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What are your star naming conventions?
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#31
by Diplomat fleabitfox - 4/26/2003 12:27:02 AM
I name all my systems after the Pern series of books. Pern obviously gets a nice planet. Then I have Rukbat, Ruatha, Benden, Bitra and Telger.. and names like Menolly and Lessa, etc.. and then dragons, such as Ramoth, Canth, etc and so on. That series was all about colonizing a planet and their struggle to get back on track to what the original colonists wanted as a life on Pern.. so I thought it would be cool.
fleabitfox
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#32
by Citizen Habadacus - 4/28/2003 12:56:16 AM
3 systems in one sector -
Zoom, Schwartz, and Pafigliano
-and / or-
Manny, Moe, Jack
2 systems one good, one not so good
Homestar, and Homsar (www.homestar.com -check it out if U don't get it)
Largest systems in my empire -
Megatokyo, New Babylon, Gotham
Shipyard worlds:
New Brooklyn, New Alameda, New Norfolk
The Obligatory Dantooine / Tatooine / Alderan /Hoth - but nothing from that steaming pile of crap called Episode one or after.
Crappy Planet names
Felgercarb, New Paris
And for the rest, whatever pops into my head. Whenever I conquer a planet, I usually leave the name as it was, because by that time I've gotten used to seeing it there.
      
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I use lots of different names/theme for games (cities, countries, eclectic) but the main thing is I always go alphabetical... the first system will be A something, etc... 'cause late in the game I have a heck of a time remembering where a system is... but if I know R-something is probably a new conquest, that helps immensely.
It's also my way of making finding the system that I need to launch a reloaded transport from (if only they'd let transports max out by themselves, grr)
      
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My naming list:
MATTONIA - used to be Sol
DAVONIA - main military production system
After that: Woremed, Glory, Jondd, Shoot, Shoot, New Shoot, Ferr, Enlie, Hepa, Jadul, KalManDaa, Lafser, Sosai
(you get serious cool points if you know where those systems come from)
Then: Heinlein, Lazarus, Lorelai, Lapus Lazuli (and so on)
 
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#35
by Citizen Franco fx - 5/8/2003 5:54:00 PM
On a big map I name the first colonies (close to sol) agter family members. I add compass points to later stars.
 
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#36
by Citizen Hmartyn - 5/10/2003 2:02:00 AM
I use the naming system from the Honor Harrington series by David Weber for the home systems. Manticore, Sphinx, Gryphon...
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I use planet names from Star Wars books, and sometimes obscure characters' names from the books. For instance I liked the name Tarkin so I used that even though Tarkin was not a planet. (If you're a Star Wars fan you can tell me who Tarkin was and which book he was in, but be aware it is quite obscure.)
For my starbases I use Greek alphabet: Starbase Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, Epsilon, Zeta...
In my latest gigantic game I am an evil Sith lord ruling with an iron fist. The galaxy is trembling with fear even as we speak... MUAHAHAHA
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#38
by Veteran Za H - 5/11/2003 1:14:55 AM
The commander of the first Death Star shouldn't be too obscure 
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#39
by Citizen Drav - 5/21/2003 12:39:36 PM
I name my systems after US cities, depending on their location.
For example, if I have a high PQ planet in the northeastern part of my empire, I'll name it New York. A small planet in the southeastern boonies I name Key West. Midwest planets get midwest names, Topeka, Omaha, etc.
This naming system lets me know exactly where the systems are in my empire when they build something, need something, etc. It also helps if I see a fight going on (I have the 'see AI ships moves' on) I know what it's near if I can catch a glimpse of the system names nearby.
 
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i dont change the names -well yet, i know that when i start on the much larger maps i will have too. right now i like the default names.
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I do Battletech names too - my civilization is "Star League," and I go for the Inner Sphere capital planets first (Tharkad, Luthien, etc.), then major planets, usually depending on the number of the planet being colonized. For example, I hold off on "Hesperus" until I'm colonizing a system's second planet, and I wait for a habitable fourth planet before using the name "Kentares."
 
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I usually use Aplha Centauri for the closest, Wolf 359 for the next closest, and Sirius for the third. After that, I just default to the given names, though if a planet gains some importance it gets a new name.
 
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The First couple of games I have played, I used Rokugan for the empire's name, and the clan names for systems (i.e. Doji, Akodo, etc.).
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Same as Myomer:
Pacifica, Herespeus(Production Central), Terra(Earth Duh),Strana Mechty, Sian, Thakard, New Avalon , Solaris, Atreus, and basically everything else like Trell 1 and Oberon.
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