Bretonian transport naming

[jammi]

Right, so the Bretonian transport shipline is named after different breeds of horse, right? Well, it goes something like this:

• Clydesdale (Freighter - medium sized draught horse)
  
• Percheron (mid size Transport - slightly larger draught horse)
  
• Shire (large sized Transport - largest breed of horse)
  
• Shetland (massive Train - a pony)
  

Right. Shetland. There's a slight thing about this. All of the previous three are draught horses, the kind that drag heavy stuff like goods around. The Shetland however, is a pony. An incredibly small one at that. It's weird that the largest ship of the line, is named after a pygmie of a horse.

Me and Husher were talking about this in the Bowex chat and we found some alternatives. The Destrier and Courser, both of which being war horses. The thing that makes them useable however, is the fact that the Destrier is a major part of the ancestry of the Percheron and Shire breeds, which links it with the series.

If things were to be really picky though, I'd suggest switching the name Shire to the Bretonian Train, to represent it being the biggest around, while the Bretonian Container Transport gets the name Destrier due to it's heavy weapons loadout and still formidable size.

Mind you, I can't see this thread getting much publicity, or anyone caring particually much...

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