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Create Risians

antiquesroadshowantiquesroadshow Member Posts: 227 Arc User
edited June 2015 in Star Trek Online General Discussion
i wish we could make Risian characters in the alien creator. Anybody else think this would be a great cheap way to make more lore characters?
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  • iconiansiconians Member Posts: 6,987 Arc User
    edited June 2015
    It's a good idea. I've asked for it for a while. Cryptic could probably make some money with minimum effort by selling Risian, Deltan, El-Aurian, etc. Captains. But considering we've yet to see them make the push from Aenar Bridge Officers to Aenar Captains, I wouldn't hold my breath over it.

    Unless they wanted to go the extra mile and give each species unique traits, they could really just repackage something from the alien creator and people would buy them up.
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  • benben500benben500 Member Posts: 112 Arc User
    edited June 2015
    That would be nice. There is minimal effort required. Risians need the forehead symbol (already in game on npcs), Deltans need to be bald (maybe with the seductive trait, it's been a while since I watched tmp and I don't remember everything about Deltans), and El Aurians need Guinan hats (doesn't the club 47 bartender already have one?).
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  • gavinrunebladegavinruneblade Member Posts: 3,894 Arc User
    edited June 2015
    +1 to this idea
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  • nickodaemusnickodaemus Member Posts: 711 Arc User
    edited June 2015
    Why is it Risians? The planet is Risa, not Risia - so Risan would be appropriate instead of the many years of Risian we've been blathering about.
  • starswordcstarswordc Member Posts: 10,966 Arc User
    edited June 2015
    nickodaemus wrote: »
    Why is it Risians? The planet is Risa, not Risia - so Risan would be appropriate instead of the many years of Risian we've been blathering about.

    Why is it Dutch instead of Netherlandian? Why is it American instead of United Statesian?* Because it is. Likely whoever first wrote them in the TV show thought "Risian" sounded better.

    * Funnily enough, in Spanish it really is United Statesian. (estadounidense, from Estados Unidos)
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  • iconiansiconians Member Posts: 6,987 Arc User
    edited June 2015
    darthmeow504 wrote: »
    Aren't Risians just humans who were born on Risa?

    No. Risians are like a number of other human-looking aliens who from all outward appearances look human but have different internal organs. Enterprise established that Risians are truly alien.
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  • jonsillsjonsills Member Posts: 10,473 Arc User
    edited June 2015
    iconians wrote: »
    No. Risians are like a number of other human-looking aliens who from all outward appearances look human but have different internal organs. Enterprise established that Risians are truly alien.
    Well, since we never see our toons' internal organs, just make a human and call it a Risian, I guess...
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  • bloodyrizbloodyriz Member Posts: 1,756 Arc User
    edited June 2015
    jonsills wrote: »
    Well, since we never see our toons' internal organs, just make a human and call it a Risian, I guess...

    Still need the forehead stamp though.
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  • mackbolan01mackbolan01 Member Posts: 580 Arc User
    edited June 2015
    +1 to this idea
  • warpangelwarpangel Member Posts: 9,427 Arc User
    edited June 2015
    All it would really take is adding the forehead symbol in the tattoos and scars list.
  • djehuti2014djehuti2014 Member Posts: 40 Arc User
    edited June 2015
    warpangel wrote: »
    All it would really take is adding the forehead symbol in the tattoos and scars list.

    Yep ... sounds like something for the GPL or Event Store !
  • bloodyrizbloodyriz Member Posts: 1,756 Arc User
    edited June 2015
    warpangel wrote: »
    All it would really take is adding the forehead symbol in the tattoos and scars list.

    I asked for this in the official costume request thread quite a while ago. Well not asked for it to be a scar/tattoo but that placement makes sense. My main is a Bajoran who lingers on Risa year round when she has time.

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  • binebanebinebane Member Posts: 557 Arc User
    edited June 2015
    so risan would be like fed version of orions? em... no thank you. besides they are all about make love not war...
  • astro2244astro2244 Member Posts: 623 Arc User
    edited June 2015
    iconians wrote: »
    No. Risians are like a number of other human-looking aliens who from all outward appearances look human but have different internal organs. Enterprise established that Risians are truly alien.

    So pretty much Jaffa. :D
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  • nickodaemusnickodaemus Member Posts: 711 Arc User
    edited June 2015
    starswordc wrote: »
    Why is it Dutch instead of Netherlandian? Why is it American instead of United Statesian?* Because it is. Likely whoever first wrote them in the TV show thought "Risian" sounded better.

    * Funnily enough, in Spanish it really is United Statesian. (estadounidense, from Estados Unidos)

    Uh, they call themselves Nederlanders in their own language, and it's United States of America, so Americans. Risians is simply incorrect, and I rather doubt that it occurred under the circumstance you are citing. More like common parlance has perverted it to the incorrect form through much misuse.

    http://en.memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Risian
  • binebanebinebane Member Posts: 557 Arc User
    edited June 2015
    what if we could get risan boff next year?
    also some UR doffs please.
  • antiquesroadshowantiquesroadshow Member Posts: 227 Arc User
    edited June 2015
    well with the new options there adding finally maybe we can get some more species in the creator. we are way too limited for an mmo of star trek quality to not be able to make a lot of cannon aliens. i have never played an mmo with such limited options.
  • mirrorchaosmirrorchaos Member Posts: 9,844 Arc User
    edited June 2015
    antiquesroadshow wrote: »
    i wish we could make Risian characters in the alien creator. Anybody else think this would be a great cheap way to make more lore characters?

    no. its either its own playable race or i dont want it. like the various pieces to the jem'hadar, cardassian, vorta, hirogen and others, they either come complete as their own races or not at all.
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  • kayajaykayajay Member Posts: 1,990 Arc User
    edited June 2015
    I just wish clubwear and swimsuits could be work outside of the club and Risa respectively.

    How is it any different to loincloths on Orion females and shirtless Gorn?

    Let the knickers free!
  • flash525flash525 Member Posts: 5,441 Arc User
    edited June 2015
    I wasn't aware that Risa was part of the Federation. They're not members of the Klingon Defense Force or Republic either. They're neutral. Unless I'm also mistaken (which I don't believe I am) we've never seen a Risian serve onboard a Federation Starship.

    As already stated, Cryptic haven't managed to provide us with playable Aenar yet (though it's interesting that we can play as a Benzite, but we don't have access to Benzite Bridge Officers). I would also think there's more cause for playable Cardassians before playable Risians.
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  • kayajaykayajay Member Posts: 1,990 Arc User
    edited June 2015
    Yeah, the Risians are easy to the entire Milky Way.
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