Greywind Posted October 9, 2011 Report Share Posted October 9, 2011 Re: Weird ship names requested. Fender Bender Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted October 9, 2011 Report Share Posted October 9, 2011 Re: Weird ship names requested. Does EVERY thread have to go political? Political? Wouldnt that be an insult to filthy whores? Actually, it was based off a joke among me and the college friends, so it pre-dates when we had any ijnterest in politics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundog Posted October 9, 2011 Report Share Posted October 9, 2011 Re: Weird ship names requested. Architeuthis Dux Carchararodon Carcheris Vampyroteuthis Infernalis Pepsis Formosa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted October 9, 2011 Report Share Posted October 9, 2011 Re: Weird ship names requested. It don't have the overview what names have alread been done. So I just post some more ideas: Limited waranty OE/No Warranty (or anything whose initials get you an OE/NW) One important part could be if they have any register/ship categories before the name: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merchant_vessel#Name_prefixes One trick I have seen is to let the ship register identifier be something that can be pronounced. For example, if the Merchant Register can be shortened MR, calling the "MR MatoMato" "Mister MatoMato" comes into mind. You could even make a double pun by making OE/NW the official prefix for salvage vessels: NW Boneshaker OE Jalopy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Folded Posted October 9, 2011 Report Share Posted October 9, 2011 Re: Weird ship names requested. We had a Star Wars campaign briefly, during which we had to change our ship's name and registry several times. First, it was the Pancake, then the Flapjack, and finally the Flaskapanakocker (I have no idea how that's really spelled, but it's pancake in one of the Norse languages). My favorite bit was when a bunch of us who were bored bought a large square of yellow plastic and some translucent brown resin and put it all on top of the ship... As for other names: SS Hector Ramariez (bonus points for knowing the reference) SS SpaceShip The "I don't care what we call it, just put something down so we can get out of here, d***it!" The Post-Dated Check Loan The Serial Peacemaker (along with the above, Schlock Mercenary has some great ship names) The Shining and its sister ship The Shinnin' The Heart of Gold A Duck! Very Small Rocks So far, in a story I'm working on, I've used Herodotus, Gladstone, Tokugawa and Caltech. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted October 9, 2011 Report Share Posted October 9, 2011 Re: Weird ship names requested. Fläskpannkaka -- up here, it's a large, oven-baked pancake without baking soda, with diced salted pork inside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius Posted October 9, 2011 Report Share Posted October 9, 2011 Re: Weird ship names requested. The Post-Dated Check Loan The Serial Peacemaker (along with the above, Schlock Mercenary has some great ship names) Many of them are salvaged ships too. Note: "gravy" is slang for artificial gravity. In fact, The Glitchy Gravy might make a good ship name too.... [ATTACH=CONFIG]40186[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]40187[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]40189[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]40185[/ATTACH] Lucius Alexander The palindromedary suggests The Flying Dutchboys (the crew constantly need their fingers on or in something to prevent disaster) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted October 9, 2011 Report Share Posted October 9, 2011 Re: Weird ship names requested. For the ship that might break down at a bad time. The Rustbucket Or if the captain is prone to salty language when angry The F***in' Rustbucket Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndianaJoe3 Posted October 10, 2011 Report Share Posted October 10, 2011 Re: Weird ship names requested. Note: "gravy" is slang for artificial gravity. In fact' date=' The Glitchy Gravy might make a good ship name too....[/quote'] Wavy Gravy might be more appropriate. Not Nailed Down (We salvage anything that's...) 10,000 Rivets (flying in close formation) Flying Prostitute (no visible means of support) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius Posted October 10, 2011 Report Share Posted October 10, 2011 Re: Weird ship names requested. Fläskpannkaka -- up here' date=' it's a large, oven-baked pancake without baking soda, with diced salted pork inside.[/quote'] Now I'm hungry. Off to the all night Steak & Shake Lucius Alexander The palindromedary can't get over the lack of steaks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius Posted October 10, 2011 Report Share Posted October 10, 2011 Re: Weird ship names requested. Fläskpannkaka -- up here' date=' it's a large, oven-baked pancake without baking soda, with diced salted pork inside.[/quote'] Now I'm hungry. Off to the all night Steak & Shake Lucius Alexander The palindromedary can't get over the lack of steaks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSgt Baloo Posted October 10, 2011 Report Share Posted October 10, 2011 Re: Weird ship names requested. I got impatient, so If I parrot someone else's contribution just point it out and I'll relinquish credit. As-Is/No Warranty Fixer-Upper Warranty Violation Yes, It Passed Inspection! Whoopee! It still works! Slower Traffic Keep Right It Still Runs Free and Clear Paid For It's Not Dead Yet! What The Cat Dragged In Eh! It's a living! Gambling Debt You Should See The Other Guy Not an Asteroid Solid Object Dirty Snowball I prefer "Richard" Almost There Bought Surplus Not as Cheap as it Looks Vaguely Shipshape Foolish Pride Not For Sale Not For Hire Thank You Do These Thrusters Make My Butt Look Big? