Bad Starship Names

[MarkusTay]

If Starfleet had a contest to name a new Starship, we'd have one named Shippy McShipface

 

[oberth]

i'd like to have a uss unknown dugout (in a proper language obviously) to honour those who mastered the pacific ocean in ancient history (primarely an explorational vessel of course)

More bad starship names:
USS Lord Buckethead

sounds like a fine name to me

 

[shapeshifter]

U.S.S. REDSHIRT

Not an assignment many are clamoring to be posted to. hehe

 

[cooleddie74]

U.S.S. Coy and Vance Duke.

 

[oberth]

U.S.S. REDSHIRT

Not an assignment many are clamoring to be posted to. hehe

yeah - that'd mean step behind the outhouse and get shot

 

[Tuskin38]

In the 80s the comics had Mirror starship called Nixon and Mccarthy.

The mirror novels had an NX-Class named 'I.S.S. Khan's Wrath'

 

[oberth]

In the 80s the comics had Mirror starship called Nixon and Mccarthy.

which mccarthy?

 

[cooleddie74]

Probably Joseph given that it's the Mirror Universe. Mirror Earth seems like the kind of place that would elect Joe McCarthy President of the United States.

 

[oberth]

Probably Joseph given that it's the Mirror Universe. Mirror Earth seems like the kind of place that would elect Joe McCarthy President of the United States.

you think the otherone is any better?

 

[Kai-Winn Scenario]

An issue is naming ships after battlefields.
"USS Gettysburg, we come in peace."
"Expain the name."
"It's a battle where thousands of people died."
"And you come in peace?"

Only tangentially related but reminds me of one of my favorite lines from Beyond:

TEENAXI: Why don't they want it any more?
KIRK: Well, this was once a piece of an ancient weapon, and now they offer it as a symbol of... of peace.

 

[dupersuper]

Her Ayn Rand fandom membership might be a place to start.

As some one who likes her Star Trek novels, please stop ruining her for me.

 

[oberth]

As some one who likes her Star Trek novels, please stop ruining her for me.

i never read one of hers but i do understand your reasoning

 

[Forbin]

which mccarthy?

Jenny.

 

[cooleddie74]

Truly the most diabolical of them all.

 

[FormerLurker]

which mccarthy?

Jenny.

In the mirror universe naked aggression is her specialty.

 

[Nerys Myk]

which mccarthy?

Charlie

 

[Laura Cynthia Chambers]

Only tangentially related but reminds me of one of my favorite lines from Beyond:

TEENAXI: Why don't they want it any more?
KIRK: Well, this was once a piece of an ancient weapon, and now they offer it as a symbol of... of peace.

Ironic, but maybe it's in the spirit of "we lay down our weapons and give them to you to do with as you will" (beat into plowshares, turn it on us and fire, etc). It's a symbol of "I trust you with my life/to do the right thing". Not as stupid as it sounds on the surface.

 

[Kai-Winn Scenario]

Ironic, but maybe it's in the spirit of "we lay down our weapons and give them to you to do with as you will" (beat into plowshares, turn it on us and fire, etc). It's a symbol of "I trust you with my life/to do the right thing". Not as stupid as it sounds on the surface.

Of course, though what I found amusing in that line was instead the clever juxtaposition/wordplay of homophones "piece" vs "peace"

 

[Hofner]

It would be named after a place not the tragedy, so why not? I live in the Sierras. You can't spit with out hitting something call "Donner" here.

It would be named after a place not the tragedy, so why not? I live in the Sierras. You can't spit with out hitting something call "Donner" here.

Sorry to reply to such an old post, I kept missing this thread and only read the whole thing in the last two days so...

Believe it or not, an ancestor of mine was a Donner party survivor.

I remember when I was a kid hearing about how my grandfather had a project of researching the Donner party because an ancestor, his great-grandfather I believe, was one of the survivors.

let's just say as a dinner guest, my hosts always makes sure I have plenty of food just in case.


Now to get on topic, instead of bad names, I propose two of the most awesome starship names ever, after my two kitty cats.

The Spot class starships USS Alice and USS Florence.


Robert

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

I doubt if the Klingons ever had an IKS James T Kirk.

I bet they have an IKS Rachel Garrett though...