Hi all,
I was getting a little tired of seeing the same names show up during character creation and on NPCs — and was surprised there weren’t more (or any?) mods addressing this. Ship names? Sure. Character names? Not so much. So this is my small attempt to add some variety and flavour to the game with lore-friendly names used during character creation and across NPCs.
I originally made this for myself, but figured others might get use out of it too. So, I present:
Features:- 2,600+ lore-appropriate names added to the in-game name generator
- Works for both character creation and NPCs
- Real-world names, constructed sci-fi, and faction-themed entries
- ~1,700 first names, ~1,000 last names, 160+ dual-use entries
- ~730 male, ~600 female, and several gender-neutral names
- 409 pirate-only names: from grim nicknames to outlaw titles
Now hosted on GitHub, with support for Version Checker and other mod managers. Auto-update notifications and changelogs should now appear in supported launchers.
Example: random 10 names from the mod+------------+---------+--------+--------------------------+
| name | gender | usage | category |
+============+=========+========+==========================+
| Nalra | f | f, l | fringe |
| Siqueira | | l | world |
| Genly | m | f | modern |
| Whishaw | | l | modern |
| Christiana | f | f | luddic |
| Avalynn | f | f | future |
| Tryphosa | f | f | luddic |
| Dren "Cinder"| m | f | pirate |
| Jardan | m | f | future |
| Razor Tom | m | f | pirate |
+------------+---------+--------+--------------------------+
Factions in Starsector pull from different name categories in 'person_names.csv', each with its own weighting. For example, the Luddic Path favours the `luddic` category, while Pirates draw from many. I've tried to preserve the tone of each: intense and biblical for Luddics, grim and call-signed for Pirates, multicultural for `world`, etc.
Run the name generator during character creation to test — the output adjusts depending on selected portrait and gender.
This mod aims to blend naturally with vanilla. It’s fully compatible with everything and free for reuse or expansion.
Future Plans:- Expand the list with more lore-friendly names
- Strengthen underused categories like 'myth' and 'old english'
- Balance the male/female ratio (currently slightly skewed male)
- Stay current with Starsector updates
Installation:- Extract to *\Fractal Softworks\Starsector\mods
ChangelogSpoiler
v1.0.2 (2025-05-04)
- Updated for Starsector version 0.98a
- Added ~900 new names (total now over 2,600)
- Expanded future-style names with sci-fi/space opera influences
- Rebalanced categories (cleaned up mis-tags in "modern", "world", "myth")
- Refined gender assignments and added more unisex names
- Expanded and clarified pirate-only names
- Now hosted on GitHub:
v1.0.1 (2023-05-19)
- Updated for Starsector version 0.96a
v1.0.0 (2022-06-30)
