The Admiral and the King

[SenX]

I think it's highly likely future generations will continue to use old names for new things, and don't forget ED's canon is that it's our human society that has continued to evolve until 3001, it's not a new Universe. People MIGHT conjure up new words but, unless the new word comes from some new place, recognisable event or person (eg. Thatcherite, Reaganomics, Maoist) we already find that old words endure, either for as long as they have a use somewhere or possibly unless they clash with some new moral standard and get banned.

Yes, this can happen, but it seems to me the tales about kings and knights will always We do not have enough information about the factions and the world of the game, it makes it difficult to understand the developers. Imerator, senator, Princess retained their value.

 

[DocLooshkin]

Im[p]erator, senator, Princess retained their value.

The more I think about it, the more this really does seem like a very salient point. If titles such as 'Senator', 'Princess' and 'Emperor' have an inherent value to the people of the Empire, then it doesn't seem to make sense for them to be using the same kinds of titles as throwaway descriptors for any number of random mercenaries. Likewise for the military-style ranks in the Federation.

Perhaps it might be wise to rewrite the titles, so they reflect a Commander's ability, rather than a chain of command which doesn't exist and doesn't appear to be on FD's drawing board. For the Empire, I can think of a number of naming schemes that would make stronger sense, from religion-inspired terms to odd schemes based around the term 'warlord'. For the Galactic Federation, I'm not so sure, since I don't know what they value, apart from money - perhaps someone better-versed in Federation Lore could make a suggestion...?