# Name that fictional ship! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 5, 2007, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914 "2007-05-05T19:33:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 13
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2007, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/241 "2007-05-12T23:21:36Z")
[QUOTE=Matt Holck] The Moon Dragon was purchased by Tip He was captain of it on it’s vergin voyage to the Moon Thenna(pure magic) was woven into the sales Sol took the wheel after Tip left and had many adventures afterward. [/QUOTE] que? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_Wright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Steve\_Wright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_Wright)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2007, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/242 "2007-05-12T23:22:54Z")
[QUOTE=Tuckerfan] Ayup. Wish I could find those strips online, as the art samples I’ve seen from it look fantastic. [/QUOTE] Well, they’re [reprinting them](http://www.titanbooks.com/dandare.html) … _Alice Liddel_ - is that the ship from Colin Greenland’s _Take Back Plenty_? ---
**Author:** ![Matt\_Holck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Matt\_Holck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Matt_Holck)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2007, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/243 "2007-05-12T23:39:47Z")
[QUOTE=Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor] que? 😕 [/QUOTE] The Moon Dragon 1 was a series of 19? episodes of a college D & D game ---
**Author:** ![kivvik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/cdc98d/32.png) [@kivvik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kivvik)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2007, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/244 "2007-05-13T06:49:11Z")
[QUOTE=Boulter’s Canary] Some pretty obscure ones: _Oenone_ [/QUOTE] The _Oenone_ is a voidhawk, a type of starship/being from Peter F. Hamilton’s The Reality Dysfunction, Part 1: Emergence. ---
**Author:** ![Strain\_of\_Thought](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3be4f8/32.png) [@Strain\_of\_Thought](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strain_of_Thought)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2007, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/245 "2007-05-13T08:04:26Z")
_Cloak of Untrammeled Dignity_ - Well, this is some sort of massive orbital defence platform above the Tausennigan O’benn homeworld in Howard Tayler’s webcomic, Schlock Mercenary. Reading down the thread, I really thought I was gonna get to call the Rhabwar, but somebody beat me to it. Here’s a few more, roughly in order of ascending difficulty. _Ship_ _Uwanna Byer_ UNS _Hibernia_ _Gantrithor_ _Questor’s Promise_ _Switchblade Honey_ (Hint: “Bollocks!”, in space!) ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2007, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/246 "2007-05-13T11:04:14Z")
\*Switchblade Honey \* - Starship from the graphic novel of the same name (Ellis/McKinney) _UNS Hibernia_ - Starship from Nicholas Seafort’s “Hope” Series _Gantrithor_ - space carrier in Starcraft _Shp_ - Reboot! ---
**Author:** ![Boulter\_s\_Canary](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Boulter\_s\_Canary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boulter_s_Canary)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2007, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/247 "2007-05-13T15:20:31Z")
[QUOTE=kivvik] The _Oenone_ is a voidhawk, a type of starship/being from Peter F. Hamilton’s The Reality Dysfunction, Part 1: Emergence. [/QUOTE] Yep. ---
**Author:** ![Strain\_of\_Thought](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3be4f8/32.png) [@Strain\_of\_Thought](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strain_of_Thought)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2007, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/248 "2007-05-13T23:38:42Z")
[QUOTE=labtrash] \*Switchblade Honey \* - Starship from the graphic novel of the same name (Ellis/McKinney) _UNS Hibernia_ - Starship from Nicholas Seafort’s “Hope” Series _Gantrithor_ - space carrier in Starcraft _Shp_ - Reboot! [/QUOTE] Well dang, maybe I should have said in order descending difficulty. I always thought Switchblade Honey was really obscure, and I thought not too many people here would have played through Starcraft. That’s not the '_Ship_ ’ I’m thinking of though. ---
**Author:** ![MarcusF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/67e7ee/32.png) [@MarcusF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MarcusF)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2007, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/249 "2007-05-14T13:38:55Z")
Have I missed it or will somebody please put me out of my misery re the _Pathfinder_? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2007, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/250 "2007-05-14T16:00:56Z")
Dunno about _Pathfinder_. Sorry. These were still unanswered after I earlier posted them, so here you go: USS _Cunningham_ - An advanced U.S. Navy stealth destroyer from a series of near-future naval warfare novels; the author’s name escapes me. _Sutherland_ - HMS _Sutherland_ was one of Hornblower’s commands; on ST:TNG, the USS _Sutherland_ was a _Nebula_-class starship briefly commanded by Data. USS _Truman_ - A starship mentioned in passing on ST: DS9 as the former assignment of a mentally-disturbed Vulcan. _Surak_ - The Vulcan shuttle which brings Spock to the _Enterprise_ in ST:TMP. Try these: _Lady Macbeth Villaneuve’s Revenge_ USS _Melbourne_ USS _Indianapolis_ - a real ship, prominently mentioned in a work of fiction. ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2007, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/251 "2007-05-14T16:40:53Z")
The _USS Indianapolis_ was mentioned in _Jaws_ ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2007, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/252 "2007-05-14T16:50:05Z")
The _USS Melbourne_ was destroyed at Wolf 359 in ST:TNG ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2007, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/253 "2007-05-14T17:12:07Z")
[QUOTE=MarcusF] Have I missed it or will somebody please put me out of my misery re the _Pathfinder_? [/QUOTE] _P.R.S. Pathfinder_ was mentioned in _Space Cadet_ by Robert A. Heinlein. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2007, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/254 "2007-05-14T17:15:08Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] USS _Melbourne_ [/QUOTE] Destroyed at Wolf 359. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2007, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/255 "2007-05-14T17:33:44Z")
Correct as to both the _Melbourne_ and the _Indianapolis_. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2007, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/256 "2007-05-14T19:25:22Z")
Here’s a couple more: _Cortez_ _Admiral Zheng He_ ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2007, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/257 "2007-05-14T20:09:44Z")
The USS _Cortez_ was mentioned in a DS9 episode (as was the USS _Malinche_), and I recognize the great Chinese admiral’s name, but don’t remember a fictional ship named after him. ---
**Author:** ![kivvik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/cdc98d/32.png) [@kivvik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kivvik)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2007, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/258 "2007-05-14T22:47:48Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Try these: _Lady Macbeth Villaneuve’s Revenge_ [/QUOTE] Both are starships(mechanical) from Peter F. Hamilton’s The Reality Dysfunction/The Neutronium Alchemist/The Naked God series. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2007, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/259 "2007-05-15T04:55:05Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] The USS _Cortez_ was mentioned in a DS9 episode (as was the USS _Malinche_) [/QUOTE] Not the Cortez I was thinking of. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2007, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914/260 "2007-05-15T14:37:15Z")
[QUOTE=Tuckerfan] _P.R.S. Pathfinder_ was mentioned in _Space Cadet_ by Robert A. Heinlein. [/QUOTE] I was reading that a couple months ago, so now I know why I felt I should know it. :smack: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-fictional-ship/402914.md?page=14)