WHC System Naming Scheme

The Wormhole Campus uses a set of rules and guidelines to generate logical names for the many Wormhole Space systems it might be connected to. The original names of the systems (aka J-Sig) are difficult to convey over comms and chat. These rules are collectively referred to as our mapping scheme and bookmarking scheme.

Scheme & Examples

• Our home systems is named Innuendo, often shortened to "Innu".
• Our static C3 is always named Bacon and takes "B" as a short-handle.
• Our static highsec is always named Eggs and takes "E" as a short-handle.
• Eggs and Bacon are technically E1 and B1, but the number can be omitted.
• All other incoming or outgoing wormholes from Innuendo are assigned a unique letter to the map.
• The letters C, H, L and N are banned, never use them for names.

If the following explanation confuses you, fear not for there are many examples to help out below: Each W-Space system is named as a derivative of the previously discovered adjacent system. Wormholes are bookmarked in order of discovery or the scanners preference. The wormhole discovered first increments the current system number by one, while all other wormholes get a letter unique to the map and are prefixed with the current systems letters the scanner is in. Additionally, K-Space systems and wormholes are suffixed with H (for highsec), L (for lowsec), N (for nullsec). If the chain has more than one defining letter, separate the last chain defining letter from the rest with "-".

Here is a easier to read version of the decision making process. Note that it doesn't include the bookmarking scheme format.

1. Scan system
2. Ignore the wormhole that leads back
3. Warp to wormhole
4. Check where it leads to
   • IF it is the first wormhole you're checking;
     • Name it as <current system name>
     • AND <replace number with next>
     • IF it leads to K-Space add H, L or N for highsec, lowsec or nullsec respectively
     • RETURN TO POINT 3
   • ELSE
     • Get current system name
     • Pick next letter in alphabet, unless it's banned or has been used
     • Name it <current system name without number><picked letter>1
     • IF it leads to K-Space ADD H, L or N for highsec, lowsec or nullsec respectively
     • RETURN TO POINT 3

Examples

Assume you are scanning

File:WHCMapperExample1.png

A scanner has scanned the B system and added the connecting systems.

in a fresh system. You have entered the system from B1 (aka B or Bacon). You find 3 unscouted wormholes and the 4th is your way back. You ignore the one that goes back towards Innuendo;

• The first wormhole you find leads to lowsec. You should name the system behind it B2L.
  • B: chain you are in
  • 2: because 2 comes after 1
  • L: because it leads to lowsec
• The second wormhole you find leads to "dangerous unkown space". You should name the system BD1.
  • B: chain you are in
  • -: seperate previous chain(s) from the one you are creating
  • D: B2 is already taken, pick first unbanned letter from alphabet
  • 1: it's the first system in the new B-D chain
• The third wormhole you find leads to another C3. You should name the system BF1.
  • B: chain you are in
  • -: seperate previous chain(s) from the one you are creating
  • F: E is taken for Eggs, so we pick the next letter
  • 1: it's the first system in the new B chain