   How do you think the first human colony will be called?
  Yesterday night before going to sleep I was thinking (since I'm also developing a sci-fi themed game) "when the first human colony on another star system will be created, how would it be called?". I know I should probably think about women :D but..Do you think it would be called after the system? Like "Algol Prime"?With something related to the star-system name? Like Chiron (a mighty centaur) for Alpha Centauri in the Sid Meier's game?With a reference to the climate of the planet? Dune for Arrakis?After a human city or part of a city? Like "Manhattan" in Freespace?After a earth continent? Like Europa, America, Asia, Africa, Oceania.. or maybe Atlantis?After a human person? Gagarin? Armstrong? Einstein?With a politically correct name, like "New Earth" or "Nova Terra"?This is assuming that by the time humans will be able to colonize a planet, a unified terran government will have been formed. Anyway by that time we will probaly not be there to watch but... I'm curious to see what your suggestions would be. As I'm creating a Master of Orion-like game, I'd like to write a list of suggested names for planets. Like it happens in Civilization where each time you build a new city, a suggested name comes up :)   
  It occurs to me that I could be called with the adjetive of the first impression the colon(izers sp?) get from it.or like the star it orbits. Later the inhabitants would put a name of their own.   ;  I  don't know what it'll be called.Personally my naming scheme is pretty simple.I take a theme, which might for example be my most favourite tv-series and name each of the "to-be-named-objects" after things in this series.For example my VMs/PCs are named after characters in Cowboy Bebop.And my kernels are named after each episode of this anime. (Well I've only compiled one so far 8[ - "Asteroid Blues")   ;  Could be Mir for instance or something else in Russian or Chinese. There has been news like Russian Rocket Builder Aims for Moon Base by 2015 around lately.Something in English or according to an English language city? Not imaginable unless the colony came from an English speaking part of the world. Probably not some existing city either. According to a continent perhaps.[Edited by - Naurava kulkuri on September 9, 2007 9:56:23 AM];  I think Earth was the first colony after we left Kobol   ;  How about... Earth 2?(Very original, I know[grin])   ;Quote:Original post by CrypterHow about... Earth 2?(Very original, I know[grin])I prefer New Earth. The rest of us can stay here on Classic Earth.;Quote:when the first human colony on another star system will be created, how would it be called?Chen Lyao Tsu.Or something else in Chinese, like "Crying wind under eternal clouds", all in one kanji.Quote:There has been news like Russian Rocket Builder Aims for Moon Base by 2015 around lately.Thats old news, now its just the Chinese, and the target year is set to 2020.Quote:Something in English or according to an English language city? Not imaginable unless the colony game from an English speaking part of the world.Yep. Last few years there are statistical talks about English being used less and less in the world. Even in UK & US, due to tendency in immigrants.   ;Quote:Original post by ChokkiQuote:Original post by CrypterHow about... Earth 2?(Very original, I know[grin])I prefer New Earth. The rest of us can stay here on Classic Earth.Nova Terra or something sounds better.Personally, I would go back and pick words from the oldest known language to use, or just give it an alpha-numeric designation and let people call it that, or whatever they want.   ;  Well if things keep on as they are then it would make sense for it to be a Chinese, Russian or Indian name, right? [smile]   