Talk:USS Ozymandias

Can we change the name? It's USS Ozymandias, not Olymandias. Nitpicker of the Wastes 16:30, 23 June 2009 (UTC)

USS?
Weird, shouldn't only US Navy ships use the USS prefix? Not some private research vessels? Also, too bad it's not PMV Ozymandias, FO3 could use some Poseidon Energy references. Ausir 21:43, 23 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Reminds me of something I've been wondering about: Is is possible that the acronym "PPE" refers to some Poseidon Energy branch? The terminals in Broken Steel's Olney Powerworks state "Olney Powerworks, a division of PPE". -- Porter21 (talk) 21:53, 23 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Sounds plausible. Added it to the appropriate articles. Ausir 22:06, 23 June 2009 (UTC)

Shelley reference
Obviously a Percy ByssheShelley (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_Bysshe_Shelley) reference, Oyzmandias (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozymandias) being one of his major works. --Trithemius 02:25, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

A pretty appropriate name too given the games theme.

I don't quite see how this is ultimately a reference for Shelley's poem when it can so easily be interpreted as only a reference to Ramesses and the "greatness" of Egyptian civilization.
 * Um, read the poem, maybe?
 * And on the pedestal these words appear:
 * "My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
 * Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
 * Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
 * Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
 * The lone and level sands stretch far away.
 * The hubris of the mighty can look very ironic -- or funny, if you're a nastier sort -- when seen from a sufficient distance. Wunengzi 07:47, December 11, 2010 (UTC)

Revision
Hi I am a bit confused why did you revert my edit.


 * Who are you? Sign your posts please. --IkBenDeMan 08:22, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

Incomprehensible...
Can somebody please cleanup the last few sentences before the appearances section...

...the syntax is terrible. I have no idea what it means. Are all three of these related? And why is there a comma in the second two... I'm sorry, I appreciate anyone trying to help the wiki but I haven't made it to the ship yet, so I have noclue what this means... -- IkBenDeMan 08:22, 24 June 2009 (UTC)
 * It's not only the English that's incomprehensible. It's the thinking, if we may so dignify what's there. I've racked my brains for why any "liberal" would object to exploiting gas deposits from old graveyards. If there were any objection, it would revolve around respect for dead soldiers, which is just as strong a sentiment among conservatives. It wasn't as if they were planning to make dead bodies into soap, after all. Moreover, any competent soil scientist's first move on taking up work like this would be to research the history and geology of the area. The mass burials would have been no surprise to Dr. Sanders. Last but not least, by the late 22nd century, the bodies of the Civil War dead would have been in the ground for over two centuries. Nothing but their teeth and buttons would remain -- certainly nothing to generate gas from. Wunengzi 08:06, December 11, 2010 (UTC)

Watchmen
Am I the only person theat can see the watchmen refrences here? Ozymandias? Martin J Roach?(rorscach)

No, your aren't the only one, but it is not a reference. The side quest references the poem. Nitpicker of the Wastes 19:20, 25 June 2009 (UTC)

It could olso be that "Ozymandias" is the greek transliteration for Ramesses II's throne name. Though any reference to desert could be tied to the Wasteland or Fallout as a whole. Zorkins 01:06, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

Along with the Watchmen reference, the text on the side of the Ozymandias is similar to the various Veidt adds as well as the font on each cover.

Thank you, whoever didn't sign this post! Asking BEFORE placing Trivia. Wow. --RedTracer7 05:58, 16 July 2009 (UTC)