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I've been building up a GSC force, but I'm having trouble settling in an in-universe name. The idea is that an ancient Imperial shipping/trading company has been partially infiltrated by GSC, and so the cult can operate and travel using their resources.

Background fluff:


I want to echo something like the Weyland-Yutani Corporation from Alien, the Spacing Guilds from Dune, the Dutch East India Company and/or Lovecraft and H. R. Giger generally. Examples of names I've considered:

Outer Calixis Trading Company
Arkham Trade Consortium
Spinward Stars Trade Consortium
Guild of Armsmen

I'd like to hear any additional suggestions, I'm still spitballing here.

And of course, pics because why not:

Omega Corp

Ourosboros Trade Cartel


(Personally, I’d go with a non-company name as “The Ragpickers” - a WHFB profession and reference to the rag-tag fleet...)

Emperor's Bow Trading
Alpha Calixis Merchant Emporium (ACME)
Old Night Shipping
or!
Ferrum De Exemplius
You can fudge it enough to say it's a high gothic translation for Example of Iron, or Iron Standard or something like that.
plus.. it's short for
Fedex
You said it was old.

Third Arm Galactic Logistics

Spiral Arm Trade Co.
The Beneficient Association of Grand Mercher Houses
Terran East Galactic Company

Are you looking for a name for the trade consortium or the cult? Shouldn't they be different?

To come up with a name for the consortium, you should first invent its history.

To come up with a name for the cult, you should consider their specific beliefs.

I took the name of a major company where I live that everyone in town pretty much owes for the city to exist;

The Cult of INCO


It helps that it's a mining town...

Tentacular Spectacular.

Complete Universal Logistical Transport

The Exoterra Syndicate
The Voidrunner Syndicate

As for names with a cultier feel, ask yourself what would the host society venerate. Cults use the existing beliefs of their hosts to sway the populace to their cause.

My agriworld is populated by noble families who are the masters of hereditary farms that feed billions. The harvesters are referred to as threshers; some of these machines are massive, while others are teams of solo piloted "stunt" threshers, while still others are mindless treaded servitors. A Thresher House's method of harvesting and the crops they grow are what give them their identities. Picture Necromunda, accept all the gangs are grimdark/ madmax farmers. But one thing they all have in common is that most recognize and venerate the 'Thresher' as a symbol.

So in our campaign, the Genestealer Cult growing among the populace has chosen the name Cult of the Living Thresher. They worship their four armed masters as harvesters of the flesh.

(This concept is what I had in mind when I suggested Voidrunner Syndicate; among star faring cultures, the Voidborn are likely to be held in particular regard)

Vortex Incorporated

 JohnnyHell wrote:
Third Arm Galactic Logistics

I think that one.

TCFC GmbH
Trade consortium frontier company, Gemeinschaft mit begrenzter Haftbarkeit.

A sub company with limited legal juristiction specialized in frontier trade and ofcourse frontier justice.

Galactic Societal Corporation?

 NoiseMarine with Tinnitus wrote:
Galactic Societal Corporation?

That sounds more like a Union within the trade consortium.
Instead of part of the company.

I mean it can work

recaf wrote:
Spiral Arm Trade Co.

This is really clever. Works on a couple of different levels.