What will be the name of your ship?

Steve O B Have · Jan 5, 2013

HAL
Dave.
D.A.R.Y.L

Rocky · Jan 5, 2013

Memnoch said:
Read most of the Culture novels, which have such a rich and sometimes amusing naming convention.

I was thinking along those lines. Found a wiki that lists them all...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_spacecraft_in_the_Culture_series

Quite like the idea of using 'Contents May Differ' from The Hydrogen Sonata

that may mean me spending a lot of time trying to pass through various space station customs checks though

Hamerstein · Jan 5, 2013

Rojaws (Rodgers) of course

CharlesN · Jan 5, 2013

I'm still mulling over a few names...

The Buckaroo Banzai
The Copernicus
I love several names from Peter F. Hamilton's The Night's Dawn Trilogy

Memnoch · Jan 5, 2013

CharlesN said:
The Buckaroo Banzai

I love that movie!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086856/

Useless trivia 1: 'Big Trouble in Little China' was originally intended to be its sequel
Useless trivia 2: Entering your name as 'BUCKAROO' in Fighter Bomber for the Amiga the phrase 'Oh no it's a buckaroo will appear'.

Alan the Armadillo · Jan 5, 2013

v85rawdeal said:
I shall be seen flying around the galaxy in the 'Daffy Duck'

Ah yes, the owner of the Daffy Duck!

Alan the Armadillo · Jan 5, 2013

Would like the Heart of Gold but I would require The Golden Bail of Prosperity and a fresh cup of hot tea to make an infinate improbability drive and as there is only one that would be unfair so how about the Heart of Darkness

vagrant · Jan 5, 2013

Rumpelstiltskin

Dethmunk · Jan 5, 2013

Ships name, mmmmm

I think I will call mine:

The Hammerfist
(Would love it to be an updated version of Imperial Trader from Frontier)

OneoftheLost · Jan 5, 2013

The Golden Cassowary
Arbor's Fall
Herald's End
Morto In
Tigris Lacrima

One of the above. I'll probably use all of them at some point. However, my starter ship in just about every game ends up as the Iron Burro.

sywhofloats · Jan 5, 2013

Ship Name? That's easy.

The Something with Gravitas...

(sorry, had to...

edit: agh, beaten to it

I was thinking along those lines. Found a wiki that lists them all...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...Culture_series

Quite like the idea of using 'Contents May Differ' from The Hydrogen Sonata

that may mean me spending a lot of time trying to pass through various space station customs checks though

akr · Jan 5, 2013

I think I might call her the Black Butterfly. But it depends on the feel I get, and what ship I fly, I reckon!

Completely Harmless · Jan 5, 2013

Probably...

Sitting Duck
Dead Meat
SOS
Game Over
Target Practice

...or something else, ah, equally suitable.

Steve O B Have · Jan 5, 2013

May Contain Nuts.

Susimetsa · Jan 5, 2013

Only one possibility for me: Surprise.

Comes, of course, from Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey/Maturin novels. Fast, small frigate for our heroes to call their home.

SuperG · Jan 5, 2013

Tha Supa Goof
Brownie / The brown 6 / De bruintjes
The fire fly / De vuurvlieg
The Jack O'Niell
The space heavy battle tank the Rhino.
Adoe
Indo deze
Flyin dutch dude
Etc.

deMangler · Jan 5, 2013

The good ship 'Load New Commander? (Y/N)'

Lazlo Woodbine · Jan 5, 2013

I'm thinking 'Audientior Ito', meaning 'to go forward more boldly' in Latin, or something like that...

Steve O B Have · Jan 5, 2013

Lazlo Woodbine said:
I'm thinking 'Audientior Ito', meaning 'to go forward more boldly' in Latin, or something like that...

Lazlo

a Wellytown boy! Same here, just slightly displaced in Sydney. Nice to see some Kiwis along for the ride!

Commander Dark Knight · Jan 5, 2013

I know one of my brothers will probably call his "Millenium Falcon" or simply "Falcon" The other brother will prob call it after some topless model lol. Myself i'll prob call her "The Bat".

:smilie: