Ships by Insectoid: Ships C-E

	Callandor Literature A sword, seemingly made of crystal, that is not really a sword, but a sa'angreal that can be used by a male channeler. From Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time. Notes: Obviously, the scale of the ship is distorted – but that's the case for many of my ships, due, again, to the XPilot shipshape limitations.
	Candy Cane General A candy cane.
	Capacitor Technology A .1µF ceramic capacitor. Notes: 104=0.1 microfarads (µF).
	Cardassian Warship Star Trek "The Homecoming" (DS9), et al.
	CA State Route Road Signs The California state highway marker, shaped like an inverted miner's spade. Notes: Since I can't seem to make up my mind, I decided to make animated GIFs for the three highway marker ships, using the GIMP. This one shows 24 of California's many state routes. The one most Californians probably won't recognize is CA-254, Avenue of the Giants, which follows old US-101 and has only a few shield markers.
	Cat Clock General Looks like a Kit-Cat Clock, one of those novelty clocks with a cat's face and swinging tail. Notes: My dad has a modified version of `xclock` that displays a Kit-Cat Clock; that's where I got the idea from.
	Cat Pill General An Advil (ibuprofin) tablet. Notes: Why "Cat Pill"? It's an old family joke; it's what my uncle always calls ibuprofin tablets.
	Centipede 64 Video Games This is the ship from the Commodore 64 port of Atari's Centipede. Notes: The notch on the right side is intentional (that's how it appears on the C64 screen).
	Centipede Spider Video Games This is the spider from the C64 port of Atari's Centipede, who gets faster and nastier the longer you play…
	Chargers Sports The logo of the San Diego Chargers NFL football team. Notes: I made this in memory of Junior Seau, the former Chargers linebacker who died recently.
	Chaos II General This is what I put together to replace the original 'Chaos' ship (Diamond, below). Notes: Tricky to fly because of the odd angle and symmetry.
	Cloak Bone Mister Bone A bone with a diagonal line across it. Notes: "Cloaked Bone"… Sounds like a movie…
	Cobra Animals It is a cobra.
	Cold One General Yes, it's an ice-cold hot dog! Notes: This was another private joke.
	Colonial Viper Television A Colonial Viper from the "re-imagined" Battlestar Galactica TV series.
	Commodore Technology The logo of former computer manufacturer Commodore International, maker of the highly successful Commodore 64 personal computer. Notes: My dad has at least one working C64 (though the other one probably still works, too).
	Cone of Silence Television In the spy spoof TV series Get Smart, the Cone of Silence was a contraption used to prevent other people in the same room from hearing top-secret conversations. Unfortunately, it often did not allow the people under the Cone (usually Maxwell Smart and the Chief) to hear each other, either. Notes: There were actually two domes, but I only had room for one. Quote: Max: "Shouldn't we activate the Cone of Silence?"
	Constellation-class Star Trek U.S.S. Stargazer NCC-2893, "The Battle" (TNG).
	Constitution Refit Star Trek U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, et al.
	Constitution-class Star Trek U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701, Star Trek (The Original Series). Notes: I altered this slightly for the color version, because the dimensions were out of whack. And, because it looks better.
	Crawling Spider Arthropoids Some sort of Spider. Notes: Originally called "Black Spider." This ship and the next one (and the orange color) are for Halloween.
	Creeping Insect Arthropoids A dragonfly. Notes: I can be any kind of bug I want on Halloween!
	Crescent Wrench General A Crescent Tool Co. adjustable wrench. Notes: I have an anodized black one in my toolbox—I must've run out of ship ideas.
	Cricket Animals It is a cricket. Notes: The persona associated with this ship is appropriately named "Hum Bug".
	Crown Hobbies A representation of a British crown coin. Notes: Being a collector of both US and British coins, I'm hoping someday to buy an 1847 "Gothic" crown for my UK type set. (For less than $1000, I hope.)
	Crystal Shard Video Games The ship from Atari's Centipede arcade game. Notes: The name refers to the ship in the popular Macintosh Centipede clone Apeiron. Though, it could refer to R.A. Salvatore's novel of the same name.
	Crystalline Hobbies A rhombic crystal.
	C Sharp General A curly brace punctuation mark. Notes: In programming, particularly languages like C and Perl, a curly brace is used to begin a function in a program (like `main() {`.
	Cylon Raider Television The Cylon fighter from the "re-imagined" Battlestar Galactica TV series.
	D1 Lifter Video Games A Medium Lifter robot from the computer game Descent. Notes: Likes to shred things. Preferably you.
	Daedalus-class Star Trek U.S.S. Essex NCC-173, "Power Play" (TNG). Notes: Not much is known about this early starship design; I only had one or two pictures to go by in the Encyclopedia.
