[JBE] Contest - Name this Ship

[dmccoy1693]

It seems like I am naming alot of stuff these days. Sometimes I can look at something and I know its name; other times its alot harder. This ship is one of the latter. So lets make this a contest. This is a sub-100 ton fighter produced by the Krown Corporation (from Mech Tech 'n' bot: Spaceport Tech 1). Reply to this thread with your idea for the ship's model name. Whoever's name I choose will get a free pdf copy of the 16 page book Mech Tech 'n' bot: Fighters and Small Ships, due out late November. Enter before Nov 7th.

Good luck and happy gaming.

 

[AndrewW]

Might help to know a little more, what type of fighter (light, heavy, interceptor, etc)?

 

[dmccoy1693]

Might help to know a little more, what type of fighter (light, heavy, interceptor, etc)?

I'm going to stat it up after the contest is over. Until then, I'm not deciding anything. Only that its <100 tons is the only firm piece of crunch I've settled on.

 

[kermit]

A nimble little fighter like that; I'm going to go with...Stellar Blade.

Thanks,
Benjamin

 

[Valarian]

A little bit of Elite reminiscence going on when I look at that, so I'll go with that sort of name ... the Mamba

 

[lastbesthope]

I'm going to suggest Switchblade

LBH

 

[Anonymous]

Im going for Vector

 

[Tyrant]

I'll suggest Wasp

 

[pasuuli]

I'll suggest Stingray.

 

[FreeTrav]

I'd have liked to see the other two plan views, but I'll suggest that these be Axe-class fighters.

 

[Ishmael]

triangular shape like the head of a poisonous snake....

Asp
Adder

but NOT Viper ( overused )

 

[Flynn]

I'll offer the Centurion, from the title of the Roman military officer that leads 100 soldiers. (The tie-in between the tonnage and the number of men was what drew me to the name.)

With Regards,
Flynn

 

[alex_greene]

Copperhead class, or Diamondback, or even Sidewinder.

Mind you, if the thing shakes about in flight due to some contractor skimping on the inertial dampers, you might name it the Rattler class for a damned good reason ...

 

[Lord High Munchkin]

Codename: "Pitch-pipe".

 

[Joebeast]

Snyper, like a sharpshooter.

 

[Guardnacho]

I like the name 'Mitre'. Among pilots and deck crew they would be known as 'Smiters'

 

[AdrianH]

It looks a lot like the fighter from "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century", but that had the less than imaginative name "Starfighter". Mind you, if it's good enough for the F-104 then it's good enough for a fighter which actually does travel to the stars.

Alternatively "Gemini" for the twin hull design. (Especially if it turns out to be a two-seater with one cockpit in each hull.)

 

[Darkjoy]

It is the Twinsai Mk III Interceptor.

 

[Mawdrigen]

Temple class bomber

 

[zace66]

Jasper Class Escort