maru - Long Range Science Vessel. - Eventually, I plan on this being a Deep Space Science Vessel. The original Cha Cha Maru was much taller than it was wide, and the DSSV seems to be the closest to that. I'm using the LRSV with the spars extending down from the engines, and I may keep this ship under a different name. Tita's first Science Vessel was named Cha Cha Maru too, but I ended up renaming it, below. I'm also not going with the "-A -B" convention, I don't want to bother with that. I'm just pretending it's the same ship. :D

U.S.S. Balboa - Heavy Escort - Tita's weapons expert on the Cha Cha Maru was named Balboa, so I went with that name for the ship. It's based on the shuttlepod for the Cha Cha Maru, but that didn't actually have a name. So I went with the guy who usually piloted it.

U.S.S. Junior - Science Vessel - The little first science ship Tita got was so cute I couldn't stand to delete it, so I ended up keeping it. The name is actually from Read or Die, although it refers to the character from Xenosaga as well.

U.S.S. Nichol - Type 8 Shuttle - Nichol was Tita's pilot and would-be boyfriend. :D I thought it was perfect for the little shuttle, plus I have a comic where is says that he is a racer, too. So I will probably replace it with the Delta Flyer eventually.

My Klingon Captain, Blayyde, is an Orion, and not exactly loyal to the KDF. So far, though, all of her ship names have been randomly generated. So nothing interesting there.

I recently created a Catian character that I'm just starting out. I actually got her a Runabout right away, since I wanted to go through the Lt levels in it. So I paid the full 300,000 energy credits, back before the new mission came out. The character's name is M'Gwaine, and she's based on a D&D character like Dragoncove. In STO, she is the sister of one of Dragoncove's crew, another Caitian named N'Gus. N'Gus kind of fell in with the wrong crowd, until Dragoncove rescued him, and M'Gwaine has been looking for him.

U.S.S. Crystal - Runabout - Morgwaine, the D&D character M'Gwaine is based on, had a crystal sword.

U.S.S. Catspaw - TOS Constitution - I wanted to play this, but I'm going to wait until I get out of the Lt levels to use it, again, for more of a challenge. I named it Catspaw after the TOS episode, and the fact that its captain is a cat, of course.

Like Tita, M'Gwaine is intended to be part of Dragoncove's crew, and will be once I can have Caitians as bridge crew. Right now, N'Gus is an Alien, but I want him to be a "true" Catian too, of course. Blayyde will probably also be joining Tita's crew as a diplomatic transfer.

And of course, I'm all ready to do the Vault mission on her, since I already have the shuttle. So I don't need to come up with a third name for it. :D

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I.K.S. Killing Time a retrofit Vor'Cha battlecruiser.
U.S.S. Gestalt, a neubula with a full borg set
U.S.S. Primat Der Vernuft advanged escort
U.S.S. Zeitgeist excelsior refit
U.S.S. Weltenbrand excelsior refit
U.S.S. Totentanz Fleet escort

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USS Kearsarge - my dad served on the carrier. Not the current one, the one before it.

USS Crazy Horse - comedy RP ship from the old Fidonet TREK echo, I was PseudoScience Officer.

USS Banhammer - picked for me by the folks in the IRC channel, too funny to resist.

IKS Ban'leth - the obvious adjunct to the above.

When I can name my runabout, it'll be the Micanope.

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USS Republic-Star Wars
USS 16 Mile-all shuttles are named after rivers e.g. rio grande, rubicon. 16 mile river
USS MacKenzie-Alexander MacKenzie-Canadian Prime Minister a long time ago
USS Cordoba-random
USS St. Lawrence-St. Lawrence River
USS Essex- U.S. Navy ship-Galaxy Dreadnought

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U.S.S. Carniciera = U.S.S. Butcher Shop?

I really have no idea why I used the Spanish word for butcher shop as a ship name.

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I'm going with names from the Arthurian mythos for my next Tac/Escort character.

USS Avalon (NX replica Light Escort)
USS Percival (T2)
USS Lancelot (T3)
USS Gawain (T4)
USS Merlin (T5 Fleet Escort)
USS Pendragon (T5 Advanced Escort)
USS Modred (Defiant Refit)

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USS Baden Powell (founder of the BSA)
USS Bill von Allemen (A decesed friend)
USS Charles Stugent (Grand father decesed)
USS Lafourche (Real Ship in the US Navy)
USS Terebonne (Real Ship in the US Navy)
USS Constitution (After our Founding Document)

I try to make my Ship names as realistic as possible.
Future Names:
USS Lauren Zare
USS Louisiana
USS San Antoinio
USS Ben Franklen
USS Buz Alldren
USS Tallasahsse

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The USS Reflection and the USS Dissonance is named after my band's album, Reflections Within Dissonance...kind of cheesy but I haven't seen anyone else running around with those names yet.

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As someone who owns the updated Star Trek Encyclopedia, the Franz Joseph Starfleet Technical Manual, a copy of Ships of the Star Fleet 2290-2291, damn near every Trek novel published in the 1990s, and two bookcases full of 20th-century European history books, I am basically never short of decent names. The following are the ones I've used for my current sci Saurian character.

