Those guys at Cryptic never quit with the community Q&As. The Star Trek Online community is the latest group to get their forum messages answered, and the devs have gone over everything that a loyal Trekkie or Trekker could want. Here's a small snippet:

Are playable races all going to be bi-pedal humanoid types? Or are we going to have a wide variety of sentients ala USS Titan?

At launch, yes. Most player characters are going to be bipedal, although there will be additional body and costume options (like tails and maybe different leg options) that allow you to push the boundaries of that. Hopefully we can add things in later because we know everybody wants to play the Horta.

You can read the rest of the STO Q&A by clicking here!