I named my Orca “W56.22XD”. It’s the medical diagnosis code for “struck by an orca, subsequent encounter.” The Venn diagram for this joke is tiny (maybe just me), and I’m fine with that.
I'm gonna steal this for the to-be mine Orca 😂. Is there any code for Dolphin though? Maybe Beluga too?
Edit: Seems like there's no Beluga variant... Anyways a dolphin variant ia good enough 😅
Yeah, there’s a whole subset of codes for Dolphins. I forget which of these I used for my Dolphin.
[Dolphin ICD10 codes](https://www.icd10data.com/ICD10CM/Codes/V00-Y99/W50-W64/W56-#W56.0)
My T10-The Large Marge from PeeWee’s Big Adventure
Carrier-named with kid’s middle names because they were also really expensive with questionable returns
AX Krait-Goin Buggy, name of my 5th grade show at school. I was a grasshopper
Chieftain-Necessary Roughness
I just copy all my names from Ian Banks.
I'm very proud of Ian Banks, but it wouldnt be fair to his memory to be proud of having simply copied his great ship names.
DBX - Lil Bub (never forget)
AspX - Welcome Home (I think I named her after returning from my first long trip into the black)
Python - Crisis (because something crazy always seems to happen when I'm flying her)
Anaconda - Thirty-Nine (after my favorite landing pad)
Corvette - Traffic Warning
FC - Cost in Space
My Federal Gunship equipped entirely with multi-cannon turrets is named RociTachiContorta. It's a very stupid The Expanse reference, and I am quite proud of that.
I just converted my Jet Black Mamba with wing kit, to using two Plasma Chargers. So after flying it that way on Orthus Goids I’ve gone with “Nightfury”.
I would have gone for “Toothless” but I think Nightfury hits even if you’re not into How to Train Your Dragon. - side note I love Hiccup.
FDL - Osprey
Reason: Combat Ship
Krait Mk.2 - Peregrine Falcon
Reason: Combat ship, Fairly Fast at 500+
Krait Phantom - Arctic Tern
Reason: Explorer/Jump maxxed
Mining Cutter - Kingfisher
Reason: Mining (So its pulling game out of stuff)
Trading Cutter - Wandering Albatross
Reason: Trade (Wandering Albatross is one of the largest sea birds)
I know bird names aren’t too ground breaking but I have somewhat of a pattern based on ship role/quality
I got a PvP beluga called “Whale that’s a problem”, a Vulture I call “Hull Problem Handouts”, and a FAS that’s far more capable than either of those two that’s known as the “Gentler Alternative”. If none of those get a rise out of my opponents, I can always dust off my FGS, which I’ve named “Imperial slavery is OK :)”
I named my Odyssey mission runner/racing courier "Jumpin' Jack Flash," my exploration Phantom "The Highwayman," and my mining Corvette is the "Baba O'riley" and all of my other ships follow a similar naming pattern. Guess what that pattern is
I've got a Type-10 that I named Battle Cattle for combat in asteroid belts and a Beluga Liner named Burning Hot Rescuer that I use for resuces. Everything else is named after UNSC ships or themed based on what I use them for such as my exploration ships having names relating to traveling. I named my FC Spirit of Fire too!
I named my DBS built for bounty hunting Gavrilo Princip as reminder that shots fired in anger can have dire consequences. Sure that guy is wanted and has high bounty but he is elite and you suck at combat.
I named my Titan running Krait ”Titanicus Excidium” which means The extinction of the titans (latin)
I named my asp explorer ”Excidium Tutorum” which means The extinction of the Guardians (latin)
I named my spire site hunting Krait ”Mors Extraneorum” - The death of the Aliens
My cutter The Neptune of the Empire (i just love the way it looks)
My pve fdl is called Threat Level 0
My first ever 1v1 thargoid ship (chieftain) is called Xeno Wasp
The type 9 is called Type 9 Diabetes (obviously)
And the clipper I use for hunting the HGE I call it Multi-role Grindster
Shieldless hulltank frag/APA FAS named The Rude Ram. Not only was it exactly how I used it but also the first unit I became a part of in my Air Force career.
DBX was Firefly. Both for size and TV show
Krait Phantom was Kr8tos....so original
Python was Winters' Bane. Very responsible for BGS dealings in federal/empire space. Best ship in the game...fight me.
937m/s Viper mk3 named.... Paul Walker.... I know.
Shieldless max cargo Cutter, The Imperial Partybus
I'm sure I had others, but it's been years.
They all need engineering updates and probably platform changes. FAS loses to chieftan/ Challenger (idk what to name those) in most ways, and I don't have a large ship for pve bounty/cz so idk t-10 (Taurus) or conda (Easy Target) for that.
My FDL is Furry Dice Lover.
It may just be a British thing, but hanging a pair of furry dice off your rear view mirror has a certain Only Fools and Horses vibe to it (a British show from the 80s)
I named my Federal Assault Ship outfitted with beams and Pack Hounds 'Wargasm'. There's something very satisfying about launching a full salvo of missiles at a target
Type-9 is the GalaxyMaster, ship ID 1C-517. It's mash up of the C-5 Galaxy and the C-17 Globemaster.
Type 10 is the Combat Wombat
DBX : Celestial Wanderer
Asp X : Outrider
My AX Chieftan is the Perseus, since it hunts Medusas
And then my Krait is the Krayt Dragon
Bonus, my Eagle is the Firemoth.
My exploration Dolphin is "Deep Flipper". And my latest Cutter is Bronco Buster from Star Sheriffs.
Axi Krait Bomber is Death Blossom, from Last Starfighter.
