TR Community Competition 3: Give this creature a name!

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

hmmm... I have an idea, maybe, sence it just blows up, use (or part of)TNT?..I think it stands for Tri-Nitro-talluine..please forgive spelling ><

Explode-O'-Matic 9000? (also makes julian fries

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seriously now...

-Names
Nitro Centurion
Gyro Satchel (Centurion)
Explosive dwemer shuttle

can it be remotely detonated, or does it blow up if it touches something?

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Sun Sep 11, 2005 11:20 pm

Toluene Centurion might work

ChickenHawk · Post by **ChickenHawk** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 9:05 am

dwemer carrier

Nomadic1 · Post by **Nomadic1** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 9:43 am

Drone Centurion?
Scarab Centurion?

Dammit! Now I know how hard it is to come up with a name, and the only ones I came up with are ones suggested by other people already!

Though to be honest, I like these more than other peoples. I feel the name needs two words to work. The first describes its' dominant feature / shape like other Dwemer robots. The second is "Centurion"

Arondil Rethan · Post by **Arondil Rethan** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 10:43 am

Dwemer Dive-bomber (spelling?)

Like Junkers 89:s during WW2 in German.

kaffeend · Post by **kaffeend** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 3:54 am

A Centurion was a commander of 100 men.

Sappers. According to the wikipedia, sappers are demolition experts and diggers. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sapper for the full explaination.

I still like Sapper, but I also like Boreblower or Boreblaster. Centurion should not be included, imo, as like I said, a Centurion should be in a leadership role. But then again, the ES Centurions certainly didn't appear to lead at all - indeed, one could find several centurions in 1 place. Meh...

Saibot · Post by **Saibot** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 4:06 am

I think it should be called a Saibot Centurion.

...Or a Dwemer GyroBomber.

Vernon · Post by **Vernon** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 4:20 am

kaffeend wrote:Centurion should not be included, imo, as like I said, a Centurion should be in a leadership role.

Yes, and moreso, because these explodos are passive, unlike the centurions we see in-game.

Odowacar · Post by **Odowacar** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 5:19 am

Gyro Bomber
Rotor Zeppelin
Bomber Zeppelin
Gyro Zeppelin
Rotor Bomber
Gyro Skybomber
Zeppelin Bomber

Sload · Post by **Sload** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 5:30 am

Petard Zeppelin

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 6:12 am

Tenuoual Celestius (any airborne machination = celestius?)
Rupture Celestius
Incendiary Celestius
Celestial Auxillarian

Gez · Post by **Gez** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 9:31 am

kaffeend wrote:A Centurion was a commander of 100 men.

But obviously not the dwemer centurions. We don't know much about the dwemer, but I'm sure they built their centurions as servants, not as masters.

Of course, it's probable that their names aren't dwemer names anyway, just how the creatures have been called by the dunmer. Maybe someone read an old book speaking about the dreaded and deadly dwemer centurions and their unbreakable armor, and thought that centurion, then, referred to these brass constructs, rather than to elite military sergeants.

(Anyway, given the Cyrodiil's roman theme, "centurion" and "decurion" should be used by them, not by the dwemer, if it was used as an actual military ranking.)

So, if we assume that the use of centurion to name dwemer construct is simply because of cluelessness and force of habit, then a name like Drone Centurion is perfectly acceptable and consistant with the rest.

Odowacar · Post by **Odowacar** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 12:11 pm

Zeppelin Centurion
Rotor Centurion
Gyro Miner

Gez · Post by **Gez** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 1:54 pm

Don't think zeppelin would really fit. First they're not balloons, then zeppelins are named after Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin. It'd would be like naming them Montgolfier Centurions, Ader Centurions, Wright Centurions, or Sikorsky Centurions...

Arondil Rethan · Post by **Arondil Rethan** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 5:40 pm

Dwemer Battlechopper
Gyro-Chopper

Vernon · Post by **Vernon** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 5:54 pm

kaffeend wrote:Boreblaster

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 7:29 pm

In a dwemer context centurion is pretty much used in the context of 'sentinel'.

Peter_UK · Post by **Peter_UK** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 8:59 pm

OOO OOO OOO !!!

how about:

Dwemer Detonation Drone
Dwemer Blast Drone
Dwemer Clearance Drone
Dwemer Remote Detonation Drone
Dwemer Remote Blast Drone
Dwemer Mining Drone
Dwemer Remote Minning Drone
Dwemer Subterranean Detonation Drone
Dwemer Subterranean Blast Drone
Dwemer Subterranean Clearance Drone
Dwemer Remote Automated Excavation Drone
Dwemer Remote Automated Subterrnean Excavation Drone

lol i want to win!!!

kaffeend · Post by **kaffeend** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 9:10 pm

Clearance Drone sounds good

Sload · Post by **Sload** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 10:34 pm

I'd just like to mention that I thought "Centurion" meant "Dwemer Robot thing!" and also that the "Spider Centurion" is less complicated than this, and even if it is hostile. I suggest Petard Centurion now.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 11:57 pm

Keep in mind, the average player probably won't know what "Petard" means, and they'll end up mistaking it for another, very similiar word

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 11:59 pm

And then go 'OMFG THEY HAVE DWEMER RETARDS AND THEY CANT EVEN SPELL THEM RIGHT!' on the forums and be exposed for the morons they are when a player who owns a copy of a dictionary and has the initiative to look it up corrects them.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 1:16 am

Jale wrote:And then go 'OMFG THEY HAVE DWEMER RETARDS AND THEY CANT EVEN SPELL THEM RIGHT!' on the forums and be exposed for the morons they are when a player who owns a copy of a dictionary and has the initiative to look it up corrects them.

