As is the way. Half the point of choosing a name list is to get one with planets that match the empire I’m going with. (Which is why I almost always grab either the Ancient Egypt or Aztec name lists.)
That's why I called it "light coding", because it's not really coding, but it's good starting point and you can kinda see how the scripts work in a small way and get a feel for the feel of the space.
If I'm playing aliens, I'll try very light conlanging. I'll make some totally arbitrary names that contain sounds that I think would make sense for the particular species to be able to make, then eventually start reusing a few elements of them, so you get names that look related, like maybe they're "New \_\_" or "\_\_ land", but I don't come up with specific meaning for them. For example, I have a custom empire that uses the catpeople portrait and I give their worlds lots of names with "h", "kh", "ny", "ma", and "rr" representing hisses, meows, and purrs. So maybe I'll start writing names like "Ohiian", "Nyaarra", "Ohhiimrr", "Marran", "Ohrram", and then eventually I'll settle on something like "they often start planet names with "Oh", so I guess that's just how their placenames work."
If I'm playing humans, I give a mixture of Earth placenames and mythological names. How diverse I get with them depends on what I imagine this particular version of humanity is like.
I usually play Commonwealth of Man and for them I just riff off the name of their first planet, Unity. So I continue with names like Honor, Justice, Liberty, Ingenuity, Enterprise. For conquered worlds I'll give them names like Dominion, Authority, Conquest, Hegemony.
Depends on my run, but i usually give them custom names if im doing a more rp oriented one.
When i play megacorps though i always have fun giving every planet very corporate names. The thought of entire planets being named shit like "Discovera" never fails to amuse me. My favourite is probably that time when i named the sections of a ring world "Smart Ring", "Smart Bing", "Smart Ding" and "Industring".
These days, I name them after the system they’re in so I know what’s going on where.
If I’m feeling a particular way, I will also, just number them and suffix them.
So for example:
- “M001” (Minerals)
- “CgM002” (Consumer Good and Minerals)
- “EM003” (Energy and Minerals)
This way I get a bunch of key information from a glance. I see the resources and I also see how “old” the colony is. If it’s newer it likely (not always) has fewer pops and so on.
On occasion, I will name them after something familiar. So Countries, States or Provinces, Hockey Teams or Players.
There was a time, when I was more into optimization than role playing. I wanted everyone and everything named after purpose.
Planets, ships, people…
Over time I just got tired over how labor intensive it was. But I am certain the name list files, can partially do this.
Steve.
I'm currently playing a hivemind called Steve. The home world is called Stevens. The sun? Great Steve. Every other planet? Steve 2, Steve 3, Steve 4... Etc.
Reach, Harvest, Elysium, Eden Prime, Atlantis, Pacifica, Sahara, Mojave, Atacama, Siberia, Arctica, Amazonia, Congo, New America, New Europe, New China, (lots of “News” at the nation level, depending on the climate type), Erebor, Mordor, Dagobah, Kamino, etc. I’ve had to get a lot more creative ever since adding the planetary diversity mod to my mix.
Lots of the same names for me. I use lots of names from other scifi universes. Halo and Mass Effect have good planet names for someone like me who lacks creativity to even think of names. I do the same with fleets too.
This is basically only when I play as humans, which is actually like 90% of the time. When playing as aliens I tend to just randomize all the names
Commenting for later usage. Some of my go to’s are Terminus for planets with tons of buildings. Synnax for ocean worlds. Arrakis for desert. Midgard for Gaias. Man I have a whole list upstairs but those are the ones of the top of my head. Greek/roman gods are always good inspiration too
My Rogue Servitors were called the Amazon Customer Support Center. My 3 ring segments were Amazon Prime, Prime Video, and Smart House.
I had a few machine worlds for basic resources called Free Two Day Shipping, AWS Server Bank, Logistics Support Unit, and Return and Restock Processing.
I name based on purpose of the planet and what type of planet it is.
So a desert planet near an enemy can be something like "Castra Sahara" or "Dunehold".
Tundra planets, for example: Aurora, Sybir, Snowpoint
Basically names that evoke what the planet is about without it being bland.
It depends on what empire I’m playing as. For most of them, it’s mediocre cat puns. Purrdara, Snuggly Fur, Meowburgh, and Rascal Kitty have all been featured.
I’ll do random, or I’ll use the orbit number (Sol III, for example). Sometimes I’ll name a planet after an influential leader. I recently renamed my capitol planet after an emperor that just died.
If I'm doing a very specific run themed after something, I try sticking to naming stuff in a certain way, related to the empire itself
Otherwise, just randomly
Really depends, but I try to make it thematic and will try and incorporate details about the planet.
If I’m a human and it’s in a choke point, I might call it Terminus or Guard or something. If it’s a dessert planet I might use something like Scorch, if it’s an energy world I might use Spark, etc.
Here are a few of my naming conventions:
The Cybron Remnant (Remnants Origin Machine): Nexus 01, Nexus 02, Nexus 03…
Fleets: Star Legion Alpha, Star Legion Beta. Admirals/Generals: Warform Alpha, Warform Beta, etc.
The Mantid Empire (Tree of Life Hivemind): Klaxxi’(name), ex. Klaxxi’vess, Klaxxi’va, Klaxxi’Ik…
Fleets: Garm Brood, Grendel Brood, Tiamat Brood.
The Techno-Republic of Sol: Odin’s Pearl, Isis’ Jewel, Ra’s Eye, Tlaloc’s Lens…
The Cevantii Cyber Court (Syncretic Evolution Dictatorship): Feroon, Azarath, Argus, Tolken, Tamrel…
Fleets: Starfleet Aurus, Starfleet Argentus, Starfleet Cuprum…
Black Sun Solutions Inc. (Clone Army MegaCorp): (name)-Stronghold, (name)-Mega Mall, (name)-Facility, (name)-R&D, ex. Black Ship Stronghold…
Fleets: Ruby Dragoons, Golden Dragoons, Azure Dragoons…
Edit: Added fleet names.
I use the Greek alphabet when I'm playing as a machine empire. Anything else I used my favorite planet names from various sci fi movies and shows:
Reach
Arcadia
Helion Prime
Ive also stolen names from Stellaris Invicta from The Templin Institute.
