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Federation Envoy   Joined: Tue Jan 08, 2008 9:53 pm Posts: 7810 Location: Earth, North American Continent, Southeast USA 
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 fanfic starship classesconsidering that my ship is named after explorers and there are quite a few examples in the novels and canon of ships from the same class having a certain theme, i'm wondering if anyone here designed their own class and if they had a theme for the names
_________________ Ahmie K-[ay][aka Adam Kriegel]:STPMA WORLDBUILDING EXPERT[ RIP MJ!!]  "What's wrong with being round? round is a shape! Round people are in shape!" - Rush Limbaugh |
| Sun Feb 07, 2010 1:50 pm |
 
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 Fleet Captain   Joined: Tue Jun 09, 2009 7:21 pm Posts: 1670 Location: Aboard USS Marshal Martz, NCC-78506 (though physically in Jamestown, NY)
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Oh, absolutely!
My primary starship class is the Nottingham class. In its back story, the class was originally to bear the names of legendary cities, but that was changed to people who, while little-known, were instrumental in scientific development. From the TOTMM tech manual: Quote: The USS Nottingham, NCC-78505, is the lead vessel of the Nottingham class. It is named for the City of Nottingham on the Terran island of Great Britain, which was featured in the Legends of Robin Hood. USS Marshal Martz, NCC-78506, is the second Nottingham class starship. This vessel derives its name from 20th century amateur astronomer Marshal Martz, who built Earth’s largest optical telescope constructed by a single individual. He was also instrumental in the development of amateur astronomy in the Great Lakes area of North America. This volume focuses on this vessel. In an alternate universe, this ship bears the name Brigadoon. The third Nottingham class starship is the USS Ernst Ruska, NCC-78507. It is named after the developer of the electron microscope, which allowed humanity to see individual atoms for the first time. USS Therise Haleakala LoBrutto, NCC-78508 is named for a 23rd century Starfleet officer who increased our understanding of Romulan culture and history by masquerading as a Romulan for more than 30 years. Even though she was an intelligence officer, her mission was to gather cultural, not military, information. The fifth Nottingham class starship is the USS Sarek, NCC-78509. Named for the famed Vulcan diplomat who, inspired by his human wife, Amanda, championed the theory that one must understand alien cultures to negotiate agreements with them. This is now a basic tenet of Federation diplomacy. I don't know what names the other ships would have borne if I'd kept the city names plan. _________________ 
(Yes, the image is me, but the photomanip wasn't done by me.) The only reason people say Fox News is so far to the right is because those people are so far to the left... |
| Sun Feb 07, 2010 5:06 pm |
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Chief Underpants Gnome Moderator   Joined: Fri May 20, 2005 7:11 pm Posts: 2230 Location: California
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My ship is not quite an original, but more of a kitbash. Miranda hull + Oberth sensor pod = Lang Class. Named after the inventor of the new sensor systems in the Oberth pod, Doctor Helmut Lang, who is named after the genius chief engineer on the SDF-1 in the old Robotech series.
The fanfic series is named "Eon & Eternity" because it involves characters in different time periods. The ship in the 2260's is the USS Eon. The ship in the 2380's is the USS Eternity. Ships in other time periods have similar names: SS Boundless, USS Infinity, USS Perpetuity, etc... _________________ "I too seek Tanelorn." - Erekose |
| Sun Feb 07, 2010 5:28 pm |
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Command Master Chief Petty Officer   Joined: Fri Mar 10, 2006 6:56 pm Posts: 446 Location: South Point, OH
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I got:
Shakespeare - Courier Narwhal - Research Vessel with an expendable sensor module Oberth's modified into medical vessels And many more _________________ Yep. |
| Sun Feb 07, 2010 10:20 pm |
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Senior Admin   Joined: Fri May 20, 2005 10:32 pm Posts: 7642 Location: North of the North Pole
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For Dark Horizon I created the Oceana class starship:
The ships of the class are: Oceana Chamberlain Tethys Hyperion _________________ -Michael Gray 
"In Great Deeds Something Abides" |
| Sun Feb 07, 2010 11:12 pm |
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Federation Envoy Joined: Tue Jan 08, 2008 9:53 pm Posts: 7810 Location: Earth, North American Continent, Southeast USA
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oh cool
the ships for my class are USS Columbus NCC 102280 USS Ibn Battuta NCC 102281 USS Polo NCC 102282 USS Hudson NCC 102283 USS Pizzaro NCC 102284 USS Desoto NCC 102285 USS Veranazo NCC 102286 USS Cortez NCC 102287 USS De Leon NCC 102288 _________________ Ahmie K-[ay][aka Adam Kriegel]:STPMA WORLDBUILDING EXPERT[ RIP MJ!!] "What's wrong with being round? round is a shape! Round people are in shape!" - Rush Limbaugh |
| Sun Feb 07, 2010 11:38 pm |
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Senior Chief Petty Officer   Joined: Mon Jan 26, 2009 5:25 pm Posts: 224
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Mine is the Chimera Class circa 2400 was her comissioning date. She was actually one of twin prototypes designed within a top secret project. The Chimera and Medusa. I had that idea after watching Babylon 5's A Call to Arms. The other thing that makes the ships unique is that they were designed using reverse engineered technology from a new race that I created that are causing some issues.
