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Useful Links

starswordcstarswordc Member Posts: 10,963 Arc User
edited September 2023 in The Foundry for Star Trek Online - Discussion & Feedback
Just a list of useful links for Foundry writing. Can we get a mod to sticky this, please? EDIT: Thank you, Brandon!

Post a link and I'll add it in.

-- FoundryTalk chat channel

Wikis:
-- Memory Alpha, the live-action canon Star Trek wiki.
-- Memory Beta, the Star Trek expanded universe wiki.
-- Memory Gamma, Star Trek fanon wiki good for inspiration or story ideas (message the authors first, though). Also hosts fiction.
-- Star Trek Expanded Universe, another fanon wiki.
-- Star Trek Online Wiki from Gamepedia.
-- TV Tropes, wiki on story elements and archetypes across fiction, with forums on various media and tips on writing (among other things, the "So You Want To..." pages). Warning: TV Tropes Will Ruin Your Life. And Your Vocabulary.
---- TV Tropes index for Foundry mission pages

Tutorials and Guides:
-- Perfect World tutorial list
-- kirkfat's YouTube channel
-- Ship Scaling for NPCs from StarbaseUGC.com
-- Reskinning Ground Mobs: Rank Orders
-- Canon alien race builds from STOwiki. You want a Cardassian in faction uniform or a Denobulan, period? This is the place. (Guide is incomplete.)
-- STO Academy's canon alien race builds
-- From Wikipedia, lists of US Navy enlisted ratings and rates. Useful for making Starfleet enlisted. (Note that Starfleet seems to use "Crewman" instead of "Seaman".)
-- More kirkfat guides
-- Memory Alpha's list of undeveloped Star Trek episodes, for possible inspiration
-- Stardates Guide from TrekGuide.com (pre-STO dates only)
-- STO Academy Stardate Calculator
-- An Introduction to the Gorn, Gorn RP guide by sander233 that could be useful for writing Gorn.
-- How to calculate travel time for warp and quantum slipstream travel
-- The Path to 2409, all chapters. Besides being the place to look for the midterm daily in the game, it contains a wealth of historical information to draw from for the interim between Nemesis and STO.

Websites:
-- StarbaseUGC.com, Foundry fansite with a lot of useful goodies on it
---- StarbaseUGC chat room, for instant answers to questions.
-- Ex Astris Scientia, highly respected Star Trek fansite with tons of heavily researched information, particularly about ships
-- SF Debris, science fiction video review site with a whole heck of a lot of Star Trek, pointing out stuff that works in writing and stuff that doesn't (common plot holes to avoid and so forth).
-- Real Sector Maps for Star Trek compiled by realmalize, mapping both canon and real life stars against STO's galaxy map.
-- realmalize's warp speeds chart
-- TrekGuide.com, Star Trek episode guide and notes on stuff that appeared in them
-- STO Idrona's blog -- maps, reviews and more.
-- Behind the Name -- source for human names, including a random name generator.

Podcasts:
-- Bazag Stabs, a podcast series by our own Bazag about the Foundry.
-- The Foundry Roundtable, a weekly podcast about the foundry. Previous episodes available at this YouTube channel.

Languages:
Disclaimer: I've got no idea at all how accurate any of these are. Caveat lector.
See also Memory Alpha and Beta.
- Klingonese
-- List of Klingon maxims
-- Klingon Pocket Dictionary
-- Omniglot's page on Klingonese

- Rihannsu (Romulan)
-- Imperial Romulan Language Institute
-- English - Romulan Dictionary
-- ... and another one
-- Omniglot's page on Rihannsu

- Ferengi
-- Known words from the Ferengi language, including a couple of handy expletives for getting TRIBBLE past the radar.
-- The known Rules of Acquisition, from both the main canon and the EU.

