A Halo mod for the critically acclaimed Sins of a Solar Empire, that aims to capture the fast paced intensity of the Halo series.
Capital Ship Naming
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You may have noticed while playing SotP that there is a list of names that capital ships pull from when you build them. We've decided to up the number of randomly generated capital ship names from 50 per faction to 75. This means we're going to let the community come up with another 25. So jump in here, read the instructions, then have at it!
(If you want your name considered you have to post it in the forums.)
You may have noticed while playing SotP that there is a list of names that capital ships pull from when you build them. We've decided to up the number of randomly generated capital ship names from 50 per faction to 75. This means we're going to let the community come up with another 25. So jump in here, read the instructions, then have at it!
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(If you want your name considered you have to post it in the forums. Reposted in comments because so many of you seem to fail to read the description box.)
They will still fail to read the comment.. expect a whirlwind of ship names lol.
I've never actually understood what the deal was with UNSC naming conventions, and my brief skimming of Halo fan forums has never yielded any discussion of it. I'm guessing names like 'Forward Unto Dawn' and 'Pillar of Autumn' are poems, or from poems? Is that the deal, they use poetry as a source for ship names?
They are sometimes references, such as the Tokyo Rules and the Heart of Midloathian. It really depends. They are sometimes phrases, sometimes the names of places, but still mostly references to stuff.
At least, that's how I can describe it.
They are usually just cool sounding names. There isn't really a naming convention, although there are quite a few 'phrase' names, as opposed to single word names, like the POA and FUD, as you mentioned.
Symphony Regalia (My preference)
Blitzkrieg
Earl's Judgement
Abyssal Despair
Löwe (pronounced Lou ve, German for Lion)
Second Wind
Full Stop
Bonnie Lass
Insufferable Arrogance
Gravemind
Overwroughtly Ornamental
Penitent Thief.
Blissful Liar.
Fel's Hammer
Seas of Ire
Khalessi
Needle of Inquiry
Infinitesimal Audacity
Erebus
Dai-Gurren (Big Red (Japanese Phonic))
Litany of the Righteous
The Third Reich
Paperback
Ben Nevis
Astartes
Sororitas
Legacy
Vision
Peace of Mind
Newton's Third Law
Big Mac.
Tell me if you need more.
You didn't read the entire description or first comment did you? Any names need to be posted to the forums, not here.
Blimey im a spoon, right ill shift that over
Congrats, you managed to not use the forums, as expected
The way the UNSC names their ships isn't entirely clear, they could be named by their first captain, or perhaps by the ships manufacturer? Don't know why they went weird with that considering I see no real pattern in the naming for UNSC ships from the Frigate "Say My Name', the Cruiser "Pillar of Autumn, and the Super Carrier "Trafalgar" All of which mean different things but are not specific to that class of ship as seen by the Frigates "Forward Unto Dawn" and "In Amber Clad". In short i have no idea.
No pattern is needed, the UNSC is a multi-cultural government that has many different conventions simply merged together into one, unclear one. Learn that.
I just rename my own Capital Ships to what I wish them to be. Give the User Freedom of choice and he will love you till the day he dies. ;)