[Psionics] [Space] Psi Trek - Worldbuilding

[Prince Charon]

Originally Posted by Flyndaran

ST:TNG does have precursors supposedly responsible for all the humanoids in the galaxy with their "seeding" of all the planets billions of years ago. This of course requires evolution to be very different there than it is here. But that's Star Trek science for you.

This idea may start to resemble Traveller a bit too much to some players.

Not being a big Traveller fan, I'm not sure what you mean by that?

I will say that the seeding did not take place billions of years ago, though. In most cases, it took place thousands to tens of thousands of years ago, and in some cases, hundreds of thousands to millions of years ago (tens of millions is rather less likely, but I'm not going to totally dismiss the possibility of surviving dinosaurs somewhere out there, or similar beings). I'm not totally certain that sapient life in this setting existed billions of years ago.

EDIT: It isn't just sophonts who were seeded, entire biomes (or significant portions thereof) were sampled and recreated on terraformed worlds, much like in the Orichalcum Universe mentioned in the OP, and a number of other settings. Not all were successful, of course, as important things might be missed and left out, but quite often, 'life, uh, finds a way.'