ShiroKobbure
Still modding Civ3
keris was a basic sword found in that region. And it does have "spirtual" powers they belive. But Japanese say japanese swords have "spirtual" powers. But I rather name a warrior "samurai" than "katana warrior".
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Sword_Of_Geddon
Arbiter of the Sword
Any idea what sort of names for a Keris using warrior we should use if any?
ShiroKobbure
Still modding Civ3
both the bugies and javan head hunters used it. Or we could call him something like Javan Marine, and make him anphimbious. Or focus on the weapon and call him a "Kerisman". Or if someone knows Malya give us a better name
Sword_Of_Geddon
Arbiter of the Sword
I guess we will come back to that later. What about Burma? What would they have for a special unit?
Blue Monkey
Archon Without Portfolio
With my schedule it may take til the weekend, but I'll do some library research to try and see if Pagan had anything special going on militarily.Sword_Of_Geddon said:
that Malay "kesatria" looks suspiciously like a localized version of the sanskrit kshatriya - name of the hindu warrior caste.
Ogedei_the_Mad
Caffeinated Khagan
Blue Monkey said:
It is very likely that that would be the case. The early Malay mariners frequently ferried Brahmins around Southeast Asia in the Classical Period of SE Asian history.
Sword_Of_Geddon
Arbiter of the Sword
That is interesting. How widespread was Sanskrit as a language anyway?
Blue Monkey
Archon Without Portfolio
It's best to think of sanskrit in south and southeast Asia as similar to latin in medieval Europe. A few very educated people could converse in it, and it was used in official proclamations, religious texts, and artistic expressions such as plays. In that context it was used in some form or another from Gandhara (Bactria/Afghanistan) through Tibet, and down throughout se Asia and into Indonesia. But it was never a dominant everyday language the way english is today.Sword_Of_Geddon said:
Sword_Of_Geddon
Arbiter of the Sword
Interesting. I heard Latin can be traced back to some form of that language though..ever heard of that?
Ogedei_the_Mad
Caffeinated Khagan
Actually, a lot of European languages have some relation to Sanskrit (both being under the Indo-European language family). For example, "bind" is derived from the Sanskrit word "bindhu."
Blue Monkey
Archon Without Portfolio
Good News! got budget approval for getting a pc today: I'll be ordering it later this week; in a couple of weeks I should be up and running with a real Civ editor and get cranking on the map. In the meantime: Here's another view of the area to be considered. Note that New Guinea is cut off. My thinking that losing it also let's us lose a lot of open ocean east of Japan that would eat up map space. This shape would let us have more land mass. I compared it to the conquests map sizes. This would equate roughly to 150x150. This view includes some placenames and modern political boundaries so you can get a feel for what's covered. Let me know if I'm on the right track for what you want.
Sword_Of_Geddon
Arbiter of the Sword
This is diffinitely what we should be looking for Blue, thanks for joining the mod team you've been a big help already! 
the sanskrit word Manu (like a version of Adam, the first man on the world)
gets traced all the way to our word Man. incidentaly, along the way it became Wepman (male human) which became weapon, which eventually came to mean penis, while man became the word we use now.
gets traced all the way to our word Man. incidentaly, along the way it became Wepman (male human) which became weapon, which eventually came to mean penis, while man became the word we use now.
Sword_Of_Geddon
Arbiter of the Sword
Imagine being called penis everywhere you went........
Sword_Of_Geddon
Arbiter of the Sword
Yes, kinboats huge pack of stuff he used for his crapload of Japanese units.
Sword_Of_Geddon
Arbiter of the Sword
Theres no pictures, he just has a sentence and a link somewhere.
