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Alayna Le'line
#201 - 2012-08-16 08:34:35 UTC
I tend to name them after mythical beings that somehow have something in common with the ship (or how I use it anyway).

So most of my droneboats are named for multiheaded creatures. I totally ignore actual existing ship names when picking names though. So I have an Ishkur named Cerberus, which might confuse some people (always a nice bonus)...

Once one gets blown up I start numbering them using Roman numerals.
Caitlyn Tufy
Perkone
Caldari State
#202 - 2012-08-16 11:27:15 UTC  |  Edited by: Caitlyn Tufy
Let's see, from the current assortment of ships:

Raven, CNR - Odin, Thor
Merlins - Morgan Le Fay, Yaga Baba
Harpy - Blarpy
Drakes - Rhaegal, Viserion, Drogon
Rokh - Rammington
Tengu - Raging Queen
Noctis - Valkyrie-A
Blackbird - Don Chute
Mammoth - Baitmobile
Ferox - Not a Drake
Heron - Starchild
Coercer - Firebird

Well, you get the general idea. I usually make up the name when buying the ship, but a few have predetermined name types. For instance, a Noctis is always Valkyrie, because like the mythological women, they too scatter the battlefield for fallen warriors. The -A is a reminder, as I lost my original Noctis to sheer stupidity (basically salvaging a mission before the last spawn :D)

Next on the list of fixed names will be my alt's Retriever - I lost it yesterday in the middle of the war while I was watching Franklin and Bash and forgot to check the scout, it might end up as something like "Lawyered" or "Scoutless" or perhaps the "AFK mobile". We'll see :D
Halete
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#203 - 2012-08-16 12:16:25 UTC
Usually something aggressive, or visceral, or virile, not unlike Halete.

For instance, my Wolf is called Dire B!tch, a tongue-in-cheek double entendre.

"To know the true path, but yet, to never follow it. That is possibly the gravest sin" - The Scriptures, Book of Missions 13:21
ChromeStriker
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#204 - 2012-08-16 13:24:52 UTC
I look at my book case and take book titles or cool things in said books and mix n match for example...

WinterSmith
Graceling
Dauntless


No Worries
Ravan Hekki
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#205 - 2012-08-16 13:44:20 UTC
Warp to 0

to remind me not to.
Inquisitor Kitchner
The Executives
#206 - 2012-08-16 14:30:45 UTC

I RP Amarr like a girl (amirite?) when it comes to ship names.

I name all the ships hulls uniquely, but just rename the ship when it gets blown up (ship names were always traditionally recycled when the ship was sunk, often carrying it's naval traditions with it.)

All my names are religious based, tbh I could have a code generator that makes a combination of the following :


  1. Lord's/Emperess'/Divine/Glorious/Holy/His/God's
  2. Wrath/Vengeance/Retribution/Judgement/Glory/Work/Justice


Occasionally I'll have the odd other name. Like I have a Drake called The Relentless after a semi-crap Warhammer 40K novel that for some reason I liked.

"If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared." - Niccolo Machiavelli
Kari Juptris
Dreddit
Test Alliance Please Ignore
#207 - 2012-08-16 14:45:20 UTC
Tengu: A Terrible Name. Selfmade
Archon: Sea *****. A Song of ice and Fire
Most PVP ships: SHALOM. A Jewish greeting.
Shaera Taam
Khanid Prime Free Irregulars
#208 - 2012-08-16 15:50:35 UTC  |  Edited by: Shaera Taam
usually gods and weapons, kinda depending on ships purpose
mining burst = 'hathor" egyptian goddess of the harvest
jags = "bastet" egyptian cat goddess
wolves = "ophois" egyptian wolf god
thrasher = "gungnir" spear of odin
vagabond = "kusanagi" famed japanese katana
prowler = "fharlanghn" the f.r. god of travels
etc

Thus Spake the Frigate Goddess!
Zanziba'ar
Blood Raider Marauders
Blood Raider Shipyards
#209 - 2012-08-18 16:30:11 UTC
Flagship mach: The Zehmorat
Guardian: Tin can 2 (one of two guardians)
Nidhoggur: iRustalot
Naglfar: Shalowashere
Everything else: Sha 1 - 99
  • Mulzvich "Zanziba'ar" Gorath
Brainless Bimbo
Pator Tech School
Minmatar Republic
#210 - 2012-08-18 16:45:00 UTC
heres a few..

