anotherdevil Posted February 2, 2012 Author Share Posted February 2, 2012 or the hand grabbing a drop of oil... I mean the world. Sorry, that was that other war, right? =p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plucx Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 To get science where it never got before! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragnarok Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 Incurvasti mori succurrit. Nolumus. To bow is to die. We will not. this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gauddlike Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 To quote Arnold Rimmer: "The Committee for the Liberation and Integration of Terrifying Organisms and their Rehabilitation Into Society." Erm, one drawback with that: the abbreviation is "CLITORIS." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 That was the one with the polymorph, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyDylan Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 To quote Arnold Rimmer:"The Committee for the Liberation and Integration of Terrifying Organisms and their Rehabilitation Into Society." Erm, one drawback with that: the abbreviation is "CLITORIS." Lol, I loved that line. That episode was a winner. It'd be a cool easteregg if this was written on a business card, that can be looted from the body of a dead civillian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Celt Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 The words "ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ" (Molon Labe) superimposed in white over a black background. Deliciously laconic and historically conextual given the situation the Xenonauts are in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RussischerZar Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 Xenonauts: Fighting off aliens since 1979. Xenonauts: To defend Earth. Xenonauts: The sky ain't no limit. Xenonauts: Death to aliens. Xenonauts: Say "No!" to invaders. Xenonauts: Earth will be safe/saved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montie Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 I tend toward the simple. Semper Fidelis. It's served the US Marine Corps. for centuries... no reason it wouldn't work here lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorlom Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 I tend toward the simple. Semper Fidelis.It's served the US Marine Corps. for centuries... no reason it wouldn't work here lol Yes, there is. Xenonauts isn't the US Marine Corps. It's supposed to be international. 2K marin for example has forgotten that XCOM is not the same thing as USA. Slightly annoying if you aren't American, at least to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montie Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 2K Marin? I don't understand the reference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorlom Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 2K Marin? I don't understand the reference. The studio that does the FPS XCOM? It is takeing palce in 1960s USA where the XCOM organisation is an offshoot of FBI or something. They completly remake the backstory of the IP and for some reason the Aliens also only invade North America, screw the rest of the world. (From what I've seen their tactical map only covers the USA and possibly Canada). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montie Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 (edited) The studio that does the FPS XCOM? It is takeing palce in 1960s USA where the XCOM organisation is an offshoot of FBI or something. They completly remake the backstory of the IP and for some reason the Aliens also only invade North America, screw the rest of the world. (From what I've seen their tactical map only covers the USA and possibly Canada). Oh, haven't followed that steaming pile at ALL. Except to hear that it was pushed back so that Firaxis's X-Com 'reimagining' for kiddies would come out first. Which led me to the Firaxis X-Com, and then to here, where I find a far more beautiful creation of depth and warfare. Couple Motto ideas that I've heard, and not formally tied to any military I am aware of Death before Dishonor Death before Defeat Cowards Die in Shame Yeah, I'm kind of a morbid person... I like a motto I can scream into battle Edited February 16, 2012 by Montie few ideas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunshard Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 I'm getting behind The Celt's idea. It is an absolute gem, and would look nice in a logo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AradoX Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 The words "ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ" (Molon Labe) superimposed in white over a black background. Deliciously laconic and historically conextual given the situation the Xenonauts are in. Yep, love this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griz Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 (edited) I do not know much about greek customs, but to them "molon labe" is something akin to US "semper fi" (military thing).. btw:motto "Over our dead