what would you name your ship?

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DORTMUNDER

Thursday, August 19, 2004 6:58 PM

Serenity.... :D Damn, guess that ones already taken.

Interesting question though. I might call it something like Osiris.

SOULOFSERENITY

Thursday, August 19, 2004 7:03 PM

I had a brown, dented '91 Mercury Tracer once. I called it "The Turd". Lovingly, of course.

As far as my ship: Final Destiny.

Long story there that would take one massive blog to explain, but in my experience, it fits like a glove.

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WILDHEAVENFARM

Thursday, August 19, 2004 7:05 PM

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Mary
Always a beast, never a burden.

INSIGHT SPINNER

Thursday, August 19, 2004 7:19 PM

Hmmm. I don't know, but here are some choices

- JoVan, for my other fan obsession.
- After a shero, like Makeda or Nsenga
- After a favorite character, maybe, but none come to mind
- But most likely I would name it after a virtue or attribute the ship called to itself, so I would ahve to know the ship to choose it (like courage, faith, insight -- hehe).

So I guess JoVan until the ship tells me it's name.

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BROWNCOAT1

Thursday, August 19, 2004 7:20 PM

In our Firefly RPG game I was the owner/captain of a Firefly class transport. I named her Shenandoah after the Confederate commerce raider that never surrendered to the U.S. during the War Between the States. Figured it was fitting as I play a former Browncoat who never surrendered at the end of the War and now makes a living out on the Rim moving cargo, legal & illegal.

"May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one."

STATIC

Thursday, August 19, 2004 7:25 PM

"Voodoo Child"

Because if she's anything like my bird in the 'Stan. . .she'll fly just fine for me, but develop all manner of un-traceable problems for other pilots that mysteriously dissapear when the crewchief goes to trouble-shoot them.

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BEATLE

Thursday, August 19, 2004 7:35 PM

I think my favorite name for a ship in sci-fi was 'the Event Horizon'.

STARPILOTGRAINGER

Thursday, August 19, 2004 7:36 PM

I'd name my ship 'The Police'. That way, when I open communications, I can say, 'This is the Police.' and get everyone freaked out.

Nah, in all honesty, I'd probably name it after something in a book, or maybe a particular SF author. It would also depend on the type of ship (exploration, smuggling, transportation liner, etc), what it looks like, etc. I once named a ship 'The King's Ransom' for a RPG, but I don't know if I'd go with that.

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RHYMEPHILE

Thursday, August 19, 2004 7:44 PM

I named my car(s). I don't know what I would name my ship...that would take some serious thinkin'.

As for my cars though, my first car was a 1990 Toyota Tercel 2-door that I affectionately named "Duncan Mulder Car" after Highlander and The X-Files, respectively.

My current car, a 2002 Honda Civic coupe, goes by the name "Spike's Coat Car" a la Spike from Buffy and Angel because he's black and tough-looking.

And for some reason I prefer all my cars to be boys. I dunno why.

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DEADLYFOE

Thursday, August 19, 2004 8:14 PM

I had a 68 Chevy Impala that I called "the Land Shark", due to its large predatory demeanor and grayish color. My current car is just a honda civic with no personality, not worthy of a name.
I would name my spacecraft "Emily", for Emily Dickinson. I am quite fond of that lady, she knew the value of a good friend, and was quite an explorer even if she didn't leave her house much.

NEEDLESEYE

Thursday, August 19, 2004 8:27 PM

Quote:

what would you name your ship?

did you even name your car?

If I had my own spaceworthy vessel???
I think I'd name it "Sacagawea" or after a Native American warrior or chief.

My car's a Saturn named Zagnut. Was listening to Hell by Squirrel Nut Zippers and for some reason that type of music stuck on that car like Christine with the 50's music. Anyway, that early time period SNZ's is influenced by sorta swayed me to name it after the candy bar.

Keeper of Jayne's goggles. 8)

MISGUIDED BY VOICES

Thursday, August 19, 2004 8:40 PM

Good News Everyone!

I name this ship - Pazoozoo!

I shall give the same answer for the name of any pet...

"I threw up on your bed"

FEMALEJAYNE

Thursday, August 19, 2004 8:43 PM

I would name it "Serenidipity" and currently my car is the Invisable car. for obvious reasons.

With Hope because love is nothing without hope.

