I'm beginning to layout a plug-in, that introduces a new alien species. I need a good name for them. It shouldn't be anything cute or stupid or anything like that. These aliens want to exterminate all species they come across. I can't think of a good alien name.

Anybody got some good ones out there?

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- Captain Stud Beefpile
- UE Naval 238th Squadron
- Crew of One Challenger
- Member of the Zachit Renegade Elimination Corporation

The Alarak
The Brakush
The Cruental
The Damnada
The Enparan
The Fakrar
The Gymtyak
The Habala
The Iransat
The Jaashkap
The Kra'yal
The Lanvares
The Mupath
The Ny'an-Ca
The Ohyased
The Pak'tes
The Quorol
The Rorscah
The Saecaal
The Tradna
The Ulan-Baator
The Vorshk
The Waraaan
The Xahana
The Yumans
The Zal'tet

hehe....stuff of the top of my head.

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Originally posted by the Necromicon:
**The Ulan-Baator;)

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Poor inhabitants of Mongoly (Ulan-Baator = Oulan-Bator (capital city of Mongoly))
Also, a light allusion to Voinians would be fun.

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M'enfin!
Y'a personne qui parle français ici?

How 'bout the Sronliim?

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Diddly,
"Well, we could grind
our enemies into powder, but gosh, we did that yesterday."

Xorn (is that from something?)
Vorn (or was this?)
Ytarran (I pronounce it e-tarran)
Irean
Ung-Varit
Al-Gore (heh heh)

That's about all I could think of without using too much time.
Tip: try combining some of our suggestions.

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Originally posted by Argyre:
Al-Gore (heh heh)

Yes indeed.

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"How do you know that she's a witch?""She turned me into a newt!" "A newt?" "...I got better!"~Monty Python and the Holy Grail
~Nick

I would just open SimpleText and randomly hit keys for a while, then read over what was typed. Remember that you don't actually have to have an 'alien-sounding' name, but just need something for them to be called by players/humans. Maybe just use animal names if you know what they look or behave like. Also take into account that many names sound stupid, like a cliche from star trek or something, so try and pick a good one.

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-- Nikolaus Wegner

nwegner - not a bad idea! However, do you know of an animal that wants to destroy every other species on the planet? I sure don't!

Now there are too many! I'll use quite a few of these, and maybe come up with some crazy one! Thanks a lot!

More names are welcome.

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- Captain Stud Beefpile
- UE Naval 238th Squadron
- Crew of One Challenger
- Member of the Zacha Renegade Elimination Corporation

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Originally posted by Stud Beefpile:
an animal that wants to destroy every other species on the planet?

Ants? They can get pretty nasty... I don't know, pick something. It doesn't have to be an animal that actually can destroy every other thing, but that hunts well or sounds cool. Wolverines, lynx, latin names for other animals, something.

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-- Nikolaus Wegner

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Originally posted by Stud Beefpile:
**However, do you know of an animal that wants to destroy every other species on the planet?
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Humans (Some of us anyway)

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"I don't want to insist on it, Dave, but I am incapable of making an error" - HAL 9000

Okay, here's some stuff on ants:

m-w.com's definition:
Main Entry: ant
Pronunciation: 'ant
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English ante, emete, from Old English ćmette; akin to Old High German Ameiza
Date: before 12th century
: any of a family (Formicidae) of colonial hymenopterous insects with a complex social organization and various castes performing special duties.

One hit from a Google search for Formicidae (want more scientific sites): (url="http://"http://ag.arizona.edu/tree/eukaryotes/animals/arthropoda/hexapoda/hymenoptera/apocrita/aculeata/formicidae/formicidae.html")http://ag.arizona.ed...formicidae.html(/url)

Some names from there:
Aenictinae
Aenictogitoninae
Dorylinae
Ecitoninae
Cerapachyinae
Leptanilloidinae
Apomyrminae
Leptanillinae
Ponerinae
Aneuretinae
Dolichoderinae
Formicinae
Myrmeciinae
Nothomyrmeciinae
Pseudomyrmecinae
Myrmicinae
Formiciinae

As you see, you get many of the same type of name this way. If you want some more varied ones, you can take a dictionary (hard copy) and randomly open pages, looking for words. Or do something else, I don't care.

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-- Nikolaus Wegner

Ok, I made a few of these up, and I combined a few of the ones on here. Are any of these good?

Augh’Ráuűght

Dh’yd-hifĺv

Ghirt’Suhbh

Caliuh

Faughv-Ghűdiyf

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- Captain Stud Beefpile
- UE Naval 238th Squadron
- Crew of One Challenger
- Member of the Zacha Renegade Elimination Corporation

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Ok, I made a few of these up, and I combined a few of the ones on here. Are any of these good?

Augh’Ráuűght

Dh’yd-hifĺv

Ghirt’Suhbh

Caliuh

Faughv-Ghűdiyf

Remember that you're supposed to be able to say your names without getting tounge twisted!!!!!!

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(This message has been edited by Capt. Editor (edited 03-18-2001).)

(This message has been edited by Capt. Editor (edited 03-18-2001).)

LOL, ok, here's how to say each of those names:

Augh’Ráuűght (Awg-Rawt)

Dh’yd-hifĺv (Did-heefav)

Ghirt’Suhbh (Girt-Sub)

Caliuh (Caleeooh)

Faughv-Ghűdiyf (Fawg-Goodeef)

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- Captain Stud Beefpile
- UE Naval 238th Squadron
- Crew of One Challenger
- Member of the Zacha Renegade Elimination Corporation

Use things you know for inspiration, that's how I got these names. How about The:

Radahmej (Jem'Hadar backwards, the Jem'Hadar are aliens in Star Trek: DS9)
Holnessians (dervied from my last name)
Wiperialla (just made that one up)
Malibury (derived from my hometown)
Lumberians (there's a lot of wooden furniture in my room)
Imacdvar (derived from what I'm typing this on)
Kettlechipsim (what I'm eating right now)
Junko (what my printer is)
Eleanora (from my best friend's name)

And if that doesn't work, you can fall back on using generic names that fit governments of different types, like:

The Confederation (not very original, though)
The Cooperative
The Imperium
The Alliance
The Federated States of _______

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The last time I was on this board, the price of dumb questions was really high.

Little tip: you don't want the names to be too complex, such as those with circles on top of them ;). Here are some ideas (pitiful as they are):

Linea
Intrecho
K'Narcivasz
Vinagoud

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-Gavin
(url="http://"http://dhm.smoovenet.com")Don't Hate Me(/url)

How about this one:

Elipfeeb Duts

Try reading that backwards snicker snicker

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Gliig bilgy tij fyture nubbulo zoo zo exat qoimlee roilys glop!!

LOL! Good one!

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- Captain Stud Beefpile
- UE Naval 238th Squadron
- Crew of One Challenger
- Member of the Zacha Renegade Elimination Corporation

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Originally posted by Argyre:
Xorn (is that from something?)

Sounds kinda like the 'Gorn' from Star Trek TOS. Although they only appeared in one episode and a couple of the comics... One of the 'forgotten races'...

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djsksocsm (say: monkey)

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I think I'll take up Wudan.