Straker Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 Not bad. I'm not sure about how to say it in Latin though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackObsidian Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 victoria aut oblivio i think, my Latin is a bit rusty though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straker Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 Looks good. I was thinking perhaps Vici Et Oblivio but I'm probably even rustier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorlom Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 "vini, vid,i vici" is cesars "i came, i saw, i conqured" right? wouldn't "et" be "and"? Thinking of "et tu Brutus" if it is "Victory and Oblivion" seems like a particularly bad motto imo =P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackObsidian Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 Yep: "et" = "and" "aut" = "or" (and sometimes "either" if used twice in the same phrase, in the context of either ... or ...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straker Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 "vini, vid,i vici" is cesars "i came, i saw, i conqured" right? Right, although I often get the order mixed up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorlom Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 "Ala jacta est" The dice is/has been thrown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straker Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 That's almost like saying "The die is cast". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorlom Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 That's almost like saying "The die is cast". It was in an accident? Want me to sign the cast? (sorry a bit tired... i get an odd sense of humor then) I don't know which translation is correct "official" translation. im translating the swedish translation of Ala jacta est int o english. It's another cesarian quote when he is on his way over a river to invade rome i think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straker Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 Right. Crossing the Rubicon. Not sure if anyone knows where the river is anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anotherdevil Posted January 4, 2012 Author Share Posted January 4, 2012 italy. or your brain, funnily enough Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gauddlike Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 Someone knows, they bottled it. http://www.rubiconexotic.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winterwolves Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 Vigilance, Violence, Vengeance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nfire3 Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 In space no one can hear you scream, that's why your on the ground Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PotatoMcWhiskey Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 Perhaps we could reuse some slogans from the cold war and turn them in Xenonaut slogans? Better dead than Grey? Or insert an alien race name that rhymes with Dead? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straker Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 Vigilance, Violence, Vengeance I like the Vigilance but the other two makes us seem like the bad guys. We need to maintain our moral superiority. Perhaps we could reuse some slogans from the cold war and turn them in Xenonaut slogans? Better dead than Grey? Or insert an alien race name that rhymes with Dead? Reusing cold war slogans may be cool and show a touch of humour. But better dead than grey? If I were a grey I'd be happy to oblige. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceVamp Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 But isn't the organization kinda secret? War slogans would seem a bit odd then. On to google translator! Terra for Humans - Terra Hominum Adjuva nos in mortem tantum - Only in death will we rest Suo periculo - At one's own danger Dum vita es, spes est - While there's life, there's hope Nil desperandum - Never despair Ubi pauci multis resistere - Where few stand against many Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur - Everything said in Latin, seems deep Si Non Oscillas, Noli Tintinnare - If you don't swing, don't ring Alieni ite domum - Aliens go home! Vos qui morituris, cum proficere - You who are about to die, get on with it Vacca foeda - Stupid cow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sathra Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur - Everything said in Latin, seems deep This is my new favourite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valente Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 maybe this one : "No nations, only us the humans." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Run3 Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 (edited) here's a few ideas: "Punctum Hastam" = "Tip of the Spear" "Sicut enim pugno" = As one we fight" "Semper vigilans" = "Ever vigilant" "Virtute et Armis" = "By Valor and Arms" (funny enough, this is the Missisippi state motto) "Accipe hoc" = "Take this", Motto of 848 Naval Air Squadron, Royal British Navy. "ad astra per aspera" = "A rough road leads to the stars", as on the Launch Complex 34 memorial plaque for the astronauts of Apollo 1. "ad victoriam aut mortem" = "To victory or death" "audentes fortuna iuvat" = "fortune favors the bold" "victoria aut mors" = "victory or death" "canes pugnaces" = "war dogs" or "fighting dogs" "dum vivimus servimus" = "While we live, we serve" "in omnia paratus" = "Ready for anything." "orbis unum" = "one world" " per ardua ad astra" = "through adversity to the stars" "per unitatem vis" = "through unity, strength" "qua patet orbis" = "as far as the world extends" "sine metu" = "without fear" "stamus contra malum" = "we stand against evil" "unitas per servitiam" = "unity through service Edited January 12, 2012 by Run3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nfire3 Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 Xenonauts: A requiem to kick sectoid ass! also Xenonauts: "We aren't a intergalatic gas station!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gauddlike Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 Xenonauts: Welcome to Earth, Face First. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straker Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 Lots of good ideas. I like "Terra Hominum". Wouldn't that be Earth for Humans (Humanity, Mankind, etc.)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfy Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 The Aliens are coming the ALIENS are coming! If someone gets this reference, I will.... launch xenonauts. Yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anotherdevil Posted January 14, 2012 Author Share Posted January 14, 2012 Mr. Google taught me that this is in reference to the 1980s TV show of the same name. Do I get a medal? =p Big Ups for anyone who did know that off the top of their heads! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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