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Nicknames for Ships - TLI-Inferno - 07-29-2012
' Wrote:I have a few names in mind for the Dreadnaught:
Grant (Ulysses S. Grant )
Ike (EISENHOWER)
Anderson (William Anderson(Canadian))
Desmond (Desmond Smith(Canadian))
Thats all I got for Dreadnaught names.
This is Discovery Freelancer. While Liberty does have some slight ties to North America and United States territories, it doesn't name ships after previous nations' famous people. I've noticed that your suggestions in previous posts even went as far back as names of Native American weapons. Taking anything from the North America and slapping it on as a name for Liberty ships just doesn't work. Take a look at the rest of Liberty's ships. Are they named after people and native american technologies? No, they have names like Patriot/Liberator, Defender/Guardian, Executioner/Avenger, based on what, in a perfect world, they would do. (Patriot and Liberator are police, Defender/Guardian are generally used by defensive navy, and Executioner/Avenger are generally used for the purpose of destroying enemies.
I also noticed that your Rheinland ship suggestions were names of german vehicles from WWII. You need to realize that, while the houses contain some traces of their original Earth nations, you still can't just name things this way. You have to follow the tradition of previous ships for each nation in order for the new names and ships to fit in.
You also shot down a good idea for a Kusarian ship, Wyvern, just because it wasn't originally an asian dragon. Neither are the drake and wyrm. Naming isn't about the language, or the cultures of Earth; each house has already moved past that, and they are all capable of speaking English. Kusarian ships tend to have dragon-related names; bretonian snubs are named after specialized troops in England (before it came to be Great Britain); rheinland snubs tend to be named after various types of spirits; you need to be able to notice the similarities of a line of ships' names, and continue that tradition in coming up with names for more ships in that line.
I'm not just saying "you're wrong gtfo". I'm just trying to help you realize what you can do to make your suggestions more relevant, so that you might be helpful in the future.
Nicknames for Ships - Grumblesaur - 07-29-2012
Low end of the priority list, I'd imagine.
Nicknames for Ships - Goddess Astra - 07-29-2012
I think that most of the Liberty Dreadnoughts in vanilla were Overlord class, so Overlord might work for the ship line name. That was only for the Missouri and Yukon, though. It seems appropriate, though, given that the Bretonia battleships were Dunkirk class, and that's the name used for them.
Other Liberty battleship classes from vanilla include the Eagle and Monument classes.
In a similar vein, all the Rheinland battleships are Bismarck class. I'm not sure if Kusari battleships have a consistent name scheme, but I've seen Meiji, Sekigahara and Genji.
Just a thought.
Nicknames for Ships - TLI-Inferno - 07-29-2012
' Wrote:I think that most of the Liberty Dreadnoughts in vanilla were Overlord class, so Overlord might work for the ship line name. That was only for the Missouri and Yukon, though. It seems appropriate, though, given that the Bretonia battleships were Dunkirk class, and that's the name used for them.
Other Liberty battleship classes from vanilla include the Eagle and Monument classes.
In a similar vein, all the Rheinland battleships are Bismarck class. I'm not sure if Kusari battleships have a consistent name scheme, but I've seen Meiji, Sekigahara and Genji.
Just a thought.
I've seen many people mention the Dunkirk and Overlord classes, and after seeing enough information to confirm them, as well as your information on additional classes, I've decided to name the following:
Rheinland Battleship: Bismarck
Bretonia Battleship: Dunkirk
Liberty Dreadnaught: Overlord
Only the Rheinland Cruiser and Kusari Battleship are without names, now. Thank everyone for continuing to provide helpful information.
Nicknames for Ships - Hone - 07-30-2012
Iv had an idea, If there is more than one BS class, like the eagle and overlord class for the lib dread, then I dont think naming it after one of the classes is a good idea, but if there is only one class, then naming it after that class seems fine.
If there is only the Dunkirk bret bs class, and we name it that, then that gives me an idea, if we are naming the cap lines after famous British military manouveres, then we could name the Dessie, the "Agincourt" as dessies are long range ships, in the same way Agincourt was won by long range attacks, and the GB "Hastings" after the battle of hastings.
My previous ideas for capships were perhaps not the most practicall, but what was wrong with Startrekker for the civ shuttle, and Avalon for the Royal Liner?
Nicknames for Ships - TLI-Inferno - 07-30-2012
' Wrote:Iv had an idea, If there is more than one BS class, like the eagle and overlord class for the lib dread, then I dont think naming it after one of the classes is a good idea, but if there is only one class, then naming it after that class seems fine.
If there is only the Dunkirk bret bs class, and we name it that, then that gives me an idea, if we are naming the cap lines after famous British military manouveres, then we could name the Dessie, the "Agincourt" as dessies are long range ships, in the same way Agincourt was won by long range attacks, and the GB "Hastings" after the battle of hastings.
My previous ideas for capships were perhaps not the most practicall, but what was wrong with Startrekker for the civ shuttle, and Avalon for the Royal Liner?
You are right; that is why I did not yet name the Kusari Battleship, until it is determined which class is being used for the player ships, as all player ships are of the same battleship class.
Startrekker and Avalon are fine ideas, but since there is only one ship named "Civilian Shuttle" and only one "Royal Liner" those ships are already named. Not every ship has to be named after a person or a battle; take a look at many of the other ships.
Nicknames for Ships - Hone - 07-30-2012
' Wrote:You are right; that is why I did not yet name the Kusari Battleship, until it is determined which class is being used for the player ships, as all player ships are of the same battleship class.
Startrekker and Avalon are fine ideas, but since there is only one ship named "Civilian Shuttle" and only one "Royal Liner" those ships are already named. Not every ship has to be named after a person or a battle; take a look at many of the other ships.
Well thers only one ship named Bretonian Battleship too, saying that "Royal Liner" is a unique name when there are "Prison Liners" is the same as saying "Bretonian Battleship" is unique when there are "Kusarian Battleships".
Also My names wernt named after people, and the naming after battles thing, came from the dunkirk, your the one who suggested we stick to themes after all.
Nicknames for Ships - Dashiell - 07-30-2012
the BHG bomber was dubbed 'Moray' by the BHG| playersbase. Fits it quite well imho.
either that or Canopener :$
Nicknames for Ships - TLI-Inferno - 07-30-2012
' Wrote:the BHG bomber was dubbed 'Moray' by the BHG| playersbase. Fits it quite well imho.
either that or Canopener :$
As morays are eels that are one foot long, without any sort of powerful venom capable of killing humans, and are shaped like snakes, without even having the fins that most eels have, I really don't think that's a fitting name for a bounty hunter bomber at all. You can't just take any random creature from the water and name the bounty hunter ships after it. It needs to be something powerful, and preferably a fish or ray; something that bounty hunter ships are shaped like. A tiny eel just doesn't cut it. Even if it's not something powerful, it needs to something dangerous for its little size, like the piranha, and shaped similar to bounty hunter ships, and preferably share a characteristic with the ship that it's naming. For example, the piranha is the bounty hunters' smallest ship.
I'm going to stick with Stingray, as it is much more fitting.
And, no, I'm not just saying "Your idea is baddie". I'm explaining this so that you can hopefully provide ideas that are a bit closer to the target in the future.