frostytheplebe
Seventh Part of the Seal
Don't worry, this thread is not about debating whether this ship is the Confed class dreadnought or if it's the ship on the cover of the game. This is more what I would qualify as a rather curious choice of names for a ship.
For starters, ships that are named after characters or people, are usually named after people who are considered heroic or at least positive. (You don't see a TCS Hitler or a TCS Benedict Arnold).
So why would they name a ship after a character who is portrayed as a villain in two different stories?
The character Agamemnon desecrated Apollo's temple at Troy, taking the daughter of one of their priests as a slave and due to his own greed, nearly lost the war for the Ageans when he refused to give her back. Backed into a corner with protests from his own men, he gave her back, but then took the slave of the hero Achilles, which made him mad. So now thanks to Agamemnon, the Ageans are losing the Trojan war, and they have lost their best warrior.
On top of that, he sacrificed his own child in order to gain favor with the God's to get to Troy... not exactly the most heroic person to name a ship after.
Any thoughts?
For starters, ships that are named after characters or people, are usually named after people who are considered heroic or at least positive. (You don't see a TCS Hitler or a TCS Benedict Arnold).
So why would they name a ship after a character who is portrayed as a villain in two different stories?
The character Agamemnon desecrated Apollo's temple at Troy, taking the daughter of one of their priests as a slave and due to his own greed, nearly lost the war for the Ageans when he refused to give her back. Backed into a corner with protests from his own men, he gave her back, but then took the slave of the hero Achilles, which made him mad. So now thanks to Agamemnon, the Ageans are losing the Trojan war, and they have lost their best warrior.
On top of that, he sacrificed his own child in order to gain favor with the God's to get to Troy... not exactly the most heroic person to name a ship after.
Any thoughts?