Now theres the type of ships names and designs we need, for the Arachnid Class ships... Design perhaps similar to the Shadow in Babylon 5..
Forget the wimpy snakes, lets get some deadly snake names!
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Now theres the type of ships names and designs we need, for the Arachnid Class ships... Design perhaps similar to the Shadow in Babylon 5..
Now I do not want this taken seriously, as I am only pointing out ...err ... my point ... If I started a post saying "That's the problem with Americans!" ..you might not be offended, but someone might (depending on what I say of course) .. It might pick your ears up a bit and draw your attention to the statement with enthused interest .. due to a possible insult to your nation ... I doubt anyone took offense to your comment's as they were non-offensive .. but people DO sometimes go over-board with the whole PC nonsense and I only said what I did to save you the hassle of harassment from said people and ironically ... here I am.
I am become grey?
Wouldn't mind there being Shadow ships being made available for Pirates.
"Arachnid Class"...hmmm. Seems to be worth discussing.
Now theres the type of ships names and designs we need, for the Arachnid Class ships... Design perhaps similar to the Shadow in Babylon 5..
Wouldn't mind there being Shadow ships being made available for Pirates.
"Arachnid Class"...hmmm. Seems to be worth discussing.
But this is the problem with Americans.
I certainly wouldn't be offended, no, since I'm British. I tell my wife that all the time though and it doesn't seem to upset her greatly when used in a comedic juxtaposition.
That being said, it is very easy to upset some Americans when talking about certain subjects- guns, flags, religion, politics, Arabs, 9/11, what they call football, baseball, Mexicans, Iraq, Iran, pretty much any middle east country in fact...oh the list goes on, and on.
I certainly wouldn't be offended, no, since I'm British.
I tell my wife that all the time though and it doesn't seem to upset her greatly when used in a comedic juxtaposition.That being said, it is very easy to upset some Americans when talking about certain subjects- guns, flags, religion, politics, Arabs, 9/11, what they call football, baseball, Mexicans, Iraq, Iran, pretty much any middle east country in fact...oh the list goes on, and on.
Just my point ... you sound very much like my brother who also lives in the U.S ... anyway ... I was only trying to be nice .. if that came across wrong then I apologize ... truly ...
It's hard not to get infected.
Something my wife does complain about, is losing the British accent and picking up American affectations. I try hard to at least retain 'garage', 'tomato' and 'water' in their proper pronunciation. No worries. It takes a lot to offend me.
Something my wife does complain about, is losing the British accent and picking up American affectations. I try hard to at least retain 'garage', 'tomato' and 'water' in their proper pronunciation. No worries. It takes a lot to offend me.
My brother has been there for nearly 10 years and although he has managed to keep his accent .. he still says "Trash"- "Cell-phone" and the like ... it is disturbing
My brother has been there for nearly 10 years and although he has managed to keep his accent .. he still says "Trash"- "Cell-phone" and the like ... it is disturbing
That's only because I need to communicate with Americans. Say "rubbish" or "mobile phone" and they look at you like your brain just melted. And don't even mention "hood" and "bonnet"...
What're yer talkin' aboot?
I mistakenly said 'boot' once and quickly converted to 'trunk'. Same with bonnet, yes.
I mistakenly said 'boot' once and quickly converted to 'trunk'. Same with bonnet, yes.
Yay! my brother from the same mother is now on the ED Forum ...
Back to the original point
Ok getting back to the original point of cool sounding deadly snake names.
I may be wrong in saying that Frontier haven't used these names yet but here goes...
Boomslang, Bushmaster, Diamondback or Rattler
admittedly a couple of those names are used by real companies (Bushmaster make guns and Diamondback is a subsidiary of Raleigh Bicycle Company)
They also included names of birds of prey so they could include Goshawk and Hobby. Seeing as they named the Federation fighter after a scavenging raptor (Condor) they could include Buzzard , Kite, Vulture or Lammergeyer.
I've also heard mention of big cats so Jaguar, Caracal, Serval, Cheetah, Leopard, Ocelot, Puma or Cougar.
Ok getting back to the original point of cool sounding deadly snake names.
I may be wrong in saying that Frontier haven't used these names yet but here goes...
Boomslang, Bushmaster, Diamondback or Rattler
admittedly a couple of those names are used by real companies (Bushmaster make guns and Diamondback is a subsidiary of Raleigh Bicycle Company)
They also included names of birds of prey so they could include Goshawk and Hobby. Seeing as they named the Federation fighter after a scavenging raptor (Condor) they could include Buzzard , Kite, Vulture or Lammergeyer.
I've also heard mention of big cats so Jaguar, Caracal, Serval, Cheetah, Leopard, Ocelot, Puma or Cougar.
I have an open invitation to stay with friends in Perth but I'm torn. On one hand it's a chance of a lifetime. On the other hand it could also be the end of it. All stinging and biting things seem to gravitate towards me even when I'm surrounded by a smörgåsbord of other succulent humans. I'm not the world's strongest swimmer. And I'm arachnophobic. Let's be honest, the odds of survival anywhere on or near that continent aren't in my favour.
On a more Elitey (astronomical) side-note: Despite a fairly decent knowledge of the relationship between the Sun Earth and Moon going back to childhood, I only realised a couple of months ago that the Moon must look "upside down" to northern hemisphere residents visiting the southern hemisphere and vice versa. It surprised me that I hadn't even considered it before, because it seems so obvious with hindsight. The further realisation that the moon must appear "sideways" if you're standing near the equator fairly blew my mind.
And for the on-topic bit, if Elite Dangerous is sticking even partially with snakey names then I agree there has to be a taipan. Coolest snake name ever.
I have a major problem that in real life I can't see the moon as a 3-D object ... this is disappointing I love Space, Sci-Fi ..and all the rest ... But I cannot see our own moon in 3-D, as a floating body in space ... no matter how hard I look ... it is always a Flat object .. a pancake ....
*Edit .... and I have 20-20 vision at 40
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Pffft.... I'll see your pansy snakes and raise you a Mongoose.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdg9gkmWsEA
Now that name would be perfect for a BH class ship
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdg9gkmWsEA
Now that name would be perfect for a BH class ship