USS Tashkent, Shi'Kar class Light Cruiser

I always like to use names from Russian and Soviet history, and this one is named after the current capital of Uzbekistan (and former rest stop on the Silk Road).

USS Mantell, Nova class Science Vessel

A little joke on my part, the Mantell is named after the 19th century English geologist and paleontoligist Gideon Mantell, whose main claim to fame was discovering the dinosaur Iguanadon (cuz, you see, dinosaurs and Saurians, dur hur hur).

USS Brian Aldiss, Stargazer class Heavy Cruiser

I didn't really like the designs of the research science vessels, so I went with a heavy cruiser. The name's another joke on my part; most ships in Trek named after SF authors are named after American authors from the golden age of John W. Campbell and the pulps, so I thought it'd be kinda funny to name a ship after someone from the British New Wave, particularly someone who wasn't a fan of TOS back when it was originally airing. Thankfully, Aldiss is a kickass author, so I can forgive him his human failings.

USS Pathfinder, Intrepid class Long Range Science Vessel

This is a shout-out to the USS Pathfinder that appeared in the Shatnerverse novel Preserver. (Yes, I read the Shatnerverse. I know it's basically Kirk****, but there are some cool ideas hidden away in those books.) It seemed like a great name for an Intrepid class ship.

USS Marignano, Oracle class Deep Space Science Vessel

My pride and joy, this ship is a reference to a ship in the awesome TNG novel Intellivore that had the sort of backstory you'd expect a DSSV to have; lots of time out on its own, wandering through the cosmos exploring stuff, but with enough engine and weapon power to look after itself.

USS Thuban, Polaris class Reconnaissance Science Vessel

I'd originally named this ship the Iapetus, after the moon of Saturn, before deciding to redo the hull into a Polaris class one. Since the Luna class went with a lunar naming theme, I figured that the Polaris class used a stellar naming theme. After a quick trawl through Wikipedia star name list, I chose "Thuban" after discovering it translates from Arabic into "snake" (reptiles hurr durr). A few days later, a little further research reminded me that Thuban is a star in the constellation Draco that, thanks to galactic evolution, actually was the North Star about half a million years ago. Totally unintentional, but I really like the name.

USS Pathfinder II, Intrepid class Long Range Science Vessel Retrofit

What can I say? I really like the name. It's also a memorial to the original Pathfinder from Preserver, which came to a tragic end after body-slamming the planet Halkan.

It's a long story.

USS Kronstadt, Sovereign/Imperial hybrid class Assault Cruiser

Part of my lamentable attempts to fit out a cruiser to handle combat in B'Tran, this one's named after the famous Russian naval base in the Baltic. It's basically a Sovereign hull with the Imperial neck pod sticking out where the main shuttlebay was. Depending on my mood, I say it's part of an prototype ECM system that was never widely implemented in the fleet, or it's the Federation's biggest heat sink (on the plus side, the ship's holodecks can run Crysis at 60 FPS).

Addenda:

USS Iapetus, Luna class Reconnaissance Science Vessel

Formerly the USS Thuban, I changed the name back to Iapetus after I noticed some texture problems with the paint schemes on the Polaris hull parts. Thankfully, the Luna parts don't have this problem.

USS Harrisburg, Excelsoir class Heavy Cruiser Retrofit

I bought this on a whim a while back, but I've since refurbished it and use it primarily for my daily emblem grind. I named it after a city in Pennsylvania I rode through once during a trip to Washington DC; it seemed like a nice enough place. It was kind of hard to come up with a good name for this one; I'd originally named it the USS Righteous after the ship in the old Star Trek: Borg FMV game, but I decided I wanted a more modest name. Since Excelsiors seem to be usually named after either old Constitution-class ships or places/figures from American history, I figured "Harrisburg" was a fairly appropriate choice. Ever since the Harrisburg came along, the Krondstadt's spent a lot of time in spacedock.

USS Proxima, Nebula class Advanced Research Science Vessel Retrofit

I got the Nebula mostly out of a completist's desire; I still haven't decided how I should use it in my fleet. I named it the Proxima after a canon ship; I think it was one of the ships the Dominion blew up in the Gamma Quadrant at the end of season 2 of DS9. It's a nice sciency name, though if I ever get around to getting some Borg tech I may change its name to USS Douglass, after an assimilated Nebula class ship from Star Trek: Armada 2. Well, that or USS Tonawanda...or USS Caddebostan. I may change my mind later.

USS Pechora, Danube class Runabout

Yes, the runabout I bought about two weeks before the price drop. I stuck with the naming scheme from the series; this one is named after a big ol' river in the Russian Arctic.

Hammersmith, Type-8 Shuttlecraft

The shuttle I got during the Vault daily; in-universe attached to the Marignano. Named it after a bourough of London, haven't touched it since I got it. I like my runabout better anyway.

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I think I may have posted way, way, way upthread; but I've added some ships since then and characters as well. I'll try to write this in a sort of formal tone simply because that way I can copy-paste it to a text file to keep track of things. It might sound more stuck-up than intended because of that; but this way I can stay organized for a change. (I've been meaning to do this for ages, this is a good excuse.)

