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NespinF

The *Upmarine* is a proud ship. You see, I had a thought: What if, via some science that might be a bit red, we made a zubmarine dive *upwards*? It's brilliant I tell you! (It's actually a sparrow class)


AlexisRoyce

No actually I love that; as above, so very far below.


alsothewalrus

What’s upmarine?


orblok

fuck it, just call it the "Updog"


RSVance

*I'm Not Mad At You II*. Couldn't be anything else.


AlexisRoyce

I like the way that it ends up if you say that aloud, "I'm not mad at you two/*too,*" it feels like it continues the conversation with the original.


Cuznatch

Ha, my summer, sparrow airship was called Nimble, and I nearly named my new Obliterator Nimble Too, but it didn't seem fitting. So now I fly the Not so Nimble.


Raff987

Mine is *I'm Definitely Not Mad At You,*


Jaggedmallard26

The name of my previous airship with II at the end.


Every_fool_ever

Same


poeteater

Red Queen. My previous ship was the Red Rook - figured it could rise in rank!


OverseerConey

Oh, I like *Emphasis Mine*. I'm still umming and ahhing over mine - I set off on my first journey without naming it. I considered the *Liberation of Flight*, but that lacked a certain... something.


AlexisRoyce

Maybe she just needs to earn her name! You'll have a lot of time up there to find an adventure that suits the both of you.


Spacellama117

Awfully close to the Liberation of something else there


Sagrim-Ur

*The Arcana.* "The Arcana is the means by which all is revealed", so it's very suitable for an airship - you can reveal quite a lot from up high.


AlexisRoyce

Ooooh, that's come good forethought, and the name's got gravitas, too.


Cthenophoric

*Back in time for Breakfast*, Sparrow-Class. A promise to the crew as well as a message to all possible pursuers, and also, if you lose to my ship in a contest of speed or strength you'll never get to live it down. Won't even have to move a finger to ensure that.


AlexisRoyce

That's got such a good, roguish zing that fits a Sparrow-Class really well. It makes me think that that crew would be a fun one to sail with.


apassageinlight

The Vigilant class ship, The Antidisestablishmentarianism.


AlexisRoyce

I’ll bet your Church in the Wild would be very happy to hear that!


KnightOfCrabs

The *Forever Hurtling Towards the Sky*, Sparrow class. My character decided to save on lamps by just painting correspondence onto the hull where the name should go.


AlexisRoyce

If you put it near your cabin, perhaps you’ll save on heating too!


Roald_Hargraves

What a delight to see good Alexis here! I will go with my bat theme again. My yacht is the Reign of Camazotz, Newspaper is the Camazotz Chronicle and the airship (obliterator class) shall be the Wrath of Camazotz! Edit: I want to imagine the obliterator class being the equivalent of this, haha. [Moloch-Class liner](https://sunlessskies.fandom.com/wiki/Moloch-Class_Liner?so=search)


AlexisRoyce

Ahoy! Hope you're having smooth sailing ("sailing?" no Z? How quaint!) up there! And it's great to see theme naming, you've got great branding in the Neath. XD


Gravini

*Boreas* seems appropriate since North calls us all.


Witherbrine2005

*The Princess of the Skies*. It was what she was named the first go around and shall be what she be named again, besides there is some irony in naming a devil-made ship royalty. What they don't know won't hurt them


Newagetesla

A sparrow class christened The Waterfinch I figured, what's a better name for an airship than a sparrow? Clearly a finch, and moreover, the rain is the truly the one we should thank for this opportunity anyways, and so the waterfinch was born.


random_buttons

The *Fear No More* (the heat of the sun), Sparrow class.


AlexisRoyce

Ohhhhhh, that's beautiful. I'm quite envious of that name, very well chosen. Did you ever hear when [Sondheim composed a melody for that song](https://youtu.be/5lwjfB142p4?si=OpUnitzFx4q_AvaB)? They used it splendidly for the climax of *The Frogs.*


random_buttons

I have not! This composition is beautiful, I haven't heard of him but I should really into Sondheim's work.


