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Originally posted by G@rett: **Kursk was a Russian nuclear submarine, actually the flagship of their submarine fleet.
Its sinking had something to do with weapons on board, but I can't remember the details....that little peice of news got pushed on thh backburner for 9/11.
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They used liquid fuel instead of solid fuel to cut costs. Liquid fuel is very volatile, some oxygen managed to get in contact with it, the torpedo blew up and that caused a chain reaction throughout the torpedo bay, which sank the sub.
It's rather ironic that you spend hundreds of millions (billions?) on a nuclear sub and then have it sink because you use tacky fuel
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Originally posted by IonStorm: **It was in August 2000. Refresh your memory athttp://www.cnn.com/S...2000/submarine/
My mistake, I meant to say the raising of the vessel was overlapped by 9/11.
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Originally posted by G@rett: ** My mistake, I meant to say the raising of the vessel was overlapped by 9/11.
I understand. I apologize if my message appeared harsh. It was just ment to be physically short.
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Most of these I like to put a designation prefix. My two cents.
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Originally posted by Cresent: **I forget where I got Nimitz and Hyperion from, **
Admiral Chester Nimitz was a fleet admiral during World War II, in the Pacific.
He was responsible for the seagoing part of the war. Today's Nimitz-class nuclear aircraft carriers are named after him.
CHeers, Guapo
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I have used the names, Captivator, Meditator, Enforcer, Executioner, Shadow, Avanti, Avantis, Avantisin, Firehammer, Torpedo, Laser and last but not least Eradicator. Pretty cool eh??
I usually name it after the color of the ship: a black ship the Ominix (ominous onix), green, Verdant Threat on my adzgari cruiser. I don't even remember what I used in original ev, its been a while. I know I used Monitor a lot.
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When playing EVO, I would name my Zidara "Nexium." After all, it is a purple ship, right? Whenever I get a black/dark gray ship, I usually call it "Atramentous" (black). It also sounds like the name of a large ship.
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I've always been partial to:
Blinding Death - For general independant ships.
From the Empire plugins:
- Benevolent Vision - Tenacity of Earth for Empire warships.
- W.S.S. Ragnarok - Fury of Sauron - Hand of Liberty for Weave warships
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(QUOTE)Originally posted by CaptAceHarddrive: (B)-dozer might make a good name for a "slow" or "sluggish" ship, like the Confed Cruiser. How 'bout "Deimos Rising?" I think I've heard that name somewhere before! Now where did I hear it...hrmmm...
I think its commin' from a game on Nintendo64 called "MACE". One of the fighter is a dark lord:"Lord Deimos". Sort of barbarian!!
The name I usally create are comming from oter games with some modification...or not like "Caleddwlch"(the 2nd sword of Arthur).
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I usually just name my ships Pufervian followed by a roman numeral (if its the sixth ship owned by a pilot file it is Pufervian VI).
An excellent name would be "After You," so that whenever someone asks what you named your ship, you can say, "Don't you know? I named it After You." Then they say "You named it Johann Gambolputty...?" then... well its self explanatory after this point, and loads of (stupendously dull) fun.
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How about "Everlasting Gobstopper"?
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My favourite would be "Juicy rice ears" - truly a name to inspire terror in your enemies.
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Originally posted by Skippy the bush kangaroo: **If you want inspiration, try: Japanese Fleet Names Russian Fleet Names :)](http://www.milhist.dk/englandskrigene/erobringer/britiske_tab_dk.htm)
I should go there. However I think I will name my next ship Tirpitz, which was the sister ship to the Bismarck.
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Maybe if you had a luxury liner you could name it "Lusitania" or "Titanic". How about "Edmund Fitzgerald" for a heavy freighter? Right now I'm flying a Syndicate Behemoth (RoP) I call "Vigilance."
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Well, I know my name isn't very original but mine is R.S.S. Notorius or for confeds U.S.S or pirates is S.S.
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Originally posted by slimjim: **Well, I know my name isn't very original but mine is R.S.S. Notorius or for confeds U.S.S or pirates is S.S.
I like the Notorious name. It reminds me of some pers ships like R.S.S.Courageous or U.S.S. Avenger.
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If I remember correctly, there was one plug where the pirates (Privateer Consortium) used P.S.S. before the name. In Tim Isle's Empire series, the Terrans use T.S.S.. In his plug "Realm of Prey," the ships of the Earth Confederacy use T.S.S.! I guess Tim either neglected to rename them, or decided to let it stay.