Trader’s Diary

Comment from Nate
Time: December 26, 2007, 2:21 pm

Twitter responses:

– martyndarkly (@): @nlowell: How about the ‘Hollister’ – after the original Cpt of Red Dwarf!

(SC Frank Hollister) .. interesting choice .. would we all giggle whenever I read it?

Email from Nobilis (excellent adult podcast – Nobilis Erotica: http://nobilis.libsyn.com)

If Ish’s ship really does have to do with salvage, how about naming it
“Doctor Robert Ballard”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Ballard

He’s a shipwreck explorer who also does good archaeology at the same
time–though he can be a controversial figure for some.

If you would like someone more historical rather than present-day, how
about Guglielmo de Lorena, generally considered to be the first
builder of a working diving bell. Another possibility would be Edmund
Halley, who used it for undersea exploration.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diving_bell

I love the idea of SC Guglielemo de Lorena but I’d have to get a basket to carry the pronounciation in. Whoosh! Altho .. if I can do Bresheu, then “joolie-ay-mo day lore-en-ah” might be possbile. “Trust Gugli” ??

Comment from osmia
Time: December 26, 2007, 3:33 pm

“Delphis Soleil”

- thinking of ships that aren’t named for people, and can imagine someone naming their ship with grand dreams of it swimming through space as free as a dolphin with it’s solar sails

Comment from Nobilis
Time: December 26, 2007, 4:32 pm

Since “Guglielmo” is Italian for “Joseph” the phrase might be, “Trust Joe”

Comment from Nate
Time: December 26, 2007, 6:24 pm

Oooo… interesting idea.

Comment from Andrew
Time: December 27, 2007, 12:55 am

How about “Pequod”?

Comment from Randy Noseworthy
Time: December 27, 2007, 3:06 am

I’d imagine that he’d name his first ship after his mother, or at least think about her, while figuring out the name. But that boy surprises me every now and then. Hmm, I can’t recall any heroes of his youth. But the previous ideas all sound good to this reader.

Comment from Nate
Time: December 27, 2007, 10:03 am

well HIS first ship is months away yet in Owner’s Share.

We have to get thru Double, and Captain first

I’m liking the new design, personally, and looking forward to more new ones. I haven’t even GOT into packet boats yet … and I should get the Bad Penny drawn as well .. I have a feeling the Damien Eight is gonna be nice boat

Comment from Tobi
Time: December 27, 2007, 10:11 am

Here’s a random thought:

How about the “Bella Bathurst” after the author of The Wreckers: A Story of Killing Seas, False Lights, and Plundered Shipwrecks by Bella Bathurst, ISBN 978-0618416776, Houghton Mifflin, July 2005.

Comment from Tobi
Time: December 27, 2007, 10:18 am

Famous lighthouse makers (whose job is to ultimately eliminate the need for salvage…but) might also be a souce of ship names: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lighthouse

The “Alexander Ballantyne” perhaps?

Comment from Nate
Time: December 27, 2007, 10:18 am

Some good ideas here … Remember it doesn’t have to be salvage related and it doesn’t have to be a person. Also keep in mind that the ship will have a Pooka so it’ll need a nickname. So far nobody’s suggested “Black Pearl” but that’s an interesting line of consideration, too.

‘M jes’ sayin’

Comment from Bruce in Sherman
Time: December 27, 2007, 10:25 am

In Maori: Tiraki Pahi

Tiraki – to clear (of the sky), lift, clear away (of clouds)
Pahi – large ocean-going canoe, ship, travelling party, expedition, section of a tribe

Comment from Linda Higbee Mandlebaum
Time: December 28, 2007, 9:22 am

I was thinking of an athlete my parents were particularly fond of Babe Didrikson Zaharias, an Olympic gold medal winner. She was recognized as the greatest female athlete for the first half of the 20th century.

Comment from Victoria
Time: December 28, 2007, 1:03 pm

From an aspiring writing to an accomplished one. I thought to make my first post on your website a useful one and add to the name suggestions for Ish’ new ship. As I’m a biologist, I cannot refrain from delving into this realm dearest to me in our joint search for the perfect name.

