Guns Of Icarus Online
Off-Topic => The Lounge => Topic started by: ShadedExalt on January 02, 2015, 11:18:07 pm
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Pretty sure HamsterVI had a pretty robust thread on this awhile back, but that was almost a year ago. Basically, state the names of your ships, and why you named them as such. I'll go first:
Pyramidion: Fist of the Unicorns: Named after the armor/band name abbreviation from Halo 4. Abbreviation is FOTU(S), and the name itself is from a fictional band comprised of UNSC Marines on the UNSC Pillar of Autumn. Also rams.
Squid: HMCS Team Sloth: HMCS stands for 'Her Majesty's Canadian Ship', and Team Sloth is a reference to my OTP, and the irony that sloths are really slow.
Galleon: HMCS Wanderlust: It's a Galleon. Galleons were common exploration ships. Also it sounds cool as hell.
Junker: HMCS Arkos: Arkos is another Ship of mine, and sounds really cool. It sounds kinda brawl-y, which fits, as I go Meta/Close Disable.
Spire: HMCS Freud Was Right: ...I don't think I'm allowed to explain this one...
Mobula: HMCS Hailfire: I love Hades.
Goldfish: HMCS Gold Rush: Mainly a Hwachafish, named for the golden rockets rushing at your face, and my tendency to ram. Name changed to And He's OK for Lumberfish (Monty Python, anyone?), and Shaken Champagne for Blenderfish. Because *pop*!
I think I got everything.
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Aww, I like this thread.
All of my ships (minus my Junker) were named after personal affects of existential philosophers
Pyra: Albert Camus' Coat: Algerian born, french philosopher, Albert Camus just might be my favorite thinker of all time. And the French are nothing if not good dressers. Look at that man's coat
Squid: Kierkegaard's Collar: Another one of may favorites, and that guy had a big collar
Galleon: Kafka's Hairgel: Kafka had some tidy hair. He had to hold that mess down with something
Junker: Sensei Tipz n Trix: Named for Bard founder, friend, and Sensei to all the early Bards who has since been eaten by Dota 2
Spire: Dostoevsky's Beard: Brilliant Russian novelist and owner of a pretty rad beard. The spire is long and kinda beardlike. Plus, it's fun to say FEAR THE BEARD whenever I 1v1 a metamidion with my gat/flak spire
Mobula: William James' Eyes: One of the most important figures in early psychology and a philosopher with a pretty intense gaze.
Goldfish: Nietzsche's Stache: Because of Nietzsche and his lovely facial hair. Doubles as a shoutout to Nietzsche's Mustache from [Clan] Clan Clan (who also has some great ship names)
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Junker: Dancing Daniel. Reference to froggers junker, started when Me and melon decided to copy them for a Sunday community skirmish. Plus I want Daniel to notice me- you may seem a theme there ;)
Munker:(with support guns that aren't mines.) : The Bunker. Basically so I can begin a match with: "Welcome aboard The Bunker, A Junker, that is also a Munker."
Munker with all mines and 2 gunners: The Thaedael. Once I ran this ship for miki N ead's birthday we apparently got a 29 win streak. It is named after Thaedael of CsM after his exceptional work as the only engineer on board.
Pyramidion: The Charging Daniel. Pyramidions charge. Also: Daniel.
Metamidion (never been flown.) : Libgtk. Because plagiarism is funny.
Squid: Party squid: Reference to this song. This is how it feels to squid: http://youtu.be/uw59yqDV8Xk . Maybe it should be Daniel party?? Hmm.
Goldfish: The flapping Daniel. The fins of a goldfish flap. Also: Daniel.
Galleon: The Robust Daniel. Tankiest ship in the game. Also: Daniel.
Spire: zxx_swag_merc_xxz (or some variation probably dashes idk.) Reference to the fateful day a couple of us tried to get a 360 across the dunes flak kill. With mercuries of course. It didn't work and I wasted everyone's time :D even leto who was recording me. xD
Mobula: Daniel the Matador. One must fly a mobula like a matador. One cannot really outrun a raging bull you must dodge it. In guns of Icarus the bull is a metamidion or a blenderfish. Also: Daniel. Since he also taught me how to mobula.
Enough Daniel for you?
No?
Me neither.
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The threads of my theme shouldn't be too hard to weave together.
Goldfish: Damascus Koi
Damascus Steel, floating metal, used in forging the sharpest edges with forgotten techniques originating in the jungles of India and migrating along the silk roads through the Middle-East and into eastern Europe.
Junker: The Last Tsar
Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, the last Romanov, Emperor of Russia, Grand Duke of Finland, and titular King of Poland; Emperor and Autocrat of All the Russias.
Squid: Burning Autumn
The "Red Forest", once known as "Wormwood", is now a land locked in a permanent autumn of red and ginger brown after razor winds of radiation poured out from the skeletal corpse of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant.
Galleon: Koschei the Endless
A man held together with magic and bone; his death is hidden separate from his body inside a needle, which is in an egg, which is in a duck, which is in a hare, which is in an iron chest, which is buried under a green oak tree, which is on the island of Buyan in the ocean.
Pyramidion: Siberian Cossack
Originating from the root word to mean "free man", the Cossacks were a nomadic people with semi-militeristic communities who inhabited the sparse and empty corners of the world.
Spire: Baba Yaga
One or three, ferocious and wild, manic in appearance, flies in a mortar, wields a pestle, and equally inclined to help you as much as she is to harm you.
