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== Thank you for that change Cadet. I'm happy to tell you your bio has been approved. I'd again like to welcome to Federation Space RPG (Fed Space). It's a great game and community.
I'm going to get you started on your lessons, giving your your first Academy lesson. Your Academy Instructor will be along shortly. We're all here to help you get ready for your time on a ship. If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to ask us!
Before moving on, I want to make sure you know about the great resource our wiki provides. It has a lot of information, including what your department duties will be. Take some time to review as it can help you understand your role: How to play a Security Officer.
Our wiki includes an Academy section that contains a lot of resources for you. Be sure to take some time to review them, especially the New Cadet FAQ while you’re there. We’ll use the wiki later in our lessons, so it’s helpful for you to start navigating it now.
Site Canon and the Federation Space History Timeline. It’s important to understand our history. Please take time to review.
With that out of the way, let’s get started: Lesson one: Writing Format
Third Person, Past Tense:
Fed Space has players all over the world so we use a standardized set of formatting rules. By using one style, it makes it easier for everyone to follow and understand each other’s posts.
The first thing to know is that we post in third person, past tense. An example of this style of writing would be: Samantha was so excited to be finally taking her final examination, she fell off her seat. NOT: I fell off my seat because I was so excited to take my final examination.
We also use double spacing between paragraphs and character’s spoken lines. This means when you write a spoken line with quotation marks “ ”, leave a space after. This makes it easier for players to follow. A good rule to follow is ‘When in doubt, double space!’
Your Character’s Internal Thoughts
To show your character’s own thoughts, we use italics. When writing your character’s thoughts, it’s acceptable to write in first person. An example of showing my character’s thoughts would look like: I can’t wait for another cup of chai. Maybe I should make it a dirty chai next time.
Showing Emphasis
To make something really stand out in your post, such as if your character was shouting, we use bold text. An example of showing emphasis for my character would look like: Maddie loved a good cup of chai, especially with a bit of vanilla.
Telepathic Communication
In general, it is rare a character has the ability to communicate telepathically and because of this, it is closely monitored by our Senior and Commanding Officers to make sure it isn’t abused. With that said, there are a few telepathic races on Fed Space and on occasion telepaths will speak to each other through this unique skill. Telepathic communication is shown like this:
~ Hello, I am speaking directly into your mind. ~
If your character is not telepathic then, in general, you won’t need to worry about this technique, but I want you to be aware it exists in case you see crewmembers on your ship or others using it.
Using Communication Badges or Comm Badges
Characters can often receive verbal communications through a communication device, such as a comm badge, from another crew member or the computer. When receiving a message, you should drop the quotations “ ” and instead use brackets [ ].
For example, if I received a message from another officer, it would look something like this:
[Commander Jasal to Captain Allen. We are out of chai.]
If you are the one speaking to somebody through a comm device, you would still use the quotations “ ”.
Out Of Character posting or OOC:
OOC posting is what I’m doing now. OOC text is surrounded by == ==. Use OOC when you want to talk to another player and not write it as part of the storyline. You won’t need to do this in general discussion areas such as your ship’s OOC sections like Crew Announcements as well as in Hailing Frequencies.
Proofing Posts:
When writing a post, it’s important to take time to run your posts through the spell check many writing software offers. Spell check won’t find all grammar and spelling errors, but will find many and help correct errors found. Rereading your post can help catch errors. We don’t need anyone to be a speller or grammar whiz, but taking the time to do this extra step will make it easier for everyone to understand what’s written.
A good way to get the feel of these formatting rules and to get a feel of the site in general is to browse the different ship forums. Take some time to look at the different ships. Take time to notice how our players use the elements listed above.
With all that said, let’s get to some posting! Your first assignment is to respond to my post using the above formatting elements. If you have any questions, ask. Good luck and have fun!
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Maddie was taking a walk through the exam holodecks, chatting with instructors and cadets, on her way to start one exam for a fellow security cadet, Riley Wright. She hadn't been a part of exams in quite some time as now she was filled with more paperwork and reports. It would be nice to at least get one started, even if that was it.
As she arrived to the proper holodeck, she found it empty, which gave her time to make any adjustments to the cadet's scenario, although the assigned instructor was typically well ahead of all exams and would have things ready. She almost gave a call for the cadet, but there wasn't a need - yet. She wasn't late and she didn't like adding any extra pressure to a cadet on exam day. So, Maddie casually sipped on her chai latte as she prepared the simulation and waited for both the cadet and instructor. ==
I'm going to get you started on your lessons, giving your your first Academy lesson. Your Academy Instructor will be along shortly. We're all here to help you get ready for your time on a ship. If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to ask us!