STARPILOTGRAINGER

Thursday, August 19, 2004 9:32 PM

I've never owned a car (I never even bothered getting a driver's license), but it would never occur to me to name my car. Just as it's never occured to me to name my computer (and I've known some people who have). To be honest, if ships didn't already have an established tradition of having names, I have no idea if I would even name it. :)

Star Pilot Grainger
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THEGREYJEDI

Thursday, August 19, 2004 10:19 PM

Hmm, I used to drive a 1980 2 ton van. She told us her name was Bertha. And there was much rejoicing, for she was Ber-tha, the Ever-Living. Mum-Ra was her second cousin, once removed.

In roleplaying I've captained a ship called the Longshot, and I 'designed' two airships (using legos, I am the kwisatz haderach of dorks) called the Falcon and the Raven, the first for it's mostly grey color, the other being predominantly black.

I'm currently working on a sci-fi story/novella with ships called the Artemis, the Whitewing Pegasus, and the Ultima, and a mecha called Aegis.

I currently drive a 1988 Monte Carlo that wants to be called Skywarp.

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SEMTEXJACK

Thursday, August 19, 2004 10:58 PM

Hmmmm.

Well I don't drive and I have no clue about cars in general (just not interested) but my missus has a tendency to call her car all sorts of names when it wont start

As for naming my ship. I always liked The Raven. I seem to have a thing with Ravens as it is also the name of my superhero alter-ego

Otherwise I suppose Phoenix would be quite a good one implying that no matter how many times we get shot down the darn ship just rises again!

Then Again maybe the Ebon Hawk due to my ongoing obsession with Star Wars : Knights of the Old Republic.

WILDHEAVENFARM

Friday, August 20, 2004 12:47 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by StarPilotGrainger:
I'd name my ship 'The Police'. That way, when I open communications, I can say, 'This is the Police.' and get everyone freaked out.

That's like naming your band 'Free Beer', to insure you always have a packed house, because you know the club will fill up when the marquee says "Friday - Free Beer."

Mary
Always a beast, never a burden.

CYBERSNARK

Friday, August 20, 2004 1:48 AM

In the Firefly 'verse, it'd be Firefly-class, called the Rufus T., after an ancient political leader on Earth That Was. I try to emulate him in my command style whenever possible. Or necessary.

Other universes. . . It'd depend on context, but in my SF writing, Earth's first few starships will be named after great artists & visionaries. The Roddenberry, The Whedon, The Da Vinci, The Hawking, The Einstein. . .

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Originally posted by tomerai:
i will buy this ship, and call it... 'this ship'

Hehe.

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"This is Captain Leela, of the starship. . . Planet Express Ship.

--Futurama

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RIVERGIRL

Friday, August 20, 2004 2:22 AM

. . It'd depend on context, but in my SF writing, Earth's first few starships will be named after great artists & visionaries. The Roddenberry, The Whedon, The Da Vinci, The Hawking, The Einstein. . .

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Originally posted by tomerai:
i will buy this ship, and call it... 'this ship'

I like these but in my life I would probably end up calling THE MONEY PIT

Also, I can kill you with my brain.

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TJACK

Friday, August 20, 2004 2:40 AM

My first car was named Lockheed after Kitty Pride's dragon in X-Men, because she was small and gray, and the first time I tried to start her up she stated to smoke and went FWAAAAGH!!!
and I'd name my ship...The Far venture[i/]

When faced with a moral question I ask myself; "What would The Lone Ranger do?"

MALLORY

Friday, August 20, 2004 3:34 AM

Rex, in honor of my dog and 'cause it means "king"...I guess. Nothing too creative or fabulous here *shrug*

PIRATEJENNY

Friday, August 20, 2004 4:08 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by insight spinner:
Hmmm. I don't know, but here are some choices

- JoVan, for my other fan obsession.
- After a shero, like Makeda or Nsenga
- After a favorite character, maybe, but none come to mind
- But most likely I would name it after a virtue or attribute the ship called to itself, so I would ahve to know the ship to choose it (like courage, faith, insight -- hehe).

So I guess JoVan until the ship tells me it's name

insight spinner
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Just an object. It doesn't mean what you think....

