i know they mean difrent things like painsaw sounds like chainsaw but i dont know what everything means outside of tremulous does anyone?
To the what do the weapons mean thing...
Lucifer: He is the fallen angel, the devil
Tyrant: you really should know what this means
Chain gun: umm... Chain gun?
Mara: see Rant
Basi: Legendary reptile, king of the serpents
Dragoon: The traditional name for a horseback soldier; the creatures looks were probably stolen from starcrafts goons
MD:Drives a massive punch?
Rifle: See Mara
Shotgun: See Rifle
I think that explains the weapons origins pretty well (except a few gaps) as for the name... I think they just liked the name they made up.
\\^// Jalaco \\^//
marauder -- (stolen from wikipedia) A marauder is a member of one of the sides of a war raiding for pillage, or roving around carrying out violent attacks. While "marauder" is most often used in the context of war, there is no clear-cut division between it and "robber", and in many contexts the two can be regarded as synonymous.
Shotgun and rifle are common names. I think dretch may be german?
Dretch is from DoD
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/tremulous (http://www.thefreedictionary.com/tremulous)
Mass driver is supposed to be "a weapon or machine that drives (i.e. shoots) mass (i.e. bullets)". But i guess it was named inaccurately. It should've been named "Particle Accelerator". Or something similar, due to it's energy usage.
Particles have mass.
Do you have a better name for it?
Mass driver?
Drives mass. How do you know the green sparks are not caused by the launching/collision of a projectile?
'Energy usage', bah.
"Mass Driver" is a fairly accurate name, at least in terms of description of function.
It has parallel rails, suggesting that it is a railgun (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railgun) of sorts.
Quote from: Taiyo.uk on April 29, 2008, 12:24:13 PM
Particles have mass.
I didnt know they were catholic.
xD
Q. What do you call a bus that brings people to church?
A. [A Mass Driver]
If you cant figure it out, first highlight the above, then hit yourself in the head.
um, does stationary weapons count as weapons [aka mgturret]
i believe the tesla generator came from the measurement of magnetic fields, aka teslas
Techhead, thats the person that operates the bus
Projectiles have mass, yes. But then do they call the future CERN collider a "mass driver"?
http://dvice.com/archives/2008/02/the_navy_shows.php (http://dvice.com/archives/2008/02/the_navy_shows.php) That is a railgun.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_driver (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_driver) This is a massdriver.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Particle_accelerator (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Particle_accelerator) THIS is a particle accelerator.
The massdriver doesn't shoot a 'projectile', but a particle of something. Railguns shoot 1kg bullets into tanks. Massdrivers shoot cargo into orbit. Particle accelerators shoot particles around.
Which one seems most like the mass driver from tremulous?
If a mass driver is a gun that drives mass, then what's a lasgun?
Quote from: NightWolf on April 30, 2008, 09:05:48 PM
If a mass driver is a gun that drives mass, then what's a lasgun?
A gun that shoots las, (lasers.) ....
Every particle has a mass except gamma rays (which are waves/rays) :>
A Lasgun is a long range soldering iron.
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Alien naming decision thread: http://tremulous.net/forum/index.php?topic=350.0
Telenodes teleport new troops in. Teleport nodes?
Defense computer is supposedly giving a better a.i to the turrets, as well as controlling the tesla generators.
As for tesla generators, check out Nikola Tesla (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Tesla).
(http://tesladownunder.com/TeslaColorMultiBilat00851000.jpg) (http://tesladownunder.com/)
Granger: "a person who operates a farm [syn: farmer]"
"a member of the Granger Movement."
xD
(http://pictopia.com/perl/get_image?provider_id=202&size=550x550_mb&ptp_photo_id=776645)
Danny Granger dunks. ^^
That tesla gen needs to be the new reactor! <3
As for the lucifer cannon, i guess it could be because its so powerful everyone in A team thinks "Oh noes!" when the devilish hum gets into their ears.
As for the alien names, they all (almost) seem to have some real life counterpart that is oddly similar to them.
The Granger; A farmer. Considering the alien base is alive, Granger is a suitable name for our builder and maid.
The Dretch is.. well.. yeah..
The Basilisk is a fabled reptile residing in the arabian deserts who is said to be so deadly anything that smelled it's breath would pass away.
The Marauder is a marauder; It is Tremulous' raiding class.
The Dragoon; The dragoon is a heavily armed cavalry-man in early European armies. They were fast, agile, and very deadly.
The Tyrant; Tyrants are oppresive leaders who lead through scaring their people into following them. Personally, when I'm wall-jumping around with my raider and I see a 'rant coming at me, I get the fuck out of the way.
Overmind; Can be extrapolated as being a supreme ruler, perhaps the center of a hivemind like society, much like the Borg queen.
Acid Tube; A tube that is full of, or conists of acid.
Egg; An egg.
Trapper; It traps..
Hive; A structure used by bees, wasps, or other related insects for a home.
Barricade; A barricade; A barrier.
Hovel; A small area used for living.
Booster; In medical terms, a booster is a secondary shot of vaccination after the primary to increase effectiveness. You can stand on a booster to renew your poison even if it's not done yet (in some mods). A booster is also a supporter.. In tremulous it certainly supports the aliens; It heals them and makes them stronger.
Now, onto human weapons and technology...
Helmet; Come on, guess.
Light Armor; Armor that is light-weight, and most likely flexible.
Med-kit; A medical kit.
