A tripedal race... that reminds me of the Hydrans from Starfleet Command... those guys were cool, and it was always comical to hear the Hydran tutorial guy (supposed to be a three-armed three-legged three-eyed bluish-purple thing that vaguely reminded me of the MOO2 Silicoids) talking with a Cockney accent about "and now would milord be so kind as to click on that theh Fusion Beam icon, ah, I must say, those Fusion Beams DO make nice wehk of those pesky Romulan freightehs!"
Oh, and did you ever see some of their officer names... "Slarti Bartfast"?