LOL are you a JoVan fan..are we talking about the same joVan from OLTL..if so I'm a jovan fan too..its just funny to meet up with another JoVan on the FireFly board

when I buy my 1rst house I've already deceided I'm going to name it Serenity..

but if I had a ship I would probably name it Nibiru after planet X or teh 12th planet in our solar system.or blue Turtle..why turtle ..because I have been having dreams about turtles since I was a very young child!!

SHEPHERDQ

Friday, August 20, 2004 4:40 AM

Had a LONG travel trailer years ago, put lettering on the front....

SANCTUARY

worked for me.

The Journey is the worthier part.
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INSIGHT SPINNER

Friday, August 20, 2004 5:01 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by piratejenny:
Quote:
Originally posted by insight spinner:
Hmmm. I don't know, but here are some choices

- JoVan, for my other fan obsession.
- After a shero, like Makeda or Nsenga
- After a favorite character, maybe, but none come to mind
- But most likely I would name it after a virtue or attribute the ship called to itself, so I would ahve to know the ship to choose it (like courage, faith, insight -- hehe).

So I guess JoVan until the ship tells me it's name

insight spinner
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Just an object. It doesn't mean what you think....

LOL are you a JoVan fan..are we talking about the same joVan from OLTL..if so I'm a jovan fan too..its just funny to meet up with another JoVan on the FireFly board

when I buy my 1rst house I've already deceided I'm going to name it Serenity..

but if I had a ship I would probably name it Nibiru after planet X or teh 12th planet in our solar system.or blue Turtle..why turtle ..because I have been having dreams about turtles since I was a very young child!!

Yeah, that's my couple! I thought I lost my mind when I started hanging out here for Firefly. Now I know I am toast because I spend too much time talking about them. It is better than just something to do until the BDM comes out.

It's all synchronicity, because Nathan Fillian was one of the umpteen millino Joey Buchanon's -- the one who had the affair with Dorian.

Do you hang on the JpVan yahoo list at all? I'm geri there. There is a great fanfic page where I have a cpl poems located here: http://niklovr.tvheaven.com/JoVan/fanfiction.htm

insight spinner
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Just an object. It doesn't mean what you think....

Evan: "I am incapable of doing anything stupid."

SHADESIREN

Friday, August 20, 2004 5:25 AM

Cars...

79 mustang named "The High Beastess of Mustangs"
84 Merc. Topaz "Harcourt Justin Xavier Roderick Charlemagne the first" aka "Harcourt"
77 Thunderbird (pale grey) "Charcharodon Megalodon" aka "Meg"

There was a very good reason for all of those names :P (she was a p.o.s.; he was a p.o.s. who's license plate started with HJX; and hey - have you ever SEEN a pale grey 77 thunderbird? They look like a giant shark!)

Ships....
In a Star Wars game, I named the lawyer character's ship "The Silent Partner"
In my Firefly Fanfic, the ship is called "The Oberon"
In a different Star Wars game, my YT-1300 is called "The Adventuress" - and if you want to see the floor plan I spent a long and boring day at work in a call center cutting and pasting and photocopying together, it's on the Star Wars page of my website.

I love you guys' ideas! :)

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FREMDFIRMA

Friday, August 20, 2004 8:15 AM

I have a hand-built custom (street legal) 64cc 3-wheel trike with cargo bed known as "The Wheelspinner" or just "Da Spinner"...

As for the ship ?

Vertigo-1

Damn I loved that game, especially against human opposition...
(Descent/Descent II)
And if I could score a vulcan/gauss?
Hook it up discreetely, too.

Most "shields" wouldn't stop a projectile weapon, and being hulled like a swiss cheese would put paid to just about anything.

-F

PIRATEJENNY

Friday, August 20, 2004 9:00 AM

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Yeah, that's my couple! I thought I lost my mind when I started hanging out here for Firefly. Now I know I am toast because I spend too much time talking about them. It is better than just something to do until the BDM comes out.

It's all synchronicity, because Nathan Fillian was one of the umpteen millino Joey Buchanon's -- the one who had the affair with Dorian.

Do you hang on the JpVan yahoo list at all? I'm geri there. There is a great fanfic page where I have a cpl poems located here:

LOL I remember Nathan Fillion from OLTL, actually he's the only Joey that really ever stood out for me..perhaps its because he was involved with Dorian..I was really into that storyline at the time

But JoVan is definetly the couple to watch for, I just that OLTL don't ruin them, the only place I've been able to see JoVan post are over at the zone but I don't have an account their so I can't post only read..I've been looking for some Jovan fan sights..and I'm defintely interested in reading your fanfic I bet its steamy just like JoVan....I'm also a LiRic fan do you know that is

anyway this is so funny!!

