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Sayle said:
While it doesn't seem mentioned on Memory Alpha or Beta, I recall reading in some minibooks (a long time ago) that the starfleet delta is related in some way to warp dynamics - either the power curve of a warp field when it's passing factor transitions or something about the shape of the warp field. Seems to make sense as a universal symbol for Starfleet rather than "it's NASA updated a dozen times".
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I mean Nasa logo updated a dozen times makes sense too, but here's an article with the official explanation apparently.


www.startrek.com

The Starfleet Insignia Explained

No Star Trek symbol captures the eye or imagination quite like the delta.
www.startrek.com www.startrek.com
 
NavySeel said:
Piranha aren't even anything like their reputation, so I definitely don't want to feed into that even more.
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I will give that Piranhas don't typically strip live animals to the bone in minutes out in nature, but it is possible. You're just probably not going to find it in nature, is all. The conditions of the original account of a 'piranha attack' as described by Roosevelt involved a couple hundred Piranhas being collected, stowed in a pond, and starved for a while, to ensure that they'd be good and hungry when they dropped the cow in.
You're not going to find schools of several hundred Piranhas out in nature, and they're not likely to be on the brink of starvation. You may, however, find yourself missing a toe or finger if you're not careful - they'll take those off in a heartbeat if you wiggle them too appetizingly.
I personally am alright with alluding to the reputation of a Piranha, because even if it doesn't usually shred the snot out of whatever foolish pile of meat has wandered into its territory, the fact is that it could if it wanted to.
 
Iridium Flare said:
I will give that Piranhas don't typically strip live animals to the bone in minutes out in nature, but it is possible. You're just probably not going to find it in nature, is all. The conditions of the original account of a 'piranha attack' as described by Roosevelt involved a couple hundred Piranhas being collected, stowed in a pond, and starved for a while, to ensure that they'd be good and hungry when they dropped the cow in.
You're not going to find schools of several hundred Piranhas out in nature, and they're not likely to be on the brink of starvation. You may, however, find yourself missing a toe or finger if you're not careful - they'll take those off in a heartbeat if you wiggle them too appetizingly.
I personally am alright with alluding to the reputation of a Piranha, because even if it doesn't usually shred the snot out of whatever foolish pile of meat has wandered into its territory, the fact is that it could if it wanted to.
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A freshwater fish does also fit a ship with as short an (unassisted) range as this.
 
[X] UES Laffey
[X] UES Arrow

Naming our cheap and nasty ships after the WWII destroyer that just wouldn't die seems like a good idea to me.

As for Arrow lots of historical destroyers whose names start with A
 
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[X] UES Skate

Just voting for this for the fun.
LunaMoth said:
I'll be honest not a history buff, don't really know little facts like that off the top of my head.
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Yeah, a lot of good ship names are tied to various ships from the World Wars. Heck, several other good ship names (and nicknames) come from warships.

I wouldn't mind if a ship was called the Constitution or Old Ironsides.
 
You know what's a good name that probably wasn't a ship from the World Wars?

Hummingbird :V

Speaking of, in light of what @Cavalier said, my vote should've been this already, but I forgot. Mea culpa
[X] UES Hummingbird
[X] UES Huitzil
 
Roaming_Guardian said:
That precludes Enterprise, Columbia, and pretty much every name used for the Stingray class since ww2 American submarines were named after fish.
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The Columbia and Enterprise were both space shuttles(at least that's generally what comes to mind first when those names come up) , and I'm not saying don't use them.
 
Zimmerwald1915 said:
How are provisions meant to get from Thunderchilds to their escorts? Shuttles? Transporters?
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Either one, though a simple docking hatch would work for most things. The only real concern would be torpedoes, but I imagine they're handled like the USN handles torpedoes for its submarines.

The crew is less than two dozen. You really won't need to deliver that much in the way of supplies for a relatively short deployment.
 
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