As you probably very well know is the name Diurnia of the freighter and salvaging company, the species name for the Diurnia fagella, a certain species of micro moth. The website of the Butterfly Conservation in Dorset, England tells us that ‘[this] micro is an oak lover by the name of Diurnia fagella. (…) The females can be spotted crawling up Oak trunks at dusk whilst the males will shortly appear and flutter around the base of the tree.’ So the Diurnia moths are oak lovers. If the Diurnia shipyard is such an oak lover as the Diurnia moths are, than I can imagine them to name their ships after nature’s array of oak trees. The genus of oak has five different species.
Quercus – the oaks of Europe, Asia and North America
Cerris – the Turkey oak and its relatives of Europe and Asia
Mesobalanus – the Hungarian oak and its relatives of Europe and Asia
Protobalanus – the Canyon live oak and its relatives, in southwest United States and northwest Mexico.
Lobatae – the red oaks of North America, Central America and northern South America.

To me Quercus and Cerris are the most pronounceable and therefore appropriate names, but I could imagine the shipyard using all names. As for the Pooka… in the English Sherwood Forest (yes, Robin Hood’s home ground) lives The Major’s Oak, voted Britain’s favourite tree in a 2002 survey. The Major is an astonishing 800 years old and 33 feet or 10 meters in circumference. Its branches reach a staggering 92 feet or 28 meters.

Of course the old Celtic name for the oak is also an excellent nickname and Pooka. Duir. According to the ancient Celtic Ogham – a divination method like runes which uses wooden discs of twenty different types of trees including oak – describes people influenced by Duir as ‘determined, self-motivated, enthusiastic and responsible. Natural leaders, they remain calm in a crisis and are not easily swayed by opposition. Although serious minded, they are cheerful and optimistic and do not give up easily.’
Naturally we can debate about the validity of Ogham, but at least it sounds like a useful set of traits for the sailors of the cosmos.

Apologies for the very long comment post.
Regards,

Victoria

Sources:
http://www.dorsetbutterflies.com/moths_march.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oak
http://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/home/leisure/countryparks/sherwoodforestcp/majoroak.htm
http://treetotem.com/teoak.htm

Comment from Evo
Time: December 28, 2007, 8:28 pm

The Osmands!

Comment from Bill
Time: December 29, 2007, 1:55 pm

Why not be Ironic and call it the Edmond Fitzgerald? The Great Lakes vessel that sunk in Lake Superior I think. The other name could be the Icurus for greek mythology. Icurus flew to close to the sun and caused the wax holding his wings to melt and his wings to fall off.

Comment from Dan-d
Time: December 31, 2007, 7:48 am

Listening to these tales I am always reminded of the traditional ideas of sailing even though they take place in the deep dark. Along with your musical selections I think of the days of the Buccaneers. Ish seems to be notorious among the ships he has already come into contact with, what ship could me more notorious than the QUEEN ANNE”S REVENGE. Or at least the Queen Anne. That is if you prefer the old nautical themes.

Comment from Michael
Time: January 1, 2008, 2:35 am

I had two thoughts for names. First was calling it “Solar Wind” I just like the way it sounds. The other is E.J. Smith (Edward John Smith) Captain of the Titanic

Comment from The HellJack
Time: January 1, 2008, 9:47 am

For a tough, rugged ship…a nice change for our lil buddy Ish, howzabout “Johnny Harlow”…or maybe just “The Harlow”?

Comment from DougB
Time: January 2, 2008, 3:25 pm

I see that you are re-mixing half-share. I found one very minor typo (speako?) in episode 13 chapter 22. Ish and Brill are walking though the flea market and Ish shows Brill his belt. The audio sounds like “..so I turned around and lifted the hem of my jacket to expose the belt. Behind me I heard Bev giggle…” I think that should have been “..heard Brill giggle…”

I am eagerly waiting for Double Share

Comment from Glitch_Chaos
Time: January 3, 2008, 12:58 pm

Well at some point you should take a bow and name one ship the Nathan Lowell even if it a background vessal, and as for the main ship, What’s Evo Terra’s real name that could be fun. Especially do to us fans oweing him so much for starting Podiobook.com so you have an outlet for your wonderful stories.

Comment from Nate
Time: January 3, 2008, 7:04 pm

I got my name on the cover. That’s enough for me, altho I might name one for a relative or two.

As for Evo, um, his real name is already IN the story … I’m prohibited from revealing it.