FLYINFREE

Friday, August 20, 2004 10:52 AM

There is only one name that could possibly fit a ship like that:

Freedom

...I rest my case.

"...we're still flyin'."
"That's not much."
"It's enough." Malcolm Reynolds and Simon Tam - Serenity

CAPTAINHARBATKIN

Friday, August 20, 2004 12:33 PM

I had a black Mercury Cougar XR7 (a Thunderbird SuperCoupe with a formal roofline), leather interior. I always felt it was the car that Darth Vader would have owned, had he bought FoMoCo products in the late 80s. Called it Jehu ("for, behold, he driveth furiously") until I sold it so I didn't get any more speeding tickets. Nice car.

I'd call MY ship the Golden Hindquarters, after Inara. Okay, okay, not really. Raphael Semmes? Jolly Roger? Cutty Sark? I have it! The Jubilation T. Cornpone, after a famous hero of the War Twixt the States.

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WILDHEAVENFARM

Friday, August 20, 2004 12:57 PM

Out of purest necessity, I spent one summer driving a 1981 Toyota Celica hatchback, barely ran, low to the ground, and conspicuously faded yellow. With unsolicited help from one of my sisters, it was dubbed "The Electric Chaquita Hoopty."

Mary
Always a beast, never a burden.

SPARRONI

Friday, August 20, 2004 3:56 PM

I've also got a freighter in a Star Wars RPG campaign. I call it The Velvet Fog.

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POPEBOB

Friday, August 20, 2004 5:19 PM

I'd fly a wreck so outdated even reavers would be afraid to fly it. of course it would only look like said ship and would more than likley beable to out maneuver most ships its size and mayhaps a few smaller. It would look like hell was belch forth from a factory and when the noxious fumes cleared this is what remained.

I would call it the Broken Oni

It would be a good time. now if only i could find people crazy enought to fly it and live on it.

"Crime and Politics, little girl. The situation is always...Fluid."
"The only fluid I see is the puddle of piss, refusin' to pay us our wage." -Badger and Jayne , 'Serenity'

POPEBOB

Friday, August 20, 2004 5:33 PM

I also had a 1980 Ford Granada (which is spanish for Fortress btw) and i called it Tank.. because it had proven it was so. i got in 3 wrecks in that car and by the time the transmission finaly died it still only had a crushed fender. It tore everyitnig from the radiator forward off a Honda Civic in a part head-on/t-bone collision wich i never even stopped for.. but the guy was turning against traffic illeagaly anyways. he got what was comin to him. no blinker either. I avoided another wreck, caused by a lack of blinker and probably avoided killing the old lady, by driving off the road and taking out 50 feet of fencce and barbed wire as well as a large chunk of blackberry bushes. The fender was crahed by a rear corner collision with an Aerostar. i crushed my fender.. he lost all the back and left side paneling on his aerostar.. that was my bad. i owned up to it. i ran a truck full of drunk redknecks off the road after the hit my car with a jack daniels bottle. SOB's couldnt drive thier truck anywhere after that.

I may seem like a calous individual, but the fact remains. i have only ever been at fault in 1 (or 2 if you look at it in a leagle sense) of the 9 or so accidents i've been in.

Quite frankly im sick of people who dont think before they drive.

somehow this got away from my car and onto my road rage issues. sory about the ranting kids. i get started and i just cant stop sometimes.

I'm sure y'all know how it is.

"Crime and Politics, little girl. The situation is always...Fluid."
"The only fluid I see is the puddle of piss, refusin' to pay us our wage." -Badger and Jayne , 'Serenity'

XARR

Friday, August 20, 2004 5:38 PM

I'm running a Farscape RPG. I didn't want to give the group a Leviathan(gigantic living ship) to begin with, so I gave them a Firefly. I told them they needed to name their ship, and they came up with "Mystic Dren". If you're familiar with Farscape you may be able to translate that. Basically, it means "Holy Sh!t".

At first I thought they were kidding, but the name stuck.

