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Military vehicles tend to be named around a theme. In this case you have three similar machines (Bulldog, Mastiff, and Big Dog/Super Mastiff) named for big, mean dogs. The next few NEMA robots we see may have an entirely different theme.
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Just a manafacturer theme...

American Examples:

Fighter Jets - Birds of prey: Eagle, Falcon, Raptor

Combat Choppers - Indian Tribes: Iroquois, Apache, Commanche

Warships - Famous naval figures: Oliver Hazard Perry, Preble, Nimitz
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Tanks: American Generals - Sherman, Patton, Abrahams (though they got that trick from the British in WW2, the Americans usd to number gear, never name it, but when the American's sent tanks to the British the Brits, who used name designatiosn rather than numbers gave the tanks names, mostly US Civil War generals (Sherman, Grant, Lee) and a tradition was born)
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I might have something to do with a quote from The Bard W.S. "..Let slip the hounds of War..."
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And the failed (NEMA robot) prototypes get names like 'Spot', 'Fluffy', 'Fuzzy', 'Mutt', 'Mongrel', and 'Blackie'?
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I'm waiting to see the Beagle, Cairn Terrier, and the Dachshund robot vehicles.
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taalismn wrote:And the failed (NEMA robot) prototypes get names like 'Spot', 'Fluffy', 'Fuzzy', 'Mutt', 'Mongrel', and 'Blackie'?


Believe it or not, in Rifts: Manhunter there was a MUTT robot vehicle.

In all seriousness, I can see NEMA troops giving their individual machines pet names.
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I can see it now...

GB pilot:What did you call your 'bot?!?
Bot pilot: Ol' Yeller, why?
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just think if the power armor was named after flowers 8)
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just think if the power armor was named after flowers


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The Soviet Union named their self propelled artillery after flowers.
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How about a list of things you SHOULDN'T name robots after...

Like certain automobiles...

Edsel
Pinto
Nova(especially with the fusion reactor safety suspect)

And introducing the General Robotics 'GreaseSpot'!
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jigahus wrote:So if some bots are named after dogs. Then where did Gunbuster come from? I can see Chromium Guardsmen and Silver Eagles for power armor names but gun buster?


Only the robot vehicles are named after dogs. The others are power armor.
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Giving the robots more familiar names tends to give a more positive theme to them. Rather than go "looke everyone the x193edr are going to fight the evil creatures" just does not have the same psychological impact as saying "look everyone the mastiffs are going into combat". Plus it' rolls off the tongue easier.
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Alejandro wrote:
jigahus wrote:So if some bots are named after dogs. Then where did Gunbuster come from? I can see Chromium Guardsmen and Silver Eagles for power armor names but gun buster?


Palladium ISN'T the military (just read SoT for that evidence :lol: ), so while they tend to follow a theme, it doesn't necessarily mean they'll stick to it.


Or, as already pointed out, the Gunbuster, CG, and SE aren't robots... they're power armor.
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