Starship Troopers: Marauder

[KusaKari]

you guys crack me up

[stalefries]

* Taiyo.uk adds Chris Sawyer to the kill file.

Gonna   him, are we? *chomp chomp*

[/dev/humancontroller]

So?

You've grown up on Tremulous, or just heard the word "marauder" the first time in your life in Tremulous, which is why you find it surprising. However, "marauder" is a well known english word, just as the words tremulous, tyrant, dragoon, and even dretch! Look up a dictionary if you don't believe me.

[player1]

i was married to a dretch
she was the daughter of a marauder
in the yard, she kept a basilisk
later in life, i became a dragoon
in my early years, i had been a granger
some say i can be a bit of a tyrant
i can see that my tale
has made you quite tremulous
perhaps with a touch
of trepidation and gloom...

mayhap we've lost touch with the overmind

don't 4get 2 zpam eggz

[gareth]

So?

You've grown up on Tremulous, or just heard the word "marauder" the first time in your life in Tremulous, which is why you find it surprising. However, "marauder" is a well known english word, just as the words tremulous, tyrant, dragoon, and even dretch! Look up a dictionary if you don't believe me.

hardly well known if you have to look it up.

[Taiyo.uk]

eggz

Mmmmm.... spam sushi!

Dretch: See "Drecche",
Drec´che    (drĕch´e)
v. t.   1.   To vex; to torment; to trouble.
As man that in his dream is drecched sore.
- Chaucer.
v. i.   1.   To delay.

Basilisk

   1. a mythical snake-like creature reputed to be so venomous its gaze was deadly

          "The deadly look of the basilisk"

   2. a type of lizard (genus Basiliscus)
   3. a type of large brass cannon

marauder (plural marauders)

   1. Someone who moves about in roving fashion looking for plunder. (e.g. a band of marauders)
   2. A band of outlaws who raids and pillages.
   3. By extension anything which marauds.

dragoon

   1. (military) horse soldier; cavalryman, that use horses for mobility, but fight dismounted.
   2. A carrier of a dragon musket.

tyrant (plural tyrants)

   1. An absolute ruler who governs without restriction.
   2. A harsh and cruel ruler.
   3. An oppressive and harsh person.

granger
1.  (Chiefly Upper Midwest) A farmer.
2.  (Chiefly Northeastern U.S.) A member of the Grange.

[Nux]

So?

You've grown up on Tremulous, or just heard the word "marauder" the first time in your life in Tremulous, which is why you find it surprising.

..or maybe I'm making a parody of such people. You'll notice that throughout this thread I've made reference to the time-machine that the makers of starship troopers used to steal the idea from the future (since tremulous was made after). Surely this gives you enough reason to believe the thread isn't serious. I also call the 'Big-Bug' in starship troopers a 'cheap-ass copy' even though it is massively more impressive (though far less cute ^^).

The mention of the up-coming movie both acts as an introduction to my joke and serves as a topic in itself.

I could patronize you by explaining my jokes, if you would prefer.

Don't take me for a fool when I'm being the jester!
This joke is a deliberate usage of archaic terms to give a contradiction (a fool/jester were both a 'clown' of the middle ages) whereas I also imply the more modern meaning of the word 'fool' (a derogatory term for a person to mean he lacks good judgement). This hidden yet apparently foolish contradiction is seen as intended for the reader to find in this also quite relevant post and enjoyed for this.

On a side note, I've always thought that the basilisk of tremulous fits with the variation of 'basilisk' which bears likeness to the 'cockatrice' of mythology. In my opinion, it's a very good rendition of an alien you might consider to be a cross between a snake and a chicken.