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- | ====== New Players' | + | ====== New Players Guide 🔰 ====== |
- | Welcome to Star Army! This article has the basic steps and info you' | + | We're really glad that you're joining |
- | ==== Registration | + | ===== What is Star Army? =====Â |
- | **Note:** You must be **16 or older** to join Star Army. | + | Star Army is a primarily a community for role-playing, |
- | * [[http:// | + | The core element of our universe is the [[stararmy:|Star Army of Yamatai]], a military force reminiscent of those you might see in popular science fiction media or anime. Yamatai is part of several playable factions in the Star Army setting, each of which has its own flavor, roleplay opportunities, |
- | * [[http:// | + | |
- | ==== Creating a Character ====Â | + | Star Army can sometimes contain mature themes, so we only allow adults |
- | The online [[creating_a_character|Character Creation Guide]] | + | |
- | === Join A Major Faction | + | ===== The Setting =====Â |
- | We strongly suggest your first character serve in the [[: | + | Earth is merely |
- | ==== Questions and Assistance ====Â | + | {{:guide: |
- | There are many ways to get help: | + | |
- | * The [[http:// | + | ==== Technology ====Â |
- | * You can [[http:// | + | Common technologies in the Star Army setting include FTL drives, androids, synthetic life, brain-uploading, aetheric energy, nanomachines, |
- | * You can call or text message | + | |
- | * You can email the admin at [[stararmy@gmail.com]] | + | |
- | ==== Submitting Your Character | + | ==== Languages |
- | When you're done with your character biography, you'll need to: | + | The common galactic standard language is called [[language:trade|Trade]]. Other languages can be found here: [[guide: |
- | - Add your bio to the wiki (if you're not sure how, see the steps below)Â | + | ==== Playable Factions ====Â |
- | - Go the [[: | + | You can make characters in any faction you like and in as many factions as you life. Your options are: |
- | - Save the page and then click the (red) link you just made. It'll take you to a page that says "This page hasn't been created." | + | |
- | - Click " | + | |
- | - Make any final adjustments needed and then save your Wiki bio. After saving it, copy its URL. | + | |
- | - Go to the [[http:// | + | |
- | ==== Review and Approval ====Â | + | * [[faction: |
- | If there are no problems, approval will usually be quick and painless. If there are issues | + | * [[faction: |
+ | * [[faction: | ||
+ | * [[faction: | ||
+ | * [[faction: | ||
- | **NOTE: If you update/edit your bio, post a reply to its thread so the reviewers will know to look at it again!** | + | Some of these playable factions have sub-factions and subcultures within them, such as the [[faction: |
- | A character forum moderator will post approval of your character in the forum thread you posted. The topic will then be moved to the [[http://stararmy.com/ | + | {{:guide:npg2.png?nolink|}} |
- | The plot GM should post in your approved character thread to tell you if your character | + | ==== Recent Events ====Â |
+ | The current year is [[timeline: | ||
- | Once you're accepted into the plot, edit the [[:list_of_active_plots|plot' | + | Here's some other recent events that occurred in the last few years: |
- | === Inventory ===Â | + | ---- struct list ----Â |
- | If you haven' | + | schema: events |
+ | cols: event_year, event_month_decimal, | ||
+ | headers: Year, Month, Page | ||
+ | order: event_year, event_month_decimal | ||
+ | filteror: | ||
+ | filteror: | ||
+ | filteror: | ||
+ | csv: 0Â | ||
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- | If you want more than three-thousand KS of items to start with, your character can go up to seven-thousand KS in debt, although this is not recommended. You might also save money by buying used items, which usually are around fifty to seventy percent the original cost of the item (I pity you if you buy used soap, though). To make things easy, for things that aren't found on the price lists, one KS is about equal to one US dollar. See: [[: | + | * For recent OOC Announcements, see https:// |
+ | * For recent In-Character News, see https://stararmy.com/ | ||
- | === Start Roleplaying ===Â | + | {{:stararmy:2021_mindy_recruiting_poster_by_f4artz_commissioned_by_yuuki.png? |
