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SenGrisane

Trekkies assemble!

TLDR: Gimme design ideas for NPCs for a Star Trek RP.

I need help. I promised I'd game master for a friend a SciFi pen and paper game.
We settled on Star Trek with the vibe of Lower Decks. I bit tongue in cheek, indulging in the weird of the setting. I am mostly a casual fan of Star Trek so I am not very familiar with all the species and plots.

I have found the ship type I wanna use as playground. It is an old Engle Class ship of roughly 100 years old. It was damaged in battle ~70 years ago. Sold as scrap to some Ferrengi Merchants that repaired and modified it.
The modifications were extra cargo space and security measures to transport rare and dangerous goods. Materials that can't replicated. Nanites, unstable crystals, exotic pharmaceuticals, etc...

After an accident with nanites the whole Ferrengi crew was wiped out and the ship was back on the market. The Federation bought it, mostly as they didn't want Federation type ships being flown by randos. It sat in storage for a few years, but then was giving a makeover. It's going to be used similarly as the Ferrengi's did. As special transport vessel.

And here is where you guys come in:
I need a ship name.
And I need a colorful crew of NPCs (especially the higher officers) to man this thing. I thought it would be fun to ask, if a few of my watchers have favorite alien species.
Since it is a federation vessel, it still needs to have some humans among the main officers, so don't go to crazy on the aliens.

Please keep your replies short and to the point. Just the essentials: Species, Gender, unusual features, personality, position on the ship, etc... in as little words as possible. Can even be less than that and I can fill in the gaps if I like the idea.

I will pick and chose what I find inspiring.
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Blackpaw
2 weeks, 2 days ago
[Rank] Yates,  human, security (possibly head of), blind in one eyes but refuses implants or other curative measures. eyepatch optional  gruff no nonsense type, engineering school dropout, doesnt trust any tech he doesnt persoanlly understand. Nobody knows first name
Blackpaw
2 weeks, 2 days ago
Doctor ludvig. human, old, bald, always running some kind of unethical expirament on the side but bobody can prove anything.
ThaPig
2 weeks, 2 days ago
The Ferengi would probably name their ship the USS Rockefeller. Unless the new crew renames it.

How about a half Klingon half Vulcan character? He would be often divided between honor and logic. A relentless tactician who tempers rage with reason. He applies battle strategy with perfect rationality. During Pon Farr, instead of fighting for a mate, he fights WITH the mate... and mates during the fight.

He maintains the Vulcan vegetarian diet... but he must defeat the vegetable first!

Fighting style: He has invented a personal martial art that combines the Bat'leth with 3D chess.

Favorite phrases:  

"Fascinating... now die!"

"Live long and prosper... unless you cross me"

( ᐢ (oo) ᐢ )
Blackpaw
2 weeks, 2 days ago
Furball, whatever the cats are called, young, engineering apprentice (in universe equivelant), absolutely hates the nickname but can do nothing about it. Pushover nerd who probably got shoved into lockers.
caldaq
2 weeks, 2 days ago
USS Amsterdam Communications officer caitan Cougar in the older attractive woman type always dragging assorted crew off for nookie in the jeffries tubes. Ex borg chief engineer that is always sweet talking to the ships systems and the rest of the crew gossiping he is in love with the ship, and in hushed whispers physically. Vulcan captan who is emotional due to a mental breakdown, think spocks brother Sybok but most of the crew think he is a romulan not vulcan due to his emotional nature. Dolphin wepons officers tube and tank type path to the tanked controls any other species has to drain the tank or donn briething gear to man the station. Ferengi science officer gives good reports and is competent but always makes comments on profit margins of what they are scanning. Chief medical officer orion has zero empathy for pain often works without anestetic until ordered tells patients to "Suck it up" and "tough it out" crew tries their best NOT to visit them. Human very good pilot "gamer girl type" foul mouthed cussing and screaming at her station as she pilots the ship but off duty sweet gentile kind butter would not melt in her mouth, think the worst road rage driver you can imagine.
Alfador
2 weeks, 2 days ago
Species: Trill (with symbiote)
Gender: Current host is male, has memories from male and female hosts, takes all gendered pronouns and honorifics in stride.
Unusual features: Fascinated by study of dangerous objects and anomalous materials that others would run screaming from. (hence why on a ship carrying interesting things)
Personality: Mixture of wisdom of experience with almost childlike joy at new experiences.
Position: Science team.

(inspired by my Star Trek Adventures RP character who was in turn inspired by Jadzia Dax, naturally)
DusterKnucks
2 weeks, 2 days ago
Whatever you do, name the ship the U.S.S. Chatahoochee.
SenGrisane
2 weeks, 2 days ago
What does that mean?
Blackpaw
2 weeks, 1 day ago
its a river in the southern US. It shows up in country music sometimes https://youtu.be/JW5UEW2kYvc
SenGrisane
2 weeks, 1 day ago
I see. Thank you.
DusterKnucks
2 weeks, 1 day ago
A lot of Federation ships are named after American rivers and that's my favorite river.
foxboyprower
2 weeks, 1 day ago
Human, Female, Science Officer, she's always busy fetching or checking on her samples.
Limignoll
2 weeks, 1 day ago
I present a few of my own memorable PCs and NPCs:

Species: Human
Gender: male
Unusual features: lanky af for a human, seriously this dude is like 6'7". Also has a very pointed goatee.
Personality: stoic and curious, has the worst case of RBF even when making astounding discoveries
Position: science/medical - former chief medical officer, ended up getting promoted to first officer

Species: catian
Gender: female
Unusual features: three scratch marks / scar raking across left half of face. Vision and sense of smell reduced as a result.
Personality: animated! When she gets excited she gets REALLY excited, sometimes to the point of literally climbing walls. Will hiss when threatened or stressed.
Position: tactical / conn officer

Species: kzinti/ferasan
Gender: male
Unusual features: literal fat cat, think tomcat shape but on two legs. Large round face / jowls.
Personality: confident and generous! Walks around like he owns the place, refuses to apologize for the amount of space he takes up. Enjoys cooking (and sharing meals) and building things from spare parts - has MacGyver'd his way out of many a hopeless situation.
Position: engineering
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