Xailia
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Posted - 2004.02.09 03:24:00 -
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Edited by: Xailia on 09/02/2004 03:28:39
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Caldari ships are all named after animals, mostly birds.
Current Caldari Ships
Moa: Any of various flightless ostrichlike birds of the family Dinornithidae, native to New Zealand and extinct for over a century.
Caracal: A wildcat (Felis caracal syn. Lynx caracal) of Africa and southern Asia having short fawn-colored fur and long tufted ears.
Bantam: Any of various breeds of very small domestic fowl that are often miniatures of members of larger breeds
Condor: Either of two New World vultures, Vultur gryphus of the Andes or Gymnogyps californianus, a nearly extinct vulture of the mountains of California, having a bare head and neck and dull black plumage containing variable amounts of white. With a wingspan of about three meters (ten feet), they are the largest birds in the Western Hemisphere.
Griffin: A fabulous beast with the head and wings of an eagle and the body of a lion.
Kestrel: Any of various small falcons belonging to the genus Falco that are distributed worldwide, especially the American kestrel and the European kestrel.
Heron: Any of various wading birds of the family Ardeidae, having a long neck, long legs, a long pointed bill, and usually white, gray, or bluish-gray plumage.
Merlin: A small falcon (Falco columbarius) of northern regions, having predominantly dark plumage and a black-striped tail. Also called pigeon hawk.
Badger: Any of several carnivorous burrowing mammals of the family Mustelidae, such as Meles meles of Eurasia or Taxidea taxus of North America, having short legs, long claws on the front feet, and a heavy grizzled coat.
Blackbird: Any of various New World birds of the family Icteridae, such as the grackle or red-winged blackbird, the male of which has black or predominantly black plumage.
Scorpion: Any of various arachnids of the order Scorpionida, of warm dry regions, having a segmented body and an erectile tail tipped with a venomous sting.
Raven: A large bird (Corvus corax) having black plumage and a croaking cry
Osprey: A fish-eating hawk (Pandion haliaetus) having plumage that is dark on the back and white below. Also called fish hawk.
Ibis: Any of various storklike wading birds of the family Threskiornithidae of temperate and tropical regions, having a long, slender, downward-curving bill.
The New Elite Caldari Frigates
Hawk: Any of various birds of prey of the order Falconiformes and especially of the genera Accipiter and Buteo, characteristically having a short hooked bill and strong claws adapted for seizing.
Buzzard: Any of various North American vultures, such as the turkey vulture.
Crow: Any of several large glossy black birds of the genus Corvus, having a characteristic raucous call, especially C. brachyrhynchos of North America.
Manticore: A legendary monster having the head of a man, the body of a lion, and the tail of a dragon or scorpion.
Medusa: The tentacled, usually bell-shaped, free-swimming sexual stage in the life cycle of a coelenterate, such as a jellyfish.
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The Gorgon who was killed by Perseus.
Nighthawk: Any of several chiefly nocturnal birds of the genus Chordeiles, especially C. minor, having mottled grayish-brown feathers with a white spot on the wings. Also called bullbat, mosquito hawk.
Raptor: A bird of prey.
Sparrow: Any of various small New World finches of the family Emberizidae, having brownish or grayish plumage and including the song sparrow, white-throated sparrow, chipping sparrow, vesper sparrow, and other closely related species.
Sphinx: Mythology. A figure in Egyptian myth having the body of a lion and the head of a man, ram, or hawk.
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Greek Mythology. A winged creature having the head of a woman and the body of a lion, noted for killing those who could not answer its riddle.
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