So a rundown, by character -



Captain¹ Yumii Agoshi, UFPMC -

Ships in Service:

USS Courtain - Named after the sword, Courtain (AKA Curtana); the sword of Ogier the Dane. Current ship. Assault Cruiser.

USS Joyeuse - Named for the sword of Charlemagne, 'Joyous'; supposedly it, Courtain and Durendal are forged of the same material. Supposedly the sword is on display at the Louvre. Star Cruiser.

USS Durendal - Named after the sword of Roland. All three of these ships are sourced from the Matter Of France. Galaxy Refit.

Former Commands:

USS Galatine - Sword of Gawain from Arthurian legend. Deep Space Science Vessel.

USS Almace - Sword of Turpin, the Archbishop of Reims. Also from the Matter of France. Heavy Cruiser.

Support Craft:

USS Heracles - Named for the Greek hero, Herculese/Heracles. Runabout.

USS Ahmad ibn Fadlan - Named for the Arab diplomat and traveler. Shuttlecraft





Special Commander² Avellen Llaei -

Ships in Service:

USS Teressa: Named for a character from the manga, Claymore; Teressa of the Faint Smile. Current Ship. Fleet Escort. (I doubt Mother Teresa would appreciate a warship named for her >.> I'm just sayin'.)

USS Galatea: Named for a character from the manga, Claymore; 'God Eye' Galatea. Advanced Escort

USS Miata: Named for a character from the manga, Claymore; Miata. Defiant Refit.

Former Commands:

USS Miria: Named for a character from the manga, Claymore; 'Phantom' Miria. Heavy Escort.

USS Raphaella: Named for a character from the manga, Claymore; Raphaella/Rafaela (spelling varies). Escort.

Support Craft:

USS Raki: Named for a character from the manga, Claymore; Raki. Runabout.




Captain¹ Abigail Skeffington -

Ships in Service:

USS Citadel Athena: An off-take of the Acropolis of Athens (which is also known as the Citadel of Athens); and since the Acropolis has the Parthenon, temple of Athena... you get the idea. Star Cruiser.

Former Commands:

USS Pallas: After an alternate name for Athena. (Pallas Athena) Exploration Cruiser.

USS Nike: After the name of Victory personified. Greek myth. Heavy Cruiser.

USS Bia: After the name of Force personified. Greek Myth. Cruiser.

USS Athena: After the Greek goddess. Light Cruiser.




Commander Tuang Li, Mao Insurrection³

Ships in Service:

IKS Sleipnir: Named for the norse god Odin's eight-legged horse, Sleipnir. Current Ship. Battle Cruiser.

IKS Muninn: Named after the Norse god Odin's raven, Muninn (Memory). Nargh Bird of Prey.

Former Commands:

IKS Huginn: Named after the Norse god Odin's raven, Huginn (Thought). Qul'dun Bird of Prey.

Support Craft:

IKS Loki: Named for the Norse god of Fire and Trickery, Loki. Taron Shuttle.




Queen⁴ Kalistrate, Orion Pirate

Ships in Service:

IKS Achlys: After the Greek personification of Misery. Current ship. Somraw Raptor.

Former Commands:

IKS Enyo: After a minor Greek war goddess, sister to Ares. B'rel Bird of Prey.




[***CLASSIFIED***] Section 31 Operative; Codename 'Queen'

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Ships in Service:

[***REDACTED***] USS Castle - After the chess technique, castling⁵. Current Ship. Escort.

Former Commands:

[***REDACTED***] USS Raumschach - After a type of 3-dimensional chess. Light Cruiser.

Support Ships:

[***REDACTED***] USS Pawn - After the chess piece. Runabout.




Lt. Commander 'Cally' Kaleidoscope (Sentient Hologram), UFP Entertainment Corps

Ships in Service:

USS Pulse - After the idea of pulsing music and lights from the ship's multiple dance clubs. (The USS Pulse is primarily outfitted as a mobile R&R station, for UFP personnel near the front lines.) Current Ship. Science Vessel.

Former Commands:

USS Glow - After the soft lighting used on most of this ship's non-holodeck recreation areas. Light Cruiser.




Commander Lauren, AKA Sixteen of Two-Hundred Thirty, Starfleet Search and Rescue

Ships in Service:

USS Hope's Promise - As a rescue ship, it is exactly what you hope to see if you are stranded in space; and since it's already there, the promise of that hope is already fulfilled. (Sentimental Borg Captains, who knew?) - Current Ship. Research Science Vessel.

Former Commands:

USS Jubilant Star - A cause for celebration when everything on your ship has gone dark.

USS Joy - The emotion a survivor is likely to feel when seeing a Search and Rescue vessel inbound.


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And that's it. Every single ship any of my characters still have. Some haven't done The Vault yet, hence the lack of shuttles on several. Hope you enjoyed that as much as I did typing it. Now for the copy-pasta.

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1. Characters with 1 at their rank indicate they're leveled to VA1, but that I prefer to use a lesser rank as my official rank for RP purposes.

2. Avellen is... not just one person. She's a group of psychically linked clones that are somewhere between one collective entity and linked individuals. Starfleet wasn't entirely sure how to handle it at first and just settled on 'Special Commander' as a collective rank for the entire group. Given that they crew the entire ship, it works out.

