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24 Oct 2018, 02:25
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2017
Posts: 7
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Vipers, the bane of my life!
I'm a real perfectionist / OCD freak, and so its having a Cathaar ship called a Viper (and I suppose also the Basalisk) that really pisses me off.
Spider - Bug
Beetle - Bug
Viper - Snake
Widow - Bug
Roach - Bug
Tarantula - Bug
Mosquito - Bug
Hornet - Bug
Past Cathaar:
Wasp - Bug
Scarab - Bug
Mantis - Bug
Termite - Bug
So as you see, the Viper is the only ship that doesn't fit the Cat naming convention. Sticks out like a sore thumb!
I guess Basalisk should probably be a Terran name too, given its typically a mythical creature, but usually Cats have Termites as a SK so I'm assuming its an outlier?
Where did the Viper name come from? How did it make it into the Cat fleet list given its obviously not a bug? Is there a backstory?
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24 Oct 2018, 04:13
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 1,038
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Re: Vipers, the bane of my life!
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Originally Posted by synch
I'm a real perfectionist / OCD freak, and so its having a Cathaar ship called a Viper (and I suppose also the Basalisk) that really pisses me off.
Spider - Bug
Beetle - Bug
Viper - Snake
Widow - Bug
Roach - Bug
Tarantula - Bug
Mosquito - Bug
Hornet - Bug
Past Cathaar:
Wasp - Bug
Scarab - Bug
Mantis - Bug
Termite - Bug
So as you see, the Viper is the only ship that doesn't fit the Cat naming convention. Sticks out like a sore thumb!
I guess Basalisk should probably be a Terran name too, given its typically a mythical creature, but usually Cats have Termites as a SK so I'm assuming its an outlier?
Where did the Viper name come from? How did it make it into the Cat fleet list given its obviously not a bug? Is there a backstory?
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i thought cath planets were named after venomous creatures
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24 Oct 2018, 07:48
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Hole in the ground
Join Date: Oct 2012
Posts: 169
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Re: Vipers, the bane of my life!
Not sure about back story, but it looks like the viper first appeared in Round 11 as a battleship.
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23 May 2019, 12:42
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2017
Posts: 7
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Re: Vipers, the bane of my life!
Again with the odd names!
XAN
Phantom - undead
Banshee - undead
Revenant - undead
Ghost - undead
Bomber - ??
Peacekeeper - ??
Reaper - undead
Spectre - undead
Illusion - undead
Vampyre - undead
Haunt - undead
Where did Bomber and Peacekeeper come from? Why aren't people sticking with naming conventions? What happened to Wraith and Nightmare? Could even have something like Ghoul or Lich.
And when will we get rid of Viper?! The only non insect on Cathaar's list!
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23 May 2019, 14:19
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Mind-boggling
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Devon, England
Posts: 1,468
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Re: Vipers, the bane of my life!
I am very upset about all of this
Could we have a comment from a admin?
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23 May 2019, 15:30
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mz.
Join Date: Aug 2005
Posts: 8,587
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Re: Vipers, the bane of my life!
Xan names have never all been spooky things: Vsharrak, Arrowhead, Fireblade, Bomber, Bolt Thrower, Peacekeeper, Broadsword have all been used at various times. I don't even know what a Vsharrak is. The first 7 results I find are all PA-related. As for Cath, Spider, Black Widow, Viper, Recluse, Scorpion and Tarantula are often used.
They're just names. Relax.
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23 May 2019, 18:11
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Propaganda Chief
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Under the Rainbow
Posts: 4,740
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Re: Vipers, the bane of my life!
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Originally Posted by Mzyxptlk
Xan names have never all been spooky things: Vsharrak, Arrowhead, Fireblade, Bomber, Bolt Thrower, Peacekeeper, Broadsword have all been used at various times. I don't even know what a Vsharrak is. The first 7 results I find are all PA-related. As for Cath, Spider, Black Widow, Viper, Recluse, Scorpion and Tarantula are often used.
They're just names. Relax.
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All cloaked ships was "spooky", just depends what era you are from i suppose.
Quote:
Originally Posted by synch
Again with the odd names!
Where did Bomber and Peacekeeper come from?
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The initial xan names was quite long, i guess "vsharrack" was the only one who stuck.
"Xentrallis Peacekeeper" and "Andvordian Bomber" was the initial name. Ghost/Phantoms/Spectre/etc/"spooky names" was not apart of the initial xan(the race) ships.
I guess the names came from place/planets that was under the imaginative xans race control
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23 May 2019, 18:18
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The brother of Spammer
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Paisley - Scotland
Posts: 2,352
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Re: Vipers, the bane of my life!
the tards are out in force again .... its just a browser game
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23 May 2019, 21:13
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: Norway
Posts: 19
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Re: Vipers, the bane of my life!
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23 May 2019, 23:37
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2017
Posts: 33
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Re: Vipers, the bane of my life!
To circumvent your OCD, the "hawk moth caterpillar" (bug) can disguise itself to look like a viper snake to ward away predators.
https://news.nationalgeographic.com/...e-untamed-spd/
Its full name is too long for us simpleton PA players so instead use Viper
And if that doesn't satisfy you then...death to all Vip3rs..I mean Vipers!
Big fan of Catillacs though. Also not bug? :O
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31 May 2019, 11:07
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2017
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Re: Vipers, the bane of my life!
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Originally Posted by Paisley
the tards are out in force again .... its just a browser game
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Oh cmon, it was a bit of tongue in cheek! I'm not sitting here losing sleep over names in an online game I semi-actively play as a scanner
But thank you for the ad hominem attack, nice to be insulted in one of my vary rare trips to the forum
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