TR Community Competition 3: Give this creature a name!

Stalker · Post by **Stalker** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 5:42 pm

I like Rotor Shuttle (w\o Dwemer)

Orix · Post by **Orix** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 5:45 pm

Isn't a shuttle something that carries people? I got the impression this thing was automated :S

Mr. Sorry of Balmora · Wed Aug 31, 2005 3:16 am

how about SOB (Some Old Bot)
just kiding

how about

Mineral Centurion

they are blasting for minerals after all

The Old Ye Bard · Post by **The Old Ye Bard** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 5:23 am

um...scarabs can fly the're a type of betle, betles have wings even those giant ones in africa that look like they couldn't get up off the ground can fly

names

mining drone
Dwemer excavator
Dwemer survey
Dwemer drone formly known as dwemer excavator that is decapatated

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 7:30 am

Incendiary Drone
Wind Centurion
Aerial Automaton

ThorFluff · Post by **ThorFluff** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 10:38 am

none of the centurions names implicate thier use, only thier shape
Sphere, Steam, Spider.
if it wasn't flying i would call it Roach Centurion, but since it is, how about uuuhh...
Whirl Centurion?

sirwootalot123 · Post by **sirwootalot123** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 2:46 pm

Raoul Duke's Octagon?
Or, on a serious note, how about "Helishuttle"? that somehow sounds like some weird slang for "cockatoo" from tottenham, but I still like it. maybe "scarab" - kinda cliche, but whatever.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 2:50 pm

A Shuttle is anything which goes back and forth really. Eg on a loom.

Orix · Post by **Orix** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 3:05 pm

Ahh, I see, that type of shuttle. Well I suppose it would go back and forth between places, still sounds kinda like a bus or one of those small ships off Star Trek though

ThorFluff wrote:none of the centurions names implicate thier use, only thier shape
Sphere, Steam, Spider.

What about the Archer, Shock and Steam Centurians?
2 of those are named after attack ability/use and the other named after its function due to steam technology.

Rotor centurian
Mining centurian
Centurian Excavator

Are my favourites so far.

How come everyone is calling it a dwemer scarab? I had a look int the CS and the dwemer plans for the scarab look nought like this.

ThorFluff · Post by **ThorFluff** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 3:15 pm

i think the dunmer has little knowledge of the workings of a steamengine, they can however plainly see the steam bellowing out from it

Saibot · Post by **Saibot** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 4:37 pm

I don't think Centurion has anything to do with shape.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 5:55 pm

They just say something about it

Spider - Looks like a spider!
Shock - Causes shocks!
Archer - Is an Archer!
Sphere - Is a sphere!
Steam - Has steam coming out of it!

Stalker · Post by **Stalker** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 6:11 pm

Carrier Centurion ?

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 6:14 pm

Ooo I quite like that

Dexter · Post by **Dexter** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 7:09 pm

What about something along the lines of "steam demo-copter"

EdAptra · Post by **EdAptra** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 7:53 pm

What about...

Dewmer Aerial Expolsive pack

Dwemer Deployable charge

Dwemer portable projectile

Kagrenac's Bane

PoHa! · Post by **PoHa!** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 9:43 pm

-Dwemer Rock Dissipation Unit Tranportation Device
-Dwemer Miner
-Dwemer Excavation Device
-Dwemer Rock Disperser
-Dwemer Charge Transport

ThorFluff · Post by **ThorFluff** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 11:39 pm

Sapper Centurion still makes the most sense to me

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 11:42 pm

ThorFluff wrote:Sapper Centurion still makes the most sense to me

Odd, since this creature does not search for mines, tunnel under defences, strategically undermine structures etc

It just blows up.

ThorFluff · Post by **ThorFluff** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 11:48 pm

Sapeur means "mining by fire" initially one would heat rock and then toss water on it, making it crack, now adays its TNT, or am i way off?

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 11:51 pm

A sapper is an early battlefield engineer. Sapping is usually associated with undermining fortifications (ie digging under them) and hten destroying the tunnel, bringing down the wall.

Ive got another Idea: Petard Centurion

Now it might seem rude but a Petard was the earliest form of bomb. It would be put on a gate to bring it down. One of the worst jobs you could have was to be the guy who had to put it there

Arthmodeus · Post by **Arthmodeus** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 10:46 pm

We need the name to make sense, as well as sond cool.

