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Alien-Gen Hybrids?

mattgrantmattgrant Member Posts: 57 Arc User
edited March 2013 in Star Trek Online General Discussion
What exactly is an Alien-Gen Hybrid? I first saw it mentioned in the most recent Ask Cryptic and since then by many forum posters in discussion of the recent Q&A as well as the upcoming expansion generally. There is another thread on these forums discussing the lack of an Alien option for the Romulan faction, but without the context of knowing what the aforementioned term means, that seems to be in contradiction of its use.

Cryptic has only ever used Alien with a capital A in reference to player-created species. Another poster on the forums suggested that the "Gen Hybrid" part of the equation means genetic hybrid. It seems to me that Cryptic might very well have meant subscribers will have the option to create their own species, save that they will be in some way Romulan hybrids, probably regarding traits and lore-justification.
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  • flash525flash525 Member Posts: 5,441 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    I believe they look something like this: Alien Gen Hybrids
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  • opheliadraegonneopheliadraegonne Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    They are a more limited form of the Alien race used for Feds and Klingons. Romulans tend to be more exclusive about who can join their military, so there are far less if any aliens on their ships. What they do have though are Romulan/X halfbreeds. So an Alien-Gen Hybrid has options that tends to leave them looking more Romulan and likely with more limited trait selection.
  • thlaylierahthlaylierah Member Posts: 2,987 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    If they don't just paste in the Alien generator from the factions not only are they doing too much extra, but they will be stopping many people from playing as Romulans.
  • mattgrantmattgrant Member Posts: 57 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    So now we have a thread of people complaining there are no Aliens, and a thread for complaining that there are? :confused:
  • vesterengvestereng Member Posts: 2,252 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    F2p'er here.

    I think it's fine the paying people finally get some perks, no doubt they deserve it :D

    Depending on the number of options I'd use an alien myself but I am not upset over losing my class. There are a lot of real problems waiting in line instead.

    And they could have gone crazy with p2w and having everything cost money.

    It is a "fascinating" decision though :D
  • flash525flash525 Member Posts: 5,441 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    Thankfully, for me, I don't use Aliens, so this (whilst annoying for some; and I sympathize with them) doesn't directly affect me.
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  • squidheadjaxsquidheadjax Member Posts: 54 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    opheliadraegonne wrote: »
    They are a more limited form of the Alien race used for Feds and Klingons. Romulans tend to be more exclusive about who can join their military, so there are far less if any aliens on their ships. What they do have though are Romulan/X halfbreeds. So an Alien-Gen Hybrid has options that tends to leave them looking more Romulan and likely with more limited trait selection.

    Uuuugh, as if the faction design wasn't stunted enough already...
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  • thlaylierahthlaylierah Member Posts: 2,987 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    opheliadraegonne wrote: »
    They are a more limited form of the Alien race used for Feds and Klingons. Romulans tend to be more exclusive about who can join their military, so there are far less if any aliens on their ships. What they do have though are Romulan/X halfbreeds. So an Alien-Gen Hybrid has options that tends to leave them looking more Romulan and likely with more limited trait selection.

    Is there a linkable source for this?
  • opheliadraegonneopheliadraegonne Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    I am fine with what they are doing. Too many non-Romulans on Romulan starbases and planets and such would just seem very un-Romulan. I am fine with it from a business model standpoint, and from a RP standpoint. Both reasons are valid to me.
  • opheliadraegonneopheliadraegonne Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    thlaylierah wrote: »
    Is there a linkable source for this?

    It was said in the Ask Cryptic thread I believe.
  • nabuborianabuboria Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    It's not that much of a loss, all traits are going to be obtainable and changed when you want so apart from the customization of the looks, there is nothing lost.
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  • backyardserenadebackyardserenade Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    What exactly does the "gen" stand for? I really don't get that.

    Why not call them "Alien/Romulan Hybrids" (or just "Romulan Hybrids" for that matter.
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  • squidheadjaxsquidheadjax Member Posts: 54 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    backyardserenade wrote: »
    What exactly does the "gen" stand for? I really don't get that.