Before moving on, I want to make sure you know about the great resource our wiki provides. It has a lot of information, including what your department duties will be. Take some time to review as it can help you understand your role: How to play a Security Officer.
Our wiki includes an Academy section that contains a lot of resources for you. Be sure to take some time to review them, especially the New Cadet FAQ while you’re there. We’ll use the wiki later in our lessons, so it’s helpful for you to start navigating it now.
Site Canon and the Federation Space History Timeline. It’s important to understand our history. Please take time to review.
With that out of the way, let’s get started: Lesson one: Writing Format
Third Person, Past Tense:
Fed Space has players all over the world so we use a standardized set of formatting rules. By using one style, it makes it easier for everyone to follow and understand each other’s posts.
The first thing to know is that we post in third person, past tense. An example of this style of writing would be: Samantha was so excited to be finally taking her final examination, she fell off her seat. NOT: I fell off my seat because I was so excited to take my final examination.
We also use double spacing between paragraphs and character’s spoken lines. This means when you write a spoken line with quotation marks “ ”, leave a space after. This makes it easier for players to follow. A good rule to follow is ‘When in doubt, double space!’
Your Character’s Internal Thoughts
To show your character’s own thoughts, we use italics. When writing your character’s thoughts, it’s acceptable to write in first person. An example of showing my character’s thoughts would look like: I can’t wait for another cup of chai. Maybe I should make it a dirty chai next time.
Showing Emphasis
To make something really stand out in your post, such as if your character was shouting, we use bold text. An example of showing emphasis for my character would look like: Maddie loved a good cup of chai, especially with a bit of vanilla.
Telepathic Communication
In general, it is rare a character has the ability to communicate telepathically and because of this, it is closely monitored by our Senior and Commanding Officers to make sure it isn’t abused. With that said, there are a few telepathic races on Fed Space and on occasion telepaths will speak to each other through this unique skill. Telepathic communication is shown like this:
~ Hello, I am speaking directly into your mind. ~
If your character is not telepathic then, in general, you won’t need to worry about this technique, but I want you to be aware it exists in case you see crewmembers on your ship or others using it.
Using Communication Badges or Comm Badges
Characters can often receive verbal communications through a communication device, such as a comm badge, from another crew member or the computer. When receiving a message, you should drop the quotations “ ” and instead use brackets [ ].
For example, if I received a message from another officer, it would look something like this:
[Commander Jasal to Captain Allen. We are out of chai.]
If you are the one speaking to somebody through a comm device, you would still use the quotations “ ”.
Out Of Character posting or OOC:
OOC posting is what I’m doing now. OOC text is surrounded by == ==. Use OOC when you want to talk to another player and not write it as part of the storyline. You won’t need to do this in general discussion areas such as your ship’s OOC sections like Crew Announcements as well as in Hailing Frequencies.
Proofing Posts:
When writing a post, it’s important to take time to run your posts through the spell check many writing software offers. Spell check won’t find all grammar and spelling errors, but will find many and help correct errors found. Rereading your post can help catch errors. We don’t need anyone to be a speller or grammar whiz, but taking the time to do this extra step will make it easier for everyone to understand what’s written.
A good way to get the feel of these formatting rules and to get a feel of the site in general is to browse the different ship forums. Take some time to look at the different ships. Take time to notice how our players use the elements listed above.
With all that said, let’s get to some posting! Your first assignment is to respond to my post using the above formatting elements. If you have any questions, ask. Good luck and have fun!
==Maddie was taking a walk through the exam holodecks, chatting with instructors and cadets, on her way to start one exam for a fellow security cadet, Riley Wright. She hadn't been a part of exams in quite some time as now she was filled with more paperwork and reports. It would be nice to at least get one started, even if that was it.
As she arrived to the proper holodeck, she found it empty, which gave her time to make any adjustments to the cadet's scenario, although the assigned instructor was typically well ahead of all exams and would have things ready. She almost gave a call for the cadet, but there wasn't a need - yet. She wasn't late and she didn't like adding any extra pressure to a cadet on exam day. So, Maddie casually sipped on her chai latte as she prepared the simulation and waited for both the cadet and instructor. ==