[PKDecatur]

I quite liked this thread... it gave me some good ideas.  (This goes both for names of ship classes, as well as individuals ships.)

Personally, Terran ships are a grab bage of names from Earth's history and myth (usually appropriately Western-Eurocentric, of course).  Could stand to use more names from Asian, African, and Latin American names, of course, even if it's just for the characters (Governor M'Kembe, you say?)  And I think that Vasudan ships could be named after Mesoamerican mythology.  After all, the Aztecs built pyramids too, didn't they?

But I want to focus this thread on Shivan ships.  I kind of like how Volition named them in FS2.  You have a lot of the more cryptic examples of Judeo-Christian demonology (Sathanas?  The only other reference to that online would be death metal albums), without having to leech off too many names  from games that already focus on that, like Diablo 2 or In Nomine.  I also liked how there were some random ones that didn't fit that scheme, like Thanatos, Ravana, and the minimalist SD Demon.  Good stuff.

I guess a similar schema of focusing mainly on Old Testament lore, and tossing in a few other ones would be the names of the Tyranid Hive Fleets in Warhammer 40,000- Behemoth, Leviathan, and... Kraken.  Though you wouldn't want to necessarily do too many "ancient giant monsters", because those are the name of the Broods of Starcraft.  But good ideas, all.

I'd personally toss in a few names from more modern legends in.  No SD Saurons or Vaders, but I'd make a ship designated Cthulhu.  Why not?  In the actual Mythos, Cthulhu isn't the omnipotent evil deity, merely a very powerful one who happens to live on Earth.  And it'll be amusing to have a ship named Cthulhu while all the other ones are named after Biblical/Talmudic demons.  Perhaps there should be more Shivan ships named after the Kaballah and Jewish mysticism as well?

So what do you think?

[Dark Hunter]

Leviathan is already a Terran cruiser.

There is a modded ship called the Behemoth... I don't know where it is or what it looks like though.

One campaign featured a Ravana-class called the Kraken (Shadows of the Kraken).

I think (not sure) that Derelict had a ship named the Cthulhu... or am I just thinking of the Cthon?

Oh, yeah, and:

[colecampbell666]

No, I'm pretty sure that Derelict had a Cthulhu.

[GenericCorvette]

No, I'm pretty sure that Derelict had a Cthulhu.

I'm very sure Derelict had both.

[Hellstryker]

im pretty sure that homesick had a cthulu as well 

[Bob-san]

I use Latin or Greek translations of the role of a ship in the particular campaign--if it's just an insignifigant little ship that'll not have a huge role, I'll translate the role or an aspect of it and find the coolest translation. That, or I'll go off and look up the history of an ancient culture and find names there. It's quite interesting, really--you can translate basically any word and make it relevant and cool-sounding.

[colecampbell666]

im pretty sure that homesick had a cthulu as well 

I think you're right. Blaise Russel made both Homesick and Derelict SCP. He might like the name.

[Goober5000]

Blaise Russel only converted Derelict to SCP; he didn't design the original missions.

[Sarafan]

*snip*

So what do you think?

It would be nice to see some more variety in the ship's names, specially Terran ones, I mean, GTD Raynor? C'mon. I think that Hindu and some arabic names would go really well with Shivan ships, not just demon names but others as well.

[nvsblmnc]

Some old Japanese names are also quite interesting.

Ama-Terasu, for example makes an excellent destroyer name (in my opinion).

[Asuko]

What of the Kusanagi or the oft heard of Masamune?

[Hellstryker]

Shinigami? 

[Jeff Vader]

I'm straying a bit from the topic since these names would better suit Terran destroyers or other capital ships. At least if you ask me. But, to continue with the Japanese theme, I'd say Matsumoto, Nagumo, Myoko, Shinya.

[Asuko]

Shinigami? 

Haha, nice.

[Sarafan]

Shinigami? 

 

[Vasudan Commander]

Shinigami? 

Why not just make the SCv Renji , SD Byakuga and the SD Kenpachi too 

[Snail]

Well there's the EAD Ryujin in Inferno...

[Bob-san]

Video game references work well too--many a moon I have thought about calling something the GTC Raijin,GTC Fujin, GTD Heartily, NTD Leonheart, and other vague video-game references. Sorry--I'm thinking about FF8 right now.

[Snail]

GTD Heartily sounds plain stupid...

[Bob-san]

Oh well--that's not the point. It's a video game reference. Now, in all truth, I've never knowingly named a ship after a video game or anime---it's just that Ryujin made me think about Rajin and Fujin, who made me think about Squall Leonhart and Rinao Heartily. Saying that, it makes me think of Zell who make me think of this kid Jesse that I met over summer who looks just like Zell in FF8. Anyways--forget I said anything. I'm just saying that some video-game references can't hurt (can they?)