Species with descriptive names

[Therin of Andor]

Star Trek excels in stupid species names.

Not just species names. I do have a fondness for Mr Atoz ("A" to "Z") the librarian, the forgetful Lethe, Helen Noel from the Christmas party and TAS's BEM (the Bug-Eyed Monster).

 

[XCV330]

Not just species names. I do have a fondness for Mr Atoz ("A" to "Z") the librarian, the forgetful Lethe, Helen Noel from the Christmas party and TAS's BEM (the Bug-Eyed Monster).

I forgot about Atoz . Its like reading Ian Fleming or even Pynchon, you just have to let the writers have some fun with the naming, sometimes.

 

[dupersuper]

In my TOS novels, I referred to the purple folks as Icorians, because Bob Greenberger used the name for a purplish-gray species in SCE: Troubleshooting and I figured they might be the same species with different skin tones. I referred to the tall hooded species as Makusians, from Makus III, the Enterprise's destination after "The Galileo Seven."

Conflicting names in beta canon? Sounds like a job for my head canon! I'll resolve it somehow...

Organians: ok, I don't know what to do with this. If you're a creature of pure energy are you organic? Maybe they play pipe organs. I got nothing.

I see it as overcompensating. "Of course we're biological life forms! Why do you ask??"

 

[Falconer]

Aurelia?