ANOTHERFIREFLYFAN

Friday, August 20, 2004 5:42 PM

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Originally posted by StarPilotGrainger:
I'd name my ship 'The Police'. That way, when I open communications, I can say, 'This is the Police.' and get everyone freaked out.

LMGAO... I'm at work!!

That is sooo funny.

If it was in the FF universe I might name it the F.U. FOX

naah...

Maybe Foxhunter? Actually sounds kinda cool too :P

Alright, now trying to think of a serious name...

... and I can't think of anything at the moment. I'll post back later! ;)

BTW, I was just thinking, isn't it funny how we name ships, etc, but few people name cars? After this topic, I think I'll actually name my first car (when I get one), but before it, the idea would never even have occured to me and would have seemed strange.

~AFf

Keep flying

XARR

Friday, August 20, 2004 5:48 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by AnotherFireflyfan:
...isn't it funny how we name ships, etc, but few people name cars?

I had an old RX7 that spit smoke like a dragon, so I named it Trogdor(the Burninator).

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BLEYDDYN

Friday, August 20, 2004 7:12 PM

A personal ship, Serenity sized or smaller: Ripley (no 'The')
Anything much larger would probably be The Heinlein.

My computers are always called Ripley, and my car probably would be but it really isn't 'smart' enough (no general purpose computer, no autopilot). And, despite being ten years old, my car still hasn't earned any other name.

My house is called Half Moon Hollow, though.

--Bleyddyn

GWENHARKER

Friday, August 20, 2004 7:15 PM

Gemini.

Cause its just a cool name.

INSIGHT SPINNER

Friday, August 20, 2004 9:58 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by piratejenny:
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But JoVan is definetly the couple to watch for, I just that OLTL don't ruin them, the only place I've been able to see JoVan post are over at the zone but I don't have an account their so I can't post only read..I've been looking for some Jovan fan sights..and I'm defintely interested in reading your fanfic I bet its steamy just like JoVan....I'm also a LiRic fan do you know that is

anyway this is so funny!!

Yeah, this is really a trip. I gave up on GH long ago and recently had to turn off AMC (I choose life!! haha) but still looking for Binks to get the baby back. I loved liz with lucky back in the day when she was a recovering brat, but haven't seen her with all the folks since then.

Dominqua's FF page has some really, hot fics and a couple with OLTL/GH crossover characters you might like.

Anyway from this JoVan page you can get to both ezboard and yahoo lists. And just about anything else JoVan.

http://johnandevangeline.tripod.com/

I hope you will come over and check it out (you may want to read the Yahoo list no mail or send the mail to a folder -- there were like 400 messages yesterday. Ai ya!!) People are really wonderful, crazy but also civil, unlike the horror that is ABC and about.com MB and anywhere else the JoVan people have to interface with the Jolie people (they are not taking our couple well, I tell you!!).

Take care, piratejenny!!

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ANOTHERFIREFLYFAN

Saturday, August 21, 2004 1:52 AM

Quote:
Hmm, I used to drive a 1980 2 ton van. She told us her name was Bertha. And there was much rejoicing, for she was Ber-tha, the Ever-Living. Mum-Ra was her second cousin, once removed.

You a Thundercats fan? I loved that show... wish it had a DVD set. Seriously. I watched it a few years back, Cartoon Network alternately showed it on Toonami, then dropped it, then picked it up again... So my viewing is filled with holes, missing several KEY eps. Good show. :)

Say... Thundercat is a good ship name ;)

~AFf

Keep flying

OZYMANDIAS

Saturday, August 21, 2004 7:55 PM

It would have to be "the hammer" even though the crappy matrix sequels already stole my idea while i was asleep. Fascists.

OZ

VEARSTWIN

Saturday, August 21, 2004 8:08 PM

I think I would name my ship Grace or Hope. Or something like that.

"Jayne is a girl's name"-River

CORRYND

Saturday, August 21, 2004 8:51 PM

Racinante.... Don Quixote's horse.

CAPNRAHN

Sunday, August 22, 2004 1:57 AM

Uchigatana - which is the Japanese word that got anglicized to 'Katana'.

Vanguard - To boldly NOT run a route, but explore the frontier.

Chimera - Because most of my model ship creations are a mix of parts - kitbashed, so to speak.

"Remember, there is only ONE absolute - There ARE NO absolutes!!!"

