Slightly OT - Interesting planet names

[Growltigga]

I am always having problems thinking up names to call my planets. I do not like just calling them "Cephedri II" or whatever.

Thought it would be useful to those of us with aspirations for the realism of the game is people posted some of the cool planet names they use

Most of mine are called 'New' something where that something is a city or town eg New Basra, New Washington, New Paris etc

others I use are

Atlantis
Dagon
Starfall
Hermes
Avalon
Osiris/Horus
Asgard/Vanaheim
Eden
Kingdom
Dagda

Anyone else have an interesting run no what they do

[Andrés]

Be careful when renaming planets, other players will see the new names even if they don't have precense in the system and identify them immediately as your colonies.

[Growltigga]

Andres, cheers for the tip.

My military bases in frontier systems remain anonymous. These are names I use for my benign colony worlds and if an alien race knows about these, then I am probably already at war with him

[mac5732]

Illiad
Cermak I (II, III etc)
Mac I (II, III, etc)
Matrix I etc
Solo
Atlas
Hydra
Quin
Argon
also use some of the handles of some of those here on the forum, won't list which ones in case someone becomes offended by their use or lack of use

just some ideas mac

[Bman]

<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Growltigga:
Andres, cheers for the tip.

My military bases in frontier systems remain anonymous. These are names I use for my benign colony worlds and if an alien race knows about these, then I am probably already at war with him<hr></blockquote>

Any ancient race will know about them even if they are clear across the map. If they are evil, then they can plot a beeline straight to your soft innards. If you are more evil than them, you will have thought of this and these renamed worlds are really the honey that coats your trap.

[Growltigga]

<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Bman:


Any ancient race will know about them even if they are clear across the map. If they are evil, then they can plot a beeline straight to your soft innards. If you are more evil than them, you will have thought of this and these renamed worlds are really the honey that coats your trap.<hr></blockquote>

Bman, see any of the strategy threads abot how I defend my planets..

.... I am undeniably nasty and sneaky... I am also a lawyer which combination makes me possibly one of the most evil things on this planet after macaroni cheese and line dancing

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[Wardad]

<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Growltigga:
.... I am undeniably nasty and sneaky... I am also a lawyer ... <hr></blockquote>

Good thing your not a woman too!!!
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[Growltigga]

hrummphhh... Wardad, how do you know my name is not really Loretta?

God, all men are b@@@@@@, can we get back on topic for this thread and can I have some interesting planetary names please

Thanks in anticipation

[rdouglass]

How about some real planet names....

http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/MPNames.html

[Machiavelli]

Halo is my favorite name for a colony, I usually rename my home planet that.

Here's some good ones (I think):
Aiur
Tarsonis
Char
Mar Sara
Styx
Euphrates
Tigris
Babylon
Judea
Canaan

some others I can't think of right now too...

[tesco samoa]

A heavily defended planet that a pbem player was about to attack was renamed HURT.

I liked that name.

The attacking player thought it was funny.

[Gaurav]

Do you think the game would be more interesting if there were a list of planet names the game draws from when generating a map? This would mean different names for every planet, maybe even moons and (extra) stars. Given a long enough list...

[Growltigga]

Gryphin, thanks for that interesting synopsis of your mental state. What on earth has John Norman got to do with this BTW?

Machiavelli, rdouglass, tesco and gauvar, thanks for the sensible input.

Anyone else care to list some names, please feel free.

Regards

[Gryphin]

You are quite welcome GrowlTigga. It is always my pleasure to provide you with important information. You have reveal a lot about yourself by admitting to know who John Noman is. The relevance is that I like the characters of Kamchack and Tarl Cabot and I do use their names for planets.
I also use names of various battles. I realize these are frequently applied to ships.
Lexington
Concord
Bunker Hill
Breeds Hill
New Orleans
Trenton
Ticonderoga
Normandy, (and the beaches there)
Bulge
Brittan
Shilo
Little Big Horn, (in your honor)
Hood
Alamo
You get the idea.

Noting you did not respond to the comment about being off topic.
Enjoy

[ 18 April 2002: Message edited by: Gryphin ]</p>

[RabidFan]

Gryph,

When I get home I will post the list of Battlefiled names I use. I got the list from Empire Deluxe. Its like 225 names, and alot of fun to use.

It includes greats like Stalingrad and Agincourt.