base". Edited June 3, 2012 by Griz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betuor Posted June 3, 2012 Share Posted June 3, 2012 Tullta Mulloni! I think that's how it's said. It's Norwegian? It roughly translate to 'fire on their balls'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorlom Posted June 3, 2012 Share Posted June 3, 2012 I can't imagine that being Norwegian at all... Seems to be Finnish? Experimentation with google translate I found out that "Tulta" seems to be "Fire". No idea about the second word. The closest I can get is "munille" which seems to be "eggs" (which may or may not be some kind of slang for balls in Finnish. Trying a bit back and forth I seem to get eggs as a result whenever I put in the Finnish word I get from translating balls to Finnish) Which language it is aside, WHY would you have that as a motto? (and why in that language?... whichever it is) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gauddlike Posted June 3, 2012 Share Posted June 3, 2012 Why not, it could have been a favourite phrase of one of the founding team members which got taken up as an unofficial motto. Sounds like something they should probably visit a chemist about though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceVamp Posted June 3, 2012 Share Posted June 3, 2012 Hehe, yeah. And no, absolutely not Norwegian. I agree that is probably our eastern cousins that came up with that gem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betuor Posted June 3, 2012 Share Posted June 3, 2012 "Tulta munille!" (Fire at their balls!)" —Finnish troops i was a little off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorlom Posted June 3, 2012 Share Posted June 3, 2012 Google translate still gives me "Fire eggs" when I try that one (and if i capitalize the M in Munille i get "Fire To eggs") Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betuor Posted June 3, 2012 Share Posted June 3, 2012 1. "This is where we fight! This is where they die!" —King Leonidas In 300, the king of Sparta uses this catchy jingle to rally his troops against the Persians. It scores big points for clarity, but it really gets a boost when 300 Spartans shout "HA-OOH!" in response. 2. "Come on, you sons of bitches, do you want to live forever?" —Sergeant Major Daniel Daly Besieged and outnumbered at the 1918 Battle of Belleau Wood, Daly egged on his men with a rhetorical question — and it actually worked. So well that Johnny Rico reused the line in Starship Troopers. 3. "By the power of Greyskull ... I have the powerrr!!!" —He-Man Prince Adam needs a thesaurus. His catchphrase is repetitive and vague (the power to do what, exactly?), but it's all about delivery: Props to him for managing to say it with conviction in a Speedo. 4. "Over? Did you say over? Nothing is over till we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no!" —Bluto The Animal House call to arms transcends its historical imprecision by appealing to the brotherhood of all men and, by implication, the universal desire to get tanked wearing a bedsheet. Toga! Toga! 5. "From my cold, dead hands!" —Charlton Heston The NRA spokesperson and president didn't invent this slogan, but when he uttered the phrase in a primal, throaty growl while brandishing a musket over his head at the group's 2000 convention, it made the leap from bumper sticker to battle cry. 6. "Tulta munille!" (Fire at their balls!)" —Finnish troops In Väinö Linna's World War II novel The Unknown Soldier, the Finnish hollered this easy-to-remember directive, masterfully exploiting castration anxiety. 7. "Carthago delenda est!" (Carthage must be destroyed!) —Cato the Elder Back around 157 BC, the Roman statesman worked this imperative into all of his speeches on the senate floor. He also dropped it cold at toga parties and around town until the Third Punic War finally kicked off. Sound familiar? 8. "Leeeroy Jennnkins!" —Leeroy Jenkins This machinima avatar is immortalized among the World of Warcraft crowd for plunging into battle shouting his own nom de guerre while his comrades dawdled on the sidelines overthinking their strategy. 9. "I am the Love Angel, I am Wedding Peach, and I am very angry with you!" —Wedding Peach In her eponymous manga and anime, the poor girl has to juggle a demanding junior high schedule while fighting an endless variety of devils. She didn't ask to be the Love Angel. It makes you wonder why her cry is so mildly worded and tempered with ambivalence. 10. "Today is a good day to die!" —Klingons This badass race cherry-picked its maxim from the Sioux for its counterintuitive melding of both negative and positive thinking — a brand of logic sure to befuddle Spock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorlom Posted June 3, 2012 Share Posted June 3, 2012 I'm disappointed you don't have any of darkwing ducks introductions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceVamp Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 I'm disappointed you don't have any of darkwing ducks introductions. OH, I remember him. He was a bad ass. But my favourite is Duckula of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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