Mobula: Cathedral of Kitezh
When the Golden Horde rushed the town of Kitezh they found fountains of water bursting forth from the earth and watched as God enveloped the town in holy water to protect the pure souls who dwelled under the radiant domes of the cathedral.
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*sigh
might as well.
(http://cloud-4.steamusercontent.com/ugc/37485188666242474/11E2C7EB528548A26B2F9FECAC3CEE9C5686EA35/)
Japanese for-Bring it on (in a slang/dialect used by gangsters and delinquents-hence some idiot weaboo reported it for being offensive when its actually just a phrase), as well as Koi being a type of goldfish. Koi also meaning love which can also be used with the synonym Ai (kanji looks like my avatar), of which AI is the tag of my clan.
The Kakatte Koi is my trademark ship. Destroying bazzillions of ships with just AI crew back in the old lobby days under the old name target practice. Making people get all cocky that they think I'm the target practice, but right at the start of combat, that I am in fact NOT the target practice. But far too slow to realise it.
the rest are pretty much references to things.
(http://cloud-4.steamusercontent.com/ugc/37485188666238705/67709AFC26705F51C5C98F5944D33BAD932B8FCE/)
Tried to make it as christmassy as I could with bright colours and party theme. But meh... its not quite right. I only ever fly a junker as a munker, seeing as I can fly a galleon far better than a junker with meta build. And at least with the Galleon I make up its slowness for a strong hull.
While a junker is kinda... not as solid for a ship that naturally moves slow and needs to be even slower for decent broadside accuracy. (common noob misconception is broadsiding is high speed drive bys that miss the target because a ship in motion effects shot trajectory)
Well as for the short comings of its christmas side, it makes up for in sky with as many bird motifs as I can cram. Hurry up with that christmas theme!
(http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/37485188666235476/9C392D9D53418CF0B16FBE4D52AB3EBA014E0362/)
Named after the Norse god Odin's steed that had 8 legs and ran really fast... in mid air... also first tried asquid on a wednesday so...
(http://cloud-4.steamusercontent.com/ugc/37485188666232119/52B71C50AA2E9CA65D2AF2565AFD38BE1ABFEBEE/)
Named after the warhammer 40k machine god or void dragon, who's awakening could spell the destruction of all humanity. Kinda like a galleon that's left alone.
Mine specifically. Also pirates, because out of everything this thing actually looks like a ship. Even with a crows nest that does nothing.
(http://cloud-4.steamusercontent.com/ugc/37485188666228364/FCAE21633DA42C1C4737A63FFE1B74D38D6DD2D7/)
Originally named derriere because of a Pyra's rear looking like a butt. Now named chung's choice which is named after the engines in the game. And pyra's like getting shot in the engines.
*shrug
(http://cloud-4.steamusercontent.com/ugc/37485188666224313/84D6B181F9654231876E0547D9EFD61C23085FDE/)
I found my own sun. Praise it.
(http://cloud-4.steamusercontent.com/ugc/37485188666219009/B98320750E66766DF1D443A3712D28A5052B4851/)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXB53OyTsPM
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My list will be shorter since I haven't named ships that I don't frequently fly (Squid and Junker).
Galleon: Brackenridge
Named in honor of Hugh Henry Brackenridge, author of Modern Chivalry. It's a less known book. Think of it as an American version of Don Quixote. I personally want Brackenridge to replace Hawthorne in American High School curriculums. They are both pre-bellum (pre-American Civil War) authors. They both represent American imagination. One is a Don Quixote and other is a Soap Opera. I have made my point.
Goldfish: Tiger Moth
I'm a big fan of Studio Ghibli. Their depictions of Airships in Nausicaa, Castle in the Sky and Howl's Moving Castle were one of the influences that makes me love GOIO. So, I had to name my Goldfish in reference. But I'm afraid only hardcore fans of Studio Ghibli will get my reference...
Pyramidion: Hawkbit
Hawkbit is one of the rabbits in the novel Watership Down by Richard Adams. I had previously named my Pyramidion "Hawk", but that seemed cheesy and short. So I added -bit to make it Hawkbit. I think the name matches how I play my Pyramidion: dive in like a hawk, bite, and never let go.
Mobula: Coyote
Mobula is the one ship you have to paint. I painted it Maroon, which happens to be my school color. Our school mascot is a Coyote (pronounced ka-yot because ka-yo-ty doesn't fit into our school song), so I decided to name it Coyote. Oh, and I painted my ship Maroon because its one of the harder colors to see on certain maps. I'd use Zebra Stripes (http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2011/06/military-camouflage) and name my ship "Zebra" if I could.
Spire: Tower
No other reason than I've heard that the Spire was named Tower in the beta. Seriously, no other reasons.
I love some of you guys' names. I might steal "Praise the Sun" and "Bunker". I'll just name my Squid and Junker "Praise the Moon" and "Sunker" or something... Actually, "Sunker" sounds pretty neat... *logs on to GOIO*
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Mobula is the one ship you have to paint.
I disagree 100%. All that painting, theming and decaling makes it less fancy than it should be.
Mobula: Fancy
I hope this name raises no question, I mean seriously, even the fence is made as fancy as it could be on a battle airship battle boatplane!