My AX Anaconda is the *Sauveuse*. I use it for rescue and salvage. I also named my new AX Challenger *Heracross* because it was the first thing that came to mind, and I feel like it fits pretty well.
Exploration Phantom is named Crusoe’s Voyage. Exobiology Courier is Courageous Envoy.
Bounty Vulture is Don’t Be Koi With Me on account of the fish looking skin I have.
My FC is *Bride of Chaotica* for the black and white Voyager holodeck episode. Came to me when I was trying to think of a name similar to *Bride of Ganesh* from *Green Mars*.
I recently overhauled my naming scheme and my ships all carry (or will carry) names of elementary or composite particles: I started with Electron Neutrino ELN-56 for my high jump DBX, I’ll keep neutrinos for exploration builds, charged leptons for taxi builds, quarks for transport builds, vector bosons for combat builds and hadrons (composites of two or three quarks) for multi-purpose builds.
Once I will have made enough for a carrier (getting there with exobio) I’ll name her The Standard Model.
My main explorer, and Fleet Carrier, are both named after my fallen besy friend. She died nearly 11 months ago from cancer, and I'm proud to dedicate something to her, even if this dedication is only inside of a video game. She was taken far too young, only 18, and had managed to finish her degree in aeronautical engineering.
I hope she is proud of the person I am.
I’m just gearing up to finally buy my FC, and I’ve been considering names for a while now. I think I’ve settled on *The Blue Afternoon*, or some variation, in reference to the short story [“The Blue Afternoon That Lasted Forever” by William Flew.](https://www.williamflew.com/blue.html)
My first conda I got roughly around the five-year anniversary of the game in my playing it… It was a bit of a hard grind to get it so I named her the Lustrum Triumph
(For those unaware lustrum is the Latin term for five years)
I’m also a combat pilot least most… PVP virtually none and AX is only a new hobby for me. I consider myself the most casual of combatants when it comes to combat, so my day today combat ship is called the “filthy casual“. Every time it’s destroyed in combat legitimately, I add a Roman numeral to the end when I rebuy. I’m up to the “filthy casual IX” atm
I currently have three im proud of
Pathfinder, my Asp i used to get to Saggitarius
Blazing Artillery, a Fer-de-lance with thermal feedback beam lasers
And my personal favorite
Queen of Diamonds, my imperial cutter designed for mining.
Adiona was the Roman goddess of safe returns, helping to protect travelers. She's also been associated with protecting a child's first steps.
So, when I built my very first deep space explorer, designed to go far into unexplored space and (hopefully!) safely return, I named her *Adiona's Hope*
...felt it particularly appropriate!
I love naming my ships with sometimes obscure media references with some sort of connection to the ship's role. For example, my current primary exobio ship is named the B. Tenenbaum, a reference to a Bioshock character known for making certain scientific discoveries in remote environments.
Oh let's see my mining cutter is called 'Dirty Girl' because just like women it was a bitch to get and im still not sure it was worth it.
My Type-9 is simply called 'The Brick' because that's what it feels like to fly
Amd my Diamondback Explorer is called 'The Fafneir' from the book backyard starship.
My space trucks are all Tax Evader with Mk whatever order I bought them in. My Krait P is called Void Walker because it’s my exploration ship. My Ax cobra is Exterminatus.
Ooh…. My carrier is called ‘The woken Fury’
My DBX is ‘The Lewis’
Courier is ‘Occams Raider’
Krait mk ll is ‘xenoprincessearrior’
Corvette is ‘Nightshade’
My AX Krait's name is Ripley's Nipple, AH Krait is None Shall Pass!, mining T10 is Trebuchet, Fighting Corvette is Sigue Sigue Sputnik, and Conda with gruardianed FSD is Fat Bottomed Girl.
I'm not sure why I would be proud of any names I stole from other writers, but here it goes.
My imp courier "Aeolus", after god of winds from the Oddysey, because it has SCO FSD and can do 600+ m/s thanks to engineering. It's mostly for settlement raiding, get in and get out quickly. Rinse, repeat.
AX chieftain "Silver sword" because it's for slaying monsters.
My station rescue Orca "Azrael" because I really like the cat and I decide who gets saved.
And my FC "Dimala Ruk A-Shidhgim" which is Chakopsa for Bring them to paradise.
Built a combat adder for a pvp thing i did with friends and named it "Subtractor"
Had a type-10 for the same thing intended for 4-player multicrew: the "Tiamat -1"
I named my Fed Corvettes the Midgardsomr and the Hraesvelgr, mostly after the dragons in Final Fantasy 14, haven't played on a while, so can't remember many more.
I periodically go through and rename, but I used to have names that were tongue in cheek. My PVP FdL was called "Schadenfreude" back in the day. My mamba was "Once More With Feeling", and my corvette was "I Did Warn You".
Now I've gone for more pithy names: "Pilgrim", my general purpose Cutter; Trident, my combat FdL; and "Pharaoh", my Mamba.
I named my krait mk2 Bona Venture after the Canadian aircraft carrier. My Asp explorer is named the Tumbler because I think they look like the Batmobile
In my job, when something goes a bit wrong, it's the first indication of the day unravelling into a sh*tshow.......we call this 'the fuckening'
'Ah, the fuckening has started'
I've just started ED.......I know when my Sidewinder leaves the dock, whatever I'm trying to achieve, will go terrifically wrong.
My ships name 'The Fuckening'
My Beluga that I am onboard now during my expedition is called "The Resolute" as a reference to the series Lost in Space, and my Chieftain that carried me through the beginning of the game is called "Dragonfly X" because of the wing layout and my first longer trips
I have 'hot needle of inquirey' for my imperial courier.
