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Post by Krall on Jul 11, 2016 2:21:35 GMT
Alright, this has been inactive for a couple of days but I think it's time to continue onward. I have had another go at making a custom name list, but before we continue with that discussion I'd like to clear up some small choices we need to make that haven't gotten much attention so far. Homeplanet TypeAre we all okay going with an Arid homeworld? City AppearanceI think the only suggestions for this so far are Avian and Arthropoid. I prefer Arthropoid, as it looks more industrial. For reference I took screenshots of each city appearance and uploaded them here. Which do you like the look of? Or shall we just go with Arthropoid? Ship AppearanceI believe Avian and Arthropoid were suggested - again I think Arthropoid, as they look more pragmatic rather than designed with aesthetics in mind. For reference here's the preview image the game gives you: And here's a Reddit post with links to albums showing some of the different ships of each appearance. Which ones do you like the look of? Or shall we just go with Arthropoid? FlagAre we all okay with this flag? FTL MethodTo summarise our choice: Warp has freedom of movement but is slow, Hyperspace is fast but is stuck on a pre-existing network, and Wormholes are instant but are dependent on wormhole stations which can be destroyed and must be the start or endpoint of your FTL jump. I've played with all three and am happy to run with any of them. Which do you think would be coolest? Starting WeaponsArmour-melting lasers, shield-rending kinetic weapons, or perfectly accurate missiles. I have no real preference, and since we're free to research all three types it doesn't make a huge difference, but do you have a preference? Or shall we just roll a dice on this one, since it doesn't matter too much anyway? BackgroundAre we all okay with going with the general background MinnesotaNationalist suggested - specifically that our race was a vulture-like species of scavengers who developed a meritocratic society initially based on scavenging efficiency and submission to the person in charge? And, if so, are we all okay with using the terms "Intendant Superior" and "Intendant Inferior" for our ruler and heir respectively?
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Post by AnachronistRocketeer on Jul 11, 2016 2:28:46 GMT
Im quite okay with all the choices, and I feel like Wormholes would be a fun choice to play around with myself, although Warp Travel would allow more exploration early on. Any one of those choices are good ones, so I'm for any of the options.
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Post by shamiboy on Jul 11, 2016 2:30:17 GMT
Warp drives look good, keep everything else the same.
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Post by MinnesotaNationalist on Jul 11, 2016 4:51:19 GMT
I'm good with Warp or Wormhole, as long as it's not Hyperdrive (the benefits are far to small for its constrictions, in my opinion). Slight lean to Warp For starting weapon, I personally have a bias to Missiles. I love long distance fighting, and never being able to miss is a plus as well. Even if we can't do the most damage, we'll still have a healthy distance on any Non-missiles. Of course, this restriction will only last about 10-20 years, so yeah it doesn't matter to much
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Post by Krall on Jul 11, 2016 17:44:33 GMT
Alright, looks like there are no issues with the flag, homeworld type, city appearance, and ship appearance. Warp seems the preferred FTL method and the only weapon choice mentioned was missiles, so - barring any dissenting opinions - we'll be going with those too. So, back to name lists! Here's the album of previews for all the default name lists (excluding the human ones), so if you want to use one of those please let me know. Alternatively here's a preview for my revised and completed custom name list: Most of the names use a set of 25 "alien letter names" I made up. Leader names are a random pair of these letter names (which I reason are probably just the last two letters in a much longer personal ID code), with rulers/heirs having "Zagaan" added to the end, to indicate their status. Ship names use a letter name to indicate their class (e.g. Battleship names start with "Sran"), then another letter name to indicate their production batch, and a production number at the end. There are a few ship names in the preview that don't conform to that system - those are actually military station names, which the game considers ships and usually don't have a list of names separate from other ships. Despite what the preview says fleets will be called "Corps Segment I", "Corps Segment II", etc. by default, but I can change them to use the names shown if people want. I didn't want to use number or letter codes for planet name, so I came up with a list of planet names using the general phonology I'd been using and added "Object" in front of them, to make them sound less like place names and more like the approved names of celestial bodies. What do you think? Are there any default name lists you'd like to use, or do you like the look of my custom one?
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Post by MinnesotaNationalist on Jul 11, 2016 18:15:58 GMT
Name list looks good. One thing I don't think we've talked about yet (and probably the most important thing to talk about) is the name of our species and the name of our empire (and other related things. I personally was waiting for a name list we can all agree upon to offer ideas, so give me a day or two to think up some given the name list here (assuming we all agree to name list)
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Post by Krall on Jul 11, 2016 19:18:46 GMT
Name list looks good. One thing I don't think we've talked about yet (and probably the most important thing to talk about) is the name of our species and the name of our empire (and other related things. I personally was waiting for a name list we can all agree upon to offer ideas, so give me a day or two to think up some given the name list here (assuming we all agree to name list) Yeah, I was waiting for us to decide on a name list too, so our species, homeworld, and home star names are consistent with what we pick. Here's the full list of "alien letter names", to give you a better idea of the phonology: Awk Kha Khadet Sran Nawn Ghoz Tkuz Yekton Kraw Utekh Tlaan Lir Naal Esh Irosh Skei Weg Raakh Zhek Khiza As for the name of the empire, generally I figure out the vague idea I want it to convey then head over to this power thesaurus website and put in related terms until I find something that sounds cool. In this case I think the name should convey the unity of all elements of our empire - it should emphasise that each element works together as a greater, united whole. I've had a quick go at putting words like "unity" and "authority" into that thesaurus website and here are some terms that it might be interesting to use: Uniformity / Uniform Conformity / Conformation Consolidation / Consolidated Cohesive Singularity Amalgamation Sodality Intendency Directorate Executive Administration Imperious Bureaucracy / Bureaucratic Establishment Institution / Institute Aggregation / Aggregate Agglomeration / Agglomerated Conglomeration / Conglomerated Dominion Jurisdiction Hegemony Absolute Supreme Technocracy Mandate Regime Effectual Efficacious Systematic So yeah, hopefully something in there sounds cool to you, and I look forward to seeing what you come up with!
