The Sword and Laser discussion

Found this spaceship and crew generator while chasing links across the internet the other day.

http://tradewind-mvii.herokuapp.com

It’s one of the more interesting ones I’ve encountered, because you can determine things like the ship’s prefix (like USS or HMS or one you’ve made up), plus crew size, and it also generates the crew, complete with description.

I don’t know what database it’s using, but it seems mostly Western. I did get a couple Australia-based names and one that was India-based. Maybe it’s former British Empire.

The crew descriptions look like they’re based on an adjective-and-noun formula, which sometimes results in humorous bios, such as,

Charlott Krizan
Petty Officer 2nd Class

This invisible 22-year-old woman has green eyes, a dark olive complexion, and straight jet black hair in a long braid. She is very tall and attractive. She is originally from The Populus Terraform Complex.

If she’s invisible, how do you know the rest? 😝 But it’s pretty cool nonetheless.

Pretty cool. My crew seemed to need more time at the ship’s gym. A lot of my officers were either portly or thick.