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Thread: I need spaceship names, please.
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2022-05-07, 08:00 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: I need spaceship names, please.
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2022-05-08, 08:50 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: I need spaceship names, please.
Battletech and other wargames have similarly impressive lists of names to steal, both in terms of individual names/titles and classifications.
SpoilerAquila
Banshee
Cutlass
Dragonfire
Hellcat
Ironside
Lancer
Oni
Poignard
Rusulka
Scarab
Stuka
Transgressor
Vandal
Xerxes
Pirate's Bane
Death's Knell
Anansi
Street Cleaner
Ember
Oxide
Grinner
Ebon Dragon
Purifier
Bloodlust
St Ive's Blues
Forentine
Loup De Guerre
Belial
Golden Child
Rainbow Crow
Deathwish
Jester
Underdog
Ilya Muromets
Hangover
Manul
Sköll
Pretty Baby
Skokomish
Knockout
La Malinche
Broadside
Boar's Head
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2022-05-08, 10:11 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: I need spaceship names, please.
Inspired by Scott Westerfeld's _Leviathan_, I could see some books of philosophy (and similar) working as ship names:
Behemoth
Utopia
Republic (surely a real ship)
Liberty (ditto)
Rhetoric (a warship: "Will Rhetoric persuade you?")
Symposium (a party boat?)
Stranger
Several more if you're going for more Culture-esque names:
Apology
Critique of Pure Reason
Also Sprach Zarathustra
An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
Beyond Good and Evil
Human Nature
The Complete Works
Most of these are cherry-picked from a list of philosophy books from Goodreads (can't post links yet, sorry).
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2022-05-09, 03:07 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: I need spaceship names, please.
I've always wanted to name ships after oil paint names:
Dreadnaught-Class "The Titanium White"
Star-fighter 363 "Pthalo Blue"
Freighter-Class "The Cadmium Yellow"
Stealth-Prototype 001 "Alizarin Crimson"
Etcetera
Also, I've always been a huge fan of the Halo AI names whenever I need sci-fi related name schemes. Things like 343 Guilty Spark,
033 Mendicant Bias - basically combining two weird or unrelated words that when put together sound deep/philosophical.Last edited by Demostheknees; 2022-05-09 at 03:08 AM.
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2022-05-09, 03:34 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: I need spaceship names, please.
I enjoyed Outer Worlds' Unreliable, a joke about protagonist space pirates always beating the odds. Larger vessels would probably have a comitee preventing silly joke names but small ships or pirate vessels? Joke away.
"Stupid f*cking thing" for a poorly maintained ship.
"Queen's Larder"
"Emperor's Buttocks"
"RMS Middlefinger"
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2022-05-09, 10:12 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: I need spaceship names, please.
Heh. The Complete Works is just pure gold! More seriously, that's not a bad idea; in the same vein as my Euripidean series of names, one could name a small fleet after the Platonic dialogues, e.g. (and in no particular order)
—Menon; Gorgias; Hippias; Hippias (yes, there must be two of these); Euthydemos; Protagoras; Timaios; Nomoi (a group of big ships); Phaidon; Phaidros; Politeia; Kratylos; Lakhes; Kriton; Kritias; Theaitetos; Parmenides; Philebos; Menexenos; Kharmides; and probably a couple more.
And weird names are probably fair game anywhere! Let's see some:
—DDS–HT1 Never Say No to a Panda;
—SPV–PT2 Two Sicilies;
—DCV–LID/GA3 Har Har Mahadev;
—DCV–HC4 Uncountable;
—DCV–HC Numberless;
—RCS–LT5 Bear Market;
—RCS–MT6 Happy Mule;
—PRV7 Screw the Rules;
—RRV I've Got Money.
