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Offline Androgeos Exeunt

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Re: Ideas for Ship Names
Reply #40 on: December 30, 2008, 09:23:19 pm
Chinese names are used by the United Earth Federation (UEF) in Blue Planet. You can see my two examples a few posts above this one. ;)

What is known (by me) at the moment is that the UEF have the UEFg Karuna and the UED Solaris for large ships. If they have more warship classes, I either forgot about them or do not know them.
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Re: Ideas for Ship Names
Reply #41 on: December 31, 2008, 04:52:55 am
SD Asuras
SCv Bahamut
GTF Emancipator
GTD Eternal Vigilance
GTC Shepherd

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Re: Ideas for Ship Names
Reply #42 on: December 31, 2008, 12:32:04 pm
Quote from: Grimper on December 30, 2008, 08:10:28 pm
Quote from: -Joshua- on December 30, 2008, 10:58:10 am
You are forgetting that most warships YOU see are british or americans. Dutch warships have dutch names, Spanish ships spanish ones, Japanese ships japenese ones etc.. Earth ships have... earth names, so it makes a lot of sense that there is some GTC Whilhelmina in there too.

Oh right...
Well if it works that way then the ship names we should be seeing will come from the most dominant country on Earth (it stand to reason the most dominant country would have the largest navy). The way its going now, it looks like either China or India will be that dominant country.

So...Chinese ship names anyone...?  :ick:

Although I'm thinking most people here will prefer British and American names, even if that won't (possibly) be realistic in the future.

I still think that as GTA officers come from all around the world, we will see names from all around the world... But yeah, names from the dominating navy will dominate.
 

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Re: Ideas for Ship Names
Reply #43 on: December 31, 2008, 04:10:04 pm
Quote from: NGTM-1R on December 30, 2008, 12:58:50 am
Historical ship names...god knows I could pound out a longer list but I'm trying to restrict it to those that are truly memorable somehow.

Eisenhower (GTA had a destroyer by the name)
Thunderchild
Kawakaze
Richelieu
Essex
Enterprise
Saratoga
Akagi
Shokaku
Tiger
Sovereign
Kumano
Johnston
Salt Lake City
Kirishima
Yorktown
Lexington
Washington
South Dakota
Duke of York
Warspite
Scharnhorst

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Re: Ideas for Ship Names
Reply #44 on: December 31, 2008, 04:13:33 pm
Uh...
Its a historical ship that was in WW2.
And its also the name of a modern day US Supercarrier IIRC.
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Re: Ideas for Ship Names
Reply #45 on: December 31, 2008, 07:51:40 pm
 

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Re: Ideas for Ship Names
Reply #46 on: December 31, 2008, 07:58:32 pm
Here are a few

GTD Sovereign
GTD Providence
GTD Dominion

and these ones with designations that don't make sense:

TSS (or FSAS) Amaterasu
TD (or FSAD) Tannischala
TSD (or FSASD) Sparrowhawk

I leave what they mean up to you.
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Re: Ideas for Ship Names
Reply #47 on: December 31, 2008, 09:09:25 pm
TSS = Terran Support Ship? (maybe more of a logistics and support ship like in BP, as support ships don't usually have names)
TD = Terran Destroyer
TSD = Terran Super Destroyer

As for the FSA ones...Free Systems Alliance?

And also esarai's personal text is making me doubt the first one is a logistics ship...
Terran Super Ship maybe?
« Last Edit: December 31, 2008, 09:13:08 pm by Grimper »
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Re: Ideas for Ship Names
Reply #48 on: December 31, 2008, 10:33:06 pm
The Icanus of INFR1 had the prefix TSJ, which stood for "Terran Super Juggernaut".
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Re: Ideas for Ship Names
Reply #49 on: December 31, 2008, 11:20:37 pm
Quote from: Grimper on December 31, 2008, 09:09:25 pm
TSS = Terran Support Ship? (maybe more of a logistics and support ship like in BP, as support ships don't usually have names)
TD = Terran Destroyer
TSD = Terran Super Destroyer

As for the FSA ones...Free Systems Alliance?

And also esarai's personal text is making me doubt the first one is a logistics ship...
Terran Super Ship maybe?



... damn, you're good... you nailed FSA on the head... I thought that would be the hardest to guess. And you got TD. TSS is pretty close, but not quite. Same for TSD.
<Nuclear>   truth: the good samaritan actually checked for proof of citizenship and health insurance
<Axem>   did anyone catch jesus' birth certificate?
<Nuclear>   and jesus didnt actually give the 5000 their fish...he gave it to the romans and let it trickle down
<Axem>and he was totally pro tax breaks
<Axem>he threw out all those tax collectors at the temple
<Nuclear>   he drove a V8 camel too
<Nuclear>   with a sword rack for his fully-automatic daggers

Esarai: hey gaiz, what's a good improvised, final attack for a ship fighting to buy others time to escape to use?
RangerKarl|AtWork: stick your penis in the warp core
DarthGeek: no don't do that
amki: don't EVER do that
 

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Re: Ideas for Ship Names
Reply #50 on: January 01, 2009, 12:44:48 am
TSS = Terran Stealth Ship
TSD = Terran Stealth Destroyer
?
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Re: Ideas for Ship Names
Reply #51 on: January 01, 2009, 01:37:17 am
Quote from: Droid803 on January 01, 2009, 12:44:48 am
TSS = Terran Stealth Ship
TSD = Terran Stealth Destroyer
?

I think a destroyer is a bit big to stealth........but the stealth ship is definitely possible.

