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Umbral Choir Lore Vote 1: Home System Name!

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Hot on the heels of our Lore Making-Of for the Umbral Choir, we're eager to have you take part in the finalization of the faction!



We put on our thinking caps and thought very hard about exactly what kind of name such a strange people would go for, and we think we've got three options you'll like! But first, here's a little more on the home system itself:




The Umbral Choir are outsiders to the Endless galaxy, and [NAME] is their hidden sanctuary from where they explore this new realm. As immaterial wraiths capable of infiltrating the logical foundations of machine and cybernetic systems, the Umbral Choir are masters of espionage, but, equally, are unable to colonize worlds by traditional methods. [NAME] is their answer to this conundrum. A medley of constructed interlocking rings, this artificial world acts as a bridge between the material and immaterial domains, permitting the Choir to fulfill their ambitions of ending the suffering in the galaxy.



This vote will run for two weeks. Here are the three options:

12 266 300

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Nexus
Winner

Nexus

8 622 700

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Sjena

Sjena

4 760 500

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The Loop

The Loop

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6 years ago
Oct 17, 2018, 3:05:39 PM

If the Umbral Choir is going with the single system as mentioned in a previous Dev Blog, then Nexus would be a very suitable name for it IMHO, Being the centre of their empire and thus all of their espionage operations. It's even the centre choice of the vote.
 
 It also works well with the Hi-tech aspect of their homeworld.


Sjena translate to shadow (I guess they started with shadow as an option but wanted it to be a little less generic/edgy) so that’s nice but does not fit as well as Nexus if the system was a Misty, Dark or invisible planet then it probably would, but the Hi-Tech rings make Nexus fit with each of its definitions in different ways.


Nexus also has the advantage of being easy to pronounce by everyone in the same way and not causing spellcheck errors, unlike Sjena.




But disregard that everyone should be voting for The Lööp.



Made In a few minutes because of a conversation on the Discord, please ignore. 

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6 years ago
Oct 17, 2018, 3:23:28 PM

Nexus is coherent with a tall civilization, so I'll go for it. Plus, the Loop feels a bit silly and I can't make any sense of Sjena.

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6 years ago
Oct 17, 2018, 3:25:39 PM
Soulinet wrote:

Nexus is coherent with a tall civilization, so I'll go for it. Plus, the Loop feels a bit silly and I can't make any sense of Sjena.

Ha, I guess you're "Out Of The Loop" Ha

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6 years ago
Oct 17, 2018, 3:31:39 PM
NutMut wrote:
Soulinet wrote:

Nexus is coherent with a tall civilization, so I'll go for it. Plus, the Loop feels a bit silly and I can't make any sense of Sjena.

Ha, I guess you're "Out Of The Loop" Ha

That was cringy in an awesome way.

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6 years ago
Oct 17, 2018, 3:42:25 PM

"Sjena" (/sjêna/): shadow, silhouette, shade, umbrage, ghost, wraith [...] in Serbo-Croatian (source)

Ok, sounds nice, matches the faction, but a bit generic and uninspired, specially for a home system. Sounds more like a ship class.

"Nexus" is also generic, but considering how the spionage mechanics will apparently involve building a network of some sort, having your HQ and center of that network be called "Nexus" makes sense. It's weak, but acceptable.

"The Loop" is just "The [noun]" again. Come on. Come on.


Overall, the options give me the same vibes as the proposed faction names we rejected and had a vote between player suggestions. "Sjena" sounds like a system name, I'll concede that, but the meaning is pretty meh. "Nexus" is fitting considering its purpose, but not really better. "The Loop" is no. I'll go with "Sjena".

Overall, I think I wish a name that had some relation to the "Choir" aspect of "Umbral Choir". Something reminescent/related to song, echo, temples, religion, or anything among those lines. 

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6 years ago
Oct 17, 2018, 3:44:13 PM
Soulinet wrote:

Nexus is coherent with a tall civilization, so I'll go for it. Plus, the Loop feels a bit silly and I can't make any sense of Sjena.

Turns out its Serbo-Croatian for Shadow, Ghost, and Silhouette.

