This may be a stupid question but can't see it covered anywhere. Can we can name each ship individually? We don't have to keep changing the name somewhere every time we change our ship?
Also I think it would improve realism to have to go though some sort of in-game ship name registration procedure at a star port to change the name (after the initial naming, to allow explorers to get there name). You submit a form to request a name change under a new menu in the star port. Then after a time (allowing some form of censorship) you receive a message saying that the name has been approved and will be uploaded to your ship next time you doc, and name decals with be resprayed. I also think there should be an in-game cost associated with it.
Being able to change your ship name at will and for it (i assume) to suddenly appear on the outside of the ship doesn't seen realistic. I think if you are attacked or something and you are trying to find the person who did it, I think there name should be a good indication of the ship you are looking for. I know we will likely get repeated names but hopefully enough people will have enough imagination so that ship names will be somewhat unique.
