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Re: What do you name your ships?
« Reply #30 on: January 15, 2013, 07:23:22 AM »

I just call them names of people...

Like Bob the Onslaught, Steve the Paragon, Jamie the Apogee

That weird?
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Re: What do you name your ships?
« Reply #31 on: January 15, 2013, 02:34:03 PM »

I just call them names of people...

Like Bob the Onslaught, Steve the Paragon, Jamie the Apogee

That weird?

Probably. But my ships want to know if your ships are free next Friday. Mumbling something about "Blowing up pirates, watching the stars and drinking Infernium together". Don't know what to make of it.
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Re: What do you name your ships?
« Reply #32 on: January 15, 2013, 02:53:25 PM »

I just call them names of people...

Like Bob the Onslaught, Steve the Paragon, Jamie the Apogee

That weird?

Sounds more like some random generated NPC mini boss name from Diablo :P
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Re: What do you name your ships?
« Reply #33 on: January 15, 2013, 09:28:45 PM »

Haven't posted in a while, so I thought I'd say something here.

All of my ships are named after mythology or something epic,
and I currently run a single Conquest named the Nordic Armory Ship Odin.

Loadout means it is called a Legendary Battleship, as I have literally taken on full TT battlefleets and won.

Anything smaller than a carrier fleet is nothing, and I can basically autobattle and win.
I can murder whole cargo fleets in a couple minutes, and I have knocked out a Paragon or two.


Onslaughts can be difficult, but the fully-powered agility of my ship gives it a top speed of 151,
with a flux vent of more than 3000 (far more when actively venting), a flux capacity that almost hits 20000,
2 Mjolnirs, 2 Hephaestuses, 8 burst PD, 2 large burst PD, 4 Pilums, and so much more.
I would have to check to see what hull mods I have on there,
but it is a tank with everything activated.

[EDIT]: Thanks, Gothars. :P

[EDIT 2]: Found a cooler name than Odin, Hringhorni, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hringhorni.
« Last Edit: January 15, 2013, 09:38:50 PM by ArthropodOfDoom »
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Re: What do you name your ships?
« Reply #34 on: January 15, 2013, 10:27:51 PM »

I name my ships after melee weapons, especially ones featured in tabletop RPGs. Mace, Sickle, Scythe, etc. I usually reserve Morningstar for my flagship.
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Re: What do you name your ships?
« Reply #35 on: January 17, 2013, 01:07:34 AM »

I'm not nearly as creative as other people on this forum.

I just name my ships:

USS Medusa
USS Eagle
USS Odyssey
etc.

If i get more of one type, i get a little more creative:
2nd Odyssey, USS Andromeda
2nd Eagle, USS Hammer
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