From Starfarer

Resources & Links

Character Creation, Development & Writing

• Player Guide
• How To Get Your Character Noticed: Making Them Memorable
• How Does Your Character Talk?
• Say What Your Character Means
• Baby Names: Includes background information on names and a random generator
• Fiction Factor: Advice on character creation and development
• Google Image Search: Great for character pictures
• Uncle Orson's Writing Class: Detailed and catagorised writing advice
• The Elements of Style: One must first know the rules to break them

Simming

• Ten Rules for SIMming
• Planetary Classifications

Star Trek Species Info

• Bajoran
• Klingon
• Romulan
• Cardassians
• Breen

General Star Trek Resources

• Introduction to Basic Treknology
• Daystrom Institute Technical Library: Large information resource
• Memory Alpha: Huge wiki-based information resource
• Startrek.com: The official Star Trek website
• Star Trek Dimension - The Archival Edition: Includes heaps of info on stuff and star charts, etc.
• Ex Astris Scientia: A wonderful Trek resource library

Keep in Touch with Others - Instant Messengers and Chat

• Skype: A free audio / visual Instant Messenger for PC or Mac
• mIRC: Internet Relay Chat (IRC) for PC
• Snak: IRC for Mac
• Trillian: All IMs in one for PC
• Miranda: All IMs in one for PC
• AdiumX: All IMs in one for Mac
• Pidgin: All IMs + IRC for Windows, Linux, BSD, and other Unixes