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Topic Started: Feb 12 2011, 02:32 AM (658 Views)
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L'évolution Spéculative est moi

So I just renewed my subscription to Star Trek Online, and I need some help. Right now I have a galaxy class exploration cruiser (I called it the Uberprise), but to serve my interests better I'm going to get an intrepid class science vessel. I want to give it a spec related name though, or at least a science-y one. I considered calling it the Mandelbrot, but I'd rather have a biology related name. I've considered naming her the Dougal Dixon, but I'm not really a fan of Dixon. Anyone have any ideas?
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The Over the Rainbow, Pillar of Autumn, Nike, White Star, Serenity, Nahel Argama, Amaterasu, Yamato, Rodger Young, Prometheus, Hippaforalkus and Pegasus are all good names of good, honorable, made up ships, and if you are know where they are all from, congratulations you get a free two year extension on your virginity.

But here is a list of Antarctic explorers and their ships. I'd name it Scott, he trekked miles to get a penguin egg, as it was believed the embryos would give more evidence for evolution, and while some Norwegian was larking about with sleds, eating his own dogs Scott was lugging a sled himself loaded with scientific equipment and rock samples.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heroic_Age_of_Antarctic_Exploration

Or if you're feeling lazy just call it Beagle.
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Name it the...HMS Spexplorer
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The ships most used by James Cook were HMS Endeavour and HMS Resolution
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The ships most used by James Cook were HMS Endeavour and HMS Resolution

And HMS is not part of the name, it's a ship prefix. His will be USS, United Space Ship. Unless the game lets you overthrow the government and establish one that uses HMS rather than USS. But I don't think it does.
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I know lamna. OK, USS spexplorer

HMS means his/her majesties ship
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Something about the scientific method? Maybe not.

'USS. Scientia' would be 'knowledge'.
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The Uneven Elephant.

Or you could name it after a famous space mission. Cassini, Viking, Venera.
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Voyager. ;)

You could just grab the thesaurus and look up things like 'explorer', etc.
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I named it the Mandelbrot. And I already discharged it, science vessels royally suck. It couldn't even stand up to a single Cardassian ship. I'll just stick with my galaxy class. At least it's proven in battle.
We should all aspire to die surrounded by our dearest friends. Just like Julius Caesar.

"The Lord Universe said: 'The same fate I have given to all things from stones to stars, that one day they shall become naught but memories aloft upon the winds of time. From dust all was born, and to dust all shall return.' He then looked upon His greatest creation, life, and pitied them, for unlike stars and stones they would soon learn of this fate and despair in the futility of their own existence. And so the Lord Universe decided to give life two gifts to save them from this despair. The first of these gifts was the soul, that life might more readily accept their fate, and the second was fear, that they might in time learn to avoid it altogether." - Excerpt from a Chanagwan creation myth, Legends and Folklore of the Planet Ghar, collected and published by Yieju Bai'an, explorer from the Celestial Commonwealth of Qonming

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