What will be the name of your ship?

Sole Song

Sole Song
Importante

You know, to give your ship a good name, one you can live with and a name your ship can live with and by, is important.

A name will indicate what you want, how you think and what will happen.
Say, a ship with witch or cat in its name will be hunted, many would like to catch it.
On the other hand, a ship with the name like harmless would make peoples stop and think... what is this... then die beeing slow :)
 

Sole Song

Sole Song
A good name

The Nelly is a name you give somebody you care about, I would think its captain is a person caring for the ship and other peoples in general :)
 

MarioUK

M
Well my little lad is called Roman so thinking of naming something after him, maybe The Imperium Romanum or something.
 

carlsberg

C
ship names:
explorer: no fixed abode
trader: All Through With This Niceness And Negotiation Stuff
(if long enough names are allowed, otherwise: 'not invented here')
fighter: rapid random response unit
 

Memnoch

M
carlsberg said:
ship names:
explorer: no fixed abode
trader: All Through With This Niceness And Negotiation Stuff
(if long enough names are allowed, otherwise: 'not invented here')
fighter: rapid random response unit
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Another Culture fan I see! ;)

Yeah, my thinking would be along the lines of these ships having some kind of AI on board, and that the name should reflect something of the ships personality.
 

JEM7v

J
My favourite names mentioned by others on this thread are:
- Ockham's Razor
- The Jolly Todger (sheer class).

Some funny favourites from CoD:
- Bold Automatic
- Big Chief Sitting Target
- Bilbo Baggy Balls

But my current forerunner is "The Benevolent Portent"
 

CmdrBond

CmdrBond
I'm surprised the Agamemnon hasn't been mentioned. In greek it means Very Steadfast - so a good name for a ship.

If your stuck for names, go down to your nearest river or quay if you have one close by and see what is there.

I am thinking of naming mine "The Vanquish", but I am not 100% sure. I might just end up with "How's My Docking? - Dial 1-800-SCRAPER" or "If you can read this, someone has blown a hole in the side of my ship"

More seriously though, I am not sure. Plenty of time to think though. I am pleased that the ships will have registration numbers too ;)

And for the more undecided out there - here is a name generator http://roguey.co.uk/fun/shipnamer/

here are some from that site:

  • The Inferno
  • Beacon
  • Spearhead Dimensions
  • The Centaur
  • Puma Absorption
  • Years
  • Fire
  • Wizard of Flight
 
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