So I decided to see what the other side was like.
Imagine my DELIGHT when I found I could transform myself into a hot TRIBBLE green chick! And surround myself with an away-team of barely dressed TRIBBLE battle-goddesses!

WOOT!

This should be amusing.
Oh and HORTWORT PAY ATTENTION: I am NOT a TRIBBLE green chick in real life. My days of being TRIBBLE... and green have been over for a long time.
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The Klingons get the best cookies... because we steal them from the Federation.
*Captain Marie beams down into bakery with Fully Armed TRIBBLE Battle Goddess Away Team*
"HELLO COOKIE-MAN---whatcha got in the box....?"
<_____> sad face
Got a younger sister? ^.^
There should be an easier way...
Typically what I do for new characters is have a mail stashed with MK X deflectors/engines that I get from random mish drops. 99% of them won't sell in the exchange for more than what you can get by vendoring them anyhow and it won't cost you a single EC. Each MK X engine/deflector will get the character like 30k EC to work with and one is enough to get a good start with a new char.
Even lower MK engines/deflectors can work well for providing a good start-up EC fund for a new char.
Anyone up for some PVP later this afternoon... say 1PM DST/East Coast?
It was fun I assure you. I don't mind geting bulldozered every time I play I learn something new.