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Nisos ( Fed B) was king of Megara, and Simo-H ( Stealth C) is a shortened version of Simo Häyhä, who was a Finnish sniper. Shrike is also a killer robot in book Mortal Engines, and it has knife-like claws in both its hands. The Shrike could also be a reference to the almost mythical mechanical terror from Dan Simmon's Hyperion cantos, especially considering the resemblance between it and the Lanius. The Gila Monster ( Mantis A) is a species of venomous lizard, Ariolimax ( Slug C) is the genus of the banana slug, and a Basilisk ( Mantis B) is a legendary reptile. The Kestrel ( Kestrel A), Red-Tail ( Kestrel B), The Swallow ( Kestrel C), The Osprey ( Federation A), The Fregatidae ( Federation C), The Shrike ( Lanius B), and The Nesasio ( Stealth A) all share their names with a bird or a bird genus. The Nesasio is probably designed after Mass Effect's SSV Normandy, as both are stealth-themed ships, share a similar delta form, and have similar room layouts (FTL's being a simpler version). Layout B of the Zoltan ship ( Noether) is named for Emmy Noether, a groundbreaking mathematician and physicist. Layout A of the Crystal Cruiser ( Bravais) is named after a Bravais lattice - a mathematical method of describing/representing a crystal structure and the points within it. Note: Shivan bombers have enormous amount of armor plating, especially the Nephilim class which is really hard to shoot down with shields down, even with missiles) The color scheme is evidence of this, although the Shivan race in that game utilizes more shielding than armor, in contrast to the Rock ships. Layout B of the Rock Cruiser ( Shivan) is possibly named after the Shivan race in the game Freespace. Also a spacefaring simulator, The Kestrel is the popular and most powerful civilian ship available in Escape Velocity and returns as a powerful endgame ship in Escape Velocity: Nova available upon game completion. The Kestrel Cruiser is a reference to the Escape Velocity series by Ambrosia.Scoops (Steve Gaynor), Remo (Chris Remo) and Breckon (Nick Breckon), members of Idle Thumbs.Magmar is also, oddly enough, the name of a Pokemon from the pokemon series. Magmar, a villain from the 1986 cartoon GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords, voiced by Telly Savalas.Artyom, the Russian protagonist from the Metro game series.Alex Rigopulos, the CEO of Harmonix Music Systems.Butters, a character from the popular television show South Park.Garrus, the name of a squad member from the Mass Effect series.Turing, presumably named after Alan Turing, one of the founders of the fields of computer science and artificial intelligence, who proposed the experiment that came to be known as the Turing Test.Davion, named after the Inner Sphere House in the Battletech universe.May have been altered for copyright reasons. Velaryen, very similar to House Velaryon and/or the Valyrian language from the novel series A Song of Ice and Fire.Dolan, the main character of a popular internet meme.Xemu, programmer for Robot Entertainment, who made Hero Academy and Orcs Must Die.Ohm (shortened form of Ohmwrecker), the YouTube Let's Player who, on camera, beat the supposedly impossible boss in the final sector (sector 2) in the alpha version of the game.
Mike Weston, the burned (fired) spy from the American TV show Burn Notice. yeoz, another Kickstarter donator ("zoey" backwards). This is because when the game was being funded on Kickstarter, the first 100 people to donate $100 or more had their name added to the crew roster, and Notch was one of these people. Jones, the main protagonist of the Indiana Jones franchise. 
Atreyu is also the name of an American metalcore band. Atreyu, the protagonist of the book/movie The Neverending Story.
Trustworthy Auto-Pilot (reference to HAL 9000 from 2001: A Space Odyssey). I don't need no stinkin' upgrades! (reference to a well-known misquoted line from The Treasure of Sierra Madre). They've stopped ( Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, during the attack on the Death Star) No Redshirts Here (reference to original series' disposable crewmembers). Givin' her all she's got Captain! ( Scotty from Star Trek, the original series). Rule Ten: Greed is Eternal (direct quote of Star Trek's Ferengi Rules of Acquisition). Bird of Prey ( Klingon Bird-of-Prey warship class). The United Federation (reference to United Federation of Planets). Tough Little Ship (quote from Willliam T.
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