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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pbartender" data-source="post: 2169285" data-attributes="member: 7533">Some of my absolute favoites that have continually resurfaced in my Star Wars and other Scifi games are:The Pilogar Badge, a privateering vessel whose crew was awarded an Imperial Citation for their conduct at the Battle of Pilogar.The Ice Ore, a deep-space mining ship that specializes primarily in exotic mineral extraction from comets.The Redline, previously a championship racing yacht, now commandeered by the Imperial Navy for use as a special fast courier.The Prime Meridian, a state-of-the-art scout ship commisioned by the Galactic Astrographic Society to survey newly discovered planetry systems on the frontier.Don't forget that people's names and places are both popular for both military and commercial vessels.Also, just take a look around you.  Often you can find good ship names staring you right in the face from common household labels and signs.  Sitting here at work, I see the following ship's names:CerberusAmerican StandardKimberly ClarkFort JamesHamamatsuDakota GoldVirtues are also good names for ships.  I once built a starship task force whose ships were named: Reliant, Defiant, Valiant and GallantRemember... As far as humans are concerned, a ship's name doesn't have to be dramatic to be poetic or inspirational.Oh...  I almost forgot...  check up on ship names used during the Napleonic Era.  The ships present at the Battle of Trafalgar, for exampe, were named:Britain: Victory, Brittania, Temeraire, Neptune, Conqueror, Leviathan, Ajax, Orion, Minotaur, Spartiate, Agamemnon, Africa,  Royal Sovereign, Prince of Wales, Dreadnought, Tonnant, Mars, Belle Isle, Bellerophon, Colossus, Achilles, Revenge, Swiftsure, Defence, Thunderer, Defiance, PolyphemusFrench: Bucentaure, Formidable, Algeciras, Neptune, Indomitable, Pluton, Mont Blanc, Intrepide, Swiftsure, Aigle, Scipion, Duguay-Trouin, Berwick, Argonaute, Achille, Redoubtable, Fougeux, HerosSpanish: Santissima-Trinidad, Principe de Asturias, Santa Anna, Rayo, Neptuno, Argonauta, Bahama, Montanez, San Augustino, San Ildefonso, San Juan de Nepomuceno, Monarca, San Francisco de Asis, San Justo, San Leandro</blockquote>

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