Tremulous Forum
Community => Off Topic => Topic started by: blood2.0 on April 28, 2008, 10:31:40 pm
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i know they mean difrent things like painsaw sounds like chainsaw but i dont know what everything means outside of tremulous does anyone?
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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 \\^//
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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?
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Dretch is from DoD
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http://www.thefreedictionary.com/tremulous (http://www.thefreedictionary.com/tremulous)
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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.
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Particles have mass.
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Do you have a better name for it?
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Mass driver?
Drives mass. How do you know the green sparks are not caused by the launching/collision of a projectile?
'Energy usage', bah.
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"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.
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Particles have mass.
I didnt know they were catholic.
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xD
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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.
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um, does stationary weapons count as weapons [aka mgturret]
i believe the tesla generator came from the measurement of magnetic fields, aka teslas
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Techhead, thats the person that operates the bus
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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?
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If a mass driver is a gun that drives mass, then what's a lasgun?
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If a mass driver is a gun that drives mass, then what's a lasgun?
A gun that shoots las, (lasers.) ....
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Every particle has a mass except gamma rays (which are waves/rays) :>
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A Lasgun is a long range soldering iron.
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DELETED! Click on this to go to best post yet! (http://tremulous.net/forum/index.php?topic=8015.msg123858#msg123858)
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Alien naming decision thread: http://tremulous.net/forum/index.php?topic=350.0
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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).
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(http://tesladownunder.com/TeslaColorMultiBilat00851000.jpg) (http://tesladownunder.com/)
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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. ^^
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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)"
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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.
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...?
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The Telsa coil is accurate (as can be), Lasgun is an old sifi term for laser gun
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Revan, whats your take on the mass driver?
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Perhaps at S4 humans get a rotating electrode to place on top of their teslas:
(http://blogs.sun.com/kevin/resource/Tesla_coil.jpg)
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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
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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.
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lol i assume that's why there's sunlight on the barn when its nighttime?
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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!
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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.
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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.