Aurvandil

[Sarwell]

I tend to call it the Old Republic, though I dislike the StarWars connotation that term has...

That's my term of choice too.

[Frostwood]

That's my term of choice too.

The Knights of the Old Republic.

[Perth]

I tend to call it the Old Republic, though I dislike the StarWars connotation that term has...

Kale uses Old Republic. I believe he was the first one to start using it, mainly to clarify between Theocratic Terran and Republican Terran.

[Jaden]

I tend to call it the Old Republic, though I dislike the StarWars connotation that term has...

Well the name Terran itself have connotation of a different space combat franchise  ::)

[Velax]

The man has a point.

[Ehndras]

When I contemplate using Terran in my own scifi work, its as a throwback to its literary form. The only Terran I can think of, video game wise, is Starcraft - a game I've never actually played. I'm sure its been used elsewhere though, since it makes perfect sense: Terran is both a noun and an adjective, derived from Middle English terrene, which means "of the earth", secular, temporal, and all that good stuff.

[vonGenf]

I'm sure its been used elsewhere though, since it makes perfect sense:

Wikipedia is your friend:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terran

[Vellos]

Oh god the terminology.

Writing the Phantaro-Theocratic Accord was one of my favorite treaties ever (so bummed it broke), just because it was basically half just terminology rules about who could call their realm what. I had a blast writing it and was looking forward to seeing regular diplomatic feuds about terminology.

In my head I had the Macedonia/FYROM dispute especially, but was also thinking of N/S Korea and PR China/R China naming disputes. I guess the China one is actually most applicable, but the Macedonia/FYROM one is more fun.