People currently alive who would get ships named after them in Trek...

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  1. Count Zero

    Count Zero No nation but procrastination Moderator

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    Re: People currently alive who would get ships named after them in Tre

    I don't know, I wouldn't mind a USS Willy Brandt. Sure, those leaders might not appear as perfectly enlightened to people living in a fictional Utopia but some of them did things to be remembered benevolently or even celebrated. Even Gandhi and Mandela have their dark sides. It is an imperfect world, after all.
     
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  2. iguana_tonante

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    Re: People currently alive who would get ships named after them in Tre

    As I said, I may cut some slack for a couple of people for each country (I'd be thrilled to see a USS Giuseppe Garibaldi, just to give a partisan example). But in general, I'd say the less, the better.

    But on the other hand, as a rule I'm not particularly fond of ships named after people.
     
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  3. Enterprise is Great

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    Re: People currently alive who would get ships named after them in Tre

    Yeah but then they spit it out. Too much dog hairs in it apparently.
     
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  4. captcalhoun

    captcalhoun Admiral Admiral

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    Re: People currently alive who would get ships named after them in Tre

    i named a ship USS Guiseppe Garibaldi in my fan-fic.

    as for British PMs only one should be used: USS Winston Churchill
     
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  5. USS Excelsior

    USS Excelsior Commodore Commodore

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    Re: People currently alive who would get ships named after them in Tre

    USS William Shatner
     
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  6. Mr. Laser Beam

    Mr. Laser Beam Fleet Admiral Admiral

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    Re: People currently alive who would get ships named after them in Tre

    Remember - people *currently alive*. ;)
     
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  7. iguana_tonante

    iguana_tonante Admiral Admiral

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    Re: People currently alive who would get ships named after them in Tre

    I hope you spelled it right in that, tho. ;)

    Exactly my point, for each country only one or two in a long string are actually starship-naming material.
     
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  8. Mr. Laser Beam

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  9. Relayer1

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    Re: People currently alive who would get ships named after them in Tre

    USS Randy Rhoads
     
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  10. Colonel Midnight

    Colonel Midnight Vice Admiral Premium Member

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    Re: People currently alive who would get ships named after them in Tre

    He's no longer with us, unfortunately, but how about Clyde Tombaugh -- who discovered Pluto?

    I believe he just passed away a few years ago... :(

    Cheers,
    -CM-
     
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  11. sbk1234

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    Re: People currently alive who would get ships named after them in Tre

    Did anyone mention U.S.S. Neil Armstrong yet?
     
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  12. Mr. Laser Beam

    Mr. Laser Beam Fleet Admiral Admiral

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    Re: People currently alive who would get ships named after them in Tre

    ^ AFAIK, he already has a Trek ship named after him.
     
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  13. T'Girl

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    Re: People currently alive who would get ships named after them in Tre

    Might be a matter of how many ships they had that needed naming. And not just ships, the Enterprise's shuttles had some pretty important peoples names on them for "just" being shuttles.

    USS Bill Gates.

    :)
     
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  14. captcalhoun

    captcalhoun Admiral Admiral

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    Re: People currently alive who would get ships named after them in Tre

    and in case you didn't know, neither are Garibaldi and Lincoln. we've been discussing naming ships after people generally. ;)

    pretty sure i did.
     
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  15. Enterprise is Great

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    USS JJ Abrams?
     
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  16. Mr. Laser Beam

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    Re: People currently alive who would get ships named after them in Tre

    USS Rivera.

    And yes, I'm aware of what just happened. :(
     
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  17. Ian Keldon

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    Re: People currently alive who would get ships named after them in Tre

    To be fair, it could have been the other Roosevelt. True, the Encyclopedia says it's Teddy, but FDR would be a better choice.

    Hawking has had a shuttlecraft named after him.

    I always thought Gen. Schwarzkopf deserved a ship.
     
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  18. Ian Keldon

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    Re: People currently alive who would get ships named after them in Tre

    He does.
     
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  19. Theodore Jay Miller

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    Re: People currently alive who would get ships named after them in Tre

    They've had a USS Cortes, so they do name after some questionable individuals.
     
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  20. sbk1234

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    Re: People currently alive who would get ships named after them in Tre

    ^^^^That was named after Felipe Cortes, who was a great humanitarian and helped thousands of people in the mid-21st century, after the third World War.
     
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