Callsign

A callsign is a pseudonym that radio operators such as CAPCOM will use to refer to a specific person or group of people.

Important Callsigns

• The callsign for Mission Control is "M.C." (pronounced "emm-cee").
• The callsign for the Habitat is "Habitat", though "Hab" is also acceptable.
• The callsign for Earth Station 1 is "Earth" or "ES1" (pronounced "ee-ess-one").

Spacesim Culture

In recent times, callsigns have come to be used as friendly nicknames, and have entered the general Spacesim culture. Some examples from the Mission Daedalus Astronauts are "Angel" for Lt. Christian Angel, "Africa" for Lt. Cmdr. Peter Macdonald and "Euro" for Lt. Euan Wheaton. For several years, callsigns went unused within the club, before being revived in 2020 as part of The Dig. Doctor Magwood endorsed this decision, on the condition that no one may choose their own callsign, instead that they must be chosen by other club members.

Toilets

In 2009-10 the chemical toilets in the bathroom were labeled with the astronauts' callsigns instead of their names, as had been done in previous years.

See Also

CAPCOM (procedures)

List of Callsigns

These are all of the known Callsigns for OCESS members.

Callsign	Member	Origin
Aardvark	Toby Armstrong	Bestowed by Jamie Tait-Glossop, in reference to an incident which occurred on the 2018 music trip.
Adobe	Murray Renaud	Bestowed by Nathan Schmidt, after the 2020 Crew Photoshops incident.
Africa	Peter Macdonald	Unknown
Angel	Christian Angel	Various reasons including the uncanny resemblance his name has to the illusionist Criss Angel.
Darth Glomp	Charlotte Bonyun	Unknown
Eagle	Soren Wainio-Theberge	Because he's 'Soren' through the skies.
Euro	Euan Wheaton	Unknown, presumably due to its resemblance to his name, or in reference to the unit of currency used in the European Union.
FANCY	Arrian Amir-Rafiei	In reference to his fanciful piloting skills during mission Dragan 2011 and for his particularly interesting way of saying the word fancy.
Finland	Samuel Baltz	Bestowed by Euan Wheaton, due to 'Baltz> Baltic States> Nothing actually even remotely like a Baltic State> Finland'. No longer used.
Jonas	Chen-tao LaRochelle	Bestowed by Maclean Rouble, due to Chen-tao's new haircut resembling a Stargate SG1 character named Jonas.
LeFaye	Morgan Mersereau	Bestowed by Euan Wheaton, as an awful 'pun' on Arthurian sorceress Morgan Le Fay.
Lightningrod	Tavian Hamer-Wilson	Bestowed by Blakely Haughton, in reference to a Hindsight 2020 disaster during which he was struck by lightning.
Lyra	Patrick Melanson	Due to his copious use of puns, presumably in reference to Lyra Evans. No longer used.
Malade	Patrick Melanson	Coined from its resemblance to his surname.
Moogle	Samuel Baltz	Derived from Copernicus Moogle, due to his work organizing Keplernicus, whose name is also based off of Copernicus.
Moonboy	Blakely Haughton	Bestowed by his crewmates after accidentally hitting the moon while returning from Mars during Hindsight 2020.
Pika	Ian Martin	So named for his infamous 'Pikapuns', it is believed.
Wales	Blair Darling	Bestowed by Jamie Tait-Glossop and Murray Renaud after starting an inside joke that involved reacting to Discord messages with the Welsh flag emote.