Astro Cross: Flashback 1942 (was naming alien ships)

[robkelk]

Remember when you could run terms through Google Translate a few times (English to something, something to something else, and so on) and get some odd phrases that sound alien? It looks like they've really cleaned up their act - these don't sound alien at all!

English -> French -> Icelandic
shuttle -> navette -> skutla
mecha shuttle -> navette mécanique -> vélrænni skutla
destroyer -> torpilleur -> Torpedo bát
cruiser -> cuirassé -> járnsleginn
battleship -> navire de guerre -> herskip
carrier -> transporteur -> flytjanda
mobile drydock -> cale sèche mobile -> drydock farsíma

But maybe somebody else will be inspired by them, so here they are.

As for names of humanity's ships, do what real navies do - name it after a battle the navy won (usually battleships), name it after a city in the navy's home country, name it after a naval ideal, or re-use the name of a successful warship from the past.
--
Rob Kelk
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