Sometines the name gets added to in order to fit the build. Examples of this name modification are Fancy Mining (all mines), Fancy Fishing Rod (all harpoons) and Fancy Lightbulb (all flares).
Squid: Squishy Cactus or Meta Cactus
Formerly known as Squishy or Meta Squish, but Squishy is such a common name, even for non-Squids, so I had to find something new. Because of some weird joke that was creating hilarity while flying the Squid it got changed to Cactus, and earned itself some green dye.
The "Meta" gets added to the name when it is a long range Squid, most commonly Mercury or Hades front, because these are just as OP as they can be.
Goldfish: Friendfish
Friendship is an overused joke and because "fish" fit so well into the name, it was named Friendfish instead. It is so friendly, it gets rid of all the sorrow and pain, in your life, that is known as "Life", by simply killing you.
Junker: Whale on the loose
The Junker is totally the most whale-like ship in the game and it is neither tamed nor contained, obviously.
Galleon: Deicide
The Killing of a God. As fun and silly as double Hwacha and double Heavy Carronade may seem, one can't deny it gets rid of a ship rather easily. As any Galleon, it can kill any ship in mere seconds once gun arcs are applied, even gods, the legendary and immortal vets, might not survive it.
No, I have not listened to the band that coincidentally has the same name and looking at their specialized genre I wouldn't do it, ever, on my own free will at least.
Pyramidion: Chariot
Formerly it was one of many Pokes until it advanced to the next level and became a singularity. I am not even joking about that one, since the few times I fly Pyramidion it is with a ship build that gets either rarely or never used by anybody else in the game.
Also Pyramidions are the perfect ship to resemble Chariots I find. The horses that easily run you over and crush you with their speed and mass, the archers and warriors riding it able to shoot and slice anything that comes into vision and range. Obviously rather vulnerable from behind and once the engines/horses are down, it is a bit helpless. As the Pyramidion only has side guns on the left and nothing on the right it might be a little bit inaccurate, but I am not a Chariot expert either, soo...
And as one would expect the best is saved for last, the most tallest, most slowest, "most" firepower and some engines:
Spire: The great VGS
The first ship I started playing with and with it three of my friends that were transported from another game, which is currently seen as dead. Only one of them stayed with me and is, by me seen, the best main engineer in the game.
The name of this ship is of course a reference to the game, "Tribes: Ascend", which had a bunch of easily spamable voice commands. One of these voice commands was created by pressing "VGTG": "I am the greatest!". As one would like it, if the voice commands were used in quick succession it would cut off the end of the current command and continue with the next one. With that "I am the greatest" turned into "I am the great X", whatever came after that. Most people ended most commands with the "VGS" command, which everybody that played the game for even the smallest amount of time should recognize. I will not tell anybody what it is unless they really bug me or I feel like telling a little story, filled with emotion and sadness and - Spoiler - no happy ending!
The very moment we joined Guns of Icarus: Online, The great VGS was born and lives on forever and ever as a memory, as a legend, as the only full explosive Hwacha/Artemis/Mortar/bottom side Mine Launcher Spire that could wreck all the shit in the novice matches.
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Galleon: HMS Tsar
After the title of the Russian Emperor, I may choose a specific Tsar but not at the moment
Pyramidion: SMS Wilhelm I
Named after the German Kaiser
Mobula: HMS George V
I named it after the British monarch I respect the most, and also since he had a kick-ass beard.
Spire: SS Strasbourg
Name of a city I like
Junker: SS Seahag
Why not?
Squid: SS Athena
Who could win against a god ;)
Goldfish: SS Titan
Better question, who could win against a titan???
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Squid: SS Athena
Who could win against a god ;)
Goldfish: SS Titan
Better question, who could win against a titan???
Dementio wants to have a word with you.
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Fine, I'll tickle his peach.
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My ships are named after Obscure Sphinx songs/albums, with clan prefix (FFS for FIRE), excluding Goldfish:
Pyramidion: FFS Lunar Caustic (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IRc8QWgUTc)
Spire: FFS Velorio (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlLUedyy4SE)
Mobula: FFS Void Mother (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndOR_E1kWJ4)
Goldfish: The Demise Of Zephyr (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pb9HB3Hb1b0) (the only one not related with OS, but with Arcanum of Steamworks and Magick Obscura; also, it makes me laugh my ass off when one of enemy ships is named Zephyr)
Junker: FFS Nastiez (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Riue-ZUMiKk)
Squid: FFS Bleed In Me (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePOmXnBwhpE)
Galleon: FFS Eternity (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSM9j7ZLtrY)
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Well, I don't even play much as a pilot. But sure, whatever:
Pyramidion: Furry
Try to Google it in graphics. I dare you.
Spire: Foxy
I like foxes. Not some zoo- stuff though, I'm not into that kind of things.
Mobula: Kitsune
Like I said before, I like foxes. And what's better than fox spirit taking form of cute girl, seducing you and stealing your life essence? Totally worth it if you ask me.
Goldfish: Neko
You know... cats. Catgirls. Stuff and thangs (http://static.fjcdn.com/pictures/Stuff.+Things_7bf2fa_4498040.png). Don't judge me, I'm weird ok?
Junker: Daniel
Named after Amnesia: The Dark Descent main character, I swear.
Squid: Brzęczyszczykiewicz
Don't even try to spell it. You won't be able to. And that's why I named it so. It's a reference to a movie How I unleashed World War II, specifically scene where main character Franciszek Dolas tries to fool SS officer with fake identity. Just copy+paste it in YouTube.
