VB6 Aurora:Empire Theme

Main Empire Theme is chosen at startup and determines the automatically generated names of your ships, ranks, and systems. It can be changed to an extent mid-game in the race menu (Ctrl+F2). Following is a sample of the names each theme uses. If you are playing a game with a theme not listed, please contribute.

ASEAN

Naval Officers

1. Fleet Admiral
2. Admiral
3. Vice Admiral
4. Rear Admiral
5. Commodore
6. Captain
7. Commander
8. Lieutenant Commander

Ground Forces Officers

1. Lieutenant General
2. Major General
3. Brigadier General
4. Colonel

Ship Names

• Jerong
• Ratanakosin
• Steadfast
• Conrado Yap
• Kasturi
• Tapi
• Swordsman
• Jacinto
• Ahmad Yani
• Kedah

System Names

• Hat Yai
• Rangoon

Deutschland

Naval Officers

1. Admiral
2. Vizeadmiral
3. Kontreadmiral
4. Kommodore
5. Kapitan zur See
6. Fregattankapitan

Ground Forces Officers

1. Generalleutenant
2. Generalmajor
3. Brigadegeneral
4. Oberst

Ship Names

• Bayern
• Deutschland
• Gneisenau
• Hamburg
• Konig
• Rheinland
• Scharnhorst
• Seydlitz
• Tirpitz
• Nassau
• Von Roeder

System Names

• Berlin
• Hannover
• Hamburg

Andromeda

Naval Officers

1. High Guard Admiral
2. Vice Admiral
3. Admiral
4. Captain
5. Commander
6. Lieutenant Commander
7. Lieutenant
8. Lieutenant Junior Grade

Ground Forces Officers

1. Lieutenant General
2. Major General
3. Brigadier General
4. Colonel

Ship Names

• Glorious Heritage
• Righteous Fist
• Stellar Wrath
• Eternal Diligence
• Pride of Kaldera
• Siege Perilous
• Victorys Crucible
• To Seek To Find
• Fingers of Dawn
• Seven Pillars

System Names

• Tarn Vedra
• Sissnik

Odd

Naval Officers

1. Magician
2. Sorcerer
3. Cleric
4. Merenary (sic)
5. Soldier
6. Pirate
7. Outlaw

Ground Forces Officers

1. Sorcerer
2. Cleric
3. Merenary (also sic)
4. (Missing)

Ship Names

• Anklenumb
• Bumblepuff
• Ballmuck
• Cloddumb
• Thimblegrumbleclown
• Knucklepuff
• Bonefumble
• Loafdolt
• Munchnit
• Doofsnark

System Names

• Techa
• Chraough

Rigelian (Historical)

Naval Officers

1. High Swordsman
2. Swordsman of Many Stars
3. Swordsman of Stars
4. Swordsman of Worlds
5. Greater Swordsman
6. Great Axebearer
7. Axebearer

Ground Forces Officers

1. Swordsman of Stars
2. Swordsman of Worlds
3. Greater Swordsman
4. Great Axebearer

Ship Names

• Bombina
• Tambacounda
• Boko Tamboko
• Khalkfontein
• Chukudu Gozimi
• Timbedra
• Hanj Monakah
• Yoshinu Camamba
• Ozhmord
• Homtet

System Names

• Kalizwali
• Rigel

Rigelian (Steve)

Naval Officers

1. High Swordsman
2. Swordsman of Many Stars
3. Swordsman of Stars
4. Swordsman of Worlds
5. Swordsman
6. Samurai
7. Ronin

Ground Forces Officers

1. Swordsman of Stars
2. Swordsman of Worlds
3. Swordsman
4. Samurai

Ship Names

• Intrepid
• Tribal
• Discovery
• Invincible
• Iwo Jima
• Mulberry
• Liberty
• Resolution
• River
• Sentry

System Names

• Rigel
• Harvest

Terran Federation

Naval Officers

1. Sky Marshal
2. Fleet Admiral
3. Admiral
4. Vice Admiral
5. Rear Admiral
6. Commodore
7. Captain
8. Commander

Ground Forces Officers

1. Lieutenant General
2. Major General
3. Brigadier General
4. Colonel

Ship Names

• Discovery
• Napoleon
• Outreach
• Nelson
• Brazwell
• Rodney
• Queensland
• Cornwallis
• Argentina
• Oregon
• Rommel
• Spruance
• Prince of Wales
• Revenge
• Scipio
• Churchill
• King Louis
• Semmes
• Collingwood
• Forrest
• Ironsides
• Yugoslavia
• New York
• Tigris
• Guderian
• Chihuahua
• Greece
• Goto
• Thunderer
• Comet
• Viking
• Pegasus
• Independence
• Cromwell
• McKinley
• Cobra
• Wolfhound
• Scimtar (sic)
• Kongo
• Majestic
• Iowa
• Apache
• Achilles
• Fletcher
• Shark
• Guardian
• Essex
• Valiant
• Wellington

System Names

• Proxima Centauri
• Tau Ceti

Tolkien

Naval Officers

1. General
2. Colonel
3. Major
4. Captain
5. Sergeant
6. Warrior
7. Squire

Ground Forces Officers

1. Colonel
2. Major
3. Captain
4. Sergeant

Ship Names

• Naraithsol
• Dulalas
• Glamatus
• Duldrus
• Augcating
• Gomalus
• Analis
• Alalsil
• Alatol
• Glamduras

System Names

• Isorfindir
• Galorfing