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- | ====== | + | ====== 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://stararmy.com/ | + | ===== What is Star Army? ===== |
+ | Star Army is a primarily a community for role-playing, | ||
- | ===== Setting | + | ===== 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 the [[location: |
- | 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, and now Earth is merely an ancient legend. But humanity survives in the form of its distant colony worlds. | + | ==== Technology ==== |
+ | Common technologies in the Star Army setting include FTL drives, androids, synthetic life, brain-uploading, | ||
- | Technology levels are advanced but stable, | + | ==== Playable Factions ==== |
+ | You can make characters in any faction you like and in as many factions as you life. Your options are: | ||
- | From the ashes, a new pocket | + | * [[faction: |
+ | * [[faction: | ||
+ | * [[faction: | ||
+ | * [[wip: | ||
+ | * [[faction: | ||
- | ==== Yamatai ===== | + | Some of these playable factions have sub-factions and subcultures within them, such as the [[faction:elysia:elysian_celestial_empire|]] and megacorporations like [[corp: |
- | The {{faction:yamatai:flag_of_yamatai.png? | + | |
- | ==== Nepleslia | + | ==== Recent Events |
- | In stark contrast, | + | The current year is [[timeline:YE 43]]. The factions |
- | ==== The Vast Universe ==== | + | Here's some other recent events that occurred in the last few years: |
- | As you go through character creation, you'll be introduced to several | + | |
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+ | order: event_year, event_month | ||
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- | ===== Roleplaying Overview ===== | + | * For recent OOC Announcements, |
- | 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' | + | * For recent |
- | 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. | + | ===== Your Checklist ===== |
+ | Here's what we recommend: | ||
- | For the full guide to roleplaying | + | - Read the [[guide:rules]] |
+ | - Register an account | ||
+ | - Register a wiki account [[https:// | ||
+ | - Post an introduction in [[https:// | ||
+ | - Join the [[https:// | ||
+ | - Make your first character page - See [[guide: | ||
+ | - Join any Open RP thread | ||
- | === Play-by-Post | + | ===== Joining Roleplays ===== |
- | **Star Army** is a play-by-post roleplaying | + | 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:// |
- | **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' | + | Star Army has an excellent guide to roleplaying here: [[guide:Roleplaying]]. |
- | === Flexible Time === | + | There' |
- | 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. | + | |
- | === A Shared, Living | + | ===== Adding to The Setting |
- | Star Army is a shared, living world that is always growing. Your writing | + | 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: |
- | ===== Account Setup ===== | + | |
- | 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]]. | + | * [[guide:submission_rules]] |
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- | Register an account on [[https:// | + | |
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- | Optional: Create a wiki account. | + | |
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- | :!: If you have trouble registering, | + | |
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- | ===== Creating Characters ===== | + | |
- | 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 thread. | + | |
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- | * [[https:// | + | |
- | * Got an idea for a roleplay thread? Start an interest check thread in the [[https:// | + | |
- | * Find other players to RP with in the [[https:// | + | |
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- | 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' | + | |
===== Questions and Assistance ===== | ===== Questions and Assistance ===== | ||
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* Post on the forums (Ask questions in the [[https:// | * 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: | ||
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- | ===== 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 ([[sarp: | + | |
- | * 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: | ||