Starting my new Game

[selek]

The Akira's always struck me as filling the same niche as the old big-gun cruisers and battlecruisers of WWI, WWII, and Korea.

In keeping with the class name, I tend to use Asian and/or Western Pacific names.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...isers_of_Japan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cruisers_of_Japan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Thai_Navy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...he_Indian_Navy

That having been said, I want to be there when you tell your crew you decided to name the ship Vikramaditya

Of course, since this is a Thunderchild mod, British cruisers and battlecruisers are an equally good choice:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...the_Royal_Navy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...the_Royal_Navy

For my money, the British Shannon stands out- despite the business with the U.S.S. Chesapeake during the War of 1812. Her captain, Philip Broke was as much scientist as soldier, and brought his ship and crew to an edge of perfection unmatched in that day and era.

Gunnery in that era was primitive: most combatants simply blazed away at their target in hopes of doing as much damage in as short a space of time as possible.

By contrast, the crew of the Shannon were taught to direct concentrated fire at the target's vulnerable areas (notably her rudder, gunports and quarterdeck/bridge) to disable the ship with comparatively "surgical" strikes.

[Fugazi Grrl]

There was a really good RPG out in the 80s that covered what they called the "Age of Sail", called Privateers & Gentlemen. It's ship-to-ship combat system, with a little work, could have made a pretty good system to use for Trek.

Captain Broke sounds like a Starfleet captain, trapped in another time.

Hmmmm... careful.... might give somebody an idea for another movie !

[The Tatterdemalion King]

In keeping with the class name, I tend to use Asian and/or Western Pacific names.

As opposed to the names of psychics or weapons of mass destruction? : P

[Owen E Oulton]

How about names of Samurai movies, a la Akira Kurosawa? The USS Seven Samurai sounds neat...

[Mason]

The Decipher books all have Native American names, which is interesting.

[The Tatterdemalion King]

How about names of Samurai movies, a la Akira Kurosawa? The USS Seven Samurai sounds neat...

You could get one level more referential and include a USS Magnificent and a USS Septimus...

[Mason]

I think that I'm going with the USS Achilles.

[Mason]

Finally after months of preparation and a last minute drop out and replacement of a player we started today.

The players had a blast, we only got to play for a bit due to the super bowl, but it was still awesome!

[Doug Taylor]

Our campaign is set on an Akira-class as well. We went with the U.S.S. Nez Perce.

Memory Alpha doesn't give a lot of names, but there are quite a few to select from in the Starships book, if you've got that.

[The Tatterdemalion King]

Our campaign is set on an Akira-class as well. We went with the U.S.S. Nez Perce.

Memory Alpha doesn't give a lot of names, but there are quite a few to select from in the Starships book, if you've got that.

Memory Beta has a listing of all the ship names from Armada, so there's plenty.

[Mason]

The player's made it to Romulus (peace treaty) with the Romulans in my game, signed after Shinzon's coup and a massive raid by the Borg they really enjoyed it.