- If you are going to write an augmented character, please be sensitive to the real-world issues surrounding genetic modification and eugenics. Please discuss your idea with the admins first; character ideas will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.
- Augmentation is banned in the Federation. Any character who has been augmented must have been done so as a child, and as such, the choice was not their fault. Any adult who has consented to augmentation would have made an illegal choice.
- The Illyrians conduct genetic modifications on their children before they are born. You may wish to consider writing one of these, who are allowed in Starfleet, instead of writing a species that does not normally engage in genetic modification.
- If you are writing a character who has been augmented then please include details on exactly what their enhancements are.
- Please ensure that any augmentation is not too overpowered and that it would fit the narrative. For example, Illyrians modify themselves instead of changing the planets they've settled on; so if they settled on a desert planet then a character may have been genetically engineered to be more resistant to extreme temperatures.