Post by magnifiscent on May 14, 2013 8:28:11 GMT -8
Suggestion thread following the vote to rename the squadron. The skywatch has served us well, but with a shift in focus and move to breathe new life into the unit it is time to consider a new name.
Let's get some ideas out there and we'll settle on a few we like.
Just putting in my opinion. Obviously since I created Skywatch I wouldn't want the name to be changed. Personal reasons aside the reason I went with the current name is because it is short, catchy, and descriptive. We will always be known as " TXR _____ ". The name is purely for our outfit use and maybe TR outfits that know us. Most of the time when we come onto the field people will be scared of TXR, not knowing our sub-name. I'm cool with whatever majority decides though, but I would say that it should at least be as original as possible. I do not like to recycle names from other games or what not :/ If everyone decides to change the name I can usually come up with a bunch of them to choose from, I did name Total Recoil and Skywatch after all 
Once the voting comes to an end we should have another vote with maybe the three most popular and go from there.
Well I was going to suggest Wolverines, in reference to the original Red Dawn Or, Valkyries, in reference to apocalypse now
I came to this post with the idea of suggesting Valkyrie, but Snoggy beat me to it by a few hours. I like the name Valkyrie. I think it's fits into the existing scheme of phantoms and sentinels. I would suggest that we edit the scheme a little and drop the "s" from phantoms and sentinels. Ideally the name should be as easy as possible to say in the heat of battle. Dropping a syllable does that. We can have the official title be something like Valkyrie Squadron, if we like, but when throwing out orders or giving report, simply Valkyrie is ideal.
Another reason to drop the "s" would be for running and directing division sub-groups. Saying " Valkyrie 1 to excavation, Valkyrie 2 to comm array" rolls off the tongue easier that with the addition of the "s" on the end. It is also symbolic of the camraderie we hope to promote; we are not a bunch of individual Valkyries flying about, each doing their own thing. That is not when we are strong. Our strength shows when we exercise team based tactics as a coordinated force, a single force, Valkyrie. Sorry for the long post.
In conclusion I am for changing skywatch to Valkyrie and possibly the other divisions would agree to change their names to Sentinel and Phantom.
Not required, but bonus points for any name that can be represented with an in-game decal:
planetside.wikia.com/wiki/Vehicle_Decals
Suggestions so far:
[Snoggy, Method]
Valkyrie(s)
[Hans1942]
Warhawks
Blood Eagles
Eagles (Nice and simple)
Red Angels
Blood Angels
Angels of Death (AoD)
Skystrikers
Aces
Dragons
Nighthawks
Delta Airlines
Delta Squad
Overwatch
Watchmen
Overwatchmen
Delta Airlines Overwatchmen
Delta Airline Dragons (DAD)
Overlords
[Hopp]
Ubermench ("over men")
Oversight
Let's get some ideas out there and we'll settle on a few we like.
Once the voting comes to an end we should have another vote with maybe the three most popular and go from there. 
I came to this post with the idea of suggesting Valkyrie, but Snoggy beat me to it by a few hours. I like the name Valkyrie. I think it's fits into the existing scheme of phantoms and sentinels. I would suggest that we edit the scheme a little and drop the "s" from phantoms and sentinels. Ideally the name should be as easy as possible to say in the heat of battle. Dropping a syllable does that. We can have the official title be something like Valkyrie Squadron, if we like, but when throwing out orders or giving report, simply Valkyrie is ideal.
Another reason to drop the "s" would be for running and directing division sub-groups. Saying " Valkyrie 1 to excavation, Valkyrie 2 to comm array" rolls off the tongue easier that with the addition of the "s" on the end. It is also symbolic of the camraderie we hope to promote; we are not a bunch of individual Valkyries flying about, each doing their own thing. That is not when we are strong. Our strength shows when we exercise team based tactics as a coordinated force, a single force, Valkyrie. Sorry for the long post.
In conclusion I am for changing skywatch to Valkyrie and possibly the other divisions would agree to change their names to Sentinel and Phantom.
Not required, but bonus points for any name that can be represented with an in-game decal:
planetside.wikia.com/wiki/Vehicle_Decals
Suggestions so far:
[Snoggy, Method]
Valkyrie(s)
[Hans1942]
Warhawks
Blood Eagles
Eagles (Nice and simple)
Red Angels
Blood Angels
Angels of Death (AoD)
Skystrikers
Aces
Dragons
Nighthawks
Delta Airlines
Delta Squad
Overwatch
Watchmen
Overwatchmen
Delta Airlines Overwatchmen
Delta Airline Dragons (DAD)
Overlords
[Hopp]
Ubermench ("over men")
Oversight
