A nickname?

How about 'Short Stick?' Referring to the stun baton and also the fact that said Xenonaut apparently drew the short stick back at Xenonauts HQ or in the Chinook on the way to the drop zone.

How about 'Short Stick?' Referring to the stun baton and also the fact that said Xenonaut apparently drew the short stick back at Xenonauts HQ or in the Chinook on the way to the drop zone.

I like Shock Jock, but I really like the vaguely derrogatory sense of Short Stick. Honestly, no one chooses the stun baton as a tactic, they are given it because they are either bad or because they are outranked. Which, as players, is how we decide who has the baton : rookies, or rookies with poor stats.

Perhaps if a Short Stick performs admirably, he could be promoted to a Shock Jock...

I thought they did it because they were mentally unbalanced. The ones with the highest health would go or the ones with the self proclaimed aura of invincibility.

Meatsheild, definity meatshield. That, or if advaliable, rookie.

Corporal Red shirt.

Meatsheild, definity meatshield. That, or if advaliable, rookie.

Both these terms have well established definitions already; different definitions, too.

Meat shields wear heavy armor, carry healing supplies and take enemy fire, rookies are recruits.

Both these terms have well established definitions already; different definitions, too.

Meat shields wear heavy armor, carry healing supplies and take enemy fire, rookies are recruits.

Yes, so? Also that's not X-Com's only def. for Meatshield.

I'd go for 'short stick' myself.

I'd go for 'short stick' myself.

How's about short straw?

there's also something rather brutal about Jean-Lucs' "Bait"

How's about short straw?

Isn't that the person drew the short straw implied by the name "short stick" already while still also referencing to the melee weapon?

At least that is what XenoNUT was going for when he made the suggestion.

(Personally I want to reference British police officers not carrying guns )

I was going to suggest "bricks" or "brickers", on account of what they'll do when told to run up to an 8 foot tall alien death machine waving a cattle prod.

Shock-jocks works nicely, though. Also more socially acceptable

How's about short straw?

I vote for shock-jock. Simple, catchy and describes the job of running to an alein and zapping it.

In one of the earlier versions I remember we got police batons. Nothing was funnier than 4 recruits running up to a Sebillan and beating the crap out of it. I called `em LAPD but I don't think that name would work so well for the official release

Kinda amused how Chris has already chosen, yet we're all still posting names.

I was about to offer "glow-stick"

I was about to offer "glow-stick"

Xeno-DLC! New Mission Map! Xeno-Rave! Arm your troops with glow sticks and out dance the alien invaders! 'Ave it!

Arm your troops with glow sticks and out dance the alien invaders!

Giving them strokes and seizures works as well.

I'm not sure the publicity over Xenonauts giving the aliens E is exactly what GH are looking for

No, but it would bring about an interesting way to stun them, wouldn't you say?

Pvt Spartan: Sir! Aliens guarding the ship....again.

Sgt thothkins: Ignore the AI Private. Get the gear ready.

Pvt Spartan: Sir! Laser carbines fully loaded!

Sgt thothkins: Not those! Get the speakers into position! We're going to have it large!

Pvt Spartan: Sir?!

Sgt thothkins:You better have been practising those dance moves Private. I've told you before about wasting time on that firing range.

Xeno-DLC! New Mission Map! Xeno-Rave! Arm your troops with glow sticks and out dance the alien invaders! 'Ave it!

+1

Make it an online component of the game, an MMOXGSDP

Massively Multiplayer Online Xeno Glow Stick Dance Party

The DLC pack should automatically add a new role to the roster, "LN" (Laser Ninja), which automatically equips a glowstick in each hand and gives your Xenonauts "Laser Ninja Armor" which is free and infinite and consists of only cut-off jeans shorts for guys and a bikini with sarong for the girls. Naturally male and female armour would have soothers, spiked hair and translucent visors worn upside-down.

Hell yes to the LN role!! haahaa