Comment from Victoria
Time: January 4, 2008, 7:30 am

He looks like a Francis to me

Comment from Glitch_Chaos
Time: January 4, 2008, 9:42 am

Nate thats just not fair but I guess the reason must be good like his real name is sarah, alice, or Lois. I hope his parents didn’t name him Federated Freight or Umber because that would be strange

How about naming it the Angus Macgyver, you could even have an part in the story with duct tape and a swiss army knife

Comment from Diane
Time: January 4, 2008, 11:50 am

I HAVE to put my vote in with Glitch_Chaos… Angus MacGyver! If you think about it… Ish and Mac have the same way of thinking under pressure….

Comment from Nate
Time: January 5, 2008, 10:47 am

I love the name. But it’s too close to McKendrick for comfort.

I’m leaning toward “Glitch Chaos” as a viable alternative tho

Comment from Glitch_Chaos
Time: January 6, 2008, 12:22 am

Well that would work too, I guess heck I have my real name submitted to Sigler in hope’s that hi’ll Kill me in his latest book. I thought about submitting my real name for the ship but, I dont think the John Sperry sounds like that good of a ship name (its too plain) Oh well … how about the Douglas Adams.

Comment from Luce
Time: January 6, 2008, 3:54 pm

Very Random thought here….

The Essex was a whaler from Nantucket that was sunk in the Pacific by an enraged bull sperm whale in 1820 – and is thought to have an inspiration for the writing of Moby Dick, which linked me back to Ishmael.

Sorry, My brain tends to go walkarbout sometimes

Comment from Glitch_Chaos
Time: January 6, 2008, 11:39 pm

Hey Nate I was just thought of something if Ish is going to have a “bunk bunny” option on this ship maybe we are going in the wrong direction and should be thinking of names like “Aphrodite’s Nymph” or on a different tack “Kali’s sword”

Comment from Nate
Time: January 7, 2008, 8:16 am

There are some cool ideas here. Keep them coming.

I’m not sure where — if anywhere — we’re going with the “bunk bunny” idea. It’s been interesting to me the amount of negative commentary there was/is over the “erotica” in Half Share. With that in mind, I’m being a little timid … but it’s a new Ish and a new relationship with ship and crew now that he’s moving up to Officer Country.

Comment from Glitch_Chaos
Time: January 7, 2008, 10:20 am

Well if you want more idea’s. How about to where you left us on Full Share with the nod to another book everyone knows. Names like Wendy’s Darling, The Tigherlilly, the James Barrie, or after the main lead Peter Pan.

If you want Ish’s shaman like ablities to come out more why not name the ship after an animal so he can freak people out more Like The white Shark (possible nod to our new friend Otto) or following the salvage and transport part of the new company D.S.T. The Golden Retriever, or Diurnai ‘s Retriever to be cute.

As for the “erotica” parts it would be nice to keep it in the PG-13 area but other wise go for it! I think the relationships add the spice to the story quite nicely in place of the standard (now a days) of over baring action and or violence.

Although now that you have the potiental dangers of Salvage comming into play, Depending on the crews roll in it, there may be a new spice to take its place. Ish has, after all, had several years by now to make up for his childhood lack of friends, I would hope

Comment from Josh
Time: January 7, 2008, 11:51 am

I would like to recommend some form of either Merrimack or Merrimac. These two similar named ships covered the entire scope of “Diurnia Salvage and Transport”.
The Merrimack is the one most people are familiar with (U.S. warship, scuttled in the race to leave Virginia after it seceded at the beginning of the civial war. Was SALVAGED by the Confederates and rebuilt into one of the first iron sided ships in the world (CSS Virginia). See http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-m/merimak2.htm for more details.
The Merrimac was a US Colliar (bulk cargo TRANSPORT, specifically coal) sunk in an effort to blockade a harbor in the Spanish American war. See http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-m/merimk-2.htm for more details.
They seem like appropriate names, plus, they’ve just got a nice ring to them.

Comment from Nate
Time: January 7, 2008, 5:36 pm

Now we’re gettin’ down to it perty well

Keep diggin’ people. So far I’m liking “Glitch Chaos” or “Quercus Alba” …

FYI, the first line of DS is “The sky above the port was the color of a tv tuned to a dead channel.” .. but that’s subject to change

Comment from Ed Dale
Time: January 8, 2008, 4:22 pm

Not that these are original, but…

The Salcombe Cannon
The Spanish Harlot
The Moorish Princess
De Veenboer
The Vagabond
Sailsman
The Dandy Highwayman
Magnanomus Pauper
The Saracen’s Head

