Species Development Committee
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Welcome to the home of the Species Development Committee. We are responsible for the creation of new species, updating old species and doing rewrites on all species that may require it. Currently the SDC is busy rewriting most of the species entries on the Intelligent Lifeform Index. Anyone can be a member of this team. All we require is an interest in the various species found in the Star Trek universe.
New here?
Just joined UFOP: SB118, and want to help out? You've come to the right place! You must be a full Ensign before you can be a part of a team, but once you are, just head to the Species Development Committee Yahoo! Group and request membership.
Species Projects
Once you have become a member of the SDC you will be able to work on various species projects such as:
- 1) The creation of brand new species
- 2) Expanding and rewriting old species entries
- 3) Adding new data that has been created by players during their simming adventures
- 4) Researching the internet for data regarding various species
New or Rewritten Species
All these projects go through a few simple steps.
- 1) Research must be done to find any CANON data that is available. CANON data is anything found in a Star Trek TV episode, Star Trek Movie or written publication authorized by Star Trek, Paramount. This data MUST be included.
- 2) A wiki page on our own SB118 wiki needs to be created for a new species or you will use the existing wiki page for a species that will be undergoing a rewrite.
- 3) A under construction banner will be inserted at the top of the page. To do this you will use 2 { followed by the capitol letters UC and then by 2 more }
- 4) Next a Species Template must be added to the SB118 wiki page for that species and then filled in starting with all CANON data first.
- 5) When it has been finished you will contact the Head of the SDC.
- 6) The Head of the SDC will review the wiki page and make any suggestions towards corrections that may be needed. After that he will contact all the members of the SDC and have them vote on the species.
- 7) If the species passes the vote the Under Construction banner will be removed by the Head of the SDC.
SDC Team
All the members of the SDC are available to assist with creative feedback, suggestions or advice.
SDC Mandate
The SDC is dedicated to the over all improvement and development of every species entry on our own SB118 wiki. This is for a few reasons.
- First so as to provide our players with the best resource available when picking a species to play or use in a sim.
- Next so that all new species created by this community can be preserved for future use.
- So that new ideas and concepts created during a simming adventure are saved and preserved for future use on the correct species wiki page.
In this way we hope that with time our species will grow and develop into complex and fully realized races with histories, customs, backgrounds in such a way as to make them individuals like the more recognised and established races we all know and love such as Klingons, Cardassians, Vulcans, Romulans, Andorians and Bajorans just to name a few.