3. Mao in this context being the name of a species, which itself is named after the Chinese word for "cat". Just so you don't get the wrong idea. Klingon side.

4. Long, long story... Amazonian Orion Pirates; yes it's weird, but it's fun too, so I ran with it.

5. This is castling. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castling)

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I'll jump on that bandwagon!

My tactical captain is Spanish, so all ships have the spanish tinge to them. So far I have:


U.S.S. Lope de Vega (light criuser) - named for the Spanish playwright of the golden century

U.S.S. Andalusia (escort) - named for the region in Spain

U.S.S. Madrid (heavy escort) - named for the capital city

U.S.S. Manzanares (runabout) - named for a river running through the capital city

U.S.S. Alcazar (advanced escort) - named for the Alcázar Réal, former royal palace in Madrid (no longer existing)

U.S.S. Olivares (fleet escort) - named for Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares

U.S.S. Guadalmedina (tactical escort retrofit) - named for the character �lvaro Luis Gonzaga de la Marca y �lvarez of Sidonia, Count of Guadalmedina from the Captain Alatriste novels of Arturo Pérez-Reverte (honestly, most of these ship names got picked directly or indirectly from those works)

U.S.S. Asturias (assault cruiser) - named for the PrÃ*ncipe de Asturias, traditional title of the heir to the Spanish throne as well as the current flagship of the Spanish navy. I was slightly miffed that "PrÃ*ncipe de Asturias" contains too many letters and I was forced to shorten it.


My joined Trill engineering captain's ships are all named for ships associated with the career of a famous fictional Royal Navy officer. So far he has commanded the U.S.S. Hotspur, U.S.S. Atropos, U.S.S. Phoebe, U.S.S Lydia, and U.S.S. Sutherland. The sovvie will be the U.S.S. Nonsuch...

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USS De Lacaille (Excelsior retrofit), so-named for French astronomer Nicolas Louis De Lacaille (1713-1762) who named 15 of the current 88 constellations recognized by the International Astronomical Union.

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Currently, I'm flying a Galaxy. USS Brava. It's a reference to the old Horizons attraction at Epcot Center. The name of one of the locations on the ride was Brava Centauri, a space station. So as a tribute to one of my all-time favorite rides, I chose to call my Galaxy Brava! And I just really love the sound of it, too.

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I'll put down a few ship names of mine, commanded by a few characters of mine...

For my main tactical captain I choose:
U.S.S. Si Long, Defiant/Gallant/Vigilant hybrid class Tactical Escort Retrofit

The true origin of this name is lost to me, but part of the name means "Dragon" in Mandarian Chinese. Originally I was trying to look up articles pertaining to Chinese mythological beasts, while I was getting the Tactical Escort Retrofit.
U.S.S. Huang Long, Defiant class Tactical Escort

This name I choose as one of the beasts in the Four Symbols in Chinese mythology (representing the center element). This name I really liked best out of the names I used for my ships.

U.S.S. Liu Bei, Akira/Oslo/Zephyr hybrid class Heavy Escort

I named this heavy hitter of an escort after a wise military general, Liu Bei, made famous in the" Romance of the Three Kingdoms" historical novel.

U.S.S. Guan Yu, Ushann class Escort

I named this Escort after a legendary Chinese halbred-wielding general, Guan Yu, made famous in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" historical novel.

U.S.S. Sun Ce, Shi'Kahr/Centaur hybrid class Light Cruiser

This was the very first ship I used when Star Trek Online launched. I named this ship after a tragic general of the Three Kingdoms (late Han Dynasty) period of China. The name means "Little Conquerer", which I thought was fitting due the game's release at the time. Sadly, I never kept the ship.

U.S.S. Two Qiaos, Danube class Runabout

I choose this name after the two sisters of the Three Kingdoms period of China, however, their given names remains historically unrecorded. The Elder and Younger Qiao sisters were married to Sun Ce and Zhou Lu respectively.

For my main science captain I choose:
U.S.S. Microburst, Nebula/Magellan hybrid class Advanced Research Science Vessel Retrofit

This pelicular name I got after reading some weather-related articles. I was going for some wind-related weather hazards for several science ships.

U.S.S. Cyclone, Intrepid/Discovery hybrid class Long Range Science Vessel Retrofit

I choose this name after a weather pattern. I found it a little odd naming after "Cyclone", but I kept the name anyway.

U.S.S. Stormfire, Luna/Polaris hybrid class Reconnaissance Science Vessel

This name was inspired by "a combination of Earth's weather patterns and the burning flame of humanity", so to speak...

For my main engineering captain I choose:
U.S.S. Yagyu, Celestial/Galaxy hybrid class Exploration Cruiser Retrofit

I named this ship after a famous historical and romanticized samurai of Japan's feudal era, Yagyu Jubei Mitsuyoshi. I choose this name because I wanted to have a "samurai" feel to it.

U.S.S. Kiryu, Excelsior Refit hybrid class Advanced Heavy Cruiser Retrofit

This name's meaning can be translated as "Metal Dragon" in Japanese, and is also the name of a Japanese city in the Gunma Prefecture of Kanto Region in Japan.

