Intrepid Encounter And Argot’s Name
Cyborgs are assigned a model letter and numbers. They give themselves their names.
Argot, Intrepid’s Communications Officer, chose that name because argot means “a specialized idiomatic vocabulary peculiar to a particular class or group of people, especially that of an underworld group, devised for private communication and identification.”
Which is extremely appropriate as cyborgs’ names are means of identification that only cyborgs initially knew and referred to each other using. These names are part of their argot. (grins)
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Intrepid Encounter
Cyborg vs. Valkyrie
Blood will be spilled and hearts will be captured.
Intrepid and his crew on the Dauntless guard the border to the cyborg sector. The D Model cyborg captain has dedicated his lifespan to protecting their homeland. He’ll do anything to secure the space and keep his brethren safe.
That includes confronting a Valkyrie intent on vengeance.
The female warrior is beautiful, brave, strong…and Intrepid’s genetic match. She’s the one being he is fated to claim. Her voice causes his circuits to hum. Her touch produces a passion he struggles to control.
But if he has to stop her…permanently…to protect his kind, he will make that sacrifice.
Olrun has been tracking the whereabouts of a one-of-a-kind object. The stolen item is critical to the safety of her Valkyrie sisters, and she’ll do anything to retrieve it.
That includes waging war on a tall, broad-shouldered cyborg warrior sporting brilliant-blue eyes and grimly set lips.
The male might…just might…have battle skills matching her own. And that excites the immortal fighter. She craves his rough handling, his punishing embrace, his stern words.
But Olrun’s desire for the cyborg won’t distract her from achieving her goal. She will shield her fellow Valkyries from danger, even if that means ending Intrepid’s lifespan in the process.
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Tasha wrote: "I've always wondered, at what age do they choose their names? I know they mature within a year, but since we don't really see much of the time before then, I wasn't sure when the naming occurred. ..."
Tasha!
(tackle hugs)
Cyborgs choose their names when they find one that suits them and when they feel ready for that step.
So it varies.
For many cyborgs, that was when they were manufactured.
For some cyborgs, that was when they were freed or during training or during their first battle.
A few cyborgs haven't yet taken that step.
The risk they take if they wait is...
one of their brethren will likely give them a temporary name and, well, you know cyborgs and their senses of humor, those names might not be flattering.
(laughs)
Chuckles, for example, was given that name by his brethren because he was such a grumpy warrior.
And he was...okay with that name.
He wasn't happy but then, Chuckles was rarely happy before he met Bettina.
As you rightly stated, the Ours part of Eirene Ours was given to her by her dad.
Ghost, at the stage of his recovery, didn't have a huge vocabulary.
Lethe presented Eirene Ours with different names after she was born and Eirene Ours chose Eirene.
Cyborgs are born with fully functional processors.
Their organic brains aren't fully functional at that stage so they are very much driven by their machines.
Eirene is a nod to the Greek Goddess of Peace.
That appealed to Eirene Ours' machine side, especially as her mom's name has Greek origins also (Lethe being one of the rivers of the underworld).
Stars. I could talk about this all day long.
(more hugs)
Thank you for asking such a great question and for reading my stories!
Also, does that mean Eirene named herself? I know her dad probably just called her 'ours' which I guess gives her a last name.