Origins

Siberian_Dingo

<div class="IPBDescription">Omina Viae per Roma</div> I just found it interesting thats "Onos" is alot like the Latin Word "Onus" which means heavy load

ZiGGY

maaaaagik

TheHornet

interesting.

typical_skeleton

I look at it like this...

Onos = Oh no. The Oh No's. Which is what you should say: "Oh no, it's an Onos!".

So, Onos = The Oh No's.

<!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->

Rabid_Llama

The NS backstory/manual (gotta love it when they're one and the same <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->) says that the onos got its name from the first marine encounter with it. The marines hear it coming, both say "oh no" at the same time, and then the transmission cuts. So they named it the Onos. Silly, but I like it <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
And the Onus connection is pretty cool, too <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->

typical_skeleton

I actually didn't see that part of the manual before coming up with my own theory. nice to know. <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->

Haunted

Onos just ownz, thus the name. <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->

hoju2

Actually the Onos' name does in fact come from the last two words uttered by the first Marines encountering them:
<!--QuoteBegin--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Though it can seem like a joke (and one in poor taste, considering the devastation this species has caused), the name "Onos" does actually come from the phrase "Oh no."<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
You'll also be probably interested to know that the word Kharaa means "Watchout!" in Mongolian <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo--><!--QuoteBegin--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->The first TSA encounter with the aliens occurred aboard the Mongol's Sanjii mining facility. The tattered voice comm logs they extracted from the command network had one word that stood out, used again and again ? "Kharaa!" "Kharaa!" Later, it was understood that this means "Watch out!" in Mongolian. By then, it had stuck.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->

ZiGGY

yeah but the similarity to own us, oh no and onus are quite shocking as they produce the onos.

pardzh

Teehee. That's interesting. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->

coil

Flayra and jparis maintain that "Onos" was decided upon independent of any outside influence. It was only after the names were announced and IRC regulars made the connection to "Ohno" or "Ohnos" that they decided to put that into the manual.

Personally, I draw connections between "Onos" and Kronos/Cronos, the father of Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades (Saturn in Roman mythology).

ainfect

what are you guys fav names for the onos?

i like...

pwnos

ownos

oh-no-s

OMFGos

Speed_2_Dave

What I want to know is what did Flay do with my favorite evolution, the Level 5 alien <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'><!--endemo-->

**joking**

Tabris

<!--QuoteBegin--coil+Mar 3 2003, 03:11 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (coil @ Mar 3 2003, 03:11 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Flayra and jparis maintain that "Onos" was decided upon independent of any outside influence. It was only after the names were announced and IRC regulars made the connection to "Ohno" or "Ohnos" that they decided to put that into the manual.

Personally, I draw connections between "Onos" and Kronos/Cronos, the father of Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades (Saturn in Roman mythology). <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Yeah... then you have the whole ordeal about his testes being removed....


( And no im not kidding )

ViPr

you should also know there is some connection with the word Kharaa being the Arabic word for crap and the aliens being apparently made of bacteria. it all fits so beautifully i'm going to cry. it's like all the planets lining up. maybe this signals the next coming of the messiah.

Incitatus

Latin pwnz