Galleon: Onii-chan
It's big. Protective. Just like girl's older brother. Considering that girls in anime often call brothers onii-chan and IT HAS FOUR CANONS READY TO UNLEASH HELL AND DESTROY THE VERY ESSENCE OF YOUR PATHETIC LIFE, I thought it'd be the best name for it.
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Squid: SS Athena
Who could win against a god ;)
Goldfish: SS Titan
Better question, who could win against a titan???
Dementio wants to have a word with you.
wait horatio? I remember beating him b4...
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Squid: Brzęczyszczykiewicz
Don't even try to spell it. You won't be able to. And that's why I named it so. It's a reference to a movie How I unleashed World War II, specifically scene where main character Franciszek Dolas tries to fool SS officer with fake identity. Just copy+paste it in YouTube.
- Rzee.. Bsche... chysh...
- Brzęczyszczykiewicz.
- MAUL HALTEN!
The mentioned scene - genius (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlOoSsfU6cM)
As far as I know, it's not just a regular twister, it's full of sounds non-existing in german - therefore it's a kind of a mindfuck.
On the other hand, I don't suppose many bloody poles to be able to say it correctly... Gottverdammt...
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Alright, big secret time-
All of my ship names, along with my clan name, are references to a semi-obscure table-top RPG by White Wolf called Exalted (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exalted), which I and most of my clan play. Now that that's out:
Goldfish: Florivet-A demon pirate who sails a boat made out of his bones that travels land as easily as water, enjoys booze and women, and used to be a protector of forbidden knowledge until one day he decided "Fuck it, I'm going to go become a ship." And so he did. Canon recurring NPC in a campaign I run, and the party's main source of transport.
Squid: Beauteous Wasp- Flying, inhumanly beautiful demonic wasps, servants of Florivet, who are actually pretty chill, and just want to find worthy riders. (Not like that. Pervert.) The Squid's a mini-goldfish, so it's named after Florivet's souls/servants/progeny.
Junker: Vanileth- The God of Artificial Flight in the Celestial Bureaucracy. Fitting, for the ship that looks most "classic zeppelin."
Pyramideon: Five-Metal Shrike-Rogue Airship/AI/God-Trapped in an titan-slaying airship. Pyramideons are fast, powerful, and pack a good forward punch. Also, they look like a shrike. Pointy.
Galleon: Brass Leviathan- Named after *another* rogue AI/God, this one aquatic (the people who created these had a bit of a problem), the Brass Leviathan is a massive submarine that haunts the Western Oceans in Exalted, occasionally killing random ship. The Galleon is the only playable ship that I would call a "Leviathan" and the name is cool as hell for a steampunk airship.
Mobula: Kimbery- Named for one of the Lords of Hell/Titans, who takes the shape of an infinitely large ocean which is both poisonous, and acidic. I don't know how it works either. The Mobula is a mean, huge, whale-like ship, so it gets the name of a corrosive sea. According to Rob and Dan, it sounds like a town in England.
Spire: Sword of Creation- In Exalted, the Sword of Creation is a series of magical towers that form a defense network, if controlled, that can raze cities with lasers from on high. It is not an actual sword. The Spire, however, sorta looks like a sword, if you squint hard enough after enough moonshine. It also is capable of razing enemies from on high.
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Well, I don't even play much as a pilot. But sure, whatever:
Pyramidion: Furry
Try to Google it in graphics. I dare you.
Spire: Foxy
I like foxes. Not some zoo- stuff though, I'm not into that kind of things.
Mobula: Kitsune
Like I said before, I like foxes. And what's better than fox spirit taking form of cute girl, seducing you and stealing your life essence? Totally worth it if you ask me.
Goldfish: Neko
You know... cats. Catgirls. Stuff and thangs (http://static.fjcdn.com/pictures/Stuff.+Things_7bf2fa_4498040.png). Don't judge me, I'm weird ok?
Junker: Daniel
Named after Amnesia: The Dark Descent main character, I swear.
Squid: Brzęczyszczykiewicz
Don't even try to spell it. You won't be able to. And that's why I named it so. It's a reference to a movie How I unleashed World War II, specifically scene where main character Franciszek Dolas tries to fool SS officer with fake identity. Just copy+paste it in YouTube.
Galleon: Onii-chan
It's big. Protective. Just like girl's older brother. Considering that girls in anime often call brothers onii-chan and IT HAS FOUR CANONS READY TO UNLEASH HELL AND DESTROY THE VERY ESSENCE OF YOUR PATHETIC LIFE, I thought it'd be the best name for it.
Totally, TOTALLY worth it.
Also, Salute for Onii-Chan. Love it.
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I'll bite, sounds fun. All of my ships are named after Roman gods and goddesses.
All of my ships have a "RAS" designation, standing for Roman Air Ship (roleplay thing for my clan), but anywho:
Goldfish: RAS Minerva: Minerva is the Goddess of Wisdom, Strategy, etc (whole bunch of other things). Personally the Goldfish requires the most strategy to fly effectively (except the Squid). So I saw this as a fitting name.
Pyramidion: RAS Vulcan: Vulcan is the God of Fire, Metallurgy, and the Forge. Forging Metal > Hammer on Anvil > Ramming > Pyramidion...That's about it. Also my favorite Pyra build used to be Flamer/Carro forward (before the flamethrower buff).