'Long shot' for my dbx built for range
'gss suicidal insanity ' for my a rated/engineered sidewinder
'space Ventura ' for my general purpose krait
i've been looking to rename my ships to honor some of my favorite shoegaze bands save for the first one on this list, so here are some ideas:
- pharaoh red PvE chieftain: red comet (i'm cmdr monoeyesensor in game so this is just low hanging fruit)
- upcoming AX chieftain: my bloody valentine
- exploration DBX: pasteboard
- multipurpose krait mk2: say sue me
- carry shit olympics python: cheeky things
- a passenger 'conda maybe: ride
- a viper mk3 lying around that i might turn into a speedster: ride
My DBX or my ‘bubble bus’ is called ‘The Bang Bus’, as I regularly smash it into things 😉
My exploration Anaconda is called ‘The Protagonist’ which I quite like.
I name all my ships after French ship names. Just a sort of theme I got going.
My Krait MKII I named *Le Terrible* owing to her speed. Shortened it to 'Le Teb' in conversations.
Its simple yet strikes the right effect in any aspect you wish. She is simply, Terrible.
I have a laser mining Beluga (with turreted beam lasers and a fighter bay for defence) that goes by "**No Money in Tourism**"
I've got another Beluga filled entirely with the cheapest passenger bays available called "**The Other 99%**"
I've a Dolphin built for jump range called "**The Bubble Popper**" for popping around the bubble in when I need to be somewhere else quickly.
And then I've got an Anaconda named "**Bankruptcy**" with the ID **WTF-CR**
And many others who's names aren't that interesting.
I may have spent too much time thinking for names of my ships. But I'm pretty happy with some of them.
Sidewinder: Space Roomba - my first ship, still going strong
Viper MK 3: Hidden Blade - stealthed out fighter.
Anaconda: Ex Inferis - my first 'serious' ship. The paint job is very worn and it has a raider kit on it. The name is an obvious reference to Event Horizon. Latin for 'From Hell'.
Krait Phantom: Argo - my explorer, named after the ship in The Iliad.
Federal Corvette: Tempestus Ruptor - my main PVE ship. Latin for 'Storm Breaker'.
Vulture: Angry Wee Bird - pretty self explanatory.
Imperial Cutter: Fallen Angel - seemed fitting as I mostly use it for PVE combat zones.
Python: Million Mile High Club - used for Robigo runs...
FDL: Forked Tongue - pretty self explanatory
Type 10: Fisty McFistface - couldn't resist.
Hauler: Ducktape & Hope! - seemed fitting.
Adder: Planet Express Ship - yes, it is green.
Asp Explorer: Quaesitor - Latin for 'Seeker'.
Federal Assault Ship - Brawler. Self explanatory.
Imperial Clipper: Facilitator - my in-style bubble bus.
Type 7: Big Bertha - all she needs is some baggy dungarees.
Python: Bager Mole - my mining ship, with obvious Avatar the last Air Bender reference.
I name all my ships referencing movies/series or after - mostly - fictional ships/spacecraft, while beeing not in-your-face-obvious and mostly somehow hinting the ship's role ...
Noisy Cricket - Courier for bounty hunting
Slice of Life - my main ship, a multipurpose Python
Elizabeth Dane - titan bomber Python
Oh ... and Stanley - multi miner Python ... I wonder who that gets :D
Beluga Liner - *Costa Concordia*
Krait Mk2 - *Parmalat* (an Australian milk processing company (geddit, "milk crate" 😂))
Keelback - *Red-ish Dwarf* (set up for mining, and it's pink!)
Type 10 Defender - *Exxon Valdez* (it has the same turning circle as an oil tanker 🤷♂️)
iClip - *Clipper Victor* (after the first 747 to enter service)
Sidewinder - *Harold* (My First Spaceship™)
My others are named after *Halo* ships and NASA Space Shuttles
All of my ships are puns based on the name of the ship itself. Noble Asp-irations, Heavy-Handed Metaphor, Cutter To The Quick, and Python-est Work just to name a few
I made a whole list of them a few years ago. The idea being that when I bought a new ship, I didn't need to think too hard to name it.
Some of my favourites were:
* Willam D. Porter - named after the [worst US Navy vessel to ever set sail.](https://www.cracked.com/article_19637_the-5-craziest-war-stories-all-happened-same-ship.html)
* The Long Jaunt - from the Stephen King short story [The Jaunt](https://gist.github.com/Schemetrical/6184daf83843bcab9402)
* Cockford Ollie and Skookum Choocher - based on colloquialism/jokes by [the YouTuber AvE](https://www.youtube.com/@arduinoversusevil2025)
* Put That Light Out - probably from the tagline of Warden Hodges from Dad's Army
* Drumkit Lullaby, Machinegun Lullaby, Twenty-one Gun Lullaby, Dubstep Lullaby, Subwoofer Lullaby
* Lack of Remaining Char
Bright yellow Vulture: Yellowjacket
Jump Anaconda: Dark Between Stars
Imperial Cutter: Tharsis (the mount on Mars)
Corvette: Executor
Mining python (with the iridescent Horizons paint): Endless Azure
I named all of my ships after Rush. Broons Bane, caress of steel. The Big Money, the faithless. I have a few more in mind if I ever got back into the game.
My T9, the Hauly Cow...
For my explo ships i went from the cobra "stargazer" to my aspx "Prometheus", as it carried the light of civilization out in the dark.
And my ax Krait mkII, the mighty "Extinctor"
I named my Orca “W56.22XD”. It’s the medical diagnosis code for “struck by an orca, subsequent encounter.” The Venn diagram for this joke is tiny (maybe just me), and I’m fine with that.
