Originally posted by. . .um, me
I have been playing around with a Species Database for ICON the last two weeks. It is not by any means meant to be a tell all source book for each species. My intended use was for a quick reference for use during character creation. . .a little detail on appearance, history, culture and of course the species template.
Each species will have a two page layout. On the left will be the Star and Planetary System Data; and on the right will be a small writeup of the species appearance and culture, a pic and the template.
At the moment I plan write ups for over 80 species (only those having appeared on screen, sorry no fan based works). Not everyone of the 80+ species will appear in the Database, I will decide which ones can be done when I get to them. For example, I doubt I will do one for the Evora (from ST:Ins.) as there is just not enough information on them to write up anything.
The background information will be from the few LUG books I have, and what I find off the net. Some of this material appears to be from the old FASA game, some of it from other Sci-Fi series and some of it is fan creation. If it makes sense to me and I like it I will include it in the write up. The Templates in the Species Databank from the TrekRPGNet main page (um, the Memory ICON page I guess, as soon as that information is transferred) will be the primary source (along with these boards) for species templates.
I am at this moment talking with Michael "The Doc" Barratt (of the "To seek out new lifeforms" thread fame) who has shown interest in assisting with the project. Owen O. has offered to turn the completed project into a .PDF file, and Dan G. has allowed the use of his species template creations for the project.
If anyone has any Templates they are willing to share for the project they would greatly be appreciated! If you don't have any Template laying around but have a species you have always been interested in, write them up and send them to me! [e-mail redwood973@yahoo.com or my TrekRPGNet Private Message Box]
I am quickly learning I will not be able to do this without your help! For instance, I have never seen the show that featured the Acamarians. I have seen the write up for the show but never actually seen it. Someone who has taken a fancy to them could write up a better Template for them than I could (hell if someone doesn't make a template for them I will most likely exclude them!).
I am doing species from all four quadrants. . .the only limitation is that they must have appeared on screen (TOS, Movie, TNG, DS9, VOY and ENT [someone else will have to do the ENT Templates as I don't get the show on my local stations, otherwise they will not be included!]).
Thanks all.