    Why not call them "Alien/Romulan Hybrids" (or just "Romulan Hybrids" for that matter.

    "Generator" or "Generation", referring to the tool used or process of creating an Alien in the character creator. Because "Alien-cre" doesn't sound as good.
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  • qjuniorqjunior Member Posts: 2,023 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    I imagine this mostly as a way to create your own "Sela" type character or one of those Klingon/Romulan people seen in TNG (when Worf was looking for his father).

    Those characters would be very plausible to have ties to their human/klingon heritage.
  • thecosmic1thecosmic1 Member Posts: 9,365 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    We have already seen a picture of a Suliban that was made from the Rom Alien Generator. It looked pretty cool.
    STO is about my Liberated Borg Federation Captain with his Breen 1st Officer, Jem'Hadar Tactical Officer, Liberated Borg Engineering Officer, Android Ops Officer, Photonic Science Officer, Gorn Science Officer, and Reman Medical Officer jumping into their Jem'Hadar Carrier and flying off to do missions for the new Romulan Empire. But for some players allowing a T5 Connie to be used breaks the canon in the game.
  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,236 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    thecosmic1 wrote: »
    We have already seen a picture of a Suliban that was made from the Rom Alien Generator. It looked pretty cool.
    Wait, where? WANT!

    Anyways.... "Alien_Gen" is the name the game uses internally for "Alien" characters. As for ways the Romulan version might be different... Hmm... we'll see.
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  • tenkaritenkari Member Posts: 2,906 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    squidheadjax wrote: »
    "Generator" or "Generation", referring to the tool used or process of creating an Alien in the character creator. Because "Alien-cre" doesn't sound as good.

    Alien-Cre also sounds like something that could have been used in another Sci-fi IP....
  • catoblepasbetacatoblepasbeta Member Posts: 1,532 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    It's really discheartening that it has been shoved behind a paywall however cool it might be. Free to play folks like me are up a creek without a paddle, considering it is Gold/Lifetime only. What makes it even more inexplicable is that Rommies are already heavily limited in their species options, and the 'Liberated Borg' option has traditionally been the Pay-exculsive option, which would mean that the Romulans will have not one, but two species option you have to pay out to unlock, even though they only have Romulans as the sole choosable option by default.
  • thecosmic1thecosmic1 Member Posts: 9,365 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    markhawkman wrote: »
    Wait, where? WANT!

    Anyways.... "Alien_Gen" is the name the game uses internally for "Alien" characters. As for ways the Romulan version might be different... Hmm... we'll see.
    Someone posted some pics from the character generator on Tribble here. Of course that might not be Rom-specific. It might just be a new species for the common alien template.
    STO is about my Liberated Borg Federation Captain with his Breen 1st Officer, Jem'Hadar Tactical Officer, Liberated Borg Engineering Officer, Android Ops Officer, Photonic Science Officer, Gorn Science Officer, and Reman Medical Officer jumping into their Jem'Hadar Carrier and flying off to do missions for the new Romulan Empire. But for some players allowing a T5 Connie to be used breaks the canon in the game.
  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,236 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    thecosmic1 wrote: »
    Someone posted some pics from the character generator on Tribble here. Of course that might not be Rom-specific. It might just be a new species for the common alien template.
    Fascinating! But that was obviously a Fed char. The Suliban pic showed the char in the ENT uniform. (I know this because one of my chars wears it.) Also all of them show the Fed HUD, and most appear to be a Human wearing the outfits. I like the variety though. :)
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  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,236 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    Hmm... I studied those, and they don't look fake, but I can't replicate them. Why? I'm guessing they're from a different tribble build than the current one. For starters the build i used had TWO preview strips for face and hair, where that one has only a preview strip for hair. Also mine lacked the "Face preset" button.

    I did however find several interesting customization options for Aliens while tinkering. BEHOLD: http://marhawkman.deviantart.com/#/art/New-Char-options-362532693?q=gallery%3Amarhawkman&qo=0&_sid=7b33922f

    Yes... Hirogen, Hunter, Jem'Hadar, Trabe, XINDI PRIMATE!!!!!
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