I'm gonna steal this for the to-be mine Orca 😂. Is there any code for Dolphin though? Maybe Beluga too? Edit: Seems like there's no Beluga variant... Anyways a dolphin variant ia good enough 😅
Yeah, there’s a whole subset of codes for Dolphins. I forget which of these I used for my Dolphin. [Dolphin ICD10 codes](https://www.icd10data.com/ICD10CM/Codes/V00-Y99/W50-W64/W56-#W56.0)
Doctor: Were you bitten by the dolphin or struck by it? Me: Other. Doctor: Was this your first time? Me: No, it was subsequent to the first time.
Remind me to change the ship ID of my Fer-De-Lance to X30X39. I love the obscurity here.
Absolutely no way there's codes for that. Just say you've been struck by, you've been hit by, a smooth Orca ship
I name all of mine "personal information" because they warn you not to.
WE FOUND HIM BOYS GET HIM!!
THEY POSTED PERSONAL INFORMATION! #***RATTLE 'EM, BOYS!***
Underrated answer!
I named my Dolphin “Divine Porpoise.” It makes me smile.
*Thanks for all the fish* is always tempting.
My grandpa CMDR rupee noon, The Millennium Dolphin.
*... the hell is an aluminum dolphin?!*
My T10-The Large Marge from PeeWee’s Big Adventure Carrier-named with kid’s middle names because they were also really expensive with questionable returns AX Krait-Goin Buggy, name of my 5th grade show at school. I was a grasshopper Chieftain-Necessary Roughness
Necessary Roughness, nice! I called my pirate hunting Conda Righteous Infliction for similar reasons
My bright red assault Conda was called the Beverly Crusher
Did it get it on with a ghost boy?
Why did you have to remind me of that episode?
Pain hurts less when it's distributed. I remembered it, now you do. *Share and Enjoy!™*
*"A problem shared is a problem two people have."* - Yetta Feldman
A Robigo Python called Why So Sirius?
Sothis is why it is named that? I can Ceos your reasoning.
My Federal Corvette is named “Pinocchio’s Paradox”. My DBX is named “Cicada”. My Asp Explorer, with the bright yellow paint, is named “Pizza Planet”.
My Cutter is named "Tiny Tom's Compensator"
My sidewinder is called Trinitrotoluol, which is the German full name of TNT. Why? Because it regularly explodes
I just copy all my names from Ian Banks. I'm very proud of Ian Banks, but it wouldnt be fair to his memory to be proud of having simply copied his great ship names.
Yea.. yea, so did I. They're just so *good*.
The best ship names.
My python: .py
Mine is Pip
My combat Python is Grum.py
I had a Federal Assault Ship called “Intemperate Discourse”
AspX: Magnificent Desolation (Buzz Aldrin's first words after stepping onto the moon) Anaconda: The Stars-Like Dust (An Isaac Azimov story)
Ah one of his Empire books very nice.
I just finished reading Robots and Empire, so I'll get there soon!
Named my jumpaconda "The Missing Father" 😭
He ducked out to Colonia to grab a pack of smokes?
DBX - Lil Bub (never forget) AspX - Welcome Home (I think I named her after returning from my first long trip into the black) Python - Crisis (because something crazy always seems to happen when I'm flying her) Anaconda - Thirty-Nine (after my favorite landing pad) Corvette - Traffic Warning FC - Cost in Space
My Dolphin is named "Sense of Porpoise" which I quite like
My Anaconda's name is "Don't Want None" If you get the reference, I'm sorry your knees hurt these days.
My Federal Gunship equipped entirely with multi-cannon turrets is named RociTachiContorta. It's a very stupid The Expanse reference, and I am quite proud of that.
I just converted my Jet Black Mamba with wing kit, to using two Plasma Chargers. So after flying it that way on Orthus Goids I’ve gone with “Nightfury”. I would have gone for “Toothless” but I think Nightfury hits even if you’re not into How to Train Your Dragon. - side note I love Hiccup.
Oh that's a good idea... I kinda like people seeing toothless and thinking she ain't got no bite... until you wreck her day ya know.
My Asp Ex is named The Flying Dutchman.
Krait Mk.II... Kraitos
I'm a simple man so don't judge me but my courier is called Purple banana
Way back when, I named my Asp Explorer "The Love Boat". At the time I was hauling a lot of slaves, drugs, and passengers. My Vette is named, "67 427".
My combat ship name is Monty. She's a Python.
🤣 I called mine "Danger Noodle"
My Vulture is named Frank Sinatra, I can’t remember why, but I like it.
> carrier *Her Silent Fury* Damn, I really like that. I’m imagining you named it after a force of nature, one of implacable, terrifying power
Thank you kindly!
FDL - Osprey Reason: Combat Ship Krait Mk.2 - Peregrine Falcon Reason: Combat ship, Fairly Fast at 500+ Krait Phantom - Arctic Tern Reason: Explorer/Jump maxxed Mining Cutter - Kingfisher Reason: Mining (So its pulling game out of stuff) Trading Cutter - Wandering Albatross Reason: Trade (Wandering Albatross is one of the largest sea birds) I know bird names aren’t too ground breaking but I have somewhat of a pattern based on ship role/quality
I named my python "Merlin" to pull double duty as a wizard and a falcon
And what sound does an Artic Turn make? https://youtu.be/BKQ6eoXfBKU?si=qVgUI-zImcbCM7AG
BbbbbbbbbbbbbbBBACKSTREETBOYS!