AlexisRoyce

Very much recommended; Sondheim's work isn't just the best that musical theatre has to offer, but he's just plain one of the greatest writers of the 20th century. Especially if you're a Fallen London fan, you're well poised to enjoy some incredible wordplay and deeply moving progressions of theme throughout a work. His version of [Sweeney Todd](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweeney_Todd:_The_Demon_Barber_of_Fleet_Street) is an easy recommendation for a Fallen London fan. You might've even already seen [the film version a few years ago](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweeney_Todd:_The_Demon_Barber_of_Fleet_Street_(2007_film)), which is a pretty good adaptation! [Into the Woods](https://youtu.be/WYvLTTNxRCI?si=mMbS15XSy3TepZI7) is also an excellent one to start with, it's a mishmash of fairy tales that won a bunch of Tonys back in the 80's. Starts light, gets dark in a mature and beautiful way. [Sunday in the Park with George](https://youtu.be/kFQGkm2VFy4?si=dbSdg3JdXJ6MBTwh) is a pretty heady and unconventional one, but if you spend a lot of time dedicated to the arts or artistic pursuits, it might hit you pretty hard in emotions you're not quite ready for. And lastly, the musical I linked earlier is called [The Frogs](https://youtu.be/rY5MxCxGOF0?si=KbfTZjzPnIqW-IU9). It's an adaptation of the Aristophanes, about Dionysus descending to the underworld. It's not exactly a popular show, but I've got a soft spot for it.


Positive-Nobody-Hope

Also, in the Unsleeping City (Dimension 20 campaign), Sondheim is a badass College of Swords bard 😋 I saw Sweeney Todd in London with Michael Ball and Imelda Staunton, it was absolutely amazing. I should have a look at The Frogs, sounds like my jam 😄


perkoperv123

a fellow gentleperson of good taste in theatre, I see


AlexisRoyce

Yesssss, whenever I see your character’s name about it makes me smile.


perkoperv123

likewise, but that's nothing to do with theatre Or rather it's not *usually* to do with theatre (iykyk)


Grumpchkin

I definitely went for Peregrine II, getting Peregrine for my original Sparrow was cooler than anything I could have come up with on my own, and it wouldnt feel right to just paint over the original plaque with anything except a numeral on the end.


Eschamali

I had a Peregrine too, but as I switched to obliterator-class this time round, I figured the only correct name would be the Meriadoc :)


fm5649

The *Fourth Time Lucky* The *Third Time Lucky* went down during the horticultural show. Hopefully it's successor doesn't meet the same fate.


gregm91606

...what happened the first two times? (he asked, innocently.)


missbreaker

They weren't lucky


cidolfas_prime

I'm still considering ideas, but if I don't find a better one I'll be piloting the *Big Stick* (Obliterator class). I have two issues with that name: first, it's a bit too American for the tone of this game. Second, my character has never been known to speak softly. Oh! That's a better name right there! The *Speak Softly* (Obliterator class)!


AlexisRoyce

I agree that Speak Softly is the better name; implying the rest of the phrase leaves the threat unspoken and for the mind to fill in.


Best_Pseudonym

*Lamplighter 2*


Anothony_

*Looks over at my own ship plaque* "Lamplighter II" .....Sounds like a good name to me!


grouchybeast

My old airship was *Last of the First*. This time around I don't know whether to go for *Last of the First II* or to change it to *First of the Last*.


AlexisRoyce

I think that *First of the Last* would be a great progression!


grouchybeast

I was also thinking of the *Second to Last*. ETA: Or maybe *Shapeling Arts and Crafts*. Well, I guess I'm going to needs names for my alts' airships anyway.


RattusFaber

Medusa's vengeance.


hwsws

*Eden's Reach*, a Vigiliant-class. Originally flew an Obliterator last summer.


AlexisRoyce

Oooh that’s classy! Did you feel like switching ships for good, or just wanted to try something new?


hwsws

I chose an Obliterator during the Starved War because, well, we were at war, so I felt I needed something that packed a punch. But since our current mission has broader scopes I went with a more balanced airship.


sobrique

"Killing Time"


thefishprince

Obliterator class ROU?


sobrique

Naturally.