U.S.S. Miyamoto, Sovereign class Assault Cruiser

This ship is named after a famous Japanese swordsman and samurai, Miyamoto Musashi. He is famous for his duels, especially of his famous duel with Japanese swordsman Sasaki Kojirou, and stories of swordsmanship. Miyamoto is the author of "The Book of the Five Rings" and is the founder of the Niten Ichi-ryu style of swordsmanship.

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Aside from the Danube Class Runabout, most of my ships are named after neighborhoods or streets in the San Fernando Valley. The rest are because I felt like it.

USS Laurel Canyon (Excelsior Class refit) after the Blvd

USS Northridge (Nebula Class refit) after the neighborhood and the California State University I attended. That and a lot of Star Trek TV and the latest movie filmed there. Out library is the Starfleet command building Kirk and McCoy walk down the stairs of. Yay! You might find me in that scene if you know what I look like...

USS Sherman Oaks (Vesper Class cruiser) is after the neighborhood I live in.

USS Van Nuys (Galaxy Class refit) is after the other neighborhood I lived in.

USS Santa Monica (Intrepid Class refit) is after the city I worked in and liked the most.

USS Manila Bay (Sovereign Class cruiser) is after the city I was born in.

USS Kongo (Constitution Class light cruiser) is after a reference to ST:VI

USS Starfire (Prometheus class escort) is because it sounded cool.

USS Balacan (Danube Class runabout) is named for a river in the Philippines.

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I love these topics. Moving through my characters

Astarielle: Sci VA
T1: Miracle, from the scene in Sacrifice of Angels
T2: Osaka. Need (http://www.anime-source.com/banzai/images/topcharacter/64osaka.jpg) I (http://www.animetion.co.uk/linkspics/osaka.jpg) explain (http://www.freewebs.com/iloveanime94/Azumanga%20Daioh%20Osaka%20Nod.gif)
T3: Heir of Breath (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_NCV41beCk)
T4: Tohya Miho: Character from a comic I like
T5: Sakura: I wanted something with an imagery of lightness, yet strength
T4 Retrofit: Ferasa: The answer IS out there. 10 nerd points if you get it.

Extra
Runabout: Pirogoeth (http://wikitokyo.mt-talk.net/wiki/Pirogoeth)
Exploration Cruiser: USS Kamina. NEVA FORGET.
LRSV: USS Seraphim, again from MegaToyko. In homage of the authors wife, who has cancer

Takurai: Tatical Commander
T1: Spirit of Mayard: Based on a story I'm writing, and Takurais origins.
T2: Divine Spear: Gin (from Bleach), this is the translated name of his sword
T3: Indignation-A: Double. This is the name of the first ship Takurai served on in his home fleet, and also because Indignation (From the tales series) is cool

Extra
Runabout: Piroko (http://wikitokyo.mt-talk.net/wiki/Piroko)
Cruiser: Silver. Named for a very good friend of mine.

Zypher, Eng LC
T2: Fallen Angel: Meant to give a couple of impressions, building on the idea in future ship names

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The U.S.S. Chosen, for all those Chosen Men who have fought and died for King and country (alt character's ship)

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My vessels are as follows:

USS Valkyrie: Assault Cruiser
USS Midgard: Long range science vessel refit
USS Valhalla: Tactical Escort Refit
USS Mjolnir: Advanced Escort
USS Beowulf: Delta Flyer
USS Amora: Type 8 shuttle craft

My vessels are all named after elements from Norse Mythology (on tribble I have the USS Gungnir, named for the spear of Odin). I am something of an amateur authority on Norse Myths and legends so I thought it fitting to name my vessels after them.

@mistformsquirrel: Heracles (Hercules being the roman equivalent of the greek legend) does not have an E at the end. Sorry, I suffer mild OCD and spelling is one of my vices.

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My escort is branded; "Deleo Hostem" wich is old latin for; I Destroy The Enemy

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USS Geronimo - Named after the prominent Native American leader of the Chiricahua Apache who fought against Mexico and the United States and their expansion into Apache tribal lands for several decades during the Apache Wars (but really I thought it was a good excuse to use the catchphrase used by the 11th incarnation of the Doctor from BBC sci-fi drama series Doctor Who of which I am a massive fan of).

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@mistformsquirrel: Heracles (Hercules being the roman equivalent of the greek legend) does not have an E at the end. Sorry, I suffer mild OCD and spelling is one of my vices.

... dammit <;_;> I feel dumb now. Thank you for pointing that out though; your vice is at least useful!

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Some of the names I've picked (I'm not sure if I've posted in this thread yet, but here goes):

With my tac VA:

Tier 1
- U.S.S. Adelbert Ames NCC-103135/103135-A (Shi'Kahr hull, Miranda nacelles and rollbar, Centaur pylons): Named for a Civil War general who lived in the town I live in, and is buried right up the street from my house. I actually used the A when I was in beta, and the no-letter version in live.

Tier 2
-U.S.S. Benjamin Butler NCC-110518 (Constitution saucer, Excalibur nacelles and hull, Vesper neck and pylons): Another Civil War general who lived in this area, and is also buried up the street (Ames was his son-in-law).
-U.S.S. Admiral Tennant NCC-121890 (Mish-mash of the Rapier and Ushaan, I forget the combo exactly): Named for Sir William Tennant, a British officer during WWII.