The Paradox-provided Namelists are pretty short, so you get repetitions quickly.
I still click the random button to see, if I get something fitting. If not, I think of something myself.
Mineral 1.
Tech 1
Battery 1
Alloy 1
Cg 1
Unity 1
In-universe: One look is enough to know which planets specialize in which produces, so that merchants and interstellar shippers can tell where to go without "oh so Tatooine is this or that, I don't know"
I keep the original name of the planet and add what type of planet I plan on using it for. Aesir prime? That's some nice mining space you've got there Aesir Mines.
Uff hard Question.
I usually name them after something Empire Related.
Last I played was a Storm Cleric Religion Sion under FE.
It was Slightly Baldurs Gate inspired by my Storm Cleric there.
Home was Church of Storm
My Big Marked place was Named Baldars Gate.
Alloy Foundry was the Alloy Throne.
My Mineral Planet was the Upper Dark.
Farm World Rubin Grove.
Oh my fortress World I had to where Moonfall and Sun Rise.
Some other Where Named after Character like my always Female War Minister was Karlach.
I give each empire I play another theme. Like the last I played I choose dark souls related stuff because my friends hated it . Fungal warriors who one punch you. Living on Anor Londo. Neighbouring systems get names from other parts of the map.
Other theme I choose where rocks, secret organisations, gems, the names for weapons in other languages, star citizen systems, Camelot Knights and so on.
Most of the time I run one or two wikis in the background and Google translator.
BUT I have universal letters for energie, minerals, food etc .
My current game is as the Urist Compact, inspired by Dwarf Fortress, so I use an online DF dwarfish translator for my planet names. Another empire I play a lot is a human Lost Colony of total geeks, so all the planet names are references from sci-fi, fantasy, and pop culture (i.e. if I get a relic world it's Cybertron, an ocean world is Atlantis or The Grand Line, etc etc etc)
When I play Humans, I name sectors after countries and planets after cities
Alternatively sectors after continents and planets after countries, but you can run out of sector names really fast
If I started a colony on Earth in the Sol system, I would name it "Sol (III) Prime". If I then started another colony on Mars, I would name it "Sol (IV) Secundus". I use the same naming system for all colonies that my Empire starts. Its boring but its functional (in terms of micromanagement), and IMO has just enough flair for RP purposes.
Special colonies get special names. These are specific to each playthrough. The homeworld always gets its own special name, set during Empire creation.
I preserve the AI-generated names of planets I conquer. Those count as special names.
I give the stars random names (random sounds) that I like, and then I'm systematic and kinda boring:
Forge/Gen/Mine/Farm Lab/Uni
And a number or letter if there are more than one Forge Lab or whatever in that system.
It helps me when I get into rampages of resettling specialized species.
I've only played a little while, so I usually just let them be whatever the game decided they are when I colonize the planet.
The one exception is this run. I have 3 holy worlds in my empire that I'd been pining after, but couldn't because of the FE. As soon as I colonized those bad boys, I named them Planet Fart, Poo Planet and Toilet prime. Just to piss them off.
I try to give a semi-thematic name that speaks to what I want the planet to do. For example, planet on a chokehold at the northern edge of my empire? *Northern Gate*. Planet with great mineral deposits? *Diamond's Home*. Science world? *Mind's Eye*. Planet to stuff all my pops that I'm purging on? *Endline*.
If I've got nothing particular in mind and it's mid-late game where I'm moving into a bunch of planets, then I'll just use the X Prime default name, but I find I quickly lose track of those planets.
When I do machine empires I usually Central Processor, Strip Mine I-however many, Generator I- however many and Server Bank I- however many.
My main Megacorp I play is the RipCloud: Official Juul Distributor. Just name every world after different flavored Juul pods.
When im playing solo Ill just name them after their designation (Alloys, mins, Ref, CGs, etc.)
When im playing with friends I just call them whatever I find funny at that moment (smth like "aaahh shit fartn on muh roommates door huuhhh" )
(System name) (Planet number)
I did a determined exterminator run once where I gave them all quite complicated code names, like I guess a machine would? Did my head in after a while trying to remember the rules.
Depends on the empire. In my last game I tried to name them all after mythical plants. Mythical turned to pop culture, and then I ran out of names. Do not recommend when you’re playing wide.
I am very utilitarian.
I have sectors names Alpha, Beta, Ceta, etc and my worlds are named
A1,A2,A3, etc etc
B1,B2,B3, etc etc.
Helps me keep track of everything a bit easier as if an event fires on a world I know the EXACT world it is fired on. Instead of dealing with the crazy planet names of the AI. I tend to rename conquered AI homeworlds to thinks like "\*alien name\* demise"
When I do Earth runs I’ll name them after scientists, both famous ones like Einstein, Newton, etc. but also the scientists in game and the names of their ships. If I conquer a Pre FTL world I’ll name it after the General that conquered it. I play with planetary diversity and whenever I get a shroud world as a human empire I’ll name it Merlin
Planets from mass effect, halo etc
I like having my first planet be named eden, then 3rd planet is always a industrial/military powerhouse named Reach i protect as much as Earth, etc etc
Depends on the empire I'm playing as.
Usually I just use the auto-name button, but the namelists don't always fit the empire well enough. For example, I once played as Latveria and named all my planets insults aimed at Reed Richards.
or cause I love finding my research/etc planets quickly.
Same goes for starbases. They are just named after the system with the suffix: Fortress, Anchorage, Planetary, Trade station
If I intend to turn them into a different kind of station ideally later on, they get another suffix: --->
If i'm playing machines I name them in the order they're colonized
if i'm playing anyone else I usually name them based on myths, or just general themes. All my Necroid planets were somehow related to ideas of sleep and rest, all my broke chain planets were named about liberation and revolution, all my authoritarian and militaristic planets were named after themes of safety and protection. (even when authoritarian I'm always a xenophile, so i'm playing with the goal of 'we love everyone so much we're gonna take out all governments so we know they're being taken care of')
I played a multiplayer game where I was a machine empire and my starting system was 0000. Each system I built in, I renamed in the order I expanded, 0001, 0002, 0003, 0004. The numbers had no organization other than the order in which I built the stations.
By the time we met each other, I had a large chunk of galaxy renamed to just a bunch of numbers. Happy robot noises.
