The Ancient Gaming Noob brought up an interesting subject: do you name your ship ?
From what I remember I have always named my ships, except maybe some disposable shuttles. I started out naming them (or at least the bigger ones) after star trek ships. There is some wiki out there that lists quite a few. Then I used a list of uss aircraft carrier ships (USS Kitty Hawk is kinda cool), but that got a bit lame as well.
Now I just use whatever comes up 
. My raven is still named Phoenix, most of my haulers something silly like The AFK Hauler. Omber Homber, or NomNomNom for Hulk or Retriever.
#1 by Shirrath on December 3, 2008 - 2:12 pm
It depends. If I’m expecting to lose the ship soon, it isn’t worth the trouble to come up with a witty name.
However, ships that I expect to keep for quite some time do get names. When I do name them, I tend to stick into a theme: For example, the last 3 Drakes I had were named Trader’s Folly, Gambler’s Compulsion and the Victim’s Guilt.
#2 by Zapatero on December 3, 2008 - 3:13 pm
In a game where there is so little opportunity to make yourself visibly unique, naming your ship is about all you can do to mark the ship as your own.
#3 by Ombey on December 4, 2008 - 10:36 am
Yep, I always name my ships. I like to have a theme for them, and the obvious army/ war/ navy names just aren’t for me.
So I use London Underground station names
Works for me, and I have plenty to chose from
#4 by Mirk on December 8, 2008 - 12:40 pm
I try to find a good name and then number them if I happen to lost them.
(The awesome cloud I, The awesome cloud II, etc)