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1Dual-Designation Spacecraft – Heavy Transport
2Special Purpose Vessel – Personal Transport
3Designated Combat Vessel – Light Interdictor/Ground Assault
4Designated Combat Vessel – Heavy Carrier
5Registered Commercial Spacecraft – Light Transport
6Registered Commercial Spacecraft – Medium Transport
7Registered Recreational Vessel
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2022-05-09, 10:32 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: I need spaceship names, please.
I had a character who was an astral sea pirate with a ship named the "Deus Ex Machina," and it always showed up surprisingly opportune times...
SpoilerCurrent characters:
Dharrus the Archivist in Alkazaar's Appendix
Vrardurz in Cyre Blue
Previous (beloved) characters:
Xaxhan in The Eyes of The Lich Queen
Reclin the Rash in Lord of the Iron Fortress
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2022-05-09, 03:02 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: I need spaceship names, please.
And since I'm feeling creative today, here's another set of names for ships operated by folks whose language and names should totally not sound English: denominations that result from the slight tweaking of names for groups of organic compounds! Examples could include:
—Alkaan; Alkadieen; Aldehiid; Aketon; Amiid; Amiin; Eeter; Ariil; Alkuul; Alkenol; Merkaptaan; Sulfidriil; Tioketaal; Halalkaan; Tioster; Aketaal; Alkenaal; Iinol; Aketeen; Diketeen.
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2022-05-09, 04:50 PM (ISO 8601)
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I have a whole list of military vessel hull registration styles.
They are admittedly stolen from the US Navy for the most part, but I added some extra
ICAV = Inter-Cosmological Alliance Vessel
SARV = Solar Alliance Research Vessel
IV = Interstellar Vessel
Hull classifications
Battleship BB
Carrier CV
Cruiser CC - Command Cruiser
CL - Light Cruiser
Corvette KT
Destroyer DD
Dreadnought DT
Frigate FF
A - atmospheric entry capable
B - primary boarding weapons
G - primary weapon Guided-missiles
M - primary weapon Mass Accelerator Gun
L - mine layer
S - mine sweeper
N - unmanned
Research Vessels - stellar phenomena, celestial bodies, and scientists
- SARV Nova
- SARV Luna
- SARV Tethys
- SARV Issac Asimov
Support ships - Mythological and legendary figures/creatures
- ICAV Hyrda
- ICAV Thor
- ICAV King Arthur
Small craft-classes
Landing craft - unnamed; only receive a hull number. Ex. LCA 463
Troop transports - unnamed; only receive a hull number.
Capital Ship types
Corvettes - Birds
- ICAV Falcon (KTA)
- ICAV Sparrow (KTM)
- ICAV Peregrine (KTGA)
Destroyers - Rivers
- ICAV Mekong (DDG 001)
- ICAV Nile (DDG 002)
- ICAV Amazon (DDGA 048)
Frigate - Lakes
- ICAV Te Anau (FFG 005)
- ICAV Superior (FFG 00
- ICAV Bikal
- ICAV Titicaca
Cruiser - Famous Military Commanders or Heads of State
- ICAV Leonidas
- ICAV Tokugawa Ieyasu
- ICAV Winston Churchill
- ICAV Abbas al-Aswan (CG
Battleship - Battles
- ICAV Thermopylae
- ICAV Gaixia
- ICAV Stalingrad
- ICAV Panipat
Dreadnought - Countries/Off Planet Colonies
- ICAV Canada (
- ICAV Colombia
- ICAV Australia
- ICAV Armstrong
- ICAV Port Sally Ride
Carriers - Stars
- ICAV Sol (CVS 001)
- ICAV Aldhafera (CVS 003)
- ICAV Sirius (CVS 004)
- ICAV Enterprise (CVS 012)
For real fun the Milano is named for Alyssa Milano. The follow up is the Benetar, obviously named for Pat Benetar.Last edited by Beleriphon; 2022-05-09 at 05:07 PM.
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2022-05-10, 01:34 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: I need spaceship names, please.
