Jumping on the blog question bandwagon seems like a good way to get started. Logan at Eve Opportunist and several others have already posted about this topic. It’s interesting to see all the different ship naming conventions in play. I won’t list all of mine, simply because there are too many and that’d get boring to list. 82 ships total though about 15 of them are unfit, and this isn’t including ships my alts use either. My naming schemes used to be a bit more consistent, but the last several batches of ships I acquired have had a bit more of a haphazard quality to their names.
- Cynabal “Contradiction” – Looks like a slug but maneuvers like an Interceptor. Seems like an excellent contradiction to me. One of my newest ships, can’t wait to fly it. Technically it is almost as cheap as the Vagabond (factoring in performance improvement) but not so much after you decide that an Republic Fleet point would work great with it, among other things…
- Vagabond x2 “Outrider’s Pride” and “No Gods No Masters” – Arguably the signature Thukker ship, and certainly the best ship they make. The second one is the title of an excellent anthology of anarchist writings by Daniel Guérin, felt especially fitting for a ninja ratting ship.
- Jaguar “Shinobi” – Fast, agile, hard to kill. All traits of a good Shinobi or Ninja. It’s survived tackling in situations where I was definitely expecting to come home in a pod.
- Wolf 2x “Enduring Revolution” and “Hróðvitnir” – I don’t fly these nearly enough. The second one is one old Norse form of ‘Fenrir.’
- Typhoon “Vanagandr’s Malice” – Another version of ‘Fenrir,’ it was among the possibilities for corp names when I was devising Loke’s Shadow. The name was too good to pass up.
- Prowler “Feldr Reykr” – Roughly translates to smokescreen or cloak of smoke. Interesting fact, this ship is used as the setting for the public In-character channel of Loke’s Shadow, Sjalfradr Hideaway. The perfect ship for moving cargo securely through any security level of space.
- Curse “Take-orii” - Pronounced ‘tah-keh oree’ it’s a Japanese technique name, “to flatten a fierce warrior.” Fitting for a Curse, no?
- Rapier “Onukudaki” – “Hidden Crusher” another technique name. Rapier isn’t a DPS ship, but it still felt fitting enough.
- Hurricane x 2 (1 unfit) “Onikudaki” – “Demon Crusher,” just love the name. One of my favorite ships to fly.
- Malediction “Mogori-dori” – Forgotten the exact translation of this one…had some relation to range as it is fit to reach 39km overheated with the warp disruptor.
- Cheetah “Kage” – ‘Shadow’, a great null-sec courier for moving small valuable goods.
- Hound “Spectre” – Designed to take on ratting battleships solo, I haven’t had a good opportunity to test it out. My prediction is it will die horribly, but worth trying.
- Zealot “Assassin” – Beam zealot.
- Rifters (lots) “Scrapbuilt” – Lost my first Sabre early into a roam in Curse while trying to hold down a Huginn (brilliant idea by the way). Pieced this guy together from parts on the market in two or three different systems, and it actually ended up being a solid T2 fit.
- Dominix “Autonomous Revolt” – Got the name from the great book Infoquake by David Louis Edelman. Used to fit it to run missions mostly AFK.
- Claw x2 “Kitten” – My ISRC racing ship. The name was given to it by Darina Rea, the team leader of Dirtside. Not used nearly enough right now.
Other ships I have: Ishkur 2x, Cyclone 4x, Harbringer, Tempest, Drake, Bellicose (I don’t know why), Exequror, Omen, Rupture x4, Thrasher x4, Incursus x12, Punisher x5, Ares, Crusader, Stiletto x2, Taranis x4, Sabre x2, Maelstrom, Sentinel, Coercer, Vigil 2x, Mammoth.
I have a few other ships I want to buy soon, making this list even longer (so long as they don’t all blow up). Daredevil, Scimitar and the Broadsword are at the top of the list right now.