Comment from SCone
Time: January 8, 2008, 8:12 pm

One of my favorite things about Ish is how he’ll try everything and how he likes to have a very wide skill set. These are some names that reflect that
Variant Pursuits (with the Pooka Percy)
Methodical Jack ( with the Pooka Jack. This name plays on the Jack-of-all-trades thing)
Polymath’s Anchor (with the Pooka Polly. This name has that sea motif)
Apprentice to the World (I’m not sure about this ship’s Pooka, but I liked the idea of linking Ish’s ability to learn with the Shaman’s gift of listening to the world)
Renaissance Companion (Also not sure about this Pooka but I like referencing Ish’s deep relationship to his ship)
Universalis Luck (with the Pooka Sally. Ish has always seemed blessed with good luck to me)

Comment from Nate
Time: January 9, 2008, 6:12 am

Some really interesting ideas here. Keep ‘em coming.

Remember we’re talking about a commercial carrier vessel owned by a successful company.

Comment from Glitch_Chaos
Time: January 9, 2008, 10:20 am

How about “Loki’s Cloak” or “Davey’s Locker” (as in Davey Jones Locker)

Comment from Glitch_Chaos
Time: January 9, 2008, 10:26 am

Oh! you could name it the Crow, sence a salvage ship would be poeticly similar to a carrion feeder. I think voulture would sound to negitive for a successful company but its also plausable

Comment from osmia
Time: January 9, 2008, 3:37 pm

another one along the scavenging birds: Magpie

Comment from Josh
Time: January 10, 2008, 10:50 am

You could do something as an homage to a favorite author.
Please note that my spelling may be terrible in the examples below:
The Joy, with the Pooka Clive (In honor of C.S. Lewis)
Samwise Gamgee with the Pooka Sam (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Harrington with the Pooka Honor (David Webber)
Dendarii with the Pooka of Miles (Lois McMaster Bujold)
Old Major not sure about the Pooka (George Orwell)
or something similar

I also like some reference to the Biblical origins of the name ‘Ishmael’. The ship could be named Genesis (for the book in which his story is told) or maybe “Promise” because Ishmael means “God has heard” with the connotation that the child was a fulfillment of a divine promise. In either case the Pooka could be bit tricky, but I think I would go with “Abe” as a nod to the Biblical Ishmael’s father, Abraham.

Comment from Ken
Time: January 10, 2008, 4:58 pm

I have just finished listening to the first three books.
Loved them, Thanks.

As for the name of the ship, I considered that he would have to be drawn to the ship for some reason and as such it or it’s name should have meaning for him.

When I first started reading everyone’s ideas I was surprised that no one seemed to be thinking of his link to his mother. Through out the three books he keeps referring back to experiences with his mother and her influence on him.

The first name that came to mind for me was “Horatio Hornblower” or either Horatio or The Hornblower. A character from a series of novels by C. S. Forester. This would quite possible be a series his mother would possible have had or most definitely would have read.

Comment from Don
Time: January 10, 2008, 10:38 pm

How about “the Phoenix”

Comment from RB-Wan
Time: January 12, 2008, 11:15 pm

Well my favorite show/movie/ship (not including the Lois of course) is Serenity. And I thought it’d be a cool tribute as well as work for a salvage ship (since the Serenity is a salvage ship). Just a thought! Thanks for the great work. I enjoyed the entire series and can’t wait for DS.

Comment from Nate
Time: January 13, 2008, 8:19 am

Oh, wouldn’t that be interesting.

I’d feel funny adopting that name just because I love Firefly so much, but maybe “Malcolm Reynolds” … or … “Nathan Fillian” … or for that little extra level of esoteric SF geekiness … “Hoban Washburn” for the obvious reasons which I will not spell out here for fear of spoiling it for anybody who hasn’t seen the movie yet.

Lots of good suggestions here. Keep ‘em coming!

Comment from Bill
Time: January 13, 2008, 2:31 pm

How about the name Porsche Lynndale. I can’t believe I’m suggesting a name after a porn star, Porsche Lynn. OK that’s not going to work. How about the Hannibal Smith? Yeah the guy from the A-Team. I’m really drawing a blank here with the names. OK how about the Lynn Anne.

Comment from RandyNose
Time: January 13, 2008, 11:48 pm

Monolithic Money Momma? – I’m feeling a little T-Rex Vibe…. Cosmic Dancer, The Slider. Grand Funks, Loco Motion.
Dunno.

