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Each crew picks a theme for their ships that reflects both their personality as a crew and their values.
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Lee ships are named for famous female scientists:
Danielle Nicole
Jacqueline Gill
Jennifer Robison
Alessandra Gillani
Peggy Whitson
Nandini Harinath
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Silar ships are named for famous female journalists:
Veronica Guerin
Ida Wells
Virginia Vallejo
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Caryll ships are named for goddesses or other women who were known for their strength, wisdom, and leadership:
Persephone
Minerva
Diana
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Sciarra ships are all named for female aviators:
Sabiha Gökçen
Willa Brown
Hazel Ying Lee
Lydia Litvyak
Molly Rose
Maggie Gee
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Baular ships are all named for dragons:
Chrysophylax
Errol
Ryū
Long
Sárkány
Ruth
Slibinas
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In particular, the Danielle Nicole is named for my friend Dr. Danielle N. Lee, who studies African giant pouched rats and does science outreach through The Urban Scientist, Scientific American Blog Network, and National Science & Technology News Services (of which she is a co-founder). You can find her on Twitter as @DNLee5. The real D. N. Lee is much nicer than a warship is, I promise.
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The Jennifer Robison is named for my friend Dr. Jennifer Robison who studies abiotic factors on the physiology and biochemistry of plants. She can be found on Twitter as @OshnGirl, on Youtube on the Cell-Fie Science channel discussing plant science, and at her website:
https://jenniferrobison.weebly.com/
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The Jacqueline Gill is named for my friend, ecologist and biogeographer Dr. Jacquelyn Gill, who studies how landscapes change through space and time. She writes about ecology and climate change over time from the last ice age to the present day, and how our understanding of the past can help prepare us for the future.
She also writes about Academia, diversity in STEM, science communication, and the occasional dung fungus. In Fall 2013, Jacquelyn joined the University of Maine as an Assistant Professor of Paleoecology & Plant Ecology with the School of Biology & Ecology and the Climate Change Institute.
In addition to geeking out in the lab, in the field, and online, she enjoys games, knitting, science fiction, discovering new craft cocktails, cuddling her furry mesofauna, and exploring Maine’s forests, rivers, and islands. You can find her on Twitter as @JacquelynGill and at: