I'm a dork for thinking my ship names are cool

Urbanski101

Urbanski101
Achtung-Goomba said:
All my ships, following on from the style of ship naming in the Expanse (a mixture of real-life and fictional historical figures for a lot of naval vessels) I use local history to fuel my ship names. Anyone familiar with the post-industrial wasteland of north-east England might well recognise the pedigree of my hauling and mining ships like the Dorman Long, Henry Bolckow and Infant Heracles; for my more combat focussed builds I lean towards The Beautiful Game like my long-range explorer DBX the Juninho Paulista named for the greatest little Brazilian to ever wear my local team’s colours, and my Adder the Viduka named after the second greatest Australian hero since Ned Kelly. My Mamba hull, gathering dust until I know what I want to do with it is the Adama Traore because it’s a clumsy speedyboi. The real icing on the cake is the ship registration which is always prefixed Uniform Tango Bravo, because it makes me smile to hear every flight controller in the galaxy announce UTB and express their support for my local team wherever I dock. Bonus rep for those who spot the references!
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Middlesborough....though Adama Traore threw me a bit, I didn't know he played for Boro before Wolves.

Surprised you don't have a ship called Ravenelli ;)
 

Rat Catcher

Rat Catcher
varonica said:
No it doesn't, but nice try, the sources for my names preceded the LoTR trilogy and aren't related to anything LoTR. As I said, you can probably connect them to a few things, but not all of them are correct.
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I'm happy enough to be wrong (y)
(It has been a long time since I read the trilogy, but have re-watched the extended versions of the movies recently enough to be teetering on 'was it?)
 
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Helvellyn

Helvellyn
Most of mine aren't particularly interesting (quite a few after places for example). I do have a Mamba sitting around waiting to be worked on though, the idea with it being to get it fast enough to run away from CMDRs with a reasonable chance of success but still chew through NPCs pretty easily - that one's Brave Sir Robin.
 

Achtung-Goomba

Achtung-Goomba
Urbanski101 said:
Middlesborough....though Adama Traore threw me a bit, I didn't know he played for Boro before Wolves.

Surprised you don't have a ship called Ravenelli ;)
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You should treat yourself to a parmo takeaway as a reward! Don’t worry, the White Feather is coming soon I’d say...

When Traoré played for us he was an uncut diamond, and his feet moved ten times faster than his brain which is why I thought the Mamba was a good fit 🙃 funny story; it’s quite baffling that the manager who unlocked his potential was Tony Pulis, which seems totally paradoxical! The gaffer would have him switch wings at halftime so he was always on the same side of the pitch to constantly shout basic instructions at him! It’s only afterwards at Wolves he’s really grew as a player, and I don’t begrudge him the move even though I was gutted to see him leave, he’s absolutely unplayable on his day. Well spotted on the references!
 

CMDR Flavius Funk

CMDR Flavius Funk
I had to give a Pink Floyd nod on my long range Conda - Interstellar Overdrive. With call letters SYD.
Asp Explorer - Yertle The Turtle, Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Krait Phantom - Slash
Krait Mk.II - Cosmik Debris, Frank Zappa
Alliance Chieftain - Breadfan, Budgie
Type 10 - Kill House, from an old map in the original Rainbow 6 PC game.
Stripped Viper Mk.III - Maverick, I have a need.....for speed
Type 9 - Porkchop Express, and as ol' Jack Burton always says...The check is in the mail.
Python #1 - The In & Out Mining Co
Python #2 - Lulu's Party Yacht
Going to name one Swlabr after the Cream song at some point just haven't decided what ship.

And then.
Corvette - Demon Lord The Just. He's a good guy who helps old ladies cross the street and similar kind acts....after drinking the blood of his enemies of course.
Krait Mk.II #2 - Population Purifier Cause the universe is only getting smaller.
 
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lordzaz

lordzaz
I called my AspX 'Balls deep' until my 10 year old asked what that meant, so now its 'Tidy darts' because Cardiff.

My first Cutter got repurposed so now its boringly called 'All mine' and you'll never guess what I use it for.

My trading Cutter is 'Half a Denari' because my life story in ED seems to be trading.


Should I manage to complete my Conda explorer, I did plan to call it 'The Feral Phallus' but I might have to rethink that one.
 

Rat Catcher

Rat Catcher
lordzaz said:
I called my AspX 'Balls deep' until my 10 year old asked what that meant, so now its 'Tidy darts' because Cardiff.

My first Cutter got repurposed so now its boringly called 'All mine' and you'll never guess what I use it for.

My trading Cutter is 'Half a Denari' because my life story in ED seems to be trading.


Should I manage to complete my Conda explorer, I did plan to call it 'The Feral Phallus' but I might have to rethink that one.
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"The Feral Dingus"?
 

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scadh said:
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.

  • 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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I named one of my Vultures "Little Wing" as a tribute to both Jim Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughan.
 
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