Assuming we use the idea for player order that Val just proposed, we have:
Shadows - Dead Meat
Vorlons - Imperator Fyron
Soul Hunters - Pathfinder
Minbari - Jimbob
Hyach - Zero Adunnn
Centauri - Milton
Narns - Lighthorse
Earth Alliance - Rambie
These players are either undecided or haven't picked yet (or there were conflicts of interest
):
Gandalf
Simon
Tesco Samoa
Stargazer (?)
AGoetz
These are some "common" races available (although, I don't know whether they have special techs available or not):
Markab
Raiders
Belt Alliance
League of Non-Aligned Worlds
Abbai
Gaim
Drakh
Drazi
Dilgar
etc. (I'm sure there are more
)
What about the Third Space Aliens? Are they playable?
If everyone would give me their PBW names, I can simply assign everyone in this order, and simplify everything.