Topic: Name for new TMP BB

[DeepThought]

I think Missouri us a fine name, but I've always like starships with the more heroic, descriptive names like the Constitution class... Enterprise, Intrepid, Defiant, etc.  Or even some of the (don't hit me) non-cannon names for the Imperial Star Destroyers of SW fame... like Relentless, Indominatble (sp?), Avenger (I guess that is cannon).


The Lincoln suggestion is interesting too.  How about something like USS Emancipator?  Or USS Emancipation?

[OlBuzzard]

You cotton patch aint all that far from my roots bud !

Ever hear of a place called Monroeville ?

BTW...  you have any memorabilia from the Alabama ?

(GO TIDE !  Long live the "Bear" !)

Monroeville?

I aught to have heard of it... being as I went to school at the Jr. College there for two years. I sang in the choir. I lived in Frisco City while I was there. My cousin is in Monroeville at school right now- also in the choir there- and living in Greentree Appts.

I don't get back there too much, though. Lots of people down Excel way don't like me... something about a ruined wedding. I never caught the whole story, though; it was tough to make it out with that girl's tounge in my ear all the time.

As for the memoribillia from the Big Al, I don't have any. Sorry, but it's harder than hen's teeth to come across something that's not stolen, and if I catch anyone stealing from her... well, the Mobile County Sherriff's department will be the least of his worries- I got a carry permit, a Glock, and a wonderfully accurate double-tap. Stealing from the Big Al is robbing everyone in the State.


PS: Not to break your heart, but I live in Auburn now. I don't go to the school, but I like the town far better than I liked Tuskaloosa.

I was born in Monroville.  Both my parents are orinally from very small towns not too far from there.  And yes we still have family there as well.

OH ...  that wasn't the type of memorabila I was talking about.



Oh ... as far as Arburn .... 

Normally dem be fightn' words !

but we'll let it slide

 

catch me on MSN some time ..   seriously !

[Mackie]

you could always ask mackie to name it, good chance you'll wind up with something nobody can pronounce

yup !

 

We'll I can think of a few interesting finnish words for... things. Like with the UFO thing I bashed 'Vempele', the name basically translates to 'some sort of a machine thingy'

Murskaaja (Crusher)
Repija (Tearer)
Rintama (frontier)
Nopea (fast)
Rakkine (a crudely made machine)
Kova (difficult to break)


then some names from Kalevala

Places

    * Kyöpelinvuori (Raatikko); where women who die as virgins go.
    * Tuonela; (also Manala, Pohjola) abode of the dead, Underworld.
    * Kalevala
    * Pohjola (which, incidentally is also the synonym of Finland itself)

# Ajattara; (sometimes Ajatar) an evil forest spirit.
# Akka; ("old lady") female spirit, feminine counterpart of "Ukko".
# Antero Vipunen; deceased giant, protector of deep knowledge and magic.
# Hiisi; demon, originally meaning a sacred grove. (Can sometimes mean goblin). It is possible that originally Hiisi was not a demon or a mean goblin but one of the oldest gods in Finland.
# Ilmarinen; (also "Seppo Ilmarinen") the great artificer, maker of heaven. Originally a male spirit of air. Related to Inmar.
# Ilmatar; female spirit of air; the daughter of primeal substance of creative spirit.
# Jumala; a god, a word later used for the Christian God.
# Kalevan poika; (son/man of Kaleva) a giant hero who can cut down forests and mow down huge meadows, identical with Estonian national epic hero Kalevipoeg.
# Kotitonttu; tutelary of the home.
# Kullervo; tragic loser.
# Lemminkäinen; (Ahti Saarelainen; Kaukomieli) a brash hero.
# Lempo; nasty spirit.
# Lalli; (Laurentius) Finn who slew Bishop Henry, according to legend.
# Louhi; (also "Loviatar") matriarch of Pohjola, hostess of Underworld.
# Luonnotar; spirit of nature, feminine creator.
# Maaemo; literally "earthmother", see Akka or Louhi.
# Menninkäinen; a halfling.
# Mielikki; wife of Tapio, the Goddess of the forest.
# Nyyrikki; god of the hunt son of Tapio.
# Näkki; fearsome spirit of pools, wells and bridges.
# Otso; the spirit of the bear (one of many circumlocutory epithets).
# Peikko; troll.
# Pekko; (or Pellon Pekko) the god of crops, especially barley and brewing.
# Perkele; the headpiru (later Devil) Originally Perkele was not the Devil but a god of thunder and can be seen as a earlier form of Ukko. Related to Baltic Perkunas and Germanic Thor.
# Pellervo; (also "Sampsa Pellervoinen") the god of harvest.
# Pihatonttu; tutelary of the yard.
# Piru; demon.
# Päivätär; the goddess of day.
# Saunatonttu; tutelary of the sauna.
# Tapio; the god of the forest.
# Tellervo;
# Tonttu; generally benign tutelary. Originally, a patron of cultivated land, keeper of lot. A phallic totem.
# Tuonetar, (Tuonen tytti) Daughter of god of Underworld.
# Tuulikki, Daughter of Tapio and Mielikki, goddess of animals
# Ukko; the god of the sky and thunder, related to Thor (Estonian Taara).
# Vellamo; wife of Ahti, goddess of the sea and storms.
# Väinämöinen; the wise man and magic musician.

Väinämöinen is pretty much my favor character of the particular epic, heres a painting of him;

[Dukrat]

Nyyrikki
Näkki

I like those two, I'm also fond of non-common names. 

[OlBuzzard]

ehehehe

actually ..  I'm kinda leaning toward the Alabama !

 

[ModelsPlease]

I was under the impression this model was a better version of the Yamato ? Why not call it Yamato ?

[J. Carney]

ehehehe

actually ..  I'm kinda leaning toward the Alabama !

 

  Couldn't find the insignia for the old Battleship... poor girl is still got a 4 degree list and extensive leaks from Katrina. The park is closed indefinately for repairs as well.

[OlBuzzard]

I was under the impression this model was a better version of the Yamato ? Why not call it Yamato ?

It will be a different hull design ...  HOPEFULLY to correct some of the difficulties with the Yamato design.  A few of these are:

1. Awkward placement of the shuttle bay.

2. The location of the HUGE impulse engines should actually create difficulties for the twin hulls (around the impulse area).

3.  Placement of the weapons pods and phaser banks are awkward for true TMP (or any other era for that matter) firing arcs.

I should have a WIP this afternoon.  I will have to post a request for bashing the Enterprise and Odysseuss models from Nanners GAW MOD first.