Ship Name Randomizer

[VenganzaD]

I imagine an icon of die next to the "untitled rocket."

It generates random names in kind of a X Y Z format: An example, USS Icarus (Random Numeral perhaps)

I think it would be a fun little way of poking at television shows and literature, and it would help with all of the Untitled Ships littering most peoples' map screen.

[LORDPrometheus]

I feel that the concept of creating Your ship is the cornerstone of KSP. If you can't think up a name then you should just google a randomizer many exist already. An in game randomizer would hinder the creative process at worst and be an extra memory stealing button at best.

[vexx32]

It really isn't going to be resource-intensive to have a name-randomizer... I think. It doesn't strike me as something that's going to do anything much. A simple algorithm and a bunch of preconfigured name fragments to put together...

[Lunaran]

KSS Billy-Boblantis

[Traches]

You should have been issued a full set of keyboard actuators that can accomplish exactly this.

[LORDPrometheus]

You should have been issued a full set of keyboard actuators that can accomplish exactly this.

Said actuators only work if the users processor is of at least mediocre quality

[VenganzaD]

A ship without a name is still a ship, for a name does not a ship make. Also, no-one would be forcing you to use it. So how exactly is it, creating difficulties for or delaying,

"the creative process"?

You should have been issued a full set of keyboard actuators

I imagine a whole keyboard would get me a lot further.

Half-cocked reasoning aside, it is merely a small suggestion for those who lack creative ingenuousness that is on par with The LORDPrometheus.

EDIT

Missed this:

KSS Billy-Boblantis

This is exactly what I am talking about. I understand that the omnipotent copy right laws could be a potential concern, but presumably not outright adding things like "USS Enterprise" would be the best way around that. Edited January 9, 2014 by VenganzaD

[cynar]

I suspect this is a case here the main game can't really open that can of worms (copyright risks etc), but a mod could do it without causing issues for Squid.

[vexx32]

Naw, you'd do it with very similar principles to the Kerbals' name generator, only with a different bunch of name fragments to use. No copyright broken (at least, I think) if you use two halves of a copyrighted name in your RNG, and there's a one in five thousand chance it might spit out the original name... but if there are issues with copyright, you could simply add a list of forbidden combinations, which would remain fairly small, I think.

[Commissioner Tadpole]

Being a guy who always struggles at the names, I support this!

[JacobT11]

As someone who can never come up with ship names, I fully support this. Always have loads of creativity designing the thing, then just draw a blank when it comes to the name.

[LORDPrometheus]

A ship without a name is still a ship, for a name does not a ship make. Also, no-one would be forcing you to use it. So how exactly is it, creating difficulties for or delaying,

I imagine a whole keyboard would get me a lot further.

Half-cocked reasoning aside, it is merely a small suggestion for those who lack creative ingenuousness that is on par with The LORDPrometheus.

EDIT

Missed this:

This is exactly what I am talking about. I understand that the omnipotent copy right laws could be a potential concern, but presumably not outright adding things like "USS Enterprise" would be the best way around that.

Two things he meant hands and LORDPrometheus is an inside joke