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I am currently writing a story where the "enemy" (a rival human faction) have built 4 large "planet-killers," essentially giant guns for lobbing asteroids at planets.

They were going to be named after ancient myths of the apocalypse, witth a class of 20, however only 4 survived the opening battle. The Ragnarok and the Fimbelwetr are two of them, and I need names for the other two.

I would like for these to be less obvious names for end of the world, so you may consider the Apocalypse/Armageddon/Revelations/End of Days to have been other ships in the class that were destroyed.

Any assistance is much appreciated, as would any spelling corrrections of the names I already have.

There's al-Qiyamah, which is the Islamic version of the end. You also have Frashokereti, the Zoroastrian version. On top of that, there's the Hindu "Kali Yuga".

al-Qiyamah and Kali Yuga are perfect. Thanks for the help.

I'm glad you specified... I'm a fan of Ian Banks "Culture" novels... which have INTERESTING ways to name their ships.

I've never read the Culture books. Could you elaborate on this interesting ship naming method?

The Ships (note the capital 'S') are each controlled by a Mind (superduper-tech AI, they also run the Culture in general, humans mostly content to live lives of unparalleled hedonism using a tiny fraction of the near-infinite resources the Culture has), and the Minds name themselves. They normally choose whimsical names like 'Irregular Apocalypse' or 'What Is The Answer and Why?'. Their warships (the average Culture Ship is easily capable of destroying a world, but warships are much more focussed militarily, in physical design and psychological makeup) tend to have vaguely-threatening names like 'Gunboat Diplomat'.

There's a complete list of all the Ships (even those just mentioned in passing) here.

That's awesome.

Well, I think that's it in terms of religious eschatology! Nevertheless, I forward the sugestion of Götterdämmerung (basically just Ragnarok in german) and KT (Extinction) Event (the big rock that killed the dinossaurs). Ooh, and what about the PTr Extinction Event, also know as THE GREAT DYING? Ominous much? :p (Though, as an aside, I doubt I would be very thrilled to serve in a warship called "The Great Dying"...)

I might swap al-Qiyamah for Gotterdamarung. Just for the awesomeness of that name.

Why not something respectable like the Royal Navy has? Something like the HMS Gay Viking. Or something patriotically American like the USS Ponce.*

*I can only imagine the personnel British task force doing joint maneuvers alongside this ship being rendered incapable of performing their duties due to incessant giggling.

As hilarious as those examples are, they don't fit with the class theme of "end of the world."

HOwever, the ISS or TNS Gay Viking will have to make an appearance at some point methinks.

The Yucatan Peninsula or the Chicxulub.

Chicxulub is a good one. Who needs myths when you can have the real thing? Or speaking of the Great Dying, the Siberian Traps? We don't exactly know if they caused it or not, but it's a pretty cool name anyway.

Gotterdamerung and Chicxulub it is. Sweet.