On Thu, 13 May 2004, der Mouse wrote:
> > I need names for 50 kinds of cargo for a SPACE TRADER game...
>
> > My imagination gave out after the first 8-10 ...
>
> Depending on things such as time-in-transit and environment provided by
> the ships, some of these may not work, but here are some ideas. Of
> course, you can also invent things; much sf includes invented foods,
> animals, devices, etc, that you can steal names from.
How about giving the cargo a vintage computer theme?
Microprocessors
RAM
EPROMs
Diskettes
9-track tapes
Bubble Memory Modules
Disc packs
Punch cards
Paper tape rolls
Front panel switches
etc.
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Received on Thu May 13 2004 - 13:38:59 BST