There are 100 predetermined names for outposts exists for every game. Many of them refer to various myths, persons, or objects related to the ocean or water. Here they are:
An asterisk (*) denotes an unsure description. Please contribute any info you may know!
Adama (user AdmiralAdama, veteran and notable alpha tester; Name of William Adama of Battlestar Galatica) |
Adria |
Ahab (Name of the captain in "Moby Dick") |
Ahti (Finnish god of depths, water, and fishing) |
Albreed (*Al Reed mentioned in credits) |
Archanis (a star referenced in the Star Trek series) |
Ausich (Arlie Ausich mentioned in the credits) |
Bahat |
Benthic (ecological zone at the lowest level of a body of water) |
Billante (*related to conserving fish) |
Boxlighter (*Bruce Boxleitner, actor known for his work on Tron and Babylon 5) |
Calhamer (Allan B. Calhamer was the inventor of the game "Diplomacy") |
Cebu (Island in the Phillipines) |
Champino (user mentioned in credits, veteran and notable beta tester Champinoman) |
Chongos |
Clarkrye |
Congo (named after beta player and forums moderator czechcongo) |
Cousteau (Jacques Cousteau, inventor of the aqualung, and famed underwater explorer.) |
Dakuwaqa (In Fijian mythology, a shark-god) |
Deepcore (2000 movie where a strange reaction under Earth's surface damages the planet's inner structure) |
Dejongh |
Donatu (a planet referenced in the Star Trek series) |
El-Farolito ("The Lighthouse" in spanish) |
Enki (Sumerian God of crafts, mischief, water, seawater, lakewater, intelligence, and creation) |
Fam (*FAM stands for Flexible Axis Meter, a water measurement meter) |
Fate (user mentioned in credits,veteran and notable beta tester FateCreatr) |
Feld (Board Game designer Stefan Feld, well-known for The Castles of Burgundy and Trajan) |
Gabler (Kyle Gabler is mentioned in the credits) |
Gandhi |
Garfield (Richard Garfield, game designer, most notable for Magic: The Gathering) |
Goss |
Gotengo (fictional submarine battleship seen in many Japanese films, including Godzilla). |
Hagai (*Hebrew prophet called Haggai) |
Haik (*garment worn by Moroccans) |
Hashimoto (*Hashimoto's disease where your immune systems attacks your thyroid) |
Hatoria |
Hellman (*David Hellman, artist, known for Braid; Martin Hellman, American cryptologist) |
Hook (fictional pirate with a hook for his hand, from John Barrie's book Peter Pan) |
Humblerod (Rod Humble is mentioned in the credits, former CEO of Linden Lab and Executive VP for the EA play labe) |
Isaksen |
Kai-chan |
Kanola |
Kiesling (Game designer Michael Kiesling, notable for collaborations with Wolfgang Kramer) |
King (*Horror writer Stephen King) |
Kramer (Game designer Wolfgang Kramer, notable for collaborations with Michael Kiesling) |
Kyburz (Named after Jay Kryburz, creator of Neptunes' pride.) |
Lir (Personification of sea god in Irish mythology) |
Magellan (a Portuguese explorer who led part of the first expedition around the world) |
Mandela (*refers to former South African president and revolutionary Nelson Mandela) |
Maranga |
Mazu (Chinese patron goddess said to protect seafarers) |
McGuire |
Naija (*refers to slang of Nigerian) |
Nautilus (Name of fictional submarine in Jules Verne's "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea") |
Nemo (Name of Captain which operates the Nautilus in Jules Verne's "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea") |
Neptune (Roman god of the sea, horses; eighth planet from Sun, and is blue) |
Oaktown |
October (*refers to movie "The Hunt for Red October" featuring a submarine chase) |
Paricia |
Phillips |
Poseidon (Greek god of the Sea) |
Poteca |
Proteus (Greek god of changing waters. Son of Posiedon) |
Ran |
Raven |
Roberts |
Rokovoko (In "Moby Dick," fictional island home of the character Queequeg. Said to be "an island far away to the West and South" from New England) |
Ruiz |
Sagan (Carl Sagan, famous astronomer and author) |
Saltmine |
Samet (*Ko Samet is an eastern Island of Thailand) |
Seabass (oceangoing fish) |
Sedna (Inuit goddess of the sea and marine animals) |
Serenity (*Firefly TV series, also title of 2005 movie) |
Shaneville (Shane Nakamura is the name of the artist for Subterfuge) |
Shasta (*refers to Mount Shasta, California) |
Sivan (ninth month of the civil year and the third month of the ecclesiastical year on the Hebrew calendar) |
Smithrand |
Solo (named by alpha user Kjallstrom after captain Han Solo) |
Soren (*Soren Johnson, game designer and programmer most notable for his work on the Civilization series) |
SSAM-BAR (*a type of Korean food) |
Stella |
Suijin (Shinto god of water in Japan) |
Suukyi |
Tamir |
Tangaroa (God of the sea in Maori phenomology) |
Thunderbird (*Giant mythological bird that brought massive thunderstorms) |
Tiberius (*Roman emperor) |
Tometz |
Triton (A reference to the similar game, Neptunes' Pride 2 Triton. Also the son of Greek sea god Poseidon) |
Tyrion (*refers to Tyrion Lannister of popular show "Game of Thrones") |
Vaccarino (Donald X. Vaccarino, board Game designer, well known for Dominion) |
Varuna (Hindu god of water and the celestial ocean) |
Verne (Named after Jules Verne, author of 20,000 leagues under the sea.) |
Vintgar |
Wallace (Martin Wallace, notable board game designer) |
Wilkes |
Wohlwend (Greg Wohlwend is mentioned in the credits, American independent game creator) |
Woodridge (a neighborhood where alpha tester KalleMacD resides) |
Yamato (Japanese battleship in WWII) |