Comment from RandyNose
Time: January 13, 2008, 11:58 pm

Sapient Serenity

Comment from Patrick Fallon
Time: January 14, 2008, 7:02 am

An independent bulk hauler, you could try the Starways Trader or perhaps the Nova Carrier. Love the stories so far, really help make my commute torable. Look forward to the next story.

Comment from terrokahn
Time: January 16, 2008, 12:35 pm

How about the “Hermes” for the Greek god of commerce

Comment from Philn
Time: January 22, 2008, 11:41 am

How about starting with the Pooka name and working backward. The most famous Pooka in literature is of course Harvey from the book, stage play and movie. So the ship name becomes Harvey what? William Harvey?

Comment from Linda Higbee Mandlebaum
Time: January 23, 2008, 2:44 pm

I would suggest William Wilberforce for the Englishman who led the fight for abolition in the British Parliament. It is such a strong name and would honor a man who took on some very unpopular causes.

Comment from Linda Higbee Mandlebaum
Time: January 23, 2008, 6:44 pm

I was thinking about how much Ish likes to run and thought of two names that he might like, both of which belonged to men who won gold medals in the Olympics.

First is Jacobus Francscus (Jim) Thorpe or his American Indian name, Wa-Tho-Huk which translates into Bright Path, one of the outstanding athletes of the twentieth century. He was a star in many athletic events (e.g., baseball, football, basketball) and was named to the Track and Field Hall of Fame. Although his path in his older years was not bright, he was named by the ABC Wide World of Sports to be the Athlete of the Century.

The second name I thought of that might be especially important since he was a track and field star would be James Cleveland “Jesse” Owens who won four gold medals in the 1936 Olympics held in Nazi Germany. In 1976 he received the Medal of Freedom award from President Gerald Ford.

On the other hand, if you’d be interested in some women’s names who were/are great athletes, you could consider, for their track and field prowess: Jackie Joyner-Kersee, I mentioned Babe Didrikson Zaharias previously, Wilma Rudolph (who overcame polio to win at the Olympics), and Florence Griffith Joyner.

Comment from Edward Ramsay
Time: January 24, 2008, 2:19 am

Great stories I have enjoyed them all looking forward to hearing the rest.

I was thinking of the pooka Harvey as well and I would think a ship named the “Elwood P. Dowd” might attract a Six feet three and a half inch Pooka named Harvey.

Why Ishmal knows the pooka is Harvey may be ishmals family’s past. I think he had a greatgrandfather that was a west coast shaman. And he seems to have inherited some of the gift.

Comment from Geordon VanTassle
Time: January 24, 2008, 6:51 am

Been kicking this around in my head for a while, and one name (related to absolutely nothing) that keeps popping up in my head is “William Tinker”. I just like how it feels and sounds.

Comment from Jselvy
Time: January 25, 2008, 12:42 am

How about “Kimball O’Hara” the Kim of Rudyard Kipling known as Friend to all the world.

Comment from Zach
Time: January 28, 2008, 4:37 pm

Well, at first, I was thinking it was Ish’s own ship, so this may not be quite right, but it’s a more subtle nod to classic literature. It should be the Barbara Wellesley, Horatio Hornblower’s wife from the novels. Alternatively, I like “The Witch of Endor”, which was one of Hornblower’s ships (and might make for a very interesting pookah).

Comment from osmia
Time: January 28, 2008, 9:08 pm

… and my daughters are suggesting “Aurora Phoenix” for the next ship name.

Comment from Berk
Time: January 29, 2008, 10:51 am

How about the Navarre or the Isabeau after the main characters from Ladyhawke?

Comment from Diane
Time: January 29, 2008, 7:58 pm

Now that is one of my all time favorite movies! So many good lines. “Sir, I talk to God all the time, and frankly, he has never mentioned you!”

Comment from Edward Ramsay
Time: January 30, 2008, 11:48 am

Salvage is one of its primary jobs so what about ” I.S.U. Protector ”

http://www.marine-salvage.com/default.asp

International Salvage Union (ISU) member salvors provide essential services for the world’s maritime and insurance communities. Members are engaged in marine casualty response, pollution defence, wreck removal, cargo recovery, towage and related activities.
This is what is on their first page about what they do and feel that there would be a lot of good stories about these types of operations.

The pooka would be a crewman who had died while rescuing others or had died while being rescued. And is there to try preventing further deaths among the crew.
If you remember the movie The Ghost of Flight 401 where Ernest Borgnine’s ghost appears on airplanes that used salvaged parts from the plane he died in he tried to prevent other crashes happening on those planes.

