Gimli Posted February 19, 2006 Share Posted February 19, 2006 Firstly, I need some names for my bases. Some that sound nice, like the ones you can see in Star Trek (but not exactly those of course). Right now I have: Defiance, Hope, Phoenix and Dominance. What names do you use? Secondly, I found some pictures, I don't know if they're from Last Hope, but I don't think so, since I haven't seen them in the gallery at moddb. They are from some X-COM maps for Counter Strike. You can find them here. And the pictures themselves: https://nipper.rocks-hideout.com/screens/xcom_terror1.jpg https://nipper.rocks-hideout.com/screens/xcom_abduction1.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombie Posted February 19, 2006 Share Posted February 19, 2006 I usually name my bases in one of two ways. The first is using names associated with the Roswell incident:RoswellArea 51Groom LakeHangar 8White SandsS - 4Greek IslandBlue BookI am also very partial to "Purity Control", a term used in the X-Files. The other way I name bases is rather uninspiring: I adopt the naming scheme from the Unofficial Strategy Guide. It rather simple: a base in Africa is named "AfriCom", a base in Europe is named "EuroCom"... basically, you name according to region and then tack "Com" at the end. Nice pics BTW! - Zombie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JellyfishGreen Posted February 19, 2006 Share Posted February 19, 2006 Those stable/orchard pictures...so many scary memories... I use an X-files trend, usually: Roswell, Tunguska, Geneva, Himalaya, Vatican....just for the mental picture of the cathedral dome folding open and an XCOM craft rising out of it.. Otherwise it's named after major cities as an aid to remember which continent is which. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stun Grenade Posted February 21, 2006 Share Posted February 21, 2006 I do it the same way Zombie mentioned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uriaheep Posted February 21, 2006 Share Posted February 21, 2006 Mmm, I go a bit deeper. I train and equip special forces and keep them at specific bases, ie. my assault force are called SDU so their base is X-COM SDU. My snatch squad are called AIF so their base is X-COM AIF and so on, of course there is also X-COM HQ which is my first base. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faskalia Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 Personally i just name them XCom1 through XCom8 btw: I really like the avanger on the second pick. Looks sexy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomb Bloke Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 I'm a bit like Faskalia. Thingo1Thingo2Thingo3Thingo4... Though truth be told, it's uncommon that I make more then two bases. Hmm. This might finally convince me to install Counter Strike. I knew I bought that game for a reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krabjuice Posted February 25, 2006 Share Posted February 25, 2006 I name them as binary numbers. Best guess, these aliens have developed computer systems that have jumped far beyond the primitive on/off structure that we do. As the last bastion of human defense, I poudly display our primitivist nature. Also, I ripped it frm the Animatrix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombie Posted February 25, 2006 Share Posted February 25, 2006 I name them as binary numbers. Best guess, these aliens have developed computer systems that have jumped far beyond the primitive on/off structure that we do. As the last bastion of human defense, I poudly display our primitivist nature. Also, I ripped it frm the Animatrix.Binary numbers? How do you tell your bases apart? All those 1's and 0's start to look the same after a while. - Zombie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krabjuice Posted February 25, 2006 Share Posted February 25, 2006 Eh, we get by somehow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimli Posted February 25, 2006 Author Share Posted February 25, 2006 Hmmm, that would be easy, as long as you dont have too many bases. Let's see: 00000000 11111111 11110000 10101010 11000011 You don't need more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NKF Posted February 25, 2006 Share Posted February 25, 2006 It helps if you don't need to include the leading zeroes. 0110111001011101000 Apart from the global ship launch menu and transferring objects between bases giving mild headaches, I suppose it could work. No point in doing the above in base-16 or base-8. - NKF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kratos Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 Binary names? Well overtime you can get use to it...not what I would reccomend to anyone though.. Names are usually drawn up by organizations I make up in my Aurora story for Ufo2000. Base-1: ZEROBase-2: RECONBase-3: IMP I haven't built more than 3 bases for actual gameplay I am afraid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombie Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 I know, I know, major necro. I am also very partial to "Purity Control", a term used in the X-Files. I just happened to watch an X-Files episode today (first episode I've seen in about 10 years or more) and it was the one with "Purity Control" in it. That brought back a lot of good memories. In case any of you haven't seen it, it's Season 1, Episode 24 named The Erlenmeyer Flask. It's got a great one-liner from Scully too: Looks at reddish liquid in flask (with "Purity Control" label at the bottom) and says to Mulder: "I'm warning you, if this is monkey pee, you're on your own" (they are in a lab, where monkeys were being injected with this liquid apparently). - Zombie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Voyager Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 He he he, necro... becomes you... Zombie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jman4117 Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 I just name mine after whatever landmass they are on, or after a secret base on that continent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbes Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Another really necro name to use when naming: "ALL UR BASE" sp1ke 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sp1ke Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 Typically just name them after a nearby city, but in one game I named them after gods or mythology figures of the region they were located in, so I had strike base SHIVA in India, main base ZEUS in Europe,that kind of thing. I also like to put a base in Antarctica called McMurdo, after John Carpenter's superb movie The Thing. And in a nod to the game's roots in the UFO TV series I like to put a base in southern England called SHEPPERTON or just SHADO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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