Re: Ship Names (was Re: RE-Ship types names)

 >Wombat of Retribution, Potto of Destiny etc?

Bandicoot of Retribution.... ;)

Beth

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From: Ground Zero Games <jon@gzg.com>
Subject: Re: Ship Names (was Re: RE-Ship types names)
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>John Crimmins wrote:
>>
>[...]
>> Ship classes are named after famous surrealist/absurdist artists.
>> Individual ships are named after the creations of those artists. 
This has
>> given me some pretty neat names, I think.
>>
>> Examples include....
>>
>> Rene Magritte Class: The Voice of the Air, The Unexpected Answer, The
>> Empire of Lights, Lesson from the Tenebrae, Reflections of Time, The
>>Glass Key
>>
>> Slavador Dali Class: Metamorphis of Narcissus, The Persistence of
Memory,
>> Transparent Simulacrum of the Feigned Image, Burning Giraffes And
Telephones
>>
>> ...and so forth.
>
>Somewhat reminds me of what Ian Banks did with his ship names in
>"Excession". Kinda similar to yours above, but more along the
>lines of phrases (Anticipation Of A New Lover's Arrival, Steely
>Glint, Serious Callers Only, Ethics Gradient, Charitable View, etc).

...and the naming of the Anarchist fleet in M.John Harrison's "The
Centauri
Device" (still one of my all-time favourite SF books); I'm sure I've
mentioned this before, but ship names include "The Green Carnation",
"Les
Fleurs du Mal", "White Jonquil", "Atalanta in Calydon" etc..... a
terrific
book, read it if you haven't already.
Incidentally, the Arab ships in the book would be about the easiest
possible fleet to model - they are described as like huge bolts,
complete
with threads, around which the command, weapons and power modules are
threaded like nuts - so just get some variously-sized nuts and bolts
from
the hardware store and off you go!

Jon (GZG)

PS: Old (and very non-PC) joke: Lunatic escapes from asylum, breaks into
laundry, assaults several female laundry workers and then flees before
police arrive; headline in next morning's paper: "Nut screws washers and
bolts...."

OK, I'll go to bed now.....

>
>M 'I thought I was lurking!' k