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Old February 8th, 2006, 11:10 AM   #15
Eric Paddon
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I try to draw from as diverse a pool as I can, including Greece/Rome, the Bible and even the random modern name or two (which there is precedent for when you have the head of the Agro Ship being "Carmichael").

Two names I would add to the general list that I've found good use of:

Antipas (from Herod Antipas of the NT. My main male Council villain)
Lydia (also from Rome and the NT. She's becoming the female Council villain.)

And for Commander Cain's late wife I decided on Bethany, which while a place location in the Bible, works as a feminine name.

And sometimes, I like to come up with a name that represents an obscure personal in-joke of sorts in which the name doesn't sound modern or ancient but has a hidden meaning known only to myself. For the head waiter on the Rising Star, whom we see in "Long Patrol" and "Man With Nine Lives" I came up with the name of Zeibert, the in-joke being that Duke Zeibert was the proprietor of a famous Washington D.C. restaurant where the powerful and famous used to hang out.
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