TOMTBA2004

Sunday, August 22, 2004 2:04 AM

probaly the ever so original"highwind" from the final fantasy series.

"lets go to work"

VIGALIANA

Sunday, August 22, 2004 2:30 AM

i have a boat and an currently in the nameing process and am considering *Why is the Rum gone* but its to long for a 14 foot runabout, so im going to stick with *Midget Queen*

I swear by my pretty floral bonnet I will end you.

VIGALIANA

Sunday, August 22, 2004 2:35 AM

in addition, my friends named their big Explorer *the diesel beast* and their green mustang *the 7 up*

i swear by my pretty floral bonnet I will end you.

YOSAFFBRIG

Sunday, August 22, 2004 4:24 AM

I've always thought a great name for a ship would be 'The Casted Shadow'.

"No power in the 'verse can stop me"

TMURRIE

Sunday, August 22, 2004 6:54 AM

The U.S.S Stronger than Superman, Batman, Spiderman, and the Incredible Hulk put together.

NEDWARD

Monday, August 23, 2004 3:41 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by vigaliana:
i have a boat and an currently in the nameing process and am considering *Why is the Rum gone*

Hehehehehehehe. Good laugh-out-loud-at-work moment, that. And now I have some explaining to do.

CALDEEN

Tuesday, August 24, 2004 5:46 AM

My ship's name is "Painted Wagon" bonus points for anyone who can say where this is from. :)

I am not worried about the bullet with my name on it. Just the thousands marked "Occupant".
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TENTHCREWMEMBER

Tuesday, August 24, 2004 6:19 AM

We just started an RPG, and the player who plays the Captain, Jason Drake, named his ship The Argos and intentionally not Argous, as is historically accurate, because 500 years is a long time for information to be corrupted. So I am running a game with Jason and the Argoastronauts...LOL!

Now, me, I'd name my ship Fusion Wake and put a space-age flame job on it! Kidding! Though that sounds kinda cool, actually, I really think I'd just call it Murphy's Law because I am sure it would apply ALL THE FREAKIN' TIME!!!

TCM

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DAIKATH

Tuesday, August 24, 2004 7:37 AM

Since ships are usually called girls names I'd have to call it Jayne.

JHARROD

Tuesday, August 24, 2004 8:31 AM

I think I would have to name it after my self appointed nickname: The Goddamn Champion

"They tell ya to never hit a man with a closed fist, but it is on occassion hilarious"

LADYDISDAIN

Wednesday, August 25, 2004 2:25 AM

Scheherazade... Because oh, the stories she could tell.

DARKVIOLA

Wednesday, August 25, 2004 2:36 AM

In the Firefly 'verse I'd name my ship "Hotaru" (which is Japanese for firefly.) and I'd naame my car Serenity. 'Cause I'm totally get a Firefly.

Jayne: Are you saying River's a witch?
Wash: Yes, Jayne, she's a witch. She's had congress with the Beast.
Jayne: She's in Congress?
Wash: How did your brain even learn human speech?

TRUTHSEEKER

Wednesday, August 25, 2004 2:56 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by caldeen:
My ship's name is "Painted Wagon" bonus points for anyone who can say where this is from. :)

How many points would I get if I could still sing one of the songs? And are these points exchangeable for goods and services?

As for my ship: "The Skyclad"

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ANKHAGOGO

Wednesday, August 25, 2004 11:55 PM

Well, my first car was a VW Rabbit named Helmut, the next car I named was a Honda Civic called Seamus McFalconrider (Seamus Mc for the Irish-Scots sound of it, Falcon for the Millienium Falcon, and rider for the Wolfriders), and the car I have now is Jack Gamgee Dawkins -- Jack Dawkins is the Artful Dodger, and Gamgee cause if a car has a personality, wouldn't you want it to be Sam's? :)
Yeah, all my cars are boys, too.

A spaceship I would called Skywise -- just Skywise.
A sailing ship....hmmm, I dunno. The Rohirric Nurse, maybe. Hellooooooo, Rohirric nurse!

I am a geek on so many levels...

Eomer: "Hi! Stop me if you've heard this one ...an elf, a dwarf, and a man walk into the Riddermark..."

CAPTAINHARBATKIN

Thursday, August 26, 2004 12:29 AM

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Originally posted by caldeen:
My ship's name is "Painted Wagon" bonus points for anyone who can say where this is from. :)

"Where am I goin', I don't know,
Where am I headed, I ain't certain
All I know is I am on my way."

