From: DAWGFACE47@w...
Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2004 17:32:38 -0600
Subject: Re: Indy's Civilian Ship Names
ship and yacht names, now, vary tremendously, and there is no reason to assume this will be different in the future. some civilian starship names used in games by me for a very long time are listed below; TINY WONDER, TYPE A2 FREE TRADER. well armed ( both turrets have puls lasers x3) free trader plying the frontier, with a long service crew of 12. HELLO THERE!, TYPE R SUBSIDIZED MERCHANT. independently owned, heavily armed ( all turrets fitted; beam laser x 1, sandcaster x 1 ea) with part of the cargo hold converted to fuel tankage to increase her "legs" a ship with a "shady rep" but nothing definate to place her outside the law. BACK FROM THE DEAD, TYPE R SUBSIDIZED MERCHANT (formerly named STELLA BY STARLIGHT-hey, i did'nt name her, i just recovered her and renamed her!). ambushed in orbit of a frontier world, damaged, abandoned by her paniced crew, captured by space pirates, taken to an out system rockdock for repairs. rockdock was accidentally discovered by the crew of a TYPE A2 FREE TRADER named NOVA TEXAS during a charter supporting a small asteroid mining company. NOVA TEXAS captured the weakly defended rockdock and TYPE R undergoing repairs there. at present the other half of NOVA TEXAS SHIPPING. LADY BE GOOD, 1,000 ton Non Standard Orbit to Orbit freighter. lightly armed, equipped with two 95-ton shuttlecraft and two 20 ton ship's gigs. SHENANDOAH, a 600 ton Non Standard Surface to Surface explorer, part of a small consortium of independently owned vessels (13 vessels). NOVA TEXAS, TYPE A2 FREE TRADER. honest trader, suspected smuggler, and pirate's bane. the other half of NOVA TEXAS SHIPPING. MAN OF LA MANCHU, TYPE A2 FREE TRADER. honest trader, explorer, builder of colonies, bounty hunter, recovery agent, mercenary, pirate's bane, tilts at windmills upon occassion. smart, fast, well armed, with multiple transponder IDs. has been on all sides of the law at various times and places, but always comes out smelling like a rose (so far!). rumored to have many friends in very high places.... just a few. MACDAWGIE