[nubbles526]

Well, the title actualy says it all. But still. It really looks like a Vasudan handwriting. Might as well be for Anicients.

http://www.dafont.com/alphabet-of-magi.font

[Snail]

So it does.... That's very interesting, could be useful. Bagging it for use later.

[Admiral Edivad]

Very interesting language... i'll check on my vasudan dictionary if it is prehistoric, archaic or modern vasudan...apart from jokes, i'll take that page into consideration for later uses thank you, and BTW:

NOOB CONFIGURATION!
Helm! Ready all beam cannons!
Lock Beam Cannons and fire on my command!
FIRE!


NO, YOU IDIOT! USE THE BIG BEAM CANNON!
FIRE!



Welcome to the HLP Station. Exits are located to the right, left, up, down, and 4th-dimensionally. However all of them are blocked, except the 4-d one, and no one's yet figured how to reach it. In the event of a landing of any kind, you can and will be used as a flotation device. We are currently suffering from technical disruptions from time to time, which may cause the lights go out at any instance, and sometimes even the basic life support fails for some time. At these times, stay calm and composed; for these cases the station system automatically drops a computer from the roof above you with FSO installed and ready. They have independent power sources. Please keep all appendages within the installation at all times. Do not feed the resident Shivan Carl as he will become voracious and chew your leg off. You can find him in the ventilation duct. Throw him your lunch and hope he is not hungry and leaves you alone. Flamethrowers can be found under your seat but due to financial constraints have been re-filled with holy water. Phased Plasma rifles (40 watt range of course) can be found in storage lockers. To prevent act of n00b, however, these can only be opened by Moderators, Volition or a hyperintelligent shade of BluE. Please remember that any attempt to use the ASCII characters 0046h, 0053h, and 0033h in sequential order will result in you being trampled by FreeSpace fan boys. Your trampled remains will be fed to Carl so that the rest of us don't have to carry around so much food for lunch. If you shall go in the Vasudan section of the station and find a boxes labelled “Headz”, please don’t open them, unless you are a Vasudan. Trust me on this one... Anyway, in cases of problems to occurr in the Vasudan section, you have discovered a nice alphabet, USE IT. In the event of catastrophic hull failure please board the nearest lifeboat which is pre-programmed for autonomous flight to our sister station the Game-Warden outpost. Thank you and enjoy your stay at Hard Light station as long as you will!

[Cobra]

This has been discussed before. No one probably wants to do this, and nameplates on such "organic" looking ships don't work.

[Taristin]

Vasudan ships would look ridiculous with a nameplate. Its just too terran a thing to do.

[karajorma]

There are other places you may wish to use a vasudan font though so it is worth having one. I think there is a better one knocking about though.

[CP5670]

Galemp made an extremely good one a while ago using that render from the GOTY edition. I don't have a link, although it's installed on my computers.

The Vasudan text is probably made from some standard font floating around the internet though. I know I've seen it in other games.

[Dark Hunter]

In reply to Admiral Evidad:

Longest... Welcome Speech^TM.... ever!

[Colonol Dekker]

oooh, i see some of my own one in there, *approves and encourages* financial constraints, voracious, and phased plasma rifles all need to be used more often

ps- Act of noob too


Kudos Edivad

[nubbles526]

Maybe a poll would have solved the problem...

I also thought about this thing being too "Terran"... However, I sometimes find the Vasudan ship kinda boring. Except for SCP effects and maps, nothing much.

[Taristin]

oooh, i see some of my own one in there, *approves and encourages* financial constraints, voracious, and phased plasma rifles all need to be used more often

ps- Act of noob too


Kudos Edivad

Actually, I'd like to request that the "welcome speech" please be shortened. They're nothing really more than spam. Yes, we're a generally friendly community, but the posts serve no actual purpose that cannot be satisfied with a "welcome aboard" and the ridiculous beam image.

[nubbles526]

oooh, i see some of my own one in there, *approves and encourages* financial constraints, voracious, and phased plasma rifles all need to be used more often

ps- Act of noob too


Kudos Edivad

Actually, I'd like to request that the "welcome speech" please be shortened. They're nothing really more than spam. Yes, we're a generally friendly community, but the posts serve no actual purpose that cannot be satisfied with a "welcome aboard" and the ridiculous beam image.

The welcome speech is actualy a really nice thing

[Colonol Dekker]

Obviously people like to customise certain bits, personalisation and addition of certain nuances occur habitually.
But i see where you're coming from Tarastin: In a few months the welcome speech could be three pages long


I propose a standardised speech...........

someone else can do it, What about Tarasitin?

[karajorma]

How about the first person to actually answer the original posters question simply says "welcome to the board"?

[Colonol Dekker]

That works too.....

[Flipside]

Welcome speeches are drifting into the same realm as postcounts and signatures....

It's not a competition.

[Mefustae]

Personally, I like the welcome beam. What I don't like is practically everything that comes before and after it. All you need is a welcome beam and short, single-sentence 'hello', everything else is just unnecessary and obnoxious.

[wtf_cl0vvn]

Given the mindblowing nature of the vasudan language, how do they even have a written form?

[At]

Yes.  It just varies with the relative spacial positions of all your body parts, as well as your location relative to the intended addressees, the emperor... But everyone learne to read all the forms, so they have no problem with it.

[AdmiralRalwood]

Given the mindblowing nature of the vasudan language, how do they even have a written form?

Simple. The written language could be seperate from the spoken one (like Klingon).

Mind you, that introduces its own complications.