what would you name your ship?
POSTED BY: tomerai
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My car, a gorgeous but increasingly cantankerous fire-engine red 1990 Dodge Daytona, has only recently earned a name. Despite the fact that I adore the idea of naming vehicles, nothing ever seemed appropriate... This summer, however, it came to be called "The Mobile Queen," because it serves as the sole transport and portable lighting setup for my film company, Mobled Queen Entertainment, which in turn is named after a quote from Hamlet, so that the top of our main page can quote William Shakespeare as saying "Mobled Queen is good."
In the Firefly RP I'm running, the captain named his ship the Bao Chou, which he tells me is Chinese for "vengeance." I trusted him and didn't actually verify it, so I hope I've not just publicly made a fool of myself.
If I myself had a ship, I'd have to sit down for hours with a scratch pad to choose a name. Virtues, sci-fi references (Phoenix, Equinox, Lying Bastard, and the already-mentioned Long Shot, among many others), historical references, things that just sound cool (always wanted to name a ship "Lotus")... the possibilities boggle the mind.
In the Firefly 'verse, I'd call it Fortune, 'cause that's what every captain hopes for.
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"You're mean. Firefly's making me reconsider my lifelong devotion to Star Trek." --My mother
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I'd name it Inner Tranquil Light
Or Frank
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Originally posted by tomerai:
what would you name your ship?
"Gräne," the name of Brynnhilde's horse in "Die Walküre."
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"But ... not boring, like she made it sound." Wash, in ARIEL
"None of it means a damn thing." Mal, in OBJECTS IN SPACE
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It would depend on a couple of factors. If it were a large ship, a la Star Destroyer-sized, I'd say Eclipse. If it were a mid-sized ship, a living space, possibly Endymion (Dan Simmons fans, unite!). If it were small, a dogfighter, I'd call it the Raven.
These are all assuming these are ships fully equipped with weaponry. A transport would be called Gatekeeper.
We can't all be heroes, since some of us have to sit at the curb and clap as they go by.
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possibly Endymion (Dan Simmons fans, unite!).
oo, my curiosity is sparked now. what's das simmons? i like the endymion story, so i'm curious to see how it got used in a pop culture kind of thing.
hmm, so what would i name my ship?
Vegdis - it's the name of a river in norse mythology. it means "knower of the way," which is the total opposite of what i believe, so ofcourse i was immediately fascinated by it. it's the inspiration for and the name of a character in the fantasy world i'm creating.
Melvana - as a reference to Rumi
Majnun - as a reference to the story of Layla and Majnun.
- emily
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I'd name my ship "Skuttlebutt".
Dr.K
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Dan Simmons wrote the following books:
Hyperion
The Fall of Hyperion
Endymion
Blade Runner 2
And a few others. He uses John Keats poetry, and many others, throughout the sci-fi/horror series of Hyperion (which is the name of a Keats poem). He uses seven intricate characters, each giving differently styled narratives throughout the story. There's a poet, a scholar, a soldier, a diplomat, a detective, a captain, and a. . .it's been too long, but I remember there was a seventh.
We can't all be heroes, since some of us have to sit at the curb and clap as they go by.
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