Alright, alright, among the MANY reasons that I'm a dork, one of them is that I think my ship names and livery are clever and cool.
I'm a child of the 1970's, arguably the most fun decade of all time. My favorite band has always been the Grateful Dead, and I usually incorporate some sort of Grateful Dead theme into the games I play. In ED, I named my CMDR Jerome (Jerry) Garcia. All of my ships are named after a Grateful Dead album or song, and I put a not-insignificant amount of time (ok, an embarrassing amount) into coming up with something contextually relevant for each.
I'm waiting for carrier-mania (and bugs) to die down before I buy one, but it will be called, simply, Grateful Dead. Because it the heart of operations and encompasses everything else.
So, in summary:
1. I think my ship names are so cool that I posted to an online forum about it.
2. Therefore, I am unquestionably a dork.
3. You read my post and, though you don't want to admit it, you also think my ship names are cool.
4. Therefore, by extension, you are also a dork. o7
I'm a child of the 1970's, arguably the most fun decade of all time. My favorite band has always been the Grateful Dead, and I usually incorporate some sort of Grateful Dead theme into the games I play. In ED, I named my CMDR Jerome (Jerry) Garcia. All of my ships are named after a Grateful Dead album or song, and I put a not-insignificant amount of time (ok, an embarrassing amount) into coming up with something contextually relevant for each.
- Steal Your Face : My Cobra Mk III, which I use as my cool- and silent-running smuggling ship. Because I'm "stealing".
- Dupree's Diamond Blues: My Python that I mine Low Temp Diamonds in. Complete with sleek metallic blue livery.
- American Beauty: My all-purpose Anaconda, because American Beauty is the best all-around studio album the Grateful Dead ever produced (their live stuff was always much better)
- Anthem of the Sun : My AspX exploration ship. Because I see more suns in it than any other ship. Kind of flimsy, but it's coolness is augmented by a lovely golden-orange livery option.
- Skull 'n Roses : My combat Fer de Lance, because I rack up kills. And presumably someone puts flowers on dead pirates' graves.
- Mars Hotel : My passenger Beluga Liner, because obviously.
- Shakedown Street : My Diamondback Explorer. Ok, kind of a reach, but I mostly take my DBX to Guardian Ruins because of it's good jump range and conveniently-placed top utility mounts for point defense cannons. The song Shakedown Street is about a once-great area that is now seedy and run-down, but that still has soul and hidden gems if you poke around.
I'm waiting for carrier-mania (and bugs) to die down before I buy one, but it will be called, simply, Grateful Dead. Because it the heart of operations and encompasses everything else.
So, in summary:
1. I think my ship names are so cool that I posted to an online forum about it.
2. Therefore, I am unquestionably a dork.
3. You read my post and, though you don't want to admit it, you also think my ship names are cool.
4. Therefore, by extension, you are also a dork. o7
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