Battle Suit; A suit or exoskeleton designed to withstand the harshness of battle.
Medipad; A pad or base designed for medical purposes.
Defence Computer; A computer designed to be the motherboard for an area's defences.
Armoury; A "collection of resources."
Reactor; A device in which a reaction takes place. I'm sure there's particles bouncing around inside that big purple hunk o' metal to power your base.
MG Turret; A machine-gun turret. Turret implies that it's stationary and mounted. Machine-gun implies that it fires high speed projectiles.
Tesla Generator; A tesla coil; "a step-up transformer with an air core; used to produce high voltages at high frequencies."
Construction kit; A kit used for construction.
Rifle; A rifle.
Shotgun; A shotgun.
Lasgun; Well, shit. I don't know.
Mass Driver; A device that drives mass; shoots a projectile.
Pulse Rifle; A pulse is a rythmic expansion and contraction, for example, that of your heart. I'm stuck on this one.
Chaingun; A gun that is chainfed, not clipfed. Allows for huge amounts of ammo to be fired at once.
Flamethrower; A device that propels fire.
Lucifer Cannon; Lucifer is latin for "light bearer". Bet you didn't know that.
Grenade; It's a freaking grenade.
From http://dictionary.reference.com/ :
Dretch\, v. t. & i. See Drecche. [Obs.]
Drec"che\, v. t. [AS. dreccan, dreccean.]
1. To vex; to torment; to trouble. [Obs.]
As man that in his dream is drecched sore. --Chaucer.
las gun just means laser gun, you're thinking to hard. ;)
I think pulse rifle refers to the pulses of energy that are your laser beams traveling at slower speeds in order to penetrate harder.
Quote from: Menace13 on May 01, 2008, 12:54:40 PM
Included everything at armoury and all buildings (I think, I could have missed something, due to inactivity)! :P
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The name "Tremulous (http://www.thefreedictionary.com/tremulous)"
-HUMANS-
Rifle = same
Painsaw = chainsaw
Shotgun = same
Lasgun = laser gun
Mass Driver = explained earlier (http://tremulous.net/forum/index.php?topic=8015.msg123453#msg123453)
Chaingun = same
Flame Thrower = same
Lucifer Cannon...Lucifer = Devil...Devil Cannon? Shoots devil!
CKit = Construction Kit
ACKit = Advanced Construction Kit
Grenade = same
Light Armour = same
Helmet = same
Jetpack = Jet pack
Battpack = Battery Pack
Battlesuit = Heavy armour
Reactor = Nuclear Reactor (provides power)
Telenode = explained later (http://tremulous.net/forum/index.php?topic=8015.msg123575#msg123575)
Armoury = same
Medistation = Mini-Hospital?
MG Turret = Machinegun Turret
Defence Computer = I don't know
Tesla Generator = I don't know
Repeater = Repeats power
May do aliens later. If I missed anything, tell me and I fix it. Also, if you know a better explanation, I will link it to that post. For now, you may also refer to this (http://tremulous.net/forum/index.php?topic=8015.msg123118#msg123118). It is correct as far as I can tell, but is missing some things. I hope this post helped you, blood 2.0 (and any lurkers)!
For aliens, check this (http://tremulous.net/forum/index.php?topic=350.0) alien naming thread.
Quote from: Foe of Eternity on April 29, 2008, 08:32:42 PM
um, does stationary weapons count as weapons [aka mgturret]
i believe the Tesla generator came from the measurement of magnetic fields, aka Tesla's
the Defense Computer, a computer that controls defense systems...?
The Telsa coil is accurate (as can be), Lasgun is an old sifi term for laser gun
Revan, whats your take on the mass driver?
Perhaps at S4 humans get a rotating electrode to place on top of their teslas:
(http://blogs.sun.com/kevin/resource/Tesla_coil.jpg)
Quote from: Taiyo.uk on May 06, 2008, 03:56:21 AM
Perhaps at S4 humans get a rotating electrode to place on top of their teslas:
(http://blogs.sun.com/kevin/resource/Tesla_coil.jpg)
isn't that an image of a car surrounded by plasma? the car is magnetized and the electrode is creating plasma, so he has to turn off the electrode to get out of the car, not a very good s4 idea
No, the tesla coil on the car has a single rotating electrode. There's actually only a few sparks at a time, but the long exposure gives the illusion that the car has a plasma shield.
lol i assume that's why there's sunlight on the barn when its nighttime?
Quote from: amt111 on May 06, 2008, 12:55:09 AM
Revan, whats your take on the mass driver?
Though there is a distinction the mass driver is essentially a coilgun: magnets in a line forming a barrel (or outside the barrel)
So the md name is fairly accurate but there is a chance that it is actually a railgun, which is two conductive rails separated with the projectile placed between them, it is then accelerated by the Lorentz force at incredible speeds
This I would like to see in trem: stilletto beam (http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/content.asp?Bnum=1606)
EPIC!
Prolong the length of that thing being turned on and functional and plasma shields would become a reality! Now all we need is starships with fat beamcannons, bombed out planets, infested abandoned starbases, and an intergalactic war between humanity and some bloodthirsty alien space-faring race from some random backwater planet.
Quote from: Foe of Eternity on May 07, 2008, 12:40:12 AM
lol i assume that's why there's sunlight on the barn when its nighttime?
Notice how the far rear window frame is brightly lit. The light source is behind the car.