Page 2 of 4
Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2006 7:09 pm
by EdBecerra
I think there's a name you've all forgotten.
The name of a noble ship, one that rightly deserves to live on throughout history, a ship captained by a man who'll live in legend and song for as long as there are ships.
To sail on a dream on a crystal clear ocean
To ride on the crest of a wild raging storm
To work in the service of life and the living
In search of the answers to questions unknown
To be part of the movement and part of the growing
Part of beginning to understand...
He was a noble man, and it was a noble ship.
Call Quentyn's ship the
Calypso.
Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2006 7:48 pm
by The JAM
Drako
Dryfooter
Mirage
Nebulosa
Nebula
Airth & Sky
Intrepid
Daring
Suicidal Insanity 
Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2006 7:57 pm
by BrockthePaine
Heart of Gold
Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2006 8:15 pm
by Shadowthunder
Silver Hope. Im not very creative.
Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2006 8:20 pm
by Earl McClaw
EdBecerra wrote:Call Quentyn's ship the Calypso.
That presumes the Rac Conan know of
the word.
John Denver wrote:Aye, Calypso, the places you've been to
The things that you've shown us
The stories you tell.
Aye, Calypso, I sing to your spirit
The men who have served you
So long and so well.
(Refrain from the
song.)
More possibilities:
Questor
the Quest
the Sprite (after all, it's got all the latest stealth)
Outward Bound
Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2006 8:48 pm
by DragonMasterHawk
I'm a fan of the White Stag suggestion.
But I'd also put forth the name, The Forelock.
Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2006 8:49 pm
by Tom Mazanec
How about the Dawn Treader? Or is that copyrighted?
Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2006 8:50 pm
by Zorro
Questors Promise
Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2006 9:09 pm
by Dapple
Aaaaand he's off.
Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2006 11:35 pm
by MikeVanPelt
DragonMasterHawk wrote:I'm a fan of the White Stag suggestion.
Me too. That struck me as perfect when I saw it in a previous message. It fits Quentyn's world, not something from our world.
Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2006 11:49 pm
by Kerry Skydancer
Yeah. Too many of the names are famous -here-, not -there-. Have to fit what he's doing.
White Stag
Freedom Downs
Quest
Debt of Honor
Free Trader
Posted: Tue Jul 04, 2006 4:52 am
by Squeaky Bunny
Rillcreek's Dream
Posted: Tue Jul 04, 2006 5:01 am
by Reignbow
I don't think they'd give the ship a really pretentious name like "Enterprise", "Endeavor" or "Invincible" - at the end of things, it's a private contractor setting out on a gathering mission, not the launch of a great fleet of explorers. I think appropriate names for the situation would be either something purpose-bound or something whimsical.
So, in that light:
Retriever
Freeman
Quest
Sky High
Little Big Killer
Also, I'd really like to second "Rillcreek's Dream" - it's accurate, sounds good and has a delicious amount of whimsy.
Posted: Tue Jul 04, 2006 6:18 am
by Webkilla
After playing The Ur'Quan Masters a little last night I came up with a little idea/blatant ripoff:
"The Inevitably Successfull Under All Circumstances"
I mean, we know that all Quentyn has to do is 'try' and the village is saved - if he return with some artifacts, good for him, if he returns at all, even better, if he doesn't return then we'll... uhm.. dunno... but no matter what, he will be 'succesfull' in saving the village...
Posted: Tue Jul 04, 2006 6:20 am
by BrockthePaine
But it's not Rillcreek's anymore, that's the big problem...
Posted: Tue Jul 04, 2006 9:01 am
by Squeaky Bunny
BrockthePaine wrote:But it's not Rillcreek's anymore, that's the big problem...
So? It was his dream to build and fly it. Even though he is not the owner now and not going on the voyage, it still remains his dream and is a good way to honor his contribution to saving the village.
Posted: Tue Jul 04, 2006 9:04 am
by Kitwulfen
Dreamsail
Mistfoil
Posted: Tue Jul 04, 2006 10:57 am
by Rokas
Hmm, after today, how about Discovery?
Posted: Tue Jul 04, 2006 2:14 pm
by BlasTech
The Honour Repaid
(has the nifty initials HR so you can call also it the HR department
)
Posted: Tue Jul 04, 2006 3:28 pm
by DracoDei
White Stag is a LITTLE pretensious... OTOH it probably isn't bragging if you actually DID earn the title.
"White Stag's Kiss" ?
What I HAVEN'T seen in all the entries so far is something that sums up the idea of re-establishing contact with the wider word... Quentin's ambassidorship, even if only in an unofficial capacity. Not that this is
necessarily what he would want to emphasize, but when brain-storming it is best to cover all the approaches to a question.
Hmmmm....
"Ambassidor Ship" (A bit corny perhaps)
"Olive Branch"
"Wound's Healing" ? (healing the wounds between humans and the Rac Conan Diamh)
"Peace-hope"
"Whisp of Hope"
"Dove-Owl" (Peace and stealth... a timid and shy dream)
"Trust's Resurrection"
"Hidden in the Drying Rushes" (A reference to the spies in Jericho, calling to mind both traveling above the clouds (or just very high up) to avoid notice and also to finding the few humans who would be welcoming toward him as Rahab was)
"Cloud-Dream of Reconsiliation"
(Name it after... I can't remember the guy's name, but the one who went forth with a lantern, looking for an honest man.)
"Breath of the Dove"
"Breath of Peace"
"The Cautionous Hand of Peace"
"Fear-Ender"
"Seeker of the New Dawn"
"Hate's Bane"
"The Other Cheek"
"Rac Conan Daimh's Return"
"New Dawn"
"Fear's Ending"
"Sojourner"
"Dove's Innocence (, Serpent's Craftiness)" (Only tell most people the FIRST half of the name
... a reference to one of Jesus's instructions to his followers when he sent them forth)
Unrelated:
"Freedom's Choice" (How he picked this course, of his own free will to save the Freedom of others, in contrast to the aristocratic ways of most humans)