Tier 3
-U.S.S. Adelbert Ames NCC-103135-B (Unmodified Akira): See above.

Tier 4
-U.S.S. Lowell NCC-311826 (Unmodified Galaxy): The city I live in.
-U.S.S. Argent Dawn NCC-112404 (Unmodified Defiant): Named for the organization in World of ********.

Tier 5
-U.S.S. Adelbert Ames NCC-103135-C (Unmodified Prometheus): Later scrapped this when I got the retrofit escort.
-U.S.S. Argent Crusade NX-111408 (Unmodified Defiant Retrofit): The "upgraded" Argent Dawn, so to speak.
-U.S.S. Lowell NX-311826 (Galaxy Dreadnought): Decided to give the old girl a "refit". *grin*
-U.S.S. Benjamin Butler NX-110518-A (Unmodified Excelsior Retrofit, Original Configuration): Figured it was a natural progression from the Constitutions.
-U.S.S. Adelbert Ames NCC-103135-D (Unmodified Galaxy Retrofit): You notice a theme here?


Now with my KE officer, General Devaneaux, the progression was simpler, lol:

-IKS Devaneaux's Fury (Unmodified B'Rel): Starter ship. I also have this as the retrofit.
-IKS VeS'puq (Somraw Raptor): "Warchild". This became the name of my shuttle.
-IKS Hovpuq (K't'inga): "Star child", referring to the Gorak'nar race that I created, and was able to give some kind of form in STO. Both Underwood and Devaneaux have two Gorak'nar officers on their ships.
-IKS Kelenek'che'sa (Vor'cha): "Halls of the Blind" in the Gorak'nar language. It refers to a planet where Devaneaux, then in Starfleet, had fought against the evil "Divine Alliance" twenty-two years before STO. I also have this as the retrofit.
-IKS VeS'jach (Negh'var): "Warcry".
-IKS Terminus Est (Kar'Fi): Latin for "this is the end". Named for the ship from Warhammer 40,000. Figured it was appropriate for a ship with fire coming out of its engines, heh.


My science officer's also had only a handful:

-U.S.S. Admiral Cole NCC-912006 (same configuration as the first two Ameses, heh): Named for a friend of mine.
-U.S.S. Massachusetts NCC-261788 (Nova with...I think I put the Aurora saucer on it, tried to make it look like the Nova/Rhode Island refit): Fits naming these ships after small New England states (I had a roleplaying ship, the New Hampshire, that followed this doctrine, lol).
-U.S.S. Thomas Makem NX-110432 (Olympic hull and nacelles, Horizon pylons and saucer): Named for Tommy Makem, the Bard of Armagh - probably the greatest Irish singer of all time.
-U.S.S. Gilneas NX-120710 (Nebula): Named to honor the worgen homeland in the (at the time) upcoming Cataclysm expansion - I got the ship in November, heh.

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My Fed is driving the U.S.S. Eisenstein of WH40K (Horus Heresy) fame.

My Klink uses the random name generator since, eh, I don't know more than two or three words of Klingon. (Yeah, I know there are translators out there, but still) :(

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My Fed is driving the U.S.S. Eisenstein of WH40K (Horus Heresy) fame.

I use Eisenstein in one of my forum-based RPGs. (Set about twenty years before this, but eh.) My crew keep calling it the Einstein...I have to go in and keep correcting them, lol. If I get one of the C-Store ships for my KDF engineer, I'm looking at naming it Vengeful Spirit, from the HH novel series.

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I've gone for USS Shackleton for my DSSV.

I'm sure you all know of Ernest Shackleton and the feat of navigation he pulled off! If not, do google it!

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U.S.S Hastings - My Hometown
U.S.S Hobbit - LC Tact Ship looks like a Hobbit among other ships, and i am a fan of Lord of the Rings :P

And the,
USS Grunion

The Grunion was a Gato-class submarine that was sunk at Kiska, Alaska, during World War II. She was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the grunion, a small fish of the silversides family, indigenous to the western American coast.

My Great Uncle was aboard this submarine when it was sunk.
Also within the last 5 years there was an expedition to go find it, and they did!!!!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Grunion_(SS-216)

So my ship is a dedication to the Grunion and her crew!

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Advanced Heavy Cruiser Refit:-
USS Nautilus - Always had a thing for submarine stories... Which may be why I like the TOS era movies so much. Would have called one ship USS Dallas, but I knew I wouldn't be able to stop thinking about the soap opera whenever I saw the ship.

DSSV:-
USS Earhart - Named after THE female aircraft pilot, which suited my female toon. Would have named it Nellie Bly (after a 19th century female journalist), but the name sounded a bit silly.

Negh'Var:-
IKS Red October - Named after the stealth submarine in "the Hunt for Red October", not named after what the submarine was named after.

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Since the first day of open beta, my ship has been called the U.S.S. Galileo, after the NCC-1701/7 shuttlecraft of the same name. I've just always loved that shuttle.

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I like it when my characters have certain "themes" for their ship names.

My science admiral has his ships named after synthpop bands from the 80s.

USS New Order
USS Camouflage
USS Alphaville
USS Ultravox
USS Depeche Mode
USS Wolfsheim

The tac admiral has his ships named after roman emperors.

