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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 |
- | ===== Roleplaying Overview | + | ===== What is Star Army? =====Â |
- | 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' | + | Star Army is a primarily a community for role-playing, |
- | **Star Army** | + | The core element of our universe |
- | 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. | + | Star Army can sometimes contain mature themes, so we only allow adults (people 18 or older) |
- | **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' | + | ===== The Setting =====Â |
+ | Earth is merely a legend at this point in the far future. Instead, | ||
- | For the full guide to roleplaying on Star Army, see [[guide:roleplaying]]. | + | {{:guide:npg1.png? |
+ | ==== Technology ==== | ||
+ | Common technologies in the Star Army setting include FTL drives, androids, synthetic life, brain-uploading, | ||
- | ===== Account Setup =====Â | + | ==== Languages |
- | Star Army is an " | + | The common galactic standard language |
- | Register an account on [[https:// | + | ==== Playable Factions ====Â |
+ | You can make characters | ||
- | Optional: Create | + | * [[faction: |
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+ | * [[faction: | ||
+ | * [[faction: | ||
+ | * [[faction: | ||
- | :!: If you have trouble registering, contact | + | Some of these playable factions |
- | ===== Creating Characters =====Â | + | {{:guide:npg2.png? |
- | 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. | + | |
- | * [[https:// | + | ==== Recent Events ====Â |
- | * Got an idea for a roleplay thread? Start an interest check thread in the [[https:// | + | The current year is [[timeline:YE 45]] (OOC: [[calendar:2023]]) The factions of the Kikyo Sector recently fought off an invasion |
- | * Find other players to RP with in the [[https:// | + | |
+ | Here's some other recent events that occurred in the last few years: | ||
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+ | headers: Year, Month, Page | ||
+ | order: event_year, event_month_decimal | ||
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+ | * For recent OOC Announcements, | ||
+ | * For recent In-Character News, see https:// | ||
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+ | ===== Joining Roleplays ===== | ||
+ | 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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+ | ==== Current Open RPs ==== | ||
+ | These are the latest topics in the Open RP forum (with the time of the latest post in parentheses): | ||
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+ | ===== Adding to The Setting ===== | ||
+ | In addition to adding to the Star Army Universe with roleplaying, | ||
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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 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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* Talk to people in the [[https:// | * Talk to people in the [[https:// | ||
* You can also contact [[user: | * You can also contact [[user: | ||
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- | ===== Roleplaying Jargon =====Â | + | |
- | 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 |
- | * [[damage_rating_v2]]Â | + | |
- | * [[damage_rating_v3]]Â | + | |
- | * [[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 | + | |
- | * [[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 ===== | ||
- | * [[wip: | ||
- | * [[faction: | ||
- | * [[stararmy: | ||
- | * [[firearms_terminology]] | ||
- | * [[faction: | ||
- | * [[: | ||
- | * [[guide: | ||