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Ironsides not a space trait? Wat?

baelogventurebaelogventure Member Posts: 1,002 Arc User
edited July 2014 in Star Trek Online General Discussion
Seriously, it's not a space trait?

Are you daft?

Ironsides is the nickname of the Revolutionary War frigate U.S.S. Constitution, the namesake of the class of the original Enterprise, and you make the trait a ground one.

I am all the disappoint.
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  • thatcursedwolfthatcursedwolf Member Posts: 1,617 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    Ironsides was also a TV show about a detective in a wheelchair.
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  • arilouskiffarilouskiff Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    It's also the name of one english and one swedish king, as well as a unit of cavalry in the English Civil War.

    So, no.
  • kaiserkactokaiserkacto Member Posts: 482 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    baelogventure wrote: »
    Seriously, it's not a space trait?

    Are you daft?

    Ironsides is the nickname of the Revolutionary War frigate U.S.S. Constitution, the namesake of the class of the original Enterprise, and you make the trait a ground one.

    I am all the disappoint.

    There was also a viking guy nicknamed ironside, so i think it works for both ships and people
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  • johnchrightonjohnchrighton Member Posts: 99 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    The U.S.S. Constitution was launched in 1797 she earned the nickname "Old Ironsides" during the War of 1812 when she fought the British frigate HMS Guerriere. - See more at: http://www.thefreedomtrail.org/freedom-trail/uss-constitution.shtml#sthash.LMJ5DOz0.dpuf

    The show is called Ironside.
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  • tenkaritenkari Member Posts: 2,906 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    surprised a little myself. but then again, if i recall, theres a wheelchair bound detective nicknamed Ironsides as well..... or it was an actor... cant remember.
  • johnchrightonjohnchrighton Member Posts: 99 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    tenkari wrote: »
    surprised a little myself. but then again, if i recall, theres a wheelchair bound detective nicknamed Ironsides as well..... or it was an actor... cant remember.

    There is Michael Ironside
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  • kaiserkactokaiserkacto Member Posts: 482 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    well, it seem like "Ironsides" has been a nickname for people long before it was a nickname for ships so... being a ground trait seems fair enough
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  • iconiansiconians Member Posts: 6,987 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    I thought I had seen a complaint about everything in the game already.

    Until I clicked on this thread.
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  • kaiserkactokaiserkacto Member Posts: 482 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    iconians wrote: »
    I thought I had seen a complaint about everything in the game already.

    Until I clicked on this thread.

    I remember a guy complaining because he had a doff named "Gaylord", wich of course is a real life name
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  • drogyn1701drogyn1701 Member Posts: 3,606 Media Corps
    edited July 2014
    Last season on Vikings Ragnar nicknamed his son Bjorn Ironside cause he got through a battle with no injuries.

    Since we're compiling a list...
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  • erei1erei1 Member Posts: 4,081 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    iconians wrote: »
    I thought I had seen a complaint about everything in the game already.

    Until I clicked on this thread.
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  • ddesjardinsddesjardins Member Posts: 3,056 Media Corps
    edited July 2014
    It's clear that one or more staffers working on STO are remarkably young and uninformed when it comes to choosing names for things.

    Case in point: Aegis. Modern reference is a class of navy vessel with superior command and control capability aka AEGIS class; classical reference 'shield'. STO gives it to the name of a Dr. who designed a space set. *facepalm*

    Case in point #2: Ironsides. Classical modern reference is a ship. STO makes it ground.
  • iconiansiconians Member Posts: 6,987 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    ddesjardins wrote: »
    STO gives it to the name of a Dr. who designed a space set. *facepalm*

    I think you're mistaken. Dr. Who designed the Battlestar Galactica in Fringe.
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  • tenkaritenkari Member Posts: 2,906 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    ddesjardins wrote: »
    Case in point: Aegis. Modern reference is a class of navy vessel with superior command and control capability aka AEGIS class; classical reference 'shield'. STO gives it to the name of a Dr. who designed a space set. *facepalm*

    you dop realize the old "shield" meaning fits perfectly well with the aegis set right?

    When it was first introduced, it was hands down the best shield in game.
  • gonaliusgonalius Member Posts: 893 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    ddesjardins wrote: »
    Case in point #2: Ironsides. Classical modern reference is a ship. STO makes it ground.

    Ships travel on the sea, which unless you're in Undine Space, is generally found planetside.
  • ddesjardinsddesjardins Member Posts: 3,056 Media Corps
    edited July 2014
    iconians wrote: »
    I think you're mistaken. Dr. Who designed the Battlestar Galactica in Fringe.

    THIS is why I love your posts. Oddly enough as I typed it I though - someone is going to make a Dr. Who reference.
  • ddesjardinsddesjardins Member Posts: 3,056 Media Corps
    edited July 2014
    tenkari wrote: »
    you dop realize the old "shield" meaning fits perfectly well with the aegis set right?

    When it was first introduced, it was hands down the best shield in game.

    I was talking about the doff who worked for Dr. Aegis. Who ironically made shields.
  • mushariagainmushariagain Member Posts: 304 Arc User
    edited July 2014
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  • kazamiyukarinkazamiyukarin Member Posts: 158 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    With regard to Aegis, some of you seem to miss the reference to Greek/Roman Mythology. Aegis is the name of Athena and/or Zeus' shield. And there's an Aegis shield in game.

    As for Ironsides.... Well, as someone who lives not to far from Ol' Ironsides (which is still a commissioned vessel in the US Navy), I kind of wish it were space.
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  • amosov78amosov78 Member Posts: 1,495 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    I'd have thought ironclad would've been a more apt term for a ship based space trait.
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  • mustrumridcully0mustrumridcully0 Member Posts: 12,963 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    ddesjardins wrote: »
    I was talking about the doff who worked for Dr. Aegis. Who ironically made shields.

    When I checked the DOFF yesterday, the text has changed. He was working for Project Aegis, not Professor Aegis. It may have been a brain TRIBBLE or a auto-correct issue. ;)
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  • belidosbelidos Member Posts: 452 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    Old Ironsides was also the nickname of Oliver Cromwell, one of the most famous men in British history, executor of kings and Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland.
  • centersolacecentersolace Member Posts: 11,178 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    belidos wrote: »
    Old Ironsides was also the nickname of Oliver Cromwell, one of the most famous men in British history, executor of kings and Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland.

    It's an American thing. You know. They don't that sort of thing in American schools.
  • belidosbelidos Member Posts: 452 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    centersolace wrote: »
    It's an American thing. You know. They don't that sort of thing in American schools.

    Oh yeah I forgot that American history is the only true history in the world :p
  • artan42artan42 Member Posts: 10,450 Bug Hunter
    edited July 2014
    iconians wrote: »
    I think you're mistaken. Dr. Who designed the Battlestar Galactica in Fringe.

    I think you're mistaken. Doctor Who is that one. Dr. Who is nobody.
    belidos wrote: »
    Old Ironsides was also the nickname of Oliver Cromwell, one of the most famous men in British history, executor of kings and Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland.

    Ah, our experiment at being a Republic. We managed 2 Lord Protectors before having to send off for a new King :(.
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