Random Generators:
-- donjon RPG Tools, which includes various random generators that can be used to produce quest hooks, ship names and bios, alien names, etc.
-- Generator Land: Star Trek Alien Species Name Generator. The same site has probably hundreds of other generators that may come in handy.
-- Rum and Monkey.com Name Generator List. Generators specifically for Star Trek that I've located on the site:
---- Klingons and Romulans
---- Vulcans (male and female)
---- Andorians and Aenar
-- Romulan name generator from alt-starfleet-rpg.org
-- Fantasy, Science Fiction, & Speculative Fiction Names

Tools:
-- Diagram Designer, a free flowchart tool useful for planning stuff out
-- Bing Translator, which can do Klingonese on the fly (although not particularly well according to someone in another thread).
-- Standalone Star Trek Online installer. You never needed Arc before, why use it now?
-- Donperk's Foundry mission proofreading tool
-- Star Trek TrueType fonts, useful for creating mission banners

Reviews and Reviewers:
-- Let's Trade Foundry Reviews! -- Post a review of a mission listed in the OP to get yours added, including a guaranteed review by Zorbane.
-- =^.^= CatStarSTO Foundry Reviews =^.^= -- YouTube highlights video and rating by CatStarSTO.
-- Detailed Playthrough reviews for Foundry missions -- Detail reviews by Stoutes.
-- In depth mission reports upon request -- Detail reviews by Evil70th.
-- StarSword-C's Detailed Reviews of Foundry Missions -- Detail reviews by yours truly.
-- Synergy Foundry Playthroughs, a YouTube channel of playthroughs of Foundry missions. Contact @imadude3 via in-game mail to get on the list.
-- Ashkrik23's foundry mission reviews
-- STO Idrona's Foundry Playthroughs


Useful Forum Threads:
-- Tasks other than fighting
"Great War! / And I cannot take more! / Great tour! / I keep on marching on / I play the great score / There will be no encore / Great War! / The War to End All Wars"
— Sabaton, "Great War"
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    starswordcstarswordc Member Posts: 10,963 Arc User
    edited September 2013
    Reserved./10chars
    "Great War! / And I cannot take more! / Great tour! / I keep on marching on / I play the great score / There will be no encore / Great War! / The War to End All Wars"
    — Sabaton, "Great War"
    VZ9ASdg.png

    Check out https://unitedfederationofpla.net/s/
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    kirksplatkirksplat Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited September 2013
    http://starbaseugc.com/index.php/noob-guides/tutorials-guide/

    Most of my newest and most useful tutorials are not on my yt page.

    thanks for links.
    [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
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    stoutesstoutes Member Posts: 4,219 Arc User
    edited September 2013
    You put in the translater, *thumbs up* :D
    EDIT: Name generators would be handy
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    realmalizerealmalize Member Posts: 192 Arc User
    edited September 2013
    Memory Alpha

    Klingon Language:

    http://hol.kag.org/main.php?PHR=0

    http://klingonska.org/dict/

    http://www.omniglot.com/conscripts/klingon.htm
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    markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,231 Arc User
    edited September 2013
    Romulan:
    http://mrklingo.freeshell.org/romulan/engtorihan.html
    http://www.angelfire.com/ma/HHirl/rdictionary.html

    Not sure how accurate they are, but the good site I used to use is down, perhaps indefinately. :(
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    My character Tsin'xing
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    lincolninspacelincolninspace Member Posts: 1,843 Arc User
    edited September 2013
    Ex Atris Scientica, Great reference material: http://www.ex-astris-scientia.org/

    Possible inspiration?: http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Undeveloped_Star_Trek_episodes
    A TIME TO SEARCH: ENTER MY FOUNDRY MISSION at the RISA SYSTEM
    Parallels: my second mission for Fed aligned Romulans.
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    isthisscienceisthisscience Member Posts: 863 Arc User
    edited September 2013
    Great list, should be very useful. This needs to be stickied!

    You might want to include Bazag's podcasts on there, I have a feeling a very useful set of tutorials and overviews will develop quite quickly!

    I do really recommend people use Memory Beta just as much as Memory Alpha. You're not bound to it, but there's some really useful expansion on under-developed canon ideas in there.
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    starswordcstarswordc Member Posts: 10,963 Arc User
    edited September 2013
    isthisscience wrote: »
    I do really recommend people use Memory Beta just as much as Memory Alpha. You're not bound to it, but there's some really useful expansion on under-developed canon ideas in there.

