Strangest station names

MRPRS · Dec 3, 2014

What's the strangest station name you've seen? I'm pretty sure it's just a placeholder but I've just docked at Backers Pledge High!

Eirichur · Dec 3, 2014

Hm the only one which comes to mind at the moment is Reaganworld. Not very silly per se, but it struck me as the kind of station that American conservatives might enjoy.

Philip Coutts · Dec 3, 2014

MRPRS said:
What's the strangest station name you've seen? I'm pretty sure it's just a placeholder but I've just docked at Backers Pledge High!

This is part of the kickstarter I think. A term for backers upping their pledge was coined after a chap called Jonty and I think we know have a system and station harking back to that. It's a bit silly in my opinion but hey ho.

MRPRS · Dec 3, 2014

Not sure if that's better or worse than Bush world!

Zulu Romeo · Dec 3, 2014

MRPRS said:
Not sure if that's better or worse than Bush world!

Ironically, Bush World contains no landing strips.

Commander Dave · Dec 3, 2014

Zion Ravescene said:
Ironically, Bush World contains no landing strips.

www.sadtrombone.com

kile · Dec 3, 2014

MRPRS said:
Not sure if that's better or worse than Bush world!

My first thought on that was "Hey, what's wrong with naming a world after Kate Bush!?". Then I realized...

Splette · Dec 3, 2014

I saw a screenshot somewhere with the station name "Nusslein-Volhard" which struck me, because I knew the name. She's a biologist who won the Nobel prize some time ago. I wondered why FD picked her but then I figured they probably just went to the Nobel Prize archives and took all the names in there to use them as station names.

Elessarus · Dec 3, 2014

Big Harry's Monkey Hangout

MRPRS · Dec 3, 2014

If be amazed if Rimmer world wasn't out there somewhere.

Checkpoint · Dec 3, 2014

Docked at George Lucas yesterday.

Riedquat · Dec 3, 2014

Elessarus said:
Big Harry's Monkey Hangout

I bet Bananas fetch a decent price there.

Dethmunk · Dec 3, 2014

I started at Lave and somewhere in the nearby systems I docked at Ridley Scott station.

Kept an eye out for strange eggs and moving shadows

Erna Jedermann · Dec 3, 2014

During Beta 3.05 I fly around, try to relax from work on weekend and finally find "Siemens City" .... thanx for remind me where I must to go on Monday...

Zulu Romeo · Dec 3, 2014

My favourite station name from one of the earlier Betas was "Brand Camp." Word of warning: bring your own flute.

Erna Jedermann said:
During Beta 3.05 I fly around, try to relax from work on weekend and finally find "Siemens City"

Their banking system works differently there.

Mars · Dec 3, 2014

Zion Ravescene said:
Their banking system works differently there.

Certainty the literature they provide before you make a deposit will be different.

Zieman · Dec 3, 2014

Dethmunk said:
I started at Lave and somewhere in the nearby systems I docked at Ridley Scott station. Kept an eye out for strange eggs and moving shadows

Zaonce? George Lucas should be (was in FE2/FFE) in Leesti system.

Haven't checked myself yet, so I have to ask - is La Soeur du Dan Ham still orbiting the planet at Riedquat?

Riedquat · Dec 3, 2014

Yes it is, I am there currently.

Also,

George Lucas is there, in Leesti

Telnets · Dec 3, 2014

My Freegal was docked at Heisenberg Station... While its almost certain to be a tribute to Werner Heisenberg (German theoretical physicist and one of the key pioneers of quantum mechanics) I like to think it was a tribute to Walter White myself

Riedquat · Dec 3, 2014

Telnets said:
My Freegal was docked at Heisenberg Station... While its almost certain to be a tribute to Werner Heisenberg (German theoretical physicist and one of the key pioneers of quantum mechanics) I like to think it was a tribute to Walter White myself

well, he named himself after the man anyway, so it still works