SSgt Baloo Posted October 11, 2011 Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 Re: Weird ship names requested. Man I'm slow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted October 11, 2011 Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 Re: Weird ship names requested. How about: Soylent Green Alternatively: Soylent Green is made out of people!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xavier Onassiss Posted October 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 Re: Weird ship names requested. Names of actual towns I've been to: Hemlock Creek Cave-In-Rock Bone Gap Rudiment Golconda Any others like this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greywind Posted October 11, 2011 Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 Re: Weird ship names requested. Cut and Shoot, Texas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius Posted October 11, 2011 Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 Re: Weird ship names requested. Needmore, Indiana Lucius Alexander I need more palindromedary taglines Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Folded Posted October 11, 2011 Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 Re: Weird ship names requested. Place names in OR and WA (includes lots of Native American names, which have a different pattern of phonemes, and might add some flavor) Drain Boring Puyallup (pyoo-AL-up) Ona Beach Clackamas Klickitat Klamath Multnomah Kitsap Snohomish (sno-HO-mish) Chiwawa Chinook Cle Elum Dosewallips Humptulips Pysht River Walla Walla Okanogan Skookumchuk Snoqualmie Wenatchee And, of course, the classic- Intercourse, Pennsylvania Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narratio Posted October 11, 2011 Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 Re: Weird ship names requested. I've named ships after bumper stickers I've seen such as USMS I Honk for Jesus Or word plays like USMS Stopn'shop and its auxiliary tenders the Stoppushin', Stopbitin', Stopscratchin', and the Stopkickin'. or the SS If'nyakanriddis and its sister ship SS Yamuchtaoclos. I'd also recommend the English translations of the Asterix books for other great wordplay. Like the two roman guards in England; "Sender Victorius" and his mate "Appian Glorius"... Brilliant humour in translation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escafarc Posted October 11, 2011 Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 Re: Weird ship names requested. Lizard Lick, NC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius Posted October 11, 2011 Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 Re: Weird ship names requested. Monkey's Eyebrow KY Lucius Alexander The palindromedary still like Otto Palindrome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egyptoid Posted October 11, 2011 Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 Re: Weird ship names requested. The Busted Flush in our Rogue Trader Game: the whole fleet was named after Card stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted October 11, 2011 Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 Re: Weird ship names requested. Baculum (look it up) Good place-name ships include the usual suspects: French Lick (Indiana), Humptulips (Washington), Dime Box (Texas), .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Weapon Posted October 11, 2011 Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 Re: Weird ship names requested. Unlikely To Explode Unlikely To Implode Unlikely To Fragmen Unlikely To collide Unlikely To melt Unlikely To Warp Into A Star Engine Needed But Otherwise a Bargain (they never bothered/were too cheap to take this off after buying it at a scrapyard) Latine Sonat, Hoc Solum Bonum (according to google translate this means "This only sounds good in latin" but g.t. is a bit dodgy) Playing Piano At A Whorehouse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Folded Posted October 11, 2011 Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 Re: Weird ship names requested. Baculum (look it up) Good place-name ships include the usual suspects: French Lick (Indiana), Humptulips (Washington), Dime Box (Texas), .... I see someone's been reading A Night in the Lonesome October. And The Lonesome October would be a great ship name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted October 12, 2011 Report Share Posted October 12, 2011 Re: Weird ship names requested. 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 Icarus Marcus Licinius Crassus Carthage King Harold II Ambrose Burnside Dien Bien Phu Isandlwana Crécy Agincourt Bonnie Prince Charlie ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Hawk Posted October 12, 2011 Report Share Posted October 12, 2011 Re: Weird ship names requested. Pandora Cassandra Leroy Jenkins! Sodom and Gammorrah Yucca Flats Red Shirt Ensign Ricky Judge Crater Jar Jar Binks Hell or Plunder Kirk's Girlfriend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xavier Onassiss Posted October 12, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2011 Re: Weird ship names requested. At this point we're veering rather close to the "Ill Omen" naming theme: all the corsair ships in Terracide are named for bad-luck signs or inauspicious events. A salvage vessel with a similar name might risk being mistaken for a pirate. Here's a partial list. (For amusement only.) Ill Omen Banshee Wail Barghest Howl Tower Inverted Root Canal Tax Audit Core Dump Bad Sign Market Crash Bear Market Meltdown Train Wreck Off Waranty Black Sheep Rusty Nail Flash Flood Total Eclipse White Squall Scorched Earth White-out Heat Stroke Lock-Jaw Brain Fever Snake Eyes Bad Check Bastard Son Typhoon Season Ground Fault Newark Layover Chronic Migraine Trial Separation Raving Lunatic Red Tape Poison Ivy Mud Slide Damaged Goods Pink Slip Outstanding Warrant Problem Child Shooting Spree Security Leak Typhoid Mary Thundercloud Ill Wind Loose Cannon Black Cat Broken Mirror Evil Eye Eights & Aces Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted October 12, 2011 Report Share Posted October 12, 2011 Re: Weird ship names requested. Names of actual towns I've been to: Hemlock Creek Cave-In-Rock Bone Gap Rudiment Golconda Any others like this? Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha!, Quebec Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escafarc Posted October 12, 2011 Report Share Posted October 12, 2011 Re: Weird ship names requested. Gustav Holst Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted October 12, 2011 Report Share Posted October 12, 2011 Re: Weird ship names requested. Icarus Marcus Licinius Crassus Carthage King Harold II Ambrose Burnside Dien Bien Phu Isandlwana Crécy Agincourt Bonnie Prince Charlie ... Publius Quinctillus Varus or the battle named after his defeat: Varrus disaster/Battle of the Teutoburg Forest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted October 12, 2011 Report Share Posted October 12, 2011 Re: Weird ship names requested. Good Ship Lollipop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsatow Posted October 12, 2011 Report Share Posted October 12, 2011 Re: Weird ship names requested. True Story I once had a supers campaign when I was more or less still green as a champs gm, where the heroes were all punk rockers. They even fought an evil country band with the notorious villain El Kabong. Anyways, I thought it would be cute for them to have a re-purposed cruise ship as a base. Two players had a war on the naming. One proper and the other, well, had more flourish and stuck. The name of the ship : The Saliva Queen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmadanNaBriona Posted October 13, 2011 Report Share Posted October 13, 2011 Re: Weird ship names requested. Low Bid Baby Schrödinger's Cat "Figure we've got a 50% chance of surviving a jump?" Sharkjumper The Reason I'm Broke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted October 13, 2011 Report Share Posted October 13, 2011 Re: Weird ship names requested. Here's some far out names: Amadannabriona Lord Liaden Escafarc Tkd Guy Dsatow ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DusterBoy Posted October 13, 2011 Report Share Posted October 13, 2011 Re: Weird ship names requested. Here's some far out names: Amadannabriona Lord Liaden Escafarc Tkd Guy Dsatow ... Now you're being obvious. . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndianaJoe3 Posted October 14, 2011 Report Share Posted October 14, 2011 Re: Weird ship names requested. At this point we're veering rather close to the "Ill Omen" naming theme: all the corsair ships in Terracide are named for bad-luck signs or inauspicious events. A salvage vessel with a similar name might risk being mistaken for a pirate. Here's a partial list. (For amusement only.) You can add Stormy Petrel (or Stormcrow) and Black Dog to that list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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