    Oh, very much so. Would never have learned about Nadifa La Forge (Geordi's niece from a TNG novel whom I made into an admiral) without it.
    "Great War! / And I cannot take more! / Great tour! / I keep on marching on / I play the great score / There will be no encore / Great War! / The War to End All Wars"
    — Sabaton, "Great War"
    VZ9ASdg.png

    Check out https://unitedfederationofpla.net/s/
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    paxfederaticapaxfederatica Member Posts: 1,496 Arc User
    edited September 2013
    The Foundry Rountdtable audio podcast
    (Note that only the latest episode is posted at this URL. Previous episodes can be found on YouTube, usually with a static image as the video.)
    STAR TREK ONLINE: THE PEACEMAKERS
    My Foundry missions | My STO Wiki page | My Twitter home page
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    starswordcstarswordc Member Posts: 10,963 Arc User
    edited September 2013
    Added. Also threw in a couple Memory Beta pages I've found useful for my current project (the Ferengi language and the Rules of Acquisition).
    "Great War! / And I cannot take more! / Great tour! / I keep on marching on / I play the great score / There will be no encore / Great War! / The War to End All Wars"
    — Sabaton, "Great War"
    VZ9ASdg.png

    Check out https://unitedfederationofpla.net/s/
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    donperkdonperk Member Posts: 200 Arc User
    edited September 2013
    Here's another Romulan language page: http://www.omniglot.com/writing/romulan.htm
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    isthisscienceisthisscience Member Posts: 863 Arc User
    edited September 2013
    Stardates! I don't know what stardate calculators work well for STO, but I think we need a good list of Stardates that go from the Dominion War to STO era. Anyone know a good resource on that?
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    markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,231 Arc User
    edited September 2013
    perhaps this might be of assistance: http://trekguide.com/Stardates.htm
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    My character Tsin'xing
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    starswordcstarswordc Member Posts: 10,963 Arc User
    edited September 2013
    @isthisscience: Honestly I find it simpler to just invoke Translation Convention and give dates in Earth years. I'll stick up the link, though.
    "Great War! / And I cannot take more! / Great tour! / I keep on marching on / I play the great score / There will be no encore / Great War! / The War to End All Wars"
    — Sabaton, "Great War"
    VZ9ASdg.png

    Check out https://unitedfederationofpla.net/s/
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    starswordcstarswordc Member Posts: 10,963 Arc User
    edited September 2013
    Added the Accolade/Lore page on the STO wiki. Found it useful for writing a trivia quiz last night.
    "Great War! / And I cannot take more! / Great tour! / I keep on marching on / I play the great score / There will be no encore / Great War! / The War to End All Wars"
    — Sabaton, "Great War"
    VZ9ASdg.png

    Check out https://unitedfederationofpla.net/s/
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    kirksplatkirksplat Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited September 2013
    Instant answers to your foundry questions:

    http://starbaseugc.com/index.php/chat/
    [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
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    starswordcstarswordc Member Posts: 10,963 Arc User
    edited September 2013
    Re-requesting stickyfication of this thread.
    "Great War! / And I cannot take more! / Great tour! / I keep on marching on / I play the great score / There will be no encore / Great War! / The War to End All Wars"
    — Sabaton, "Great War"
    VZ9ASdg.png

    Check out https://unitedfederationofpla.net/s/
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    starswordcstarswordc Member Posts: 10,963 Arc User
    edited September 2013
    stoutes wrote: »
    EDIT: Name generators would be handy

    Did a little googling and added a section for various random generators.
    "Great War! / And I cannot take more! / Great tour! / I keep on marching on / I play the great score / There will be no encore / Great War! / The War to End All Wars"
    — Sabaton, "Great War"
    VZ9ASdg.png

    Check out https://unitedfederationofpla.net/s/
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    lincolninspacelincolninspace Member Posts: 1,843 Arc User
    edited September 2013
    tvtropes is a must.
    A TIME TO SEARCH: ENTER MY FOUNDRY MISSION at the RISA SYSTEM
    Parallels: my second mission for Fed aligned Romulans.
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    starswordcstarswordc Member Posts: 10,963 Arc User
    edited September 2013
    lincolninspace wrote: »
    tvtropes is a must.

