Thinking about Stars Without Number and ship names.


Thinking about Stars Without Number and ship names. I think meteorological phenomena make great ship names. Like the Clear Air Turbulence from the Culture novels.

Let's see:
The Cyclonic Rotation
The Polar Vortex
The Tropical Depression
El Nino
The High Pressure Front

Pic from:
http://th01.deviantart.net/fs13/PRE/i/2007/063/5/6/Clear_Air_Turbulence_In_hanger_by_bluwolf22.jpg

Comments

  1. Andrew ShieldsJanuary 24, 2014 at 8:03 AM

    Wind Shear. Cold Front. Winter Mix.

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  2. Bret GillanJanuary 24, 2014 at 8:07 AM

    Derecho
    Dust Devil
    Foehn Wind
    Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability
    Novaya Zemlya Effect
    Raining Animals
    Sun Dog
    Zud

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  3. Casey G.January 24, 2014 at 8:09 AM

    Bret Gillan looked up "meteorological phenomena" on wikipedia like I did!

    Sun Dog is especially good.

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  4. Bret GillanJanuary 24, 2014 at 8:10 AM

    I like to think I'm the only one who knows about Wikipedia so I look particularly clever.

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  5. Andrew ShieldsJanuary 24, 2014 at 8:12 AM

    Bret Gillan If you were transplanted to 1982 with a netbook hooked up to the 2014 internet, you could be a vigilante superhero! You'd probably have to fight the Yakuza with uzis and Chinese stars.

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  6. Casey G.January 24, 2014 at 8:33 AM

    I think Tropical Depression is my favorite. 
    "Guys, I can't handle space anymore. I'm just gonna land on this planet and take a nap."

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  7. Andrew ShieldsJanuary 24, 2014 at 8:43 AM

    Casey Garske Yeah, that ship would be the size of the Millennium Falcon, but with a bar setup like the Enterprise lounge in Next Generation. =)

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  8. Lex LarsonJanuary 24, 2014 at 8:56 AM

    I'm fond of "Sun Dog" with "Freezing Rain" a good second.  "Freezing Reign" perhaps?

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  9. Casey G.January 24, 2014 at 9:02 AM

    Google autoawsomed this picture:
    http://goo.gl/ziXmVi

    Now it's the "Chance of Flurries."

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  10. Lex LarsonJanuary 24, 2014 at 9:03 AM

    I love the autoawesome'd version.

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  11. John DavisJanuary 24, 2014 at 1:27 PM

    Rear Inflow is probably a poor choice for a ship name but it does fit the criteria.

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