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The Star Army setting is unique and interesting because it has been built over the years by SARPers. These rules govern the addition of material to the Star Army's setting canon.
Please do not submit articles of the following types:
We also generally won't accept cutting edge or advanced technology for factions that don't have any role-play going on.
Tip: Make an effort to improve on existing designs; we have a lot of good designs that could use some refit or upgrading.
Articles for the Yamatai Star Empire require artwork if they're in the following categories.
Both the submitter and the reviewer should do their best to avoid submission rot, which is when threads linger forever in limbo. Submission rot usually comes in 3 types:
When a reviewer sees a submission that is beyond their immediate field of technical expertise or understanding, they usually just leave it be. Rather than trying to do quickie research on a topic they know little about, the reviewer leaves it for someone more knowledgeable on the subject.
However, when a technology falls between or beyond the immediate fields of technical expertise of the entire reviewer collective, the submission is often left idle for very long periods of time and is forgotten until bumped. Even after bumps, such submissions are usually left to rot longer.
This tends to happen with more scientifically advanced-sounding submissions. Tech staff will sometimes reply to these submissions with minor suggestions, but that is irregular.
Submissions that could drastically alter the roleplay, and are therefore controversial, might deliberately be taken to the Submissions Office for private discussion among tech staff.
It used to be these submissions were collectively ignored whether they were controversial or not. Commonly they were race-related submissions of technology, such as a weapon for a certain race. The Submissions Office now handles these, so Type 2 is less frequently seen.
Submissions that are so huge or numerous (subsystems, etc) that moderators cannot find time to review them.