cricket wrote:Well, I'll be the first to admit I know nothing about German other than what Babelfish tells me.
Ah the bubblefish syndrom. Now I understand. Its funny to have games with odd sounding german names in it - I remember mentioning the "Pfaffbeschleuniger" which resulted in a good lough at our local gaming group. But if you like I can take a look on your future german names and help you to have them sound good if necessary.
cricket wrote:What specifically about Sternmarine doesn't work?
Sternmarine is from the german gramatics PoV not quite correct. Correct would be Sternenmarine. (with an "en" after stern). And even this sounds a little bit odd so a german/austrian would probably replace the word with other words like Weltraumflotte, or Raumflotte.
cricket wrote:Also, Ersatz Monarch was the proposed name for an improved version of the Tegetthoff-class BB that was never built.
Ah good old Admiral Tegetthoff - my favorite national hero. My appartement in Vienna is located some hundred yards near the big 60 ft. Vienna Tegetthoff monument from 1886.