I'm currently making one on my side, Might be open for some semi-public testing soon, I just gotta send the mod to Dab so he could verify if there isn't any glitches or bugs.
' Wrote:Actually, the names are taken from battles of the Texas Revolution, where Texas got it's independence from Mexico. In truth, the names are actually appropriate.
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You beat me to it, dusty!
I know that, I'm a native tejano;)
I would still think that the Xenos would want to distance themselves from any foreign influence, especially in their HQ...
Personally I think it fits perfectly, naming stations after battles in a lost cause. What else is more fitting than that for a faction based entirely on a lost cause?
Saint Del is considered a holy healer of diseases of children, but also as a protector of cattle.
True 'nuff if we were naming the joint Kaiserslautern or West Porridge Weld or Myogonji or similarly evil foreign nonsense, but within the context of Amer... Err.. Libertonian history (doubly so with Spaniard titles such as Los Angeles and California dominating an entire system) such names are, I believe, an iconic image of Ame... Err.. Liberty's pastime and considered to be as Libertonian as apple pie and privatized police forced ushering in a draconian age of sewing wallets to sell to hip Bretonians.
Plus, the Texas Revolution is pretty fitting in a lot of ways.
Plus the Alamo was there when we showed up :laugh:
On that note, if I ever man successful Bretonian faction we're naming one of our guard bases West Porridge Weld.
' Wrote:I would still think that the Xenos would want to distance themselves from any foreign influence, especially in their HQ...
Think about it. From a Libertonian point of view, those names wouldn't be foreign, since they were all places in the old USA over a thousand years ago. And for the reasons Del stated, the Xenos would be drawn to the history of those old battles, since in a sane, rational world, the Mexicans would've stomped the Texans easily. The idea of resounding, lasting victory in a hopeless cause would be a powerful one from the Xeno point of view.
' Wrote:Think about it. From a Libertonian point of view, those names wouldn't be foreign, since they were all places in the old USA over a thousand years ago. And for the reasons Del stated, the Xenos would be drawn to the history of those old battles, since in a sane, rational world, the Mexicans would've stomped the Texans easily. The idea of resounding, lasting victory in a hopeless cause would be a powerful one from the Xeno point of view.
I guess...
They probably don't run into Outcasts or Corsairs often enough to know Spanish names from english ones anyway.
Ok, I'm sold:P
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