EVE General Discussion

What slang terms, abbreviated or acronyms, do you use for ships in Eve?


Nomens for Navy Omens for example. Or the proverbial "Potato" for the dominix.


What are some of your favorites over the years? Have they changed?

Intandofisa prides itself on its Zulu connections. Therefore, should I fly a Claw, that Claw is called "Izipho" which is....

...claw.

DD for Daredevil.
Dram for Dramiel.
SFI for Stabber Fleet Issue
ScyFI for Scythe Fleet Issue
Geddon for Armageddon
Phoon for Typhoon
Cane for Hurricane

That is all I can remember at this time.

garbage pile of rust and duct tape -> any random Minmatar ship

Barghest = Battle Spatula!

--Gadget wants pancakes

The Tristan used to be known as the Fat Man, then CCP made it wiggle.

I like it when people name things after me, it makes me feel all nice inside

Exequeror Navy Issue.

Rino for any of my CNR's and my Golem. Because it has the BR SKIN as default, I named my Paladin the "Cannibal" and it's still rather fitting I think. Some had fictional military style nomenclatures and designators in the name depending on what they where, for instance my Golem has the nomen MAR/CS-5A in the name. "MAR" meant it is a Marauder class, "CS" for Caldari State as the origin faction, the "5" meant it is a Battleship, and the "A" stood for it being a Tech 2 ship.

I did go through a phase where I was naming ships after the names of mechs in Battletech lore; Frigs and Dessies where named after lights like the Firemoth or Jenner, cruisers and battlecruisers where named after mediums like the Hunchback and Nova, battleships after heavies and assaults like the Atlas and Timber Wolf. I still have a few ships lying around with mech names. I even got real particular about naming T1's after IS mechs, T2's and T3's after Omnimechs, and faction ships after Clan mechs.

Hell, I have a Raptor called simply "Raptor", not because it is one but because it reminds me of the one Lockheed Martin produced. Even my old Garmur was called the "JSF" just for ***** and giggles. Then, I went and changed it to the "Batmobile" at one point.

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The more you know ...