HA HA HA!!!!

Well, we cant really use bomber, because a bomber would pertain to it dropping the bombs, not kamikaze...
THAT'S IT!
Dwemer Kamikaze

(forgive spelling)
Kamikaze centurion

though, those two names go back to the previouse argument about how the centurians are named from looks, and not what they do.

and as far as not naming it centurian,..what dwemer bot is in the origanol Morrowind that does NOT have centurion in it's name?

kaffeend · Post by **kaffeend** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 1:47 am

Ryu_Mitsue wrote:and as far as not naming it centurian,..what dwemer bot is in the origanol Morrowind that does NOT have centurion in it's name?

Um, this "unnamed" dwemer mech is actually not a military bot at all... the very first post says that it drops explodos onto the ground which, with a big bang, removes a helluva lot of dirt so that MINERS can more easily tunnel for resources (trust the Dwemer to think of that!). Centurions in Morrowind are ALL military bots. Nuff said.

It looks (to me) like a scarab beetle. How about a Dwemer Scarab?

Sload · Post by **Sload** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 1:59 am

Except that there are no non-"military" bots in the original game so we don't know if Centurion refers to a "military" bot. Infact, I wouldn't even consider them military, necessarily. I bet the spider was some kind of pet that attacks you because it's master is gone, and the Sphere Centurion was just a robot friend that went senial.

kaffeend · Post by **kaffeend** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 3:18 am

*cough* what's-his-name in the corprusarium had bot-legs... does that count as a non-military bot? Or just a wheelchair (legchair)?

EDIT: I can feel this thread being closed at this rate... What do we have so far for names? Seems everyone's keen on having Centurion in there somewhere - at least it's lore-friendly I guess... How about Centurion Blaster?

Vernon · Post by **Vernon** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 3:51 am

I really like Boreblaster - it has character, like Explodo did, but it actually describes its purpose and sounds pretty good, I reckon.

kaffeend · Post by **kaffeend** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 4:11 am

Vernon wrote:I really like Boreblaster - it has character, like Explodo did, but it actually describes its purpose and sounds pretty good, I reckon.

Thanks Vernon... I like it too, but I think it must be our dry Aussie humour - nobody else has said boo about it

Vernon · Post by **Vernon** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 12:29 am

A final, desperate bump. What is everyone's favourite?

kaffeend · Post by **kaffeend** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 12:56 am

Boreblaster

Vernon · Post by **Vernon** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 1:02 am

Boreblasteh!

kaffeend · Post by **kaffeend** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 1:04 am

Vernon wrote:Boreblasteh!

Either that wasn't a typo, or I'm in the lead... w00t!

Sload · Post by **Sload** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 1:09 am

Boreblaster doesn't sound at all Dwemeri though. What about Dwemer Miner Drone?

kaffeend · Post by **kaffeend** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 1:20 am

Sload wrote:Boreblaster doesn't sound at all Dwemeri though. What about Dwemer Miner Drone?

I believe Vernon was asking for favourites. Boreblaster is my favourite. Is Dwemer Miner Drone your favourite Sload? If it is, then we have:

1)Boreblaster
2)Dwemer Miner Drone

I don't think we're meant to come up with any more suggestions . But I am quite often wrong in these things

Anyway, if it isn't Dwemeri, it won't get picked. Simple.

Arthmodeus · Post by **Arthmodeus** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 3:41 am

I vote Dwemer Miner Drone.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 4:02 am

Dwemer Rotorator

Saibot · Post by **Saibot** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 4:12 am

Dwemer miner drone, Imo, is better than Boreblaster.
But Saibot Centurion rules them both.

j/k. Dwemer mining drone gets my vote.

Sload · Post by **Sload** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 4:15 am

Because of the two "er"s in a row, I actually prefer Dwemer Mining Drone to Dwemer Miner Drone. It's like dark chocolate over milk chocolate, dark.. er, ing... is better

Arondil Rethan · Post by **Arondil Rethan** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 6:16 am

Dwemer Blasteroid
Dwemer Gyro-Blaster
Dwemer Bomb Machine Experiement

Gez · Post by **Gez** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 9:11 am

If individual people have several favorites, this won't ever wrap.

Though I'm just a noob waiting for my first claim to be accepted or rejected, I'll give my useless opinion and say I still like "Drone Centurion" over the others.

(And it wasn't just my pet idea, either, Nomadic1 defended it too!)