Re: Crusty Ship Codenames

On 21/12/2014 20:06, Roger Bell_West wrote:
> Fair point, but NATO used all of K, S and C for different series as 
> well. All the Cs were hard sounds, and the list (perhaps worth 
> stealing from) is: 
>
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_NATO_reporting_names_for_transport
_aircraft 

True, but the subjects of those series were sufficiently different for 
possible confusion to be minimised. No-one was going to expect a C 
codename to be fired at them, for instance. If you heard a hard C sound 
in context of being shot at a target, it was obvious that the subject 
was actually an ASM, not a transport aircraft. Similarly, a soft C -- 
which doesn't happen in the NATO system -- would inevitably be an SSM.

The Kra'Vak/Sa'Vasku/Crusty situation is different, in that all 3 series

refer to starships; it's just a question of whose. If I were responsible

for UNSC code-names, I'd use another letter.

I do agree that the NATO transport aircraft list is an excellent source 
for new Cruaty class names.

Phil