Ship Motto's

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The official motto of the USS Turing: "We can only see a short distance ahead, but we can see plenty there that needs to be done." --Alan Turing

What's your ship's official motto?

U.S.S. Mother Monster: "I Like Pushing Boundaries" -- Lady GaGa
U.S.S. Tina Fey: "Hi-Fiving a Million Angels" --Tina Fey
U.S.S. Jeff Winger: "...You have become something unstoppable. I hear by pronounce you a Community" --Jeff Winger

R.R.W. Stephen Sondheim: "By your pupils you are taught" --Oscar Hammerstein
R.R.W. Nippon: "Kimigayo"
R.R.W. Olympiad: "και σιδερένιο πλάσε και άξιο το κορμί" --The Olympic Anthem (And in our chests give us hearts of steel)

I.K.S. Real Housewives: "naDev 'e' wej ngeb" --Vicki Gunvalson, Matron of the House of Orange County (Here's to not being fake)
I.K.S. Ichihara Yuko: "There is no such thing as a coincidence in this world. There is only the inevitable." --Ichihara Yuko
I.K.S. Wicked: "No Good Deed Goes Unpunished" --Elphaba Thorp

USS Turing: "We can only see a short distance ahead, but we can see plenty there that needs to be done." --Alan Turing

IKS jagh chotwI': "Hegh Hoch jagh!"
(Death to all enemies)

USS Villavicencio: "Con muestras grandes de mucha amistad y querer la contratación de nosotros aficionados" --Sebastián Vizcaíno
(Showing large amounts of love and friendship we make devotees)

NOTE: Sorry for the rough translation of the USS Villavicencio. The quote is from 1602. Spanish, like English, has evolved since then. ;)

USS Sarajevo:
"For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others."
- Nelson Mandela

USS Causality:
"Time does not change us. It just unfolds us."
- Max Frisch

USS Phaeton:
"The history of liberty is a history of resistance."
- Woodrow Wilson

USS PHANTOM:
"Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success." – Henry Ford


I have modified this so that it would fit better with the theme of the forum and less about my particular mood. I hope the prior did not offend anyone.

*Hugs* Chris.

Being a complete warship (Fleet Armitage)

U.S.S. ODINSON - When the Lamb opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, "Come and see!" I looked and there before me was a pale horse! Its rider was named Death.

RRW Hello Kitty:

かわいいか
怖い船とか
どちらかな

Kawaii ka
Kowai fune to ka
Dochira kana

Do you think it's cute?
Or a terrifying ship?
I so wonder which.

...Yes, it's a haiku* that I wrote during my lunch break so it kind of sucks. Don't sue me or send this to my Japanese teacher.

*It's actually Senryuu but who's keeping track.

Ohh, this is a delightful Topic! :cheer:

USS Oberon, Luna Class:

Over hill, over dale,
Thorough bush, thorough brier,
Over park, over pale,
Thorough flood, thorough fire,
I do wander every where,
Swifter than the moon's sphere

-William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream

USS Nautilus, Temporal Science Vessel:

“We all have our time machines, don't we. Those that take us back are memories...And those that carry us forward, are dreams.”
― H.G. Wells

USS Aurora, Vesta Class:

“To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.”
― Alfred Tennyson

USS Edison, Regent Class Cruiser:

“When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this - you haven't.”
― Thomas A. Edison

USS Allegiant, Chimera Class Destroyer:

“War must be, while we defend our lives against a destroyer who would devour all; but I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers

U.S.S. Zia "Crescit eundo," 'It grows as it goes'
U.S.S. Enjolras "He makes no vain sacrifice who fights for a cause. All here are ready to die so that our brothers may live as free men. Liberty... sweet liberty... come fight with those who defend you."
U.S.S. Paradox "If I could turn back time"
U.S.S. Night Fury "L’âme ne se rend pas au désespoir sans avoir épuisé toutes les illusions." 'The soul does not give itself up to despair until it has exhausted all illusions.'
U.S.S. Vengeance "There is no fire like greed, No crime like hatred,No sorrow like separation,No sickness like hunger of heart, and no joy like the joy of freedom"
U.S.S. HephaestionLight dispels darkness. Wisdom dispels ignorance.
U.S.S. Silver Hammer"Bang! Bang!" or "Joan was quizzical..."

U.S.S. Ruane (Armitage escort carrier)
"Carpe nothis!" ("Get the bastards!")

R.R.W. Strigis (T'varo stealth bomber)
"If knowledge is power, then to be unknown is to be unconquerable."

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R.R.W. Strigis (T'varo stealth bomber)
"If knowledge is power, then to be unknown is to be unconquerable."

You played Birth of The Federation I'd wager ;)

I haven't played, only know the quote, but that is indeed what it's from. :D Well spotted.

