SentientRace
Inactive Member
I can't help but notice almost all the races in the Role Play are human, or have human extremities. Now, it's understandable that the Yamataia, Geshrin, Neplesians, the biological Freespacers, Tarkareans, Jiyuuian, Iromakuanhe and maybe the Abwehrans (although that's more speculation based on extreme similarities, since it isn't actually mentioned in the wiki) be entirely humanoid since they are descendants of humans. However, that doesn't justify the Azoreans, Elysians, Lorath (from what little there is to read, anyway) and other vaguely humanoid races that live in the known universe of Star Army RP.
I can understand why you'd want to keep a varied array of humanoid races to RP as, since most people would identify themselves with them (I mean, how many people RP the Mishhuvurthyar, Neo Mishhuvurthyar or the Vordachibeans?), but I have to say that it's highly unlikely this would happen if we were to base it on actual real world physics. Chances are aliens would be nothing alike each other. The odds are astronomical!
It seems too far-fetched to me that this would happen in nature casually. In Star Trek most sentient beings are almost completely human because it's a TV show and having to make puppets or CGI animations to create the races necessary for the series would not be cost-effective or feasible. Star Wars, on the other hand, has hundreds of sentient species that are not human-looking, so they are more believable in that sense (but not in other senses, though...).
So can anyone tell me why there are so many humanoid races? Even if it's only OOC knowledge? Is it thousand year old splicing made by the original human empire? Was there an ancient race that made every living creature in the galaxy in their image, thus the similarities (as what happened in Star Trek)?
Or at least, if you have no explanation to it, do the characters in the Role Play ponder this, themselves? Do they study, compare and contrast DNA samples of each other to see if there are any root genes they share to find an answer?
I can understand why you'd want to keep a varied array of humanoid races to RP as, since most people would identify themselves with them (I mean, how many people RP the Mishhuvurthyar, Neo Mishhuvurthyar or the Vordachibeans?), but I have to say that it's highly unlikely this would happen if we were to base it on actual real world physics. Chances are aliens would be nothing alike each other. The odds are astronomical!
It seems too far-fetched to me that this would happen in nature casually. In Star Trek most sentient beings are almost completely human because it's a TV show and having to make puppets or CGI animations to create the races necessary for the series would not be cost-effective or feasible. Star Wars, on the other hand, has hundreds of sentient species that are not human-looking, so they are more believable in that sense (but not in other senses, though...).
So can anyone tell me why there are so many humanoid races? Even if it's only OOC knowledge? Is it thousand year old splicing made by the original human empire? Was there an ancient race that made every living creature in the galaxy in their image, thus the similarities (as what happened in Star Trek)?
Or at least, if you have no explanation to it, do the characters in the Role Play ponder this, themselves? Do they study, compare and contrast DNA samples of each other to see if there are any root genes they share to find an answer?