Viking Fighter's name sux, let's find it a new one!

Anyone say StarScream?....thats a good name for a transforming plane

 

My bad, I didn't know that.

 

SENTINEL! ! ! ! its perfect
1)  it sounds mech/machine/robot like

2)  its cool

3)  it has meaning - 
    (soldier stationed as a guard to challenge all comers + prevent a surprise attack / defender / guardian)

I do like raptor too

Shiva nahhh  it may have a fitting meaning, but it doesnt sound right
plus if it is the name of some goddess, if it were the other way around, wouldnt a unit called JESUS, ALLAH, etc sound kinda odd?

(i realize that THOR is the name of a god, but its norse mythology isnt a common religion today, so it is different)

 

These are the old ones I thought of and liked, copied and pasted from page 6, and I have a new one.
Terran Pegasus. (Flies and "tramples" when on ground)
Terran Sasquatch. (It seems bigger and chunkier than the Goliath)
Terran Cyclops. (It can only do one thing at a time, one eye. Hur hur?)
Terran Leprechaun. (No idea why)

I like the concept of a unit being called a Raptor but not the Viking. It seems too bulky of a unit to be called that. I'm not hating on the image. I like the rough and tough mech but Raptor wouldn't fit it.
Terran Predator maybe? It's dangerous and can access both forms of combat, ground and air.

 

I think Sentinel is the most generally popular name so far. I like Vanguard but I don't think it's too popular. I also agree with a few others that while Raptor is a good name in itself, it doesn't really fit the unit.

I brought this up before, but I really hate the name of Banshee also. It reminds me of the ugly UD caster in WC3 and the lame comic book superhero. The meaning of the word also sucks and doesn't really suit the unit.

Banshee as defined by Merriam-Webster:

"a female spirit in Gaelic folklore whose appearance or wailing warns a family that one of them will soon die."

Banshee as defined by Dictionary.com:

"(in Irish folklore) a spirit in the form of a wailing woman who appears to or is heard by members of a family as a sign that one of them is about to die."

Everything about the name banshee sucks. The meaning fits the ugly hag in WC3, especially the DotA version hero, but not really the new Terran air unit.

I've personally suggested Phantom. I think it goes along with the Wraith name as well as the stealth/cloak ability. But it could be something else, I just really hope we get rid of Banshee. I think the unit is really cool, both in visual design and function, and I think it really deserves a better name.

 

Terran Geist as in Poltergeist. They're harmful ghosts and it fits the Banshee's cloaking ability.

 

Haha, actually I have....everytime I mention Viking I make a reference to Starscream

And as for the Banshee....I would've gone with Fortress or Bastion or something of that sort....I don't know, names like that seem to fit an assault helicopter/bomber to me

 

I dont think viking is that bad or wierd of a name, Its not that much different than valkyrie and i like it better than thor because there are multiple vikings only one thor, thors just sounds strange. Also viking was actually used as the name of a probe to jupiter so its not that offbase for earthlings to name a machine viking.

 

in response to Remy, and everyone else who doesn't like the banshee's name (including myself), I've been thinking, and Blizzard hasn't used any big cat names for Terran units. I think black cat or panther fits the look of the banshee, as well as the color

 

ummm....creatures names are for the zergs

lets keep its with norse gods and things

 

someone mentioned in the cobra thread that there havent been any feline names yet.
Puma FTW!

 

Vulture was a creature/animal name for Terran. In SC2, Terran has Cobra, another creature name.

On the otherhand, in SC1 Zerg actually has had no units named off of actual creatures/animals, none.

 

Church: Well they've got some sort of jeep thing... kinda looks like a big cat.
Tucker: ...Like a puma?
Church: There you go.

Zerg names were all WTFlisk or ling. Except for Queen, Defiler, and some others.

 

rename to Sheila

 

Terran Big Tank Lady.

 

haha Red vs Blue is awesome. They should call it the Chupacabra though, and they can use that sarge quote where he says "chupa thingy". or "I only drink the blood of my enemies"

 

Lionheart.

or maybe for another new terran unit. 8)

 

Viking>Sentinel/Crusader/griffin

Thor>Juggernaught/Behemoth

 

hmm... by the way, shouldnt a Terran unit sound great with the name Patriot? Like the Thor?

 

Viking: Chimera
Thor: Titan