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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 |
- | {{https:// | + | ===== What is Star Army? ===== |
+ | Star Army is a primarily a community for role-playing, | ||
- | ===== Setting Overview ===== | + | The core element of our universe |
- | //“The Earth is the cradle | + | |
- | We don't know how far away from Earth we are, or how long ago humans first left Earth. Incalculable knowledge has been lost to war, plagues, and alien occupations, | + | Star Army can sometimes contain mature themes, so we only allow adults (people 18 or older) |
- | Technology levels are advanced but stable, and include anti-gravity fields, energy weapons, faster-than-light drives, brain-uploading, | + | ===== The Setting ===== |
+ | 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 | ||
- | From the ashes, a new pocket of civilizations arose in this unusually habitable corner of the galaxy. Peace is carefully maintained in besieged nations whose overextended military forces continue to constantly fight off against alien invasions and insurrections, | + | {{: |
- | ==== Yamatai ===== | + | ==== Technology |
- | The {{faction: | + | Common technologies in the Star Army setting include FTL drives, androids, synthetic life, brain-uploading, aetheric energy, nanomachines, |
- | ==== Nepleslia | + | ==== Languages |
- | In stark contrast, | + | The common galactic standard language is called [[language:trade|Trade]]. Other languages can be found here: [[guide: |
- | ==== The Vast Universe | + | ==== Playable Factions |
- | 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 | + | You can make characters in any faction you like and in as many factions |
+ | * [[faction: | ||
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+ | * [[faction: | ||
+ | * [[faction: | ||
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- | ===== Roleplaying Overview ===== | + | Some of these playable factions have sub-factions and subcultures within them, such as the [[faction: |
- | In Star Army, you and other members create characters who live in the high-tech fictional universe of Star Army and then use your imagination to write your character' | + | |
- | Most RP occurs in ongoing RP plots. After their second RP thread starts, they can get their own subforum. A //plot// in this case refers to an ongoing role playing story and its group of players. In the Star Army RP, these are often based on starships. | + | {{: |
- | For the full guide to roleplaying on Star Army, see [[guide:roleplaying]]. | + | ==== Recent Events ==== |
+ | The current year is [[timeline: | ||
- | === Play-by-Post ==== | + | Here's some other recent events that occurred in the last few years: |
- | **Star Army** is a play-by-post roleplaying community, which means we operate by posting text on the forum. Unlike tabletop roleplaying games, Star Army is mostly just writing and does not use complex game mechanics (math). Most story plots have a **Game Master** (GM) assigned whose job is to guide the story, describe the setting, and write the actions of background characters (NPCs). In the Open Roleplay forum, the creator of the RP thread may act as a GM. | + | |
- | **In Star Army RPs, we usually write in third-person past tense**, the way most novels do. For example: //A scowl of disgust appeared on Sayuri' | + | ---- struct list ---- |
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- | === Flexible Time === | + | * For recent OOC Announcements, |
- | At a site-wide level, a year in real life is equivalent to a year in the Star Army universe. However, you are not required to stay aligned with the actual dates throughout the year. To help keep track of space and time, please include the location, date, and time at the start of your posts as needed. | + | * For recent In-Character News, see https:// |
- | === A Shared, Living Setting === | + | {{: |
- | Star Army is a shared, living world that is always growing. Your writing can add to the setting, and your RP may be affected by events in the setting. Because you'll roleplay with other people, expect to be surprised sometimes! Have fun and be brave. | + | |
- | ===== Account Setup ===== | + | ===== Joining Roleplays |
- | You must be **16 or older** to join Star Army. There is no cost to join or participate. Before joining, you should probably read the [[guide:rules]]. | + | We recommend joining Open Roleplaying threads the day you join. You're here to RP, right? You don't need any prior approvals |
- | Register | + | Star Army has an excellent guide to roleplaying here: [[guide:Roleplaying]]. |
- | Optional: Create a wiki account. The wiki login system is separate from the forum one, so you will need to register for both.** You'll need a wiki account to create and edit wiki articles (such as if you want to make a page for your character). | + | There' |
- | :!: If you have trouble registering, | + | ==== Current Open RPs ==== |
+ | These are the latest topics in the Open RP forum (with the time of the latest post in parentheses): | ||
- | ===== Creating Characters ===== | + | {{rss> |
- | When you're ready, 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 [[active_plots|plot]] group or by joining or creating a roleplay | + | |
- | * [[http:// | ||
- | * Got an idea for a roleplay thread? Start an interest check thread in the [[http:// | ||
- | * Find other players to RP with in the [[http:// | ||
- | Star Army is a community, so get the most out of this site by being proactive; get (and stay) involved. Make friends of your fellow roleplayers by showing them you're fun to write with! It doesn't matter how long you've been a site member: what matters | + | ===== 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: | ||
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+ | * [[guide: | ||
+ | * [[guide: | ||
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+ | ===== Play With Privacy ===== | ||
+ | You do not have to provide a real name to participate (See [[https:// | ||
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+ | ===== Your Checklist ===== | ||
+ | Here's what we recommend: | ||
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+ | - Read the [[guide: | ||
+ | - Register an account on the [[https:// | ||
+ | - Register | ||
+ | - Post an introduction in [[https:// | ||
+ | - Join the [[https:// | ||
+ | - Make your first character page - See [[guide: | ||
+ | - Join any Open RP thread | ||
===== Questions and Assistance ===== | ===== 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' | 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' | ||
- | * Post on the forums (Ask questions in the [[http:// | + | * Post on the forums (Ask questions in the [[https:// |
- | * Talk to people in the [[https://stararmy.com/ | + | * Talk to people in the [[https://discord.gg/RunXe4p|Discord |
- | * You can also contact [[user: | + | * You can also contact [[user: |
- | * if you can't log in, email stararmy@gmail.com or text to 1-209-782-7276 | + | * If you can't log in or register |
- | ===== Roleplaying Jargon ===== | + | |
- | The following are some common terms in the Star Army Roleplay Community. | + | |
- | * [[Damage Rating]] ([[:DR]]): A guideline for how much damage weapons do. | + | Star Army uses advanced anti-spam methods |
- | * [[gamemaster]] (GM): A plot's storyteller/ | + | |
- | * [[guide: | + | |
- | * Joint Post (JP): A chat role-play session between multiple players, later posted on the forums. | + | |
- | * [[guide: | + | |
- | * Open Roleplay: Roleplaying threads | + | |
- | * [[guide: | + | |
- | * [[guide: | + | |
- | * [[guide: | + | |
- | * [[:SARP]]: Star Army Roleplay ([[: | + | |
- | * Single Post (SP): A role-play post by a single player, posted directly on the forum. | + | |
- | ===== Related Pages ===== | ||
- | * [[computer_glossary| Computing]]: | ||
- | * [[iromakuanhe: | ||
- | * [[stararmy: | ||
- | * [[firearms_terminology]] | ||
- | * [[: | ||
- | * [[guide: | ||
- | * [[guide: | ||