Terrestrial Space Navy

[pne]

I'm just reading a science fiction story set in the future, with a huge confederation of human worlds.

Earth has sent some space warships to fight an enemy, and the story just mentioned the position of an admiral in the "Terrestrial Space Navy" -- and I realised how incongruous that was: essentially, it means something like "earth-based air-based water-based forces", cxu ne? :)

Comments

[tungol.livejournal.com]

Nice.

[allegrox.livejournal.com]

Ne.
I guess "terrestrial" would just refer to its earthly origin? But I don't think "space" implies "air-based". No idea what makes it a navy. o.O I think they just want naval battles in space.

[pne.livejournal.com]

I guess "terrestrial" would just refer to its earthly origin?

In the context of the story, yes, of course.

I was thinking etymologically.

No idea what makes it a navy.

Presumably that it's made of nāvēs "ships"?

[allegrox.livejournal.com]

Oh, unless it's to be understood as [[Terrestrial Space] Navy], which conjures images of sea ships flying through the air.

Presumably that it's made of nāvēs "ships"?

That makes sense.