EVE General Discussion

Hey, I just simply wonder where you got your ship's name from?

My ship I choosed for this thread is my Iteron Mk5. It's an awesome ship and I fell in love with her the first time I saw her. I choosed to name her after a famous song and freighter named "Edmund Fitzgerald"

The song I made for my boat represents multiple accidents and experiences I have with my ship. I will start from the top and explain them all to you, so in the end, you might understand just how much this ship means to me!

"The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down
of the big lake they called "Gitche Gumee."
The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead
when the skies of November turn gloomy.
With a load of iron ore twenty-six thousand tons more
than the Edmund Fitzgerald weighed empty,
that good ship and true was a bone to be chewed
when the "Gales of November" came early. "

This part represents the huge cargo hold of the Iteron Mk5. It also represents each time I get locked at a gate or undock. How I fear for the worst and can be compared to when a sailor notices a little stronger winds than usual.

"The ship was the pride of the American side
coming back from some mill in Wisconsin.
As the big freighters go, it was bigger than most
with a crew and good captain well seasoned,
concluding some terms with a couple of steel firms
when they left fully loaded for Cleveland.
And later that night when the ship's bell rang,
could it be the north wind they'd been feelin'?"

This part represents that my ship, is the pride of my corporation aswell as me. It also shows how good of a Captain I am and how good my fellow mates are. Also you can se the obvious meaning of me "concluding some terms with a couple of steel firms". That obviously means me doing some hauling for me friends and picking up various courier contracts.

This last two parts are quite emotional for me and I which to share them with you and hope you understand how important my ship is to me.

"Does any one know where the love of God goes
when the waves turn the minutes to hours?
The searchers all say they'd have made Whitefish Bay
if they'd put fifteen more miles behind 'er.
They might have split up or they might have capsized;
they may have broke deep and took water.
And all that remains is the faces and the names
of the wives and the sons and the daughters."

This part right here represents the danger of the Amarr - Jita highway. When I wrote this song I had a special journey in mind, it was a dark night here in New Eden. I had just left from Amarr in my Iteron Mk5 and was heading towards Jita to deliver some goods. You can see the part naming "God" (Amarrian space) and how "When the waves turn the minutes to hours?" represents the long journey I embark on. The last few lines is when I lost an Iteron Mk5 on that journey. How the families home in Amarr miss us and want to know what happened to me and my crew.


And as a final I saved the most emotional part.

"The wind in the wires made a tattle-tale sound
and a wave broke over the railing.
And ev'ry man knew, as the captain did too
'twas the witch of November come stealin'.
The dawn came late and the breakfast had to wait
when the Gales of November came slashin'.
When afternoon came it was freezin' rain
in the face of a hurricane west wind.

When suppertime came the old cook came on deck sayin'.
"Fellas, it's too rough t'feed ya."
At seven P.M. a main hatchway caved in; he said,
"Fellas, it's bin good t'know ya!"
The captain wired in he had water comin' in
and the good ship and crew was in peril.
And later that night when 'is lights went outta sight
came the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald."

This two parts right here... They are actually from the infamous event of 'Burn Jita'. The first out of the two parts represents my struggle to make profit during those horrible nights, with the hurricane wind being the gankers who roamed my seas then. The last out of the two part is the time... The time when... When Edmund sank(To later be ressurected from the depths of the space ocean)!
I was actually moving two Gilas that time, it was my final journey for the night. I was just one jump from Jita, it was so close!
Then they got me!

I saw they locked me and my shields were gone, my armor and my structure in the secound after that. All was lost! Out there in the ocean was me and my pod... My crew didn't make it, neither did "Big Fitz".

(Song and Lyrics by Gordon Lightfoot)

Blackbird- Lvl 3 spellcaster, because EWAR is kinda like magic
Drake- Frozen Corpse Cellar, cause I have an unnatural obsession with collection corpses in my drake
Hoarder- 15 plexes inside, because............

I am a huge fan of Iain Banks "Culture" novels and so I use a fair few of the ship names from there.

E.g. Brutix blaster boat - Dramatic Exit
Talos - Size isn't everything
Dominix - Space Monster
Myrmidon - Uninvited Guest

Monkeybarge, Laserbanana, Miningmonkey, Bananabomb, Monkeymagic, etc...

Did anyone read the entire OP?

I still have my first PvE Raven lying around. My first CEO built it for me. Named it "Nevermore".

I occasionally do this as well, especially when travelling through low sec. Other names are "Lastesel" (load-donkey) for my badgers, or "flunder" (flatfish) for the drake. PvP frigs are usually the ship type and a number to keep count, e.g. Rifter II and so on.

I use the standerd name because i like them

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The Bentenmaru - Bhaalgorn

The Barbaroosa - Ashimmu

The Kimamto - Drake

The first 2 names come from here

and a Famous female Pirate by the name of Lady Killigrew - Loki

my ratting tengu is called GSS Meraxes (Gilbarons Space Ship)

my battle tengu is called GSS Aegon I (did not die yet, the next one will by Aenys I)

my other ships are alle called GSS something, the name usually somehow fits the ships role or looks, my Scimitar is called GSS Healbot, my Viator GSS Caterpie