RPG Resources

[Jen]

Like alot of you guys I'm a big Star Trek geek, but I'm not up on lingo or Star Trek termonology. Star Wars, yes...Star Trek, not as much as I'd like. So, before I post something "technical", I either draw on my own knowledge, look it up in my TNG Technical Manual (bought it a couple of weeks ago for $5), or I look it up online to make sure what I post sounds Star Trekky. I figured these links might be helpful/interesting to other folks participating in the RPG.  Enjoy!  ;)

Books you might want to use:
Starfleet Survival Guide (I've used this a few times... lots of good stuff in it)
http://www.amazon.com/Star-Trek-Starfleet-Survival-Guide/dp/0743418425

RPG Book on Creatures and Aliens:
http://www.amazon.com/Star-Trek-Role-Playing-Game/dp/1582369089/ref=pd_sim_b_img_18
http://www.amazon.com/Star-Trek-Roleplaying-Game-Aliens/dp/1582369070/ref=pd_sim_b_img_1

Operations (pricy but I bet you can get it cheaper or used somewhere else)
http://www.amazon.com/Star-Trek-Roleplaying-Game-Operations/dp/1582369046/ref=pd_sim_b_img_6

Here's a link to the TREKS IN SCI FI RPG WIKI:
http://foursevensix.net/wiki/index.php?title=Characters

Starfleet job training-
http://www.star-fleet.com/acad/courses/

Starfleet General Orders and Regulations-
http://www.star-fleet.com/acad/library/orders.php


I also use this quite a bit when I don't know what something means or where something is in the Star Trek Universe. Its VERY detailed:
http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Portal:Main

Here are more resource sites/topics I came across:
Info on Starships, Shuttles, Equipment, Technology and History:
http://www.treknology.org

General Trek Reference material:
http://www.ex-astris-scientia.org/

Ships of the Galaxy:
http://www.starfleet-museum.org/

Treknology (The technology of Startrek):
http://www.ditl.org/

Ranks:
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs/user/roboman/www/mia/starfleet/personnel/pips.html

Basic equipment:
http://anomaly.mushpark.com/index2.html

RACES:
This one is pretty good...
http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Nebula/4156/infirmary/xeno/xeno.html

http://www.startrek.com

Bajoran
http://members.tripod.com/~Copper/
http://anomaly.mushpark.com/race-bajoran.html

Klingon
http://www.klingon.org/menu.html

Romulan
http://anomaly.mushpark.com/race-romulan.html

Betazoids
http://anomaly.mushpark.com/race-betazoid.html

Orion
http://anomaly.mushpark.com/race-orion.html

Bolian
http://anomaly.mushpark.com/race-bolian.html

Ferengi
http://anomaly.mushpark.com/race-ferengi.html


Andorian
http://anomaly.mushpark.com/race-andorian.html

Vulcan stuff
Weird yet interesting:
http://home.teleport.com/~vli/vlif.htm
http://www.angelfire.com/space/vulcan/shikahr_resources.html#4
http://www.marketaz.co.uk/StarTrek/Vulcan/Surak.html

[PepperDude]

Thanks for posting this.  I'd already been thinking that we needed something like this.  All the stuff I wrote about in the RPG (dolamide, nitrium parasites) is real Star Trek lingo.  I used Memory Alpha which you've already linked.  That website is great.  I also used:

The Particles of Star Trek. http://www.midwinter.com/~koreth/particles/

BTW, since you're the Chief Science Officer, click on this link to find out how the crew of the Enterprise got rid of those pesky nitrium parasites: http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Nitrium_parasite

[Jen]

Bump...

[KingIsaacLinksr]

Hmm, didn't know this was posted.  Time to look that stuff up.

King

[Geekyfanboy]

Hmm, didn't know this was posted.  Time to look that stuff up.

King

I just made it a sticky so it will say on top of the thread.

[Jen]

Hmm, didn't know this was posted.  Time to look that stuff up.

King

I just made it a sticky so it will say on top of the thread.

Thanks Kenny

[Jen]

Updated... I added a good Xenobiology link:
http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Nebula/4156/infirmary/xeno/xeno.html

[billybob476]

Just a small FYI on the wiki, it's been hit by some spam, I'll be cleaning it up this weekend.

[Jen]

Stupid Spammers! Sorry about that Billybob.

Here's another link I found that has some good info I found from another RPG wiki:
http://www.wiki.starbase118.net/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page
http://www.wiki.starbase118.net/wiki/index.php?title=Vulcan_%28planet%29:_Geography

[Jen]

Good info on creating characters:
http://www.wiki.starbase118.net/wiki/index.php?title=Creating_Hatchery_Characters

[iceman]

This will be helpful

[Jen]

I have been toying with the idea of writing my own Sci-Fi novel. I've always wanted to write a book, but have never really had the confidence to do so. I wasn't expecting it, but the RPG has rekindled my interest and sparked my courage. I don't know for certain that I'll see this through, but I'm starting to research what it takes to write a well crafted, compelling novel.

I thought some of you might be interested in these books I picked up recently. So far, I'm really enjoying, "Make A Scene: Crafting a Powerful Story One Scene At A time" by Jordon e. Rosenfeld. I am learning very helpful tips on constructing stories through scenes. It's quite an art and it's pivotal to the development of a "page turner". I plan to use what I've learned here to direct our RPG better. Each of our posts is a scene, and this book should help us construct them better and keep the pace of the story moving at a good clip.  If you don't want to read this book, but are still interested in it, I am contemplating reading a paragraph or two each week on the Ready Room to help our writers. Let me know if this interests any of you.

I also picked up a novel called, "Creating Characters: How To Build Story People" by Dwight V. Swain. I haven't started reading it yet, but I'll let you know when I do. I'm looking forward to learning everything I can about writing. 

[wraith1701]

...If you don't want to read this book, but are still interested in it, I am contemplating reading a paragraph or two each week on the Ready Room to help our writers. Let me know if this interests any of you.

Yes, please! 

[X]

I'm actually back to rewrites on my first book. Going from first to third is annoying, but I'm back on track and rewrote the first two chapters and the 26th chapter last week.

[Jen]

I'm still reading that book on creating scenes and will probably start a post that outlines some points I've learned. It's really good and I recommend it to anyone interested in writing professionally or in our RPG. It's not at all boring, like many text books can be, and it's RICH with information.

I also started listening to a few podcasts that offer tips to writers. The one I'm listening to now is called Tale Chasing. You can find it on iTunes. The host is an aspiring author and she relays information on her podcast that she learns from her critique groups. So far, I'm enjoying it. She recommended another podcast called Write Now that I also subscribed to.