The naming of ships

[Greg Smith]

I'm also considering Naming them for WWII Japanese ships, but that might be in poor taste....

Star Trek TNG had a USS Yamato. It was a sister ship to the Enterprise, so obviously not considered in bad taste there.

 

[Scuzzlebutt142]

I'm also considering Naming them for WWII Japanese ships, but that might be in poor taste....

Star Trek TNG had a USS Yamato. It was a sister ship to the Enterprise, so obviously not considered in bad taste there.

Yes, but the federation as far as we know aren't a bunch of genocidal maniacs who wiped out planetary populations, the Dilgar were. A wee bit of difference there.

 

[Taran]

Is it really in that bad of taste? After all, the Imperial Japanese weren't any better except in that they failed...

 

[l33tpenguin]

Is it really in that bad of taste? After all, the Imperial Japanese weren't any better except in that they failed...

That would depend if you would consider going up to someone of German decent and calling them a Nazi in 'bad taste'

 

[Taran]

Depends on how he acts and how he has painted and named his fleet.

And besides, if it's Your fleet, he should, hopefully, appreciate the irony of calling You a Nazi...

 

[Shadow Queen]

I'm also considering Naming them for WWII Japanese ships, but that might be in poor taste....

Star Trek TNG had a USS Yamato. It was a sister ship to the Enterprise, so obviously not considered in bad taste there.

I thought it was the Yorktown

 

[silashand]

Yorktown (CV-5) was the real life sister ship to the WWII Enterprise (CV-6) aircraft carrier. The Yamato was the sister ship to the starship Enterprise D and was destroyed by an alien probe.

Cheers, Gary

 

[Shadow Queen]

Yorktown (CV-5) was the real life sister ship to the WWII Enterprise (CV-6) aircraft carrier. The Yamato was the sister ship to the starship Enterprise D and was destroyed by an alien probe.

Cheers, Gary

I was 50% right

 

[silashand]

I should note that like the starship Enterprise's sister ship, the Yorktown was also sunk at the battle of Midway in WWII. It would seem being the Enterprise is a good thing. On the other hand, being sister to it seems almost invariably fatal ;-).

Cheers, Gary

 

[Taran]

Unless it's the Enterprise E. As I recall, the Excelsior outlasted her sister...
Same with the Enterprise A...


Anyway, for naming Dilgar, if you desire avoiding controversy, history is replete with genocidal empires that have gone away:
Aztecs, Mongols, certain periods of the Roman Empire, The Inquisition, The Saxons and the vikings, the Spanish empire (Cortez, Pizarro...), Egypt, Babylon (kinda fitting)...

 

[CheesyRobMan]

All my Centauri ships are named after constellations:

Orion - Octurion
Cepheus, Cassiopeia (king and queen) - Primuseses
Andromeda - Balvarin
Camelopardis, Octans - Centurions
Auriga, Cetus, Crux, Dorado, Lacerta, Tucana - Vorchans
Vela, Musca - Maximuseses
Columba, Lepus - Corvans
Fornax, Hydra - Darkners

Still have to name quite a few ships that aren't "on line" yet...

 

[Iain McGhee]

Yorktown (CV-5) was the real life sister ship to the WWII Enterprise (CV-6) aircraft carrier. The Yamato was the sister ship to the starship Enterprise D and was destroyed by an alien probe.

Cheers, Gary

I was 50% right

100% actually. Sort of. All the original series Constitution class ships (13 I think) were named after WW2 ships, mainly US carriers (Enterprise, Yorktown, Essex, Lexington etc) and some from other nations e.g. the Hood.

 

[silashand]

100% actually. Sort of. All the original series Constitution class ships (13 I think) were named after WW2 ships, mainly US carriers (Enterprise, Yorktown, Essex, Lexington etc) and some from other nations e.g. the Hood.

Ah, yes. I forgot about the Yorktown that was sister to the original NCC-1701. I was only thinking of the Next Generation storyline.

Cheers, Gary