Quote Originally Posted by Carmichael

Or rather, I'm not going to try to comprehend extensively all of your characters. An overload of NPC's is not only going to potentially convolute a game; it's going to draw the spotlight away from the PC's. Sometimes, less is more; have you ever seen a television episode in which there are a dozen, much less thirty, important characters to keep track of?

I believe the point that I'm trying to make is that if your material is going to be of use outside of your own game, then DM's have to be able to subjugate what you write to their own ends. If there's simply too much material, especially if all the components are dependent on each other, then I see less usefulness in the entry.
Yes, but during any given campaign, the PCs are going to interact with a wide number of people. And since leaving the ship for any amount of time is extraordinarily difficult, most of those people need to be on board. Therefore, they're here.