Captain:
preferably a captain should know everything so that they don't give orders that are impossible, since most captains don't want to go and learn the whole Star Trek Encyclopedia I suggest that they start with the ship. If you can choose your class, make sure it's one that you know a bit about and can hold the amount of crew you want. It's nice to be able to give your crew a map too so they know where their character's going :)
Links:
www.ditl.org technical information
www.ex-astris-scientia.org a good site for ship layouts etc.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rpg-captains you might consider going here: it's a forum-like group specially for RPG captains
http://come.to/sfidweb a list of Starfleet/Federation directives (rules)
www.oocities.org/rpgacademy/stdict.htm an attempt of mine to create a user-friendly and interactive dictionary. I just copied and pasted the info. from http://come.to/sfidweb so if my link doesn't work - just go to the back to the roots :)
http://fedtrek.ultimate-results.net/?trek=planets a list of known planets and their governments - useful for planning missions.
http://www.tntie.com/trek_id/newstidf1.htm a good place to check uniforms
http://www.oocities.org/Area51/Zone/3234/races.html all the information on different races you could wish for
Chief Engineer and subordinates:
In order to be a good engineer you should be a technical buff, it's no use having all that wonderful, 24th century technology at your fingertips if you don't know how to use it! Here're a few links that might help:
Links:
www.ditl.org technical information
www.ex-astris-scientia.org a good site for ship layouts etc.
http://www.bham.net/users/jbishop/tech.html an interesting site that explains Star Trek technology based on real life science.
Usenet - rec.arts.startrek.tech newsgroup, forum or offline chat, call it what you will but there's nothing like usernet for answering all those tough questions that not even Gene Roddenberry would have the answer to.www.oocities.org/rpgacademy/stdict.htm an attempt of mine to create a user-friendly and interactive dictionary. I just copied and pasted the info. from http://come.to/sfidweb so if my link doesn't work - just go to the back to the roots :)
Chief Medical Officer and subordinates:
This, as I said in my character creator section, requires you to know a bit about the human (and alien) anatomy.
Links:
http://maquis.com/cells/sutherland/med-info.html this site should be all you need (Gee I wish I had found this site sooner) Some guy decided to go into detail on the Starfleet medical profession -thanks!
http://health.yahoo.com/ the real life stuff
Chief Science and subordinates:
Just know your planets, know your elements and know Mr. Spock and you'll be fine :)
Links:
www.ditl.org for technical information
http://fedtrek.ultimate-results.net/?trek=planet_classification ever wondered what a class M planet really was? well here's the place to find it - and all the others
http://home.teleport.com/~vli/element.htm Vulcan table of elements
Chief Security (tactical) Officer and subordinates:
You get the job of defending everyone and killing aliens. Good luck :)
Links:
www.ditl.org for technical information (to find out what weapons your ship can fire of course ;) )
http://www.phasers.net/ all you'll ever need to know about your weapon of choice (okay, so you didn't really have a choice in the matter, but here's the link anyway)
Helm (CONN):
Just know how to drive the ship:
Links:
www.ditl.org for technical information
http://www.stdimension.de/int/Cartography/cartography.htm every good driver needs a map and these are the best you'll ever find.
Chief Operations Officer and subordinates:
The operations people have to know what's going on all the time. In order to know what's happening it's a good idea to familiarize yourself with your ship and crew as you normally have to organize both. Other then that, just relax and wait for orders.
Links:
www.ditl.org for technical information
http://www.stdimension.de/int/Cartography/cartography.htm it might prove useful to know where you are. This is the best place to find maps.
www.ex-astris-scientia.org a good site for ship layouts etc.
Diplomatic and Communications:
Only one tip: Know your aliens.
Links:
http://www.oocities.org/Area51/Zone/3234/races.html all the information on different races you could wish for
www.ditl.org for alien information
http://www.stdimension.de/int/Cartography/cartography.htm it might prove useful to know where you are. This is the best place to find maps.
http://come.to/sfidweb a list of Starfleet/Federation directives (rules)
http://fedtrek.ultimate-results.net/?trek=planets a list of known planets and their governments - useful when negotiating with them.