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FlyingNinja77
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Reply #76 April 19, 2008 5:32:01 AM
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Anyone guess which game the names I use came from came from?

Reliant
Endeavor
Intrepid
Yamato
Washington
Bremen
Victorious
Mitchell

and my personal favourite:
Prowler
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Reply #77 April 19, 2008 11:27:20 PM
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Compss, a few of those are named after ships from WWII like yamato and endeavor. There was an Admiral named Mitchell in WWII in the Pacific I think. I don't notice some of them like Bremen, Reliant, and Washington.
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Reply #78 April 20, 2008 1:26:55 AM
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command of destroyers Blakeley and Butler. Blakeley was torpedoed in the Caribbean in 1942, and Butler took part in trans-Atlantic convoy operations and the invasions of Sicily and France. Later in the war, Matthews commanded Destroyer Division 34 and Mine Division 60, the latter of which operated in the Okinawa campaign. A group of photographs from this collection was transferred to the Curator Branch in 1978.

Compss, a few of those are named after ships from WWII like yamato and endeavor. There was an Admiral named Mitchell in WWII in the Pacific I think. I don't notice some of them like Bremen, Reliant, and Washington.


WWW Link

This is the link about mitchell it was atlantic not pacific
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Reply #79 April 20, 2008 1:57:32 PM
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BB's

1GS Merrimac
1GS Victory
1GS Yamato
etcetc

CV's

1GS Enterprise
1GS Hornet
1GS Yorktown
1GS Akagi
etcetc
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Reply #80 April 20, 2008 4:29:04 PM
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I like to name my capital ships, although I rarely name my planets. A few of my favorite names are:

Dark Fury
Retribution
Redemption
Apollyon
Shadow
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Reply #81 April 20, 2008 4:48:40 PM
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Other people have already posted this, but I usually name mine after starships from Star Trek. My name is United Federation (couldn't fit "of Planets") so it works out well. If there's room I'll put USS in front:

Enterprise (usually the flagship of a fleet or the first cap I build. Actually I'm surprised no one else has posted that they use it)
Defiant
Reliant
Intrepid
Excelsior
etc.

Sometimes I name them after X-302s and X-303s from Stargate SG-1/Stargate Atlantis:
Prometheus
Odyssey
Apollo
Daedalus

The only time I name my planets is when I've expanded my empire enough to need a frigate or cap factory on a planet other than my capital, and I add Frigate or Capship to the end of the name to help me quickly find it.
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Reply #82 April 22, 2008 1:51:45 PM
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My cap ships have names like: Asia Carrera, Jenna Jameson and Mika Tan. If you don't know who they are googling those names will be not safe for work.
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Reply #83 April 22, 2008 2:08:55 PM
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I name all my ships, planets, stars, etc, in the "String" file, and only have to do it once (and yes, the stargate designations make it concise but hard to find specific planets)
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Reply #84 April 22, 2008 4:20:40 PM
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Well I have gotten a fairly solid lineup of names, and I still find it fun to name, even if it is a tactically futile gesture.

I like to name some of them after German words revolving around spirit/mind/soul etc etc.

My designator is a play on my typical callsign, Altered Soul, IAS (In Altered Service, which is quite fitting for TEC)

Gehirn
Seele
Animus
Kampfgeist
Moderne
Primasprit
Wandertrieb
Seelenpein
Ansicht
Gewaltsam
Armatur

And so on. Also, how to you get to the string to change them?
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Reply #85 April 22, 2008 6:54:47 PM
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I name my ships after Earth Alliance ships from Babylon 5 and/or US Navy ships
EAS Agrippa
EAS Agamemnon
EAS Churchill
EAS Lexington
EAS Enterprise

ect....
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Reply #86 April 23, 2008 7:42:25 AM
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I name all my ships, planets, stars, etc, in the "String" file, and only have to do it once (and yes, the stargate designations make it concise but hard to find specific planets)


If you do this do you have any problems connecting to other players?
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Reply #87 April 23, 2008 8:56:59 AM
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I like to name only my capitol ships and some of my cruisers. I like to use names from Greek and Roman mythology. For my TEC Kol class battleship, always the first in my fleet I call the Aeneid, the story written by Virgil which tells of one of the survivors of Troy, Aeneas who leads other survivors to Italy and their descendants founded Rome. The other names I use are the Odyssey, the Iliad, Achilles, Hector. I also like to use names and words from the ancient Latin language.
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Reply #88 April 23, 2008 1:02:31 PM
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Hecate - A progenitor class mothership


yeah i think i found the debri field/s of that ship in homeworld 2 lol
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Reply #89 November 20, 2008 7:26:27 PM
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EAS Agrippa

