I'm curious to see what names folks gave to Captains and BOs in species that do not have many names provided in canon. I'm just a bit of language geek is all. :-)
These are the species I'm particularly interested:
Pakleds
Caitans
Benzites
Boleans
Saurians
Rigelians
Orions
Nausicaans
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I have:
Pakled: Eglindrod (male)
Bolean: Rogg Brennixx (male)
Rigelian: Chishenith (female, about to be added)
Orion: L'Darinus Igren-Rhis Sranagar (male), V'delen Magrisoh Karalsa (female), Vevren Yan D'iolannis (female), Gayla Zh'vrot (female, yes I stole the first name, but if there can be more than one John in the world, why not more than one Gayla? :-) )
Nausicaan: Rhothigaas, Agdarh, Tevrhenet (all male, of course)
I run with a mostly Saurian crew, and I have found suitable names something of a chore to come up with. Most of the time I just take what the random name generator gives me and fiddle with the spelling until it looks vaguely like what the few noncanon Saurian names look like. Given the limitations of the naming options, I just went with a traditional first name/last name scheme (as I believe the game does as well.)
I did put a modicum of effort into naming my alt to the left here. Her name is Lovka Yazhyrsa (pronounced "ya-ZHIR-sa"), which is a heavily corrupted version of "lavender lizard" translated into Russian then transliterated back into English. A little stupid, yes, but it sounds nice and alien and vaguely lizardy.
The following are my Saurian BOs:
Dodeki Choka - Male Sci
Notka Erradeh - Female Eng
Dryptas Razka - Male Tac
Choza Vuri - Female Sci
Inikk Dameh - Male Sci
Mezkan Traki - Male Eng
The only one I really worked on was Razka; he's named after the badass Saurian security officer that saved Riker's bacon in A Time to Kill, while his first name comes from the ferocious Dryptosaurus.
I did have a female Saurian tac on my first alt, though I just left her with the pregenerated name Dacho. Still, she kicked enough TRIBBLE that she inspired me to fly in the face of reason and pick a female Saurian for my main alt.
I also have a female Benzite engineer alt; thankfully there's a sizable amount of material on them at Memory Beta. I named her Madral, from the geostructure of Dathet. As near as I can tell, it fits with what few Benzite naming conventions supposedly exist in soft canon.
Sorry I can't go into much detail (I've always been terrible at languages), but I hope this is enough to get some of the creative thoughts going.
I made a Caitian tactical captain, just hit Lt. Cmdr. the other night...paying homage to my World of Warcraft roots, I named him Shirvallah Thekal - Shirvallah being the tiger god of the jungle trolls, and Thekal being his High Priest.
I made a proper Caitian using the Alien type (Proper meaning she doesn't look like one of those hairless cats) and named her Taboline P'rowwn, similar, I know, to the only semi canon Caitian name, Shiboline M'ress, but...
I made a proper Caitian using the Alien type (Proper meaning she doesn't look like one of those hairless cats) and named her Taboline P'rowwn, similar, I know, to the only semi canon Caitian name, Shiboline M'ress, but...
How did you pull that off? What did you use to pull off a fur texture? (I run an unsupported video card, so there's a layer of texture--tattoos, scars, and "overall pattern" that don't display for me.) I'm guessing your Caitian is a cobby since it doesn't have a tail. :-)
Named my Lethean Taris. It's actually derived from a named I used for a Neverwinter Nights character many moons ago, but after looking online a little the only two canon Lethean names I could find were Altovar and Soto, so I figured they have rather general names.
How did you pull that off? What did you use to pull off a fur texture? (I run an unsupported video card, so there's a layer of texture--tattoos, scars, and "overall pattern" that don't display for me.) I'm guessing your Caitian is a cobby since it doesn't have a tail. :-)
I've also been hanging out in-game at ESD, DS9, and Qo'noS to see what people are naming their toons. It's fascinating to see the trends. I think the biggest thing is that people like longish, flowy, Latin-like names for their Orions--very much out of line with the stereotype of consonant-vowel-consonant-vowel-consonant names that are so common in Star Trek (Tuvok, Neelix, Garak, Nerys, on and on....).
