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NephilimNexus

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Amusing Ship Names?
« on: February 06, 2020, 01:58:34 PM »

Just noticed that a ship that I captured is called "Nivek Ogre" - I had no idea that the dev was a Skinny Puppy fan.

Also found a cute play on words with another ship name, "Sailor of the Endless Cs" (as in, c = speed of light).

Anyone else found any gems for interesting ship names?
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Re: Amusing Ship Names?
« Reply #1 on: February 06, 2020, 03:33:25 PM »

Just noticed that a ship that I captured is called "Nivek Ogre" - I had no idea that the dev was a Skinny Puppy fan.

Ah, that'd be me.
Yeah, Skinny Puppy is great! Saw them in Vancouver when they did a show with Front Line Assembly, it was just fantastic; and Nivek Ogre & Bill Leeb did an encore together and they were just having the greatest time doing some songs together (despite Nivek's leg being in a cast through the whole show). Annnd saw him in an ohGr show in a small venue, it was wonderful to get that more intimate experience. Ahem. Done gushing.
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Re: Amusing Ship Names?
« Reply #2 on: February 09, 2020, 06:20:21 PM »

"My Daddy Owns a Dealership" for a high-tier destroyer.
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Re: Amusing Ship Names?
« Reply #3 on: February 10, 2020, 07:00:28 AM »

I wasnt sure what to expect from an AI run planet so I took it far away to a star in the corner I found with a cryo ship. Planned to just max it out defensively.

I click on the random name generator...  "Devil"
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Re: Amusing Ship Names?
« Reply #4 on: February 10, 2020, 07:07:42 AM »

Some time ago i watched an amazing "Legend of the Galactic Heroes" anime. Was brutally inspired by this and wanted to name my new flagship "Brunhilda". Well, guess what, right after i did it, the first pirate bounty contained an Atlas MK2, that was named just like mine flagship...
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Re: Amusing Ship Names?
« Reply #5 on: February 10, 2020, 07:46:06 AM »

My time to shine. Current fleet:

"Questing Tentacle"
"Nailbat V"
"Four Cats In A Trenchcoat"
"Technically Correct"
"Say It With Lasers"
"One Sick Puppy"
"Horny Space-Chad"
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Re: Amusing Ship Names?
« Reply #6 on: February 11, 2020, 12:11:11 PM »

I had one named "None Pizza with Left Beef"

Internet memery percolates everywhere.
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Re: Amusing Ship Names?
« Reply #7 on: February 11, 2020, 01:18:53 PM »

This looks like an opportune moment for me to reveal my eccentricity. And to also let you know I converted all my spare mass into engine ridiculous ship names.
I'm quietly confident this will be either amusing or useful to *someone*.

Knockoff "Culture" style names
All collected by snipping various things out of what I've been reading, or from whatever hot nonsense I happened to be thinking about and remembered to make a note of.
Some are quite long, but amusing. Those are too big to enter in-game but can be inserted by editing the save, this does break the formatting quite a bit though. Use at your own risk.
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