What if corporations ruled the Federation? What starship names would be given?

[Deja Q]

USS Best Buy
USS Norpac
USS HealthPartners
USS Renault (err, would you believe the USS Kia instead? :evilrgin: )


Forget names like "USS Crazy Horse" (Which was used in the Next generation series and the writer was a dunderhead because that designation is deemed offensive, oopsie...) when "USS Richard Nixon" is far more relevant. :evilgrin:

[Hugin]

1. It'd be sort of like auto racing I guess...

Anyone who'd pony up the cash would get a ship.

UFS Kraft

[mainegreen]

2. USS Pottery Barn.

A beat up old frigate with crush purple velvet drapes in the hall.

[Anarcho-Socialist]

3. Hmmmm...

USS Wal*Mart - Always low prices!
USS NBC Must See Thursday
Deep Space Nine will be renamed the 'Adidas Sports Space Center Nine' under the terms of a 99-year lease.
The Camp Khitomer Peace Accords, brought to you by Subway. Subway - eat fresh!
Due to a close tie-in between Starfleet Medical and private enterprise, the Emergency Medical Holographic program will give a two minute paid advertisement before any medical treatment is administered.

[trogdor]

5. EMH would resemble Smilin' Bob...

...the Enzyte guy.

[YankeyMCC]

4. USS iStarship nt

[hijinx87]

6. just look at football stadia and baseball parks.

it has already started. :mad:

[judaspriestess]

7. the mother ship would be the USS halliburton

USS enron is another one

[Conan_The_Barbarian]

8. In all honesty

selling of the naming rights of battleships isn't too bad of an idea hehe. I like iStarship as somone previously mentioned.

[WindRavenX]

9. why was Crazy Horse deemed offensive??

I'm pretty sure Trek writers are/were among the most educated in the biz.

[Deja Q]

11. The truth is in the middle...

I just prefer to think the starship would have been better if named "T‘ašunka Witko" rather than the name the white man gave unto him, but that's just my own two cents.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crazy_Horse

[WindRavenX]

12. thanks for the link

btw, I'm just getting into Star trek again. Great stuff.

[Deja Q]

13. Anytime! 'The Pegasus', BTW, is one of my all-time faves...

That one is from The Next Generation (season 7) and has the "Crazy Horse" reference. An absolutely great story, 'The Pegasus' is, but the actress who says the starship name seems less than enthused to say it. I wonder what she was thinking at the time.

[WindRavenX]

15. which series do you recommend I focus on?

I'm watching the original shit (with Shatner LOL) and having a BLAST. Saw "In the wink of an eye" and was greatly entertained.

Nice to see you around again :)

[Rabrrrrrr]

10. NCC 7-11

[XemaSab]

14. USS Benzoyl Peroxide

Targeted right at the audience. :D

[edbermac]

16. USS Hooters

Where do I enlist?

I'll do ANYTHING the captain tells me! :evilgrin:

[kedrys]

17. Do we know the names of any Ferengi ships?

'cause there's your corporation-run planet right there... :P

[Hippo_Tron]

20. I was about to ask the same question

[baldguy]

18. USS George H. W. Bush

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_George_Bush

[NewJeffCT]

19. Maybe like car names "The Toyota Camry" model, or the Mercedes S class starship

and so on...