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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 |
- | 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' | + | ===== What is Star Army? =====Â |
+ | Star Army is a primarily a community for role-playing, | ||
- | For the full guide to roleplaying on Star Army, see [[guide:roleplaying]]. | + | ===== The Setting =====Â |
+ | Earth is merely a legend at this point in the far future. Instead, | ||
+ | ==== Technology ==== | ||
+ | Common technologies in the Star Army setting include FTL drives, androids, synthetic life, brain-uploading, | ||
- | ===== Account Setup =====Â | + | ==== Playable Factions |
- | Star Army is an " | + | You can make characters |
- | Register an account on [[https://stararmy.com/ | + | * [[faction:yamatai_star_empire|Yamatai]]: |
+ | * [[faction:democratic_imperium_of_nepleslia|Nepleslia]]: | ||
+ | * [[faction: | ||
+ | * [[wip: | ||
+ | * [[faction: | ||
- | 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 | + | Some of these playable factions have sub-factions |
- | :!: If you have trouble registering, | + | ==== Recent Events ====Â |
+ | The current year is [[timeline:YE 43]]. The factions of the Kikyo Sector just fought off an invasion in the [[timeline: | ||
- | ===== Creating Characters =====Â | + | Here's some other recent events that occurred in the last few years: |
- | 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:// | + | ---- struct list ----Â |
- | * Got an idea for a roleplay thread? Start an interest check thread in the [[https:// | + | schema: events |
- | * Find other players to RP with in the [[https:// | + | cols: event_month, |
+ | headers: Year, Month, Page | ||
+ | order: event_year, event_month | ||
+ | filteror: | ||
+ | filteror: | ||
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+ | ---- | ||
+ | * For recent OOC Announcements, | ||
+ | * For recent In-Character News, see https:// | ||
+ | ===== 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:// | ||
+ | - Post an introduction in [[https:// | ||
+ | - Join the [[https:// | ||
+ | - Make your first character page - See [[guide: | ||
+ | - Join any Open RP thread | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== 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:// | ||
+ | |||
+ | Star Army has an excellent guide to roleplaying here: [[guide: | ||
+ | |||
+ | There' | ||
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+ | ===== Adding to The Setting ===== | ||
+ | In addition to adding to the Star Army Universe with roleplaying, | ||
+ | |||
+ | * [[guide: | ||
+ | * [[guide: | ||
===== 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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+ | 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. | ||