Do any of you actually name your ships?

[Coal]

Only the large baseships and some of my large carriers. And somtimes an important defense base.

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Rules? What rules?

[Devnullicus]

I name them according to what class they are. i.e. when I upgrade them, I make sure I rename them to be the new class name. So, for example, Small Fighter I 0001 would become Small Fighter II 0001. But then, I'm boring =)

[Taqwus]

Not normally.

In one game, I did grant distinctive names to ships that'd distinguished themselves (for instance, by reaching Elite or Legendary status).

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-- The thing that goes bump in the night

[rdouglass]

I only individually name my ships that are very specific or expensive. For instance, many times I build a WP opener/closer with (obviously) a WP opener, a WP closer, and a SY. Another one is my Planet Seeders (Planet Destroyer / Creator / and SY). I usuualy name them and then I usually name them based on the section of the map they are designated to 'work' in. I rarely ever name other ships.

[Fred]

only the famous...

nothing better than a BLÜCHER stopping a whole enemy fleet or a legendary VINCENNES light cruiser stopping an enemy invasion...

Fred

[Dracus]

I name them once they complete a tour of duty.

[Suicide Junkie]

I merged a bunch of name files that somebody posted a while back, and I just skim that for names as each ship gets built.

I usually keep a small empire, with less than ten, (avg. 7) full-time, big & tough defence ships, and a small fleet in mothballs.

EG. in my Story game, I've got 6 "Ubernaught" BCs, and one operational "Blackhole" DN. All are named.