PLIST 2.4 - Background informations about the PLIST shiplist

Table of Contents

1. THE RACE NAMES
2. THE SHIP NAMES AND DESIGNS
3. SOURCES

I. The Race Names

All standard race names are taken from (1) and (3).

II. The Ship Names And Designs

All races

"Dead Parrot"

compl. unknown, name taken from MONTY PYTHON (fuel carrier)

"Sirius C."

orig. name (D.Adams' Hitchhiker) with unknown design

"Foundation"

name taken from Isaac Asimov, design unknown

"Talarian"

orig. name (1,7) with unknown design

"Hansa"

compl. unknown, name taken from Hanseatic League

"Ferengi"

orig. name (1) with unknown design

"Miraculix"

prod. of fuel (Alchemy) (name taken from "Asterix & Obelix")

"Merlin"

prod. of minerals (Alchemy)

The Federation

"Daedalus"

orig. name (1) with unknown design (Tim Wisseman)

"Apollo"

orig. name (1) with unknown design

"Oberth"

orig. name and design (1)

"Miranda"

orig. name and design (1)

"Constitution"

orig. name and design (1,8,a), ex: Enterprise USS 1701 (A)

"Constellation"

orig. name (1,8,a) with possible design

"Nebula"

orig. name (1,7) with unknown design

"Excelsior"

orig. name and design (1,7,8,a), ex: Enterprise USS 1701-B

"Ambassador"

orig. name and design (1,7), ex: Enterprise USS 1701-C

"New Orleans"

orig. name (1) with unknown design

"Galaxy"

orig. name and design (1,7), ex: Enterprise USS 1701-D

"Rigel"

orig. name (1) with unknown design

"Armageddon"

completely unknown, funny name

"Defiant"

orig. name and design (b)

"Nova"

orig. name (?) with unknown design

The Gorns

* all designs unknown

"T-Rex" and "Godzilla"

names taken from (3)

"Dimetrodon", "Cobra", "Raptor" and "Allosaurus"

these are funny names

"Lumberjack"

a tribute to Tim Wisseman ;-)

The Romulans

"Sparrow"

orig. design (1,8) with funny name

"Archaeopterix"

orig. design (1,7) with funny name

"Penguin"

completely unknown, funny taken name from MONTY PYTHON

"Phoenix"

completely unknown, funny name

"Black Bird"

completely unknown, funny name

"King Condor"

name taken from (3) with unknown design

"Superhawk"

name taken from (3) with unknown design

"D'Deridex"

orig. name and design (1,2,7)

The Klingons

"B'Rel"

orig. name and design (1,8)

"K'T'inga"

orig. name and design (1,7,8)

"Qaibe'"

completely unknown, "Qaibe'" means "it is not a problem"

"C7 Qapla'"

completely unknown, "Qapla'" means "success"

"D19b Sus'a'"

completely unknown, "Sus'a'" means "strong wind"

"K'Vort"

orig. name and design (1,7)

"D3 Cha'Dich"

completely unknown, "Cha'Dich" is the ritual defender supporter

"Vor'cha"

orig. name and design (1,7)

"B11 Woq'a'"

completely unknown, "Woq'a'" means "ultimate power"

The Orions

"Menhunter"

completely unknown, "Menhunter" taken from StarWars

"Dreadful"

completely unknown, "Dreadful" taken from Perry Rhodan (pirate ship)

"Corsair"

completely unknown, name taken from altlist2

"Buccaneer"

completely unknown, name taken from altlist2

"Vogon"

completely unknown, name taken from HitchHiker

"Godfather"

name taken from (3) with unknown design

The Borg

"Heart Of Gold"

completely unknown, name taken from Douglas Adams' "Hitchhiker Guide To The Galaxy"

"Menace"

completely unknown, funny name

"Ravagor"

orig. design (7) with funny name

"Annihilator"

orig. design (7) with funny name

"Bridgekeeper"

completely unknown, name taken from MONTY PYTHON (M.P. And The Holy Grail)

"Eliminator"

orig. design (7) with funny name

"Eraser"

orig. design (7) with funny name

"Exterminator"

orig. design (7) with funny name

The Tholians

"Flintstone"

completely unknown, name taken from "The Flintstones"

"Ruby"

completely unknown, funny name

"Hellfire"

completely unknown, funny name

"Emerald"

completely unknown, funny name

"Saphire"

completely unknown, funny name

"Silicon Avatar"

completely unknown, funny name taken from (7)

"Diamond Flame"

completely unknown, name taken from standard shiplist

The Empire

"Wayland"

design unknown, name taken from (5)

"Carrack"

design unknown, name taken from (5)

"Draklor"

design unknown, name taken from (5)

"Lancet"

design unknown, name taken from (5)

"Victory"

orig. name and design (4,5)

"Katana"

design unknown, name taken from (5)

"Imperial"

orig. name and design (4,5,9)

"Super Star"

orig. name and design (4,5,9)

"Death Star"

orig. name and design (4,5,9)

The Cylons

"Goblin", "Troll", "Gnom", "Banshee", "Orc", "Ogre", "Manticore" and "Basilisk"

are completely unknown with names from AD&D monster handbook.

"Dragon"

is orig. design (6) name taken from AD&D monster handbook.

The Rebels

"Falcon"

orig. name and design (4,9)

"Alderaan"

orig. name (4,5) with unknown design

"Corellian"

orig. name (4) with unknwon design

"Gallofree"

orig. name and design (4,9)

"Bothan"

orig. name (4) with unknown design

"Nebulon-B"

orig. name (4) with unknown design

"Rebel Assault"

orig. name (4) with unknown design

"Mon Calamari"

orig. name and design (4,5,9)

The Colonies

"Taurus"

orig. name (6) with unknown design

"Aries"

orig. name (6) with unknown design

"Rising Star"

orig. name and design (6)

"Virgo"

orig. name and design (6)

"Gemini"

orig. name and design (6)

"Capricorn"

orig. name and design (6)

"Sagittarius"

orig. name and design (6)

"Borallus"

orig. name (6) with unknown design

"Topsid"

the name of the homeplanet of a strong lizard like race from Perry Rhodan

"Carillon"

orig. name (6) with unknown design

"Atlantia"

orig. name and design (6)

III. Sources

(1) The Star Trek Encyclopedia (4/94, by M.Okuda, D.Okuda & D.Mirek)
(2) The ST-TNG Companion (11/92, by L.Memecek)
(3) Starfleet Battles: Battleships (92, Task Force Games)
(4) StarWars: Rebel Alliance Sourcebook (4/94, West End Games)
(5) Timothy Zahn's StarWars Triology
(6) "Battlestar Galactica" movies
(7) Star Trek The Next Generation
(8) Star Trek The Original Serie
(9) SW: "Star Wars","The Empire Strikes Back", "Return Of The Jedi" movies
(a) Star Trek I - IX movies
(b) Star Trek Deep Space Nine
(*) Douglas Adams' "Hitch Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy"
(*) Star Wars: Dark Empire Sourcebook (6/93, West End Games)

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