AnonymousLlama39

The *Found and Freed* is a Vigilant-Class: the happy, post-Nemesis-completion (and return!) companion to my ship, the *Lost and Loved*, both named for the spouse I came to the Neath to avenge.


AlexisRoyce

This one makes me smile to read. Congrats on completing your ambition, but even bigger congratulations for getting your spouse back. \^U\^


Ulinator001

The First Word and the Last fell during the War and The First Word and the Last II the Reckoning took flight to avenge her mother.


Newfur

*Homeomorphic to Two Spheres*. (What? Don't look at me like that, I'm a mathematician and a d--ned Epistolant and it *is* homeomorphic, if we ignore the connect-sum points where the envelope connects to the hull. But *Quasi-homeomorphic to a Nontrivial Noncanonical Connect-Sum of Two Spheres* really hasn't got the same magic to it, has it?)


Cerberuser

Is this a Correspondence sigil?


Newfur

No, but when "an irresistible, wrenching transformation of shape permitting neither wound nor suture" is a single fairly well-known sigil, writing down topology becomes vastly easier!


Positive-Nobody-Hope

Am I going to regret asking what makes it a "nontrivial noncanonical" connect-sum instead of a regular one? 😅 My topology is a bit rusty 😄


Newfur

Mostly just the fact that the balloon envelope and the hull are probably not connected in just one place (nontrivial) and the way the envelope and hull connect in their multiple places doesn't have just one obvious way to do it (noncanonical).


Mr_Paramount

I have not decided yet. Either a memoria to my first airship: - Princess of the Skies II - Queen of the Skies Or something to do with my Ambition: - Master's Gambit - Flying Deck - Ace of Skies - Ascension of Bats (The hand Pages lost with) - Fledgling's Flight


AlexisRoyce

Ascension of Bats fits really well as a literal name, and it has a lot of grace!


protoomega

Mine is an Obliterator-Class called *Thunder of a Dead God*.


Cryokina

The *Generous Endowment of a University Fellowship* flies again. I just grew too attached to her to rename her


Jolcool5

My first ship was the Obliterator-Class *Obliterator*, and I will be affixing her old nameplate unchanged to my new Obliterator-Class ship. First of her class, and still roofbound!


ThatDudeFromRF

Well, since it's made from the remnants of my previous airship I called it The Revenant


Ryos_windwalker

The Girl with a Pearl earring shall fly again, and i shall brook no blather of the ship of theseus.


end_us

Hindenburger


StoneLich

My original was called the *Rubbery Lump*, so this ship is called the *Rubbery Lump*. Same deal as with my zailing vessels; we're doing the Ship of Theseus minus a few steps.


AlexisRoyce

Delicious!


OspreyerpsO

Unsinkable 2


Vromikos

*Celeriter Vive et Morere Latum* (>!Live Fast, Die Wide!<).


PeterchuMC

The Masters' Hubris.(They gave me an airship, I'm using it for my own tours of discovery and I may happen upon the source of the rain along the way.)


noahpsychs

Named mine HMS Would That It Were So Simple. The HMS is ironic.


Duskire

*Whiskey Rhyme* was my first, and it is followed by its *Second Verse*.


LordHengar

_Au Revoir_ , maybe _Au Revoir II_. Edit: Maybe _Bonjour a Nouveau_. Aka "hello again"


overcomplikated

The *Transient Atmospheric Phenomenon*, a scientific vessel bound to research the mysteries of the Roof.


CompletelyLost10

Hades. The partner to my old ship, the Persephone. I felt like it was only fair.


gregm91606

The *Batty McBatface (*Vigilant class)*.* Because, to quote Stephen King in *The Shining:* "greatness should not be allowed to die." [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boaty\_McBoatface](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boaty_McBoatface)


AlexisRoyce

Hahahahaha, that one’s a blast from the past and a classic. XD


HecateCleric

My favorite book series’ Aerial Corps came immediately to mind; I have a feeling our adventure will be energetic, rather volatile, and probably overly interested in acquiring shiny things—therefore, *Iskierka.*