Here ya go:

Aaran
Actium
Agincourt
Alamo
Alma
Amiens
Amphipolis
Antietam Creek
Arbedo
Ashdown
Athens
Auerstadt
Austerlitz
Bagradas
Balaklava
Balapur
Bannockburn
Barfleur
Barnet
Bautzen
Beecher's Island
Belleau Wood
Benghazi
Betwa
Blenheim
Blore Heath
Borodino
Bosworth
Boyne
Breed's Hill
Breitenfeld
Buena Vista
Bull Run Creek
Bunker Hill
Busaco
Cambrai
Camperdown
Cannae
Caporetto
Cassino
Caudine Forks
Cawnpore
Chaeronea
Chalons
Chancellorsville
Chesma
Chickamauga Creek
Chippewa River
Civitate
Cocherel
Colenso
Coronel
Crecy
Cross Lake
Culloden
Cunaxa
Dabik
Denain
Dien Bien Phu
Dominica
Dorylaeum
Drepana
Dresden
Dupplin Moor
Dyle
Edgehill
El Alamein
Elk River
Evesham
Eylau
Fehrbellin
Five Forks
Fleurus
Fontenoy
Friedland
Fuentes de Onoro
Fulford
Gaugamela
Gaza
Gettysburg
Golan Heights
Gorlice
Granicus River
Grantham
Greasy Grass
Gujrat
Hampton Roads
Hastings
Heligoland Bight
Heraclea
Hohenfriedburg
Hue
Hydaspes
Hysiae
Ilipa
Isandlhwana
Isonzo
Issus
Iwo Jima
Jankau
Jemappes
Jena
Jhelum River
Jutland
Kablinu
Kadesh
Kolin
Koniggratz
Kossovo
Kursk
La Hougue
La Loiera
Laing's Nek
Lech
Legnano
Leipzig
Lepanto
Leuthen
Ligny
Lissa
Little Big Horn
Lowestoft
Lutzen
Magenta
Maiwand
Majuba Hill
Malplaquet
Manila
Manzikert
Marathon
Marne
Marston Moor
Meeanee
Meloria
Midway
Minden
Mitla Pass
Mobile Bay
Modder River
Modon
Mollwitz
Monogahela
Naseby
Navarino
Neerwinden
New Orleans
Nicopolis
Nissa
Novara
Orchomenus
Oudenarde
Passchendaele
Pavia
Pharsalus
Plataea
Poitiers
Poltava
Portland
Preston
Pydna
Qadisiya
Quatre Bras
Quesnoi
Ramillies
Ratanpur
Ravenna
Ridaneih
Rivoli
Rocroi
Rossbach
Saigon
Salamanca
Salamis
San Jacinto
San Juan de Ulua
Santiago
Saratoga
Sedan
Sedgemoor
Sempach
Shijo Nawate
Shiloh
Sikri
Sluys
Solferino
Somme
Spion Kop
St Albans
St Gotthard
Stalingrad
Stamford Bridge
Stirling Bridge
Tadinae
Talavera
Talikota
Tannenberg
Tenchebrai
Texel
Thapsus
Thermopylae
Tobruk
Tours
Towton
Trafalgar
Trenton
Tsishima
Tunisia
Ulm
Ulundi
Valmy
Verdun
Versailles
Vimeiro
Vittoria
Wagram
Wakefield
Wandewash
Wa****a
Waterloo
White Mountain
Wounded Knee
Yalu River
Ypres
Zama

[ 19 April 2002: Message edited by: RabidFan ]</p>

[Gryphin]

I Tend to Use Themes for a Star Systems. Some of the phrases are spread across several planets. Yes, my systems will be easy to identify. So will my war ships.
Hmm, GrowlTigga grousing about being off topic? That is a first.

Kamchack
Tarl Cabot

Variations on: GrowlTigga is a ...

Trash Talk Like:
In Your Face
Bite Me
Can't Touch This
Come and Get It
Not a Chance
Take a Flying
Leap at a
Rolling Doughnut

Whimsy:
My Other BattleCrusier is a Broom
Got Torps?
What’s Your Sign?
Trespassers Will be Shot
Survivors will be Prosecuted

[capnq]

I like my alien worlds to have alien-sounding names, but I also like to be able to track what order they were colonized in.

I'll (usually) name the homeworld something similar to the race name, then go down the alphabet with the same consonant-vowel pattern.

For example, when I'm playing my Rrurrr, their homeworld is Rrur, and the colonies are Ssys, Ttat, Vvev, Wwiw, etc.

[Gryphin]

RabidFan,
Thanks, &lt; dope slap to my forhead &gt;. I forgot all about those. Empire / Empire Deluxe asorbed many an hour of my life.