[John Schmidt]

The new Knight Errant interceptor can be found here,

http://www.youtube.com/user/MacAttack001?feature=mhee

Ok...it is actually a review of the Warthog Scout from Antenocitis Workshop but it is painted up in the KE colors. 

Hope you enjoy!

[Bull]

I like that.  Mind if I steal it? Since it's designed by someone else, I'll likely have the design modified a bit so it's not a blatant ripoff.  But at some point, I want to introduce in Missions Ares' replacement for the Lone Star Patrol 1 for Knight Errant.    Probably in the one I'm working on now.

Bull

[John Schmidt]

Absolutely Bull, glad to be of service although the real kudos should go to Antenociti's Workshop. 

I guess that I should note that the finished pics of my version are towards the end of the video.

[John Schmidt]

In my SR games I was thinking of calling it the KE Lancer.

[CanRay]

Lancer could work.  If it was an APC style item, however, I'd suggest Dragoon instead.

[John Schmidt]

That is not a bad idea for an APC name. I like that. You are becoming my go-to-guy for ideas CanRay. 

[CanRay]

*Shrugs*  Just came across a bit of the RCMP's military history and found out that, technically, they're a military unit of Dragoons.  They mostly provide MP duty today, however.

Give me some time to find out a few more "Knightly" names and I could easily come up with more, however.     Back in the days of my youth I always wanted to be a researcher and/or librarian.  But, well, life changed those dreams quite quickly.

Another suggestion is that you take Calvary Officer's names for vehicles, and make them match the styles and personalities of those people.  Fits with Ares and their semi-militaristic culture, and fits in well with what people expect from them as well, being an "Extension" of the UCAS/CAS military who already do the same thing.

[Bull]

Yeah, I had been trying to think of names for it, "Knight" related.  I really was tempted to steal the Charger Name, but since Dodge is a part of Chrysler, and Chrysler-Nissan made the Patrol 1, I half assume that they're not one of teh car companies that Ares owns (I'd put them under one of the Japanacorps umbrellas, probably MCT).

Lancer is a good one, though it too was a Dodge branded car (Though the last Dodge Lancer was produced in '89, so it's slightly less associated with Dodge than the Charger name).

There's a part of me that really wants to do SR versions of a few classic brand cars as well...  I'd love to see a 2073 era Mustang and Corvette, for example.  (Hrmm, who owns Chevy now? GMC is still active, and Chevy is a brand under their umbrella...)

Bull

[John Schmidt]

I had forgotten about the Dodge Lancer...not a Dodge fan here...so back to the drawing board. LOL

[CanRay]

The Mustang name is no longer owned by Ford, they sold it to Nissan.  ("From The Shadows").

Interceptor, eh?  "Skirmisher" might be a suggestion.  "Kassai" as well (It's a type of Mounted Archer style of training.) or "Keshik" (A Mongolian style of mounted warrior.).  "Cossack" for an obvious reason.  A long-range version of this (For highway patrol) could be a "Bedouin".

Moving away from the militaristic terms, "Wolfhound" is another nice option and very fitting for something that hunts after the "Wolves of Man".  "Armenian Gampr" might be a good option working on that for a variant designed for Urban Patrol (They're a livestock guardian dog).

Hope that gives you some more ideas.

[John Schmidt]

Cerebus? The two headed hound...much like the twin turrets on this vehicle. Sadly I think that name is already taken in SR...having a brain fart though and can't remember what has it.

[Bull]

I think we're at a point where just about anything we want to use will have been taken at some point, or be completely off the mark/theme.  Some of CanRay's ideas aren't bad, they start falling away from the Knight theme and into simple "Horsemen" concept. 

I think Lancer or Charger is a fair cop.  If the Mustang name can be sold to Nissan, then why can;t Ford-Ares buy up Lancer, Charger, or another.  And again, who owns Chevy, any idea?  (I need to dig out RIgger 3 and see if they cover that at all)  If it's not defined, we can always say Ares does.  I can see them buying up pretty much all the old Detroit-based Car Manufacturers to consolidate them.

Personally, I'll likely use Charger.

Bull

[Bull]

Also, I really wish i still had this list...  There was a list of Real Life companies and who owned them that had been done up for an old APA called Scrawls from the Sprawls from the early 90s that my old GM was a part of.  I wish I still had copies of them, some great stuff in there.  Steve Kenson wrote the original up, as I recall.

[CanRay]

Cerberus has three heads.
And it was the Internet name for the dragon with a Datajack.

Bull's got the right bit about buying up copyrighted names.

Personally, I see a comeback for the Plymouth Fury as a Police Squad Car, just because of it's name.    It might be under the Daimler name now, however.  Or an alternative for the C-N Patrol-1 (Budget version?  Highway Interceptor?).

[Charybdis]

If moving to Knight-theme, why not base the entire line of Vehicles of medieval weaponry/armour? Could be good for Knight Errant PR and advertising:
- Saving Damsels in distress
- Slaying Dragons   (OK, Lofwyr and others may be annoyed by that one)
- Implied code of honour 

Chevalier is your general purpose term for a historical Knight-errant, and  the name would suit any general purpose armoured vehicle
Destrier to denote a type of transport, probably a standard patrol car or motorbike
Shield for something beefy
Longsword/Broadsword for a standard patrol vehicle 
Battle-Axe/Greataxe for a Citymaster/Riotmaster equivalent (one with Water-Cannon, the other with MMG's)

etc