BARD PAPER: OPAL2051

Oriflamme Naval Forces

by Lewis Roberts, TravelerTNE & Liam Devlin

The Oriflamme Navy names ships, which are defined as having jump drives, and numbers non-jump craft. Each boat or monitor has an unofficial name created by the enlisted members of the crew. The officers do not get a vote or a veto. The enlisted personel can change the nickname based on a majority vote. Usually the nickname of the ship and a motto gets painted on a wall in the galley. The exception to this is relic ships which have been converted to monitors. If they had a name before conversion, the name is kept, though they are also given a number.

The jump capable ships were all recently refitted with imported parts from the Hive Federation and Aubaine. The Oriflammi navy retains the names of captured or recovered ships. Renamed ships carry a onus of bad luck.

Note - Not all the ships in the list have been giving names. This allows the individual referee some latitude in naming ships, also we couldn't think of all of them ourselves. Suggestions for names, can be submitted to the editor.

Jump Capable

Kaitawa a Imperialines Freighter
Tukera's Fortune a Tukera Long Liner
Wonder a Imperial Orrimot Logistics Ship
Menominee a Solomani Jayasuriya Gunship
Rose of Glory a Imperial Lucifer Destroyer Escort
San Miguel de Rio de Gato a Solomani Annihilation Class Close Escort
Lady Jocelyn a Imperial Shambalator Destroyer Escort

System Defense

Relic ships converted to monitors by removal of jump drives.

M-001 Nizhniy Novgorod a Solomani Malkop Light Frigate.
M-002 General Xavier L. Darton a Imperial Lika Destroyer Escort. Darton was one of Cleon I's general, who led the integration of Massilia sector in to the Imperium.
M-003 Wawapawbara a Imperial Aganar Light Cruiser. Wawapawbara for an ancient Bwap Goddess of the hunt.
M-004 Fort Dankin a Imperial P. F. Sloan Class Escort. Fort Dankin was a fort on Sylea during the long night, where Sylean soldiers defended the capital against a rebel army intent on sacking the city. The Syleans suffered almost 90% casulaties, but were able to withstand the assualt until reinforcements could arrive.
M-005 Shadow Fax a Imperial Mosquito Light Escort. The name of the steed of a legendary Terran wizard.
M-007 Swiftsure a Imperial Khugelikaer Destroyer. Named fter the TCS Swiftsure which served with disctinction in the Nth Interstellar Wars. Since then the name has been used for several other destroyers in Imperial history. All have been heroically lost in battle.

Thresher SDBs

B101 Numero Uno - Prestige ship often with those personally associated with prominent Technarch's, but which conveniently rarely sees action. AKA "Technarch's Toddlers" by other crews.
B102 Second to One-crews self deprecating joke on their numerology! They get all the missions Numero Uno avoids.
B103 The Lady - No good reason, it just was the best submitted name when the first crew came aboard.
B104
B105 Von Hamman's Bastards - Named for the captain: Yuri Von Hamman.
B106
B107
B108 The Frigid Bitch - environmental system error causes very cold but deemed "habitable" and thus never refitted.
B109
B110
B111 Three Aces - for fifteen kills, considered a lucky ship, hard charging (gung-ho) type of CO, good disciplined crew.
B112
B113 Lucifer's Hammer - "cursed" ship, high wear value, low priority for repair/refit
B114
B115
B116
B117
B118
B119
B120
B121
B122 Deuces Wild another "lucky" ship. seems to never have mishaps. High morale
B123 Follow Me!- Always in the lead. "First to fight, Last to leave" crew's motto.

Storm Monitors

M201 Six Kills and Counting
M202 The Double-Deuce--AKA the "Catch 22" ship of cynical crew derision. Low crew morale.
M203
M204
M205 Grim Reaper - had nearly as many fatal crew accidents as enemy KIA
M206
M207
M208
M209
M210
M211
M212 The One Hundred -Cee--for the temperature water boils. The opposite effect of B-108 seems to afflict this vessel, creating a sauna like affect but sensors read "habitable". Ironically the number 212 is also the fahrenheit for boiling water! The crew has the nickname the "Hot-house Gang" when ashore. Judging from the Fights the crew gets into, hot tempered as well.
M213
M214
M215 Gals we Had--another ship for crew's (bad) luck ashore with the opposite gender.
M216 Lance 'Er Alot - Crew with the most colorful unit history (misfits)

Hammer Monitors

M301 Flaming Death - No real story behind this name, the crew thought it sounded cool.
M302 Thor's Own (Hammer) - One of the most decorated and skilled (Crack crew?)
M303 Nieblung's Anvil--a crack crew,(?) named for the device upon which Thor's Hammer, Mjolnir was forged.
M304
M305
M306