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Which names are you choosing for your ships and why?

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Gerald Taric
NEO DYNAMICS
#1 - 2011-11-03 16:59:54 UTC
Let's be a little bit curious: How do you name your ships and why?

I personally like it to use the names of semi-precious stones with a little modification. For example i name all my drakes "Saphiros". At the end i put a Roman numeral and rise it, if i lost my previous one or buy another Drake. Thus it resembles to for example " Saphiros IV "
Baaldor
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#2 - 2011-11-03 17:01:46 UTC
:goatse: and :condi:

Pretty simple.
mkint
#3 - 2011-11-03 17:02:06 UTC
Famous historical or mythological weapons and mythological creatures. Or just the name of the hull when I'm feeling lazy. Same loadouts get roman numerals.

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MeestaPenni
Mercantile and Stuff
#4 - 2011-11-03 17:03:49 UTC
I just mash the keyboard......


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Kopfy
#5 - 2011-11-03 17:11:00 UTC  |  Edited by: Kopfy
I named my Drake Slowpoke since it's slow and lazy (and i secretly want it to be pink).

Don't wory only caldari and galente ships get the pokemon treatment.
Other than that i name after their look.
Esperio Ferver
Perkone
Caldari State
#6 - 2011-11-03 17:16:14 UTC
mine are named: Warrior, Apprentice, Master, Disciple, and my tengu is named Wishmaster.

Dont judge.
CATPAIN KIRK
State War Academy
Caldari State
#7 - 2011-11-03 17:20:34 UTC
I name all my ships USS ENTREPISE
Roime
Mea Culpa.
Shadow Cartel
#8 - 2011-11-03 17:26:32 UTC
I use a four-letter abbreviation that tells me the fit (makes life easier when you have 20 Incursuses and 20 Vexors for different purposes in the hangar), followed by a proper name;

Incursuses are named after the knights of the Round Table (the lance, get it)
Vexors according to maori gods (Vexor face reminds me of maori tattoos)
Myrmidons are latin names of sea horses
Dominixes are synonyms of power and that sort of DOMINATING stuff

Other ships are more random as I don't have piles of them, but I like to have a naming convention for the bread & butter ships.

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Lucien Visteen
Imperial Academy
Amarr Empire
#9 - 2011-11-03 17:28:43 UTC  |  Edited by: Lucien Visteen
I like using latin words

Like Apocrypphacryppha

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Kazini Jax
Starlight Operations
#10 - 2011-11-03 17:29:07 UTC
I am all over the place with the names of my ships but, generally, go for something amusing, like my Obelisk is named Badonkadonk.
But, my POSes are themed. Each POSes mods are named after the characters and places in different SciFi shows. One is for Star Wars, one for Star Trek, one for Firefly, etc.
De'Veldrin
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
#11 - 2011-11-03 17:30:17 UTC
I name them on a whim when I assemble the ship.

My Thanatos is named Pale Horse
I have a mammoth named Not Empty Quotin
My Hound is named Cerberus and my Cerberus is named Dog of War

I have a hurricane named Nemesis and another named Blunderbuss, and a Drake named Avante.

Somewhere I have a thrasher named Devil's Daughter.

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Josie Ironside
Augnais Enterprises
#12 - 2011-11-03 17:30:56 UTC
Esperio Ferver wrote:
mine are named: Warrior, Apprentice, Master, Disciple, and my tengu is named Wishmaster.

Dont judge.


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Florestan Bronstein
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
#13 - 2011-11-03 17:34:04 UTC
name of the hull

if people use dscan they see the name of the hull anyways, trying to fool them may be amusing but is imo pointless.
Terik Voth
Career Service Center
#14 - 2011-11-03 17:38:23 UTC
Usually I name my ship whatever the hull is.

I name my drakes 'Wednesday'

Canes I usually name 'slick'

Myrmidon I call bastard because I usually fit autocannons on it, but lately my gallente boats are all named 'winter's coming'
El Puerco
P.W. Minerals
#15 - 2011-11-03 17:39:45 UTC
track names do it well for me :)

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Catheryn Martobi
Pator Tech School
Minmatar Republic
#16 - 2011-11-03 17:41:01 UTC
My Itty V is called the 'Storage Phallus' for obvious reasons.

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Gilbaron
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#17 - 2011-11-03 17:41:03 UTC
i always call them k162, you just never know exactly whats coming from it Blink
Komen
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#18 - 2011-11-03 17:42:46 UTC
No set in stone methodology.

I have a Tengu named Windowlicker, because herp missile spam.

But then I have a Kronos named Ignie Ferroque (Fire and Sword).

And there's the Phobos I named Joy Toy (because pod-mails are gonna show implants, squeeeee!).

A nemesis named 'Squinty'. Don't ask. I said don't.

Really it boils down to a name that amuses me, and may or may not reference something about the ship itself.
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Viziam
Amarr Empire
#19 - 2011-11-03 17:44:32 UTC
This is a fun subject.

I tend to name Haulers and Barges after Dave Matthews Band songs (don't know why) examples like

IG-Still Water
IG-The Maker
IG-Everyday

Combat Vessesl get harsher names

My WH Abaddon is named IG-Fist of God and before that my WH Armageddon was called IG-Bonecrusher before its untimely demise at the hands of a Zealot. I have a K-space Geddon called Creeping Death as well that is the first and only BS I bought. I usually build them now if I can.

The newest addition to my personal fleet is a Bhaalgorn named Diabolus Meretricis (Latin for Devil's Whore)

I usually put IG- in front of my ships to to denote that they are mine, it gets a little confusing in ship arrays in WHs if I don't.
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Stan Smith
State War Academy
Caldari State
#20 - 2011-11-03 17:46:09 UTC
i used to name ships after real world warships/warship classes,

destroyers: Arleigh Burke, Fletcher for my corms
Cruisers: Ticonderoga

also named ships after famous battles in history
Thermopylae and Marathin.

generally i like to make warships sound fierce and badass

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