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted October 10, 2011 Report Share Posted October 10, 2011 Re: Weird ship names requested. If you want a theme of naming ships for stuff you shouldn't eat, then I offer Carcinogen Tantalus's Children Fruit of Knowledge Polar Bear Liver Mad Cow Stool Sample Po-210 Tea Hades's Pomegranate Royal Coachman Mepps' No. 10 And then there's the theme of Dead On Arrival, named for people or things that are spectacularly or infamously dead or destroyed... Isadora Duncan Admiral Byng Sanduleak -69º 202 USS Arizona HMS Hood Peter Fechter Penn Central Hindenburg SS Mont-Blanc Chernobyl Reactor 4 More tomorrow, the laptop battery is about dead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted October 10, 2011 Report Share Posted October 10, 2011 Re: Weird ship names requested. U.S. escort carriers were/are named after battles, e.g. Iwo Jima, Tarawa, Bunker Hill. You could extend this to include, say, Little Bighorn, Khe Sanh, Bay of Pigs, Operation Market Garden... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted October 10, 2011 Report Share Posted October 10, 2011 Re: Weird ship names requested. Faith's Grace The Jolly Rupert Agatha's Wealth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Folded Posted October 10, 2011 Report Share Posted October 10, 2011 Re: Weird ship names requested. Some more ideas: SS SOS For a ship that doesn't work well, was put together badly, is aesthetically unpleasant, but everyone loves anyway: SS Ed Wood For a ship that everyone hates because it keeps screwing up good things: SS Uwe Boll For the greatest ship in the fleet: SS Steve Long The name of the new Flying Dutchman: SS Gary Gygax SS Blucher! (horses neigh in terror) SS Purr Like a Walrus SS 69, Dude! SS East Bound and Down SS The Ship Formerly Known as SS Han Shot First SS Kissybear SS Take Your Top Off SS Redrum SS PMS Avenger SS Death by Elevator SS Haight Ashbury SS Robot Chicken SS Chickenship (make sure they know it's a 'p' at the end) SS Men are Pigs SS Bildeeeens.... (ok, there are like four people in the world who get that joke, but it's funny to me) SS Rocks Over Rocks SS So Fat SS Bell Curve SS My Other Ship is a DNPC SS Money Pit SS Fries With That SS Zaxxon SS Sancho Panza SS Meddling Kids SS Unicorn Mayonnaise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted October 10, 2011 Report Share Posted October 10, 2011 Re: Weird ship names requested. For all those Synonyms for falling appart/beign not reliable: Add a number. Naming all his ships "Nearly Falling appart" could be the trademark of a captain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSgt Baloo Posted October 10, 2011 Report Share Posted October 10, 2011 Re: Weird ship names requested. Not as Bad as it Looks All Thrust and No Payload SS Essessessess Git-R-Done Not a Yacht Canobeans Sugar Free Spam Can Soylent Running Scary Isn't It? Bigger than a Vacc Suit Fat Albert All Mine Shirley U. Jest Ass Hauler Redneck Rocket Built From Scratch Half-Maked Borscht Buggy Canis Lt. Colonel Panic Wagon Body by Fischer Tyrannosaurus Wrecks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xavier Onassiss Posted October 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2011 Re: Weird ship names requested. RE: Not a Yacht. The Rival Suitor class yacht is one of the fastest non-military craft in the setting, but it didn't sell very many units. To recoup some their investment, the manufacturer contracted with the Solar Express Company to use the same basic hull and drives, minus the plush interior, as a fast courier, dubbed the Palomino class. From the outside they look basically identical to the yachts, but with the Solar Express Company colors instead of the yacht's customized paint jobs. Palomino crews do everything in their power to avoid being confused with luxury yachts, but their spacecraft inevitably acquired the popular nick-name Phony Express. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankL Posted October 10, 2011 Report Share Posted October 10, 2011 Re: Weird ship names requested. Scraps The Bergholt Stuttley Johnson Ridcully's Eagle Our Mum Fried Pudding Non Timetus Messor Morituri Nolumus Mori Tsortean Knot Xeno's Tortoise Ptracy Soul Cake Tuesday We Still Aten't Dead The Joye of Snacks The Mona Ogg Ich Bin Ein Rattarsedschwein Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion Posted October 10, 2011 Report Share Posted October 10, 2011 Re: Weird ship names requested. For Travis McGee' date=' self-described "salvage consultant" and protagonist of numerous detective novels by John D. Macdonald. I notice you also included his houseboat domicile, the [i']Busted Flush[/i]. My dad was a big fan, although I've only read A Tan and Sandy Silence myself. Treat yourself to a love overdue reward - go get the entire series and read them straight through. I did this back in college, and am looking for the collected series, or at least used versions of all them, for my permanent collection. Of course, listening to Jimmy Buffett while reading them is almost required, imo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Hawk Posted October 10, 2011 Report Share Posted October 10, 2011 Re: Weird ship names requested. U.S. escort carriers were/are named after battles' date=' e.g. [i']Iwo Jima, Tarawa, Bunker Hill.[/i] You could extend this to include, say, Little Bighorn, Khe Sanh, Bay of Pigs, Operation Market Garden... "Originally to be named the Khe Sanh and then Da Nang" - Wikipedia entry for USS Peleliu, LHA-5 And there is a USS Alamo and USS Pearl Harbor. Of course, we could include failures and cheats and Charlie Brown Shoeless Joe Jackson Dred Scott Mayor of Hiroshima City of Carthage Walls of Jerico Defender of Troy Custer's Scouts Publius Quinctilius Varus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DusterBoy Posted October 10, 2011 Report Share Posted October 10, 2011 Re: Weird ship names requested. Scraps The Bergholt Stuttley Johnson Ridcully's Eagle Our Mum Fried Pudding Non Timetus Messor Morituri Nolumus Mori Tsortean Knot Xeno's Tortoise Ptracy Soul Cake Tuesday We Still Aten't Dead The Joye of Snacks The Mona Ogg Ich Bin Ein Rattarsedschwein Well if you're going that route, why not: Great A'Tuin? Discworld in Space rep, BTW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmjalund Posted October 10, 2011 Report Share Posted October 10, 2011 Re: Weird ship names requested. Millenium Hand & Shrimp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSgt Baloo Posted October 11, 2011 Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 Re: Weird ship names requested. [Long' date= humourous list of Diskworld-worthy names deleted because they're just above] Been reading Pratchett much? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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