Names for factions

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Xaleph
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Names for factions

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Ok guys and girls,

I`m hoping you can help me out here. I need some very clean but cool names for different factions of the game. The context is space ( space travel, interstellar travel et cetera ) and I`m looking for some cool names. You know? Like.. hum.. Star Wars, which had "The Republic", first "Galactic Empire" and other names like: "The independents" or something like: "The Federation" or "Red Faction". I`m not sure which ones to choose and i was kinda hoping you could help me out on this. All input is welcome, if you have a cool name, please submit them.

Oh, and each faction has like 20 to 50 systems attached to it. So kingdoms et cetera aren`t really a viable option. Republic, empire, federation et cetera are the names which probably should work best. But, you know, "the republic" sounds kinda cheesy. I`m leaning to names like: "The Academia Collective" or "The Phidias Federation of Trade" or "Skepticus Independent Systems". Something like that, original. I was hoping to get 4 very nice names.

Each faction has it`s own goal. Or, wait let me rephrase: focus. One faction is focused on trade, one is focused on Conquer/offense, one is focused on diplomatic success/trade and the last group ( indepent systems ) is focusing on all aspects ( defense, offense, diplomacy, society, culture et cetera )

However, this is stil open for debate, if you have a good suggestion, please feel free to post it :) like I said, all input is welcome!
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62896dude
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Re: Names for factions

Post by 62896dude »

Here is a little tip:

This is what I do when I can't think of a name for something

Go to google translate, type in a word that goes with your focus, let's say that this Republic's focus is war, then type in war, and translate it to latin. Take any of the results and change it into a name, so I would call it, the Bellum Republic, because it sounds the best to me.

Hope that helped!
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Xaleph
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Re: Names for factions

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Hehe I know the trick, but I was more looking for user generated names. There has to be "story" to it. It must feel human.
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