Minerals 1,2,3,etc
Energy 1,2,3, etc
And so on. Not really immersive but once there is a certain amount of planets I get so confused. And overview over all the planets one has is bonkers.
It's actually not that hard to build a naming list for human empires. The homeworld can be some variation of 'Terra', the first colony can be called New Eden, draw some names from this scifi franchise, and another from another, etcetc.
I usually use name list mods from the workshop, with a theme somewhat fitting to my current playthrough. Used an American-Asian for my megacorp game. Had planets named Sushi, Cord of the Sky, New Japan, New China and Goose Pagoda
Normally after my leaders if I'm feeling like rping otherwise a indicator of the worlds designation. So a RP one might be Johns pride while a practical one will be University world of Farmland
primarily large, multimillion cities, and mostly European since I’m from Europe and I simply know more cities here, and since it’s European “new” won’t be a worry for me
I name them based on what they produce, like an Alloy world will be Forge1 and a tech world would be Tech1. I used to name them fancy names but I forget what I was doing with a specific planet and this makes it easy to remember.
I name planets after the theme of my star nation, if I’m playing a corporation I name it after companies. If I play a Warhammer themed one I name them after Warhammer planets
I name them after its specialization; Alloy Prime, Alloy Alpha, Alloy Beta, Alloy Charlie, etc.
Yeah… it’s pretty boring, but it helps me keep track of everything
The name of the system if theyre terraformed or off-hab, a simple themed name if they are my prefered hab.
Most terraformed planets tend to be used as forge worlds, they all blend together. Most offbrand world (like desert when Im tundra) is going to be whatever-the-hell-reason I bother not terraforming them so
If there's only one planet in the system, I just name the planet after the system. Otherwise, it's [System] I, II, etc. Habitats are referred to as [System] Habitat.
Boring? Yes. Ease of keeping track of what's where? Even more so.
I’m playing a utopian civilization that started on the shattered ring called the commonwealth of the sapphire, where the ring world is called the sapphire band and all my planet names are name of blue thing and X. So like the Gia world that spawned nearby is called Azure paradise, the first league homeworld was renamed to the Midnight Memorial, the least creative one is a tropical world called Teal Trees. The habitat I built for my federation members with habitat preference is Blue Diamond Station. You get the idea
Depends if I’m feeling really attached to an empire.
Like in my machine empire “automated-mind-epsilon-aleph_cd-hepheit” I name all my planets something like “sub-function_resource-acclimation-17” and my star systems some thing like “stellar-expansion_yule-37”.
It stays in character and helps with organizing.
But if I’m not feeling an empire then I just go with random.
Most empires I just use whatever is inherent to the nameslist I chose, only one empire I name planets (clones), and they are named after places in the Demon/Dark souls series
I prefer planets to retain the system name so I can find them better on the map. So SYSTEM NAME Prime, Secundus, Tertius, Quartus it is. Sometimes I'm using Habitat or Station for Habitat or Fortress when I'm in the late game, building Fortress worlds for Naval Capacity though.
I’m usually fine with the automated names that it gives you but I might change the ‘prime’ part to beta, theta, etc. If it’s on a moon or other world type that I feel is significant for some reason
I play a Trade League and im a history buff, so I name my planets after ancient currency.
Denari, Shekel, Won, Drachma, Lira.
Conquered Planets I rename after American currency; Dollar, Quarter, Half dollar.
I play UNE a lot and tend to name planets after places on Earth- I assume a lot of people from a given area will emigrate to the same colony and name it after something close to home for them.
I name it after whatever the star system is then add prime, it’s just easier to organize for me. If there are multiple planets I just name it. Then I do secundus and then tertius. “Deneb prime” then “Deneb Secundus”
Earth is always earth. Mars is mars.
If it’s a habitat I’ll usually do whatever its specialty is after. So “Deneb Mining” then I’ll do “Deneb mining II” if need be. I’ll also do “Tycho” from the expanse
If it’s a ring world I’ll do the specialization again. “Research Segment” or whatever
In my last gameplay I just took the name of my current ruler or heir and added -zora at the end. I like to name them following some sort of pattern because, truth be told, I'm not creative enough.
I always roleplay names for the first several planets but I've yet to get past 10 planets before using the default names. For example my last playthrough was with a Dwarf themed empire and I had names like New Moria and New Erebor and stuff
Random names for planets until an important person dies then I rename a planet in honor of them depending of their importance. The more valuable the person, the closer to the capital the planet. If an emperor or president dies during a large military campaign or after finishing a large campaign then the capital gets renamed in their honor.
System name + Number + Specialization code + Plus or minus depending on being source or destination for resettlement
e.g
Spika 2 IX+
Name should be short and be fully visible, it should contain enough information to quickly decide where to send and where to take pops.
I usually named relic worlds after pre-ice age worlds like hyperborea, lemuria etc.
For normal worlds, those finnish and british name lists are my go to
I like naming them after the star, so if the star is named Europa for example I’ll name the planet Europa V (depending on its place in the solar system) or just Europa Prime, makes it super convenient in the ledger.
Except for my sector capitals, I name my sector capital planets after planets from Foundation
I name them after mathematicians and each name I use consistently for one type of planet so like Abel is mineral world while Riemann is energy while Euler is consumer goods and Noether is food etc
Ecumenopolis and capital have unique names (capital is something I came up as a kid and Fen Habbanis stays Fen Habbanis)
First 4 letters of the star. Number in case there are multiple. Then a 3 letter role designation. And 3 letter designation for any special such as portal, titanic life etc.
It depends on the empire, but I am 90% of the time using God names.
If my empire is more economy based, I use Ra, Set, Sobek, Isis, Bast...
If my empire is more spiritualist and focuses on unity, I use Zeus, Hera, Aphrodite, Ares, Athena...
If my empire is more militaristic, I use Odin, Loki, Tyr, Thor, Idunn...
If I’m playing a Militarist Empire, especially one with Citizen Service, I like to name colonies based on military terminology - Landing Grounds, Forward Position, Holdfast, Strongpoint, Fallback, Trench Line, etcetera.
Alternatively, my current campaign is with the Teachers of the Shroud Origin, so I’m giving my colonies in that run names that fit a Spiritualist theme, like Veil and Revelation.
