Ship Names

[jimbeamer5]

I assume we'll be able to name our ships. Does anyone have anything definate on this?

So assuming you can, what are you guys planning to name your ship?

We'll see the usual Enterprise, Galactica etc I'm sure. How about Millenium Firefly? Doesn't quite work!

I plan to call my ship "The Painted Doll" after my crew of Companions...

[jrollins7]

I never thought about naming my ships. Let's see - I am just starting to make up my character's background . I think the Kepler will be called Libre ( fits my character's background) and the firefly might be Phoenix. I haven't gotten the Loot Crate ship yet so I will thinking about that one.

[Red Ethmoid]

I hope the devs will let us name our ships in game. It would seem like a serious oversight on their part if they didn't. I'm planning to name my Kepler the Amherst, after the college town in the state where I live.

[Ghost]

If I go with the Kepler (or we can have multiple ships), given that it's a science vessel, and my captain's name is Ghost, I'll probably call that one the Eidolon.

Haven't thought about any others, yet. Maybe I'll name my Firefly the Serendipitous.

Looking at the vid again, the Overland doesn't look like a Firefly, and otherwise looks super big and bulky. Kinda looks like a turtle poking it's head out of it's big pi gu shell. Might name that one Morla. I'll make final decissions when I get the code and see it's in-game model.

[Zyneth]

I might name mine something to do with phoenixes. Of course wings would be nice, but I just love that theme. The rebirth of Firefly!

[Nox]

I think i might name my kepler Ghost, so thkas for the inspitation Ghost. xD My other ideas were shadow, murder and mirage.

[Lunessence]

All of these are fantastic names!

You know, you could exchange that Millienium Falcon reference for the Ebon Hawk. Ebon Firefly?

Lunar Veil is a name that has stuck with me for years. I've used it for everything friom a city to a planet in games. Reckon it could be a decent ship's name as well.

If we do get to have multiple ships (the extras garaged in a shipyard of some sort?), I'd also want to sneak in some names that themed with scorpions, phoenixes and topaz/citrine for sure. Oh hey, another phoenix fan!

Ember Phoenix or The Topaz Scorpion would be cool. Could even play around with their Chinese counterparts or variations of the two languages:

Topaz Xiē (SEE -EH)
Xiē Citrine
Xiētrine (SEE - EH - TREEN)

Fèng Jìn {FUNG - JEEN)
Jìn Phoenix
Ember Fèng

Fun times. ^_^

A fun random ship name generator can be found here, good for sparking ideas: http://www.seventhsanctum.com/generate.php?Genname=shipnamer

BTW, the Overland has engines and a wingspan that looks similar to a Firefly but the rest of it looks very cargo transport-y, hence it's mid-bulk transport status.

[Zyneth]

Ooh, yeah, something Mandarin would be nice as well. Might as well try to incorporate that, since I can speak it.

[Lunessence]

Nice! I'd love to see what kind of names you create, if you're willing to share them here, with actual knowledge of Mandarin! If you can, throw in a few Cantonese names for me, too, just for funsies. I'm super curious what the difference in words between the dialects are.

I understand Japanese pretty well, but Chinese completely eludes me. Japanese is so much simpler to read and speak, to me. I think it's amazing when an English speaker can also speak Chinese. Mandarin sounds amazing, but it just sounds like sounds to me, sadly.

[Lunessence]

Originally posted by jrollins7:

I never thought about naming my ships. Let's see - I am just starting to make up my character's background . I think the Kepler will be called Libre ( fits my character's background) and the firefly might be Phoenix. I haven't gotten the Loot Crate ship yet so I will thinking about that one.

Just realized something:

I don't think any of us are going to be able to have a Firefly Class ship at the get-go. If you notice, in the Cortex, the Ship Viewer for the Firefly Class says, "This digital item is non-redeemable in Firefly Online."

Sounds like that means that a Firefly Class is only purchasable through credits we earn in-game.

I'm thinkin' the Firefly Class is there in the Ship Viewer because, well, it's Serentiy. Who wouldn't want a preview of what she'll look like in the game? :D

[Ghost]

The ship viewer is showing the Serenity specifically, which is Mal's ship, so no, we can't get that one.

Considering Mal got his Firefly on the cheap, I'd like to think they'd be available at the start as well.

IMO, what's the pointin making a Firefly game if you can't pilot a gorram Firefly from the start? :P

[Ghost]

Oh yeah, forgot about this one...

The Chang'e Mining Vessel
http://keepflying.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/FFO-change-gamemodel.jpg

Red Dwarf

[Zyneth]

The mining vessel is really cool; I wonder to what extent we'll be able to customize them? Somewhat at least, for sure.

Unfortunately I only speak English and Mandarin. I know a small handful of words in Taiwanese, maybe one or two in Japenese or Thai, but that's pretty much it.

Also, fun fact: St. Alban's moon is named Pi Gu, which means, "Butt," in Mandarin. Also, Xiaojie, a moon of Sihnon, where companions are trained, means, "Miss." Like how you address a young woman or waitress. Just thought that was funny. And Bob. The moom Bob needs no translation lol.

[Ghost]

Originally posted by Zyneth:

The moom Bob needs no translation lol.

Was trying to find a video, but doesn't seem to be one in an easily findable place, so here's a text transcript instead:

Akima: You can’t call a planet “Bob.”
Cale: So now you’re the boss. You’re the King of Bob.
Akima: Can’t we just call it “Earth”?
Cale: No one said you have to live on Bob.
Akima: I’m never calling it that.

[Zyneth]

Bob, Conrad, and New Lafayette are moons of the planet Three Hills in the bottom right quadrent of the Georgia system.

[Lunessence]

Originally posted by Zyneth:

Unfortunately I only speak English and Mandarin. I know a small handful of words in Taiwanese, maybe one or two in Japenese or Thai, but that's pretty much it.

*Unfortunately* he says. ;)

I've grown up on an American education and it doesn't encourage learning a second, let alone a third language ... even though it pretends to. It only encourages what fits into their students' minimum graduation requirements. IF you want to learn a language beyond the first semester of it, you have to sacrifice other arts & humanity electives like Theatre Arts, Fine Arts and Orchestra. Since those were my bread and butter in HS, I opted to only take a semester of a foreign language so I could keep playing the violin, drawing and acting.