Concordia's sister
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Ladiesman^
Spaceman
True....but it's a small detail...and I only ever saw the box once when I bought the game, and then discarded it after that (kinda wish I kept it now...)
WildWeasel
Spaceman
Yeah, I miss my boxes, too. Once I have lots of money, I'll have to hunt them all down again.
Ridgerunner
Vice Admiral
I kept all my boxes. Seemed like they're a good place to keep the games & manuals & stuff.
Ridgerunner
Vice Admiral
No problem. As a licensed Texas real estate agent, I can help you find a bigger house. If you're in another state, I can refer you.
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Mekt-Hakkikt
Mpanty's bane
I can't see what they could have meant by that. Does the Concordia bear any similarities to the Enterprise?
Mekt-Hakkikt
Mpanty's bane
Ah yes, I see. 
t.c.cgi
Vice Admiral
U.S.S. TICONDEROGA CVA/CVS-14
http://home.pacbell.net/lchevato/
Seems like the whole Americanism in WC isn't just coincidence. You don't use two CV #'s of American carriers on accident, same for all the name similarities. But thats already been discovered I guess and I'm just a late comer to the concept heh.
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Seems like the whole Americanism in WC isn't just coincidence. You don't use two CV #'s of American carriers on accident, same for all the name similarities. But thats already been discovered I guess and I'm just a late comer to the concept heh.
Dragonslayer
Spaceman
Americanism in WC?
I dont really see the americanism in WC. In the early games, most ships are named in a british style. IN WC3 Victory and Ajax are traditional British naval names and sheffield and coventry are british cities. Behemoth is also very british in style. In WC2 most of the ships, except for the Gettysburg, have non American names. The names of the Confederation and the Concordia as well as their numbers are the only really american thing in the games. William Tell? Swiss. Beowulf? Old English. Hector? Greek Myth. WC1 has the same trend with ships such as the Formidable and the Tiger's Claw. The only "American" ship is the Austin.
I dont really see the americanism in WC. In the early games, most ships are named in a british style. IN WC3 Victory and Ajax are traditional British naval names and sheffield and coventry are british cities. Behemoth is also very british in style. In WC2 most of the ships, except for the Gettysburg, have non American names. The names of the Confederation and the Concordia as well as their numbers are the only really american thing in the games. William Tell? Swiss. Beowulf? Old English. Hector? Greek Myth. WC1 has the same trend with ships such as the Formidable and the Tiger's Claw. The only "American" ship is the Austin.
Bandit LOAF
Long Live the Confederation!
There are ship names of every sort... including plenty of 'American' ones -- there's a bunch named after presidents (Kennedy, Washington, Lincoln)... there's a lot that are named after famous British ships (Victory, Coventry, Sheffield)... there's even crazy confusing German ones (Dornier?)...
Ladiesman^
Spaceman
Re: Americanism in WC?
In all fairness, the US named ships in that fashion too. The trend more recently though, as we evolved away from Britain, was to name ships after significant people or places unlike the British form of mainly naming their ships with adjectives.
In WC3 Tolywn mentions the Pelielu(sp?), that's an American ship. In the novels most of the ships seem to be named after American ships or at least in American style (In End Run there's the TCS Johnny C. Greene? and TCS Tarawa)
There's lots of other "american things" in the games though...look beyond the ships...in WC1/2, the rank insignia is American (down the colonel's insignia being the bald eagle with the 13 arrows!), the salutes are American (although, other countries might do it like that to..), the capitol of the Confederation is Washington D.C., "New Detroit", a bunch of stuff.
Not that's a big deal, but it is in there.
In all fairness, the US named ships in that fashion too. The trend more recently though, as we evolved away from Britain, was to name ships after significant people or places unlike the British form of mainly naming their ships with adjectives.
In WC3 Tolywn mentions the Pelielu(sp?), that's an American ship. In the novels most of the ships seem to be named after American ships or at least in American style (In End Run there's the TCS Johnny C. Greene? and TCS Tarawa)
There's lots of other "american things" in the games though...look beyond the ships...in WC1/2, the rank insignia is American (down the colonel's insignia being the bald eagle with the 13 arrows!), the salutes are American (although, other countries might do it like that to..), the capitol of the Confederation is Washington D.C., "New Detroit", a bunch of stuff.
Not that's a big deal, but it is in there.
Bandit LOAF
Long Live the Confederation!
Re: Re: Re: Americanism in WC?
He didn't begin to say that.
He didn't begin to say that.