Felix Conrad:
In reply to s'Alka Rhu (msg # 185):
Ok so I'm rolling my character and just averaged an 11 on my stats randomly... What do we consider 'poor'?
That's not great but it could be worse. Carson has an Intelligence
penalty (which isn't so bad as he's more of a combat type.)
Maybe you could ask Starfleet Command if you could change species? Different species have pluses and minuses.