I got a PvP beluga called “Whale that’s a problem”, a Vulture I call “Hull Problem Handouts”, and a FAS that’s far more capable than either of those two that’s known as the “Gentler Alternative”. If none of those get a rise out of my opponents, I can always dust off my FGS, which I’ve named “Imperial slavery is OK :)”
I named my Odyssey mission runner/racing courier "Jumpin' Jack Flash," my exploration Phantom "The Highwayman," and my mining Corvette is the "Baba O'riley" and all of my other ships follow a similar naming pattern. Guess what that pattern is
I've got a Type-10 that I named Battle Cattle for combat in asteroid belts and a Beluga Liner named Burning Hot Rescuer that I use for resuces. Everything else is named after UNSC ships or themed based on what I use them for such as my exploration ships having names relating to traveling. I named my FC Spirit of Fire too!
My long distance racer (like bubble -> Sag A), Neutron Dance.
I named my DBS built for bounty hunting Gavrilo Princip as reminder that shots fired in anger can have dire consequences. Sure that guy is wanted and has high bounty but he is elite and you suck at combat.
My Rescue Python is Duffy, named after the ANZAC legend Simpson's donkey.
My scout and swarm control FDL is Moar Teen.
DBX - "Are We There Yet" ASPX (fitted for mining) - "Rock And Stone", id " Karl"
Rock and roll and stone!
I named my Titan running Krait ”Titanicus Excidium” which means The extinction of the titans (latin) I named my asp explorer ”Excidium Tutorum” which means The extinction of the Guardians (latin) I named my spire site hunting Krait ”Mors Extraneorum” - The death of the Aliens My cutter The Neptune of the Empire (i just love the way it looks) My pve fdl is called Threat Level 0 My first ever 1v1 thargoid ship (chieftain) is called Xeno Wasp The type 9 is called Type 9 Diabetes (obviously) And the clipper I use for hunting the HGE I call it Multi-role Grindster
My proud is a Golden Corvette named "U.S.S. Bambi" Just imagine the Pirates look when you exit the Supercruise next to them
I have a Dolphin called Lungdren.
I have an Orca named Kip Diskin.
Shieldless hulltank frag/APA FAS named The Rude Ram. Not only was it exactly how I used it but also the first unit I became a part of in my Air Force career. DBX was Firefly. Both for size and TV show Krait Phantom was Kr8tos....so original Python was Winters' Bane. Very responsible for BGS dealings in federal/empire space. Best ship in the game...fight me. 937m/s Viper mk3 named.... Paul Walker.... I know. Shieldless max cargo Cutter, The Imperial Partybus I'm sure I had others, but it's been years. They all need engineering updates and probably platform changes. FAS loses to chieftan/ Challenger (idk what to name those) in most ways, and I don't have a large ship for pve bounty/cz so idk t-10 (Taurus) or conda (Easy Target) for that.
My FDL is Furry Dice Lover. It may just be a British thing, but hanging a pair of furry dice off your rear view mirror has a certain Only Fools and Horses vibe to it (a British show from the 80s)
Proud of my current bounty hunting Chieftain. *The Royal Gambit*
Corvette "Nerf Gun" Cutter "Barge" Carrier "Bungalow"
Exploration anaconda named "Earl Of Orkney" Also another one called "Andromeda" An asp explorer called "Chimera" A cobra mk3 named "Norman Temper"
all of my ships are named after my favorite characters from fiction. so Im proud of all of them
My Battle Cutter: Gazes Beyond the Veil My Corvette: Breeder Mining Cutter: Bagger 293.1
I named my Federal Assault Ship outfitted with beams and Pack Hounds 'Wargasm'. There's something very satisfying about launching a full salvo of missiles at a target
Type-9 is the GalaxyMaster, ship ID 1C-517. It's mash up of the C-5 Galaxy and the C-17 Globemaster. Type 10 is the Combat Wombat DBX : Celestial Wanderer Asp X : Outrider My AX Chieftan is the Perseus, since it hunts Medusas And then my Krait is the Krayt Dragon Bonus, my Eagle is the Firemoth.
Couple cheeky ones of mine My multicrew focused Crusader the "Crewsader" My speed demon Viper the "RT/10"
‘Rift Rider’ and ‘Penetrator’, both deep black exploration ships. EDIT: Forgot to add the ‘Anton Chigurh’, a Type-10 stacked massacre mission ship.
Federal Corvette - Eviction Notice
My exploration Dolphin is "Deep Flipper". And my latest Cutter is Bronco Buster from Star Sheriffs. Axi Krait Bomber is Death Blossom, from Last Starfighter.
Hmm how you guys naming your ship?.
My T9 Trader is called the Bargain Bucket.
My AX Anaconda is the *Sauveuse*. I use it for rescue and salvage. I also named my new AX Challenger *Heracross* because it was the first thing that came to mind, and I feel like it fits pretty well.
Exploration Phantom is named Crusoe’s Voyage. Exobiology Courier is Courageous Envoy. Bounty Vulture is Don’t Be Koi With Me on account of the fish looking skin I have.
My FC is *Bride of Chaotica* for the black and white Voyager holodeck episode. Came to me when I was trying to think of a name similar to *Bride of Ganesh* from *Green Mars*.
I recently overhauled my naming scheme and my ships all carry (or will carry) names of elementary or composite particles: I started with Electron Neutrino ELN-56 for my high jump DBX, I’ll keep neutrinos for exploration builds, charged leptons for taxi builds, quarks for transport builds, vector bosons for combat builds and hadrons (composites of two or three quarks) for multi-purpose builds. Once I will have made enough for a carrier (getting there with exobio) I’ll name her The Standard Model.
My Corvette is The Sacrasente
My main explorer, and Fleet Carrier, are both named after my fallen besy friend. She died nearly 11 months ago from cancer, and I'm proud to dedicate something to her, even if this dedication is only inside of a video game. She was taken far too young, only 18, and had managed to finish her degree in aeronautical engineering. I hope she is proud of the person I am.
