[Titan]

"ok class, today, before we begin, i would like to point out the fact that shivan ships lack the G part of the suffix, and what the G stands for and, depending on what you think what :V: was hinting at. break into groups and discuss"

lol, anyways i think the G means galactic, not sure. but if so, what was hinting at. i know many of you will say "the GTVA didn't know were the heck the shivans even came from and all, but really, i think :V: was up to somethin else

[Mobius]

Are you refering to the SGG/SG Rahu?

[Mustang19]

G= Galactic

GT= Galactic Terran

GV= Galactic Vasudan

GTVA= Galactic Terran Vasudan Alliance

That's all he was asking, guys.

[Mobius]

Galactic Shivan...Stuff?

They're aliens, and we have poor info regarding their leaders. We don't know if they have an Empire, a Kingdom or a Loo. That's why they're designated "Shivan" and nothing else

[colecampbell666]

Because it is unknown whether the Shivans are galactic, intergalactic, or even interuniversal.

[Mustang19]

Or maybe Dave Baranek just said, "hey, S stands for Shivan and GT stands for Galactic Terran." And that was that.

[MercFox1]

I'm going to go out on a limb and say: "This is an ill-advised topic."

Even so, the Galactic part of the Galactic Terran Vasudan Alliance doesn't have ANYTHING to do with their status as a universal power.

It's marketing. Plain and simple. "Galactic" whatever was just a way for those early human ego's to put some oomph! behind their nomenclature.

[Turey]

Or maybe Dave Baranek just said, "hey, S stands for Shivan and GT stands for Galactic Terran." And that was that.

I like this one.

[Goober5000]

First of all, it's prefix, not suffix.  Second of all, it's described in the game what they stand for.