Comment from Glitch_Chaos
Time: February 6, 2008, 6:38 pm

Hey Nate, Have you decided on a name yet? Or have the evil real life demon been keeping you distracted too much? Hope its going well adn I really hope Double share will be done soon

Have a great rest of the Week!
G_C

Comment from Nate
Time: February 7, 2008, 6:36 am

I’m leaving this open … heck, I’m about three weeks behind just posting the new artwork that everybody’s sending. Last week killed me because I was traveling on RL business and I’m still recovering.

Comment from Herbert Shedden (Tony)
Time: February 9, 2008, 10:31 pm

I Drive a 18 wheeler in the northeast USA. I have listened to each book at least 14 times. Many ship names are very good, but how much help did you need for the first 3 books they all show real talent. you don’t need help, but thanks for involving us. many ship names are determined by the category of size. Lois was a special leader of their past and our future. sorry more latter typing in the dark

Comment from martyndarkly
Time: February 11, 2008, 8:22 am

Hey Nate,

Got a couple of suggestions that I think I may have thrown at you over Twitter, but thought I’d formalize them here.

1) The Coelacanth – pronounced ‘See la canth’ – It was a large fish thought to be extinct for years and then suddenly reappeared. The word is Greek and means ‘Hollow-Spine’ which I thought describes a salvage ship as it would have all that storage space.

2) The Fisgard – This is a squadron in the Royal Navy that trains engineers, as Ish is training I thought this might be a subtle nod.

3) The Carillon – This is actually the heaviest musical instrument in the world and can weigh up to 100 tons.

4) The Clifford J Rodgers – This was the first purpose built container ship using the intermodal container system. Now someone please shoot me for finding that out when I should have been working!

5) The London – Hey, it’s my home and sounds dead cool!

Comment from Bill
Time: February 14, 2008, 3:01 pm

Ok let me try this naming bit again. How about the Leahann Burgess. I just like the ring of it.

Comment from Edward Ramsay
Time: March 1, 2008, 1:59 am

How about a Horror story … Ship “The Mac” … ship decal bull dog…… Ishmael systems officer… computer has pooka “Bill Gates” that keeps rewriting the computer code into windows 95.
3 am get a bit twisted

Comment from Herbert Shedden (Tony)
Time: March 14, 2008, 9:58 pm

ok Im going back to Lois is a person from our future and his past history remembers people for a short time unless they become legion so far the nomenclatures i notice in the ship names is for freighters, A salvage? (back to that) ship type might have a different nomenclature but sailors are very superstitious type and … a name after any prev ship especially after it sank sounds bad. next Salvage ? if they stay on the straight and narrow they don’t have much to fear (just safety equipment !), but should something go wrong they might get off the beaten path. Then a salvage vessel would leave the beaten path to bring back “salvage”, after some deep astronomical sensing or something to find where they (the lost ship) went. Unless its a search, rescue and salvage then they might “boldly go” after a wayward ship, asteroid or other vessel. ok so Im trying to keep it short and not saying everything. I hope you get my drift. latter

Comment from Herbert Shedden (Tony)
Time: March 14, 2008, 10:16 pm

well I finaly have a sugestion :
from Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary (Beta Version) – Cite This Source – Share This
boatswain, bosun [ˈbəusn] noun
an officer who looks after a ship’s boats, ropes, sails etc
in Italian: Nostromo
I got it from the movie Alien, but it was a salvage vessel in space also!
and yes I was a boatswain in USN.

Comment from Glitch_Chaos
Time: March 15, 2008, 2:12 pm

Hey, how about “Macbeth’s Toil and Trouble” or the ‘Macbeth’ for short/pooka referance. I think salavage and “Toil and Trouble” would go along well together

Comment from Norman
Time: April 6, 2008, 3:18 pm

I have just recently discovered podiobooks and have come across your series … I have become hooked on the trader series. I have an idea for a salvage vessel name … Astrum Anguilla (astrum is latin for star and anguilla is the genus name for the american eel. Eels recycle dead creatures in the oceans and rivers .. a star eel would be good for recycling (salvaging) vessels in space …

I am looking forward to finishing half share and full share and in the future following Ishmael in Double Share.

Comment from wallerdad
Time: April 29, 2008, 6:24 am

The name should be the “Pookie Change”!!!!