Centurion Grenadier sounds pretty cool.

Psyborg · Post by **Psyborg** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 11:30 pm

I thought centurions were named as such because they tried to kill you (because... you know... centurions were the leaders of a hundred pack of footsoldiers back in good ol' Rome). Ah well. No matter. Anyway, here's mine. Howabout'

Bombardier-Obviously, it drops bombs on stuff. Fun.
Excavator-It excavates stuff with bombs. Whee.
Tonare-Or "to thunder" in Latin. Huzzah.
Detonare-Or "thunder down"... also in Latin. Yipee.

The last two are the base words for "detonator". I learnded that from my dictionary.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 11:32 pm

So nobody likes petard? Its pronounced 'Pet-ard' not 'Pee-tard' and is really what this thing is.

ThorFluff · Post by **ThorFluff** » Fri Sep 02, 2005 12:36 am

I like petard, but i don't think its a very good name since most wont get niether the pronounciation or meaning.

Whirlybugs... according to the orc archeologist

ChickenHawk · Post by **ChickenHawk** » Sun Sep 04, 2005 11:06 am

Dwemer treasure finder

Arondil Rethan · Post by **Arondil Rethan** » Mon Sep 05, 2005 7:19 am

- Dwemer Zeppelin
- Dwemer Shuttle
- Dwemer Airlines AS-#32816
- Dwemer Spacecopter
- Dwemer Aeroguardian
- A.D.P.M Automatic Dwemer Protecting Machine

Gez · Post by **Gez** » Mon Sep 05, 2005 10:19 am

Dwemer Drone or Drone Centurion.

Mr. Sorry of Balmora · Thu Sep 08, 2005 12:53 am

Mineral Centurion

Nitro Centurion- dwemer were great mathmatician's and if i'm not mistaken alchemist's it wouldnt have been hard for them to make a nitroglicerin-like bomb but then the centurions would have to be mass produced as it would most likely be distroyed once the bomb was placed- nitro is very voltile

Dine-o-mite Centurion
just kidding

Powder Keg Centurion- if Hammerfell had sulfur(think i read it somewere on TES fourm) and ther are some other stuff that can be ground and blown by fuse ther you go

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 1:47 am

I would have to say that modern tech doesn't fit.
Therefore I would suggest a name describing its motion.
Also due to its rather mundane application I don't think it warrants the title Centurion.
Maybe something more like:
Spinner Drone
Grand Opener
or something as simple and utilitarian as
Ore clear

PoHa! · Post by **PoHa!** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 2:30 am

Dwemer Buzzing Drone
Dwemer Whirly Sphere

Vernon · Post by **Vernon** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 2:33 am

What about Dwemeh Hurdeh-Gurdeh? kru.

sirwootalot123 · Post by **sirwootalot123** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 3:00 am

I like Centurion Drone the best so far.

Sniper4 · Post by **Sniper4** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 3:24 am

Dwemer Aircapsule

Arondil Rethan · Post by **Arondil Rethan** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 9:03 am

How big is the creature. If it's small, I'd try a
Scout Drone.

Vernon · Post by **Vernon** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 12:28 pm

Kazhiim wrote:Incendiary Drone
Wind Centurion
Aerial Automaton

I like all of these ones. Especially Wind Centurion. :)

Arondil Rethan · Post by **Arondil Rethan** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 7:27 pm

Cloud Centurion
Sky Enforcer
Air Drone

The guar man · Post by **The guar man** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 11:56 pm

Does it drop the packets that were in Tribunal because you could use those instead of designing complete new ones. They were in the dwarf mnies under the city and you had to use them to get to the deadroth city underneath. Also they were use to get to the dwarf weather machine.

kaffeend · Post by **kaffeend** » Sun Sep 11, 2005 10:38 pm

Boreblower or Sapper (it's an old army term for "engineer", who are the guys blowing up bridges etc)

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Sun Sep 11, 2005 11:01 pm

Again...

A sapper is someone who digs under fortifications and then burns the suports of the tunnels, causing them to collapse.

Far too refined. This just blows up.

Tamriel Rebuilt

TR Community Competition 3: Give this creature a name!

Dwemer Boreblower