[headdie]

I was trawling through the wikipedia and i came across this

Ancient Galatia was an area in the highlands of central Anatolia in modern Turkey. Galatia, an ancient region of Asia Minor, was named for the immigrant Gauls from Thrace (cf. Tylis), who settled here and became its ruling caste in the 3rd century BC. It has been called the "Gallia" of the East, Roman writers calling its inhabitants Galli.[1]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galatia

this is in my opinion this is supported by the GTD Aquitaine being named after a region of France which has links to the Galatia region

[Titan]

Wrong. I remember reading the name somewhere in my Greek Mythology textbook.

[Galemp]

Galatia != Galatea.

[headdie]

fair enough

[Tantalus53]

Isnt Galatea a name of a moon? Or maybe one of the other Orions.. cant remember.

[Androgeos Exeunt]

Uhh, Tantalus, you're stationed on the Galatea at the start of FS1...

[Paladin327]

Galatea:
Moon of Neptune discovered in 1989
Woman who wisher her daughter to be turned into a son
Sea Nymph in Ovid's story Acis and Galatea
name given in the 18th century to the animated statue sculpted by Pygmalion

thats just the mythology section from typing in Galatea into wikipedia

[Snail]

Uhh, Tantalus, you're stationed on the Galatea at the start of FS1...

Once again, my friend, you live up to your title.


Tantalus was referring to the name origin of the destroyer you're stationed on at the beginning of FS1.

[Tantalus53]

Snails right.. Let me clarify.

I remembered finding out that the name 'Galatea' was the name of a moon. At the time, however, i was uncertain if it was Galatea or some other Orion who's namesake was a moon. 

[DarkShadow-]

Paladin327 showed you some possible answers, and the result is obvious, isn't it? The orion (like the moon we're talking about) was obviously named after the nereid Galatea, like every terran ship name has its origin in greek mythology.

...btw, first google hit.