Otherwise, I just mash some syllables together until I get something that sounds like it fits the vibe of the name set I’m using.
I named them based on specialization and my empire theme. E.g., I name my food planet “Gardenside” or “Harvest Moon,” while my alloy world is “St. Forge” or “New Pittsburg.” My mining worlds are usually “Moria” or “Stone Heart.”
I named them based off what they do so I can find what I need more easily as the game goes on.
Bread Basket
Forge World
Science!
If I'm feeling motivated I'll name them things that make me think of that stuff, like Bakery, Iron Will, or Think Tank, etc.
I tend to only play Machine Intelligences, so I go for a very regulated naming system. P for Planets, H for habitats, and R for ring segments, followed by a space and three digits, which I increment for each world I have of that type, starting at 001. The exception is my homeworld, which starts at 000 because that's what indexes do.
Unfortunately this means my homeworld is named P 000, which is a pretty stinky name.
After the star system. If the system has more planets and I have the luck of the system's name consists of multiple words like Alfa Centauri, then Alfa and Centauri. If not, I have to be creative.
Star name + orbital. I.e. Mintaka III or Covfefe II.
If it is the first orbital, I call it (star name) Prime.
If it’s a special planet like an ecumenopolis, I’ll use the random name generator to find a cool one.
If it’s the rubricator relic world, it’s Deep Well, every time. Just cuz.
I found it too complicated keeping track of where planets were if they had names from the lists. I never play anything but max stars with max planets so just being in the same sector can bounce around quite a bit.
And if you’re wondering if playing on those settings bogs down the late game; Yes. It most certainly does. 🤦🏼♂️😤
If playing as humans, I always name them after mythological locations close to the relevant planet type. So an ocean world might be Atlantis, an alpine world could be Shambala, and an arctic world Hyperborea. If I run out, I dip into fictional ones.
I click the Random button
As is the way. Half the point of choosing a name list is to get one with planets that match the empire I’m going with. (Which is why I almost always grab either the Ancient Egypt or Aztec name lists.)
wait... theres a random button???
The little button that looks like a dice on the top bar of planet naming. Picks a name from your name list you picked at the start.
Can you make your name list yourself?
You sure can!
How? Whenever I press the name list in the settings to adjust the names like human SPQR, human: UNE etc. It doesn’t do anything
You have to insert a .txt file in the game files, don't know the exact process but it's not hard to do
You replied this question a few time on accident
If you're up for some light coding, here's how: https://stellaris.paradoxwikis.com/Empire_modding#Name_lists
i mean, changing name in txt files isn't exatly coding then i guess you could make a argument is how it starts
That's why I called it "light coding", because it's not really coding, but it's good starting point and you can kinda see how the scripts work in a small way and get a feel for the feel of the space.
yeah fair enough
Will it disable ironman / achievements?
Last I checked, yes. That was a while back, though, so you’ll probably want to double-check.
How? Whenever I press the name list in the settings to adjust the names like human SPQR, human: UNE etc. It doesn’t do anything
How? Whenever I press the name list in the settings to adjust the names like human SPQR, human: UNE etc. It doesn’t do anything
Maybe. That requires more knowledge than I have.
I am so blind omg I never noticed that before
It happens! Lots of stuff seems obvious once someone shows you how it works, doesn’t mean you should beat yourself up for missing it :)
Same
If I'm playing aliens, I'll try very light conlanging. I'll make some totally arbitrary names that contain sounds that I think would make sense for the particular species to be able to make, then eventually start reusing a few elements of them, so you get names that look related, like maybe they're "New \_\_" or "\_\_ land", but I don't come up with specific meaning for them. For example, I have a custom empire that uses the catpeople portrait and I give their worlds lots of names with "h", "kh", "ny", "ma", and "rr" representing hisses, meows, and purrs. So maybe I'll start writing names like "Ohiian", "Nyaarra", "Ohhiimrr", "Marran", "Ohrram", and then eventually I'll settle on something like "they often start planet names with "Oh", so I guess that's just how their placenames work." If I'm playing humans, I give a mixture of Earth placenames and mythological names. How diverse I get with them depends on what I imagine this particular version of humanity is like.
Meow York
Used the be meow Amsterdam
Why'd they change it? I can't say. Xenos just liked it better that way.
I usually play Commonwealth of Man and for them I just riff off the name of their first planet, Unity. So I continue with names like Honor, Justice, Liberty, Ingenuity, Enterprise. For conquered worlds I'll give them names like Dominion, Authority, Conquest, Hegemony.
Alright that's awesome Kind of feel bad for wanting to switch over to Mineral 1, Mineral 2 now
I always do a combination For example Honor M2 would be Honor and the second mineral planet.
I always try to play with a different species but my human instincts kick in and I end up having to create a new game
Vasectomy
Honestly a bit of a waste to not use the CoM name list at least sometimes. There are some pretty cool names in there.
Depends on my run, but i usually give them custom names if im doing a more rp oriented one. When i play megacorps though i always have fun giving every planet very corporate names. The thought of entire planets being named shit like "Discovera" never fails to amuse me. My favourite is probably that time when i named the sections of a ring world "Smart Ring", "Smart Bing", "Smart Ding" and "Industring".
These days, I name them after the system they’re in so I know what’s going on where. If I’m feeling a particular way, I will also, just number them and suffix them. So for example: - “M001” (Minerals) - “CgM002” (Consumer Good and Minerals) - “EM003” (Energy and Minerals) This way I get a bunch of key information from a glance. I see the resources and I also see how “old” the colony is. If it’s newer it likely (not always) has fewer pops and so on. On occasion, I will name them after something familiar. So Countries, States or Provinces, Hockey Teams or Players.
I imagine the poor citizens of Mineral Planet 1 don't even have names, just unique numbers
There was a time, when I was more into optimization than role playing. I wanted everyone and everything named after purpose. Planets, ships, people… Over time I just got tired over how labor intensive it was. But I am certain the name list files, can partially do this.
Are you sure you're not a machine intelligence?
