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I am very much in favour of calling our next generation escort the Lion class. A much better name than New Orleans even if it still technically a bit Earth centric.
 
At least we can count on the Caitian lobby to support the name?

Although naming one of our unallocated ConnieBees after Lion would still be a good honorable alternative.

EDIT: Come to think of it, we've also lost Polaris recently and might want to pick that name, especially since Polaris' loss played a noteworthy historical role.
 
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Leila Hann said:
It might not even be that. Other homeworlds may have close lion-analogues.

Though on that topic, weren't we planning to give our next EC excelsior a human name?
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Considering the current lack of specfically Human named Explorers it might be a nice idea.

I did have a list of possible Explorer names posted somewhere in this thread.

Edit: Found it, I think Odyssey would be a good name for a Human named Explorer.
 
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Suggested human EC names:

USS Alcubierre
USS Apollo
USS Atlas
USS Bahamut
USS Beagle
USS Cochrane
USS Columbia
USS Concorde
USS Confucius
USS Gagarin
USS Hamurabi
USS Locke
USS Maria
USS Phoenix
USS Quetzalcoatl
USS Thoth
USS Viking
USS Wright
 
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Given how few explorers we have, I'd hesitate to use astronaut names unless they are really, really momentous. That pretty much restricts it to Gagarin, Armstrong, or (in Star Trek history) Cochrane.
 
Simon_Jester said:
Given how few explorers we have, I'd hesitate to use astronaut names unless they are really, really momentous. That pretty much restricts it to Gagarin, Armstrong, or (in Star Trek history) Cochrane.
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I would call a research starbase/colony Cochrane. As much dude was first to warp, he was first to propose and drunkenly build warp-capable craft.
Alternatively, good name for human bar with hard drinks and some interesting drugs on Gaen. Cochrane: We warp your perception of the universe! Smartboards to capture insight and bouncers to capture patrons before they go and kill themselves with drunken science included.
 
Well, realistically there's stuff named after Cochrane all over the place. The man has a unit of measurement named after him, for crying out loud! I'm not clear on what it measures, but in scientist culture that is like being named King of Some Important Thing. You don't get a unit of measurement named after you unless you are big.

Einstein doesn't have a unit of measurement named after him, though admittedly that's mostly because we ran out of things to measure before he showed up on the scene.

There are probably dozens of high schools, streets, research institutions, minor human space colonies, et cetera, et cetera, named after Zefram Cochrane. None of this is mutually exclusive with naming an explorer after him; we've already named at least one other explorer after a great scientist.

[On the other hand, I can think of other names I'd prefer over Cochrane for an explorer]
 
Just as an FYI, barring a recruitment drive we won't be crewing/naming any new Explorer Excelsiors until 2313. At which point this entire naming discussion will be re-litigated again from scratch.

I mean, if this amuses you go ahead, but it's not a "next quarter" decision.
 
Simon_Jester said:
Well, realistically there's stuff named after Cochrane all over the place. The man has a unit of measurement named after him, for crying out loud! I'm not clear on what it measures, but in scientist culture that is like being named King of Some Important Thing. You don't get a unit of measurement named after you unless you are big.

Einstein doesn't have a unit of measurement named after him, though admittedly that's mostly because we ran out of things to measure before he showed up on the scene.

There are probably dozens of high schools, streets, research institutions, minor human space colonies, et cetera, et cetera, named after Zefram Cochrane. None of this is mutually exclusive with naming an explorer after him; we've already named at least one other explorer after a great scientist.

[On the other hand, I can think of other names I'd prefer over Cochrane for an explorer]
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Einstein does have a transuranic element named after him.
 
Briefvoice said:
Just as an FYI, barring a recruitment drive we won't be crewing/naming any new Explorer Excelsiors until 2313. At which point this entire naming discussion will be re-litigated again from scratch.

I mean, if this amuses you go ahead, but it's not a "next quarter" decision.
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Well, I originally brought it up in the context of naming cruisers, not Excelsiors, and we do have some cruisers coming up soon.

KnightDisciple said:
Einstein does have a transuranic element named after him.
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Okay, point, that's sort of like having a unit of measurement named after you... sort of. Although all those names go to people involved in subatomic physics, so it's a smaller competition pool. Glenn Seaborg was a great guy, but he'd never have gotten his own unit.

But as I implied, Einstein would probably have a standard unit of measure named after him (as opposed to a random obscure useless unit), if he hadn't been born 'too late.'
 
Mad science guns: pulling the trigger voids the warranty, but one way or another the look on someone's face will be worth it.
 
trooperist said:
I still can't get over that there's a race out there that make the Gaeni of all people say "These guys are crazy!".
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To be fair, that may have more to do with how they do things than with what they do. The whole "turbocharge people's brains and watch it kill them within a decade, because we're afraid of smart computers" may seem insane to the Gaeni, for instance.

Also, we've seen very little to make us believe the Gaeni are less vulnerable to hypocrisy than humans are...

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Nice job. Didn't know the Lecarre were that far behind technologically. Makes you think how they manage to pull off all these ambushes and kidnappings.
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They're smart; given the technological tools they can do anything we could do with the same tools. And even 2200s medical technology lets them have marvelous surgical and medical abilities.

But their overall technological infrastructure is weak, probably because the constant paranoia and obsession with secrecy makes it hard for them to actually get anything done. I imagine that Lecarre scientists working independently would take more time to achieve a given result than humans of equal intelligence and with equally good tools- because the Lecarre are running around trying to keep secrets and hoard potentially useful information. They presumably have institutions that let them bypass the secrecy/spying nonsense enough that their society can function, but I doubt that "working together to build and invent stuff" is one of their strong suits.
 
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