Cosmological is not a term I'd use in this phrase, but you gave me an IDEA! How about an organization called ISAACS (i.e. the Inter-Systematic Association for Astrophysical and Cosmological Studies) the senior members of which spend most of their time squatting inside their HQ, a space station called the DR "A"1 ISAACS?
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1Domain of Residence "A".
The follow up is the Benetar, obviously named for Pat Benetar.
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And while I'm here, allow me to present an incredibly demented thought that just occurred to me. Let's say we have a species/system with a strict caste-based society, where the military caste (indocrinated from birth, of course) and elements of the ruling political caste that oversee military operations have a special language exclusive to them. The language (here comes the good part!) is tonal (with six tones) and has erratic patterns of accent (expressed through increasing the quantity of vowels to half-long).
Now, what does this have to do with ship names, you may ask (although you probably don't; I think it's pretty obvious where this is headed)? Well, everything! The navy of this society gives its vessels names in the military language, names that have at least three, but preferably four vowels in them; something like, say, Iereon. This is a good thing (for them) because with six tones and four vowels to place accents on, they can use the "same" name for up to 5184 differnt spacecraft and anyone from outside their own military will have some trouble reliably telling these 5184 ships apart based on their name, which can be a pain for hostile intelligence officers and hapless enemy pilots alike.
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2022-05-10, 03:08 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: I need spaceship names, please.
A few ships from my Sci-Fi Setting:
The Symposium: More of a mobile space station, a giant flying university, headquarters for an interstellar scientific organization (The Conclave of Science...Science was the name of the God of Knowledge, it's a long story)
The Magellen : Named after "Mage Ellen", The researcher ("Mage" or "Mag" is still a term used for renowned scientists, even if they don't specifically study Magic) whose work paved the way for a lot of FTL Tech.
The Drakesgrave: Pirate Flagship, formerly a Draconic Hoardship (Without getting too much into setting details, Dragons like to build very large spaceships).
Otherwise a fun thing is to take a famous relevant Quote and chop it down.
A research ship with long-range scanning capability called the Shoulder's Of Giants, for example.
Or a warship called the Politics By Other Means
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2022-05-11, 05:11 AM (ISO 8601)
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2022-05-11, 05:15 AM (ISO 8601)
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Explorer Class
EAS Cortez
EAS De Soto
Hyperion Class
EAS Aegean
EAS Amundsen
EAS Clarkstown
EAS Hyperion
EAS Lexington
EAS Prometheus
EAS Trafalgar
Nova Class
EAS Schwarzkopf
Omega Class
EAS Acheron
EAS Achilles
EAS Agamemnon
EAS Agrippa
EAS Alexander
EAS Apollo
EAS Cadmus
EAS Cerberus
EAS Charon
EAS Churchill
EAS Damocles
EAS Delphi
EAS Excalibur
EAS Furies
EAS Heracles
EAS Heraclion
EAS Hermes
EAS Hydra
EAS Juno
EAS Medusa
EAS Nemesis
EAS Nimrod
EAS Olympic
EAS Orion
EAS Persephone
EAS Pollux
EAS Pournelle
EAS Roanoke
EAS Talos
EAS Theseus
EAS Vesta
EAS Zeus
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2022-05-11, 06:14 AM (ISO 8601)
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2022-05-11, 07:11 AM (ISO 8601)
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Is it wrong that this name mostly reminds me of shampoo and baking powder? (Yes, I know, the latter's not your typical Schwarzkopf product, but I keep confusing that brand with Dr. Oetker.)
EAS Roanokewhenif it's destroyed or something, an Icarus 2 at the ready!
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2022-05-11, 11:39 AM (ISO 8601)
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Once, and will again, played a game called Hades Star. Here is a few of my ship names that I remember;
Battleships;
Rainbow Blitz
Harmony
Sentinel - which is both meaningful and job specific.
Defiance - my PvP ship
Transports;
Hamster Express - named after a real semi truck
Greed Inc
Boxboy
Miners;
Old Rusty
Unicron - with the crunch module installed he fit the name.
