This is a place to talk shop about supporting characters you'd like to bring in. Assuming they survive the adventure I'll add them to the ship's NPC list.

You can also request supporting characters via PM as well.

Once a supporting character survives and returns to the ship it will be put into a pool and can be selected by any player that so desires. This will be places to talk publicaly about how to roleplay or use them as well.

As an alternative to custom building a supporting character the books provide pre-built characters built around certain specialties. As I read through the books I'll note them here:

Command - Diplomatic Aide (Com pg. 116)
Command - EVA Specialist (Com pg. 117)
Command - Junior Bridge Officer (Com pg. 118)
Command - Legal Counsel (Com pg. 118)
Command - Shuttle Pilot (Com pg. 119)
Operations - Security Officer (Ops pg. 93)
Operations - Engineer's Mate (Ops pg. 94)
Science - Geologist (Sci pg. 122)
Science - Anthropologist/Historian (Sci pg. 123)
Science - Grad Student (Sci pg. 123)
Science - Lab Tech (Sci pg. 124)
Science - Nurse (Sci pg. 125)
Science - Triage Nurse (Sci pg. 126)
Science - Anesthesiologist (Sci pg. 126)
Science - Programmer (Sci pg. 128)

Okay, I came up with basic ideas for some more Red Shirts:

Operations - Security Team Alpha
Xiuying, Yap – Chief Petty Officer – Human - Female
Akinjide, Chuma - Crewman 1st Class – Human - Male
B'rshh - Crewman 1st Class – Caitian - Female
Jek, Mi-kan - Crewman 1st Class – Katarian - Male

What do you think? I can do a little more work on them if that would be helpful.