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Naming your ships

Naming your ships

February 16, 2006 10:15:29 PM from GalCiv II ForumsGalCiv II Forums
Has anyone else got a name-fetish for ships? Much like when I play Master of Orion 2 or 3, my ships aren't called "Annihilator" or "Clubber", they have a different stroke..."Vigilance Class", for example; In the latest game writeup I was pleased so see some pretty cool sounding names such as Hope or Spirit. Much more along my train of thoughts! For anyone else out there - What are you going to name ships? Bob, dave and steve? Perhaps leave them default, or name them after friends and family?

Do post; Some names could be pretty unique and very cool.
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Reply #1 February 16, 2006 10:37:51 PM
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Yeah, I'm big into having individual ships and fleets named. I like naming the first build of a ship as the progenitor for the class, and name the rest of the ships based on that design in a similar fashion. For example, I might have a "Storm" class destroyer, and subsequent ships of that class will be "Tempest", "Maelstrom", "Vortex", etc. Another example would be a "Broadsword" class battleship, with its sister ships being "Longsword", "Flail", and BattleAxe". The similarities in names would better allow me to know what type of ship it is, as long as I remember the base model.
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Reply #2 February 16, 2006 10:38:58 PM
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I'll probably use different themes for different games -- TV/movie characters, musicians, stuff like that. I am looking forward to crushing all opposition with my mighty Drengin fleet named after romance novelists, though.
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Reply #3 February 16, 2006 10:42:13 PM
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Wikipedia has lots of ship name lists, and I know that there are huge text files out there with potential ship names, based on themes, such as Hellenic Gods, Mythological figures, British Royal Navy ships (my favorite) and others.
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Reply #4 February 16, 2006 10:51:04 PM
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In 4X space games I usually name my ships after birds for some reason ie. Albatross, Falcon, Pigeon (troop transtports since they drop their "cargo" on unsuspecting worlds like crap on your car); its just a habit.
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Reply #5 February 16, 2006 10:51:31 PM
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I think another of my own themes early on would be my "heroes and villains" list from Roman history (keen amateur historian on the roman late republic, marius to octavian roughly) and having a fleet with names such as "Marius", "Sulla", "Pompeius" and "Caesar" together would be pretty damned cool
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Reply #6 February 16, 2006 10:55:44 PM
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i like to make ships whose names make me laugh, like the "GIggle Monster", "Ugly Stick", or "Lockjaw". If individual ships are doing good, I may give them more unique/personal names.
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Reply #7 February 16, 2006 11:14:32 PM
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I have to laugh at myself on this one. I have a naming protocol written out which names each design in a way that identifies the class, weapon and defense and keeps them sorted by size/class on the shipyard screen
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Reply #8 February 16, 2006 11:20:05 PM
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Well im going with a Texan theme for my first unique "race".. and they will have names like

Texas Ranger
Armadillo
Mockingbird
Lonestar
Cowboy
Longhorn
Yellow Rose

ive got more but you get the idea
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Reply #9 February 16, 2006 11:23:38 PM
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You left out "Walker" before "Texas Ranger"
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Reply #10 February 16, 2006 11:25:01 PM
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I will probably name my best after my old ship from the TradeWars game: Stoned Koala. Not sure why I chose that name so long ago, but I figure it is a fitting tribute. As for the others, maybe keep the animal line, Mellow Monkey perhaps...
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Reply #11 February 16, 2006 11:25:04 PM
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You would find me so boring. My names look like

Col-Sp4R22
Def-Sm-M6A4
Raider-Med-Sp6B4

Etc, etc.

Until I hit endgame, and then I wind up with names like BF Hammer, Anvil, etc.
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Reply #12 February 17, 2006 12:01:35 AM
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Well, firstly I divide ships into a bunch of Classes [from smallest/lightest to largest/heaviest]:

Corvette -> Brig -> Galleon -> Frigate -> Destroyer -> Cruiser -> Battleship -> Dreadnought -> Super-Dreadnought

