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- | ====== New Players' | + | ====== New Players Guide 🔰 ====== |
- | This article has the basic steps and info you' | + | We're really glad that you're joining Star Army, or at least thinking about it. This guide is going to give you all the most important information that you need to know about Star Army and guide you through some initial setup. |
- | ==== Getting Started | + | ===== What is Star Army? =====Â |
- | :!: You must be **16 or older** to join Star Army. **No exceptions.** | + | Star Army is a primarily a community for role-playing, |
- | === Registration === | + | The core element of our universe is the [[stararmy: |
- | * [[http:// | + | Star Army can sometimes contain mature themes, so we only allow adults |
- | * [[http:// | + | |
- | === Getting Assistance | + | ===== The Setting =====Â |
- | There are many ways to get help making your character: | + | 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 [[places:kikyo_sector|Kikyo Sector]]. |
- | * The [[http://stararmy.com/ | + | {{:guide:npg1.png?nolink|}} |
- | * You can [[http:// | + | |
- | * You can call or text message the admin, [[user: | + | |
- | * You can email the admin at [[[email protected]]] | + | |
- | ==== Creating a Character | + | ==== Technology |
- | The online [[creating_a_character|Character Creation Guide]] (CCG) is your primary resource for making your character. | + | Common technologies in the Star Army setting |
- | === Join A Major Faction | + | ==== Languages ====Â |
- | We strongly suggest your first character serve in the [[:star_army_of_yamatai]] or [[nepleslia:military]]; this is the best way for you to get a feel of the Star Army universe. With a **plot ship**, there will be other characters around to interact with, whereas if you made an independent character, you might be on your own. Civilian and other types of characters are available, but characters in major factions are usually easiest to play because they get the most resources and guidance and the most adventures and plots to be in (after all, it is a military themed RP). | + | The common galactic standard language is called |
- | === Ask Questions | + | ==== Playable Factions ====Â |
- | If you have questions the Character Creation Guide doesn' | + | You can make characters in any faction |
- | ==== Submitting Your Character ====Â | + | * [[faction: |
- | When you're done with your character biography, you'll need to: | + | * [[faction:democratic_imperium_of_nepleslia|Nepleslia]]: |
+ | * [[faction: | ||
+ | * [[faction: | ||
+ | * [[faction: | ||
- | | + | Some of these playable factions have sub-factions and subcultures within them, such as the [[faction:elysia:elysian_celestial_empire|]] and megacorporations like [[corp:origin:start]]. |
- | - Go the [[: | + | |
- | - Save the page and then click the (red) link you just made. It'll take you to a "This page hasn't been created" | + | |
- | - Click " | + | |
- | * For directions on adding a page, see: [[faq:how_do_i_add_a_page]]Â | + | |
- | * For Dokuwiki syntax see the [[wiki:syntax|Formatting guide]]Â | + | |
- | * Here are some [[: | + | |
- | - Save your Wiki bio. It'll be where you keep track of your character from now on. | + | |
- | - Submit a link to your bio for review to the [[http:// | + | |
- | ==== The Review Process ====Â | + | {{:guide:npg2.png?nolink|}} |
- | If there are no problems, approval will usually be quick and painless. If there are issues with your biography, the game master will do his best to help you adjust it so that it makes sense or fits in the role-play. The most common sources of problems are overpowered, | + | |
- | **NOTE: If you update/edit your bio, post a reply to its thread so the reviewers will know to look at it again!** | + | ==== Recent Events ====Â |
+ | The current year is [[timeline:YE 45]] (OOC: [[calendar: | ||
- | ==== Once Your Character Is Approved ====Â | + | Here's some other recent events that occurred |
- | A character forum moderator will post approval of your character | + | |
- | The plot GM should post in your thread to tell you if your character is accepted into the plot. In the unlikely event your character is approved but cannot be accepted, the GM (or if he is not available, the Faction Manager or Setting Manager) will post a notice in the approved character thread and then contact your second choice plot GM on your behalf. If your character is in the military, you will also get an orders thread in the appropriate communications forum. It will tell your character where to go and serves as a record of his/her military service including transfers, awards, and promotions. | + | ---- struct list ----Â |
