The Geenee missile

TheKangaroo · Post by **TheKangaroo** » Sat Apr 10, 2010 10:55 pm

I just thought I'd share this smirk I just realised: in Critical Mass there is a nuclear missile by the name of Geenee available. It was just brought to my attention again that a 1.5kt nuclear missile for air-to-air use produced in the US since the 1950s was codenamed 'Genie', which sounds terribly close, doesn't it? I know there's no relation as such, but the coincidence made me smile nonetheless.

the space predator · Post by **the space predator** » Sat Apr 10, 2010 11:15 pm

Funny...

Fusion_power · Post by **Fusion_power** » Sun Apr 11, 2010 6:34 pm

And you didn't know that the Straylians are Australians and the Merikons are Americans and the Rykurn are Africans and the Zyan are Asians?

the space predator · Post by **the space predator** » Mon Apr 12, 2010 9:25 pm

I don't see the link beetween Rykurn and African

Sketchy · Post by **Sketchy** » Mon Apr 12, 2010 9:39 pm

I actually never spotted the Zyan / Rykurn connections (the other two are obvious).
I guess it means I've been pronouncing them wrong all this time.
Ryckurn = "rik-un", not "riy-kur-n"
Zyan = "zh-un" or "zee-un", not "ziy-an"

the space predator · Post by **the space predator** » Thu Apr 15, 2010 12:17 am

for someone like me, zyan is easy to see, in french, the prononciation is close to the good one.

Joystick_Hero · Post by **Joystick_Hero** » Thu Sep 02, 2010 5:20 am

Fusion_power wrote:And you didn't know that the Straylians are Australians and the Merikons are Americans and the Rykurn are Africans and the Zyan are Asians?

Well, now I feel terrible for always playing Ryckurn. I'm a traitor to my country.