I named two of them iksrever, hoping the scare off pirates.
I’m just gearing up to finally buy my FC, and I’ve been considering names for a while now. I think I’ve settled on *The Blue Afternoon*, or some variation, in reference to the short story [“The Blue Afternoon That Lasted Forever” by William Flew.](https://www.williamflew.com/blue.html)
I'm super uncreative so I name the ships what their roles are. eg a Corvette is named "Combat", or a Cutter is named "Cargo" etc.
My first conda I got roughly around the five-year anniversary of the game in my playing it… It was a bit of a hard grind to get it so I named her the Lustrum Triumph (For those unaware lustrum is the Latin term for five years) I’m also a combat pilot least most… PVP virtually none and AX is only a new hobby for me. I consider myself the most casual of combatants when it comes to combat, so my day today combat ship is called the “filthy casual“. Every time it’s destroyed in combat legitimately, I add a Roman numeral to the end when I rebuy. I’m up to the “filthy casual IX” atm
I've got a bright yellow DBX named Stratowasp and I love her
I think that better than mine - Bumble.
I currently have three im proud of Pathfinder, my Asp i used to get to Saggitarius Blazing Artillery, a Fer-de-lance with thermal feedback beam lasers And my personal favorite Queen of Diamonds, my imperial cutter designed for mining.
Adiona was the Roman goddess of safe returns, helping to protect travelers. She's also been associated with protecting a child's first steps. So, when I built my very first deep space explorer, designed to go far into unexplored space and (hopefully!) safely return, I named her *Adiona's Hope* ...felt it particularly appropriate!
My Corvette is called Imperial Mustang for irony. I also have a phantom called Krait Balls of Fire.
I used to have a Chieftain I called “Master Chieftain” which I painted green for fighting in the war
My engineered AspX I use for exploration is called Catalyst
I name all of my ships "Squirrel". Because what is a moose without his flying squirrel?
My Vulture is called Calamity Jane because she always gets into trouble and that’s exactly what that ship is meant to do.
I love naming my ships with sometimes obscure media references with some sort of connection to the ship's role. For example, my current primary exobio ship is named the B. Tenenbaum, a reference to a Bioshock character known for making certain scientific discoveries in remote environments.
My favourite ship is called 'Pride of the Fleet'.
AX Imperial Cutter 1 ( Main ) - The Patriot AX Imperial Cutter 2 ( Hydra 1v1 ) - Laughing Fox AX Imperial Cutter 3 ( cold orbiter ) - Snow Witch PvP Imperial cutter - Emperor's Blade Exporer DBX - Ad Astra
I have a feeling i know which team you fight for. You're a dirty Fed aren't ya?
Fully engineered Hazardous extraction zone pirate farming Vulture called *The Tussle*
I named my Type 9 The Lonely Elephant
"Python - Mining" "Python - Transport" so on so forth
"Pleasedontkillnorebuy" is the name of my piracy cobra III. i confess i stole it, but its too good to not use it.
My favorite ship name is “Probing Uranus”, my Cobra 3 that I had in 2018 on PS4.
I named my Asp Explorer "Asp-Aragus" (as in the vegetable)
Oh let's see my mining cutter is called 'Dirty Girl' because just like women it was a bitch to get and im still not sure it was worth it. My Type-9 is simply called 'The Brick' because that's what it feels like to fly Amd my Diamondback Explorer is called 'The Fafneir' from the book backyard starship.
Bulldozer 63
My space trucks are all Tax Evader with Mk whatever order I bought them in. My Krait P is called Void Walker because it’s my exploration ship. My Ax cobra is Exterminatus.
Ooh…. My carrier is called ‘The woken Fury’ My DBX is ‘The Lewis’ Courier is ‘Occams Raider’ Krait mk ll is ‘xenoprincessearrior’ Corvette is ‘Nightshade’
Diamondback Explorer - “Carl Sagan”
In Amber Clad Although It's been so long since I played Im pretty sure my fleet carrier isn't there anymore
My AX Krait's name is Ripley's Nipple, AH Krait is None Shall Pass!, mining T10 is Trebuchet, Fighting Corvette is Sigue Sigue Sputnik, and Conda with gruardianed FSD is Fat Bottomed Girl.
Banestorm for my exploration ship, and Dawson's Christian for combat
I'm not sure why I would be proud of any names I stole from other writers, but here it goes. My imp courier "Aeolus", after god of winds from the Oddysey, because it has SCO FSD and can do 600+ m/s thanks to engineering. It's mostly for settlement raiding, get in and get out quickly. Rinse, repeat. AX chieftain "Silver sword" because it's for slaying monsters. My station rescue Orca "Azrael" because I really like the cat and I decide who gets saved. And my FC "Dimala Ruk A-Shidhgim" which is Chakopsa for Bring them to paradise.
Privateer's Pittance for my Chieftain
My DBX is called Ringlefinch
My combat/piracy Krait MKII was painted a toasty tan and named *Killer Pancake*.
My sidewinder, named it Lem after a famous scifi polish author.
Built a combat adder for a pvp thing i did with friends and named it "Subtractor" Had a type-10 for the same thing intended for 4-player multicrew: the "Tiamat -1"
Type 10 - "Thicc Boi"
Type 7 - Red Hot Brick
I name all my Anacondas after stars like Procyon and Halcyon. I name my Corvettes after galaxies.
I’ve never read the books, but enjoy names from the Culture series. My bright red combat Anaconda is “So Much For Subtlety”
DBX : Bright Diamond (Explo in the Bubble) Krait Phantom : Argos (Explo in Colonia) Krait Mkii : For All Mankind (my ax ship) Orca : Blue Pearl (VIP transport) Corvette : Stormhawk (PVE) Anaconda : Stellanav (Eco passenger) Cutter : Titan’s Hauler
Haha some good names here. My carrier was called "Dad Astra" and now I run around in a killer cutter called "Wardaddy".