Junker: RAS Neptune: Neptune is the God of the Sea and Earthquakes. While neither have much to with airships, the Junker is certainly the ship that resembles this deity most to me.
RAS Bacchus: Junker is the only one of my ships that has two different "official" names. The RAS Bacchus is the name of my "mine Junker". Bacchus was the God of Parties/Celebrations (as well as Wine). Mine ship > Party > Bacchanal!
Galleon: RAS Mars: Mars is the God of War. Galleons are large Warships. That's really about it for the reason.
Mobula: RAS Pluto: Pluto is the God of the Underworld/the Dead. Mobulas are finicky, but incredibly deadly when flown/crewed correctly. Plus Pluto is just such a cute name for such a strange, derpy (yet lovable) looking ship.
Spire: RAS Diana: Diana is the Goddess of the Hunt, this ship's first load-out was a Merc/twin Gats/ and a Heavy Flak. A long/mid range eviscerating kill-ship. The ship's loadouts have changed since then, but the name has stuck.
Squid: RAS Mercury: Mercury was the "Messenger of the gods", seemed like a fitting name for the fastest ship in the game.
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TFW Jub Jub-senpai notices your thread
Yeah, my Goldie has 3 names; HMCS Gold Rush, HMCS And He's OK, and HMCS Champagne. Gold Rush because barrage of golden rockets rushing at your ship, And He's OK because Lumberjack and Monty Python, and Champagne because what does champagne do? It pops the cork. Hellhound also pops.
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My ship names change frequently, but at the moment they are all songs by Jimi Hendrix
Squid (never fly it, but it deserves a name): Hey Joe
Galleon: Little Wing
Pyramidion: Purple Haze
Mobula: Killing Floor
Junker: Motherless Child
Goldfish: Spanish Castle Magic
Spire: Fire
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Most of my ships are dog-themed because DAGZ, with the exception of my Junker. I'll keep this short and save descriptions for my Junker.
Squid - The Pekingese
Galleon - The Shepherd
Pyramidion - The Bloodhound
Spire - The Daschunde (A dog I despise and a ship I like even less. Go f**k dem sausage dagz.)
Mobula - The Barking Basset (She's loaded with Banshees and Hades, goes in loud every time~)
Goldfish - The Dogfish (Is it a dog, a fish, or a dogfish?!)
And finally...
Junker - The Ballistic
I pride myself in running an effective long-range ship, and The Ballistic definitely does the job well. Its name is inspired both by the role it plays and the song Velocity Shift by Overseer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXJID7VLUDM
I can't help but play it whenever I'm at the helm of my Junker, which might contribute to the fact that I can never hear a damn thing my crew says to me.
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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 ;)
Pyramidion: Ulfberht- strongest viking sword, there are a few good documentaries about how ahead of its time it was. I've named my Pyramidion after it mainly because of its known ability to thrust through shields (poke poke hehe).
Goldfish: Mansa Musa- one of the richest emperors of all time, he ruled over Mali during the peak of its wealth. Essentially, the Goldfish looks very regal in appearance, almost like the expensive car of the Icarus world. I like to imagine I'm just carrying sacks and sacks of merchant gold on this ship.
Junker: Lex Celera/Ignis Ferrumque/Dolly's Hoax Celery- There was a point very early on in my piloting career where I named ships in Latin (This was a while before SPQR was a thing though ;D). The first was Lex Celera, which means "swift justice". Back in those days before the nerf it was mainly a triple artemis junker, because really what justice is more swift than having all your components taken out as your armor slowly dies and you can't do anything about it? The next addition was the Ignis Ferrumque which means "Fire and Sword", as with this build (hades art art) the "Fire" was the hades and the "Sword" was the artemis. Finally, most recently it was called "Dolly's Hoax Celery" because Daniel reinvented his Hoax clan we all joined and Dolly thought "Celera" sounded too similar to celery.
Mobula: Luna Descendens- this ship changed names a few times but this name is mainly a play on Hillerton's "Solis Ortum" which means Rising Sun. We were practicing on Fjords or something and I decided to take a mobula to compliment his Pyra and I decided to call it the "Falling Moon" in latin. It also makes sense as the Mobula has a lot of white space and it has plenty of vertical acceleration so the "moon is falling on you" so-to-speak hehe.
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...?
Spire: An Bas- I'm not entirely sure what it was called before this, but at some point before the light flak buff, me and Geo were in a lumber spire and I decided to add a hades and two flaks (sorta semi-inspired by Crafeksterty's Hwacha Hades-flak-flak spire). While were playing in pubs since the two flaks killed so quickly, someone called it the "Death ship" or something to that effect in match chat, so I decided to look up the what the grim reaper was in Celtic, and came up with this name. Turns out, google was wrong, and someone told me this ship actually means "Grim Reaper Fish". We thought it was funny so I kept the name.
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I rarely ever pilot, but I might as well contribute a bit.
Squid-
My most flown ship, formerly known as 'Firefly' - a squid with two flamethrowers that became horribly op with that one patch that broke flamers. Since then I changed it to a flamer banshee, and changed the name to Agile Seafood. Thought it was quite fitting for a squid.
Galleon-
It is baring the goddess decal and the royal theme, and is named RTR. Which is the initials for the Royal Tank Regiment of the British army, it is fancy and royal enough for the British and quite tanky to be in the Royal Tank Regiment.
