Blue Posted May 5, 2007 Report Share Posted May 5, 2007 The game's Time Cops (ANACH) have a stasis prison where time does not pass. I'm not using the prison itself tomorrow in the finale of this run of my campaign, but I do need to drop the name. So suggestions are welcome. I picture it as a small pocket dimension where they haul away the worst of the time altering villains. It's likley very sterile in nature. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metaphysician Posted May 5, 2007 Report Share Posted May 5, 2007 Re: Need a Name for a Temporal Prison Hmm. . . the Stopped Clock? End of Time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted May 5, 2007 Report Share Posted May 5, 2007 Re: Need a Name for a Temporal Prison Slang? The Zone. The Time Out The Still House The Box Quasi-Official? The Drop Zone Area 71 The Ziggurat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebuchet Posted May 5, 2007 Report Share Posted May 5, 2007 Re: Need a Name for a Temporal Prison How about HOLD? That not only describes what it does, but the word is also used historically as meaning "stop." Given its purpose, both meanings seem appropriate. I'm sure you can come up with an acronym if need be, or just use it as is and let everyone assume it's one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Posted May 5, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 5, 2007 Re: Need a Name for a Temporal Prison I was definitely trying to give that impression of stopped time. Good suggestions so far, but I haven't had one jump out at me yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clonus Posted May 5, 2007 Report Share Posted May 5, 2007 Re: Need a Name for a Temporal Prison Terminus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Samson Posted May 5, 2007 Report Share Posted May 5, 2007 Re: Need a Name for a Temporal Prison In our game we call the superhuman detention center "The Labyrinth". To continue the pun the bulls (a slang term for prison guards) are called "Minotaurs". It is also often referred to as "The Maze" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirby Posted May 5, 2007 Report Share Posted May 5, 2007 Re: Need a Name for a Temporal Prison So suggestions are welcome.A larger pic of your avatar? Especially the brunette As for the prison: Perm Folder The Life Sentence Stasis ("Send him to Stasis") Ice Box ("Put him on Ice") Temperol Joys (probably more of a slang term) Term Spell Span Epoch Era Time Capsule (one of my favorites from this list) Time Card Time Constant Time Keeper (could be the warden ) Time Lag Time Limit Time Lock Time Machine (?) Time Zone And a second for "Time Out." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirby Posted May 5, 2007 Report Share Posted May 5, 2007 Re: Need a Name for a Temporal Prison In our game we call the superhuman detention center "The Labyrinth". To continue the pun the bulls (a slang term for prison guards) are called "Minotaurs". It is also often referred to as "The Maze"Heh, one could almost call it "Tartarus" and slang changes it to "Tarus." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wcw43921 Posted May 5, 2007 Report Share Posted May 5, 2007 Re: Need a Name for a Temporal Prison How about HOLD? That not only describes what it does, but the word is also used historically as meaning "stop." Given its purpose, both meanings seem appropriate. I like this--you could tell criminals being sent there that they're "put on Hold." Good One, Trebuchet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OzMike Posted May 5, 2007 Report Share Posted May 5, 2007 Re: Need a Name for a Temporal Prison Elsewhen... Evernot STOP - Static Temporal Otherwhere Prison *thinking music* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Anomaly Posted May 5, 2007 Report Share Posted May 5, 2007 Re: Need a Name for a Temporal Prison Zero Point Infinity Hold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Posted May 5, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 5, 2007 Re: Need a Name for a Temporal Prison I am kinda liking "Time Out". I was leaning toward an iconic "The Rock" type name. I think I'll check this thread before I leave for the game tomorrow, but at the moment, it's Time Out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Anomaly Posted May 5, 2007 Report Share Posted May 5, 2007 Re: Need a Name for a Temporal Prison Singularity... slanged down to "The Sing" or even "Sing-Sing", like the imfamous old prison... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted May 5, 2007 Report Share Posted May 5, 2007 Re: Need a Name for a Temporal Prison Kill Time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amber Nytstar Posted May 5, 2007 Report Share Posted May 5, 2007 Re: Need a Name for a Temporal Prison The Freezer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marketeer Posted May 5, 2007 Report Share Posted May 5, 2007 Re: Need a Name for a Temporal Prison "Pause" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supreme Serpent Posted May 5, 2007 Report Share Posted May 5, 2007 Re: Need a Name for a Temporal Prison Pocket Watch (small pocket dimension where they watch the villains) The Split Second (cut out outside of normal time) The Loop Limbo The Oubliette (place you put people to forget about them, possibly worst thing you could do to someone who wants control of history) Could just say "they're doing time" and have no real name for the prison. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRavenIs Posted May 5, 2007 Report Share Posted May 5, 2007 Re: Need a Name for a Temporal Prison Being given a "Time Out." Nevermore Prision. Yes it is a play on my Screen Name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius Posted May 5, 2007 Report Share Posted May 5, 2007 Re: Need a Name for a Temporal Prison Of course, you'll probably have an official name and several "slang" or unofficial names - what the cops call it, what the crooks call it, etc. Nowhen Tempus Stasis (a play on Tempus Fugit) Eternity (outside Time) Ad Aeternam (To Eternity) S.T.A.S.I.S. Stop Time And Stay In Solitude H.O.L.D. House Of Limitless Duration Lucius Alexander The palindromedary likes Time Out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted May 5, 2007 Report Share Posted May 5, 2007 Re: Need a Name for a Temporal Prison Limbo Stasis "The Freezer" could be a slang name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted May 5, 2007 Report Share Posted May 5, 2007 Re: Need a Name for a Temporal Prison Heh' date=' one could almost call it "Tartarus" and slang changes it to "Tarus." [/quote'] I like Tartarus. Maybe also Quantum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supreme Serpent Posted May 5, 2007 Report Share Posted May 5, 2007 Re: Need a Name for a Temporal Prison Just "The Cell". Each prisoner is held eternally at a specific moment in time, so only need one physical cell to hold an infinite number of them. If want to talk to a particular inmate, the "elevator" takes you to their particular instant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Posted May 5, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 5, 2007 Re: Need a Name for a Temporal Prison Okay... let's see... TIME-OUT works as a nickname, the actual name probably being something with a person's name, like "Abernathy Temporal Crimes Detention" or somesuch. I was thinking also "THE Q", short for Quantum Criminal Detention. "Nowhere" and "Nowhen" have some merit. "Crossroads" was another idea. But to me that's got to handle detention for more than just our world's reality. "Limbo" has a certain simplicity. "The Loop" was an idea, unfinished. I'm guessing it's going to be a game-time decision. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Certified Posted May 5, 2007 Report Share Posted May 5, 2007 Re: Need a Name for a Temporal Prison Terminus Temporal prison location, Atlanta: just before it was razed. Not so much a where as a when. - - - On that note a thought on temporal prisons: Earth: ∏: Leavings the criminal on Earth just before the Sun evolves to it's next stage. Give them a Heat based beacon so once it gets too hot to survive they are moved back to to the initial point. I would say the beacon is a global function and nowhere near the criminals. Say on the side of the Earth that is experiencing night as opposed to the one facing the sun, where the criminals are placed to while intered. Now the question is how does one prevent the expanding # of instances of criminals in the same time period. How about a swap when the beacon goes off. That is to say that the body of the criminal being saved just before the heat level becomes fatal is switched with the body of the instance ten minutes or so earlier. So although they are saved each time just before death, they are also killed an infinite number of times. Ok other names: Chrono-Gulag Intermeadus (I think that's the correct spelling) Black Star Prison The Temporal Pen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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