Ship Genre Names

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Capt. Hook

Capt. Hook
With Elite we had a particularly reptillian feel to our ship classes- boa, gecko, cobra etc etc. I'm wondering if Elite Dangerous is the next evolution of Elite, does that mean bird names are the logical next naming stage for new ships? Raptors, Corvids -all have plenty to offer although those familiar with EVE would get to play spot the difference :smilie:
 

Kipper

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Didn't Frontier add big cats? Lion, puma, panther ... There was a "wolf" in Atari ST Elite+ too.

Bring back the classics and expand on those of course but maybe canine inspired new ships? Hyena, Coyote, Fox and Jackal?

I could stand to see a change up to make the names more suited - instead of cats for big cargo ships, have those as elephant, rhino etc and make the cats sleek and fast medium size ships.
 

Talon2779

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I seem to remember bird names in Frontier and FFE, the eagle long range/mk2/mk3 fighter, kestrel and hawk that looked a bit like blackbird sr71's and the falcon that had a bit of an X-men jet look. And yes there was the Lion, Puma and Tiger transports aswell
 

SuperG

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That would be its terran names for alien ship. I expect it true alien name to be alien.
Like USSR has there names for fighter jets and etc, but also NATO named them.
 

Ende

Ende
If theyre gonna stick to the historical themes of the games then im sure they will use another animal species for all of the new ships they introduce.

I reckon theyll keep all of the old catalogue of ships somewhere within the game and simply update the models to look awesome with all the new graphical capabilities these days. I also reckon some of the cooler old ships will be hard to obtain within the game, maybe hide the Cobra MkIII at the end of some tough mission maybe?

And any new line of ships will probably get named after another animal species, maybe something as simple as seafish?

Marlin, Stingray, Bass, Conger, Lamprey, Skate, Tope, Pike

So theyve already done Snakes, Big cats and Birds of prey so whats left to use?
 

Aewarin Jameson

Aewarin Jameson
If they are going to introduce Guilds (as per your other post) I would like to think that perhaps the Guilds themselves would have varying types of vessels that would have different names. Maybe keep the original names from Elite / Elite 2 (to pay homage) and introduce some new ones.

All depends on how many different class of ships there are and if they will be procedurally generated or not.

Personally I am hoping for a Marauder Class vessel .. just love that word .. Marauder :D
 

nOmArch

nOmArch
Having Leviathan (or similar) transport ships would be awesome too. Imagine having actual living ships in the game to play with and against.
 

Alien

Alien
Ok, if we're going down this route ...
You're minding your own business, doing trade runs between Sol and Barnard's Star. You've got a hold full of robots ... SQUIRREL!

(ok, an explanation, first you need to have seen UP, second I'm implying that there should be a squirrel class ship)
and if you haven't seen UP http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxoWHeoYU3g
 
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Maliker

Maliker
I'm hoping for dockable transports ships and spacecraft carriers. Also, it would make sense for capital ships to have landing shuttles rather than entering the atmosphere and land on the ground.

And I would LOVE to start with my good old CobraMKIII again. :D
 

Talon2779

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Ende said:
If theyre gonna stick to the historical themes of the games then im sure they will use another animal species for all of the new ships they introduce.

I reckon theyll keep all of the old catalogue of ships somewhere within the game and simply update the models to look awesome with all the new graphical capabilities these days. I also reckon some of the cooler old ships will be hard to obtain within the game, maybe hide the Cobra MkIII at the end of some tough mission maybe?

And any new line of ships will probably get named after another animal species, maybe something as simple as seafish?

Marlin, Stingray, Bass, Conger, Lamprey, Skate, Tope, Pike

So theyve already done Snakes, Big cats and Birds of prey so whats left to use?
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Sea names are good.. id like an orca class transporter or mako class cruiser :p
 

Capt. Hook

Capt. Hook
With I think of it and with the exception of the wolf in the original elite, ships with mammal and big cat names all sucked to fly, the worst being the lion in FFE I seem to recall which steered like a drunken pig.

All for Jaguars, Pumas, Leopards, tomcats and whatnot as long as the name fairly describes the ship!
 

Storm

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Kipper said:
Didn't Frontier add big cats? Lion, puma, panther ... There was a "wolf" in Atari ST Elite+ too.

Bring back the classics and expand on those of course but maybe canine inspired new ships? Hyena, Coyote, Fox and Jackal?

I could stand to see a change up to make the names more suited - instead of cats for big cargo ships, have those as elephant, rhino etc and make the cats sleek and fast medium size ships.
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I'm actually working on Fox, Dingo, Jackal, Hyena and Coyote ship designs for release on Oolite at the present. :)
 
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