Pyramidion-
With mainly flying a double mercury pyramidion, my pyramidion is efficient in cutting deep into the armor. It is named Higonokami.
Higonokami is a type of Japanese knife, and as I decorated my pyramidion to be of eastern look, I thought it was fitting to call a double mercury like that.
Higonokami knife-
(http://shoei-do.net/images/higo10_multi100nickel.JPG)
Spire-
The spire is a spin on my IGN, Extirminator. taking the Ex from it and adding the spire - to get Ex-Spired.
It both signifies the expiration of the spire as a valid competitive ship, and the expiration of the enemy if flown correctly.
Mobula-
My mobulas usually consist of some mines, which with it's immense firepower capabilities, I decided to name my mobula Operation Crossroads. Operation crossroads was an experimental operation of the US for underwater nuclear mines. With immense firepower and mines, the mobula resembled it quite a bit.
Nuclear testing in operation crossroads near the island of Bikini.
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Operation_Crossroads_Baker_Edit.jpg/1280px-Operation_Crossroads_Baker_Edit.jpg)
Goldfish-
My goldfish is usually a carronade/lumberjack front, with support of a mine. The idea is to pop the enemy balloon, and then mine them from above.
I decided to call my goldfish with this tactic in mind- Ranken Dart. The Ranken Dart is an ammo type used in WW1 by the british, against German Zepplins. it was a heavy bomb with a sharp face to penetrate the balloon. It was dropped from bombers above the zepplins, to penetrate the balloon and then detonate inside of it, to cause heavy damage. Which is exactly the purpose of the build I use - popping the balloon, and detonating explosives from above.
Ranken dart bombs-
(http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib/249/media-249486/large.jpg)
Junker-
My primary junker build is a double flamer side, and gat mortar on the other side. Which leads to very messy and brutal engagements. With the addition of the materials and style that the junker is built, it is a very improvised, highly lethal flying weapon platform. I decided to call my Junker Guerrilla warfare because of those facts.
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Didn't the CASTLE BRAVO thermo-nuke blow up most of Bikini?
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Didn't the CASTLE BRAVO thermo-nuke blow up most of Bikini?
Castle Bravo was a part of Operation Castle and was detonated in 1954. Operation Crossroads was before Castle, it was in 1946.
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Thank you for the clarification. :)
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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...?
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
(https://abagond.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/nkunda.jpg)
and this is father Kabila and son Kabila
(http://www.lareference.cd/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/mdf40401Kabila.jpg)(http://www.lareference.cd/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/kabila3.jpg)
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All after sky ships from the Edge Chronicles
(http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20090422134523/theedgechronicles/images/5/54/Stormchasing.jpg)
Galerider - Pyramidion
Fogscythe - Spire
Windcutter - Mobula
Cloudbreaker - Goldfish
Edge Dancer - Squid
The Great Sky Whale - Galleon
This is a Cloud Eater (sky whale)
(http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20090422160029/theedgechronicles/images/e/ea/Cloudeater.jpg)
Except for
Stormhornet - Junker
Which is a skycraft
(http://img4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20090609192918/theedgechronicles/images/2/2d/Rookandstormhornet.jpg)
Serriously, you should read these books!
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Wow geo. That looks amazing. :o
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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.
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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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pyra: Crowned Tyrant.
thought it was a fitting name for a ramming ship
squid: Kaiser.
Basicly Emperor or Caesar however you want the origin to be, its german and I speak a little bit of it.
Spire: Gull of Glowwater.
used to be called carpet salesman when i was fucking around on it. Changed it to fit the ingame lore.
Mobula: Aesir.
Name of the main Gods in northern folklore (Thor, Odin etc.).
Goldfish: Jaetten.
Also northern folklore, Jaette is translated Giant therefore the Giant.
Junker: Fedaykin.
Frank Herberts - Dune reference.
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I've fought the Greasy Dream. Formidable Squid, Keb. Formidable indeed.
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Pyramidion: Sky Slicer. Named after the brand of propellers from the Disney film Planes.
Galleon: Cealum Lumbus. A rough translation of Sky Slicer. (though its closer to sky chopper.)
Spire: Pitchfork. Named after my clan mate Pitchipsy after the many victories we achieved with the glass cannon.
Goldfish: Bumble Beee. Named after the great Beee from my clan, and the first ship I named after a clan mate.
Junker: Silverst Sentinal. Named after my friend and mentor Silverst, if you are unaware of his love for the ship just ask him to about the Junker. :)
Mobula: Blak is Blak. Named after my long time friend who joined guns shortly after me from our time in Life is Fuedal, the ship name also references a great band. ;)
Squid: Shadows Byte. Named after another trading trooper ShadowByte, who while very early on in his career was shooting a Gatling with heavy greased and heat sink with perfect ammo changes, and has met every challangen of gun I've put ahead of him since.
I have so many other clan mates and friends I want to name ships after but not enough ships!!!
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I've fought the Greasy Dream. Formidable Squid, Keb. Formidable indeed.
I remember you crewing on a ship across our team on Anglean Raiders, but I kind of sucked hard on that one when I tried to pull off a gat-mortar with squid. I'm not sure if I've played against you anywhere else at all, but I must've.
And thanks for that! Even though I sometimes forget to switch off moonshine and that results in me swinging full back and forth with it just to keep decent arcs and positioning on something like, a galleon. Oh, I also ram galleons with it. Not even intentionally, it's quite a loose ship.
