Hi everyone~~ I just got back from work. @w@ It's so hot out and I'm glad to be home.<br/><br/>CALL SIGNS. Yes. So here's the quick points about that:<br/><br/>Call signs are:<ul class="bbc_list"><li>like a codename. During tests, flights, and combat, central command and your other pilots will refer to your by your call sign. Exceptions obviously happen, but call signs are preferred over personal names because they are..</li><li>unique! The point of a call sign is to have a very distinctive name that won't get mixed up with anybody else's. For example, what if you had two pilots with the last names Andrew and Anderson? Hence, each call sign sounds very different and won't be confused with other words. To that end, they must be..</li><li>at least two syllables long. Three is also acceptable, but one or four are not. One syllable words can be easily confused or misheard, but two or three syllables are less likely to be mixed up. Any longer than three syllables and you begin to sacrifice ease of communication. But that's ok, because they're meant to be..</li><li>funny! Or at least interesting. Think of Battlestar Galactica for this. You can have cool call signs, like Starbuck or Apollo, or really silly ones like Hot Dog. It doesn't really matter, but for this game we were trying to shoot for something like inside jokes. Think of the nicknames your character might be given during training, stemming from their looks or quirks. The best call signs are half compliment, half insult.</li></ul><br/>Some examples! :D<ul class="bbc_list"><li>Ignatius Bennett, call sign <em>Jackhammer</em> - Iggy is dead when the story begins, but he has a call sign anyways. :P Most people assumed that he earned this name by wailing on demons with the Grigori's physical armaments, but it's actually because during training, everyone could hear him masturbating in the barracks in the middle of the night. He chose to wear it proudly.</li><li>Tianran Jin, call sign <em>Dollface</em> - Tianran, in short, looks like he belongs in an Asian boy band. He's got really soft, clear skin and long, dark hair. Prior to her death, Marie Andre called him Doll and it stuck. He hated it at first, but doesn't really care anymore. Allen Shepherd, Dot's character, has a similar nickname based on his looks--<em>Goldilocks</em>.</li></ul>So really, go nuts with this one. Think of what schoolyard<del>bullies</del>kids would call your character and that will probably work great. If you want, we can bounce suggestions around until we find something good. If it's too close to another character's call sign (like Rackjammer, for example), you'd probably have to think of a new one.