Let me try to simplify, especially the profiles description.
1., 2. Most of the backstory stuff is just that; a summary of the past two years of the PCG. You can ignore or skim most of it; I'll keep you up to date with what's going on that affects your characters.
3. The "Gameplay" block is basically a tutorial for those new to role-playing in general, along with a note that says (in effect) that anything is fair game if you can make up some justification for it (i.e. not completely restricted to ST canon).
4., 5. Standard rules and punishments, mostly borrowed from Blade.
6. I'm reworking the descriptions for clarity, but I'm also making some formatting changes that will hopefully make the form clearer. ALSO! Note that not all fields are required at the start; particularly the "flagship" stuff, which won't come along for a while. Again, I'll reformat and rewrite to make all clearer.
EDIT: To simplify further:
All you need to play are a Name, a gender, a species, and a power. Everything else is either optional or will come later. If you don't understand the species and power options, the default is "Human" and "Currently unknown." If you don't like what's available, please, by all means
give me ideas; odds are, I'll approve.
7. This is mostly backstory for now, but it lists the playable and unplayable factions and what they do in the universe. It'll be useful once I get approval to include other groups as playable factions.
8. A simple species list for use in profiles.
Again, if something's confusing or just plain too long, let me know and I'll try to revise. I don't want this to be restrictive; I want you guys to have as much freedom as possible.
EDIT: In case anyone is interested, this is the general style of uniform we use, but we also have a stylized Sam Browne belt like the ones used in the
Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Yesterday's Enterprise":
LINK?