Rapier... This is a pen

Panther... Sandworm

Vigil... Where´s my horse

Fenrir.... Little boxes

Hurricane... Wedge

Tornado... SUPRISE

Hulk.... Unrelenting boredom

already dead, just haven´t fallen over yet....
Causticum
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#211 - 2012-08-18 20:04:57 UTC
Bellicose I'm poor
Nexus Day
Lustrevik Trade and Travel Bureau
#212 - 2012-08-18 20:08:53 UTC
Raven- Evermore

Rattlesnake- Cold Hearted

Phantasm- The Movie

Probe- Ford

Wreathe- X-Mas

Slicer- Midlife Crysis

Cyclone- Pain Train

And many more....
Gorinia Sanford
Royal Amarr Institute
Amarr Empire
#213 - 2012-08-18 20:18:11 UTC
Hehe, I named one of my Bestowers "SS Edmund Fitzgerald", just popped in my head as the thing to do.

When I got my Impel recently, I googled "Famous Blockade Runners" and named it USS Britannia (hmm, maybe that one should be HMS). I've got an Osprey named HMS Hood, after the ill-fated battlecruiser sunk by the Bismark. I try to keep my ship names within the class and such, but for the most part I name them after US or British ships of the 20th Century. If I ever decide to fly a carrier, I think I'll name that one USS Ronald Reagan.
Gorinia Sanford
Royal Amarr Institute
Amarr Empire
#214 - 2012-08-18 20:27:42 UTC
Herr Hammer Draken wrote:
I have a tormentor named my EX WIFE.


Now THAT is a great name for that hull. Big smile
Zera Kerrigan
The 420th Token
#215 - 2012-08-19 01:09:11 UTC
Gorinia Sanford wrote:
Hehe, I named one of my Bestowers "SS Edmund Fitzgerald", just popped in my head as the thing to do.

When I got my Impel recently, I googled "Famous Blockade Runners" and named it USS Britannia (hmm, maybe that one should be HMS). I've got an Osprey named HMS Hood, after the ill-fated battlecruiser sunk by the Bismark. I try to keep my ship names within the class and such, but for the most part I name them after US or British ships of the 20th Century. If I ever decide to fly a carrier, I think I'll name that one USS Ronald Reagan.


Cool man! :D
MEESO ONGTYME
Derpity Smurp Smurp
#216 - 2012-08-19 13:18:38 UTC
Iteron Mark 3 - Big ol Penis
Arkenai Wyrnspire
Incorruptibles
#217 - 2012-08-19 13:49:52 UTC
I have a system where each ship/fit has a name, and I have them numbered. My Enyo is called Firelance I for example. It gives me a sense of achievement when one of my ships accumulates a large number of kills before dying, because I can tally them easily. I have a dual-rep Incursus called Lance 5 which is doing well right now.

Someone.
Doc Severide
Doomheim
#218 - 2012-08-19 15:12:54 UTC
I always call my Badgers "F4ggot Wagon"...

Derp...
Solstice Project
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#219 - 2012-08-19 17:22:03 UTC
I tended to name my hurricane cane ... and the cynabal abel.

Now it's just Solstice Project's Thrasher. That's fearsome enough already. *cough* xD
ugh zug
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#220 - 2012-08-19 17:28:17 UTC  |  Edited by: ugh zug
IM_ON_A_BOAT
DO_THE_CREEP
NO_HOMO
LIKE_A_BOSS
DICK_IN_A_BOX

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GI6CfKcMhjY&feature=list_other&playnext=1&list=SPED9441CFC963F147

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