Name origins

FreeSpace took names for ships, weapons and even characters from numerous different real-life sources. The origins to these names are listed here. The items are listed alphabetically, disregarding class designations.

Individual Ships

GTD Aquitaine

Unlike most destroyers whose names come from mythology or are references to ancient civilizations, the Aquitaine has an English name. The Latin word would have been "Aquitania". Aquitania was a region of Gallia(now called France)

GTD Carthage

Carthage was the city completely destroyed by the Romans after three wars. Unlike many other Terran destroyers, this ship has an English name. In Latin, it would have been "Carthago"

GTVA Colossus

The name "Colossus" was a common name, usually used for large statues. The warship, however, was probably named after one statue in particular, the Colossus of Rhodes. The statue represented the God Helios and is one of the Seven Wonders. The first mission in which the Colossus appears, in fact, is named The Sixth Wonder (sm1-08)

GTI Enif Station

Enif is the real name of Epsilon Pegasi

GTD Galatea

Galatea, in Greek mythology, is the name for a statue carved out of ivory.

GTC Orff

Carl Orff was a German composer.

PVC Ramses

Ancient Egypt had 11 pharaohs named Ramses.