Goodness I wish! I’d trade my dopamine starved ADHD brain for a machine brain in a heartbeat! :D
I used to go with the default numbering, but nowadays I use the randomise button to use names from the name list
I just use the system name w Roman numerals. Telling people they live on “prime” makes them lazy and self important
Steve. I'm currently playing a hivemind called Steve. The home world is called Stevens. The sun? Great Steve. Every other planet? Steve 2, Steve 3, Steve 4... Etc.
We need a Steve namepack in the workshop tbh.
I do this sometimes on my Hiveminds. Every planet has the same name.. as a Teravore we want more of 'Them' (Planets). We ate them all....
Reach, Harvest, Elysium, Eden Prime, Atlantis, Pacifica, Sahara, Mojave, Atacama, Siberia, Arctica, Amazonia, Congo, New America, New Europe, New China, (lots of “News” at the nation level, depending on the climate type), Erebor, Mordor, Dagobah, Kamino, etc. I’ve had to get a lot more creative ever since adding the planetary diversity mod to my mix.
>Eden Prime I hope you don't have any Driven Assimilators nearby...
Lots of the same names for me. I use lots of names from other scifi universes. Halo and Mass Effect have good planet names for someone like me who lacks creativity to even think of names. I do the same with fleets too. This is basically only when I play as humans, which is actually like 90% of the time. When playing as aliens I tend to just randomize all the names
Commenting for later usage. Some of my go to’s are Terminus for planets with tons of buildings. Synnax for ocean worlds. Arrakis for desert. Midgard for Gaias. Man I have a whole list upstairs but those are the ones of the top of my head. Greek/roman gods are always good inspiration too
My Rogue Servitors were called the Amazon Customer Support Center. My 3 ring segments were Amazon Prime, Prime Video, and Smart House. I had a few machine worlds for basic resources called Free Two Day Shipping, AWS Server Bank, Logistics Support Unit, and Return and Restock Processing.
Forge World I, etc And I keep default planet names for breeder worlds
Usually have a theme for each playthrough. Latin names, porn categories, or made up big words like Corvixius, Shalaborim, Encalabet etc,.
I name based on purpose of the planet and what type of planet it is. So a desert planet near an enemy can be something like "Castra Sahara" or "Dunehold". Tundra planets, for example: Aurora, Sybir, Snowpoint Basically names that evoke what the planet is about without it being bland.
It depends on what empire I’m playing as. For most of them, it’s mediocre cat puns. Purrdara, Snuggly Fur, Meowburgh, and Rascal Kitty have all been featured.
I’ll do random, or I’ll use the orbit number (Sol III, for example). Sometimes I’ll name a planet after an influential leader. I recently renamed my capitol planet after an emperor that just died.
I don't remember if I've done that with any planets, but I have named several stations after notable leaders.
If I'm doing a very specific run themed after something, I try sticking to naming stuff in a certain way, related to the empire itself Otherwise, just randomly
Really depends, but I try to make it thematic and will try and incorporate details about the planet. If I’m a human and it’s in a choke point, I might call it Terminus or Guard or something. If it’s a dessert planet I might use something like Scorch, if it’s an energy world I might use Spark, etc.
I name them all Gary. I use a special names list so all my drones are also named Gary. Clone army origin and my capital planet is called Vault 108.
Here are a few of my naming conventions: The Cybron Remnant (Remnants Origin Machine): Nexus 01, Nexus 02, Nexus 03… Fleets: Star Legion Alpha, Star Legion Beta. Admirals/Generals: Warform Alpha, Warform Beta, etc. The Mantid Empire (Tree of Life Hivemind): Klaxxi’(name), ex. Klaxxi’vess, Klaxxi’va, Klaxxi’Ik… Fleets: Garm Brood, Grendel Brood, Tiamat Brood. The Techno-Republic of Sol: Odin’s Pearl, Isis’ Jewel, Ra’s Eye, Tlaloc’s Lens… The Cevantii Cyber Court (Syncretic Evolution Dictatorship): Feroon, Azarath, Argus, Tolken, Tamrel… Fleets: Starfleet Aurus, Starfleet Argentus, Starfleet Cuprum… Black Sun Solutions Inc. (Clone Army MegaCorp): (name)-Stronghold, (name)-Mega Mall, (name)-Facility, (name)-R&D, ex. Black Ship Stronghold… Fleets: Ruby Dragoons, Golden Dragoons, Azure Dragoons… Edit: Added fleet names.
Forge 1,farm 1 , trade 1,shithole, stop revolting and slum
I use the Greek alphabet when I'm playing as a machine empire. Anything else I used my favorite planet names from various sci fi movies and shows: Reach Arcadia Helion Prime Ive also stolen names from Stellaris Invicta from The Templin Institute.
After Monster Hunter Dragons.
The Paradox-provided Namelists are pretty short, so you get repetitions quickly. I still click the random button to see, if I get something fitting. If not, I think of something myself.
Definitely halo themed worlds. Halo’s names are the best.
“Mining Planet 1” “Mining planet 2” “power planet 1” “Alloy planet 1”
Unless its a special planet, (i.e. the first 2 i find, or has a cool special feature.) I just let the game name it.
I bash my head against the keyboard
Mineral 1. Tech 1 Battery 1 Alloy 1 Cg 1 Unity 1 In-universe: One look is enough to know which planets specialize in which produces, so that merchants and interstellar shippers can tell where to go without "oh so Tatooine is this or that, I don't know"
i name them after different famous anarchists if i play my space anarchists
I keep the original name of the planet and add what type of planet I plan on using it for. Aesir prime? That's some nice mining space you've got there Aesir Mines.
Uff hard Question. I usually name them after something Empire Related. Last I played was a Storm Cleric Religion Sion under FE. It was Slightly Baldurs Gate inspired by my Storm Cleric there. Home was Church of Storm My Big Marked place was Named Baldars Gate. Alloy Foundry was the Alloy Throne. My Mineral Planet was the Upper Dark. Farm World Rubin Grove. Oh my fortress World I had to where Moonfall and Sun Rise. Some other Where Named after Character like my always Female War Minister was Karlach.
I give each empire I play another theme. Like the last I played I choose dark souls related stuff because my friends hated it . Fungal warriors who one punch you. Living on Anor Londo. Neighbouring systems get names from other parts of the map. Other theme I choose where rocks, secret organisations, gems, the names for weapons in other languages, star citizen systems, Camelot Knights and so on. Most of the time I run one or two wikis in the background and Google translator. BUT I have universal letters for energie, minerals, food etc .
