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Indreams:
--- Quote from: Mysterious Medic on January 05, 2015, 12:57:05 am ---Eh, why not. Although, I have to admit that sometimes when I name a ship after an African general, it's just because his name sounds cool ;)
Galleon: Nkunda- named after the African general. Not much to say other than it sounded cool and scary. I think he may or may not be accused of war crimes....
Squid: Kabila- African general again. Still sounds cool. War crimes...?
--- End quote ---
Laurent Nkunda is a Tutsi general who began his career in the Rwandan genocide. His story is a little complicated. In summary, he's been indicted of war crimes by the Congolese governments, and he's been accused of recruiting child soldiers.
Laurent-Desire Kabila or Joseph Kabila, who are father and son, is related to Laurent Nkunda. Laurent-Desire Kabila fought alongside Nkunda during the Rwandan genocide. Story is also complicated, but he became the president of the Democratic Republic of Congo, got assassinated, and his son Joseph Kabila took over. Nkunda disliked Joseph, openly rebelled against him, and that "led" to Nkunda's war crimes. No war crimes as far as I know.
Story is really complicated. I am no expert. I know this much because social studies project on human rights and wikipedia.
In summary, Nkunda - war criminal, Kabila - past and present president of Congo.
Btw, this is Nkunda
and this is father Kabila and son Kabila
GeoRmr:
All after sky ships from the Edge Chronicles
Galerider - Pyramidion
Fogscythe - Spire
Windcutter - Mobula
Cloudbreaker - Goldfish
Edge Dancer - Squid
The Great Sky Whale - Galleon
This is a Cloud Eater (sky whale)
Except for
Stormhornet - Junker
Which is a skycraft
Serriously, you should read these books!
Replaceable:
Wow geo. That looks amazing. :o
Alistair Marlowe:
My ships carry the signifier M.A.F. which stands for Mechanicsburg Airship Fleet. It's referencing the location from Girl Genius, a webcomic of which I am rather a fan.
Names from most to least played:
Squid: M.A.F. Highwind -- Homage to Cid's airship from FF7
Galleon: M.A.F. Inglorious -- Has a decent ring to it, and naming my ship roughly 'bringer of disgrace' amuses me
Junker: M.A.F. Blaidd Drwg -- Welsh for Bad Wolf, a Doctor Who ref I couldn't resist adding.
Goldfish: M.A.F. Steel Dragon -- First ship I named, mainly because I use the metal dragon figurehead with it. If I fly it more, it'll likely be renamed M.A.F. Cherenkov, because science!! However, I'd have to dye it blue.
Pyramidion: M.A.F. Totentanz -- Dance of Death, as any dance involving a pyra would be
Spire: M.A.F. Thunderhead -- I don't really play it enough to identify it with anything, but it hangs out in clouds and wrecks stuff. Stormcloud it is!
Mobula: M.A.F. Troubadour -- Mobula strikes me as a trade and travel vessel, and this was about the only thing I could think of that also sounded appropriately cool.
MightyKeb:
Hey, share me a bite, damn you!
My ship names don't quite represent any colorful themes, songs or shows or anything. Nor are they names with no meaning but with the intent of aesthethic pleasure. Mostly they represent my thoughts on them.
Pyramidion: St. Glaswegian Kiss - Back when I was a novice I had an affection for the whole ramming business with pyra, an affection of which I still uphold to this day. Inspired by that I first named it FS Glorious Headbutt, it lasted until the end of my novice days in which a friend enlightened me to this british/scott slang, and that's what it is. Glaswegian Kiss is a headbutt with the literal intent to break someone's face. In my case, a junker's broadside.
Spire: Tourist Attraction - "Ahoy! Welcome to Icarus. How'd you like a mercury through your hull? Or twenty-four hwachas jamming on y'er broadside? Perhaps you'd like to see our assortment of mines? Your choice. Wait, you're dead, nevermind then, your opinion ain't relevant anymore." Yeah. That's how you describe a Tourist Attraction. I either go seriously close or seriously long range with this ship. It's also a reference to how often Spire is prone to being focused on in a 2v2 situation.
Mobula: Bittersweet Skies - Now, I had a slightly hard time coming up with something for this. At first I wanted to name it Moby Dick, a reference to a Led Zeppelin song. But you know, Muse's profanity filters didn't like that. Guess which one they gave their big no's to? (That's right, Moby.) So I looked up another song, this time it was "Moby Lift Me Up", I thought it'd fit with the vertical nature of the ship but I didnt think of changing it to this until I spent my last brown dye on it. Yeah, bittersweet.
Goldfish: Swimmin' in Skies - I had the hardest time coming up with literally anything for this ship. Daddy Glamorous, Mother o' the Winds, and you can pretty much tell I came up with this soon after Bittersweet Skies. It's a clear reference of an actual Goldfish and the way the ship itself swims flies majestically through the maps.
Junker: Bag of Chips - Self explanatory. No, really. I came up with this on a day where I haven't had my regular does of potato chips, that's about it.
Squid: Greasy Dream - "Does a squid jet like a dream? Or does it... JET LIKE A SQUID!? Well why not both? ''Cause they boil grease all over the main deck like a darn garden hose every night. But if Janitor's your thing then..."
Galleon: Industrial Nightmare - Clearly the opposite of squid both in name and stats. This was one of the harder ones to come up. I didnt wanna go the stereotypical "skywhale" path, nor did I wanna name it Big Lebowski, a name I had seen earlier which reminded me of a movie that almost slipped through my memory. I started out with "Puny Pride of Yesha." I liked it because it was a reference to the Yeshan Empire from our canon, and it could work both ways: The name could either be a bunch of raiders making fun of the empire, or it could be a formidable weapon of Yesha that it's captain doesn't take a liking in glorifying it. I came up with Greasy Dream at a completely seperate time and looking at galleon for hundreds of times, I've finally had a name I liked. Industrial refers to the overall steampunky design of it's interior. Nightmare refers to not only it's power but also the fact that I've it painted dark blue and have a jolly rodger decal on the balloon.
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