Breen = El Breeno
Gorn = El Gorno
Pakled = El Elmo
Orion = El greeno
Cardassian = El Spoon headO
Undine = El Do not **** off Sheeba O
Caitans = Mr bigglesworth
Caitian= "Sanura" means "one who is kitten like". Pilots the "U.S.S Mikkeneko", a cat of 3 colors, highest prized of cats by Japanese sailors to fend off the spirits of the deep. Her dedication plaque reads "Tenk ni nari" (Oh weather be clear).
What is the name of the pattern you put over her mouth? Remember I'm flying blind with that part of the game. :-) Thanks!
The pattern is called Spen. There's one that is just over the mouth and is much "cleaner", but I wanted to make her colours look a little mottled, like a real cat. Her ears are Occampa 4, hidden mostly by the dreads of her hair to give the suggestion of cat-like ears.
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I did put a modicum of effort into naming my alt to the left here. Her name is Lovka Yazhyrsa (pronounced "ya-ZHIR-sa"), which is a heavily corrupted version of "lavender lizard" translated into Russian then transliterated back into English. A little stupid, yes, but it sounds nice and alien and vaguely lizardy.
The following are my Saurian BOs:
Dodeki Choka - Male Sci
Notka Erradeh - Female Eng
Dryptas Razka - Male Tac
Choza Vuri - Female Sci
Inikk Dameh - Male Sci
Mezkan Traki - Male Eng
The only one I really worked on was Razka; he's named after the badass Saurian security officer that saved Riker's bacon in A Time to Kill, while his first name comes from the ferocious Dryptosaurus.
I did have a female Saurian tac on my first alt, though I just left her with the pregenerated name Dacho. Still, she kicked enough TRIBBLE that she inspired me to fly in the face of reason and pick a female Saurian for my main alt.
I also have a female Benzite engineer alt; thankfully there's a sizable amount of material on them at Memory Beta. I named her Madral, from the geostructure of Dathet. As near as I can tell, it fits with what few Benzite naming conventions supposedly exist in soft canon.
Sorry I can't go into much detail (I've always been terrible at languages), but I hope this is enough to get some of the creative thoughts going.
Yeah, it's a stretch, but it sounds good.
Gray- Nuvix
Pakled = Borky Ba-Bork Bork
im still waiting for my caittian crew
My Gorn (I really wasn't too imaginative with these, it all plays off the name "Slathis"):
Shaleithis
Shleskis
Seltarshka
Gorn Sleazlack stacks?
How did you pull that off? What did you use to pull off a fur texture? (I run an unsupported video card, so there's a layer of texture--tattoos, scars, and "overall pattern" that don't display for me.) I'm guessing your Caitian is a cobby since it doesn't have a tail. :-)
Here's a pic. I know, she doesnt have a snout, nor a tail, her ears are strange, but still.
http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m8/Onikage1/trek/screenshot_2011-02-11-21-34-20.jpg
Gorn -GILHADAHR
Nausicaan - ZROZHG
Orion - GALIA
Caitian - SORLEY
Gorn = El Gorno
Pakled = El Elmo
Orion = El greeno
Cardassian = El Spoon headO
Undine = El Do not **** off Sheeba O
Caitans = Mr bigglesworth
My Orion Tactical Officer is called T'Riel
My Vulcan Counselor is T'Pawn
Breen= "Mr. Breen Jeans" of course, because I like to smoke cigarettes and watch Captain Kangaroo.
The pattern is called Spen. There's one that is just over the mouth and is much "cleaner", but I wanted to make her colours look a little mottled, like a real cat. Her ears are Occampa 4, hidden mostly by the dreads of her hair to give the suggestion of cat-like ears.
And my KDF officer has a Nausican named Pred'Atur. Read outloud for great justice.
She's from the Star Trek: Titan series but now captains her own ship in 2409
Oh you just gave me an awsome idea for a vulcan name: T'Pwn get it:D eh fine; i get it, not funny.:rolleyes: