Your Character

Perhaps one of the most important things about training is creating your character. This is your alter-ego in the Star Trek universe, and so it’s critical that you put a lot of thought and effort into making this a person you want to spend a lot of time with! In this area, we’ll walk you through the process of creating and developing your character. This will include choosing a species, a name, writing a biography, and much more.

Primary Considerations

Before you go any further, there are some rules for characters which you absolutely must abide by in the creation process. We do not allow any of the following:

  1. Telekinetics: This is the ability to move objects with your mind. Unfortunately, it creates a “power gamer” situation, where one person has much more power over others.
  2. Sexually explicit or disgusting characters: When describing characters, please be sure to keep them decent.
  3. Superhero abilities: None of the allowed species can fly, burn objects with their eyes, or other such abilities which generally are found in superhero comics.
  4. Q characters: As with telekinetics, Qs, Dowds, and such are simply too powerful for our use.
  5. Federation enemies: Distinct enemies of the Federation, such as the Borg or the Breen, are not allowed.
  6. Delta Quadrant races: We do not allow characters whose species originated in the Delta Quadrant.
  7. Characters seen onscreen: You are not allowed to play a character who has appeared on any Trek series or movie.
  8. Section 31 members: Section 31 is a tiny, and extremely exclusive organization. Less than 0.1% of StarFleet members would be a part of it. As such, Section 31 characters may only be played by group staff, and only in specific circumstances.
  9. Pre-warp species: The Prime Directive of the Federation requires that no one disturb pre-warp species. As such, it's unlikely that an entity from a pre-warp flight species would find its way into StarFleet.

Choosing a Species

Perhaps one of the most important parts of your character is the species you choose. As such, we encourage you to visit our Intelligent Lifeform Index (ILI) before you consider anything else in your character creation process. The ILI has a list of all species which we allow to be played by members of our fleet. Choosing from this list will ensure that you don't create a character around a species we don't allow!

Character Guilds

Guilds are small groups of people who share common, In Character interests. Below are the guilds that are currently active within the group. Head to their website to find out more information about them...

  • Characters Guild: For general information about developing characters.
  • Readers Guild: This, the first guild to be formed within our group, is for those who play Telepathic or Empathic species.
  • Lambda Alliance: This guild is for anyone who plays a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered, or Non-Gendered character.
  • Guild of Vulcans: For anyone who plays a Vulcan.


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