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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 |
- | {{http://stararmy.com/ | + | ===== What is Star Army? ===== |
+ | Star Army is a primarily a community for role-playing, | ||
- | ==== How Star Army Works ==== | + | ===== The Setting ===== |
- | **Star Army** | + | Earth is merely |
+ | {{: | ||
- | ==== Setting Overview | + | ==== Technology |
- | //“The Earth is the cradle of mankind, but one cannot remain | + | Common technologies |
- | After endless wars, Earth has become merely a legend. Humanity has survives | + | ==== Playable Factions ==== |
+ | You can make characters | ||
- | * The {{:yamatai: | + | * [[faction:yamatai_star_empire|Yamatai]]: a young transhuman |
- | * In stark contrast, The {{nepleslia:nespleslian_flag.png? | + | * [[faction: |
- | * 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 | + | * [[faction:ndc:start|New Dusk Conclave]]: |
- | * Around the known factions is an endless sea of strange aliens, bold outlaws and jealous insurgencies. | + | * [[wip:faction: |
+ | * [[faction: | ||
- | You can create | + | Some of these playable factions have sub-factions |
- | ==== Account Registration ===== | + | |
- | You must be **16 or older** to join Star Army. There is no cost to join or participate. | + | |
- | The wiki login system | + | ==== Recent Events ==== |
+ | The current year is [[timeline: | ||
- | - [[http:// | + | Here's some other recent events |
- | - You're invited to introduce yourself in the [[http:// | + | |
- | - 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. | + | |
- | - [[http:// | + | |
- | - You'll need a wiki account to create and edit wiki articles (such as if you want to make a page for your character). | + | |
- | - 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?]]) | + | |
- | ==== Creating and Roleplaying Characters ==== | + | ---- struct list ---- |
- | 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. | + | schema: events |
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+ | headers: Year, Month, Page | ||
+ | order: event_year, event_month | ||
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+ | filteror:event_year=timeline:ye_43 | ||
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+ | ---- | ||
- | ==== Questions and Assistance ==== | + | * For recent OOC Announcements, see https:// |
- | 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' | + | * For recent In-Character News, see https:// |
- | === Community Help === | + | ===== Your Checklist ===== |
- | These methods allow you to get your questions answered by the community. | + | Here's what we recommend: |
- | - Post on the forums ([[http:// | + | - Read the [[guide: |
- | - [[http://tinyurl.com/stararmy-chat|Connect to the Chatroom]] and ask our members for assistance ([[guide:irc|IRC Guide]]). **No login required.** | + | - Register an account |
+ | - Register a wiki account [[https:// | ||
+ | - Post an introduction in [[https://stararmy.com/roleplay-forum/ | ||
+ | - Join the [[https:// | ||
+ | - Make your first character page - See [[guide:creating_a_character|Creating A Character]] | ||
+ | - Join any Open RP thread | ||
- | === Admin Help ==== | + | ===== Joining Roleplays ===== |
- | Contact | + | 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:// |
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+ | Star Army has an excellent guide to roleplaying here: [[guide: | ||
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+ | There' | ||
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+ | ===== Adding to The Setting ===== | ||
+ | In addition to adding to the Star Army Universe with roleplaying, | ||
+ | |||
+ | * [[guide: | ||
+ | * [[guide: | ||
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+ | ===== 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' | ||
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+ | * Post on the forums (Ask questions in the [[https:// | ||
+ | * Talk to people in the [[https:// | ||
+ | * You can also contact | ||
+ | * If you can't log in or register email [email protected] | ||
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+ | 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:// | ||