So, fellow Starfaring Captains, what is the story behind your names/avatars?
For mine, it was first a thought process after witnessing the Irradiation Cascade ability from the Hierachy's Science Walker from Universe At War : Earth Assault.
Imagine a mobile superweapon emitting such a high level of radiation in a wave that it irradiates even metal itself when it sweeps over said metal. Not even the Masari were safe from it, and since the Hierachy seem to live with Radiation and it heals them, it's essentally like the Miasma from Toukiden 2, but weaponised (now that I think about it).
Seeing it was called the Irradiation Cascade, I took the "Cascade" part, and spliced it with another feature, which relates to my Xbox years (AkridViper, mainly named after the Akrids from Lost Planet, especially the Gorechryatis, since that was also an Akrid, with Vipers being a species of snake). This name, for the period I was known as for the time being was CascadeFreak, which I still use to this day.
Then, after seeing the movie, Project Viper (a movie aired on the Sci-Fi channel, now known as SyFy), I decided to then make the name "ProjektCascade" (I had no idea Projekt was also a different translation of Projekt at the time, so it caught me by suprise when someone responded in German to me).
Then I played Zero-K and that's where I discovered Tachyon from, because of the Tachyon Projectors and their massive burst damage, while also being purple (probably violet even!). They even had mobile versions of the Projector turrets on a hover platform, so I used a LOT of those for hitsquad duty. Sadly I wasn't capable of very good micromanagement, so I stopped playing Zero-K, but the Tachyon stayed with me.
This also explains the primary part of my forum name, named after my two favorite things. As for the avatar, they are supposed to be the embodiment of both of those elements (it's plausible that tachyon isn't an element but for the sake of illogicality if it calls for it, I did it anyway), while also having a home in a yet unseen part of the galaxy (it's part of the plot @_@ ).
It's also how I discovered that my favorite colors are mainly in the blue/red spectrum, but a retina searing acid green is always good too
Remember, as long as the colors are good looking to you, or anyone else, all can be good.
Craindre La Kasukedo.