    Don't get me wrong: I love troping, I'm even involved in wiki cleanup work on occasion and have added a good two dozen tropes to the catalog, but I was hesitant to add TV Tropes for two reasons: one, I wasn't sure where to put it (probably wikis, though), and two, once you link somebody to TV Tropes they'll probably be there for the next several days. :D
    "Great War! / And I cannot take more! / Great tour! / I keep on marching on / I play the great score / There will be no encore / Great War! / The War to End All Wars"
    — Sabaton, "Great War"
    VZ9ASdg.png

    Check out https://unitedfederationofpla.net/s/
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    starswordcstarswordc Member Posts: 10,963 Arc User
    edited September 2013
    You know what? What the hey.
    "Great War! / And I cannot take more! / Great tour! / I keep on marching on / I play the great score / There will be no encore / Great War! / The War to End All Wars"
    — Sabaton, "Great War"
    VZ9ASdg.png

    Check out https://unitedfederationofpla.net/s/
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    isthisscienceisthisscience Member Posts: 863 Arc User
    edited September 2013
    starswordc wrote: »
    Don't get me wrong: I love troping, I'm even involved in wiki cleanup work on occasion and have added a good two dozen tropes to the catalog, but I was hesitant to add TV Tropes for two reasons: one, I wasn't sure where to put it (probably wikis, though), and two, once you link somebody to TV Tropes they'll probably be there for the next several days. :D

    But that's the sign of a useful website! :)

    Are there any websites dedicated to videogame writing?
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    starswordcstarswordc Member Posts: 10,963 Arc User
    edited September 2013
    isthisscience wrote: »
    But that's the sign of a useful website! :)

    Are there any websites dedicated to videogame writing?

    I'm sure there are (if it exists, you can find it on the Internet) but I don't know of any.
    "Great War! / And I cannot take more! / Great tour! / I keep on marching on / I play the great score / There will be no encore / Great War! / The War to End All Wars"
    — Sabaton, "Great War"
    VZ9ASdg.png

    Check out https://unitedfederationofpla.net/s/
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    lincolninspacelincolninspace Member Posts: 1,843 Arc User
    edited September 2013
    isthisscience wrote: »
    But that's the sign of a useful website! :)

    Are there any websites dedicated to videogame writing?

    Gamasutra is the only one that comes to mind. It has blogs on all aspects of video game creation: http://www.gamasutra.com/. I am not sure how useful it is though.
    A TIME TO SEARCH: ENTER MY FOUNDRY MISSION at the RISA SYSTEM
    Parallels: my second mission for Fed aligned Romulans.
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    stoutesstoutes Member Posts: 4,219 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    apocalypse2001 wrote: »
    i wanted to ask about explosion triggers in my mission, but the ugc site seems to be down.

    I needed to know how to make the explosion happen AFTER the last required action in my interior bridge map. I've found the explosions in the list but I can't figure out how to trigger them :/

    Keep them invisible until you either reach a marker or when a dialog is finished :) .
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    stoutesstoutes Member Posts: 4,219 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    Something like that, yes. Try to play a bit with it on an empty map using either triggers or dialogs. This way you can experiment a bit with this type of fx.
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    admiralmurphy1admiralmurphy1 Member Posts: 4 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    Don't forget Foundry Files! A weekly podcast dedicated to advanced reviews of foundry missions and news coverage on the Foundry.

    http://www.youtube.com/user/FoundryFiles?feature=watch
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    starswordcstarswordc Member Posts: 10,963 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    Did whichever mod runs this subforum lose his duct tape or something? :D (Translation: Re-requesting sticky.)
    "Great War! / And I cannot take more! / Great tour! / I keep on marching on / I play the great score / There will be no encore / Great War! / The War to End All Wars"
    — Sabaton, "Great War"
    VZ9ASdg.png

    Check out https://unitedfederationofpla.net/s/
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