- | Once you're in a plot, start role-playing! If it's a single-post plot you can start right away (or as soon as it makes sense in the plot). If it's a [[:joint_post]] plot, then find out when the next chat session is (most plots have a scheduling thread in their forum). | + | |
+ | ===== Joining Roleplays ===== | ||
+ | We recommend joining Open Roleplaying threads the day you join. You're here to RP, right? You don't need any prior approvals to join Open RPs. That's what makes them open. You can find them in the [[https:// | ||
+ | Star Army has an excellent guide to roleplaying here: [[guide: | ||
+ | There' | ||
- | ==== Roleplaying | + | ==== Current Open RPs ====Â |
- | === Play-by-Post ===Â | + | These are the latest topics in the Open RP forum (with the time of the latest post in parentheses): |
- | Most Star Army roleplay is done by posting directly onto a thread | + | |
- | === Alternate Methods ===Â | + | {{rss> |
- | == Joint Posts ==Â | + | |
- | For JPs, we usually arrange a meeting time or just spontaneously start role-playing with whoever is on [[http://messenger.yahoo.com|Yahoo! Instant Messenger]] or IRC that fits into a plot. These RP sessions usually last about an hour or two and when we're done, one of the people in the RP session saves, edits, and posts the transcript (then referred to as a [[: | + | |
- | == Group Posts == | ||
- | Etherpad and Google Wave are real-time multi-user communication tools that allow roleplayers to write a group RP post simultaneously. No plot has made this the standard RP method so far, but it is catching on and many GMs have expressed interest and have used it for roleplay posts. | ||
- | === Your Rights | + | ===== Adding to The Setting =====Â |
- | See: [[:player_rights]] | + | In addition to adding to the Star Army Universe with roleplaying, |
- | ==== Basic Rules ==== | + | * [[guide: |
+ | * [[guide: | ||
- | * Communicate with your [[:game_master]]. | + | ===== Play With Privacy ===== |
- | * Do not control other people' | + | You do not have to provide a real name to participate (See [[https:// |
- | * Write well. Your posts should be easy to read. Please use proper spelling | + | |
- | * Don't disappear on us. Don't vanish and leave people waiting on a post that will never come. | + | |
- | * Absences are fine as long as you give advance warning in your plot's OOC thread. | + | |
- | * If you need to leave a plot, follow the instructions here: [[guide:leaving]] | + | |
- | Full rules are available here: [[guide: | + | ===== Your Checklist =====Â |
+ | Here's what we recommend: | ||
- | ==== Appendix: Role-playing Terminology used in the Star Army Role-Play ====Â | + | - Read the [[guide:rules]]Â |
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- | * **NPC:** Characters whose actions are not written role-players, | + | |
- | * **END:** End of a role-playing session in a chat room. (PAUSE or OFF may also be used)Â | + | - Post an introduction |
- | | + | - Join the [[https:// |
- | * **OOC:** Out-of-Character; | + | - Make your first characters: See [[guide:creating_a_character|Creating A Character]] (Feel free to ask questions on Discord as you do it)Â |
- | * **PC:** Player character; characters whose actions and dialogue is written by a role-player. See: [[:player_characters]]. | + | - Join any Open RP thread |
- | * **Scene:** The setting and timeline of a JP, as directed by the GM. | + |  |
- | * **SP (Single Post)**; A role-play post by a single player, posted directly to the in-character story forums. See: [[single_posts]]. | + | ===== Questions and Assistance =====Â |
+ | Getting into Star Army is easiest when you ask someone to mentor you through it, and we're happy to do that! If we haven' | ||
+ | Â | ||
+ | * Post on the forums | ||
+ | * Talk to people in the [[https:// | ||
+ | * You can also contact [[members: | ||
+ | * If you can't log in or register, email [email protected]Â | ||
+ | Â | ||
+ | Star Army uses advanced anti-spam methods that may occasionally flag a legitimate user for further review based on IP address, Email, username, or other characteristics. | ||
- | ==== Other helpful pages ==== | ||
- | * [[creating_a_character|Character Creation Guide]] | ||
- | * [[: | ||
- | * [[: |