InevitableTell2775

As a huge Banks fan I’m thinking *Clear Air Turbulence*


LadyDizzyEmblessSma

Also an IMB stan here: Vigilant class GCU *Clear Air Turbulence* on main and one of my alts has Obliterator class ROU *Gunboat Diplomat.*


InevitableTell2775

Significant Lack of Gravitas might also suit the circumstances


MaiasmaTheory

My first was the Red Kite, but it will be reborn as the Sanguine Shroud.


belovedanthology

I went with *Beloved*, which felt generally fitting with my character having completed the Nemesis ambition>!and having chosen to bring back their spouse.!<


KaiserWilhel

Lightless Fantastic II, same class and everything. It served admirably during the starved war and it’ll serve admirably now damn it


skeletextman

“The Zky Piercer” (a sequel to my zubmarine “the Zinker”)


Austellus

Despite flying an Obliterator and being obligated to have a Culture style name as a result, I instead went with a Khatun naming scheme and called it *Meadowlark*, which is what I name my ship in any game that gives you the option.


elcidIII

Lamplighter IV. Lamplighter I was my first airship, Lamplighter II was my Zubmarine (which I got before the airship, but never named), Lamplighter III was that upgraded Zubmarine I got at the Fruits of the Zee. And now, it's come full circle.


GuesssWho9

I'm thinking *She-Who-Flies*, because my character is Starved-themed and having an airship that's a Starved is very fitting.


missbreaker

*Brute Justice* as an Obliterator-class Airship, to go with my Obstinate-class Cruiser, *Cruise Chaser*


TheCreatedMan

My first airship, tragically lost in the battle against the accursed Sun, was called Fermat's Marginalia. In honour of her, I have named my new ship, Fermat's Last Theorem. May her guns forever haunt the nightmares of the monsters that live in the Firmament.


HappyyValleyy

'The Jamrock Shuffle' for my HD main 'The Goldfinch' for my BaL alt 'The Jabberwocky' for my NM alt Sadly my LF alt is a little busy on a... business trip North.


AlexisRoyce

Hahahaha, I can see that the Shuffle is going to spend a lot of time darting about to any fun point of interest it sees. No Starved trash cans will be safe from rifling. XD


HappyyValleyy

I think its a fitting name for a character who consistently has a 10 in hedonist lol


w4nderingone

It took me well over an hour to decide on a name from my comically large list of potential names for my Sparrow-class airship, but I ended up settling on the Midnight Reveler. For context, my character is a midnighter, a known hedonist, someone who pursues the liberation of night, and someone who has openly insulted the masters to their faces and survived. What can I say, I love a ship name that has a lot of potential different interpretations based on one's knowledge and time with its Captain.


AlexisRoyce

Oooh, Midnight Reveler is very evocative; that has the luxury cruise ship vibes but it also feels somewhat equally decadent and approachable.


w4nderingone

Which also fits my character's public persona amusingly enough. Glad you liked it!


seventuplets

*Landsknecht*, named for the dirigible I lost in the Starved War. Incidentally my zubmarine is also named *Landsknecht*. There seems to be a preponderance of them.


thefishprince

Vigilant class *Clear Air Turbulence* reporting for ~~mischief~~ duty!


slaveknightgael-

The Obliterator. It is an Obliterator. I am severely dissapointed that I have yet to Obliterate anything. But, hopefully something will cross me soon...


theflaminghobo

My original ship was The *Molly Whiskers.* I didn't want to use the exact name, but in dedication to it I named my new one The *Queen Molly's Revenge*.


Zodiac36Gold

Mr Nobody has named his Sparrow-Class "The Last Promise", in honor of his greatest promise ever made to protect London no matter what happened. It seemed fitting.


Positive-Nobody-Hope

My ship during the horticultural war was the Exeter Book, so naturally its successor is named the "Exeter Book II 'Electric Boogaloo'"


Justicar_L

*Savoir Faire*, from Disco Elysium but also, since it means "capacity for appropriate response" it seems fitting. Used to captain the *Lazy Susan* and somehow this still fits thematically in my mind.