	Dagger General A dagger. Notes: Previously named "Jack Sparrow".
	Danube-class Star Trek U.S.S. Rio Grande NCC-72452, "Emissary, Parts 1 and 2" (DS9), et al. Notes: These little ships, called runabouts, are kind of like a large shuttlecraft.
	Dark Moon General The prism from the cover of Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon album, released in 1973. Notes: Which, now that I think about it, had the beams of light bending the other way. Oh well. Quote: "I'll see you on the dark side of the moon"
	Defiant-class Star Trek U.S.S. Defiant NX-74205, "The Search, Parts 1 & 2" (DS9), et al.
	Deputy General A deputy sheriff's badge. Notes: I bought many a souvenir badge similar to this one on our 4-state National Park trip 16-ish years ago. • Even with one of the six points sharper than the others, it's still difficult to fly.
	Destroyer General A shape I made out of boredom; pretty cool, actually (especially after color!). Notes: I think, perhaps, that this was one of my attempts to do something different with one of my Insectoid ships (which would have been III, at the time).
	Deuces Wild Games The two (deuce) of diamonds. Notes: The 2s and little ♦s were added for the color version.
	Dialup General An old desk telephone. As many people know, dialup isn't good for playing XPilot… Notes: Mrnexrad used this occasionally when he was on the road. • The color version is a mock-up of a Western Electric Model 500 rotary telephone. (My dad is a collector of vintage phones; several 500s are among them, such as this red one.)
	Diamond General A diamond. Notes: Originally called "Chaos" (for "Chaos Emerald", a reference to the Sonic the Hedgehog games). I decided I needed something better for that name, so I made a new ship; see the result ("Chaos II") above.
	Diet Coke General, Mrnexrad A representation of a Diet Coke can. Notes: This was Mrnexrad's most frequently-used ship and name for quite a while.
	Diode Technology A diode is a semiconductor device that allows current to flow in only one direction. LEDs (light-emitting diodes) are diodes made to emit different wavelengths of light. Notes: The band indicates the cathode (–) terminal of the diode.
	Donkey! Animals A donkey. Notes: My second attempt at an animal ship. The ship was made as a reference to the character in the Shrek movies. • The color version was done on-the-fly.
	Dopefish Video Games According to its creators, the Dopefish is the second-dumbest creature in the universe; all it knows how to do is swim and eat. Notes: The Dopefish appeared as an enemy character in Commander Keen episode 4, and spawned (heh) a small cult following on the Internet.
	Doritos General A Doritos corn chip. Notes: Nacho Cheese, if the color is to be believed.
	Dragon I Literature A dragon, sans legs. (Darn those limitations!) Notes: This was my attempt to make something resembling the Asha'man Dragon pin (from Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time), and it turned out okay, even though it would look a lot better with legs.
	Dragon II Literature A more detailed version of the dragon's head from the previous ship.
	Dragon's Claw General A claw of sorts. Notes: "Not the Craw, the Craw!" That's a joke from Get Smart.
	Dragon's Fang Literature Yet another Wheel of Time reference, shown now in its correct orientation. It represents saidin, the male half of the True Source. Notes: In the other orientation, it would represent saidar instead of saidin (and would be colored white).
	Drunken Pig Animals A pig. Notes: Named for the dancing "Pig" Wink in MSN/Live Messenger.
	Duck Animals, Video Games A duck. Notes: I used a screenshot from the arcade game Duck Hunt as a model; the color version reflects this.
	Dude Crush Animals, Movies A sea turtle. Notes: The name is a reference to the character in Disney/Pixar's Finding Nemo.
	Easter Bug General A rabbit. Notes: Yes, I know it looks nothing like a bug… but it is cute, isn't it?
	Ebeneezer Bug Arthropoids Just a modified InsectoidIII. Notes: I couldn't think of a better idea at the time (like, say, a cane, or a top hat).
	Elevator General The façade of an elevator, complete with an old-fashioned dial at the top. Notes: "Elevator down…" is what Mrnexrad often says when he gives up and his score starts going down.
	Enterprise NX-01 Star Trek Star Trek: Enterprise. Notes: This came out nearly as bad as the Akira-class ship, but I don't care—I never really liked Enterprise!
	Excelsior-class Star Trek U.S.S. Excelsior NX-2000, Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, et al. Notes: Changed to NCC-2000 by Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country.
	Exploding Cola General A cola can that's about to explode! Notes: That's sort of what a soda can feels like after it's dropped on the floor and DOESN'T explode.
	Eyeball General A flying eyeball! Notes: This was tricky to design.

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