This poll seemed biased to me. It seemed designed for the Klingon Empire. With this in mind; It is logical to have the Romulan as the upcoming playable race.
Anyways-
What the heck is Horta?!
I did a search and discovered that the Horta is some entity that looks like a squid with boils. Come on now, who in Sam Hill is going to want to play a SQUID?
These are the races I would include as possible races playable for the Federation.
1: Changelings: And why? Because there exists a Federation Changeling-
Odo from Deep Space 9.
Such race could have a Ground skill or natural power, where you could mirror a race, i.e. a Klingon.
2: AEGIS or Devidians: Both seem to lean towards being with the Federation verses the Klingon Empire.
One of these could have a Ground or Ship skill: to manipulate time, to slow it down.
I hope Mystic will make a REVISED Poll to create balance. Or have a second poll for a playable Federation character.
I think it would be fun to play a Changeling.
Come on Mystic, throw us a bone, and give us a well rounded poll, like the first one.

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Btw, who's Mystic?
There's so much wrong with this post...
First and foremost, Mystic doesn't give a TRIBBLE what you want. Cryptic however, does.
Second, what the hell do Romulans have to do with Klingons? Theyre going to be a seperate faction, not a race. That's what the poll is for.
Third, Odo was never a part of the Federation and went back to the Link at the end of DS9. The only changelings outside of the Link are the hundred children, which include Odo and Laas. So, if changelings were ever added outside of the Dominion, they would be limited to 98 players. Aka, never going to happen.
Fourth, the Horta were most likely a joke.
Ok, you think it would be fun to play a Changeling.
Perhaps we should explore this further. I'm sure mirroring another race would be fascinating. But useless- on an away team mission, you'd have what, a team of slaves of various sorts, right? Guys who could NOT mirror. So you could fight Klingons, mirror one, and have you team behind you... and suddenly, they prove they are not mentally TRIBBLE, and they open fire on all of you because it is an insanely obvious ploy.
And lets explore the Changeling backstory and areas. You have... uhm, a planet full of liquid aliens... and a bunch of drug-addicted slaves. In an unspecified corner of the galaxy. With no ships that come readily to mind as being infamous, like Romulan Birds of Prey and Warbirds.
Of course, Horta was a silly poll choice too, the character model would be bizarre, and Borg have only 4 ships.
I still voted Horta, for what it was worth.
But, who is "Mystic" and why do you want them to make polls? :rolleyes: