Chapter 25

Appendix

People

The Doppler children:

The names come to me via TheInkgirl who sourced them from an actual Disney book.

The book in question is: 365 Bedtime Stories.

Many thanks to her. I hope she read and enjoyed this story.

Ensign Alamimo

Origin: Hawaiian

Meaning: Fast, quick, nimble

Pronunciation: (A la MEE moh)

Dr. Alard Hubert

Alard is Belgian

Meaning: Noble and hardy or brave

Hubert is Belgian of Germanic influence

Meaning: Bright mind; intelligent

Dr. Hubert was inspired by all of those classic explores found in such works as 'Journey to the Center of the Earth' and 'The Lost World'.

Coln

No origin.

Jhoans

Named after a character from a war movie. The character's name was Jones and he was a medic but I can't remember the name of the movie.

Ensign Lh'aer'ri

Pronounced the same as Larry except you must draw out the word and use some nasal inflection.

The name and character were inspired by the scene in AWE when Captain Jack Sparrow is talking with Mr. Gibbs as the Black Pearl is about to make port at Shipwreck Cove. Jack tells Gibbs of a sailor he once shipped with who had lost both of his arms and half an eye.

First Officer Iharaira

Origin: Maori

Meaning: god wrestler

Pronunciation: (EE ha rye rah)

Captain Kavaltaja Faux-Jeton

kavaltaja in Finish means traitor

faux-jeton in French means sneaky or untrustworthy

I must say, though, that this is one of my favorite names and she was very high on my favorite OC list.

Mib

Inspired by the movie 'Men in Black'. Get it? Mib? MIB?

Neami

This character needed to be a bit cruel and mean. A "meany" if you will. I just swapped some of the letters around.

Lt. Noone

This character was of very little importance and appears only at the end. He was no one so I named him Noone.

Ona

There is no origin for this name. It sounded comfortable and kind to me. I thought it suited the maid of such a household as that of the Dopplers.

Orusk

Inspired by the word orcs. I had recently watch one of the movies from 'The Lord of the Rings' trilogy.

Bosun Pike

There was no particular origin for this name. It sounded like a strong name for a capable officer. Pike might have been one of the badguys but he had his good points.

Captain Riff

Again, no origin for this name. Just a solid sounding one.

Mr. Ser

Named after a character in the movie 'Holes'.

Mr. Toombs

Named after a mercenary bounty hunter in the movie 'Chronicles of Riddick'.

Mr. Waller

Again, no origin for this name.

Mr. Wells

Mentioned during the aftermath of the escape by our heroes from the Einfassen he is named after H.G. Wells famed for such works as 'The Time Machine'. Seemed a good name for a shipwright.

Races

Abrogast or Abrogastian: There was no source for this name but it was inspired by Abra-Cadabra. Matey understanding and speaking the language that Broad Foot had learned from his grandfather was a bit of slight of hand on my part and I thought the name of the language should reflect that.

Basheevee: There was no source for the name of this race. It just sounded right.

Halvatii: Another name without a source. It sounded big and vaguely Nordic.

Pajak or Pajakians: Pajak is the Polish word for spider.

Natives of Azha: Raposa means fox in Portuguese.

In their own language they call themselves the Folk. They are simple people of the forests and this name seemed best.

Places

The Antilles Quasar is named after the Antilles star system.

Azha is named for an actual star in the Eridanus System.

Meaning: hatching place

Deneb is an actual star system.

Meaning: tail of the hen

Mhoth, the planet where the Imperial Fleet sends decommissioned ships to be broken up for spare parts or to have them reconditioned for use was named for the term "Mothball Fleet". A mothball fleet is composed of ships that have become to expensive to update or refit yet are still seaworthy and could in time of war be put to use. Some of the vessels in such a fleet are used to train repair crews or seamen who may serve on similar vessels.

Nythu, the name of the gas giant the moon orbits is a Welsh word that means "nest".

Things

The Calvin

Mentioned in passing at the beginning of the story, The Calvin was named for one of my favorite comic strip characters. Calvin and his stuffed toy tiger Hobs are constantly having adventures and getting into trouble. Jack sometimes reminds me of them.

IGS Einfassen

IGS stands for Imperial Galactic Ship.

Einfassen is a German word meaning barrel.

The Einfassen is a "cog" which in Earthly terms was a very successful single masted design used by traders and merchants for 250 to 300 years. I did cursory research on this one because the details were not needed for this story. The Einfassen was intended to be an ugly, old ship and naming her Berrel suited her purpose.

Gwythlon

Welsh word meaning angry.

Lacy was intended to be a creature that would give people nightmares. She is a very intelligent, ten legged variation on the monitor lizard common in such places as Australia and North Africa. The largest of these animals are the Komodo Dragons native to islands in Indonesia.

The Queen

I chose this name for the same reason I chose Dr. Huberts personality. It is a call back to the adventure stories of my youth. In this case I plucked the name from the movie "The African Queen" based on the novel of the same name written by C. S. Forester who also wrote the 'Hornblower Saga'. In that movie the African Queen never let her master down and in my story the Queen never let the heroes down either.

IGS Majestic

I wanted a grand name for the ship that would defend the Galactic Capital if ever it needed it and Majestic seemed the perfect fit. I do not know if there was ever an Earthly ship of the line that carried 160 guns but I doubt it. Bronze cannon mounted to their carriages could easily weigh as much as a ton and it would be far easier to build two ships that carried 80 cannon than it would be to build one that carried 160.

AN: If I have left out anything please do let me know so that I may include it.