Spaceships can make or break a good sci-fi story. Iconic ships like the Millenium Falcon and the USS Enterprise are characters in their own right. Building a great story around a ship starts with giving her a great name…
Good Spaceship Names
Good spaceship names will immediately give the impression of being immersed in a sci-fi world of adventure and mystery. Here are some great ones to start with:
- Arcadian
- BC Remorseless
- BS Harlegand
- BS Zeus
- STS Utopia
- HWSS Rampart
- Athens
- The Raven
- Lavanda
- SC Tomahawk
USS Dream
The USS Dream was humanity’s last hope of escaping from a doomed Solar System, tasked with finding a new, inhabitable planet. Its signal suddenly went dark around 50 years ago and its crew has been uncontactable ever since – but the ship still remains floating out in space, waiting to be found…
- HWSS Atlas
- HWSS Anarchy
- STS The Promise
- Lavanda
- Last Hope
- Tortoise
- Javelin
- CS Beholder
- SC Memory
Alien Spaceship Names
Aliens form a crucial part of many sci-fi stories with their, well, alien bodies and cultures the names of the ships they pilot should be equally indecipherable.
- Corcid
- Garqoix
- Scruns
- Griknuk
- Cheilmeat
- Helvu
- Bheevet
- Vrussi
- Stuphits
Craidrex
Scourge of the stars, Craidex was a ship piloted by a fierce Drusarit captain. The alien technology was able to easily pierce the shields of humanity’s scouting ships, destroying them all.
- Thrunzun
- Nokkun
- Xukten
- Eviks
- Esai
- Mozoih
- Namno
- Shaahriex
- Sceek’uks
- Heimul
Star Wars Spaceship Names
Star Wars has a few esoteric but unmistakable naming conventions that are crucial to master if you want your names to sound authentic. Try this ones on for size until you get the hang of it:
- Duro Paramount
- Trident
- Obliterator
- Calamity
- Tie Chimera
- Falleen Chimera
- Siren
- Naboo Colossus
- Glory
Neimodia Mercenary
The flagship of Ardus Tran, feared enforcer of the Hutt Cartel. The sight of this ship alone pulling into a spaceport was usually enough to get the inhabitants to surrender the credits they “owed” to the crime syndicate.
- Fluke
- Gauntlet
- Curiosity
- Saber
- Kintan Huntress
- Insurgent
- Iridonia Pursuiter
- Trinity
- Patriot
- Rodian Tyrant
Funny Spaceship Names
Sometimes the story just needs some light relief sprinkled into the right places, in order to offset all the tension and drama. A spaceship name is a great place to drop a joke in:
- The Unstoppable Force
- The Immovable Object
- The Titanic 2
- The Autobot
- Margin
- Invisible Hand
- On Your Marx
- Northwest Passage
Silkiest Road
Perhaps its not wise to name your smuggling ship after the most famous smuggling route in human history, or perhaps its actually the most perfect double-bluff maneuver possible…
- Default Name
- They Told Me To Call It This
- Pi Is A Lie
- Milk And Two Sugars
- Awaiting Nominal Designation
- Babylon 6
- Glowbug
- Property Of The Imperial Navy
- Between Bars
- If Found, Please Return To Earth
- Under The Thumb
- Pointing The Way
That concludes our list of spaceship names! We hope you found something here that you can carry forward into your own sci-fi games, whether its a direct name or simply a new source of inspiration! Be sure to comment your favorite name below and share the article with a fellow game master.