EAS Agamemnon

EAS Churchill

EAS Lexington

EAS Enterprise
yeah i know im necroin here ut it jus dawned on me how the hell did you get the names that long i cant even rename my sovas Enterprise without removing the TDN or negating the space

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Reply #90 November 20, 2008 9:26:18 PM
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I usually start with the same first letter of the original name, but not always.  I am a TEC player so I have separate ones for each Cap.

 

Kol:

     Valiant
     Dauntless
     Fearless
     Valor
     O'neill (Two Ls!)

Akkan:

     Invincible
     Inspiration
     Desistance

Sova: I don't really use it, so I just go with Enterprise if I do.

Dunov:

     Aegis(Egis)
     Protector
     Persister

Marza:

     Fury
     Vengence
     Malice
     Malevolent
     Omega

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Reply #91 November 20, 2008 9:54:38 PM
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Usually I name my ships after USN warships,

battleships:

Iowa, Missouri, Mississippi, Arizona, New Jersey, ect...

carriers:

Midway, Hornet, Enterprise, Essex, Yorktown, Lexington, Saratoga.

The other capital ships, I name whatever I feel like, could be after more USN ships, fictional ships, (Star Wars, Star Trek, BSG). And usually, I try to fit in SSV at the beginning, after Systems Alliance (I really liked Mass Effect)

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Reply #92 November 20, 2008 10:30:38 PM
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I name mine

Highguard(always flagship)

Isengard

Midgard

Asgard

if i name them

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Reply #93 November 20, 2008 10:34:59 PM
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and how do you edit the string file?

 

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Reply #94 November 20, 2008 10:38:01 PM
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Usually I name only my first ship if I remember too, but it's usually "Enterprise."

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Reply #95 November 20, 2008 11:03:24 PM
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I usually name my homeworld Alhura, which means "The Free One" after the U.S sponsored TV station in Iraq. So i name my first cap "Son of Alhura" Because that's what fits in the box. After that i almost never name anything again. 

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Reply #96 November 21, 2008 12:00:58 AM
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I've used SG-1 names before

 

Also Liberty, Hispania, Bretonia, Rheinland, and Kusari

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Reply #97 November 21, 2008 12:20:12 AM
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Kol:

Novalith

Endeavour

Eclipse

Victorious

Devastator

Annihilator

Hammer of Dawn

Dauntless

Agamemnon

Daedalus

--

Sova:

Hornet

Washington

Reliant

Intrepid

Enterprise

Lexington

Wasp

Saratoga

--

Marza:

Valiant

Crusader

Avenger

Obliterator

Overkill

Relentless

--

Dunov:

Clipper

Serenity

Fairway

Escort

--

Akkan:

Argon

Discovery

Aegis

Pacifier

Lightrider

 

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Reply #98 November 21, 2008 12:46:56 AM
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Quoting Overheal1987,
reply 21
Also Liberty, Hispania, Bretonia, Rheinland, and Kusari
probably lose the hispania first too. damn nomads 

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Reply #99 November 21, 2008 1:17:37 AM
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I usually dont, but if I do its usually for a humerous effect. Oterwise I stick with famous warriors or historical figures, with some mythology to boot.

-The Men-
Timujin (Genghis Khan)
Nebuchadnezzar
Alexander (The Great)
Caesar
Timur
Saladin
Hannibal
Vlad Trepiz (Vlad The Impaler aka Vlad Dracula, the man who inspired the Count Dracula legends)

-The Myth-
Thor
Anubis
Loki
Osiris
Nyx
Turisas
Athena
Vulkan

-The LEGEND-
Leonidas (SPARTAAAAAAAA!)

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Reply #100 November 21, 2008 6:43:48 AM
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Quoting Yellowknife,
reply 5
See if anyone knows what game i get these names from:

Krios

Intrepid

Galatea

Bastion

Psamtik

Aquitane

Iceni

ETC.

Anyone? : P

 

Take it you like Freespace2 then.

 

My cap ship names tend to be anything from any of the various mythologies, BSG names, Freespace, Wing Commander, Babylon5, Andromoda.  Whatever takes my fancy

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