OK, here are my suggestions for class names.
I suggest that combat vessels be named after natural features/objects
(as
was already done) and non-combat vessels be named after classifications
of people (authors, Nobel prize winners, etc.)
> -----Original Message-----
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> This is a COMPLETE listing of the UNSC line, including the ones
See http://www.nobel.se/ for a list of Laureates.
> FT-1103 UNSC Battle Corvette (x 2) 1.95 NEW
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> > FT-1102 UNSC Diplomatic Courier
How about Peace class rather than Nobel class? Nobel himself (the inventor of
TNT) is hardly appropriate, and it avoids confusion over any other classes
named after other winners of other Nobel prizes.
> > FT-1103 UNSC Battle Corvette
Is that meant to be prairie?
> > FT-1104A UNSC Patrol Cutter/Frigate type II
Better stick to deserts, I'm sure there will be a lot more deserts than
forests left by 2180...
> > FT-1108 Heavy Cruiser (CH) - River class
Including asteroids? In many cases the mythological names of the asteroids
will give much better sounding names than the astronomer names of the comets.
And many comets are rather short lived.
> > FT-1112 Superdreadnought (SDN) - Gaia class
UNS Milky Way? Oh dear... And after UNS Andromeda the names would be less than
inspiring.
Remember that the Gaia and Sol class and named after
Continents/Oceans and Planets, not Planets and Stars (see quote
below). So I'd name the CVLs after stars and the CVHs after Constellations.
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UNSC Superdreadnought (SDN) - Gaia class
(Named for continents and other major features/areas on Earth - UNS
Pacifica, UNS Atlantis, UNS Africa etc)
FT-1112A UNSC Extended-Range Superdreadnought (SDN-X) - Sol class
(Named for planets within Sol system - UNS Mars, UNS Terra, UNS Neptune
etc.)
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Brian Bell bkb@beol.net
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> -----Original Message-----
[Bri] Sounds good.
> > > FT-1103 UNSC Battle Corvette
[Bri] Yea. That's what happens when you hit the OK on the spell check
too
quickly. :-\
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> > Desert/Forest class (Simpson, Wayne, etc.)
[Bri] (Environmental comment withheld)
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> > > FT-1111 UNSC Battledreadnought (BDN)
[Bri] Also works.
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> > Galaxy class (Milky Way, etc.)
[Bri] I thought that the Sol class was named after stars. Sol, Alpha
Centuri, Betelgeuse.
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[Bri] I thought that the Gaia class was named after planets. Earth,
Mars...
> FT-1112A UNSC Extended-Range Superdreadnought (SDN-X) - Sol class
[Bri] As stated before, I thought that these were named for stars.
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[Bri] I had thought about this also. Its a good idea.
> Steve
> Steve Pugh wrote:
> > > FT-1102 UNSC Diplomatic Courier
Nobel himself did *not* invent TNT. He developed dynamite - quite a
different thing :-/
Considering that the various Nobel Prizes aren't associated with the UN
- all the awarding bodies, and the money funds, are firmly based in
what the GZG timeline calls the Scandinavian Federation - I'm not
entirely convinced of the UN using those names, though :-/
Regards,