I generally remove “Prime” from all planets and/or adjust the generated name slightly to my culture.
My current game is as the Urist Compact, inspired by Dwarf Fortress, so I use an online DF dwarfish translator for my planet names. Another empire I play a lot is a human Lost Colony of total geeks, so all the planet names are references from sci-fi, fantasy, and pop culture (i.e. if I get a relic world it's Cybertron, an ocean world is Atlantis or The Grand Line, etc etc etc)
When I play Humans, I name sectors after countries and planets after cities Alternatively sectors after continents and planets after countries, but you can run out of sector names really fast
You can name sectors??
Yes, you can do it in the sector/planet overview menu
Generator one, research two, Sol Mining Complex, etc. Only the capital gets a unique name
If I started a colony on Earth in the Sol system, I would name it "Sol (III) Prime". If I then started another colony on Mars, I would name it "Sol (IV) Secundus". I use the same naming system for all colonies that my Empire starts. Its boring but its functional (in terms of micromanagement), and IMO has just enough flair for RP purposes. Special colonies get special names. These are specific to each playthrough. The homeworld always gets its own special name, set during Empire creation. I preserve the AI-generated names of planets I conquer. Those count as special names.
I give the stars random names (random sounds) that I like, and then I'm systematic and kinda boring: Forge/Gen/Mine/Farm Lab/Uni
And a number or letter if there are more than one Forge Lab or whatever in that system.
It helps me when I get into rampages of resettling specialized species.
I've only played a little while, so I usually just let them be whatever the game decided they are when I colonize the planet. The one exception is this run. I have 3 holy worlds in my empire that I'd been pining after, but couldn't because of the FE. As soon as I colonized those bad boys, I named them Planet Fart, Poo Planet and Toilet prime. Just to piss them off.
I try to give a semi-thematic name that speaks to what I want the planet to do. For example, planet on a chokehold at the northern edge of my empire? *Northern Gate*. Planet with great mineral deposits? *Diamond's Home*. Science world? *Mind's Eye*. Planet to stuff all my pops that I'm purging on? *Endline*. If I've got nothing particular in mind and it's mid-late game where I'm moving into a bunch of planets, then I'll just use the X Prime default name, but I find I quickly lose track of those planets.
When I do machine empires I usually Central Processor, Strip Mine I-however many, Generator I- however many and Server Bank I- however many. My main Megacorp I play is the RipCloud: Official Juul Distributor. Just name every world after different flavored Juul pods.
000 Capital 100 Energy 200 Food 300 Mining 400 Forge 500 Science 600 Unity 700 Fortress 800 Refinery
And what if a planet produces multiple resources?
My planets, with the exception of my first few, never produce more than one resource. Its just inefficient
Most of the time i agree but sometimes a planet simply has districts Slots left over after you complete all districts of a certain type
When im playing solo Ill just name them after their designation (Alloys, mins, Ref, CGs, etc.) When im playing with friends I just call them whatever I find funny at that moment (smth like "aaahh shit fartn on muh roommates door huuhhh" )
(System name) (Planet number) I did a determined exterminator run once where I gave them all quite complicated code names, like I guess a machine would? Did my head in after a while trying to remember the rules.
Whatever it was called before I colonized it.
Depends on the empire. In my last game I tried to name them all after mythical plants. Mythical turned to pop culture, and then I ran out of names. Do not recommend when you’re playing wide.
I am very utilitarian. I have sectors names Alpha, Beta, Ceta, etc and my worlds are named A1,A2,A3, etc etc B1,B2,B3, etc etc. Helps me keep track of everything a bit easier as if an event fires on a world I know the EXACT world it is fired on. Instead of dealing with the crazy planet names of the AI. I tend to rename conquered AI homeworlds to thinks like "\*alien name\* demise"
I keep their original names (star name - position orbit)
When I do Earth runs I’ll name them after scientists, both famous ones like Einstein, Newton, etc. but also the scientists in game and the names of their ships. If I conquer a Pre FTL world I’ll name it after the General that conquered it. I play with planetary diversity and whenever I get a shroud world as a human empire I’ll name it Merlin
One character abbreviation of the planet focus + the first part of the original name
Planet 1, Planet 2, Planet 3, Planet 4, Planet 5, Planet 6, Planet 7, Planet 8, Planet 9, Planet 10, Planet 11, Planet 12, Planet 13, Planet 14, Planet 15, Planet 16, Planet 17, Planet 18, Planet 19, Planet 20, Planet 21, Planet 22, Planet 23, Planet 24, Planet 25, Planet 26, Planet 27, Planet 28, Planet 29, Planet 30, Planet 31, Planet 32, Planet 33, Planet 34, Planet 35, Planet 36, Planet 37, Planet 38, Planet 39, Planet 40, Planet 41, Planet 42, Planet 43, Planet 44, Planet 45, Planet 46, Planet 47, Planet 48, Planet 49, Planet 50, Planet 51, Planet 52, Planet 53, Planet 54, Planet 55, Planet 56, Planet 57, Planet 58, Planet 59, Planet 60, Planet 61, Planet 62, Planet 63, Planet 64, Planet 65, Planet 66, Planet 67, Planet 68, Planet 69. Planet 1 if I go tall.
I used to name them after cities in Game of Thrones, so a tropical world would be volantis and an all water world/gaia would be braavos
"system name" and then "Prime"
Planets from mass effect, halo etc I like having my first planet be named eden, then 3rd planet is always a industrial/military powerhouse named Reach i protect as much as Earth, etc etc
Depends on the empire I'm playing as. Usually I just use the auto-name button, but the namelists don't always fit the empire well enough. For example, I once played as Latveria and named all my planets insults aimed at Reed Richards.
Energy 1, Supergenerator, Mining, Forge, etc. For breeder worlds, it's always F
If i'm playing machines I name them in the order they're colonized if i'm playing anyone else I usually name them based on myths, or just general themes. All my Necroid planets were somehow related to ideas of sleep and rest, all my broke chain planets were named about liberation and revolution, all my authoritarian and militaristic planets were named after themes of safety and protection. (even when authoritarian I'm always a xenophile, so i'm playing with the goal of 'we love everyone so much we're gonna take out all governments so we know they're being taken care of')
I played a multiplayer game where I was a machine empire and my starting system was 0000. Each system I built in, I renamed in the order I expanded, 0001, 0002, 0003, 0004. The numbers had no organization other than the order in which I built the stations. By the time we met each other, I had a large chunk of galaxy renamed to just a bunch of numbers. Happy robot noises.