USS Augustus
USS Mark Aurel
USS Vespasian

And then some shuttles and minor ships are named after my home town and country or famous places here.

USS Bayern
USS Nymphenburg
USS Muenchen

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My current ship is just the U.S.S. Travis cause there isn't enough room for "William B. Travis". I'm very much proud of my Texas heritage, and being from San Antonio I have a lot of Texas history basically in my backyard. So a lot of my ships are named for famous figures and/or locations in Texas history.

I also have a couple named for U.S. generals, moons and other science-y stuff for the science vessels, and 3 escorts named after 3 of the 5 stealth aircraft used by the U.S. Air Force (Lancer, Nighthawk, and Raptor).

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Uss Frame

Psychology book terminology.It uses to describe the vibes your body can send to other people near you and effecting them in a positive or negative way.

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my first ship in game was uss derilict(because was pretty well un maned when i was giving command.
present ship is uss Hornet, cause painted it green and was a commercial on for green hornet while i was painting it.

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My Engineering Officer has all his ships named after Feudal Japanese clans. My Science Officer has her ships named after Greek mythological figures. Both their shuttles, runabouts, and Delta Flyer are named after various cities in Germany.

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U.S.S Sundsvall - A city in Sweden, its my favorite city so the passion goes :)

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Long Range Science Vessel - USS Johannes Kepler (scientist who discovered laws of planetary motion)
Assault Cruiser - USS Galahad (one of the knights of the round table)
Star Cruiser - USS Iron Duke (nickname of the Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington)
Advanced Escort (and all the other escorts prior) - USS Britannia (just a cool, slightly patriotic name, ancient personification of Britain)

(Rule Britannia, Britannia rules the waves (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XPHL4Q86t4))

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All cruiser ships named Bozeman, after Bozeman, Montana and the ship from the TNG classic "Cause & Effect."
U.S.S. Bozeman - Miranda Class light cruiser
U.S.S. Bozeman A - Constitution Class cruiser
U.S.S. Bozeman B - Excelsior Class heavy cruiser
U.S.S. Bozeman C - Excelsior Calss Retrofit
U.S.S. Bozeman D - Galaxy Class Refit
U.S.S. Bozeman DX - Galaxy Class X Refit
U.S.S. Bozeman E - Sovereign Class assault cruiser
U.S.S. Bozeman F - Vanguard Class star cruiser

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U.S.S Odyssey (A) - Galaxy Class starship, and successor of the one that was destroyed after a suicide run, by a Jem Hadar ship during early Federation-Dominion hostilities.

U.S.S Ffestiniog - Danube Runabout. (Well, I'm Welsh, so.) :p

Oh and Hello, everyone. :)

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My science officer's ships were all named after various properties, states, or transitions of water.

U.S.S. Sublimation
U.S.S. Conduction
U.S.S. Steamboat
U.S.S. Convection
and a few others I forget at the moment..

Delta flyer I named U.S.S. Waveguide to keep the sciency theme.

My new star cruiser I named U.S.S. Promethean just because the look is sleek (Celestial style) so I wanted a sleek sounding name.

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My main, current ship is the Fleet Escort U.S.S. Penetrator, NX-99999-X

th name speaks for itself; it penetrated defenses, goes deep into damaging your armor, and explodes many torpedoes on you.


It's also the name of a Pulp-Action book series from the early 80's.

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Ships so far:
U.S.S. Excalibur (Constitution-class starter)multiple references, including the ship Enterprise destroyed while controlled by M5)
U.S.S. Gandalf -- all science ships from T2-T5, each given a suffix letter progression.
U.S.S. Merlin -- science ship, VA-level science refit, Nebula-class
U.S.S. Patton -- WW2 General, Excelsior Class
U.S.S. McKinney -- city I currently live in in Texas, Galaxy-class
U.S.S. Glamdring -- Gandalf's sword in LOTR, Galaxy-X

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USS Robert E. Lee - self explanatory in conjuction with my forum avatar
USS Confederation - same
USS Menahem Begin - named after one of the greatest politicians of Israel
USS David Ben Gurion - same
USS Vulture - for my Defiant refit, I needed something aggressive, ideally some bird of prey. I was thinking of Kestrel, Marauder and Eagle, but Vulture did strike me as best.

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I'll only name the significant named ships for mine.

VA Althenia D'aran (Eng, Andorian):
USS Weyhtan (Cruiser, named after the Andorian colony)
USS Aurek Besh (Assault Cruiser, it's the written form of Basic in Star Wars)
USS Chesapeake Bay (Excelsior Retrofit, obvious)

VA Ishaka Menno (Tac, Alien/near-human):
USS Altair (Defiant Retrofit, Name of world in ST, and since in the fanfic concept she's from, the Altair was a Defiant)
USS Boyington (Gal-X, From same fanfic concept, same class as in fic. Named after Greg "Pappy" Boyington of the 214th Marine Fighter Division, the 'Black Sheep Squadron'.)
USS Black Sheep (Prometheus, another nod to Boyington and the squadron)

VA K'dara (Tac, Klingon)
USS Tornado (Fleet Escort. I'm something of a weather nerd sometimes, being from the north end of tornado alley)

VA M'iaria (Sci, Caitian)
USS Kitsune (Nova, Japanese for Fox, often considered intelligent in stories)
USS Far Star (Recon Sci. Named for the ORIGINAL reference in Star Wars EU, well before it was a SWG server, it was the captured Corellian Corvette used as an exploration/assault ship in the Darkstryder campaign for the original West End Games d6 Star Wars RPG.)

