Acronym help.

Superkid11 · #1 April 2, 2008, 10:59 PM

I'm... not entirely sure this is the right place for this but here I go.

A while back I came up with an "evil" race for a series of stories I have in mind. I would love to elaborate on them(perhaps another time, and in the private forum

), but for now all I'll say is that they start out as regular ol' robots created on Earth, and they venture into space, find a particular technologically advanced species, take their technology and become pretty much the inverse of the new series Cybermen-- Organic bodies with their brains removed and replaced with the computerized brains this race's units. These are not restricted to human-like species, but they need to have the basic shape. They just wear armor to look the same. Their reasoning behind this is that organic bodies actually have a greater capacity for modifications via nanotechnology and gene modification.

Their name is XIL. They can be called Xils or Xil as both a singular and a plural, but the proper name of XIL is of the program that all the units make up.

I have no idea what X.I.L should mean. I just thought of it off the top of my head. Any suggestions would be very helpful.

EDIT: Their function would probably help. Their function is to grow and wipe as much as possible to a clean slate(gathering people to use as bodies and taking any technology they find, and using the remains of the planets as a resource of base materials), then to await further instruction. Their original creator had NONE OF THIS in mind, he simply made them out of spite, probably just saying "Xil" off the top of his head like I did and left the robots to decide what it meant. The bulk of their programming comes from another source, who obviously has some sort of god complex.

Danny Stewart · #2 April 2, 2008, 11:09 PM

Originally Posted by Superkid11

I would love to elaborate on them(perhaps another time, and in the private forum

)

Are they some kind of evil army of Murray clones? Or Keff clones? Or perhaps some kind of Murray/Keff hybrid clone? Now that would be truly terrifying.

Originally Posted by Superkid11

I have no idea what X.I.L should mean. I just thought of it off the top of my head. Any suggestions would be very helpful.

Xtreme Impotence Laser.

I'm sorry, I'm not helping. I'll mull it over and get back to you.

Superkid11 · #3 April 2, 2008, 11:18 PM

That IS incredibly awesome though.

Maybe giving their purpose would help too. Their function is to grow and wipe as much as possible to a clean slate(gathering people to use as bodies and taking any technology they find, and using the remains of the planets as a resource of base materials), then to await further instruction. Their original creator had NONE OF THIS in mind, he simply made them out of spite, probably just saying "Xil" off the top of his head like I did and left the robots to decide what it meant. The bulk of their programming comes from another source.

Anyway, I appreciate you wanting to help. I also got a laugh from the Xtreme Impotence Laser.

I have only decided that L could mean Legion.

Danny Stewart · #4 April 2, 2008, 11:27 PM

It could be a recursive acronym -- if they don't know what it means, they could assign the "X" to mean "XIL." Like the "XIL Impotence Legion." (Okay, I'm sorry, I just thought that was too funny to pass up.) But I'm mildly serious about the "X" standing for "XIL." Certain acronyms do make the first letter stand for the acronym though -- and it would make sense if they themselves don't know what it means.

EDIT: XIL Imperial Legion?

Superkid11 · #5 April 2, 2008, 11:43 PM

Originally Posted by Danny Stewart

It could be a recursive acronym -- if they don't know what it means, they could assign the "X" to mean "XIL." Like the "XIL Impotence Legion." (Okay, I'm sorry, I just thought that was too funny to pass up.)

Oh god XDDD You're right, it was.

Originally Posted by Danny Stewart

EDIT: XIL Imperial Legion?

Anyway, I think that's a good idea. I like it! I'm still not so sure about the I, but I suppose Imperial would work, since they would serve as a police force under the "new God", once they fulfilled their initial directive.

Thanks a bunch. If this name makes the final cut, I'll be sure to credit you.

Once I write down a full biography for them I'll be happy to share it with you and anyone else interested.

(Note to everyone else: I'm still taking suggestions... at the very least it's fair that way.

Besides, I really am still considering the I.)

Recurring Villain · #6 April 3, 2008, 12:15 AM

What about 11th Legion?