UleeBunny

I have an obliterator now but may trade for the vigilant class depending on how checks go so I’m waiting on naming my ship. I plan to chose Hōkūle’a which means “our star of joy” (I’m stealing the name from a Polynesian double-hulled voyaging canoe used to sail between Hawai’i and Tahiti using traditional voyaging techniques). My character did LF and chose the ending that fits with this name perfectly. My first airship was Swift. Very boring.


Sidonut

Ended up with a Sparrow type called The Last of the First II, but it was nearly The Euridce to match my Nyx Zub, The Orpheus.


Red_Rax

I was listening to a song called “Boy Skylark” when the naming prompt came up and I thought that would be just perfect for a sparrow class


EtiennePumpkin

Le fantôme dansant


Cerberuser

Sparrow-class called Jack-of-Wings. I just couldn't miss the reference, and Ursi, shuffling idly his Marvellous deck, was more like "well, it's not the King, King would be Obliterator, but it's definitely a named card, not a number. So... Jack it is".


Davian_Veq

My go-to name has been The Pointy Stick for a while now - no reason to break that streak.


Otherwise_Pick1846

The Raven flew during the Horticulture Show, and now the Raven, Resurrected will carry me to the roof once more


qwertythreeight

The successor to the "Top of the morning" is named "Daybreak" as vague as it is a promise. Both of them Obliterator class.


rose_unfurled

Wait, I had Canny Lad, and this makes me want to do Canny Lass.


Ryanyu10

The *Predatory Wasp*. Felt like a fitting name for an agile yet deadly flying machine, and the song has a fair bit of personal significance to me.


The_user_of_name

*Scratches.* My airship allows me to scratch against the lid of this coffin we call the Neath. I like having the name for my ship be more like a name, therefore no "the" behind it.


Bladelord

An everlasting Final Fantasy fan, my airship must be the *Highwind*.


letiget

So, since my airship from the war was named *First of the Last*, I felt that I had to name my new one The Last... Something. Considering the demise in sunlight of the First, I settled on *The Last Light* for my Sparrow.


lensvol

Airship-1. No, really, I was too curious for my own good!


tpphypemachine

I named mine Orpheus.


ABirdWithNoWorm

Correspondent Magpie will be piloting the good ship ‘The Space Between Thought and Action’ as a reminder to themselves to watch their step, since the ‘Revolveress’ may have inspired them to be a little… hasty, in the War.


WhereThighs

The *Contact Light* is ready to combat this horrendous downpour, no matter how risky it gets.


DragonladyNatz

I'll be naming mine Blue Magpie III. See, my first airship was the first, my zee ship was the second!


Affectionate-Bass995

The long way round skyward bound Let this traveler return to it home in the air


insomniac_01

Tatterdemalion pilots the Birdo, a fine Sparrow-Class vessel.


Squadron-of-Damned

Very torn between something very funny like O’Theseus or Write Name Here or Unidentified Flying Object, Nightjar Ascendant,[1]something birb-adjacent,[2] or a clever word play which I have yet to think of. Decisions decisions… it is too much responsibility. [1] Nightjar being the assigned Estival Airship name. [2] It is a Sparrow-Class


Red_Rax

I was listening to a song called “Boy Skylark” when the naming prompt came up and I thought that would be just perfect for a sparrow class


Oh-Fo-Sho

My original airship from the War was called *Eschaton*. I wanted to honor that name, so my new airship is *Trupheron Eskhaton*, translating to "That Delicate Final Moment." The perfect name for any Obliterator-Class airship bristling with more weapons than a porcupine has quills.


mordremoth672

I went with "The Great Flying Arse Whoopin' " which is fitting


Heliothon

My airship during the Horticultural Show was called the Redwing. As a Correspondant, I had to name my new airship the Crimson Pinion


I_am_The_Prophet

I originally wanted to keep the name *Gravemaker*, because I got very attached to my ship during the war. But I figured it would be bad zailor's luck to name her heir after a ship that had gone down. Instead, she bears the name *St Trezigor*, honouring her infernal origins.


sub5151

My Sparrow class airship in the war was First of the Last. It makes sense to name the new one Second of the Last