diff --git a/Assets/Scripts/ServerShared/Galaxy.cs b/Assets/Scripts/ServerShared/Galaxy.cs
index 89fa80794..7291a0c38 100644
--- a/Assets/Scripts/ServerShared/Galaxy.cs
+++ b/Assets/Scripts/ServerShared/Galaxy.cs
@@ -333,12 +333,13 @@ public class Galaxy
         ref Random random,
         Action<string> progressCallback = null)
     {
+        var used = new HashSet<string>();
         for (var i = 0; i < Factions.Length; i++)
         {
             progressCallback?.Invoke($"Feeding Markov Chains: {i + 1} / {Factions.Length}");
             //if(progressCallback!=null) Thread.Sleep(250); // Inserting Delay to make it seem like it's doing more work lmao
             var faction = Factions[i];
-            _nameGenerators[faction] = new MarkovNameGenerator(ref random, cache.Get(faction.GeonameFile).Names, nameGeneratorSettings);
+            _nameGenerators[faction] = new MarkovNameGenerator(ref random, cache.Get(faction.GeonameFile).Names, nameGeneratorSettings, used);
         }
 
         // Generate zone name using the owner's name generator, otherwise assign catalogue ID
diff --git a/Assets/Scripts/ServerShared/MarkovNameGenerator.cs b/Assets/Scripts/ServerShared/MarkovNameGenerator.cs
index cf58a7b91..528684f40 100644
--- a/Assets/Scripts/ServerShared/MarkovNameGenerator.cs
+++ b/Assets/Scripts/ServerShared/MarkovNameGenerator.cs
@@ -14,14 +14,17 @@ public class MarkovNameGenerator
 {
     private Dictionary<string, List<char>> _chains = new Dictionary<string, List<char>>();
     private List<string> _samples = new List<string>();
-    private static List<string> _used = new List<string>();
+    // The names already given, shared by every generator that must not repeat another's: a galaxy passes one set to
+    // all its factions' generators. Never process-wide, so one galaxy's names cannot change the next galaxy's.
+    private readonly HashSet<string> _used;
     private int _order;
     private int _minLength;
     private int _maxLength;
     private Random _random;
 
-    public MarkovNameGenerator(ref Random random, IEnumerable<string> sampleNames, NameGeneratorSettings settings)
+    public MarkovNameGenerator(ref Random random, IEnumerable<string> sampleNames, NameGeneratorSettings settings, HashSet<string> used)
     {
+        _used = used;
         var names = new HashSet<string>();
         foreach (var line in sampleNames)
         {
@@ -41,6 +44,7 @@ public class MarkovNameGenerator
     
     public MarkovNameGenerator(ref Random random, IEnumerable<string> sampleNames, int order, int minLength, int maxLength)
     {
+        _used = new HashSet<string>();
         _random = random;
 
         _order = max(1, order);
@@ -113,12 +117,6 @@ public class MarkovNameGenerator
         }
     }
 
-    //Reset the used names
-    public void Reset()
-    {
-        _used.Clear();
-    }
-
     //Get a random letter from the chain
     private char GetLetter(string token)
     {