[BengalTiger]

ribauldequins?

And yes, the Tiigran weapon sharing the name is a swarm weapon (however for balancing and gameplay reasons it won't launch 50 billion projectiles at once).

[General Battuta]

So, remind me again: if the alien dudes look like squid, why is this campaign called Teeth of the Tiger? I don't have a problem with it, I'm just curious.

[BengalTiger]

In the early part of the campaign they'll be refered to as 'tiger-stripes' by GTVA pilots, because of the glowing orange lines on them, also the name Tiigran-Merisst was a factor that gave the name to this campaign.

[Mobius]

Why isn't it OK? The FS2 names aren't civilizations, they're from mythology.

You don't get my point.

Terrans ---> Roman and Greek, with some exceptions(GTSG Watchdog).

Vasudans ---> Egyptian.

Shivan ---> Hindu for wings(FS1) and beasts, demons, monsters from many cultures.

Ancient ---> Minoan(but, giving the shortage of names, pre-colombian names are expected to be used).

Now tell me why the GTVA shouldn't name T-M units after a civilization. Do they remind tigers? --->

In the early part of the campaign they'll be refered to as 'tiger-stripes' by GTVA pilots, because of the glowing orange lines on them, also the name Tiigran-Merisst was a factor that gave the name to this campaign.

---> What about a civilization in which tigers are important, then? Terrans started using Egyptian names when they found out that Vasuda Prime was a planet with immense deserts. I don't like finding appropriate for this race a naming convention based on cavalry.

I'd simply like to see a naming convention close to canon, more or less...

[colecampbell666]

Only civilization I can think of where tigers are important is India, hence Hindu, which is already taken.

[Mobius]

That's what I was thinking of.

[BengalTiger]

So for my defense:
1. Weapons named after weapons:
-GTM Trebuchet
-GTW Flail
-GTM Stilleto

and 2. ships named after places (not castles but whatever):
-GTI Arcadia (a region on the Peloponnesus peninsula)
-SFr Dis (Dis is a fictional city in Dante Aligheri's The Divine Comedy)

[Mobius]

Encyclopaedia Mythica's Hindu portal

Stiletto*

FS weapons are also based on RL ones. Just look at the Phoenix, which is a long range missile, and the Maxim, whose name comes from a man who helped in the development of machineguns(if I remember well).

What's wrong with Arcadia? The name of a Greek region fits the requirements. The name Arcadia was also related to a writing style. The name Faustus also comes from worlds far from the Roman/Greek one(Doctor Faustus anyone? Mephisto? Lucifer?) but these are only exceptions. The vast majority of names follow a naming convention and the other names fit well(like Faustus ending with -us, Arcadia being a Greek region and a Latin word, etc. etc.).

Dis is a god, open a Latin dictionary if you don't believe me. He was related to darkness, thus making the name perfect for a Shivan ship.

[Akalabeth Angel]

     To be fair, they're his ships, he can name them whatever he wants.
     Though if he wants them to be more FS cannon-like he could adopt a naming scheme based on mythology rather than weaponry. There are far more mythologies on the world than simply greek, egyptian and hindu.

      If you want some Tiger-ish, what about something African? They will also be names which people don't really know about. Here's a start: http://www.godchecker.com/pantheon/african-mythology.php?_gods-list

      I dunno where the hell Tigers live, but when I think big cats I think of them roaming the fields of Africa taking down gazelles and wildebeast and whatever else. And, not to come off as an ignorant a**hole, but the overall darker textures of your ships could be more indicative of Afrika.

 Edited - for censorship since the bad word filter doesn't seem to pick up on that

[Mobius]

Cannon?  *summons Herra Tohtori*

I know he's free to use the names he likes but cavalry and tigers don't fit well.

I don't think Tigers live in Africa but African myths are worth some attention.

[Akalabeth Angel]

I don't think Tigers live in Africa but African myths are worth some attention.

      Meh, Lions and Cheetahs can whoop a Tiger's ass anyway.

[Mobius]

What's the point? If Tigers don't live there using that kind of names wouldn't be appropriate.

My suggestion is to play around with godchecker.com/pantheon...I'm finding many good names...

[General Battuta]

Just call them whatever you please, please. The names picked so far sound fine, aesthetically, and are nicely distinct from other ships.

[Hellstryker]

Mobius, I really hate to say this, but SHUT UP ALREADY

[colecampbell666]

Just call them whatever you please, please. The names picked so far sound fine, aesthetically, and are nicely distinct from other ships.

Mobius, I really hate to say this, but SHUT UP ALREADY

[Stormkeeper]

Okok. Lets stop the arguing, shall we? This is supposed to be a status thread. Let the man call his ships whatever he wants. It really doesn't matter cause the race isn't cannon anyway.

[Colonol Dekker]

Quite right.
How is the Tigran progress coming along by the way?

[Stormkeeper]

TBH, ships with glowly edges always make me think that the glowly things are beam sabers, therefore the Tiigrans can just ram the enemy fighters and slice them apart. Wishful thinking?

[Hellstryker]

Quite right.
How is the Tigran progress coming along by the way?

If you really want to know you should check out the forum on FS mods, it's far more up to date these days

[BengalTiger]

Well the public part isn't much more updated than this thread, because a lot of people visit here, and much less go to FSmods... Nothing I can't fix 
Anyways, we have 2 FREDders, and 2 missions to go to release the demo (one of which is over half finished, and the other one is planned and will get started any time now)...

I might get interested in the African Mythology thanks to this thread.

Also- to be released in the demo:
about 3-4 primary weapons
3-4 secondaries
4 ships
3 missions

of which all ships and weapons are ready (some more are done, but will be released later when they appear in game so we won't spoil stuff too early), and the missions are being built now.
The demo will show our version of what happens a few weeks post Capella (but only from the GTVA perspective), as an introduction to what happens next.