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Re: What do you name them?
Post by Weird Harold   » Sun Dec 20, 2015 12:39 pm

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cthia wrote:
Hutch wrote:IN honor of the other long-running SF series I read, the freighters would be the Michael Sterns and Rebecca Abrabenal, while that sharp-shooting Q-ship is of course the Julie Mackay.

No memo have I. What series are those exactly Hutch?


Ring of Fire, Assiti Shards, 1632 and sequels, or Grantville -- take your pick of series nomenclatures.
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Re: What do you name them?
Post by MuonNeutrino   » Sun Dec 20, 2015 1:03 pm

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saber964 wrote:IIRC Voyager 1 and 2 were originally part of the Mariner program as Mariner 11 and 12.


In the very early days of the project, yes, but they weren't launched under those names, nor are those the names by which they're remembered today. And for better or worse, Voyager is how *I'll* always remember them.
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Re: What do you name them?
Post by jtg452   » Sun Dec 20, 2015 3:41 pm

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How about SS Dewey, the SS Cheatum, and the SS Andow? :mrgreen:

Then again, the SS Porter, SS Carter and the SS Gutentag tickles my fancy, too.

Porter and carters move goods from place to place. 'Gutentag' means, 'good day' and is also the name given to a weapon used in The Netherlands by the town militias during the late Middle Ages. It was a heavy, long oak club with a steel or iron spike on the end and, occasionally, some iron bands to reinforce it. Put it in the hands of someone that uses his strength for a living, like a blacksmith, and stick him between a pair of pikemen for protection and it becomes a fearsome weapon.
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Re: What do you name them?
Post by Annachie   » Sun Dec 20, 2015 7:16 pm

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Weird Harold wrote:
Annachie wrote:Porter, Amber, and Dark (or perhaps Dunkel)


No Old Tilman? :o

Old Tilman is a brand not a style iirc.

I do wonder what style it would be?

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Re: What do you name them?
Post by Vince   » Sun Dec 20, 2015 8:29 pm

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cthia wrote:
Hutch wrote:IN honor of the other long-running SF series I read, the freighters would be the Michael Sterns and Rebecca Abrabenal, while that sharp-shooting Q-ship is of course the Julie Mackay.

No memo have I. What series are those exactly Hutch?

The Ring of Fire series by Eric Flint, published by Baen Books.
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The official home page of author Eric Flint
Ring of Fire Series at Baen Books
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Re: What do you name them?
Post by Hutch   » Sun Dec 20, 2015 9:20 pm

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cthia wrote:
Hutch wrote:IN honor of the other long-running SF series I read, the freighters would be the Michael Sterns and Rebecca Abrabenal, while that sharp-shooting Q-ship is of course the Julie Mackay.

No memo have I. What series are those exactly Hutch?


My apologies, cthia; I assumed that since Eric Flint had been a co-author with the MWW, and David had written in his series, that readers would be familiar with it.

But Vince and Weird Harold nailed it. Michael and Rebecca are the central protagonists in the novels (along with Gustavus Aldophus of Sweden, but he gets at least a BC named after him) and Julie MacKay (nee Sims) is...let's just say she puts a whole new meaning to 'drop dead gorgeous...'
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Re: What do you name them?
Post by Gun Boat Diplomacy   » Mon Dec 21, 2015 1:19 am

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Since I assume that the 3 ships will be used against the SL, I think that for the 2 freighters: HMS Battle of New Tuscany and HMS Battle of Spindle. For the Q-Ship, HMS Raging Justice, either that or HMS 3rd Battle of Manticore.
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Re: What do you name them?
Post by Weird Harold   » Mon Dec 21, 2015 11:07 am

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Gun Boat Diplomacy wrote:Since I assume that the 3 ships will be used against the SL, ...


Why would you assume that? Only one is armed, the other two are simple freighters. Combined, they constitute a private flagged convoy for ventures into pirated infested waters -- er... space.
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Re: What do you name them?
Post by Theemile   » Mon Dec 21, 2015 2:12 pm

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Gun Boat Diplomacy wrote:Since I assume that the 3 ships will be used against the SL, I think that for the 2 freighters: HMS Battle of New Tuscany and HMS Battle of Spindle. For the Q-Ship, HMS Raging Justice, either that or HMS 3rd Battle of Manticore.


Totally off-topic...

Every time I hear the name of Operation: Raging Justice, a little voice in the back of my head tells me that's the new name for a condition which the Pharmaceutical companies want you to treat with a medicated pad.

I can hear the commercial now....

<forceful, authoritative voice> "Don't let 'Raging Justice' interfere with your day - Use Manticore Medicated Pads to relieve your inflated SLN Taskforce."
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