What do you name your ships?

My ships' names are heavily influenced by Battlefleet Gothic.

My 1st Marza is usually called 'TDN Devastor', followed by ships named 'TDN Desolator' and 'TDN Destruktor'. Sometimes, I rather go giant-esque names, e.g. 'TDN Leviathan', 'TDN Juggernaut' or 'TDN Titan'.

As you can probably guess form the names, I mostly play TEC.

'Slavebane' and 'Dreamcatcher' are some nice ones.

If there was some kind of a campaign, I'd probably name ships after their most glorious battles.. say, 'TDN Guardian' if it managed to halt an enemy fleet on its own or at least as the only CAP.

I posted my list in another thread:

Advent:

Radiance: The Empyrrean, The Barathrum, The Xantippe, ... (Total Annihilation place names)

 * Wish: Please, Ironclad, give me longer name spaces so I can also use names like "The Nigh Pilago", "The Tergiverse IV" and "The Thalassean"

Halcyon: The Harbinger, The Omen, ...

Psi Battlecruiser: The Ethereal, The Celestial, The Ascended, ...

Support Battlecruiser: The Exarch, The Confessor, ...

Motherships: The Matriarch, The Empress, ...

TEC:

Kol Battleships: CSS Normandy, CSS Omaha, CSS Iwo Jima, ... (World War II battles)

Carriers: CSS Ohio, CSS Nebraska, CSS Virginia, ... (U.S. States)

Battlecruiser: CSS Cornwall, CSS Yorkshire, CSS Edinburgh, ... (U.K. place names. I dunno, I just get the image of British Navy destroyers in my head when using this ship)

Siege Battlecruiser: CSS Volgograd, CSS Rostov, CSS Voronezh, ... (Russian Cities)

Colony Ships: CSS Columbus, CSS Magellan, CSS Cook, ... (Explorers)

Vasari: I hate playing as Vasari, so I haven't bothered to make a list yet.

I rarly name my ships. The few times I did I went with major battlefields, such as Iwo Jima, gettysburh, shilo, I have also used stalingrad. I think those are the only times, and only ones I used. 

I usually name mine crude words, mostly after genitalia. Well what does the the Radiance look like to you!

Like I said in the other thread:

TEC: TDN Vanguard, TDN Warspite, TDN Enterprise (hurr), TDN Saratoga, TDN Ranger

Advent: Thronos, Kuriotes, Dunamis, Exousia, Arche

Vasari: Something at random from here - http://www.geocities.com/hugedb/BossList.html

i usually only play as the TEC so dont have names for the other ships, i have a long list of ship names i use but the first few caps i build always have set names such as:

Everlasting

Phoenix

Valor (got that from the usn valor off deadspace recently)

Eclipse (really like this name)

and what does TDN stand for anyway?

usually i call my first cap the Sovereign

I don't bother;

Woot Enterprise

As a star wars nerd, I call mine random capitol ship names such as:

Executer

Chimaera

Admoniter

Gorgan

Adamant

Basilisk

and Home One

Maybe TDN stands for Total Domination Nerds

Since  i play mostly TEC, and make max capital ships, they are named as ww2 ships, USS states.... Nevada, Texas, Vermont, Arizona....

I tend to stick with Star Wars' Capital ship names  as well.

Chimaera

Executor

Eclipse

Death's Head

Devastator

Judicator

Relentless

Tormentor

Vengenace

Allecto

Also: I name them after my Fav U.S. Presidents

Regean

Lincoln

Jackson

Jerfferson

Polk

Adams

Eisenhower

"Death & Gravity", "Killing Time", "Grey Area", "Sleeper Service" and yes I have had a fleet led by Grey Area's other name before now. 

Unfortunatley I think "Anticipation of a new lovers return" is a tad too long

EDIT:

I wonder if "Frank Exchange of Views" will fit....

Mr. Balls...

Thunderpussy...

Hand Banana...

My main capital ship is always called "The Defiant", regardless of race.

As for other names?

Advent: Arkwright, Flux, Eclipse, Fenrir, Thunder, Lightning, Shine, Aura and Luna. Bonus points to anyone who gets the references.

I rarely play other races, but when I do, I play TEC, and I always use "SA Normandy"

I usually play as TEC and my first ship is always Event Horizon. The rest I name on whatever is on my mind. I named one once Mountain Dew.

I rarely play Vasari, so tend to enjoy naming my ships in a very human convention when I play TEC or Advent.

I used to prefix every name with EAS for Earth Alliance Ship, but found the characters that took up restricted what I could use for names.

I started off with my favoured route of Babylon 5-style mythical/classical history names, such as:

Apollo, Agamemnon, Cassius, Damocles, Kraken, Cerberus, Medusa, Gorgon, Chimera, Hydra, Griffon, Vesta, Juno, Ariadne, Alexander, Bucephalus, Wyvern.

