[Xeandra]

Don't really know if they would mind that much, after all (if i remember correctly, too lazy to check) in Hinduism the world is a cycle of destruction and recreation and Shiva is the one that destroys the world.

[Pnakotus]

Lucifer is just an old Roman name for Venus (the Morning Star) co-opted in Inferno and Paradise Lost to be a trendy, poetic name for Satan (which just means 'adversary' or something, quite boring).  Since Lucy is an invincible deathship with mighty beam cannons, tagging it the 'light bearer' is fairly appropriate.

GTA Command is nuts, though.  How would real pilots feel if the briefing called their targets 'oilfield Satan' and 'armoured section Kill Your Wife'?

Shiva constantly destroys so new things can be created: the role isn't seen as malignant.  It's pretty much what the Shivans do too.

[Mathwiz6]

What about the GTDn Gabriel... I hope no christians get to many mods...


On the other hand, the gabriel is terran, so it's probably OK...

And how come the shivan ships all have scary names? I mean come on, the Thanatos, that's death, so what is command thinking about morale here?

[aldo_14]

Wasn't Thanatos a GW-era ship?  In which case, I'd expect it to be 'named' by GTA rather than by the Vasudans (who'd have a Vasudan name for it).  In any case, surely the God of Death can also bring it.....

[Dark Hunter]

What about the GTDn Gabriel... I hope no christians get to many mods...

I'm Christian, and I have no problem with it.
The dreadnaught's actual class name is the "Archangel", Gabriel is the first name that generally comes to mind though. Heck, I named an Archangel the "Gabriel" before I knew anyone else was doing the same. 

[Mathwiz6]

But.. it's an engine of destruction...

meh, i was j/k anyway.

The Thanatos was a rakshasa in FS2

[Mobius]

Gabriel is an Archangel....

Gabriel
GTDn Archangel

Sounds good.

[Getter Robo G]

Wait as a Christian I'm confused....

   Should I be  because our religion is being trivialized...

  or

  Should I be  cause we are kicking evil heathen Shivan arses?


  I want to fire the Jaweh(SP?) Beam Cannon of Doom(TM) against the Shivan HomeWorld!

*Note this post is pure sarcasim (take it seriously at your own risk!) 

[Mathwiz6]

What'd the Dn mean anyway? Oh.... dreadnaught... coooolll 

[Dark Hunter]

You ever seen the GTDn Archangel? Out of all Strattcomm's models that is my favorite! Its entire front end is a massive blue beam cannon... that can destroy a Sathanas in a single shot! 

Plus, its antifighter capabilities are through the roof. I've seen more than a half-dozen AAA beams target a single fighter.... and it still had plenty left to shoot other fighters with.

[Mars]

Sounds kind of overbalanced to me 

[Dark Hunter]

It sounds it, but it really isn't. Its armor isn't the greatest, despite its antifighter capabilities it seems to lose health quickly... or maybe that was just the Vindhyacal-class superbombers attacking it.

Also, the main gun takes forever to recharge. I don't know if it has any other anti-capship weapons... I suspect it does, but none so powerful.

[Schyzzo]

even in civilizated countries.[b/]

Wht do u mean!? That indians are not civilized?
I guess that it was worse than named a ship with a god name!

[Getter Robo G]

Hunger... need food..


When you said "Indians" this time, for a moment, Native Americans flashed in my head.

No offense to our Native brothers as even since the day the first conquistador landed I believed them to be a civilized people with a rich and diverse culture that were horribly treated all these centuries by the white and Hispaninc explorers...

 However, can you really see yourself docking with a freighter called, "Two Dogs f-ing?"
 (or even giving the order with a straight face? Think about it.)


(runs)...

I'm going to look for food now. 

[Freespace Freak]

While we're on the subject of Shivans, weren't the strange cultists from Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom called Shivans as well?

[Mobius]

even in civilizated countries.[b/]

Wht do u mean!? That indians are not civilized?
I guess that it was worse than named a ship with a god name!

OTHER countries.I have a lot of respect for them(in fact I've created this thread...)

While we're on the subject of Shivans, weren't the strange cultists from Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom called Shivans as well?

Really?That's strange...

[karajorma]

While we're on the subject of Shivans, weren't the strange cultists from Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom called Shivans as well?

Nope. They were the last reminants of the Thugee. Worshippers of Kali.

[Getter Robo G]

Hehe My friends have a todler niece named Kali... (Kill her now I say! Last thing we need is another Damien!) 

[Colonol Dekker]

I think names should reflect the undividual ships character, not the class.
The Belisarius should have been called the NTCv Lemming for example.........

[Mobius]

I think names should reflect the undividual ships character, not the class.
The Belisarius should have been called the NTCv Lemming for example.........

Belisarius was a Roman general,killed because of some politic reasons....
His death has opened the Empire to Barbarian attacks...a nice name for a corvette with a stubborn CO.
Then the Danton,the Camisard,the Jacquerie...those are names for rebel ships!
(in fact they were built by rebels I think)