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Post by vladsimpaler on Aug 20, 2009 0:42:55 GMT -5
I didn't even know that it was possible to have the accent marks, unless you use something like babel fish.
In any case, for the most part American ships seem to be historical landmarks, famous people, or places. I.e. "USS Jefferson, USS Washington, USS Adams, USS Carolina" or whatever.
Spanish-I agree with that.
French are kind of weird, they're a mix of a bunch of stuff. English is like HMS Conqueror, HMS Victory, stuff like that.
Pirates are...well, whatever really.
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Post by admiralb on Aug 20, 2009 1:37:21 GMT -5
actually with America we should try to include first names too...that's why the USS Jackson is so ambiguous on whether its real or not...no first name...unless USS Thomas Jefferson and USS James Madison...oh yeah, and state names can never go wrong really...USS Maryland, Vermont.
England, yeah, keep to powerful sounding nouns and adjectives...Defiant, Valiant, Powerful maybe throw in some Greek myth like HMS Icarus, Prometheus, Medea.
Pirates are just fun! they should sound threatening though for big ships, ie. Harbinger, Revenant...smaller ones can be basically whatever...just make 'em fun!
Spain is always fun to play with...maybe more that relate to gold, treasure, and sailing...one of my favs...Siglo de Oro...I believe it was Golden Age. and more 'Saints' like San Cristobal, Santa Ana, etc. there were tons of those...
you can do similar stuff with France as with Spain like just get an interesting phrase and translate it, maybe a bit of the English too, powerful sounding nouns/adjectives...maybe some French monarchy or Empire depending on time period...maybe some locations controlled by France...examples like Mont Blanc, Versailles, St. Michel, Rochefort
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Post by cannonfury on Aug 20, 2009 11:49:59 GMT -5
we should get the Notre Dame in there, that would be cool
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Post by Swift Nic on Aug 20, 2009 12:01:53 GMT -5
There is a useful list of 99 British Privateers from 1745 here: freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bldr/ships.htmlNote: these are not Royal Navy ships so no HMS's here. We had Privateers, John Company and armed merchants too. As a footnote it mentions " And about 100 privateers fitted out in our American colonies." So you can include American ships and crew pre 1772. I would guess that they would call themselves American even if they fought for Britain. Nic
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Post by cannonfury on Aug 20, 2009 12:19:45 GMT -5
so what, they would be HNS (hired navy ship)? what were they called?
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Post by admiralb on Aug 20, 2009 15:23:19 GMT -5
we did get a ship in MI called HMHV Plunder...maybe something similar?
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Post by cannonfury on Aug 20, 2009 16:40:15 GMT -5
his majesties hired vessel, right? i didn't collect much from MI (or SM, SCS, and SS)
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Post by admiralb on Aug 20, 2009 19:48:22 GMT -5
most likely what it stood for, at least that's what our group has always thought. although the time period would probably be "Her" Majesty's...but it really depends on your preference I guess...
...there are quite a few existing English ships that don't even have any kind of preceeding title...Cygnet from F&S for example...Aberdeen Baron, Pandora's Box, Bilge, Templar...and a number of others...so we really don't need any kind of HMS/HMHV per se...I guess it just makes them seem more English, right? although, I could go for some more HMHV ships, it was an interesting flavor that was never really explored as much as I'd like.
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Post by cannonfury on Aug 20, 2009 20:47:10 GMT -5
yeah, i dont feel that they're very "english" without an HMS or something like that
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Post by Harmon758 on Aug 23, 2009 18:27:38 GMT -5
I didn't even know that it was possible to have the accent marks, unless you use something like babel fish. You can get accent marks in numerous ways; not just babelfish. For example, you can use alt codes. You could also use a different translator such as Google translate. You could also install the Spanish keyboard on Windows. Another option is using word and insert symbol. There's hundreds of ways. And now you know. Lol, just felt like saying that. ;D
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Post by marhawkman on Aug 23, 2009 19:02:03 GMT -5
Yeah, holding down alt and typing in a 3 digit number on the numeric keypad can give you any character in ASCII. ¥ < that is the symobol for the Yen currency, it's number 157. ú < 163 ó < 162 í < 161 á < 160 ƒ < 159 (a letter from Latin)
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Post by Harmon758 on Aug 23, 2009 20:22:35 GMT -5
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Post by Swift Nic on Aug 26, 2009 11:29:29 GMT -5
so what, they would be HNS (hired navy ship)? what were they called? If they were not commissioned vessels in the Royal Navy, they would not have a prefix, certainly not HMS. I assume that the US Navy has a similar convention where only US Navy ships are prefixed USS ? Nic
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Post by cannonfury on Sept 3, 2009 21:59:57 GMT -5
alright, so i think we should come back here when all the stats are up and everythings ready for finishing touches
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Post by marhawkman on Sept 4, 2009 10:09:28 GMT -5
Didn't the British use HMHV sometimes? I know that one of the ships in the game has it.
(Her/his Majesty's Hired Vessel) IE it's not owned by the crown but works for the crown?
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