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-====== New Players' Guide ======
+====== New Players Guide 🔰 ======
-Welcome to Star Army! This article has the basic steps and info you'll need to participate. Please read it thoroughly.
+We're really glad that you're joining Star Army, or at least thinking about it. This guide is going to give you all the most important information that you need to know about Star Army and guide you through some initial setup.
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+===== What is Star Army? =====
+Star Army is a primarily a community for role-playing, writing, and world-building. We create characters and try to imagine being in their situations, writing their dialogue, thoughts, and actions. We're also constantly creating new parts of our shared world. 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, and technologies. Star Army can sometimes contain mature themes, so we only allow adults (people 18 or older) to join.
-==== How Star Army Works ====
+===== The Setting =====
-**Star Army** is a forum-based **roleplaying** game community. Roleplaying (RP) is controlling a fictional character's actions and dialogue. In Star Army, you and other members create new characters who live in the high-tech fictional universe of Star Army and then write your character's actions and dialogue to create collaborative stories. Unlike tabletop RPGs, Star Army is mostly writing and does not use complex game mechanics (math). We post in third-person, past tense, like a novel. Most story plots have a **Game Master** (GM) assigned whose job is to post about the setting and the actions of background characters (NPCs).
+Earth is merely a legend at this point in the far future. Instead, Star Army takes place in a huge galaxy called Kagami. The Kagami Galaxy is largely unexplored by the playable factions, which share a particularly fertile corner of the galaxy called the [[location:kikyo_sector|Kikyo Sector]].
-==== Setting Overview ====
+==== Technology ====
-//“The Earth is the cradle of mankind, but one cannot remain in the cradle forever.” - Konstantin Tsiolkovsk//
+Common technologies in the Star Army setting include FTL drives, androids, synthetic life, brain-uploading, aetheric energy, nanomachines, forcefields, and 3D holograms.
-After endless wars, Earth has become merely a legend. Humanity has survives in the form of its distant colony worlds. Peace is a rarity, carefully maintained in little havens while brutal politics threaten to split nations and desperate military forces fight war after war against alien invaders. Piracy is becoming increasingly common. Technology seems to have reached a bloody plateau.
+==== Playable Factions ====
+You can make characters in any faction you like and in as many factions as you life. Your options are:
-  * The {{:yamatai:yse_flag.png?25&nolink|}} **Yamatai Star Empire** is a technologically-advanced transhuman empire with most of the population using biological android bodies. It's got an anime space opera theme and is protected by a huge, politically powerful military called the **Star Army**, which the site is named after.
+  * [[faction:yamatai_star_empire|Yamatai]]: a young transhuman utopia with its powerful [[stararmy:start|Star Army]], which fights to preserve order in sector
-  * In stark contrast, The {{nepleslia:nespleslian_flag.png?25&nolink|}} **Democratic Imperium of Nepleslia** is a gritty cyberpunk nation of humans, cyborgs, and mutants that deals with high crime in its megacities. Nepleslia has a space navy and space marines and was once part of Yamatai.
+  * [[faction:democratic_imperium_of_nepleslia|Nepleslia]]: an ancient cyberpunk nation where survival is only guaranteed by your gun skills (it's not actually guaranteed)
-  * As you go through character creation, you'll be introduced to several other interesting factions you can create a character for. You can also make your own faction if you like.
+  * [[faction:ndc:start|New Dusk Conclave]]: a recently-created nation of outcasts from Yamatai and Nepleslia, now forging their own identity
-  * Around the known factions is an endless sea of strange aliens, bold outlaws and jealous insurgencies.
+  * [[wip:faction:kingdom_of_neshaten|Neshaten]]: fox anthros that faces both internal and external growing pains within their kingdom.
+  * [[faction:independent|Independent]]: Because you think laws are for chumps
-In Star Army you get to create and play a character forged by this universe and who can steer the course of its future.
+Some of these playable factions have sub-factions and subcultures within them, such as the [[faction:elysia:elysian_celestial_empire|]] and megacorporations like [[corp:origin|]].
-==== Account Registration =====
+==== Recent Events ====
-You must be **16 or older** to join Star Army. There is no cost to join or participate.
+The current year is [[timeline:YE 43]]. The factions of the Kikyo Sector just fought off an invasion in the [[timeline:Events:Kuvexian War]]. Now a new era of exploration is beginning!
-The wiki login system is separate from the forum one, so you will need to register for both.
+Here's some other recent events that occurred in the last few years:
-  - [[http://stararmy.com/roleplay/ucp.php?mode=register|Register an account on the forums]]
+---- struct list ----
-    - You're invited to introduce yourself in the [[http://stararmy.com/roleplay/viewforum.php?f=159|Introductions Forum]].