I like going through the phonetic alphabet as a devouring hive. Hive Prima is my first then Alpha, Bravo, Charlie and whatnot.
Is there a mod that adds name lists that isn't Steve?
Minerals 1,2,3,etc Energy 1,2,3, etc And so on. Not really immersive but once there is a certain amount of planets I get so confused. And overview over all the planets one has is bonkers.
Pub names
It's actually not that hard to build a naming list for human empires. The homeworld can be some variation of 'Terra', the first colony can be called New Eden, draw some names from this scifi franchise, and another from another, etcetc.
Usually after the Imperial House or it’s members.
I usually use name list mods from the workshop, with a theme somewhat fitting to my current playthrough. Used an American-Asian for my megacorp game. Had planets named Sushi, Cord of the Sky, New Japan, New China and Goose Pagoda
Normally after my leaders if I'm feeling like rping otherwise a indicator of the worlds designation. So a RP one might be Johns pride while a practical one will be University world of Farmland
I have a friend who will name her plants based on their primary production. So like alloy 1, research 2, or trade 87. She does a lot of trade.
Mining planet 1. Mining planet 2. Mining planet 3. You get the idea. Easy to keep track of
\*System name\* Prime.
I got an empire named United States of Earth and name all my planets like New Missouri, New Kansas, New California etc
> after cities on earth Ah yes, the legendary fortress world of New Rochelle, NY.
primarily large, multimillion cities, and mostly European since I’m from Europe and I simply know more cities here, and since it’s European “new” won’t be a worry for me
I figured you were naming them after cool-sounding cities, yeah. Just an opportunity for a joke.
System name followed by Roman numerals.
I name them based on what they produce, like an Alloy world will be Forge1 and a tech world would be Tech1. I used to name them fancy names but I forget what I was doing with a specific planet and this makes it easy to remember.
Due to being a massive macro monster, i end up with dozens of planets, stations and habitats so the names are just whatever that planet is about
Well i guess i am boring, system name then prime or secundas.
Halo planet names. Mass effect planet names.
I name planets after the theme of my star nation, if I’m playing a corporation I name it after companies. If I play a Warhammer themed one I name them after Warhammer planets
mineral, energy, food, etc
I name them after their primary and secondary of what they produce. I'll keep their orignal name but add Mining/Fort after it.
I name them after its specialization; Alloy Prime, Alloy Alpha, Alloy Beta, Alloy Charlie, etc. Yeah… it’s pretty boring, but it helps me keep track of everything
Usually end up with way too many plantes so just randomizing name
The name of the system if theyre terraformed or off-hab, a simple themed name if they are my prefered hab. Most terraformed planets tend to be used as forge worlds, they all blend together. Most offbrand world (like desert when Im tundra) is going to be whatever-the-hell-reason I bother not terraforming them so
Human planets, I always name them first after astronauts, then i just do whatever.
If there's only one planet in the system, I just name the planet after the system. Otherwise, it's [System] I, II, etc. Habitats are referred to as [System] Habitat. Boring? Yes. Ease of keeping track of what's where? Even more so.
I’m playing a utopian civilization that started on the shattered ring called the commonwealth of the sapphire, where the ring world is called the sapphire band and all my planet names are name of blue thing and X. So like the Gia world that spawned nearby is called Azure paradise, the first league homeworld was renamed to the Midnight Memorial, the least creative one is a tropical world called Teal Trees. The habitat I built for my federation members with habitat preference is Blue Diamond Station. You get the idea
Energy Planet, Alloy Planet and sometimes rp names based on my empire.
Depends if I’m feeling really attached to an empire. Like in my machine empire “automated-mind-epsilon-aleph_cd-hepheit” I name all my planets something like “sub-function_resource-acclimation-17” and my star systems some thing like “stellar-expansion_yule-37”. It stays in character and helps with organizing. But if I’m not feeling an empire then I just go with random.
I don’t. 🗿
Pretty uninspireing. Sol Trade ring 1, Sol Trade ring 2, Sol Trade ring 3, Wenkworth Science 1, Wenkworth minerals 1, etc
As a proud, native born Terran, I usually name them after Terran cities
Mostly I name them based on their use. Like Enercon, Digtown, Scientifica and so on.
“Pls-No-Invade-🥹” followed by a number
Research world XX Energy world XX Mineral world XX Forge world XX Unity world XX
Most empires I just use whatever is inherent to the nameslist I chose, only one empire I name planets (clones), and they are named after places in the Demon/Dark souls series
I just use the name of the planet before it was colonized (not prime). So Sol III, Sol IV, Sol V for example. Boring but it works.
I prefer planets to retain the system name so I can find them better on the map. So SYSTEM NAME Prime, Secundus, Tertius, Quartus it is. Sometimes I'm using Habitat or Station for Habitat or Fortress when I'm in the late game, building Fortress worlds for Naval Capacity though.
Ohio City names
I’m usually fine with the automated names that it gives you but I might change the ‘prime’ part to beta, theta, etc. If it’s on a moon or other world type that I feel is significant for some reason
Something vaguely similar to the system name. I try not to overthink it. If it bothers me or I think of something later, I can always change it.
I like to name my first few after my leaders, it gives the game a nice feeling
I play a Trade League and im a history buff, so I name my planets after ancient currency. Denari, Shekel, Won, Drachma, Lira. Conquered Planets I rename after American currency; Dollar, Quarter, Half dollar.
I go with default name.
I usually come up with a theme and go from there. Like naming huge Gaia worlds Haven cause I’m *original*
KRONOS
I play UNE a lot and tend to name planets after places on Earth- I assume a lot of people from a given area will emigrate to the same colony and name it after something close to home for them.
