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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 |
- | ===== Setting Overview ===== | + | |
- | //“The Earth is the cradle of mankind, but one cannot remain in the cradle forever.” - [[wp> | + | |
- | 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. | + | ===== 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. | ||
- | Technology levels are advanced but stable, and include anti-gravity fields, energy weapons, faster-than-light drives, brain-uploading, and generators that can draw practically unlimited energy from the " | + | The core element of our universe is the [[stararmy: |
- | From the ashes, a new pocket of civilizations arose in this unusually habitable corner of the [[location: | + | Star Army can sometimes contain mature themes, so we only allow adults (people 18 or older) |
- | ==== Yamatai | + | ===== The Setting |
- | The {{faction: | + | Earth is merely |
- | The [[stararmy:star_army_of_yamatai|Star Army]] has members of dozens of species serving, but it's best known for its cat-eared warrior women, the [[species:Nekovalkyrja]] (pronounced // | + | {{:guide:npg1.png? |
- | ==== Nepleslia | + | ==== Technology |
- | In stark contrast, The {{faction: | + | Common technologies in the Star Army setting include FTL drives, androids, synthetic life, brain-uploading, aetheric energy, nanomachines, |
- | ==== The Vast Universe | + | ==== Languages |
- | 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. Around the known factions is an endless sea of strange aliens, bold outlaws and jealous insurgencies. | + | The common galactic standard language is called [[language: |
- | ==== Further Setting Information | + | ==== Playable Factions |
- | * [[location:kikyo_sector]] | + | You can make characters in any faction you like and in as many factions as you life. Your options are: |
- | * [[: | + | |
- | * [[calendar: | + | |
+ | * [[faction: | ||
+ | * [[faction: | ||
+ | * [[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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+ | headers: Year, Month, Page | ||
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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:// |
- | See also: [[calendar:Yamatai]] | + | {{:stararmy:2021_mindy_recruiting_poster_by_f4artz_commissioned_by_yuuki.png? |
- | ==== A Shared, Living Setting | + | ===== Joining Roleplays ===== |
- | Star Army is a shared, living world that is always growing. Your writing | + | 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:// |
- | ===== Account Setup ===== | + | Star Army has an excellent guide to roleplaying here: [[guide:Roleplaying]]. |
- | Star Army is an " | + | |
- | Register an account on [[https:// | + | There' |
- | 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 | + | ==== Current Open RPs ==== |
+ | These are the latest topics in the Open RP forum (with the time of the latest post in parentheses): | ||
- | :!: If you have trouble registering, | + | {{rss> |
- | ===== 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: | ||
- | * [[https:// | + | ===== Adding to The Setting ===== |
- | * Got an idea for a roleplay thread? Start an interest check thread in the [[https:// | + | In addition to adding to the Star Army Universe with roleplaying, you can also submit pages to become |
- | * Find other players to RP with in the [[https:// | + | |
- | 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 is what you're doing. | + | * [[guide: |
+ | * [[guide: | ||
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+ | ===== Play With Privacy ===== | ||
+ | You do not have to provide | ||
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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 a wiki account [[https:// | ||
+ | * Note: You don't have to provide your name((https:// | ||
+ | - Post an introduction in [[https:// | ||
+ | - Join the [[https:// | ||
+ | - Make your first character: See [[guide: | ||
+ | - Join any Open RP thread | ||
===== 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:Wes]], the admin: [[https:// | + | * You can also contact [[members:wes]], the admin: [[https:// |
- | * 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, email wes@stararmy.com |
- | ===== Roleplaying Jargon ===== | + | |
- | The following are some common terms in the Star Army Roleplay Community. | + | |
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- | * Damage Rating (DR): A guideline for how much damage weapons do. | + | |
- | * [[damage_rating_v2]] | + | |
- | * [[damage_rating_v3]] | + | |
- | * [[game_master]] (GM): A plot's storyteller/ | + | |
- | * [[guide: | + | |
- | * Joint Post (JP): A chat role-play session between multiple players, later posted on the forums. | + | |
- | * [[: | + | |
- | * Open Roleplay: Roleplaying threads that anyone may join. | + | |
- | * [[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 ===== | + | 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. |
- | * [[wip: | + | |
- | * [[faction: | + | |
- | * [[stararmy: | + | |
- | * [[firearms_terminology]] | + | |
- | * [[faction: | + | |
- | * [[: | + | |
- | * [[guide: | + | |