Overview
A simple demonstration that mixes creativity with mashing keys to create your own personal ship/crew name.
Note to Everyone
I thank all of the FTL community for making this one of the game’s most popular guides! Keep having fun naming your ships!
Have an Engi. His name is Kash’d:
Step 0.5: Use Your Home Computer
Before beginning, please follow these steps at home. If these steps are followed, say, at the grocery store, the actions you will perform may cause a disturbance and end with your arrest.
Step One: Bash Your Face Into the Keyboard
Ok, well, that’s one option but you can also smash your fist into the keyboard or just type random letters. This first step may seem a bit strange but you’ll soon see where I’m going with this.
Example:
jh.,vbajjjjjjjjjjjkl
Step Two: Remove Punctuation and Repeated Letters
Though this step is a bit obvious, it’s quite important for making a nice name.
Example:
jhvbajkl
Step Three: Add Vowels
This step is the most important and most creative step. As you already know, your new name is impossible to pronounce. This is because it is most likely made up of consonants. You can place whatever vowels you want wherever you want so that it sounds nice.
If you are so inclined, you may also insert or remove consonants to make it flow a bit better (As I did in the example).
Example:
Jehvenbaerjkol
(Yeh-ven-bear-cole (Silent J))
Step Four: Ship Prefixes (Optional)
If this name is for a ship, you can add ship prefixes such as:
SS (Starship)
RV (Research Vessel)
USS (United Star Ship)
FSV (Federation Space Vessel)
HMS (His/Her Majesty’s Ship)
FS (Federation Ship)
Use the internets to find more!
Example:
ECS Jehvenbaerjkol