• Registered: 2005-03-29
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Topic: VBAM: SX Campaign--need some ideas

Okay...

After playing around for ages, I've finally decided to take the plunge and do a solo VBAM: SX campaign. However, I need ideas. More specifically, I need names.

Essentially, it will be an exploration campaign. However, there are three human factions already existing. One is called the New United Earth Alliance, and is based at Sol. The second empire is the Wolfian Star Kingdom, and is based at Wolf 359. The third empire is the Barnards Star Confederacy. This is where Im having problems. I need names for the rest of the systems in the Barnards Star Confederacy--nine explored systems, five of which are colonised (all three are INT-2 empires). I've got the names for the NUEA and the WSK, but the BSC is lost to me. The NUEA names their systems the same as now (i.e., Lalande 21185, Sirius, Procyon etc), while the WSK names their systems after cities or groups of islands belonging to the United Kingdom.

So...any ideas?

  • Registered: 2005-03-28
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Re: VBAM: SX Campaign--need some ideas

Does the Barnards Star Confederacy have any famous heroes in its past?
You could name one or two after them "Washington" or "Churchill" that sort of thing, either some character made up in your setting or some true history figures that inspired them.

You have also tapped on using Earth geography for the Wolfians. You could do something similiar if the Barnards Star Confederacy had a core group... call it New Warsaw, Sahara, or whatever...

You could mix it up too. (Depending on the history.) If the NUEA got there first and gave it the run of the mill name and then as Barnard developed they may have just kept the old one...

  • Registered: 2005-04-03
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Re: VBAM: SX Campaign--need some ideas

Taltos' idea of naming them for notable historical figures from Earth history would be an interesting one. That would give you a good range of names to work with. That would probably work best considering your other name sets.

Other possibilties would be to name them after gods or goddesses (http://www.pantheon.org would be good for those), bodies of water, mountains, constellations, words associated with royalty, etc.

You could also go find one of the various RPG fantasy random name generators on the Internet and use it to generate names. In a similar vein,  you could name the systems after locations from Lord of Rings wink

-Tyrel

  • Registered: 2005-03-29
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Re: VBAM: SX Campaign--need some ideas

Thanks for that...:D

Im tempted to go similar to what you said, Tyrel, but because Im a greater fan of Discworld, I might have Ankh, Morpork, Klatch, XXXX, Agatea, The Hub (possibly for a system with multiple jump lanes), Muntab, Quirm and Pseudopolis

  • Registered: 2006-01-12
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Re: VBAM: SX Campaign--need some ideas

As a modified people naming system, how about Sci-Fi writers? Or famous scientists?
The Assimov Star System would be quite prestigious, I would think big_smile