Mission emblem for Pratchett's "Great Bird"

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Author	Topic: Mission emblem for Pratchett's "Great Bird"
ilbasso Member Posts: 1522 From: Greensboro, NC USA Registered: Feb 2006	posted 03-07-2010 02:08 PM This was always my favorite mission emblem, from Terry Pratchett's Discworld book, "The Last Hero." The Latin motto means, "We who are about to die don't want to die." The mission emblem was made "for morale purposes."
GoesTo11 Member Posts: 1309 From: Denver, CO Registered: Jun 2004	posted 03-07-2010 04:37 PM Well...That's certainly the most majestic sea turtle I've ever seen. For what that's worth.
ilbasso Member Posts: 1522 From: Greensboro, NC USA Registered: Feb 2006	posted 03-07-2010 06:55 PM For those not familiar with the Discworld, the world is a disc which rests on the back of four elephants, which stand on the back of the Great A'Tuin, the celestial turtle who 'swims' through the cosmos. The Disc's small sun and moon orbit the turtle.

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