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Need some ideas for Com Guard Unit nick names
« on: 30 March 2018, 10:46:01 »
Think Tukayyid and more specifically the 13th Army that was created by Focht to fight the Clans.
So, please feel free to create some unit nick names that would make sense.  Thank you.

I would anticipate the Level II's and Level III's to have a legitimate unit nick name such as "Enlightened Knowledge II" or "Wisdom for the Ages" III.

But the temporary assignment of these reserves to the 13th Army might have more colorful and derogatory names like:

"Focht's Follies" 4th division of the 13th Army

or Task Force "Suzanne's Spectators" or Task Force "Precentor Tsao's Chickens"

So please contribute some ideas.  Thanks again.




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Re: Need some ideas for Com Guard Unit nick names
« Reply #1 on: 30 March 2018, 16:08:32 »
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Re: Need some ideas for Com Guard Unit nick names
« Reply #2 on: 30 March 2018, 19:23:04 »
Given the general size of populations and the fact that culturally, there are a lot of individuals of Chinese descent in the BattleTech Universe serving in Comstar despite the 'House of Hats' thing going on, I added a few that might fit small units with a sense of black humor.
The Walking Targets
Barrow Men
蟑螂 (Roaches)
守门人 (Goalkeeper)
吉祥物 (Mascot Characters)
Bleak Tidings
Clanbusters
The Buck Stops Here
The Rout
Thunderous Advance
History Writers
Glorious Struggle
The Noble Dead
Truth in Victory
Unyielding Bulwark
Defenders of Terra
The Final Wall
Blessed Martyrs
Blake's Defiance
Knowledge is Power
Knowledge in Practice
Virtue in Suffering
Final Deliverance
Bringer of Enlightenment
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Re: Need some ideas for Com Guard Unit nick names
« Reply #3 on: 30 March 2018, 19:34:16 »
Truth in Purpose
Courageous Path
Inevitable Victory
Beacon in Darkness
Impenetrable Faith
Magnificent Wisdom
Golden Grenadiers
Virtuous Intent
Inscrutable Plans
Righteous Scourge
Levelers of Justice
Sanctified in Battle
Magnanimous Victors
Shield Against Sin

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Re: Need some ideas for Com Guard Unit nick names
« Reply #4 on: 31 March 2018, 08:10:59 »
Alright, so here are contenders for a patch to be made:

Righteous Scourge  (Maybe a whip with six thongs (one thong for each division with six barbs per thong), 36 barbs for each battalion surrendered to form these provisional divisions.  Do I add a 13 to the proposed patch?  Maybe the handle for the whip would have 13 written in it.  XIII.  (If this isn't selected, I will consider it or a variation for  my WOB division)

Pawn Sacrifice - (A traditional chess pawn (white) with 13 written in the column)  "I like the derogatory implication here and the willingness of the troops to serve as a last resort."

Golden Grenadiers - Gold military dress coat with six buttons down the front, a belt buckle with XIII and 36 six pointed stars placed in groupings of six by the left and right wrists, shoulders, and collar.  (if this isn't selected for the ComGuards, maybe I will make the Golden Grenadiers my Wolf Clan unit for the event and change the the references of 6's to 5's.  Replacing the belt buckle with a wolf.)

Beacon in Darkness - Lighthouse with a 13 in the column and maybe 6 large rocks at the base, and seven waves of water to represent the Clans?

The voting will begin now and please vote.  Thank you






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Re: Need some ideas for Com Guard Unit nick names
« Reply #5 on: 31 March 2018, 10:50:50 »
Righteous Scourge, but honestly it sounds like a unit formed by WOB.   But then again how many of the WOB supporters were already planning on bring WAR to the Clans
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Re: Need some ideas for Com Guard Unit nick names
« Reply #6 on: 31 March 2018, 11:25:10 »
Beacon in Darkness.

IMHO, Focht and ComStar's PR staff really pushed for an image of the ComGuards as a positive force in the Inner Sphere.
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Re: Need some ideas for Com Guard Unit nick names
« Reply #7 on: 31 March 2018, 11:34:17 »
Pawn Sacrifice.

The universe needs more gallows humor.

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Re: Need some ideas for Com Guard Unit nick names
« Reply #8 on: 10 April 2018, 05:45:59 »
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Re: Need some ideas for Com Guard Unit nick names
« Reply #9 on: 14 April 2018, 08:59:02 »
The winner is:

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Re: Need some ideas for Com Guard Unit nick names
« Reply #10 on: 14 April 2018, 09:21:42 »
semper ubi sub ubi

i died ;D

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Re: Need some ideas for Com Guard Unit nick names
« Reply #11 on: 20 April 2018, 06:20:14 »
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