Aug. 19th, 2011

phantomcranefly: The Tenth Doctor, with text:  "Why, oh why do I never learn to ascertain my time-space location on arrival?" (Default)
So, I've been toying with the idea for a while of an alien race naming its ships with verb phrases instead of nouns. (And there could be a plot thread where over-poetic translators render them as nouns anyway, so Our Heroes don't realize at first that The Samaritan is the same ship as To Help A Stranger In Need.  But I digress...) I figured I'd list them here so they get on paper pixels.  Some are sillier than others:
  • To Be Distracted By A Shiny Thing (probably an asteroid prospector; the equivalent of The Magpie)
  • To Appear To Fly Via Stage Magic
  • To Eat Dessert Slowly
  • To Build Bridges (either a diplomatic vessel or the Corps of Engineers)
  • To Temper a Sword
  • To Invent Steam Power (this one might be too human-specific)
  • To Help A Stranger In Need (like I mentioned above)
  • To Breathe Underwater
  • To Tend One's Garden/To Tend Someone Else's Garden (probably two entirely separate concepts)
  • To Defend An Unpopular Opinion
  • To Entertain Children
  • To Dig In Places One Shouldn't (a science/exploration vessel)
  • To Take Up Improvised Weapons
  • To Build Houses Out Of Impractical Materials
  • To Clean The Bones Of Carrion
  • To Juggle Unwieldy Objects
  • To Begin An Important Project (the closest I could get to Enterprise that wasn't just "to do something")

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