Naming your ships
This can be a bone of contention for every PA player who ever played so you will need to think sensibly when picking names.
Currently the races adhere the following naming rules generally.
Terran - Mythical Creatures ie. Hydra, Behemoth, Pegasus.
Cathaar - Insects and Posinous Creatures ie. Beetle, Spider, Viper.
Xandathrii - Supernatural/Piercing ie. Banshee, Spectre, Arrowhead
Zikonian - Nautical ie. Pirate, Corsair, Cutlass.
Etriades - Financial ie. Broker, Tycoon, Vendor.
There is some leeway allowed with naming, if you have a name you think is amazing give it a whirl but try and keep the themes if possible.
Something really important to remember though is that people have now played with generally the same names for things for a lot of rounds so please dont screw with the order of certain ships, it causes ALOT of confusion when asking for defence.
Using Terran as an example, Pegasus is a De/Fr class ship that targets Fi or Co or both. Dont make it a BS ship that targets Cr. That for example is the Dragon. Most people know this and it allows continuity round on round.
Dont use players names for ships, no one wants 40000 Butcher's in combat against 100k Clouds!!!!!