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MarianLH
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Harry, you're awesome. I could kiss you.

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Jason Abbadon
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V- Vector
U- Unicorn, Umbrella
Z-Zeta, Zebra, Zygote

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Aban Rune
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quote:
Originally posted by Harry:
Uranus

Saying "your anus" on TV could get them fined by the FCC. They need to be careful.

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Ritten
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But shit is accpetable.....??????

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Harry
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So.. what is this N7242C that this topic's title refers to?

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Aban Rune
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I was kidding.

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Ritten
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I know, but the FCC would do something stupid like that.....

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MarianLH
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quote:
Originally posted by Harry:
So.. what is this N7242C that this topic's title refers to?

A bit of dialogue in the Sci Fi Channel's recent Battlestar Galactica remake. N7242C was the tail number of Adama's old viper.

The (currently) final version:

Apogee
Ballistic
Constellation
Discovery
Eclipse
Frequency
Galaxy
Halo
Ion
Jet
Kepler
Lunar
Momentum
Nebula
Orbit
Perigee
Quasar
Rotation
Solar
Telemetry
Universe
Vector
Wavelength
Xray
Yaw
Zenith

Whaddya think? Should I anonymail it to Ron Moore?

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Cartman
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"I know, but the FCC would do something stupid like that....."

Must... not... crack... Futurama joke... ngh...

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Bond, James Bond
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I can appreciate that you based it off the actual dialogue from the miniseries but as a real phonetic alphabet for the BSG Universe you would just be asking for confusion. Most of the words listed could be used in the common vernacular of navigators or pilots in an interstellar capable fleet.

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MarianLH
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That's occurred to me, along with the fact that the real military alphabet is deliberately composed of short, one- or two-syllable words for rapid communication under combat conditions. But, as you say, I based this list off the actual show dialogue.

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Jason Abbadon
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Once we know what they are, mabye the twelve colony names would cover some of the letters:

C-Caprica (for example)

Just to get off the obviously american-military terms slightly.

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Bond, James Bond
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The twelve colonies were named as follows in the original series:

Caprica, Gemoni, Canceria, Piscon, Sagitara, Leo, Libra, Aquaria, Virgon, Aeriana, Taura, Scorpio.

That covers A, C, G, L, P, S, T, and V. Kobol can cover K. Earth can cover E.

The rest could use ancient Earth gods since the whole religious philosophy is already based on Mormonism anyway.

That would also have the benefit of not being commonly used words for official military communications.

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Jason Abbadon
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Ahhh...lovely Canceria, with it's tranquil seas of mercury.

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MarianLH
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Except, of course, that Constellation has already been used for C...

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