Battleship

[Twad]

Obligatory : "Your Mom"

Galant, Delirium, "insert name of medieval weapon here", "insert fire and verb/action here"

 

[otakon17]

The Behemoth. It would preferably be a monstrosity of a ship akin to the legendary Yamoto bristling with massive cannons and heavy armor.

 

[GriZZlyWulF]

Claiming: "The Inquisition"

Punishing all those who fuck shit up for their own advantage ;D

 

[emeraldrafael]

Probably the Amy.

...

Im not still over her death damnit.

 

[Cpu46]

I would call it "R"

"The USSR" it would voyage you, it would have the soviet hammer and sickle on it and it would be red! Everybody in the crew would be from Russia and before saying Russia they would have to prefix it with "mother".

I am not Russian or ever been to Russia but I think it would be funny ... it would have a bit of a pirate thing going on as well, "what ship do you work on?" ... "the ARGH!".

Haha.

Do I win the thread?

Maybe not the entire thread, but you made me laugh quite a bit. Also reminded me of this webcomic strip.

Spoiler: Dubious company

 

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

Probably the Amy.

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Im not still over her death damnit.

I sense a story there. Do hugs need to be issued?

 

[Gxas]

I would christen my battleship either The Grail Arbor or The Velorium Camper.

Homage to the Amory Wars.

If I owned a battlestation? House Atlantic. Hands down.

 

[emeraldrafael]

Probably the Amy.

...

Im not still over her death damnit.

I sense a story there. Do hugs need to be issued?

gah... probably not. More like I need a good healthy helping of getting over myself.

though as a second choice I would call it the Lady Lilian. Something elegant.

 

[Jopoho]

Drake's Fortune, because people would think I was making a video-game reference when I am actually making an entirely different video-game reference.

 

[StellarViking]

In seriousness, I would probably name it either Mjollnir (Thor's hammer) or Hrimfaxi (Frost Mane).

If I didn't feel like naming it something serious or at least partially "awe-inspiring", I would most definitely name it "Business End".

 

[GaltarDude1138]

You're clearly not acquainted with Warhammer 40k if you think that no-one uses Imperator.

Oh, and here I thought Warhammer was set 40,000 years in the future in a fictional setting. Pardon me....

I doubt that there are any countries in this day and age whose fleet would contain a ship named Imperator,

Yeah, which is why I would use it. It's my Battleship, after all.

Most of the ships in your Navy are called things like Liberty, Enterprise, Ronald Reagan, stuff like that, though I know you've named ships in French before, which seems a little odd.

We name them that out of a sense of virtues that we feel our country represents, and in the case of Ronald Reagan and John F. Kennedy, out of a sense of remembrance. As for the French names, well (historically) the French helped us separate from you people and gave us a huge statue. What did you guys give us? Taxes and the ashes of the White House. Wow, what a great present!

We do have some slightly humorous names for our ships though, we have an HMS Quorn (presumably not named after the meat-substitute), HMS Biter (nom nom nom), and even HMS Example, which just sounds like someone couldn't be bothered to fill out the form properly.

ROFL That sounds really funny. A ship named Example sounds like USS Fill In The Blank or HMS Shade In The Circle. XD

 

[Lord Kodous]

Kandosii
meaning indomitable, ruthless. Used colloquially as noble, or classy as well.
Any SW:Clone Commando fans might recognize the word.

 

[Mad Hamish]

The Acheron sounds like a good name for a large, heavily armed warship.

 

[Tiger Sora]

H.M.S Thunder Dash.

I'm Canadian so we get to use the H.M.S title.

 

[Spineyguy]

Oh, and here I thought Warhammer was set 40,000 years in the future in a fictional setting. Pardon me....

Indeed, but through its mythos and the culture surrounding it, 40k, as well as other franchises, has caused a big revival in the use of Latin in science-fiction specifically, and in the wider media, which is naturally reflected in real-life.

Yeah, which is why I would use it. It's my Battleship, after all.

Of course, I'd never dream of telling a Yank what he can and can't do, I know what happened last time. Nevertheless, it doesn't hurt to be aware of what one is saying.

We name them that out of a sense of virtues that we feel our country represents, and in the case of Ronald Reagan and John F. Kennedy, out of a sense of remembrance. As for the French names, well (historically) the French helped us separate from you people and gave us a huge statue. What did you guys give us? Taxes and the ashes of the White House. Wow, what a great present!

>you people

I'm not a hater of the French, who would be, after what they've endured over the centuries. But I'll thank you to remember that, among a few other things, Britain has provided you with your language, the steam engine, the theory of evolution, the automobile, the Protestant Christian Church, countless architectural advances, the concept of an organised military air-force, modern conventional firearms, the jet engine and the vast majority of the settlers that make up your national progeny. But I suppose we didn't give you a statue of a poorly-dressed, absurdly patriotic, female arsonist, so never mind.

Also, I suspect the real reason you have named ships in French is because it was historically a very popular language among your aristocrats, specifically among those who will have sponsored the building of a navy around the time of America's birth as an independent nation.

A ship named Example sounds like USS Fill In The Blank or HMS Shade In The Circle.

Which reminds me, I must thank you, and your nation collectively, for multiple-choice exams

 

[winginson]

Dies Irae
Sovereign
Everest

or: Overcompensating

 

[wrightguy0]

it would be a space battleship, sleek and powerful

The Valiant or the Vigilant, Maybe the Hyperion or the Achilles

 

[thatcanadianguy]

I;d call it the boiling hell.

cookie for anyone who gets the refference