Sadly I can't flatter you back as It's hard for me to notice you at all when you're crewing anywhere outside of my ship. Though I'll add you sometime by this evening or tomorrow, we could get some matches going together. /salute
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I've fought the Greasy Dream. Formidable Squid, Keb. Formidable indeed.
I remember you crewing on a ship across our team on Anglean Raiders, but I kind of sucked hard on that one when I tried to pull off a gat-mortar with squid. I'm not sure if I've played against you anywhere else at all, but I must've.
And thanks for that! Even though I sometimes forget to switch off moonshine and that results in me swinging full back and forth with it just to keep decent arcs and positioning on something like, a galleon. Oh, I also ram galleons with it. Not even intentionally, it's quite a loose ship.
Sadly I can't flatter you back as It's hard for me to notice you at all when you're crewing anywhere outside of my ship. Though I'll add you sometime by this evening or tomorrow, we could get some matches going together. /salute
Yeah, ship full of Bardlings.
I'm not the best player in any class, but I get by. I'd be glad to fly with you, yeah. I'm a little bit busy tonight, but tomorrow might work. Agreed on every aspect of the Squid except Moonshine. I may be liberal with it, but that doesn't mean I forget to turn it off. Did that once on a Pyra... That was no fun.
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I'm a little bit busy tonight, but tomorrow might work.
That's cute. ;______; (says the student two weeks before exams)
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I'm a little bit busy tonight, but tomorrow might work.
That's cute. ;______; (says the student two weeks before exams)
"Welcome to salty spitoon, how tough are ya?"
"I'm so tough I played Icarus 4 hours in a day. And I had 2 exams the next day."
Story of my life.
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When you don't have an exam: play Guns of Icarus.
When exam is tomorrow: play Guns of Icarus nervously.
After the exam: play Guns of Icarus to drown (or blend) your sorrows.
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When you don't have an exam: play Guns of Icarus.
When exam is tomorrow: play Guns of Icarus nervously.
After the exam: play Guns of Icarus to drown (or blend) your sorrows.
Blending on Fjords, water hazard, or Firnfeld IS drowning.
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When you don't have an exam: play Guns of Icarus.
When exam is tomorrow: play Guns of Icarus nervously.
After the exam: play Guns of Icarus to drown (or blend) your sorrows.
Blending on Fjords, water hazard, or Firnfeld IS drowning.
If this is not in the glorious quotes, it should be.
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When you don't have an exam: play Guns of Icarus.
When exam is tomorrow: play Guns of Icarus nervously.
After the exam: play Guns of Icarus to drown (or blend) your sorrows.
Blending on Fjords, water hazard, or Firnfeld IS drowning.
*Raid on the Refinery sobs quietly in the distance*
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Exams are around the corner, it's a part of why I'm so busy...
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When you don't have an exam: play Guns of Icarus.
When exam is tomorrow: play Guns of Icarus nervously.
After the exam: play Guns of Icarus to drown (or blend) your sorrows.
Blending on Fjords, water hazard, or Firnfeld IS drowning.
*Raid on the Refinery sobs quietly in the distance*
Lets not talk about Raid.
Raid is a cruel mistress- her achievements have broken the hearts and souls of even the most experienced crewmen.
Raid deserves to be left out.
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I remember a dev match on raid... All good pilots.. An even match that looked like it would last eternity.. So the devs claimed their fingers and rained down chaos upon the unprepared ships! A giant lightning storm which caused havoc among all! Lightning flashes causing damage and fear among all crew and pilots shortening the match dramatically!...
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Thread officially derailed, lol.
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I wish I could remember the name of the ship I was on.
(Thread back on track!)
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Last post was the 16th? May as well post here anyways! My ships are just collections of silliness.
Goldfish: Disappointing Prize: Because I mean, when you win a goldfish at a carnival or something, it's just a really disappointing prize.
Junker: Patchwork Miracle: It's rather self explanatory, don't you think?
Squid: Burnt Calamari: Flame weapons + Squid = Burnt Calamari.
Galleon: Galleons of Oil: Y'know, like gallons of oil, but it's a Galleon? Anyone?
Pyramidion: Painful Trigonometry: It's a triangle, and it dispenses pain. What's not to like?
Spire: The Fun-olith: The Spire reminds me a of a big monolith that you'd see appearing over the horizon. BUt since fun is mandatory on my ships, I call it the Fun-olith!
Mobula: Hammerhead Snark: The Mobula looks like a really stubby hammerhead shark, and I imagine it making snarky comments to the other ships.
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The Mobula does look rather fancy...
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I am a fan of Ghibli animations, they are my inspiration for airship combats and steampunk themes.
So I've renamed some of my ships in better reference to Ghibli animations. Salutess if you can figure out the references first
Mobula: Porco Rosso
Goldfish: Tiger Moth
Galleon: The Goliath
and several salutes over the period of many days if you get this.
Squid: The Wolf of Tibere
And I will continue to reference Ghibli films. I think I'm renaming my Junker: Kaonashi today or tomorrow.
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Squid: The Wolf of Tibere
Are you secretly a Roman?
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Squid: The Wolf of Tibere
Are you secretly a Roman?
That's actually a really good guess, but I'm trying to get all my ships to reference Ghibli films.
This reference is so obscure. It's mentioned once in a Ghibli film.