U.S.S. Paradox-D Temporal Destroyer: "And the bartender Says 'We don't serve your kind here!' A Tachyon walks into a bar." Admiral Christopher "C Two" Fee-Cox Commanding

U.S.S. Shakuras Atrox Carrier: "We want chicken we want liver Meow Mix Meow Mix please deliver." Admiral M'Rokk Commanding

U.S.S. Onyxium Blade (Odyssey tac cruiser)- "Mottos? we don't got time for that stuff! i got a ship to run!" (my trill is a mercenary captain in the employ of Starfleet Intel) :P

U.S.S. Stronghold (captured Jem'Hadar Dreadnought)- "Holding back the tide, and at times, swimming with it" (Also with Starfleet Intel, my caitian is undercover in the Mirror Universe and the Prime universe)

I.K.S. Pride Sentinel (Vo'Quv carrier)- "To be a pride Sentinel is an honor, to die one is to become Legend"

I.K.S. Pride Mother (captured Mirror Vo'Quv carrier)- "Pride and Crew, both are precious, sacrifice neither"

R.R.W. Hatham'Laehval/Predator's Shadow (Scimiar Dreadnought)- "In darkness we thrive, and in darkness our enemies will find their grave"

R.R.W. Vaenair'Mhr'vaat/Fatal Hubris (Tulwar Dreadnought)- "The old Empire gave us the weapons to defend the New Republic, weapons we will give back to them one torpedo, one beam, one cannonshot at a time"

Horizon's Edge (Risian Corvette): "Too much money, too little time"

U.S.S. Dauntless (Support Cruiser Retrofit): "We shall not go quietly into the night!"

U.S.S. Hydra (Fleet Advanced Escort (Multi-Vector Capable)): "And for each head severed, two more would take it's place"

U.S.S. Paladin (Fleet Advanced Heavy Cruiser Retrofit): "Semper Stellaris"

U.S.S. Valiant (Fleet Tactical Escort Retrofit): "In battle, Valour, In death, Sacrifice"

U.S.S. Laminas Umbra (Temporal Science Vessel): "Ex Tempore, Scientia" (From Time, Knowledge)

U.S.S. Revelation (Temporal Destroyer): "Ego sum Alpha et Omega, principium et finis"(I am Alpha and Omega, The Beginning and the End)

U.S.S. Iliad (Odyssey Tactical Flagship Cruiser): "No matter how far you roam, your heart will remain at home"

U.S.S. Athena, Andorian Charal class Tactical vessel, Capt. Janice Lacy commanding: "This is a fighting ship. I intend to go in harm's way, and anyone who doesn't want to go along had better get off right now."

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Oh, this is fun - wonder how I've forgotten it.

Choosing a lot of Hindu mythology gives me a ton of source material to work with.

USS Varuna NCC-96815
धीरा तवस्य महिना जनूंषि वि यस्तस्तम्भ रोदसी चिदुर्वी
पर नाकं रष्वं नुनुदे बर्हन्तं दविता नक्षत्रम्पप्रथच्च भूम
"Wise is the world's creation through the greatness
Of him who fixed the earth and sky asunder,
And lifted up the spacious vault of heaven
Studded with stars, and earth beneath extended."
Rig Veda vii, 86, 1

USS Virabhadra NCC-93859
"The mountains tottered, and earth shook; the winds roared, and the depths of the sea were disturbed; the fires lost their radiance, and the sun grew pale; the planets of the firmament shone not, neither did the stars give light; the Rishis ceased their hymns, and gods and demons were mute; and thick darkness eclipsed the chariots of the skies."
Vayu Purana

USS Alexei Leonov NCC-93652
"Dear and intelligent people who decided to show all of humanity that we are different ... but can work together."

By Grabthar's Hammer-

Oh no, wait...

I honestly never put any thought into a ship's motto. The one "ship" to which I was ever assigned never had a motto, so it never occurred to me.

I think if I had to come up with one now, it would probably be for the U.S.S. Tannhauser Gate.

Semper Fi, do or die, MACO leads the way! Oorah!

An obvious corruption of a Marine Corps cadence (replacing "Raise em high at 8th and I.") and the Rangers motto (Rangers lead the way), since MACO is an incorporated Earth military organisation which likely saw the unification of the Marines and the Army as Starfleet is a likely unification of the Navy and the Air Force. (It's my little imaginary world, here, just roll with it. That and I was reaching, a bit.)

Why a MACO motto? The Tannhauser Gate is captained by the character whose biography involves him being pulled from Star Fleet Academy and attending the MACO equivalent (Not sure if I mentioned a location; if I did it was likely Quantico or Annapolis) before being returned to SFA to complete his Starfleet training. But as his bio says, "Once a MACO, always a MACO." So he hand picks his crew from MACO graduates and cross-trainees.

Maybe that wouldn't work, but Hollywood's gotten away with worse. :p