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2022-05-17, 03:19 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: I need spaceship names, please.
I name appropriate ships after scientists, but not the most famous of them. I go for the next tier more specific; not the most famous chemists, but the most famous analytical chemists, not the most famous geologists, but the most famous hydrogeologists and so on.
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2022-05-20, 07:12 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: I need spaceship names, please.
A line of passenger ships might take musical names. I like:
Adagio
Andante
Allegro
Presto
(Assuming that the owners don't know the literal Italian meanings.)
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2022-05-20, 03:31 PM (ISO 8601)
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Reminds me of Ian Banks's Culture ships, which have names like It Was Like That When I Got Here, Now Look What You Made Me Do, Lightly Seared on the Reality Grill, Just the Washing Instruction Chip in Life's Rich Tapestry, I Blame My Mother, Size Isn't Everything...
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2022-05-20, 11:04 PM (ISO 8601)
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For something more real world, https://www.marinetraffic.com/ will show you all of the ships. Mostly good for boring cargo ship names.
Last edited by Excession; 2022-05-20 at 11:04 PM.
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2022-05-25, 07:06 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: I need spaceship names, please.
'Fantasy races and magic' conjures up automatic associations with legendary heroes, fabled treasures, epic battles, revered kings, shining cities, ancient gods, and all the other elements of the genre. Going with these:
- The Nerevar
- Glamdring's Kiss
- The Stair of Grief
- King Omund's Mercy
- The Spirit of Havnor
- Grabthar's Hammer
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2022-05-26, 03:04 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: I need spaceship names, please.
How about:
- Error! Name Not Found
- /Unidentified Vehicle/
- Randomly Named Vessel
- Ugly Cookie
Last edited by Lacco; 2022-05-26 at 03:07 AM.
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2022-05-26, 08:18 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: I need spaceship names, please.
Reminds me of this xkcd strip:
https://xkcd.com/327/
So maybe name a ship after little Bobby Tables.
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2022-05-26, 12:46 PM (ISO 8601)
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Gotta love that one!
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While I'm here, I might as well fire off a few of my own as well, though:
1. Coldbringer. Make it big. Make it loud.
2. The name of any Sumerian(-adjacent) city( or toponym) one can think of, such as:
—Eridu; Bad-Tibira; Larak; Sippar; Shuruppak; Awan; Hamazi; Lagash; Adab; Akshak; Agade; Gutium; Isin.
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2022-06-01, 04:30 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: I need spaceship names, please.
Some ship names I use in my own sci-fi setting:
The High-Breasted Diva
The Manna From Heavan
The Grand Poo-Bah
The Narwhal
The Rusty Bucket
The Crackerbarrel
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2022-06-02, 12:49 AM (ISO 8601)
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Back in the pre-historic days of playing "Tradewars", I always named my ships after famous shipwrecks:
The Ruben James
The Edmund Fitzgerald
The Andrea Doria
The Dona Paz
The Carpathia
The Rhone
The Vasa
The Sultana
The Mary Rose
etc.
Don't forget her sister ship, the Suns of WarvanLast edited by Mutazoia; 2022-06-02 at 12:52 AM.
"Sleeping late might not be a virtue, but it sure aint no vice. The old saw about the early bird and the worm just goes to show that the worm should have stayed in bed."
- L. Long
I think, therefore I get really, really annoyed at people who won't.
"A plucky band of renegade short-order cooks fighting the Empire with the power of cheap, delicious food and a side order of whup-ass."
