Naming Ships

[Atrocities]

I don't really know how many of you name your ships as they are constructed, but I would hope to say that some of you do.

I do. I find that it adds a lot of realization to the game, and gives me something to write about as these ships pass thru time and space.

I recently lost one of my ships, the RSS Yorktown. She was the second of the Enterprise Class Battlecruisers constructed during the war I was having with the Rebel Alliance. The Yorktown was a pivital ship in the destruction of the Rebels, and held the honor of making the most first contacts in my empires history.

After 200 turns, (20 years) she was destroyed by a bad warp point into a massive black hole system.

It was odd the feeling I had when I realized that I was about too loose a ship that had done so much for my empire. All of the ships that came before her say for the Enterprise had fallen. The Enterprise was recalled to our homeworld and mothballed for pasterities sake. She was 202 turns old, or 20.2 years old. The oldest ship in my fleet and empire that spanned nearly 400 turns, or 40 years.

SO ya, if you name your ships, and are able to keep them around for a long time, when they are lost, you feel as if you have lost a peace of your empire. An important, peace to be sure.