In my view of space fleets, Battleships and Carriers are always the largest ships, even if they aren't in Sins, so my Kols/Sovas/Radiances will always be named one of:

Leviathan, Colossus, Behemoth, Titan, Zeus, Hades.

However lately I've had a bit of a penchant for some faux-classical names, as inspired by the genius that is Dan Abnett, and have been using the following:

Titus Invictus, Ajax Excelsior, Sicarea Faero, Imperius Rex, Deus Titanus, Brutitor, Raptorus Rex, Prince Manix, Augmenautus, Demos Annilus, Dominus Victrix, Imperius Dictatio.

To me, all these names inspire awe and pride in your fleets and allies, as well as fear and fealty in your enemies. After all, who wouldn't want to go to war accompanied by the majesty and power of the battleship Imperius Rex and her attendant escorts?

Alternately, which of the following messages would an embattled, outnumbered fleet admiral rather receive?

'Admiral, Sir, we're receiving a sub-space message, the carrier BigBoy is on her way!'

'Admiral, Sir, we're receiving a sub-space message, the carrier Leviathan is on her way!'

I know which I'd rather hear when enemy cruisers are bearing down on my position...

Nice

My prefix is CFS= Colonial Fleet Ship and I only play TEC

My 1st Marza is "Pegasus"

1st Kol is "Galactica"

Then i go:

Defiant

Atlantia

Enterpeise

Intrepid

Voyager

Reliant

Valkyrie

I name my starbases different things, depending where they are. If i know its gunna see action, i name it"Fwd. Command", if they're for defence, i call em "Vanguard #"

Whenever I get a grav well connected to a wormhole i call the planet "Bajor" and name its starbase "Terok 'Nor" and the SB i put at the wormhole "Deep Space 9"

Ones in other neutrals are "Deep Space 1-8"

Now im gunna hang my head in nerdy shame....

My first capital ship is the TDN Aurora and almost always a Kol class. (I only play as TEC.) After that I for the most part don't name the ships. I've always thought that TDN stood for Trade Defense Network, I don't why I just do.

I still think that TDN stands for "The Dorkiest Nerds"

it's in the manual somewhere, but:

TDN= Trader Defense Navy

UNV= Unity Naval Vessel

VES= Vasari Exodus Ship

I like the default names. It's the starbases I have to watch out for, though, since I ended up with more than one Vokorul or more than one Purity or more than Galvanov, if you get my gist.

I stay Amish themed.

Buggy from Hell

Space Buggy

Demon Horse

Pitchfork

Road Apples

you get the gist

lol @ Amish  

Anyways, I prefer these... They are pretty much the same regarless of race

Trinity Blade (primary flagship which is a battleship; ships are only christened this after reaching level six)

Providence (used on highest level carrier)

Ultimas (used on any high level ship)

Hercules (the first battleship I make is named this until it reaches level six.  Then another one takes its place)

Tri-Star (used on the first dreadnought to reach level 6+)

Eyron (used on support ships)

Victory (used on the first ship other than the Trinity Blade to reach level 10)

Eclipse (level 6+ Marza)

Wormwood (used only on a level 10 Marza)

Many of the ships' names come from the book I'm writing.  The Trinity Blade, Providnece, Hercules, Tri-Star, Victory, and Wormwood are the ships that constitute a fleet of super-ships that are the size of planets [that is, the individual ships are that big].  The Trinity Blade is the flagships of this Olympus Fleet while the Hercules is another battleship, the Providence is a carrier, the Tri-Star is a destroyer.  The Victory is the Trinity Blade's sister ship while the Wormwood is the Tri-Star's sister.

So, I guess the heirarchy would be this:

Prime Fleet

Flagship Trinity Blade

Tri-Star

Victory

Eyron

Rear Fleet

Flagship Hercules

Providence

Ultimas

Wormwood

In short, the Trinity Blade is the most powerful ship I use and if I have extra credits laying around, I upgrade whatever weapons it may have.

I tend to only name my marzas, and only when they reach level 6.

I name my cuutey wootie shippy wippys Fluffy, Fuzzy, and Mittens.

I love to name ships and planets it rocks, nice little attachemnt,

I love to try put the sci fi touch in there but sometimes you just go to go balls to wall.

Im fond of TDN ROY BATTY, or UNV GOT BEEF. and you cant go worng with DONT SHOOT, or the classic SULACO.

Endless fun making these badboys up.

Vasari I usualy go with Japanese words:

Hiashi (means spreading of fire)

Sendo (death)

Shakaku (angel of fire)

Ranmyaku (chaos)

And you cant go wrong with Yamato

TEC I go with Earthish names:

Stalingrad

George W Bush

Stuff along those lines, I dont have set names

One time I named my home world Chuck Norris and all my ships stuff like Chuck's Fury, Chuck's Rage, ect.

I never play as Advent.