[headdie]

Was 50/50 if this was best here or in fan fiction

Just found this which is a cool looking name generator for characters, locations, ships, planets and stars (it also has fantasy/mythology functions) and figured it might be useful for ppl who run out of ideas for naming stuff in their mods and stuff

[MatthTheGeek]

I tend to use names of French town around where I live for ships, at least in BP Multi missions. Noone complained so far. Probably because noone noticed.

[Scourge of Ages]

The names are a little weird, especially for places, but I'm sure there're plenty there that will work just fine. That site also contains a planet terrain generator (it's not outstanding, but it works well) and a bunch of other generators stuff.

[Nuke]

i just name **** after metal bands

[Enzo03]

You would.

So far I've been naming things after weapons.

Namely swords.

[Angelus]

Nice find there, this site may be useful for quick/ strange names.



I wonder why noone ever named ships after organs/ bodyparts...

"Mayday, Mayday...this is Alpha 2 for Command! Mission outcome doubtful...we were able to neutralize the Brain, but then the Ass jumped in.
I'm chasing a pair of Boobs, but have a Vagina in my Neck...damnit, noooo...Command we need reinforcements,NAO, the Liver just exploded...and the Kidney got wrecked..."

...on second thought, probably not the best idea.

[qwadtep]

I imagine that would have made poor Lieutenant Ash's last moments really awkward, yeah.


As far as star names are concerned, most major ones are derived from Arabic. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Arabic_star_names is a good resource.

[Colonol Dekker]

Nanocel Diversified Defense

[yuezhi]

this'll save me a lot of trouble in naming fictional systems.

lol one of the names is already used in LOTR


does anyone find a perfectly white coloured main sequence star real?
i'm asking here because i tried the star generator and this got churned out on my first try.
and the actual example has an odd tinge so this pic is a better example.

[TrashMan]

Stars actually are white-ish.

The color comes mostly from movement and atmosphere.

[headdie]

Stars actually are white-ish.

The color comes mostly from movement and atmosphere.

though trace elements do add a slight colour

[drow]

i'll throw in that the color of a star, as seen from space without an atmosphere mucking things up, is almost entirely determined by its temperature.  cooler stars are redder, hotter stars are bluer.  even then, they're all mostly white, not the super-saturated spheres of red, yellow, and blue you see in artwork.  specific elements in the star (lithium, carbon, etc.) may add lines to the star's spectrum, but not enough to noticably change its color.

if you're really interested, more information can be found here...
http://www.vendian.org/mncharity/dir3/starcolor/

[Crybertrance]

Good post,

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[Jellyfish]

How many characters for the name does the engine allow? 15 characters plus a space?

[qwadtep]

i'll throw in that the color of a star, as seen from space without an atmosphere mucking things up, is almost entirely determined by its temperature.  cooler stars are redder, hotter stars are bluer.  even then, they're all mostly white, not the super-saturated spheres of red, yellow, and blue you see in artwork.  specific elements in the star (lithium, carbon, etc.) may add lines to the star's spectrum, but not enough to noticably change its color.

if you're really interested, more information can be found here...
http://www.vendian.org/mncharity/dir3/starcolor/

Additionally, for scientific data for a given star (which can be translated into color as well as used as a reference for a number of other things like nebula or planets) check the Stellar Database.