This might be fun for you all. I’m putting together a premise for another Trek fanfic unrelated to Uylsses, and have become stuck on the ship’s name. I’ve been very impressed with the names other writers here have come up with, so thought I’d tap into this rich resource.
Background: I’m thinking of a small ship something like the gryphon-class shuttle.
http://lcars.ucip.org/images/a/a7/Gryphon_Runabout.jpg
or this "fighter":..
http://orig01.deviantart.net/522b/f...hter_ortho__new__by_unusualsuspex-d7ryvtq.jpg
Maybe slightly bigger, maybe slightly smaller, maybe a bit more TOS retro in look, but the keywords involved would be: small, sharp, fast, dangerous. It will go on short-term recon/scouting missions (and the crew at least, if not the ship itself, will get into more combat-style situations).
I often go for predator animal names, like wolf, shark, eagle, etc, so want to avoid that this time. It is too small for grandiose stellar names like Orion or Galaxy or other celestial phenomena. Similarly, noun-verb names like Enterprise, Triumph, Endeavour, Defiance, all sound like battleships to me.
I note that other ships of this type often get named after rivers, but that seemed a bit harmless and tranquil for me. Depends on the river name and how it sounds, I suppose. Trent?
I like @TheLoneRedshirt ‘s “Bluefin” and thought a bit about aquatic animals. Barracuda sort of fits. Stingray… just no.
I’m also thinking of the class – gryphon – and wondering about mythical animals or entities, like ghost, sprite, dryad, imp. Oni from Japan is another contender here. Pegasus or Unicorn… just no.
I like the idea of naming it after a weapon. Sword, dagger, arrow etc are a bit bland, but continuing on the Japanese theme, Shuriken or Katana might work. Tomahawk is a bit more blunt-sounding to me, but maybe OK too.
Then Onyx popped into my mind. It’s just a sharp little black gem.
The problem with all these names is that they are a bit too general, more like the names of classes of starships rather than individual vessels. So I started thinking about actual people’s names that carry a bit of sharpness in sound if not meaning. I came up with Kramer or Carnaghan so far.
So, the current contenders are,
Barracuda, Oni, Shuriken, Katana, Tomahawk, Onyx
(less favoured but perhaps more likely "in universe") Trent, Kramer, Carnaghan
I’m of course open to (and perhaps seeking) ideas from completely different areas of inspiration, too.
Whaddyafink?
Background: I’m thinking of a small ship something like the gryphon-class shuttle.
http://lcars.ucip.org/images/a/a7/Gryphon_Runabout.jpg
or this "fighter":..
http://orig01.deviantart.net/522b/f...hter_ortho__new__by_unusualsuspex-d7ryvtq.jpg
Maybe slightly bigger, maybe slightly smaller, maybe a bit more TOS retro in look, but the keywords involved would be: small, sharp, fast, dangerous. It will go on short-term recon/scouting missions (and the crew at least, if not the ship itself, will get into more combat-style situations).
I often go for predator animal names, like wolf, shark, eagle, etc, so want to avoid that this time. It is too small for grandiose stellar names like Orion or Galaxy or other celestial phenomena. Similarly, noun-verb names like Enterprise, Triumph, Endeavour, Defiance, all sound like battleships to me.
I note that other ships of this type often get named after rivers, but that seemed a bit harmless and tranquil for me. Depends on the river name and how it sounds, I suppose. Trent?
I like @TheLoneRedshirt ‘s “Bluefin” and thought a bit about aquatic animals. Barracuda sort of fits. Stingray… just no.
I’m also thinking of the class – gryphon – and wondering about mythical animals or entities, like ghost, sprite, dryad, imp. Oni from Japan is another contender here. Pegasus or Unicorn… just no.
I like the idea of naming it after a weapon. Sword, dagger, arrow etc are a bit bland, but continuing on the Japanese theme, Shuriken or Katana might work. Tomahawk is a bit more blunt-sounding to me, but maybe OK too.
Then Onyx popped into my mind. It’s just a sharp little black gem.
The problem with all these names is that they are a bit too general, more like the names of classes of starships rather than individual vessels. So I started thinking about actual people’s names that carry a bit of sharpness in sound if not meaning. I came up with Kramer or Carnaghan so far.
So, the current contenders are,
Barracuda, Oni, Shuriken, Katana, Tomahawk, Onyx
(less favoured but perhaps more likely "in universe") Trent, Kramer, Carnaghan
I’m of course open to (and perhaps seeking) ideas from completely different areas of inspiration, too.
Whaddyafink?
