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Re: Information I'd love to know
Post by Amaroq   » Fri Jul 11, 2014 4:32 pm

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drothgery wrote:
tonyz wrote:(Then again, it could just be random chance. We do know that the RMN seems to generally pick names out of a random dictionary for operations, so as not to give anything away -- compare "Operation Buttercup" to the Solarian League's "Operation Raging Justice"...)
I think there was a quote somewhere about RMN operation names being picked by computer.


Yeah, it's been said that they use a random word generator. Laocoon was just more blatantly mythological than many of their other names that it seemed to stand out.
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Re: Information I'd love to know
Post by lyonheart   » Sat Jul 12, 2014 11:29 am

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Hi Tonyz,

You've been given the traditional welcome to the forums already, so enjoy!

Your analysis seems spot on, but RFC doesn't do such by accident, so ulterior meanings should be suspected and ferreted out until we're sure he's not holding out on us because sometimes its taken years before we realize just how deep some names go, like White Haven, as some may recall.

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tonyz wrote:
Amaroq wrote:I've looked up Laocoon's mythological meaning and I don't see any connection between it and the Manticoran operation. Is anyone else seeing something I've missed or is it a case of the name being randomly generated and not having any real significance? I know most Manticoran ops are like that but I just wanted to know if that was the case here.


Laocoon and his sons got tangled up in the coils of a serpent -- the Solarian League is going to get tangled up by the RMN. It's a bit of a stretch, but it seems to fit.

(Then again, it could just be random chance. We do know that the RMN seems to generally pick names out of a random dictionary for operations, so as not to give anything away -- compare "Operation Buttercup" to the Solarian League's "Operation Raging Justice"...)
Any snippet or post from RFC is good if not great!
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Re: Information I'd love to know
Post by cthia   » Sat Jul 12, 2014 5:59 pm

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How did the Audubon Ballroom get its name?

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Re: Information I'd love to know
Post by JohnRoth   » Sat Jul 12, 2014 6:06 pm

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cthia wrote:How did the Audubon Ballroom get its name?


See the Fount of All Knowledge:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audubon_Ballroom
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Re: Information I'd love to know
Post by cthia   » Sat Jul 12, 2014 6:12 pm

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What was the original strategic consideration for Basilisk Station? I seem to remember reading somewhere that it was slated to be used as an ammunition supply depot for Eighth Fleet. Surely it has been upgraded in strategic importance since then. It didn't seem like the terminus was all that important a strategic consideration with such a light picket, and for the banished. Pavel Young was stationed there for gosh darn sakes! Nuff said. I don't understand how a system bearing a terminus could fall negatively under political consideration, being such an important military objective.

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Re: Information I'd love to know
Post by Weird Harold   » Sat Jul 12, 2014 6:58 pm

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cthia wrote:How did the Audubon Ballroom get its name?


IIRC, that is in textev; something about remembering a massacre.
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Re: Information I'd love to know
Post by Grabthar's Hammer   » Sat Jul 12, 2014 7:02 pm

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    Re: Information I'd love to know
    Post by Amaroq   » Sat Jul 12, 2014 8:02 pm

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    JohnRoth wrote:
    cthia wrote:How did the Audubon Ballroom get its name?


    See the Fount of All Knowledge:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audubon_Ballroom


    Essentially, it's where Malcolm X (the human-rights activist) was assassinated. This is probably also where the Ballroom members' habit of taking the surname "X" stems from.
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    Re: Information I'd love to know
    Post by cthia   » Sat Jul 12, 2014 8:10 pm

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    JohnRoth wrote:
    cthia wrote:
    How did the Audubon Ballroom get its name?


    See the Fount of All Knowledge:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audubon_Ballroom

    Amaroq wrote:Essentially, it's where Malcolm X (the human-rights activist) was assassinated. This is probably also where the Ballroom members' habit of taking the surname "X" stems from.

    Ah, even more enlightenment. Thanks, to you and John both.

    I searched it, but made the mistake of cross referencing it with 'Honorverse,' mistake.

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    Re: Information I'd love to know
    Post by cthia   » Sat Jul 12, 2014 8:15 pm

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    Was textev clear on what Victor's role will be now that spying is out?

    He can always join the Ballroom. :lol:

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