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- | Once you're accepted into the plot, edit the [[:list_of_active_plots|plot' | + | * For recent OOC Announcements, see https://stararmy.com/ |
+ | * For recent In-Character News, see https:// | ||
- | === Inventory ===Â | + | {{: |
- | If you haven' | + | |
- | If you want more than three-thousand KS of items to start with, your character can go up to seven-thousand KS in debt, although this is not recommended. You might also save money by buying used items, which usually are around fifty to seventy percent the original cost of the item (I pity you if you buy used soap, though). To make things easy, for things that aren' | + | ===== Joining Roleplays =====Â |
+ | We recommend joining Open Roleplaying threads the day you join. You're here to RP, right? You don' | ||
- | === Start Roleplaying ===Â | + | Star Army has an excellent guide to roleplaying here: [[guide:Roleplaying]]. |
- | Once you're in a plot, start role-playing! If it's a single-post plot you can start right away (or as soon as it makes sense in the plot). If it's a [[:joint_post]] plot, then find out when the next chat session is (most plots have a scheduling thread in their forum). | + | |
+ | There' | ||
+ | ==== Current Open RPs ==== | ||
+ | These are the latest topics in the Open RP forum (with the time of the latest post in parentheses): | ||
+ | {{rss> | ||
- | ==== Roleplaying ==== | ||
- | === Play-by-Post === | ||
- | Most Star Army roleplay is done by posting directly onto a thread (or start a new one), which is called a [[single_posts|Single Post]]. Sometimes single posts are consolidated into compilations. | ||
- | === Alternate Methods | + | ===== Adding to The Setting |
- | == Joint Posts ==Â | + | In addition to adding to the Star Army Universe with roleplaying, you can also submit pages to become |
- | For JPs, we usually arrange | + | |
- | == Group Posts ==Â | + | * [[guide: |
- | Etherpad and Google Wave are real-time multi-user communication tools that allow roleplayers to write a group RP post simultaneously. No plot has made this the standard RP method so far, but it is catching on and many GMs have expressed interest and have used it for roleplay posts. | + | * [[guide: |
- | === Your Rights | + | ===== Play With Privacy =====Â |
- | See: [[:player_rights]] | + | You do not have to provide a real name to participate (See [[https:// |
- | ==== Basic Rules ==== | + | ===== Your Checklist |
+ | Here's what we recommend: | ||
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- | * Don' | + | * Note: You don' |
- | * Absences are fine as long as you give advance warning | + | - Post an introduction |
- | * If you need to leave a plot, follow the instructions here: [[guide:leaving]] | + | - Join the [[https:// |
+ | - Make your first characters: See [[guide:creating_a_character|Creating A Character]] (Feel free to ask questions on Discord as you do it)Â | ||
+ | - Join any Open RP thread | ||
- | Full rules are available here: [[guide:rules]] | + | ===== Questions and Assistance =====Â |
+ | Getting into Star Army is easiest when you ask someone to mentor you through it, and we're happy to do that! If we haven' | ||
- | ==== Appendix: Role-playing Terminology used in the Star Army Role-Play ====Â | + | |
- | | + | * Talk to people |
- | * **IC (In-Character)**; | + | * You can also contact |
- | * **NPC:** Characters whose actions are not written role-players, | + | * If you can' |
- | * **END:** End of a role-playing session in a chat room. (PAUSE or OFF may also be used)Â | + | Â |
- | * **ON: [Location]**: | + | Star Army uses advanced anti-spam methods |
- | * **OOC:** Out-of-Character; | + | |
- | * **PC:** Player character; characters whose actions and dialogue is written by a role-player. See: [[: | + | |
- | * **Scene:** The setting and timeline of a JP, as directed by the GM. | + | |
- | * **SP (Single Post)**; A role-play post by a single player, posted directly to the in-character story forums. See: [[single_posts]]. | + | |
- | ==== Other helpful pages ==== | ||
- | * [[creating_a_character|Character Creation Guide]] | ||
- | * [[: | ||
- | * [[: |