Don't they come with a catalogue file that tells you what they are? Don't know how helpful this will be, but here goes...
C3 manual wrote:
Bridge and Engineering
The Shee spacecraft has a collection of vast machines in engineering. These perform a number of tasks that you may find useful. They are:
REPLICATOR The Replicator allows you to make an exact copy of another agent. This is handy when you’re trying to make a large machine out of connecting agents, but you’re short of a part. So long as you’ve got one of them, you can make another using the Replicator.
CREATOR The Creator is similar to the Replicator, except it creates agents from scratch. You can select a number of different things to create and then make them.
GENE SPLICER The Gene Splicer lets you splice two creatures together. It has two pods to lock creatures in and some controls to influence the genetic splicing operation. If you lock a Grendel in one pod, and a Norn in the other, you can even make your own half-Grendel half-Norn creatures!