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What did you name your ship and why?
HamsterIV:
To get things rolling here are mine:
Squid - The Bonny Liz
Named after my wife who is both bonny and Liz. She is small, fast, incredibly aggressive, and likes fighting inside her opponents preferred engagement distance. Also the ship is equipped with mostly close range weaponry.
Goldfish - Golden Phoenix
Back before the last patch I had flame throwers on either side. I would occasionally ask my engineers to light them up and flap them up and down to simulate Phoenix wings. Possibly due for a renaming as I now have banshees on the side.
Pyramidion - Mo' Dakka Dakka Dakka
Named after the sound an Orkish automatic weapon makes. I put a lot of chainguns and light flack on this ship because I like the sound of the Dakka. I also have the the tendency to ram things and talk like an Ork while flying this ship. The latest build has less Dakka and may be due for renaming.
Junker - Slim Jim
Named because its hull is so thin when viewed from profile. Used to counter-snipe Galleons ineffectively.
Spire - Every Shot a Killshot
Named because unless my gunners made every shot a hit, this ship was going to die badly when attacked by faster, smaller, or more durable opponents.
Galleon - Vulgaris Magistralis
Named after the Viking Metal Ballard "Vulgaris Magistralis." It is Latin for either "teacher of the common" or "master of vulgarity" which is pretty fitting either way.
Here is a youtube clip of the song:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=reOLeLX0Q9U
Pickle:
Junker - Knifefighter
I initially saw the Junker in a close-quarters tank role and picked the name accordingly. I played that role a lot with it, but now it seems a little odd as I favour the long-range support role for the Junker.
Goldfish - Gunboat Diplomat
A bit of a late-C19/early-C20 take on a Iain M Banks Culture style of ship name. Most of the best Culture ship names fall foul of the character limit, or require certain sense of humour to get. At one time I did desginate ship names ROU, MOU, etc.
Pyramidion - Midnight Cowgirl
I have no idea what I was thinking, alcohol may have been involved. You can take this one as risque as you like, the double entendre may have been intended.
Squid - Covert Diplomat
A bit of a play on the Goldfish name, suggesting it's fast and stealthy approach through the clouds to deliver sneaky attacks before sprinting to safety.
Galleon - Windjammer
Just a classic name for a Galleon. Nothing particularly original.
Spire - Spire
I haven't got around to naming a spire, it's not a ship I take out of the hanger. One day it will get a name.
Lord Dick Tim:
Junker - Cloud Whaler
Nothing is greater, no foe more terrible, then the Cloud Whale. It rises from the Blue with a ferocious shout, sundering the quiet still with a mighty crash that splinters hulls and ruptures balloons. He runs fore, and his eye is a furious light of hell deep in the sand storms that whip up from the Burren likes Gods wrath on Saddam and Gomorrah. I hunt these beasts, with lead and fire, with the blood and sweat of men. I will sacrifice it all to bring the beast low, none shall ever be safe whilst I live to draw breath and pull a trigger.
Galleon - Cloud Whale
A big, slow moving tyrant of the deep blue who moves through the skies like a lumbering beast, the report of the twin heavy flaks the mournful song of war that echoes out into the heavens.
Goldfish - Hold Fast
I was in the United States Navy, I name the Goldfish in honor of that service.
Squid - Harpooner
Fly fast, strike true, bite deep. It is the prayer every strong arm shouts over the crash of cross winds and report of weapons fire when he sends forth a lance of fire into the meaty hull of his enemy. She takes her name from the Gunners that man this small life boat in the perilous blue. I salute you, Gunner.
Pyramidion - Albatross
It is thought that an Albatross that follows a ship out to sea is an omen of good luck. So don't shoot her down, less you find the bowsprit of my hull buried into your flank and I force you to wear it as penance. (Salutes to anyone who gets it)
Spire - Twisting Eel
She moves fast, side to side, spinning about like a twister before striking out with a sudden and devastating bite. The viper of the blue, the Eel.
Shinkurex:
--- Quote ---Pyramidion - Albatross
It is thought that an Albatross that follows a ship out to sea is an omen of good luck. So don't shoot her down, less you find the bowsprit of my hull buried into your flank and I force you to wear it as penance. (Salutes to anyone who gets it)
--- End quote ---
This brought me back to 10th grade English. Thanks for the fond memories :)
*Edit* This is from the Mariner for those curious
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rime_of_the_Ancient_Mariner
Yiski:
Squid - Kyllo
U.S. Supreme Court case holding since the police did not have a warrant for the use of a thermal imaging device, which was not commonly available to the public, the search was presumptively unreasonable and therefore unconstitutional.
Goldfish - M'Naghten
Old English case which establishes whether the defense of insanity is met.
Spire - Marbury
U.S. Supreme Court case which established judicial review, the ability of the Court to determine whether a law is constitutional.
Junker - Gant
U.S. Supreme Court case holding once an arrestee is handcuffed and secured, search incident to lawful arrest is invalid and police must show a continuing threat to justify a vehicle search.
Pyramidion - Katz
U.S. Supreme Court case holding the Fourth Amendment gives individuals a right to privacy against government intrusion.
Galleon - Mendenhall
U.S. Supreme Court case holding a person has been “seized” within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment only if, in view of all of the circumstances surrounding the incident, a reasonable person would have believed that he was not free to leave.
If you couldn't tell already, I'm a law student.
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