Quote:As a curiosity only, note that a Zentradi lexicon does already exist, based on DYRL?.
Which reminds me that I still need to pick the phonemes I want to use to invent Zentradese. ^_^
(It doesn't seem to include the swear-words I remember from the movie, though-- Milia was shouting something like "de:vrann de:kalcha" at Max; the fansubbers translated "de:kalcha" as "disgusting" throughout, and "de:vrann" as "scum." But I may have been mishearing the words listed here as meaning "different," which in itself says a lot about Zentradi psychology.)
On spinal-mount BFGs--it might be entertaining to copy the Tuning Fork Gun (Reflex or Reaction Cannon) design all the way down to mecha- and man-portable beam weapons.
The Precursors: Civilization One? (Civ 1 for short, making the Others Civ 2, et cetera... ) Or perhaps Culture One... Culture Prime... Come to think of it, it'd be likely that Terrans and Zentradi would use different names for 'em--the Zents might call them the Commanders, or the Great Race (not riffing on Lovecraft here, but rather on F.M. Busby).
For an aircraft carrier hauling Valkyries around... why not Sleipnir?
Henry Gloval was Russian, yes, but Bruno J. Global was Italian.
--Sam
"Hey, don't knock crazy. The Romans were crazy, and they got all the girls."