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6 years ago
Oct 17, 2018, 3:51:24 PM
MrRiceman wrote:


Overall, the options give me the same vibes as the proposed faction names we rejected and had a vote between player suggestions. "Sjena" sounds like a system name, I'll concede that, but the meaning is pretty meh. "Nexus" is fitting considering its purpose, but not really better. "The Loop" is no. I'll go with "Sjena".

There will not be a contest this time. It's pick your favorite, or let the others decide for you. :)

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6 years ago
Oct 17, 2018, 4:00:06 PM

The loop is too generic for me.


Nexus is quite good but also very common.


Sjena, a croatian word for shadow ? Intresting ! I vote for it. After all, when the light come back with the Losts, it's only to caste greater shadows...

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6 years ago
Oct 17, 2018, 4:00:49 PM

nexus. the theme of The Hidden faction with their connecting hidden faction stuff you can't have a better name. the Nexus for me.


it is not boring at all. remember this is their homeworld not the faction name. Nexus is fitting center to a tall faction. like a web

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6 years ago
Oct 17, 2018, 4:42:15 PM

After findingthe translation, voted for Sjena. All names makes sense, but that one sounds different from a tipical sci-fi b series episode.

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6 years ago
Oct 17, 2018, 4:53:17 PM

I'm going to go with Sjena as well, it sounded the best even before I found out what it means. Nexus is alright of a name, but The Loop is a bit odd, almost comical. It would have been nice to have a real third option.

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6 years ago
Oct 17, 2018, 5:11:42 PM

I´ll go with Nexus as it fits a bridge between their way of existence and the physical universe as the other races experience it.

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6 years ago
Oct 17, 2018, 5:43:00 PM

Sejna is the one I like the most so I'm voting for that. 


I think "Nexus" and "The Loop" sound like carnival rides so they're a no go for me.


Edit: Love the concept art for their home system/planet looking forward to seeing it in game.


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6 years ago
Oct 17, 2018, 6:38:49 PM

I'm voting for Nexus. It is a straightforwardly appropriate choice as others have already described.


Sjena is good too, but I feel like most people will not know that it's an actual word in a non-English language, and so the impact of its meaning will be mitigated. And yeah, it sounds like a ship class to me.


"The Loop" sounds like a slang term UE explorers/engineers would have for the superstructure. Neat and all, and in a way I like it, but not impressive enough to describe the home system of a faction in a new galaxy.


Neat visual for the home system by the way! I hope it has cool audio when you zoom in on it.

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6 years ago
Oct 17, 2018, 8:17:10 PM
Deornt wrote:

Nexus, but only because it reminds me of Zelem's Nexus

Wow, I didn't expect to see that name mentioned.  Last time I saw anything relating to that game was at least 6 years ago



Eldgrim wrote:

Sjena! I like names that are a bit more original.

Sjena's not that original when we already have Vodyani with a name inspired by eastern-european folklore and if we've already got one eastern-european-inspired religious faction, I'd rather not have another one.


Edit:

Vaulter's colonizer is also called "Argosy" which is more nordic than eastern European but still has a similar enough feeling to Sjena for me to think Nexus or The Loop are better options.

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6 years ago
Oct 17, 2018, 10:57:55 PM

Nexus from me. It feels a bit generic, but I'm not really into this eastern-european-inspired stuff. Especially in case of a faction like this. Totally not from this world, extremely advanced, etc. Just... no.  And as someone has already said, we already have Vodyani having a similarly themed name (stronk english:D not sure if it's correct). In fact my problem is not that it's european. But that it generally just connects to something we already know. That name simply doesn't reflect the traits of this faction, in my opinion.

And Sjena has a meaning. The first time I got to know about this vote - without knowing the contestants -, I was like "yeahh, seeing some epic-sounding but absolutely fantasy (without meaning) names would be cool".

Also the name Sjena doesn't sound quite serious for me. Sounds kind of "weak". Nexus feels far more powerful, the world has always ment something technologically advanced for me - from before the time I knew the meaning of the word.

So... certainly a Nexus from me, not a Sjena.

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