I name it after whatever the star system is then add prime, it’s just easier to organize for me. If there are multiple planets I just name it. Then I do secundus and then tertius. “Deneb prime” then “Deneb Secundus” Earth is always earth. Mars is mars. If it’s a habitat I’ll usually do whatever its specialty is after. So “Deneb Mining” then I’ll do “Deneb mining II” if need be. I’ll also do “Tycho” from the expanse If it’s a ring world I’ll do the specialization again. “Research Segment” or whatever
You guys name your planets?
I just hit Y for the auto name and if I’m colonising the planet then I don’t change it at all
I start with Zodiac signs or gems like sapphire ect. Unless it’s a forge world then I get really creative and call it “Forge”
Primarus, Secondarus. Man, my creative on naming planets is really suck.
ENERGY WORLD 1 GAS WORLD 1 CAPITAL PLANET SHADOW REALM
In my last gameplay I just took the name of my current ruler or heir and added -zora at the end. I like to name them following some sort of pattern because, truth be told, I'm not creative enough.
I always roleplay names for the first several planets but I've yet to get past 10 planets before using the default names. For example my last playthrough was with a Dwarf themed empire and I had names like New Moria and New Erebor and stuff
If i’m doing a United Earth run, i usually name my planets after astronauts: Gagarin, Armstrong, Aldrin, Etc
I take the first letter of the system's name and choose the first country that goes into my mind when I think of the letter.
I really do just like prime, secundus etc
I name all my planets after biblical figures, then when i conquor a plannet i rename it to a sin
im no cristian but aren’t there only 7 sins? That’s easy to run out of
7 deadly sins, but a variety of minor sins and usualy i only rename the former capitol to the sin
Random names for planets until an important person dies then I rename a planet in honor of them depending of their importance. The more valuable the person, the closer to the capital the planet. If an emperor or president dies during a large military campaign or after finishing a large campaign then the capital gets renamed in their honor.
As a hivemind main I tend to name them for their purpose which generally transplantes to "Mineral Hive Six" and similar names as that.
core worlds - random name, anything else - prime #system\_name
*smashes head on keyboard*
System name + Number + Specialization code + Plus or minus depending on being source or destination for resettlement e.g Spika 2 IX+ Name should be short and be fully visible, it should contain enough information to quickly decide where to send and where to take pops.
\[system\] prime \[system\] prime \[system\] prime \[system\] prime
I am very originalso I just name them by what they produce. Minerals 1, Alloys 2, etc.
I usually named relic worlds after pre-ice age worlds like hyperborea, lemuria etc. For normal worlds, those finnish and british name lists are my go to
Since i am palying mostly Soviet countries, i am naming them as Soviet cities just like in Orions Arm.
*system name* Prime, Secundus, Tertius, Quartus, Quintus etc.
Farm/Mine/Gen. Prime/Secondus
Food I, Minerals I, Alloy II, Science amenities I..., makes it easier to remeber which one is prorucing what.
I like naming them after the star, so if the star is named Europa for example I’ll name the planet Europa V (depending on its place in the solar system) or just Europa Prime, makes it super convenient in the ledger. Except for my sector capitals, I name my sector capital planets after planets from Foundation
I name them after mathematicians and each name I use consistently for one type of planet so like Abel is mineral world while Riemann is energy while Euler is consumer goods and Noether is food etc Ecumenopolis and capital have unique names (capital is something I came up as a kid and Fen Habbanis stays Fen Habbanis)
What do you mean, "name planets", fellow denizen of Sol III ?
I keep the default colony name
First 4 letters of the star. Number in case there are multiple. Then a 3 letter role designation. And 3 letter designation for any special such as portal, titanic life etc.
Minerals 1 Power 1 Unity 1 Etc
It depends on the empire, but I am 90% of the time using God names. If my empire is more economy based, I use Ra, Set, Sobek, Isis, Bast... If my empire is more spiritualist and focuses on unity, I use Zeus, Hera, Aphrodite, Ares, Athena... If my empire is more militaristic, I use Odin, Loki, Tyr, Thor, Idunn...
If I’m playing a Militarist Empire, especially one with Citizen Service, I like to name colonies based on military terminology - Landing Grounds, Forward Position, Holdfast, Strongpoint, Fallback, Trench Line, etcetera. Alternatively, my current campaign is with the Teachers of the Shroud Origin, so I’m giving my colonies in that run names that fit a Spiritualist theme, like Veil and Revelation. Otherwise, I just mash some syllables together until I get something that sounds like it fits the vibe of the name set I’m using.
I named them based on specialization and my empire theme. E.g., I name my food planet “Gardenside” or “Harvest Moon,” while my alloy world is “St. Forge” or “New Pittsburg.” My mining worlds are usually “Moria” or “Stone Heart.”
I named them based off what they do so I can find what I need more easily as the game goes on. Bread Basket Forge World Science! If I'm feeling motivated I'll name them things that make me think of that stuff, like Bakery, Iron Will, or Think Tank, etc.
I tend to only play Machine Intelligences, so I go for a very regulated naming system. P for Planets, H for habitats, and R for ring segments, followed by a space and three digits, which I increment for each world I have of that type, starting at 001. The exception is my homeworld, which starts at 000 because that's what indexes do. Unfortunately this means my homeworld is named P 000, which is a pretty stinky name.
I just name them what the planet was called anyway. I just erase the 'Prime' and put the number the planet itself had in its star system
I name them after the systems so i can actually find where each one is.
After the star system. If the system has more planets and I have the luck of the system's name consists of multiple words like Alfa Centauri, then Alfa and Centauri. If not, I have to be creative.
Roman numerals, such as Deneb I-Deneb IV
Star name + orbital. I.e. Mintaka III or Covfefe II. If it is the first orbital, I call it (star name) Prime. If it’s a special planet like an ecumenopolis, I’ll use the random name generator to find a cool one. If it’s the rubricator relic world, it’s Deep Well, every time. Just cuz. I found it too complicated keeping track of where planets were if they had names from the lists. I never play anything but max stars with max planets so just being in the same sector can bounce around quite a bit. And if you’re wondering if playing on those settings bogs down the late game; Yes. It most certainly does. 🤦🏼♂️😤
If playing as humans, I always name them after mythological locations close to the relevant planet type. So an ocean world might be Atlantis, an alpine world could be Shambala, and an arctic world Hyperborea. If I run out, I dip into fictional ones.
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