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Chief Underpants Gnome Moderator Joined: Fri May 20, 2005 7:11 pm Posts: 2230 Location: California
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My Banshee Class starfighters are semi-original. They are based on a plane found in the old Wing Commander IV computer game, but Trekkified. Their names are mostly heraldic creatures: Manticore, Griffon, Roc, Chimera, Basilisk, Wyvern, Sphinx.
http://banshees.merknet.com/database/banshee.html _________________ "I too seek Tanelorn." - Erekose |
| Sat Feb 13, 2010 4:34 pm |
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Senior Chief Petty Officer Joined: Mon Jan 26, 2009 5:25 pm Posts: 224
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I'm also using fighters in mine. The Banzai fighter designed by Paul Cargile.
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| Sat Feb 13, 2010 4:42 pm |
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Federation Envoy Joined: Tue Jan 08, 2008 9:53 pm Posts: 7810 Location: Earth, North American Continent, Southeast USA
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love the detail, Rich
 _________________ Ahmie K-[ay][aka Adam Kriegel]:STPMA WORLDBUILDING EXPERT[ RIP MJ!!] "What's wrong with being round? round is a shape! Round people are in shape!" - Rush Limbaugh |
| Sun Feb 14, 2010 12:11 am |
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Moderator, RPG  Joined: Thu Oct 05, 2006 11:49 am Posts: 3262 Location: Spokane, WA
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I have made up ships in slots where I find an absence.
My big issue with both Canon and fanfic starship creation - there's too little thought into the back ground of what Starfleet does and what ships it needs to do what it does. Also - People tend to throw away designs from 5 - 15 years ago, even though we see Starfleet Supposedly flogging the the Miranda and Excelsior class designs for 90 + years. So there's a lot of incoherence the underlying assumptions of starship designs and a lot of reinventing the wheel. -*- Mind you even the folks who make up Starships for the Canon do not have their story straight. Huh. Wow. A couple of months ago, I was setting up a project. I got distracted by something shiny. So for Jay-Trek, I tend to personally refine existing designs and specify what they're for and why Starfleet decided to build them. But of course my opinions are only binding for Jay Trek. -*- Garry Stahl did this essay for his Epiphany-Trek fanfic series. It was based on discussions he and I had so it's generally valid for Jay-Trek, as well. http://phoenixinn.iwarp.com/startrek/fi ... asses.html Jay ~Meow!~ _________________  Jay ~Meow!~ Last edited by jayphailey on Tue Feb 16, 2010 12:42 pm, edited 1 time in total. |
| Tue Feb 16, 2010 12:35 pm |
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Federation Envoy Joined: Tue Jan 08, 2008 9:53 pm Posts: 7810 Location: Earth, North American Continent, Southeast USA
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my ship is basically a redesign of the Constellation-class....it's a midsized explorer class verses the smaller scout ships and couriers, escorts, cutters, etc and the larger multi-purpose ships....
_________________ Ahmie K-[ay][aka Adam Kriegel]:STPMA WORLDBUILDING EXPERT[ RIP MJ!!] "What's wrong with being round? round is a shape! Round people are in shape!" - Rush Limbaugh |
| Tue Feb 16, 2010 12:40 pm |
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Commodore   Joined: Tue Jul 26, 2005 9:43 pm Posts: 2045 Location: Fairview Heights, IL
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victorgarcia wrote: I'm also using fighters in mine. The Banzai fighter designed by Paul Cargile. There's a name I haven't heard in a while. Is Paul still on the net somewhere? The Missouri is a Katana class starship designed by Tom Varvaresos. The ships of the class are The Katana and the Missouri which would have been named something more fitting to her class had it not been for the original Nebula class Missouri being destroyed in The Battle of Bajor VIII. _________________ Dave  "We will find a way or make one." |
| Tue Feb 16, 2010 1:01 pm |
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Federation Envoy Joined: Tue Jan 08, 2008 9:53 pm Posts: 7810 Location: Earth, North American Continent, Southeast USA
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i like the history....are there more ships in the class?
_________________ Ahmie K-[ay][aka Adam Kriegel]:STPMA WORLDBUILDING EXPERT[ RIP MJ!!] "What's wrong with being round? round is a shape! Round people are in shape!" - Rush Limbaugh |
| Tue Feb 16, 2010 1:12 pm |
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Captain   Joined: Fri Mar 09, 2007 3:29 pm Posts: 1303 Location: Vancouver, Wa ... the one near the Neutral Zone
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For my ship, the Bonaventure, I went with one of the starships that Star Trek considers canon but never showed. I do know that a lot of them of the Korolev-class got lot at Wolf 359. I originally named it after one of Canada's aircraft carriers just for the heck of it. Also I liked the Bonaventure in the 2008 Ships of the Fleet book. The actually story behind what the Bonaventure is named after can be found at this website.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonaventure And if you haven't read my first Bonaventure story, it's in the Fan Fiction area. I am working on a second. Good day. _________________ "Size matters not. Look at me. Judge me by my size, do you? Hmm? Hmm. And well you should not. For my ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is." |
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