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Post by Krall on Jul 13, 2016 19:40:56 GMT
Quick bump just to ask what other people think of my custom name list, as well as the other points discussed on this page. Also, does anyone have any ideas for names for our species, homeworld, and home star?
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Post by Krall on Jul 16, 2016 11:50:12 GMT
Another bump, with a few more words that could be used in our empire's name:
Instructive Prescriptive Didactic Directive (as an adjective) Ascetic Authorized Licit
I've been trying to figure out a name idea from all these suggestions I've given, but I'm having trouble since there are so many minor variations on any given idea. I do really like the use of the word "Aggregate" as a noun describing our empire though, so something based on that would be cool. Maybe "The Prescriptive Aggregate of X" or "The Aggregate of Authorized Xish Regimes" (where X and Xish are stand-ins for the name of our species/planet/star)?
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Post by Rhand on Jul 16, 2016 16:06:26 GMT
Name list is good. I would ideally like it to involve "Hegemony," but that's just me.
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Post by MinnesotaNationalist on Jul 16, 2016 17:12:17 GMT
Sorry, it looks like I've been doing anything except for this.
Anyways, I was thinking of a couple names (whether species, country, or otherwise) being Khiretk, Riraz, Skrawzei, and Uliru.
I personally like Administration or Directorate for the second part of the country's name.
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Post by Krall on Jul 18, 2016 21:24:28 GMT
Sorry, it looks like I've been doing anything except for this. Anyways, I was thinking of a couple names (whether species, country, or otherwise) being Khiretk, Riraz, Skrawzei, and Uliru. Sorry for the late reply. Of those I like Riraz the most. I'd like to add the following names for consideration too: Oghrana, Khoswun, Sraanik. I personally like Administration or Directorate for the second part of the country's name. Those are good too, but I think we need to start making some full suggestions rather than just selecting individual words we'd like to use. How about these: The Aggregate of Xish Administrative Hegemonies The Xish Instructive Administration The Amalgamated Hegemony of X The Prescriptive Dominion of X The Absolute Jurisdiction of X The Imperative Directorate of X
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Post by AnachronistRocketeer on Jul 19, 2016 5:12:01 GMT
I actually really like the Absolute Jurisdiction of X, and as for the name, perhaps something like Gyrdhra for the species? It's a bit of a mashup betwen Sanskrit and Latin terms for Vulture, but it sounds nice I think.
Sraanik is also the name I would support for the actual nation itself, looks nice and flows better.
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Post by Krall on Jul 19, 2016 5:30:40 GMT
I actually really like the Absolute Jurisdiction of X, and as for the name, perhaps something like Gyrdhra for the species? It's a bit of a mashup betwen Sanskrit and Latin terms for Vulture, but it sounds nice I think. Sraanik is also the name I would support for the actual nation itself, looks nice and flows better. "The Absolute Jurisdiction of Sraanik" does sound nice! "Gyrdhra" is a bit of a mouthful though, and I'm not seeing the Latin influence - the Sanskrit term for vulture is "grdhra", which is just missing a "y", whilst the Latin term is "vultur". Mashing the two together, and modifying it slightly to fit better with the phonology I came up with, you can get "Ghuldra" or "Ghultra", which sounds pretty good (though rather evil) to me.
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Post by AnachronistRocketeer on Jul 19, 2016 6:27:51 GMT
"The Absolute Jurisdiction of Sraanik" does sound nice! "Gyrdhra" is a bit of a mouthful though, and I'm not seeing the Latin influence - the Sanskrit term for vulture is "grdhra", which is just missing a "y", whilst the Latin term is "vultur". Mashing the two together, and modifying it slightly to fit better with the phonology I came up with, you can get "Ghuldra" or "Ghultra", which sounds pretty good (though rather evil) to me. Well it was supped to come from, from the genus Gyps... although I admit is wasnt obvious. I started with "Gypsra(Gips-Rah)/Gysdrha (Jis-Ra)", but neither of those worked really when Gyrdhra (Gyeer-Drah) did. I do however, love Ghuldra. (Gul-Dra)
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Post by Krall on Jul 20, 2016 23:12:35 GMT
If no one else says anything I'm going to have to go with Rocketeer's preferences. What empire and species names do you all like? Are you alright with "The Absolute Jurisdiction of Sraanik" and "Ghuldra", or would you prefer something else?
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Post by Krall on Jul 26, 2016 18:39:29 GMT
Is anyone still interested in this? This thread's never been particularly active, but it's been dead for the better part of the week now and I'm starting to wonder if there's enough interest to keep this AAR going.
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Post by Jasen777 on Jul 27, 2016 0:10:23 GMT
Well I at least would be interested in seeing the game start.
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Post by Krall on Jul 27, 2016 18:45:05 GMT
Well I at least would be interested in seeing the game start. Well, that's something at least. Unfortunately we need to choose our empire and species names before we can begin. Any thoughts on those points?
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Post by Rhand on Jul 27, 2016 23:48:30 GMT
Rocketeer's preferences are fine with me.
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