Saber Marionette "Mesopotamia" or "Mesopotamia V"?

For those of you in the know,in the original Japanese,the rebellious colony ship in SMJ is referred to as "Mesopotamia-go." The question is,is the "go" tacked on the end the number 5,or is it some sort of suffix for ship names? The fansubs of J to X on my computer lean towards the former,and yet in Outlaw Star they refer to the Outlaw Star by tacking on the "go" at the end of the name. So which is it? We could probably solve the matter quickly if someone knew of references in the manga/novel,as presumably the appropriate Kanji would be written...

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One other point against the V would be that,although it's not explicitly mentioned,not all of the colony ships would necessarily be named "Mesopotamia."

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Mesopotamia
The country between the two rivers (Heb. Aram-naharaim; i.e., "Syria of the two rivers"), the name given by the Greeks and Romans to the region between the Euphrates and the Tigris (Gen. 24:10; Deut. 23:4; Judg. 3:8, 10). In the Old Testament it is mentioned also under the name "Padan-aram;" i.e., the plain of Aram, or Syria (Gen. 25:20). The northern portion of this fertile plateau was the original home of the ancestors of the Hebrews (Gen. 11; Acts 7:2). From this region Isaac obtained his wife Rebecca (Gen. 24:10, 15), and here also Jacob sojourned (28:2-7) and obtained his wives, and here most of his sons were born (35:26; 46:15). The petty, independent tribes of this region, each under its own prince, were warlike, and used chariots in battle. They maintained their independence till after the time of David, when they fell under the dominion of Assyria, and were absorbed into the empire (2 Kings 19:13).
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They may have been referring to the Bible for the naming of the ships. Although I still don't see what they mean by the V. Maybe it's just a callsign like Airforce 1, showing that Lorelei is onboard it...

 

Hey,LadyAoi,you've seen the manga. Maybe you could help us out here.

 

Just one more reason why we need to know how it was referred to in the manga...

InuYasha - will this maddening quest never end?

 

As if to prove I can steer anything off target.. Speaking of MesoPotamia being between rivers, we get those roots in other words too, think mesolithic (middle stone age)

for Potam being river, think of your hippopotamus, or river horse. Yes, hippo is horse, as in eohippus, or dawn horse. Interestingly, the german word for hippopotamus is Nilpferd, or nile horse. well, back to the topic..

I like Mesopotamia V, just because. And it "ended up at Terra II" how many of the colonists on the other ships named their new planets Terra II I wonder?

Disclaimer: looks like you are all on target with your explanations for go, I just like V

 

(Nadesico references come to mind)


They may have given the Mesopotamia the V because it was victorious(V) in finding another place for Humans to live. This doesn't mean that there were 5 Mesopotamia's...and if there were I wonder if they went berserk or malfunctioned.

 

You'd think humanity would lear about using intelligent spaceships.. I mean as early as 2001 that one sabotaged the Saturn mission

 

It's implied that the kind of technical skill with AI prevalent on Terra 2 is still in its infancy when the Mesopotamia sets out on its maiden voyage (pardon the pun). As such,it would appear that,since Lorelei is the leading expert in such matters,only the Mesopotamia was equipped with such a highly advanced computer.

InuYasha - the potential fanfic ideas just keep growing and growing.


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At least the Mesopotamia wasn't chronically depressed...

InuYasha - "Brain the size of a planet and they have me opening doors."

 

Don't know why I thought of this,but 60 is also used as the basis for measuring degrees in a circle. (360 degrees in a circle,a multiple of 60).

InuYasha - I thought that I was beyond high school geometry...

 

Re: New question for an old topic...

Actually,it's explicitly stated in the show (around ep. 23-24) that because of the instability of the M's AI program,they were "researching a system that uses [Lorelei's] personality divided into three parts."

This isn't exactly a strong argument for the Mesopotamia being male,though,as human existence has shown it to be quite possible for a female to fall in love with another female.

Actually,now that I think about it,I suspect that the creators intended to encode the Mesopotamia as male. There might be evidence of this in ep. 5 of J to X,but I'd have to go back and look at the episodes to make sure. Even so,my suspicions are probably little more than speculation.

InuYasha - Given that the Mesopotamia is based on Lorelei's personality,and that it fell in love with Lorelei,would that make Lorelei narcissistic?

 

Re: New question for an old topic...

I guess you're just Mess-ing with the Mesopotamia's mind,eh?

InuYasha - you are now the victim of a read-by punning

 

I was re-reading this board out of boredom,when I came across this gem...

Can you imagine the Ancient Egyptians charging down their opponents hippopotamus-back?

Yes, let's....

InuYasha - leaving for the airport six hours after this post appears on M2A...

 

Re: Re: New question for an old topic...

LOL exactly what I was thinking, but was too lazy to post. Glad someone with a little more inclination to post thought of it!

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