12-27-2024, 11:26 AM
== Hello Cadet Bremner! Congratulations on your approved bio! Fed Space is a great game and community and I’m glad to have you join us. I’ll be your Academy Instructor, helping you get ready for your time on ship. If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to ask me here or email me.
Before we move onto the first lesson, 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.
The wiki also 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.
With that out of the way, let’s get started: Lesson one: Formatting basics
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 a dirty chai?
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 for a character to have 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. We use this symbol ~ to show telepathic communication and it would look like this in writing.
~ Hello, I am speaking directly into your mind. ~
Using Communication Badges (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 Shanth 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 (OOC):
Out of Character (OOC) posting is what I’m doing now. OOC text is surrounded by two equal signs on the front and back of a post == ==. Use OOC when you want to talk to another player and not write it as part of the storyline. Using this technique is not needed in general discussion areas such as your ship’s sections for Crew Announcements or 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. Be careful, spell check doesn’t find all grammar and spelling errors. It will find many and help correct errors found though. Taking time to reread your post can also help catch errors. We don’t expect 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 ships. Take time to notice how players use the elements mentioned 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 entered an empty yet pristine holodeck waiting for the next cadet to arrive for their final exam. She carried a cup with her (rarely was she without) to the console to preprogram the cadet’s simulation.
Medical cadet. It’s been too long since I’ve done this.
She scanned through the numerous simulations she had created, finally deciding on one titled AllenMedical0739.
Yes, that should do nicely.
As she neared the end of preparing, she sent a quick communication to the cadet.
“Captain Allen to Cadet Bremner, please report to holodeck five for final testing.”
She took a sip from her cup and then reviewed the simulation waiting.
== tag Cadet! ==
Before we move onto the first lesson, 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.
The wiki also 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.
With that out of the way, let’s get started: Lesson one: Formatting basics
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 a dirty chai?
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 for a character to have 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. We use this symbol ~ to show telepathic communication and it would look like this in writing.
~ Hello, I am speaking directly into your mind. ~
Using Communication Badges (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 Shanth 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 (OOC):
Out of Character (OOC) posting is what I’m doing now. OOC text is surrounded by two equal signs on the front and back of a post == ==. Use OOC when you want to talk to another player and not write it as part of the storyline. Using this technique is not needed in general discussion areas such as your ship’s sections for Crew Announcements or 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. Be careful, spell check doesn’t find all grammar and spelling errors. It will find many and help correct errors found though. Taking time to reread your post can also help catch errors. We don’t expect 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 ships. Take time to notice how players use the elements mentioned 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 entered an empty yet pristine holodeck waiting for the next cadet to arrive for their final exam. She carried a cup with her (rarely was she without) to the console to preprogram the cadet’s simulation.
Medical cadet. It’s been too long since I’ve done this.
She scanned through the numerous simulations she had created, finally deciding on one titled AllenMedical0739.
Yes, that should do nicely.
As she neared the end of preparing, she sent a quick communication to the cadet.
“Captain Allen to Cadet Bremner, please report to holodeck five for final testing.”
She took a sip from her cup and then reviewed the simulation waiting.
== tag Cadet! ==