If real ships can be named for ideas or acts, what science-fiction ships could be named that way?
Short answerEagle Eye would suit a reconnaissance ship, and Escalation advertises a capital ship's superiority over its opponents. Large fictional fleets allow more specialized names.
NotesEagle Eye is suggested as a name for a reconnaissance ship. A space navy with thousands of hulls has more room for specialized names than a smaller terrestrial fleet. Another example is a fictional capital ship called Escalation, built large enough to advertise that humanity cannot yet match it. The discussion of HMS Trump's name explains trumping as one-upping an opponent, then turns to the Royal Navy's established use of ships' bells and other gifts in naval diplomacy.