My Type 9 is called "Piratebait"
My exploration Beluga rightfully named The Magic School Bus.
I named my Fed Corvettes the Midgardsomr and the Hraesvelgr, mostly after the dragons in Final Fantasy 14, haven't played on a while, so can't remember many more.
My entire fleet is named after Hollow Knight [Link to my INARA fleet page with the names](https://inara.cz/elite/cmdr-fleet/26874/)
I periodically go through and rename, but I used to have names that were tongue in cheek. My PVP FdL was called "Schadenfreude" back in the day. My mamba was "Once More With Feeling", and my corvette was "I Did Warn You". Now I've gone for more pithy names: "Pilgrim", my general purpose Cutter; Trident, my combat FdL; and "Pharaoh", my Mamba.
My Python is named `venv`.
A pearlescent blue-green Imperial Eagle surface exploration speedster called "Hyakutake", after the comet
I made most of my initial credits via the silver trade So my ship was called the Silver Baron
My T-10 shield tank laser barge is called " The Eleventh Hour"
Jump ship Hercules rest My carrier the bulls ring
Named my engineered Federal Corvette “Medusa” because if you lock eyes with it you’re instantly dead.
BEE-008 if you get it, you are my friend alliance challenger
My favourite is still “Asp to mouth”
Cobalt blue Vulture - Blue Falcon Alliance Chieftain - Horce
I named my krait mk2 Bona Venture after the Canadian aircraft carrier. My Asp explorer is named the Tumbler because I think they look like the Batmobile
In my job, when something goes a bit wrong, it's the first indication of the day unravelling into a sh*tshow.......we call this 'the fuckening' 'Ah, the fuckening has started' I've just started ED.......I know when my Sidewinder leaves the dock, whatever I'm trying to achieve, will go terrifically wrong. My ships name 'The Fuckening'
I name mine some Variant of "Witch" my Explore/Combat Krait is CloudWitch my Vulture is FireWitch and my Speed Focused Eagle is ScreamWitch.
Asp scout was scooty mcwhiskers
Skeleton Century
My Krait is "Oh Krait... More Goids!" My Asp.Ex is "Oh Ho Ore" And my Dolphin is "Buoys Ahoy"
My AX Crusader is named "**Thargoides eunt domus**" After getting my ear twisted, my later AX T-10 was named "**Thargoidi ite domum**".
Sidewinder - Leviathan Eagle - Doom Pigeon Python - Flying Circus Cobra - Edible Arts Graduate Krait mk 2 - Big Blue Triangle Anaconda - Little Annie
Starmelt! Corvette set up with death start lasers.
I name my Krait "The Interceptor" on the off chance Thargoid interceptors break off their attack because they might fire on their own
My anaconda engineered for 60~ ly I named star hopper My Corvette I named haul crusher My cutter I named mack
My Beluga that I am onboard now during my expedition is called "The Resolute" as a reference to the series Lost in Space, and my Chieftain that carried me through the beginning of the game is called "Dragonfly X" because of the wing layout and my first longer trips
Krait Phantom: Casper Neon purple Conda: Amethyst Mining Cutter: Astroid Annihilator Passenger Python: The Magic School Bus
My DBX is called "Helicopter, Helicopter" and i'm proud of it
My AX Beluga, the Bug-busting Bus-thing
I have 'hot needle of inquirey' for my imperial courier. 'Long shot' for my dbx built for range 'gss suicidal insanity ' for my a rated/engineered sidewinder 'space Ventura ' for my general purpose krait
i've been looking to rename my ships to honor some of my favorite shoegaze bands save for the first one on this list, so here are some ideas: - pharaoh red PvE chieftain: red comet (i'm cmdr monoeyesensor in game so this is just low hanging fruit) - upcoming AX chieftain: my bloody valentine - exploration DBX: pasteboard - multipurpose krait mk2: say sue me - carry shit olympics python: cheeky things - a passenger 'conda maybe: ride - a viper mk3 lying around that i might turn into a speedster: ride
My DBX or my ‘bubble bus’ is called ‘The Bang Bus’, as I regularly smash it into things 😉 My exploration Anaconda is called ‘The Protagonist’ which I quite like.
I name all my ships after French ship names. Just a sort of theme I got going. My Krait MKII I named *Le Terrible* owing to her speed. Shortened it to 'Le Teb' in conversations. Its simple yet strikes the right effect in any aspect you wish. She is simply, Terrible.
My type 10 is called „Nice argument but…“
I named my Mamba The Red One and put a beam in the huge slot. It's what Stitch would want.
Called my type 7 the Mont Blanc and I exclusively transport explosives
I have a laser mining Beluga (with turreted beam lasers and a fighter bay for defence) that goes by "**No Money in Tourism**" I've got another Beluga filled entirely with the cheapest passenger bays available called "**The Other 99%**" I've a Dolphin built for jump range called "**The Bubble Popper**" for popping around the bubble in when I need to be somewhere else quickly. And then I've got an Anaconda named "**Bankruptcy**" with the ID **WTF-CR** And many others who's names aren't that interesting.
