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dmm · #1 August 27th, 2001, 09:05 PM

I don't know why, but "Desert Rat" keeps coming to mind.

Spoo · #2 August 27th, 2001, 09:52 PM

Don't forget Desert Eagle. (Ah, Counter Strike...)

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Assume you have a 1kg squirrel
E=mc^2
E=1kg(3x10^8m/s)^2=9x10^16J
which, if I'm not mistaken, is equivilent to roughly a 50 megaton nuclear bomb.
Fear the squirrel.

tesco samoa · #3 August 27th, 2001, 10:30 PM

desert fox.

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Baron Munchausen · #4 August 27th, 2001, 10:38 PM

A lot of these names are actually names of real creatures, though. There is a rodent called a "Desert Rat" for example. And the "Door Mouse" is a bad pun on "Dormouse" a real creature. I don't know of any metaphor in English that uses "Door Mouse" -- do you? These names might cause conflicts with other lists of actual ceatures.

dmm · #5 August 27th, 2001, 11:10 PM

"Desert Rats" is also the name of a Shrapnel game. It kept flashing on and off, on and off, in the banner ad. After a while it took over my brain and forced me to post it on your topic.

dmm · #6 August 27th, 2001, 11:18 PM

Ships in the dreaded Elvis fleet:
Rockin' Robin
You-Aint-Nuttin-But-A Hound Dog

Other ships:
Wise *** (a crappy ship for trading with the AI)
Kiss *** (for gifting to a human player threatening your annihilation)

dmm · #7 August 27th, 2001, 11:39 PM

The Monkey Business (Gary Hart, captain)
Monkey's Uncle
Monkey See, Monkey Do
Busy Beaver
Mother Hen (support ship)
Blind Bat (no sensors)
Beached Whale (no engines)
Raging Bull
Fish Out of Water (no life support)
Fish N Chips (computer-controlled)
800-Pound Gorilla
Squirrely (minister-controlled)
Dead Duck (shot-up ship for trading to AI)
Peking Duck (long range sensors [GET IT?

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Naked Jaybird (no armor)
Happy Clam (only a "shell" of a ship; sits in orbit to placate population)