Ideas and Development--Story NES

[das]

Again, we could keep it to the Mediterranean history - after the initial lunar calendar got way too confusing, a major reform would take place - possibly beginning in the Empire itself - putting a solar calendar into place (in OTL this was done by Julius Caeser, if memory doesn't betray me).

 

[North King]

BTW, if we truly need a good "non-English" name for the Empire, I'd say "Aurian" Empire would fit as well as any--quasi-Latin for "Golden" Empire.

 

[das]

Why not just Imperium? There is no Imperium [recognized by the Imperials] but THE Imperium, so it needs no adjectives.

 

[Insane_Panda]

Oh, not sure. Huge aircraft carriers aren't bad for prestige.

Well, not as much as giant warships carrying huge guns and missles.

Battleships, and any larger capital ships, have a certain tradition, and, as said before, prestige associated with them moreso than Carriers, so I believe that these will remain the flagships of the fleet.

However, what WOULD utterly dominate is a giant, floating-fortress carrier/battleship hybrid

 

[Insane_Panda]

What shall the citizens call themselves? "Imperials"?

The Empire works quite nicely, when used by citizens within the Empire.

The Imperium, or somesuch other name (such as "the Great Satan" or "Shaitan." ) can be used by foriegners.

 

[das]

However, what WOULD utterly dominate is a giant, floating-fortress carrier/battleship hybrid

That's the Imperial flagship. Horribly expensive and so forth, but as pointed out, the Empire will probably spend lots of money on this sort of stuff.

 

[jalapeno_dude]

That's the Imperial flagship. Horribly expensive and so forth, but as pointed out, the Empire will probably spend lots of money on this sort of stuff.

Any chance of it being named the Death Star?

 

[Symphony D.]

The Death Shoal.

 

[Insane_Panda]

Empires don't name stuff like that, except Science fiction ones

It needs a horribly pretentious, grandoise name. Just the kind I like!

Sovereign of the Seas?

BTW - what shall be the naval prefix? IWS (Imperial War Ship)?

 

[Insane_Panda]

Oh, and if you couldn't tell, I want to be the captain (read: admiral) of a certain ship

 

[das]

I'm afraid we're getting off the topic again. Well, not strictly off the topic, but we are diverting our attention to secondary matters.

NK, we should have some final, concise ideas about the cultural regions, and drawing on that and the general historical premise that we already have you should craft a modern political map. Then we can go over every state still standing with some degree of detail, reach a final consensus on certain debated questions (but I hope that we could just accept the present Rome-like Mithraistish thallasocratic empire design), and finally start this. Otherwise we risk bogging down on the development stage and losing interest.

 

[TerrisH]

hmm a name for a flagship for Gigantic BattleCarrier Supership..

oh, I'm Likeing this Thread more and more. you have an avid Fan and follower of this thread right here!


may I sugest the name:
Musspellheim?
from the Naval Ops Series of Games.

 

[Insane_Panda]

It has to follow the languages of the nation, which is English. We cant just put German in there all of the sudden.

 

[TerrisH]

true..
how about Leviathan?
hmm that has a nice ring. The Terror of the Deep, monster of the Sea. a fitting name for the most powerfull ship in the sea.

 

[North King]

Nautilus. No, I haven't read it in a while, why?

 

[Swissempire]

Since its called Empire by its people, it should be a nation of simple names, because there is no reason to differentiaed, because no other countries peak Imperial(the language=English, called imperial)

So I think the Giant Floating Fortress should be called



Glory.

 

[North King]

Leviathan. Juggernaught. Dreadnought. Vengeance. Victory. Some good name. Glory just doesn't have the ring.

 

[Swissempire]

Vengeance and Victory are not names because they describe concepts alien to a Empire thats the True Hegemon. Vengeance is not something they need, and Victory is not special because they ALWAYS win. They need names that imply Decadence.

 

[Lord_Iggy]

Any way I could help out here?

 

[Insane_Panda]

SOVEREIGN OF THE SEAS.

There.