[FT] Re: Ship Names

<And another lurker decloaks and fires a salvo...>

As far as naming ships, I sometimes use Science Fiction authors, too,
but I 
frequently use the Famous Game Designer class - if I need to name each
ship 
in a fleet, I pick up a rulebook from my collection and start writing
down 
names. Examples:

THE GAME DESIGNER CLASS STARSHIP:
Tuffley
Jackson
Irby
Zocchi
St. Andre
Gygax
Arneson
Jones
Seropian
Wells
Dever
Paige
Pondsmith
Garfield

(Kudos if you recognize them all...)

I recently did this for a text file that's been growing on my computer -
a 
collection of all the different ship classes I've made or found on the
'net. 
(Useful - if I need a 217 point CAT [Heavy Torpedo Cruiser] I just do a
text 
search). I needed names for the "Standard" classes that come in FT and
MT, 
so I opened the books to the credits page and just started writing down 
artists, playtesters, designers, or other games mentioned... (Tuffley
class 
CVH, Copeland class CC, Hellfire class DDG, etc.)

<Cloaking mode reactivated, the lurker vanishes into the ether...>
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