I was thinking that since the creatures generated are obviously structured from a pool of body parts and colours, those body parts should be named. All. Then, when a planet is visited, the player could use an identification tool to log the creature into a bestiary. When a creature is logged, known attacks will be recorded, as well as the coordinates, ring, and planet the creature was last seen on. This would allow an easier time deciding on pets to capture. You could recall all the creatures you've seen in order to best choose.
That would be awesome! Although I think that the bodyparts should be used as a general guideline, and players should be allowed to make their own scientific names/common names.
That's what I was hoping for in the first place. But I know nothing of how much space and info each idea would take. I simply assume that if Chucklefish did it, it wouldn't be quite so big. But again, I don't know. (But on a side note, if you know of EA's Spore, I always found a hard time naming my creations regardless of their features)
