I wrote this up in an attempt to give the PC's of my campaign some idea of what a ship is by its name.
NaTC - Name
Names
Ar House Arabani
At House Atreus
BK Kindori Barbarians (often no name, but
rather general location tag)
Br Bral Navy
GA Gortharia Attack Navy
GD Gortharia Defensive Navy
Gi Giff Mercenary Navy (often with
addendum of employer)
GN (Generic) Groundling Nation
IE Imperial Elven Navy
IG Ironpiece Gnome Fleet
KF Korgeshian Rogue Fleet
KR K'r'r'r Navy
MC Mind Flayer Ceremorphic Fleet
MF Mind Flayer(s)
Mo House Moune
My House Mylyl
Ne Ragespace Necromancer's
NG Neogi Slavers
Or Ragespace Order of Life
Pi Pirate
Re Reigar Vessel
Si Sindaith Line
ST Scro Tarantula Fleet
SV Scro Vengeance Fleet
TH Thri-Kreen Purity Force
Ua Unallied
VL Valkan's (Mercenary) Legion (often
with addendum of employer)
Vo Vodoni Enforcer Navy
Wa Realmspace fleet of Wa
Yu Yuatja
Types
A Anomaly
B Beast
C Cargo-barge
D Wrecked/Disabled
E Enormous Fleet (31+ ships)
F Fleet-carrier
G Ghost-ship
H Hunter
L Large Fleet (16 to 30 ships)
M Medium Fleet (6 to 15 ships)
R Rogue-trader
S Squadron (2 to 5 ships)
T Trader
U Unidentified
W Warship
Class
F Flitter Tiny
S Scout Small
R Raider Medium
G Frigate Large
M Man-O-War Huge
C Cruiser Gargantuan
A Armada Colossal
N Unscaled Not-Classified
Here are some samples using the above names:
- AtTS Prayer of Souls
- Atreus Trader Scout "Prayer of Souls"
- STWA Hates Fury
- Scro Tarantula Fleet Warship Armada "Hates Fury"
- IELA Krynnish Defense Force
- Imperial Elven Navy Large Fleet Armada "Krynnish Defense Force"
- PiUN Rogue A
- Pirate Unidentified Unscaled "Rogue A"
The first two letters of eachs ships classification is the name of its owner/ground/race/whatever. The next singular letter is the type of ship, such as a cargo only vessel (ie no weapons), a trader (light weapons), a warship (lotsa weapons, enough supplies for normal deep space use), and hunter (stacked to the brim with weapons, and likely no more than a few days air and or food/water. The last is the size, based upon sizes given from Leroy's 3e Ship System, although I gave them names based on the old-style of the concordance/lorebook. I added N as "unscaled" for ships that have not been encountered/magically scryed etc, and some fleet designations for attack groups (such as small fleets etc). Obviously, the name of the ship comes afterwards. You'll note that some of the groups etc arent "core", such as the Illithid Ceremorphic Fleet (for example) - these are campaign specific, but for reference I've included a few standard groups like the IEN, Scro Tarantula Fleet, House Moune, and the Sindaith Line.
