Player/ship callsign when docking

[Ripthruster]

Have been playing for quite a while but took a long break until I got my RIFT which sucked me back into Elite. I noticed now when approaching stations they'll call out "Lakon Romeo India Pappa". I'm Flying an asp or DB Scout and pilot name Ripthruster. Is this a fairly new thing? I don't remember it before.

[Chip Patton]

Originally posted by Nolo Contendere:

Originally posted by xaero:

Delacy Papa Hotel Omega

CMDR Phoenix Ryder

Can find the list of NATO phonetic alphabet names here:- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO_phonetic_alphabet

oh, it's based on the nato phonetic alphabet? Cool!

I don't think so, when I was in the US Army we used the whole NATO phonetic alphanumerics, but I think some of their letters differ.

For instance, I don't think they say Gulf, Yankee, or Zulu (They say Zebra I think for example), etc.

[PepperSlacker]

Mine is Tango Hotel Echo .-. my passengers apperantly need to lower the volume a bit

[ThatWildWestStuff]

Hotel Echo Lima...my ships a Viper but I forget the manufacturer lol

[Nolo Contendere]

Originally posted by Hellriser623:

Hotel Echo Lima...my ships a Viper but I forget the manufacturer lol

IIRC, it's faulcan delacey. so it's Delacey hotel echo lima.

[ThatWildWestStuff]

Originally posted by Nolo Contendere:

Originally posted by Hellriser623:

Hotel Echo Lima...my ships a Viper but I forget the manufacturer lol

IIRC, it's faulcan delacey. so it's Delacey hotel echo lima.

Thank you :)

[xaero]

Originally posted by Nolo Contendere:

Originally posted by xaero:

Delacy Papa Hotel Omega

CMDR Phoenix Ryder

Can find the list of NATO phonetic alphabet names here:- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO_phonetic_alphabet

oh, it's based on the nato phonetic alphabet? Cool!

apart from the Elite ship company names yeah :P

[Wowy]

Originally posted by Nolo Contendere:

Originally posted by Wowy:

Wait... They are randomly generated?! Now I feel bad for not paying too much attention to this at all... :/

no, they aren't randomly generated. It's <Ship manufacturer> <quasi-military phonetic representations of the first 3 letters of your cmdr name>

EG: Since my name is cmdr Jakapp and my ship is a t6 transporter (made by lakon), the callout I get is "Lakon Juliet Alpha Kilo" when they tell me to request docking. Should I change to a sidewinder, I'll be hearing "Delacey Juliet Alpha Kilo" (or thereabouts).

Well they are kinda random and unique to commander unless commander uses similar name to yours...

And I guess mine is Lakon Whiskey Oscar Whiskey

[ThatWildWestStuff]

Originally posted by Wowy:

Originally posted by Nolo Contendere:

no, they aren't randomly generated. It's <Ship manufacturer> <quasi-military phonetic representations of the first 3 letters of your cmdr name>

EG: Since my name is cmdr Jakapp and my ship is a t6 transporter (made by lakon), the callout I get is "Lakon Juliet Alpha Kilo" when they tell me to request docking. Should I change to a sidewinder, I'll be hearing "Delacey Juliet Alpha Kilo" (or thereabouts).

Well they are kinda random and unique to commander unless commander uses similar name to yours...

And I guess mine is Lakon Whiskey Oscar Whiskey

I honestly didn't notice it until now, it's a pretty badass feature.

[xaero]

Originally posted by Wowy:

Originally posted by Nolo Contendere:

no, they aren't randomly generated. It's <Ship manufacturer> <quasi-military phonetic representations of the first 3 letters of your cmdr name>

EG: Since my name is cmdr Jakapp and my ship is a t6 transporter (made by lakon), the callout I get is "Lakon Juliet Alpha Kilo" when they tell me to request docking. Should I change to a sidewinder, I'll be hearing "Delacey Juliet Alpha Kilo" (or thereabouts).

Well they are kinda random and unique to commander unless commander uses similar name to yours...

And I guess mine is Lakon Whiskey Oscar Whiskey

what the Devs need to do is assign every user a unique serial number for ships... they did that in Frontier Elite games... well I think they were all random cannot remember now lol...

This image for example:- http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d142/steveobhave/Ships-2.jpg

[AntherRicheen]

I feel pretty silly now. I thought it was an amazing coincedence that my callsign was the beginning of my name. Oh well, lol.

[funkynutz]

Originally posted by Chip Patton:

Originally posted by Nolo Contendere:

oh, it's based on the nato phonetic alphabet? Cool!

I don't think so, when I was in the US Army we used the whole NATO phonetic alphanumerics, but I think some of their letters differ.

For instance, I don't think they say Gulf, Yankee, or Zulu (They say Zebra I think for example), etc.

It's UK/NATO phonetic alphabet. Golf, not gulf (I odn't think anyone has ever used "gulf" as a phonetic?). And they still use yankee and zulu... Unless it's some bastardized phonetics used in game...

[Nolo Contendere]

Originally posted by Outlander:

Originally posted by Chip Patton:

I don't think so, when I was in the US Army we used the whole NATO phonetic alphanumerics, but I think some of their letters differ.

For instance, I don't think they say Gulf, Yankee, or Zulu (They say Zebra I think for example), etc.

It's UK/NATO phonetic alphabet. Golf, not gulf. And they still use yankee and zulu I think... Unless it's some bastardized phonetics...

Just as long as we're not calling folks Delacey Adam Henry, I'm good.

on second thought, if it ain't me then I might just laugh my ass off XD

[ebonyknight]

Originally posted by xaero:

Delacy Papa Hotel Omega

CMDR Phoenix Ryder

Can find the list of NATO phonetic alphabet names here:- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO_phonetic_alphabet

O is Oscar...not Omega. I didn't pay attention, since I am a new player, but if they said Omega, then it's not the NATO/Military alphabet.