I then name them according to their class. Like, Corvettes would be things likes Sparrow and Cardinal and Wasp and Hornet. Brigs would be, like, Raven and Vulture and Coyote. Galleons would be Wolf and the stuff only gets larger.
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Reply #13 February 17, 2006 12:28:21 AM
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I name my ships based on how I feel at the time - I rarely give my ships anything other than generic names - usually hitting things like Endeavour, Liberty, Invincible for my cap ships and things like Endurance, Wind Runner and Courage for my scouts up to light cruisers.
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Reply #14 February 17, 2006 12:38:21 AM
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How about naming your ships after your own planets?
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Reply #15 February 17, 2006 12:45:09 AM
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Thas actually a good point anhyride - i do that too sometimes.
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Reply #16 February 17, 2006 12:50:22 AM
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I like ship names that have something to do with the ship function---for example, a missile cruiser would be named "Ballistic", or "Javelin"; a colony ship would be "Populous"; a supply ship might be "Abundant", or "Replenisher". I also tend to add a prefix, like TAS (Terran Alliance ship) Resplendant, etc.
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Reply #17 February 17, 2006 1:28:46 AM
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Heh, generally I name my ships after Greek heroes, (Real and Mythical). I think it comes from playing Rebellion as Rebels, where the Imps always called their ships after Greek Monsters (Medusa, Hydra, Etc.) I also like to do the standard naming thing when I'm feeling creative. (Independance, Liberty, Pride of Xworld, Xenemy's Bane...)
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Reply #18 February 17, 2006 1:36:27 AM
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I generally name mine after swords. Go figure, hehe he. Little ships = dagger, dart, sai, tanto Med = short sword, wakizashi Large= Katana, Broad Sword Huge=Dai-Katana, Bastard Sword. Sometimes I might go for names of jets or ships.
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Reply #19 February 17, 2006 1:43:40 AM
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Variety, depends on mood mostly.

Generally though for space games, sea animals. Tuna, Barracuda, Swordfish, Dolphin, Orca, Hammerhead, Kraken, etc. Name depending on size/purpose.

Though I also tend to use things along the lines of Vanguard/Sentinel, and Phantasm/Ghost.
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Reply #20 February 17, 2006 2:08:34 AM
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Oh yeah, it's a question of immersion. It doesn't feel "real" if it's just Fighter, Cruiser etc.

I usually name them after people or historic ships. For example in my last game, my fast colony ship was a "Colombus Class Colony Ship", and my battlecruiser was a "Hood Class Cruiser". It's stuff like this that, for me at least, takes the game from awesome to super wicked

I'll probably name the individual ships too, if only the capital ones.
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Reply #21 February 17, 2006 2:11:09 AM
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I'm big on class names but not on individual ship names. Depends on what the final ship design sequence looks like as to how I name.

Generally speaking, I'll name the class by mission and then by the Speed at which it moves. I was really big on this in SE4.

examples:

DD-5 (speed 5 Direct-Fire or balanced armament Destroyer)
DDG-3A (Speed 3 Guided Missile-Destroyer, First Class Upgrade).
DE-9D (Speed 9 Destroyer Escort - Point-defense primary weapons, Fourth Class Upgrade)
CVE-# (Escort carrier, 1 squadron of fighters)
CVL-# (Light Carrrier, 3 squadrons of fighters).

Etc...
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Reply #22 February 17, 2006 2:14:08 AM
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wow great discussion. I prefer Gods, whether eqyptian, greek, norse, mayan, etc. also Saint's names are kinda cool
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Reply #23 February 17, 2006 3:17:03 AM
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For good luck I like to give my ships names like Bismark, Maine, and Wasa When I upgrade I do the british fighter plane thing (Spitfire MkI MkII etc.) I also tend to name ships after oligarthic take no {explitive} Americans: Marshal, Hamilton, Lincoln, Teddy, Nixon, and Condi of course.

The saints name thing is cool, if you were fighting the Gorn you could have a St George class, a missle cruiser could be a St Martin class "sure I'll part my cloak with you"

Great thread
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Reply #24 February 17, 2006 4:13:37 AM
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Seeing a fleet of "Tuna Class beam ships" wouldn't scare me; it would confuse me. I wouldn't know whether to fire back or get a loaf of bread and some mayonaise. However, if I saw the "Wakizashi" or "Dai-Katana" coming, I might get a little..."Worried". Augustus, fire a broadside!
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Reply #25 February 17, 2006 4:33:49 AM
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However, if I saw the "Wakizashi" or "Dai-Katana" coming, I might get a little ... "Worried"

1.laugh at Dai-Katana surely, the reality wasn't up to it.
2.how about "Wasabi"?
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