Is it time for a rousing chorus of "They Call the Wind Inara"?

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...they'll rape us to death, eat our flesh, and sew our skins into their
clothing - and if we're very, very lucky, they'll do it in that order.
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CALDEEN

Thursday, August 26, 2004 5:07 AM

Lol!! 2 people, wow. More than I expected. Well, if you want to come to Dallas we might be able to work out a trade for goods or services. We could even watch some Firefly if my DVD player is working by then.....sigh

They call the wind Inara....sigh A good song made better. :)

I am not worried about the bullet with my name on it. Just the thousands marked "Occupant".
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SIKKUKUT

Thursday, August 26, 2004 7:59 AM

My car, a gorgeous but increasingly cantankerous fire-engine red 1990 Dodge Daytona, has only recently earned a name. Despite the fact that I adore the idea of naming vehicles, nothing ever seemed appropriate... This summer, however, it came to be called "The Mobile Queen," because it serves as the sole transport and portable lighting setup for my film company, Mobled Queen Entertainment, which in turn is named after a quote from Hamlet, so that the top of our main page can quote William Shakespeare as saying "Mobled Queen is good."

In the Firefly RP I'm running, the captain named his ship the Bao Chou, which he tells me is Chinese for "vengeance." I trusted him and didn't actually verify it, so I hope I've not just publicly made a fool of myself.

If I myself had a ship, I'd have to sit down for hours with a scratch pad to choose a name. Virtues, sci-fi references (Phoenix, Equinox, Lying Bastard, and the already-mentioned Long Shot, among many others), historical references, things that just sound cool (always wanted to name a ship "Lotus")... the possibilities boggle the mind.

In the Firefly 'verse, I'd call it Fortune, 'cause that's what every captain hopes for.

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"You're mean. Firefly's making me reconsider my lifelong devotion to Star Trek." --My mother

BOYD

Thursday, August 26, 2004 11:00 AM

I'd name it Inner Tranquil Light

Or Frank

EVANS

Thursday, August 26, 2004 11:41 AM

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Originally posted by tomerai:
what would you name your ship?

"Gräne," the name of Brynnhilde's horse in "Die Walküre."

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"But ... not boring, like she made it sound." Wash, in ARIEL
"None of it means a damn thing." Mal, in OBJECTS IN SPACE

RAVENWHYTEWING

Thursday, August 26, 2004 5:55 PM

It would depend on a couple of factors. If it were a large ship, a la Star Destroyer-sized, I'd say Eclipse. If it were a mid-sized ship, a living space, possibly Endymion (Dan Simmons fans, unite!). If it were small, a dogfighter, I'd call it the Raven.
These are all assuming these are ships fully equipped with weaponry. A transport would be called Gatekeeper.

We can't all be heroes, since some of us have to sit at the curb and clap as they go by.

PEDME84

Thursday, August 26, 2004 6:43 PM

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possibly Endymion (Dan Simmons fans, unite!).

oo, my curiosity is sparked now. what's das simmons? i like the endymion story, so i'm curious to see how it got used in a pop culture kind of thing.

hmm, so what would i name my ship?

Vegdis - it's the name of a river in norse mythology. it means "knower of the way," which is the total opposite of what i believe, so ofcourse i was immediately fascinated by it. it's the inspiration for and the name of a character in the fantasy world i'm creating.

Melvana - as a reference to Rumi

Majnun - as a reference to the story of Layla and Majnun.

- emily

KIQUOA

Thursday, August 26, 2004 7:47 PM

I'd name my ship "Skuttlebutt".

Dr.K

RAVENWHYTEWING

Friday, August 27, 2004 5:54 PM

Dan Simmons wrote the following books:
Hyperion
The Fall of Hyperion
Endymion
Blade Runner 2
And a few others. He uses John Keats poetry, and many others, throughout the sci-fi/horror series of Hyperion (which is the name of a Keats poem). He uses seven intricate characters, each giving differently styled narratives throughout the story. There's a poet, a scholar, a soldier, a diplomat, a detective, a captain, and a. . .it's been too long, but I remember there was a seventh.

We can't all be heroes, since some of us have to sit at the curb and clap as they go by.