Starship Names

[GypsyComet]

But is that name for the ship or the fanboy mechanic? How do bystanders react when you say "Bob took a beating on that last gas giant run" or "We're taking Bob in to get the pipes checked."

 

[khazwind]

Well, you can have lots of fun naming non-human ships.

I'm working on a plot involving a Vargr ship, the I piddle on your leg

Obviously, the phrase loses a lot in translation. It probably sounds more aggressive in the original Vargr language and carries connotations of my dominance and your eventual submission.

 

[lastbesthope]

So how about this;

Starship Bob.

You can't call it 'Bob'

Oh so now you're the King of 'Bob'?

:lol:

LBH
(Loved Titan A.E.)

 

[broken serenity]

I recently introduced a ship called Drake's Fortune that is something of a bad omen in my campaign.

Believed to be a remnant of a long forgotten war the Drake's Fortune was a mercenary warship that misteriously disappeared during a mission to retake a strategically important system and is said to haunt the trade routes and systems that lead into and out of that area to this day, its considered a bad omen because it never travels into a system alone...

 

[Galaga]

Here is a fairly large list of names I typed up a ways back as generic ship names for something else, but they can easily be applied to Traveller. Most of the names are actually song titles from my large collection of random soundtracks.

• Within Unlimited Desires
  Last Regrets
  Martyred Teapot
  Reverie of a Little Planet
  Mirage Lullaby
  Spotweld City
  No Claims Bonus
  Comet Rendezvous
  The Following Morning
  Three Jumps to Payday
  Twice Shy
  Morning, Lemontea
  Towards a Far Away Sky
  It's a Stroll
  Tea Party in the Engine Room
  Pas De Deux
  Sinful Rose
  Heaven's Feel
  Flash in the Dark
  Spiral Answer
  Was Uncreative at the Time
  Lanthanum Flower
  Second Flight
  Suspicious Cook
  Death and Republic
  Horseshoes and Hand Grenades
  Exceptional Routine Trip
  The Irony of Chaste
  Blue Water, Blue Sky, Blue Star
  Star Light, Star Bright...
  Can't Turn Back to Everyday Life
  The Bitter Taste of Truth
  Submarine Street
  0G Love
  Twice Shy II
  Horoscope Rhapsody
  Best of Intentions
  High Road to Revenge
  Sagittarius, 9pm, Don't Be Late
  On The Way Home
  Night Flight Over Regina
  She Certainly Flys Well
  The Boss Wanted a New Name
  Hot Lead and Conversation
  Hey, Watch Me Do This...
  Girls Be Ambitious
  No Serenity
  Trace Of A Dream
  The Fox and the Grapes
  A Crimson Rose and a Gin Tonic
  Over the Distance
  The Path is Open
  Que Sera Sera
  Lonely Rolling Star
  Take A Chance!
  Walking in a Prim
  Diamond Crevasse
  Clamor! Clamor! Clamor!
  Memory of Mistakes
  Remaining Time
  EXIT→RUNNING
  Plenty of Grit
  Raging Waves
  Trouble At Work
  Trains, Planes and Far Traders
  Cloudy, with Occasional Rain
  Catch the Wind
  Planet in My Heart
  Linda Linda
  The Sun That Will Not Rise
  I Know You!
  The Farthest Land
  Swift Horse
  Heretics and Dreamers
  The Plot Suddenly Thickens
  Crossshine
  Rondo of the Moon
  Idiot Fowl's Ballad
  Professed Intention and Real Intention
  Feelings Across Time and Space
  Just Get Through This Night
  Haven't We Been Here Before?
  Don't Let It End
  Dock of the Bay
  What'cha Gonna Do???
  Everywhre You Go
  Marionette Messiah
  Rushing Dandy
  Steel Soul For You
  Vanishing Trader
  Trombe!
  Up-Walk in Galaxy
  Complaint Confuse
  Crime, Insured
  This Everlasting Wind
  Today Again, So Pure a Blue
  Unto Death Do Us Part
  Destination: Unknown
  Mighty Wings
  Last Night, Good Night
  Various Feelings
  Take On Me
  Ласточка
  Stay True, My Heart
  The End of Drifting
  Love Will Leave You Crying
  Azule Lux