Re: [GZG] ESU ships names (Look from the Russian side)

[Тимофей Потапенко <potapenkoteo@xxxxxxx>]

> >> Given that the ESU is more or less an amalgamation of Russia and China, how do you think the Chinese influence would be best presented in ship naming conventions? Follow what you outlined in your post?
> >>     
> >
> > [...] for Chinese ships, I tend to use Chinese words. E g: "Hun Tibet" (Red Tibet), "T'hen Hong Kong" (Communist Hong Kong), "Marshal Pan Dah Huay" (he was a famous military leader of there Civil War, so, it's a good name for "Voroshilov"-class cruiser), "Tunchi Chou En Lai" (Comrade Chou En Lai, he was a high-ranked revolutionary, not a bad candidate to call a battlecruiser after).
> >   
> Well, if you're going to use Communist ship-naming conventions, there'll 
> just /have/ to be an entire class named "The East Is Red" and only 
> distinguished by their hull numbers... :-D
> 
> Phil, who always wanted to take a trip on TEIR #33 after seeing it in a 
> TV documentary... ;-)
> 


Well, you are right in general. Neither in Russian, nor in Chinese modern navies words like "Kiev-class carrier" doesn't make any sence. Classes there are marked just numbers. Navies say "660th project" and it might mean an attack submarine, while "671th project" might be a missile cutter. 
And yes, even biggest subs normally have no names in Russian Navy, and ships lighter than destroyers has also normally got only numbers. So is in China.

But it's far not interesting for game purpose. Besides numbers, there ARE also names. And I would suppose, that if navy (space navy) had more significance, than ground force, system would change. Even for propaganda purpose it's much better to write about victories of ships with loud and proud names, than with numbers. And it's also good for psychological climate onboard, when crewmen refer themselve to a common name, than to just a number. 

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