[gman19]

I've found some strange things using the anagram server at http://www.wordsmith.org/anagram/advanced.html. Entering key FreeSpace terms/words/names gives back some strange results. A copy of my findings are below.

Note: These results are obtained with the candidate word list filter set to "Yes"

Asterisked results are detailed afterward.

SPECIES:

Terran = RANTER
Shivan = VANISH*
Ancient = CANINE*

FACTIONS:

Neo-Terran Front = TERROR
Galactic Terran-Vasudan Alliance = UNCERTAINTIES*
Parliamentary Vasudan Empire = UNIVERSALITY, and my personal favorite, PREMENSTRUAL
Galactic Terran Alliance = INCARCERATING
Galactic Terran Intelligence = TRICENTENNIAL
Special Operations Command = DISAPPEARANCES

SHIPS:

Sathanas = SATAN
Demon = NODE
Rakshasa = SHARKS
Colossus = SOULS
Enif Station = INFESTATION

SYSTEMS:

Alpha Centauri = PLANETARIA
Altair = A TRIAL
Capella = PALACE
Crab Nebula = BALANCE, or CURABLE
Delta Serpentis = PREDESTINES, or my personal favorite, STRIPTEASE
Epsilon Pegasi = ESPIONAGE, PIPELINES
Gamma Draconis = COMMANDS, or my personal favorite, ORGASMIC
Eltanin (alternate name for Gamma Draconis) = ALIEN
Ross 128 = SOS*
Vasdua = SAD

OTHER TERMS:

Hammer of Light = IMMORTAL
Beta Aquilae Convention = BICENTENNIAL*
Subspace = CAUSES, or ABUSES
Etamnanki = TAKE MAN IN*

That's all I found of interest. Feel free to look at that site and see what there is to see. Some special things I noticed;

Shivan-Vanish: May have something to do with a) how the Shivans quickly disappear after their attacks, or b) how many civilizations (Ancients, for example) vanished entirely.

Ancients-Canine: Could relate to the physiology of the Ancients and their technology?

GTVA-Uncertainties: Could relate to possible struggles within the GTVA?

Ross 128-SOS: Could relate to first encounter with Shivans?

BETAC-Bicentennial: Could relate to revision/revocation time?

ETAK-Take man in: Could relate to Bosch's mission with the ETAK project?

It took me about 3 hours to compile this, so I hope it stirs up some questions. Thanks for reading this!

[Ace]

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[G0atmaster]

Causes and Abuses raise flags for Subspace.

Interesting.

[brandx0]

Uh... ever heard of reading into something too much?  I doubt that Ancients have anything to do with Canines, I'm pretty sure that the word Ancient was chosen for reasons other than its anagram...

[TrenchardsLoveSock]

Am I the only person who thinks some of these aren't actually anagrams?

I thought you had to use all of the letters to make an anagram as per the definition on the site itself: "A word or phrase formed by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase."

IMHO Ancients => Canines doesn't do that.

Here's another one from that site you gman19:  Ancients=> Insane.

[gman19]

I never said this was of any significance; I figured that someone might find something interesting out of it. Those of you who say I'm looking too hard at this, do note that I'm posting this just for interest. As for this,

Am I the only person who thinks some of these aren't actually anagrams?

I thought you had to use all of the letters to make an anagram as per the definition on the site itself: "A word or phrase formed by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase."

IMHO Ancients => Canines doesn't do that.

Here's another one from that site you gman19:  Ancients=> Insane.

The ones I posted are reverse anagrams; a standard anagram is where the results you get contain letters that form the word you entered in, a reverse anagram is where the results you get are words you can form with the word you entered in. Hope that isn't too confusing. So, in the reverse anagram sense, you can make "canine" out of the word "ancient".

Again, this is only posted just because I found it pretty interesting, how various FreeSpace terms have anagrams that are very well fitting to them; a prime example would be the Shivans = Vanish anagram.

[hip63]

Dude, you need to switch to better weed

That stuff ur smokin' now is freaking you out

hip63

[peterc10]

lol

volition probably knew wat all these names meant deep down.

[RazorsKiss]

To make an anagram, you have to use every letter in the original word *exactly* once.

If a word is shorter than the original, it is not an anagram.

A reverse anagram is a word written in reverse order, such as Andes->Sedna,

Although it is witty.

[lenard27]

Razorskiss is right, some of them aren't anagrams.  Some of the ones don't really make sense to me anyway (ancients=canines), but others are interesting, such as shivans=vanish and such