Terran Service Ship
Terran Spy Ship

Terran Support Drone
Terran Spy Drone


Can you give us some hints as to the size of the ships maybe?
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Re: Ideas for Ship Names
Reply #52 on: January 01, 2009, 02:00:54 am

He has confirmed this to be the SASD Sparrowhawk...I think


EDIT:
Ok I cheated.
Its the Star Alliance Strike Destroyer Sparrowhawk.
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Re: Ideas for Ship Names
Reply #53 on: January 01, 2009, 02:31:14 am
Quote from: Grimper on January 01, 2009, 01:37:17 am



Can you give us some hints as to the size of the ships maybe?


Those are some good guesses, and inspirational ones, I might add, but the middle s stands for a word that has nothing to do with the ships function. I gave it this name just because I was fed up with the cliched-ness of Juggernaut, Superdestroyer, Colossus, etc...

Oh wow edit:
Totally misread the quoted post. TSS is 7km, TSD and TD are normal destroyer sized.
« Last Edit: January 01, 2009, 03:04:07 am by esarai »
<Nuclear>   truth: the good samaritan actually checked for proof of citizenship and health insurance
<Axem>   did anyone catch jesus' birth certificate?
<Nuclear>   and jesus didnt actually give the 5000 their fish...he gave it to the romans and let it trickle down
<Axem>and he was totally pro tax breaks
<Axem>he threw out all those tax collectors at the temple
<Nuclear>   he drove a V8 camel too
<Nuclear>   with a sword rack for his fully-automatic daggers

Esarai: hey gaiz, what's a good improvised, final attack for a ship fighting to buy others time to escape to use?
RangerKarl|AtWork: stick your penis in the warp core
DarthGeek: no don't do that
amki: don't EVER do that
 

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Re: Ideas for Ship Names
Reply #54 on: January 01, 2009, 02:35:00 am
So TSS and TSD are more along the lines of a unique designation? Like the GTVA Colossus?

And am I right in assuming the first word is "Terran"?
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Re: Ideas for Ship Names
Reply #55 on: January 01, 2009, 03:05:31 am
Quote from: Grimper on January 01, 2009, 02:35:00 am
So TSS and TSD are more along the lines of a unique designation? Like the GTVA Colossus?

And am I right in assuming the first word is "Terran"?

For TSS, sort of. TSD is a standard definition for a ship class, and the first word is terran.
<Nuclear>   truth: the good samaritan actually checked for proof of citizenship and health insurance
<Axem>   did anyone catch jesus' birth certificate?
<Nuclear>   and jesus didnt actually give the 5000 their fish...he gave it to the romans and let it trickle down
<Axem>and he was totally pro tax breaks
<Axem>he threw out all those tax collectors at the temple
<Nuclear>   he drove a V8 camel too
<Nuclear>   with a sword rack for his fully-automatic daggers

Esarai: hey gaiz, what's a good improvised, final attack for a ship fighting to buy others time to escape to use?
RangerKarl|AtWork: stick your penis in the warp core
DarthGeek: no don't do that
amki: don't EVER do that
 

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Re: Ideas for Ship Names
Reply #56 on: January 01, 2009, 06:18:53 am
Terran Sleeper Ship
Terran Supercalifragilisticexpialdocious Ship
Terran STFU Ship

Terran Star Destroyer
Terran Shivan Disco-club



Man this is starting to annoy me. I don't have that much patience...  :hopping:
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Re: Ideas for Ship Names
Reply #57 on: January 01, 2009, 01:07:31 pm
Quote from: Grimper on January 01, 2009, 06:18:53 am
Terran Sleeper Ship
Terran Supercalifragilisticexpialdocious Ship
Terran STFU Ship

Terran Star Destroyer

Man this is starting to annoy me. I don't have that much patience...  :hopping:

very well. It's Terran Star Ship, and Terran Strike Destroyer.

Quote from: Grimper on January 01, 2009, 06:18:53 am

Terran Shivan Disco-club

 :wakka: That has got to go in the next JAD.
<Nuclear>   truth: the good samaritan actually checked for proof of citizenship and health insurance
<Axem>   did anyone catch jesus' birth certificate?
<Nuclear>   and jesus didnt actually give the 5000 their fish...he gave it to the romans and let it trickle down
<Axem>and he was totally pro tax breaks
<Axem>he threw out all those tax collectors at the temple
<Nuclear>   he drove a V8 camel too
<Nuclear>   with a sword rack for his fully-automatic daggers

Esarai: hey gaiz, what's a good improvised, final attack for a ship fighting to buy others time to escape to use?
RangerKarl|AtWork: stick your penis in the warp core
DarthGeek: no don't do that
amki: don't EVER do that
 

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Re: Ideas for Ship Names
Reply #58 on: January 01, 2009, 07:21:12 pm
Frigate: Constellation (famous old US Navy frigate)
Frigate: Perry (after Oliver Hazard Perry, who commanded a frigate)
Shipyard: Norfolk
Shipyard: Belfast


Monitor
Virginia
Texas
California
Iowa
Ohio
Dakota
Carolina
Missouri
Pennsylvania
Colorado
Arizona
Oregon
Arkansas
Wisconsin
Massachusetts
Alabama
Jersey
Illinois
Indomitable
Glorious
Redoutable
Constitution
Invincible
Dreadnought
Audacious
Warspite
Hood
Gloucester
Bismarck
Mikasa
Tsushima
Yamato
Nagato
La Napoleon
De Gaulle
Patton
Dunkerque
Ostfriesland
Richelieu
Littorio
Shinano
Scharnhorst
Gneisenau
Petropavlovsk
Sebastopol
Oktyabrskaya
Revolutsiya
Kirov
Gangut
Minas Gerais
Sao Paulo
Rivadavia
Almirante Latorre
Yavuz
Gustav


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Re: Ideas for Ship Names
Reply #59 on: January 01, 2009, 07:27:02 pm
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