Hint: "Seaplane No.2 'the Wolf of Tibere'!"
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The Wind Rises.
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Goldfish: Tiger Moth
Galleon: The Goliath
Those are both from Laputa: Castle in the Sky.
Porco Rosso is another movie in itself.
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My ships are named after Obscure Sphinx songs/albums, with clan prefix (FFS for FIRE), excluding Goldfish:
Mobula: FFS Void Mother (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndOR_E1kWJ4)
Just a little update (yes, you totaly give a fuck, I'm sure of that)
Mobula: Echo Of Nihil (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZW6W9XOG1O0)
I think it fits it - it's a mobula, so it's sophisticated, yet weird, gentle, yet brutal.
My mercury shots striping the hull are like Echoes the grim future, past which there is only oblivion.
Artemises and banshees are like haunted screams of Zofia Fraś.
Games with it longs like Obscure Sphinx's songs (their songs are 7 to 16 minutes long), unless enemies are stupid and you execute the tactics well (playing Red Sepulcher with this while being in red team, and if allies sees that spawn point as a great natural defense/ambush site ends almost always with slaughter - even if one of your enemies is a ship full of Lols, like Blacky Sabbath or Horus).
And fucking hell, I like flying it. Every other ship seems to me so immature, while mobula, my loadout especially, requires a feeling, and what's more important - patience. A patien hunter gets the prey.
Sorry, I'm a bit weird minded today. Finals are coming and my mind... well, endures it not really well.
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Prepare for duck names
Pyramidion- ram boat. Changed to the Entenrammboot when joined the ducks (German for duck ram boat). Also Rammschreckentenboot at one point
Squid- mosquito, now Made with Duck Tape. Mine carro mine for crazy kings.
Goldfish- draken, now Aves Anas (nomenclature for duck)
Junker- Hammy B. L. T. Until I think of a real name
Spire- Quackikazi due to my love of charging. Quack Pipe is taken
Galleon- Release the Quaken
Modula- it's been the Pond Ryder since borrowing tactics from watching the Ryders.
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I'm always cruising around the skies of icarus in the Bucentaures Republic!
It is inspired after the flagship of the Bucentaure class ship of the line. She was seized in the Battle of Trafalgar.
(http://www.histoiredumonde.net/IMG/Bucentaure.jpg)
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Bunch of random names I give my ships when I feel I need to switch'em for a match or two, in case of special occasions.
Brimstone Landscapes - Pyramidion full of flamers, banshees, hadeses.
Combustible Lemon - Junker similar in fashion to Brimstone Landscapes.
I'LL BURN YOUR HOUSE - Junker FULL OF FLAMETHROWERS. BECAUSE
DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM? I’M THE MAN WHO’S GONNA BURN YOUR HOUSE DOWN! WITH THE LEMONS! I’M GONNA GET MY ENGINEERS TO INVENT A COMBUSTIBLE LEMON THAT BURNS YOUR HOUSE DOWN!
KNTG REKTangle Because #Rekt. Usually taken when I don't feel merciful to give new players a chance, and take the flaming build.
KNTG Report Magnet , or KNTG MINE Kampf - Munker. Self-explanatory.
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Cheeseness's Folly, my Mobula. All Artemis, except the middle slot, which is a Mercury. Named after the great Captain Cheeseness, a great pilot and leader of the SLUG's.
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If I may suggest. Low artemis is a nonsense. I have double banshees there. Artemis have really poor upper angles, you won't be able to match them.
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If I may suggest. Low artemis is a nonsense. I have double banshees there. Artemis have really poor upper angles, you won't be able to match them.
It's a negligible loss of upward arc. Bottom artis are totally viable on a mobula
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Long-Range Mobula can usually stay above the enemy. Lower Art is okay/little bad on lower deck Mobula.
Anyways, changing my Junker from Sunker to Junkers G.38.
Junkers G.38 was a German four-engined transport craft, pictured here:
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/db/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1980-085-32,_Flugzeuge_Junkers_G-38.jpg)
Salutes to whoever can find the relationship between this plane and Ghibli Studios.
I am trying to name all of my ships in reference to Ghibli Studio Works. I now have everything but the Pyramidion... Don't suggest anything though, I'll find something myself (that's more fun).
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Indreams, one of the few that cna actually get the origins of my in-game nickname himself.
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Anytime when I see someone with hammer and sickle in their name or clantag I change the name of the ship to CommunistsMustDie.
I'm not even sorry. This is the one thing that I 'will' fight for.
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Guys! This isn't the time to debate my Mobula loadout! It's called Cheeseness's Folly for a reason!
I have a Pyramidion called the Impudent Grenchler.
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I think i might give my squid its old name back, its currently Winds of Tartarus, but it used to be Harassment Charges
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Long-Range Mobula can usually stay above the enemy. Lower Art is okay/little bad on lower deck Mobula.
Anyways, changing my Junker from Sunker to Junkers G.38.
Junkers G.38 was a German four-engined transport craft, pictured here:
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/db/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1980-085-32,_Flugzeuge_Junkers_G-38.jpg)
Salutes to whoever can find the relationship between this plane and Ghibli Studios.
I am trying to name all of my ships in reference to Ghibli Studio Works. I now have everything but the Pyramidion... Don't suggest anything though, I'll find something myself (that's more fun).
The first time I saw a Junker I thought of the Junkers G.38