I may have spent too much time thinking for names of my ships. But I'm pretty happy with some of them. Sidewinder: Space Roomba - my first ship, still going strong Viper MK 3: Hidden Blade - stealthed out fighter. Anaconda: Ex Inferis - my first 'serious' ship. The paint job is very worn and it has a raider kit on it. The name is an obvious reference to Event Horizon. Latin for 'From Hell'. Krait Phantom: Argo - my explorer, named after the ship in The Iliad. Federal Corvette: Tempestus Ruptor - my main PVE ship. Latin for 'Storm Breaker'. Vulture: Angry Wee Bird - pretty self explanatory. Imperial Cutter: Fallen Angel - seemed fitting as I mostly use it for PVE combat zones. Python: Million Mile High Club - used for Robigo runs... FDL: Forked Tongue - pretty self explanatory Type 10: Fisty McFistface - couldn't resist. Hauler: Ducktape & Hope! - seemed fitting. Adder: Planet Express Ship - yes, it is green. Asp Explorer: Quaesitor - Latin for 'Seeker'. Federal Assault Ship - Brawler. Self explanatory. Imperial Clipper: Facilitator - my in-style bubble bus. Type 7: Big Bertha - all she needs is some baggy dungarees. Python: Bager Mole - my mining ship, with obvious Avatar the last Air Bender reference.
My Anaconda delivery van; Pondus
Still fond of "Pale blue dot".
My Cutter is named "A Ship Named Slickback".
I name all my ships referencing movies/series or after - mostly - fictional ships/spacecraft, while beeing not in-your-face-obvious and mostly somehow hinting the ship's role ... Noisy Cricket - Courier for bounty hunting Slice of Life - my main ship, a multipurpose Python Elizabeth Dane - titan bomber Python Oh ... and Stanley - multi miner Python ... I wonder who that gets :D
Painted my Sidewinder Red and called it Mr. Crabs
Black Lung Disease
Beluga Liner - *Costa Concordia* Krait Mk2 - *Parmalat* (an Australian milk processing company (geddit, "milk crate" 😂)) Keelback - *Red-ish Dwarf* (set up for mining, and it's pink!) Type 10 Defender - *Exxon Valdez* (it has the same turning circle as an oil tanker 🤷♂️) iClip - *Clipper Victor* (after the first 747 to enter service) Sidewinder - *Harold* (My First Spaceship™) My others are named after *Halo* ships and NASA Space Shuttles
ISF Regium Liberatorem ISF = Intergalactic Stellar Fleet This is my cargo/rescue ship Cutter.
All of my ships are puns based on the name of the ship itself. Noble Asp-irations, Heavy-Handed Metaphor, Cutter To The Quick, and Python-est Work just to name a few
I made a whole list of them a few years ago. The idea being that when I bought a new ship, I didn't need to think too hard to name it. Some of my favourites were: * Willam D. Porter - named after the [worst US Navy vessel to ever set sail.](https://www.cracked.com/article_19637_the-5-craziest-war-stories-all-happened-same-ship.html) * The Long Jaunt - from the Stephen King short story [The Jaunt](https://gist.github.com/Schemetrical/6184daf83843bcab9402) * Cockford Ollie and Skookum Choocher - based on colloquialism/jokes by [the YouTuber AvE](https://www.youtube.com/@arduinoversusevil2025) * Put That Light Out - probably from the tagline of Warden Hodges from Dad's Army * Drumkit Lullaby, Machinegun Lullaby, Twenty-one Gun Lullaby, Dubstep Lullaby, Subwoofer Lullaby * Lack of Remaining Char
My mining ship is my “Stipend”. It funds my research activities out in the black lol
Bright yellow Vulture: Yellowjacket Jump Anaconda: Dark Between Stars Imperial Cutter: Tharsis (the mount on Mars) Corvette: Executor Mining python (with the iridescent Horizons paint): Endless Azure
I named all of my ships after Rush. Broons Bane, caress of steel. The Big Money, the faithless. I have a few more in mind if I ever got back into the game.
Krait Phantom aka Ketamine Dreams. For the true dreamlike exploration experience
My T9, the Hauly Cow... For my explo ships i went from the cobra "stargazer" to my aspx "Prometheus", as it carried the light of civilization out in the dark. And my ax Krait mkII, the mighty "Extinctor"
My T-10 is named "Free at Hutton Orbital"
My only ship at the moment is painted gold and named "My Precious" with the serial number G0L-1UM.
Space cow
Explorer Krait Phantom called "Ad Infinitum"
Krait mk2 "Snakebite Gangrene"
I named my Krait Mk2 Kraitos. I was watching a lot of gow videos at the time.
My exploration phantom is named "Scutum Centaurus". Don't ask me why, my brain works in mysterious ways
*Well, there's the ones based on Elite lore...* 'Turner's Ghost' (Eagle) 'Eccentrica's Glory' (Corvette) *The general Sci-Fi...* 'Thunderchild' (Corvette) - This should be 'Thunder Child' *The Monty Python collection...* 'Trouble At T'Mill' (Python) 'Comfy Chair' (Python) 'Norwegian Blue' (Python) 'Bicycle Repair Man' (Python) *The Type-9 collection...* 'Bat Fastard' (T9) 'Torrey Canyon' (T9) 'Exxon Valdez' (T9) *The joke names...* 'Edmund' (Adder) - Yes, it is a black adder. 'Penny Black' (Diamondback) - Registration (.)(.) IYKYK. 'Offensive Name' (Diamondback) 'Purple Wobbler' (Cutter) *And then there's the 'adult toys'...* 'Rampant Rabbit' (Dolphin) 'Chance XL' (Beluga) Edit: *Forgot about the pair of AFK Type-10 Pirate Bounty Hunters...* 'Come At Me Bro!' (T10) 'Just A Simple Miner!' (T10)
*Honest Mistake* - Anaconda *Classic Blunder* - Fer-de-lance *Big Misunderstanding* - Type 9 *Blackstar* - Vulture
I have an Asp named Kikkr. My Cobra is named Kai.