Some others have been renamed, or haven't been significant enough to be named, those are all the 'important' ones I could think of.

Althenia's Delta Flyer is named the USS Rollerskate only as a joke. ;)

Rereading this thread made me stop at Identiaetlos' post, mentioning Gambier Bay. Makes me want to do a couple ships on a new alt sometime based on Taffy 3 and the Battle of Samar as well. The Johnston and the Samuel B. Roberts and their commanders especially deserve a nod, for bold actions taken by a little group of destroyers, destroyer escorts, and tiny escort carriers, to stop the Japanese main fleet (Including the Yamato, the largest battleship ever fielded, and which had as much gross tonnage by itself as ALL of the ships in Taffy 3 combined...) and save 200,000 US Marines. :)

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U.S.S Patton (A through E)
After Major General George S. Patton (commanding officer of the US 3rd Army during WWII)
U.S.S Diplomacy
my ship for the FDC
U.S.S Roosevelt (runabout)
after my favorite president FDR
U.S.S Husky (type-8 shuttlecraft)
after operation Husky (the invasion of sicily during WWII)

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current main fed character (Hemingway) is currently commanding the U.S.S. Kepler

after Johannes Kepler

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USS Hyena

Cause they're awesome.

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All of my Ships have something to do with the base class of my toons. My actual main toon is a science officer. She flies most of the time science vessels. Her actual ship's name is USS Pulsar. Agressive names won't work for sci vessels, and I do not like famous people names, because a lot of other players alreaady uses them.

My former main was a tac. She commanded a exporation cruiser, with the name USS Unforgiven II (No, it has nothing to do with the Metallica song. There was befor that ship an USS Unforgiven. This one is just the successor.) The name came from the immersion of the toon.

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U.S.S. Pegasus (NCC-93485-E): Star Cruiser named for the flying war horse of Perseus from Greek mythology he used to defeat the Kraken, etc. The sixth ship of the name consecutively numbered as I leveled and replaced each previous cruiser with it's successor. And, yes, I am aware that there was a Pegasus from TNG cannon, but that one never actually existed since it was an illegal test of cloaking technology for Starfleet; mine was created as a cover-up.

U.S.S. Perseus (NCC-93486): Retrofit Exploration Cruiser; just seemed fitting.

U.S.S. Prometheus (NCC-93487): Assault Cruiser; again, just fell in line with the Greek heroes theme.

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My level 3 fed tac is Alf of Melmac, captain of the USS Catmuncher

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Each of my ships for my official character go by places I have lived in; starting with my home two; the U.S.S. Göttingen (Goettingen in game).

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all of my ships names up until VA were named after Canadian Cities/Provinces. My Current Ship, the Normandy is obviously named after the battle, but is also name after the ship in ME1/2

My Retro-Defiant "Britannia" is named after an Anime.

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Towns from Western Australia. (The state I live in)

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I named my Sovereign class the Century just because I wanted an epic ship name fsor an epic looking ship lol

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my fed sci in an escort is "B - Deviant" because it sounds funny.

My main, my KDF Eng ships name is "Human Overlord" because
1) many feds pvp poorly and i am sure by season 6 it will be about how to incorporate dailies that have to do with human herding and human zoo's on earth
2) in pvp matches, i am sure the feds like the irony


my tac kdf in a kar'fi carrier named "Useless" because, well, it is.

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On my first character, I went with Space Shuttles:
Columbia
Endeavour
Challenger
Discovery
Atlantis

My second time through, I went with Dumas:
Aramis
d'Artagnan
Edmond Dantes
Athos
Porthos

The split's in there because I couldn't see Porthos as an appropriate name for an escort. It sounded more appropriate for my Excelsior.

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My level 3 fed tac is Alf of Melmac, captain of the USS Catmuncher

Eat me and be assimilated. :p

My sci is in the USS Gealic. Nebula Class. Name was given to me but, I do like the Gealic culture so I kept it.

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On my first character, I went with Space Shuttles:
My second time through, I went with Dumas:

The split's in there because I couldn't see Porthos as an appropriate name for an escort. It sounded more appropriate for my Excelsior.

I tend to do themes by character as well. To date:

Movie characters (Pris, Perfect Tommy, and so on)
Sherlock Holmes (Baskerville, Baker Street, and so on)
Scientists (Bohr, Fibonacci, etc)
WW2 aircraft carriers (Oriskany and Valley Forge so far).

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My Promethus is named Atlas, who was Prometheus' brother.
My Runabout is named Klamath to keep in line with "river" theme form DS9 while picking a river I have rafted on once upon a time.

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Named my GX vav Be' hom, klingononese for daughter of father or daddy's girl. Named her for my 18 month old daughter AND I wanted the klingons to run and scamper when "Daddy's girl" came flying,,,

WHat klingon commander wants to admit to being beaten by a ship with that name?