+schema: events
-    - Important notes: Forum accounts with 0 posts are regularly deleted as an anti-spam measure, so post something! Also, newly registered users start with private messages disabled and may require posts to be approved by a moderator in some forums until after their third post.
+cols: event_month, event_year, %title%
-  - [[http://stararmy.com/wiki/doku.php?id=start&do=register|Register an account for the wiki]]
+headers: Year, Month, Page
-    - You'll need a wiki account to create and edit wiki articles (such as if you want to make a page for your character).
+order: event_year, event_month
-    - No wiki knowledge is required to create a page for a character; We have a form that automatically adds the wiki code for you. It's linked on the [[creating_a_character|Creating A Character]] article. (Related articles: [[faq:How do I add a page?]], [[faq:How do I move a page?]])
+filteror:event_year=timeline:ye_41
+filteror:event_year=timeline:ye_42
+filteror:event_year=timeline:ye_43
+csv: 0
+----
-==== Creating and Roleplaying Characters ====
+  * For recent OOC Announcements, see https://stararmy.com/roleplay-forum/forums/news/
-Start making characters using the guides found on the **[[creating_a_character|Creating A Character]]** wiki page. Once your character is approved you're free to start [[guide:Roleplaying]] by joining a [[:list_of_active_plots|plot]] group or by creating a roleplay thread.
+  * For recent In-Character News, see https://stararmy.com/roleplay-forum/forums/headlines/
-==== Questions and Assistance ====
+===== Your Checklist =====
-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't volunteered yet, just ask! You've got questions: there are many ways to get answers or help:
+Here's what we recommend:
-=== Community Help ===
+  - Read the [[guide:rules]]
-These methods allow you to get your questions answered by the community.
+  - Register an account on the [[https://stararmy.com/roleplay-forum/|forum]] (look for "Register" near the top right)
+  - Register a wiki account [[https://stararmy.com/wiki/doku.php?id=start&do=register|link]] (this is separate from your forum account)
+  - Post an introduction in [[https://stararmy.com/roleplay-forum/index.php?forums/introductions-new-players.159/|Introductions and New Players]]
+  - Join the [[https://discord.gg/RunXe4p|Discord server]] and say hello. Usually there's someone available to mentor you through character creation.
+  - Make your first character page - See [[guide:creating_a_character|Creating A Character]]
+  - Join any Open RP thread
-  - Post in the [[http://stararmy.com/roleplay/posting.php?mode=post&f=7|Your Questions Answered]] forum.
+===== Joining Roleplays =====
-  - [[http://tinyurl.com/stararmy-chat|Connect to the Chatroom]] and ask our members for assistance ([[guide:irc|IRC Guide]]). **No login required.**
+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://stararmy.com/roleplay-forum/index.php?forums/open-roleplaying.194/|Open Roleplaying forum]]. You can also make your own thread. We suggest posting an interest check in the [[https://stararmy.com/roleplay-forum/index.php?forums/ooc-plot-planning.28/|OOC and Plot Planning forum]] to find partners prior to starting it. There's also a #looking4rp channel on our Discord server to arrange RPs.
-=== Admin Help ====
+Star Army has an excellent guide to roleplaying here: [[guide:Roleplaying]].
-Contact [[user:Wes]], the admin, via these methods:
+There's some long-term RPs we call plots, and they're listed here: [[guide:active_plots|plots]]. When plots are seeking players they post what they're looking for here: [[guide:characters_wanted|]]. You can make a character for your favorite plot or for general use.
+===== Adding to The Setting =====
+In addition to adding to the Star Army Universe with roleplaying, you can also submit pages to become a permanent part of Star Army's lore and [[guide:canon|canon]].
+  * [[guide:creator_mentor_program]]
+  * [[guide:submission_rules]]
+===== Questions and Assistance =====
+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't volunteered yet, just ask! You've got questions: there are many ways to get answers or help:
+  * Post on the forums (Ask questions in the [[https://stararmy.com/roleplay-forum/index.php?forums/introductions-new-players.159/|Introduction forum]] or [[https://stararmy.com/roleplay-forum/index.php?forums/setting-discussion.2/|Setting Discussion]]).
+  * Talk to people in the [[https://discord.gg/RunXe4p|Discord chat]]
+  * You can also contact [[user:Wes]], the admin: [[https://stararmy.com/roleplay-forum/index.php?conversations/add&to=Wes|Start a Conversation with Wes]]
+  * If you can't log in or register email [email protected]
+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.
-  - Send email to [[[email protected]]]
-  - Call or text message (209) STAR-ARMY (+1-209-782-7276).
-  - Tweet questions to [[https://twitter.com/StarArmy|@StarArmy on Twitter]]

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