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2022-06-02, 01:55 AM (ISO 8601)
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You could name them after movies
The Neverending Story
The Matrix
The Lord of the Rings
The New Hope
The Endgame
The Edge of Tomorrow
The Great Escape
Sophie's Choice
The Mummy
The Color Out of Space
The Call of Cthulhu
The Driller Killer
The Hurt Locker
The World's End
The Human Centipede
The Blazing Saddle
The Phantom Menace
The Killing Joke
The Dark Knight
The Avatar
The Terminator
The Golden Child
The Mystic Pizza
The Fifth Element
The Mouse That Roared
The Night At The Opera
The Phantom of the Opera
The Revenge of the Pink Panther
The Bride of Frankenstein
The Magic Christian
The English Patient
The Meaning Of Life
The Great Dictator
The Secret of the Ooze
The Song of the South
The Prince of Darkness
The Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
The Man Who Laughs
Christine
The Slingblade
The Machete
The Jagged Edge
The Repo Man
The Maltese Falcon
The Clear And Present Danger
The Broken Arrow
The Predator
The Punisher
The Last Knight
The Manchurian Candidate
etc
Don't forget the Titanic, that fits both of our listsLast edited by Bohandas; 2022-06-03 at 01:00 AM.
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2022-06-02, 09:15 PM (ISO 8601)
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Per Diem (small personal craft)
Jerryrig (beat up freighter)
Capital Grains (private bulk foodstuffs hauler)
Fiat Drayman (private bulk freighter)
Gold Digger (mining vessel)
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2022-06-03, 11:00 PM (ISO 8601)
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The Foolish Pride
The Astral Drake
The Solar Wind
The Fist of (insert name of diety, empire, corporation, etc)
The Bitter Price
The Bastard's Mistress
The Brass Balls
The Entropy
The Lazy Bastard
The Last Gasp
The Loan is Due
The Idiot's Bet
The Fenarian Brandywine
The Taltos
The Hearty Cheer
The Rosy Backside
The Rust Bucket
The Blue Rose
The Shatner
The Nimoy's Eyebrow
The Rat Bastard
The Three of Cups
The Odd Man Out
The Royal Bastard
The Gunslinger's Wish
The Last Gambit
The Meg's Bosom
The Happy Go Lucky
The Constable's Curse
The Dream of Flight
The Clodhopper
The Shattered Dream
The Shadow of Uncertainty
The Indominable Will
The Space Debris
The Star of Empires
The Ring of Truth
The Emperor's Hairy Backside
The Fragrant Vagabond
The Mighty Sparrow
The Reaper's Revenge
The Arrogant Oath
The Vanity
The Heir of Destiny
The Fall of Nations
The Only Hope
The Curse of Suns
The Mary Sue
The Dream of Empires
The Rutting Sow
The Cockatrice
The Shooting Star
The Name of the Stars
The Word of Peace
The Hungry Goblin
The Promise of Freedom
The Lure of Profit
The Old Lady
The Spear of (insert name of diety, empire, or corporation here)
The Triple Suns
The Nightsoil
The Silken Caress
The Titan's Grasp
The Warlock's Ire
The Great Old One
The Last Dance
The Chance of a Lifetime
The Chance of Failure
The Negotiable Virtue
The Questionable Judgment
The Fortune's Folly
The Gentlemans' Wager
The Promise of Exploration
The Price of Freedom
The Music of the Stars
The Last Oath
The Inescapable Fate
The Downtrodden
The Neutered OxLast edited by Melayl; 2022-06-04 at 12:14 AM.
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2022-06-09, 04:33 AM (ISO 8601)
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Yes, I love that show, I have rewatched so many times.
This made me smile
Absolutely nothing happened in Sector 83 by 9 by 12 today. I repeat, nothing happened in Sector 83 by 9 by 12.
This made me cry
LONDO: ...My shoes are too tight.
VIR: ...Excuse me?
LONDO: Something my father said. He was... Old, very old at the time. I went into his room, and he was sitting, alone in the dark, crying. So I asked him what was wrong, and he said, "My shoes are too tight. But it doesn't matter, because I have forgotten how to dance." I never understood what that meant until now. My shoes are too tight, and I have forgotten how to dance.
Pause
VIR: ...I don't understand.
LONDO: Smiling wistfully Nor should you.