Re: FT: Ship Names

I use historical/current warship names for all my ships. Thus, my FSE
fleet uses names of current and historical French/Italian/Spanish
warships, the NSL uses German and Austro-Hungarian, the NAC American and
British, and so on. Surpisingly, most naval nations have used and reused
the same names since the 18th Century, and continue to do so. I don't
expect things will change all that much in the next couple of hundred
years.
-------Original Message-------
From: Robin Fitton <robin@robinf.com>
Sent: 04/29/03 08:22 AM
To: gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu
Subject: FT: Ship Names

> 
> I am so full of subjects today.....

When I finish painting I name my ships and stick a little printed strip
of
paper on the base, there is  no official naming ceremony but I like to
think
that I can identify the craft and will remember its victories and
defeats
by
name. I also then use Illustrator to print a copy of the FT ship build
details and print / laminate the result.

My names mostly come from books by Iain Banks (Culture Works) , Ian
Hamilton
(Nightsdawn) and Stephen Donaldson (Gap Series).  These include such
great
names as; Tranquil Hegemony, The Ends of Invention, Gut Buster, Lux
Interior, Calm Horizons and No More Mr Nice Guy.

Do any other list members use interesting names for ships - Would you
like
to share them? I think it adds a bit of creative fun to a game, having
more
than just a number on the base.

I am a big fan of the "Culture" universe created by Banks, so a lot of
my
names are pulled from his books. For those interested, here is a
complete
list of the, mostly funny, Culture ship names:

(GSV is a "General Systems Vehicle" which is more like a giant city than
a
star ship")

Key: GCU - General Contact Unit GOU - General Offensive Unit

GSV - General System Vehicle

LOU - Limited Offensive Unit

 LSV - Limited System Vehicle

 (D)ROU - (Demilitarized) Rapid Offensive Unit

GSV The Ends Of Invention [ex-Culture]

GSV Bad for Business

GCU Nervous Energy

GSV Irregular Apocalyse

LSV Profit Margin

GCU Prosthetic Conscience

GSV No More Mr Nice Guy

GSV Determinist

GSV Bora Horza Gobuchul

Perfidy Cantankerous

 Only Slightly Bent

I Thought He Was With You

 Space Monster

 A Series Of Unlikely Explanations

 Big Sexy Beast

Never Talk To Strangers

 It'll Be Over By Christmas

 Funny, It Worked Last Time...

Boo!

 Ultimate Ship The Second

Thankyou And Goodnight

Excuses And Accusations

Stranger Here Myself

Well I Was In The Neighbourhood

 A Ship With A View

Unwitting Accomplice

Helpless In The Face Of Your Beauty

Synchronize Your Dogmas

Just Another Victim Of The Ambient Morality

Arrested Development

Heresiarch Minority

Report Happy Idiot Talk Ablation

God Told Me To Do It

Credibility Problem

You Would If You Really Loved Me

Sacrificial Victim

Not Wanted On Voyage

Undesirable Alien

You'll Thank Me Later

The Precise Nature Of The Catastrope

Halation Effect

Dramatic Exit

 GCU Flexible Demeanour

Unfortunate Conflict Of Evidence

 (D)ROU Zealot Gunboat Diplomat

GCU Of Course I Still Love You

Just Read The Instructions

GSV Youthful Indiscretion

Little Rascal

 clipper

Screw Loose

 Limiting Factor Superlifter

Kiss My Ass superlifter

Prime Mover

GSV So Much For Subtlety

Cargo Cult GCU?

Just Testing

Sweet and Full of Grace

 (D)ROU Xenophobe

 Very Little Gravitas Indeed

GSV Size Isn't Everything

Congenital Optimist

GSV What Are The Civilian Applications?

Key: GCU - General Contact Unit GOU - General Offensive Unit GSV -
General
System Vehicle LOU - Limited Offensive Unit LSV - Limited System Vehicle
(D)ROU - (Demilitarized) Rapid Offensive Unit

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