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Traveller Name Generator
Spacers, Free Traders, Worlds and Subsector Names for Traveller RPG
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How the Traveller Name Generator works
A Traveller name generator for classic science fiction roleplaying. Traveller-style games follow spacers who trade, explore and scrape by in a vast, feudal interstellar empire. Generate spacers and nobles, free trader starships, worlds, subsectors and megacorporations.
How the Traveller name generator works
Spacers get globally mixed names with an optional crew role like Purser or Engineer, because every crew member has a job aboard ship. Nobles get feudal titles and double-barrelled surnames, reflecting the empire's aristocracy. Starships get the modest, hopeful names of working traders, like the Stubborn Ledger. World names blend short syllables and sometimes a numeral. Subsectors and megacorps fill in the wider map.
Trade and travel
A classic campaign begins with a mortgaged ship and a crew looking for work. Names that sound practical and a little worn fit that feel best.
Not affiliated
Traveller is a trademark of Far Future Enterprises, published under licence by Mongoose Publishing. This site is not affiliated with either. All names here are original.
FAQ
What do Traveller names sound like?
Mixed and multicultural, because the setting spans many worlds and cultures. Nobles use titles and grand surnames, while ordinary spacers have practical names and a job on board.
How do I name a trader ship?
Traders often have hopeful or wry names, like the Lucky Margin or the Patient Promise. The name should sound like a small crew's working ship, not a warship.
How should worlds be named?
Short, invented names with a numeral work well, like Aruion III. A few worlds in a subsector should share syllables, as if settled by the same people.
Can I use these in other sci-fi games?
Yes. The names are original and fit any space opera or hard science fiction setting, from other tabletop games to novels and video games, especially stories about trade and exploration.
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