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I may be the only one, but I have a terrible time coming up with character names, especially Bajorans, Klingons and some of the other races.
Does anyone have any pointers? Any catch-all name generators or the like?
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Impossibilities are merely things which we have not yet learned. — Charles W. Chesnutt
For normal names: phone book.
For other names, sometimes transposing a few letters or reversing the spelling of a name works.
I've never really had trouble with coming up with names, myself. Hope these suggestions help.
Well, for Klingon males, names that sound like, gutteral noises are good. I've also noticed that Klingon felames usually have names with two or three sylables (Lursa, B'tor, B'ehlana).
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Even in this age of technological wonders, the human mind is still the most powerful weapon in the universe.
How about
Bajorans?
Bolians?
Andorians?
Vulcan males?
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Impossibilities are merely things which we have not yet learned. — Charles W. Chesnutt
What I have done in the past (and what I've seen both Trek writers and LUGTrek writers do as well) is variations of canon names.
Such as Daimon "Fog" who appeared in RR&R. Or the endless amount of "K" names for Klingon (Kor, Koloth, Kruge, Kluge, etc) in TOS.
For instance a common enemy I have planned for my game (whatever it turns out to be) is Tevek the Romulan which I altered from Tuvok from Voyager.
Cheezy I know but it works.
2 years ago, I was lurking around in the Transporter Room on the main page and found a great site with a ton of names. They were all broken down by race and the first 10 or 20 of each huge list were "show names." I think it was the site with the really cool Ferengi adventure listed first. Yes, pretty vague, but I did find the site and I started from here.Quote:
Originally posted by Perrryyy:
I may be the only one, but I have a terrible time coming up with character names, especially Bajorans, Klingons and some of the other races.
Does anyone have any pointers? Any catch-all name generators or the like?
Any of the above ring a bell with anyone?
Kronok
Anybody wanna name a Bajoran female security officer?
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How about 'Sarta Karyn'...
Bajoran 'given names' in this case Karyn, seem to sound similar to Human names in many cases, while their family names, as an alien species should sound odd, without being too off the wall... A good rule of thumb for most 'Human alien of the week'...
Can anyone remember the formulka for Joke Star Wars names that was going around a few years back? Sounds like it could come in useful...
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Dan.
"Hi, I'm Commander Troy McClure, you might remember me from other academy training holo-simulations as, Abandon Ship, the quickest way out, and I sense danger, 101 things you dont need a Betazoid to know..."
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Andorian names: go to the back of the Andorian sourcebook by the estemed S John Ross. There's some Graleen in there. I've gone through and made up some names that would be common.
MEN: Ghaelv, Gholev, Shaka, Shasa, Amberiat, Jotha
FEMALE: Felia, Afela, Fela (all variant on passion), Lira, Ilara, Akola
I think for the Bajoran, I'll go with Tarya Apar
I kinda like puns when I can think of them http://www.trekrpg.net/Board/ubb/smile.gif
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Impossibilities are merely things which we have not yet learned. — Charles W. Chesnutt
Ah. I like your style ... reminds me of my Bajoran rogue NPC Pasmea Bir. http://www.trekrpg.net/Board/ubb/biggrin.gifQuote:
Originally posted by Perrryyy:
I think for the Bajoran, I'll go with Tarya Apar
I kinda like puns when I can think of them http://www.trekrpg.net/Board/ubb/smile.gif
Steve
Isn't she a stripper?Quote:
Originally posted by Perrryyy:
I think for the Bajoran, I'll go with Tarya Apar
For Bajoran's I sometimes just take Earth names and reverse them...example...
My best friend as a child was named Steve Kerr.
In Star Trek he is a Bajoran Vedek named Nevets Rrek. http://www.trekrpg.net/Board/ubb/smile.gif
Also one on my favs is my Bajoran smuggler Kanth Dabari, but his name was made by a friend back in High School when we played Star Wars too much http://www.trekrpg.net/Board/ubb/smile.gif
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Ferengi Rule Of Acquisition #76: Every once in a while, declare peace. It confuses the hell out of your enemies.
Go here for 150 names, some from players, some from minor characters on Star Trek TNG and DS9 and most made up from varous sources http://www.trekrpg.net/Board/ubb/smile.gif
http://www.geocities.com/aslan_collas/st_crew.html
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Ferengi Rule Of Acquisition #76: Every once in a while, declare peace. It confuses the hell out of your enemies.
Back when I had a website, I maintained a list of all canon Bajoran names, sorted into family names, given names, and unsure.
I could email you the HTML page. It's small.
I called it the Big Book of Bajoran names.
I also have/had the Bitty Book of Betazoid names, and a start on Klingon names IIRC.
I find that if you just mix and match from canon, you get a nice variety. Such as my never-played sim character, Shakaar Laan, who shares a family name with the First Minister of Bajor and the given name of a famous Bajoran poet. To reverse this (and have a less recognizable family name) you'd get Akorem Edon.
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You're a Starfleet Officer. "Weird" is part of the job.
Nope... that would be Shakkyir ButtiQuote:
Originally posted by Kaiddin:
Isn't she a stripper?
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"I'd rather die standing than live on my knees..."
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Found out that I have the Klingon names and Ferengi names books (from my webpage).
IIRC, I was working on a joint Vulcan/Romulan book.
As for a female Bajoran security officer?
How about:
Anjohl Meru
Basso Jaxa
Bareil Laren
Day Adami
Krim Fala
Ossan Korena
Porta Nerys
Trentin Ziyal
Winn Sul
All combinations of canon female Bajoran given names with canon Bajoran family names.
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You're a Starfleet Officer. "Weird" is part of the job.
For "punny" names, go to the Car Talk web site (for those who listen to NPR, you know what I refer to). They have a huge list of punny names, such as Luke Bizzie and Amanda Reckonwyth. I made a list of NPC's just from this list.
~~~randy~~>
Where are the "punny" names on this site?Quote:
Originally posted by Sawyer:
For "punny" names, go to the Car Talk web site (for those who listen to NPR, you know what I refer to). They have a huge list of punny names, such as Luke Bizzie and Amanda Reckonwyth. I made a list of NPC's just from this list.
~~~randy~~>
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Impossibilities are merely things which we have not yet learned. — Charles W. Chesnutt
I've been using a handy resource I picked up about a year ago off the net. Here's the addy:
http://www.iki.fi/spyorre/ebon/index.htm
It's been very handy for coming up with PC and NPC names, as well as Planet and Alien names.
http://cartalk.cars.com/About/credits.htmlQuote:
Originally posted by Perrryyy:
Where are the "punny" names on this site?
I generally make up alien names that somewhat echo my feelings about the species.
Tellarites are Earthy, and porcine, and would tend to have gruntish names, like Unth or Grunnith.
Kzin (Tzenkethi) have feline-sounding names, like Rorahl or Hissmawarrl or Yarawalall.
Klingons are mono-to-bisylabbic, often with K, and/or with glottal stops. Borak, K'orbox, Kraw. I named my Klingon Khlu'less (because his player was, and because it fit the K-formula.)
Vulcans are bisyllabic, and generally limited to 5-6 letters for males, often starting with S: Sobek, Starn, Tolik, Shivok, and 6 letters for Females, generally starting with T': T'Pal, T'Lora.
Some nights I can make up 30 alien names in a row, then other nights I couldn't make up anythin other than "Fred" Sure he's a Vulcan http://www.trekrpg.net/Board/ubb/smile.gif
Oh and the new addy for Ebon is;
http://ebon.uni.cc/
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Ferengi Rule Of Acquisition #76: Every once in a while, declare peace. It confuses the hell out of your enemies.
[This message has been edited by AslanC (edited 07-21-2001).]