Funny npc names you saw

Daisuke Ido

Daisuke Ido
The Lennon family seems to be very unlucky. Yesterday I killed Sean. And yet Yoko's still alive! :p

Oh, by the way, I too saw Derek Dastardly. Which reminds me some of the funny it-sounds-like-but it's-not-it names in the Magnetic Fields games like Supercars II or Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge (Ayrton Sendup, Nigel Mainsail, Alain Phosphate, T. Hairy Bootson)

And also Eccentrica Gallumbits. And I wasn't even in Eroticon system!
 
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Tox Laximus

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Tox Laximus
Maybe the devs likes to have toke now and again? :D

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alisterwallbank

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Passed Arch Stanton the other day. For anyone not old enough to remember the good the bad and the ugly with fondness, it was supposed to be the grave where all the loot was burried. Turned out the loot was in the unmarked grave next to Arch :)
 

Tox Laximus

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Tox Laximus
alisterwallbank said:
Passed Arch Stanton the other day. For anyone not old enough to remember the good the bad and the ugly with fondness, it was supposed to be the grave where all the loot was burried. Turned out the loot was in the unmarked grave next to Arch :)
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Old or not, the good, the bad and the ugly is in my opinion the best western ever made. ;)
 

Sealurk

Sealurk
Not if you adopt the idea that a commander's name doesn't have to be his legal name, and simply has to be a moniker that is unique within the Pilots Federation. They become like callsigns, nicknames... because let's face it, in-universe you are still going to have people with identical names.

This way it actually bumps up immersion when you have to choose your commander name - it stops being just part of the game and becomes a step in registering with the Pilots Federation. It's not necessarily asking for your actual name, just what you want to be known by as long as it is unique within the Pilots Federation. Given that opportunity, of course people are going to pick funny names.

The problem, of course, is that NPC names aren't necessarily unique as they crop up time and again, but if we as commanders can 'die' from a combat that went wrong, wake up at a station and decide that it's time we switched from a Type-7 to a Cobra or whatever, so should the NPCs. You didn't kill them, you just set them back a bit and made them rethink what they're doing.
 
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RavingRob

RavingRob
A few I have seen:

Loaf of Paint - Elite Cobra
Pooby Snufflebags - Harmless Anaconda
Shlemmy Grubb - Competent Viper
Futzi Voldemort - Deadly Orca (he who shall not be named...)
Cuddles McFly - Dangerous Adder (he is my density...)

and my person favorite ...

Carlos Spicyweiner - Competent Sidewinder

CMDR Robilar
 

Tox Laximus

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Tox Laximus
Sealurk said:
Not if you adopt the idea that a commander's name doesn't have to be his legal name, and simply has to be a moniker that is unique within the Pilots Federation. They become like callsigns, nicknames... because let's face it, in-universe you are still going to have people with identical names.

This way it actually bumps up immersion when you have to choose your commander name - it stops being just part of the game and becomes a step in registering with the Pilots Federation. It's not necessarily asking for your actual name, just what you want to be known by as long as it is unique within the Pilots Federation. Given that opportunity, of course people are going to pick funny names.

The problem, of course, is that NPC names aren't necessarily unique as they crop up time and again, but if we as commanders can 'die' from a combat that went wrong, wake up at a station and decide that it's time we switched from a Type-7 to a Cobra or whatever, so should the NPCs. You didn't kill them, you just set them back a bit and made them rethink what they're doing.
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The film and TV series 'Alien Nation' they gave the Aliens funny names, San Fransisco, Polly Wanacracker, there was loads of them, its a similar deal with elite, I think its cool.
 

Sloppy Pilot

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On the top of my head i can remember
Bo Rooster Baggins, the long lost relative of Frodo baggins
Inspector Javert


Fat Steve and he probably came from Bacon marked (station)
I Am "The beast" Sinclair (Bioshock reference?? )
I once met a Orca: Dangerous Harmless Clean was his tag.
Unsure if i would dear to use him as public transport in the future.
I have visited Payne Scott City.


I once met a Type 9 with the original name of wedding Barge.
I said Hi to Lando and Harrison Skywalker.
There was a type 9 named Piggy Hanson.


There is a system that is named HOTAS, makes you wonder if frontier is advertising for them.
The fearsome Panda scared me a bit (running without shields in my T 6)
Self inflicted Sydney.
Checked in at Ford Platform for some maintenance, i was appalled when they did not want to service either my Lakon or Audi.
 
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Father Cool

Father Cool
Sealurk said:
Not if you adopt the idea that a commander's name doesn't have to be his legal name, and simply has to be a moniker that is unique within the Pilots Federation. They become like callsigns, nicknames... because let's face it, in-universe you are still going to have people with identical names.

This way it actually bumps up immersion when you have to choose your commander name - it stops being just part of the game and becomes a step in registering with the Pilots Federation. It's not necessarily asking for your actual name, just what you want to be known by as long as it is unique within the Pilots Federation. Given that opportunity, of course people are going to pick funny names.

The problem, of course, is that NPC names aren't necessarily unique as they crop up time and again, but if we as commanders can 'die' from a combat that went wrong, wake up at a station and decide that it's time we switched from a Type-7 to a Cobra or whatever, so should the NPCs. You didn't kill them, you just set them back a bit and made them rethink what they're doing.
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Indeed. My name is clearly not legally Father Cool. Hell Im not even religious! Why would other commanders have to have real names? They are handles surely?
 

CMDR Sheehy

CMDR Sheehy
Immersion breaking? Yeah, no-one in rl has stupid names (from other people's point of view, I hasten to add.)

Brooklyn Beckham
Peaches Geldof
Will.I.Am
 
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