12-28-2024, 12:33 AM
== Great job Cadet Bremner! I enjoyed reading your post, what she was doing, and how she was feeling. Thanks for using the different formatting techniques, too! Let’s move on to Lesson two: Plots, GM Input, Character Hijacking, and Finding new posts on the site:
We have two types of plots on Fed Space: the main plot and subplots.
Main plots affect the entire ship and are directed by a Game Moderator (GM).
Subplots are an underlying story that’s being told within the main plot. A subplot can be run by any player who has received approval by the ship’s CO (or FO).
An example of the difference between the two: The main plot is about the ship falling under attack, whereas a subplot would be a character dealing with an on-ship pregnancy or maybe trying to write the next great holonovel.
GMs:
Game Moderators (GMs) guide the ships’ missions along. Every ship has a mission, of which only the GMs of a ship know the mission details.
Your job is to write what your character sees and what their reaction is. The GM will provide any unknowns about the main plot. This input will have significance to the direction of the mission. This is why characters should keep posts open-ended on anything that might affect the mission’s direction or outcome. As your character performs an action, such as performing a diagnostic scan, just leave the result of the scan unknown. The GM will explain what the outcome of the action is.
When you need GM input on something, for example the results of a diagnostic scan, just make a request at the end of your post using OOC. The request should look like:
== GM Input, please. ==
Or it can also be a more specific request, such as:
== GM Input: Result of the diagnostic, please. ==
As I’ve mentioned, we have a lot happening on all the ships. Look around at the ships to see how characters ask and what they ask for from the GM.
Character Hijacking:
The next element we’re going to cover is character usage. Unless you have permission from the player, you cannot post any speech, thoughts or movements for another character (PRC or NRC) that isn’t yours, unless the character has already done so in game. This is called character hijacking and is not permitted on Fed Space. Some players might not mind, but even minor things such as a nod of the head or a shrug of the shoulders can be considered hijacking.
For example, if you wrote in your next post that Captain Allen suddenly appeared and started dancing the Hokey Pokey, you would have hijacked my character.
Character Movement on Ships:
I’m sure you have noticed a ship has multiple threads on it for the various locations a player can post, such as the bridge, sickbay, and security offices. Players will travel throughout the ship to accomplish their orders. To help follow the plot when a player is moving from one thread to another they will make notation at the end their post like this: >> Sickbay >> The arrows and location found at the bottom of a post tells readers where this character will post next.
When the player makes their next post, the player should make a notation at the beginning of their post like this: << Bridge << The arrows and location found at the top of a post indicate that is where a player has just come from.
Finding New Posts:
I would like to mention the ‘view new posts’ feature on the right of our forum page. This tab is a quick and handy way to see the new posts since your previous visit to the forums.
Time for more writing! In your next post, continue showing your use of our formatting techniques you learned in lesson one and ask for GM input. I will be acting as your GM.
If you need any help or would like more clarification on something, ask me! ==
Maddie smiled as the cadet reported to her. “Welcome to your final examination Cadet Bremner…and... at ease. In a few moments I will begin your exam scenario. I’ll be observing your responses outside of the simulation.”
Maddie paused for a moment, letting the cadet gather herself, take a breath or whatever she might need to do to get ready. Then Maddie spoke again. “Computer, begin Allen medical zero seven three nine.”
The holodeck hummed as it quickly changed from an empty cold room to the Sickbay on the USS MacKenzie. Things appeared like it should appear in a sickbay until the doors whooshed open to reveal an extremely pale and sickly-looking ensign wearing the colors of the Tactical department. He was being helped into Sickbay by two other Tactical ensigns.
== Tag Cadet
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We have two types of plots on Fed Space: the main plot and subplots.
Main plots affect the entire ship and are directed by a Game Moderator (GM).
Subplots are an underlying story that’s being told within the main plot. A subplot can be run by any player who has received approval by the ship’s CO (or FO).
An example of the difference between the two: The main plot is about the ship falling under attack, whereas a subplot would be a character dealing with an on-ship pregnancy or maybe trying to write the next great holonovel.
GMs:
Game Moderators (GMs) guide the ships’ missions along. Every ship has a mission, of which only the GMs of a ship know the mission details.
Your job is to write what your character sees and what their reaction is. The GM will provide any unknowns about the main plot. This input will have significance to the direction of the mission. This is why characters should keep posts open-ended on anything that might affect the mission’s direction or outcome. As your character performs an action, such as performing a diagnostic scan, just leave the result of the scan unknown. The GM will explain what the outcome of the action is.
When you need GM input on something, for example the results of a diagnostic scan, just make a request at the end of your post using OOC. The request should look like:
== GM Input, please. ==
Or it can also be a more specific request, such as:
== GM Input: Result of the diagnostic, please. ==
As I’ve mentioned, we have a lot happening on all the ships. Look around at the ships to see how characters ask and what they ask for from the GM.
Character Hijacking:
The next element we’re going to cover is character usage. Unless you have permission from the player, you cannot post any speech, thoughts or movements for another character (PRC or NRC) that isn’t yours, unless the character has already done so in game. This is called character hijacking and is not permitted on Fed Space. Some players might not mind, but even minor things such as a nod of the head or a shrug of the shoulders can be considered hijacking.
For example, if you wrote in your next post that Captain Allen suddenly appeared and started dancing the Hokey Pokey, you would have hijacked my character.
Character Movement on Ships:
I’m sure you have noticed a ship has multiple threads on it for the various locations a player can post, such as the bridge, sickbay, and security offices. Players will travel throughout the ship to accomplish their orders. To help follow the plot when a player is moving from one thread to another they will make notation at the end their post like this: >> Sickbay >> The arrows and location found at the bottom of a post tells readers where this character will post next.
When the player makes their next post, the player should make a notation at the beginning of their post like this: << Bridge << The arrows and location found at the top of a post indicate that is where a player has just come from.
Finding New Posts:
I would like to mention the ‘view new posts’ feature on the right of our forum page. This tab is a quick and handy way to see the new posts since your previous visit to the forums.
Time for more writing! In your next post, continue showing your use of our formatting techniques you learned in lesson one and ask for GM input. I will be acting as your GM.
If you need any help or would like more clarification on something, ask me! ==
Maddie smiled as the cadet reported to her. “Welcome to your final examination Cadet Bremner…and... at ease. In a few moments I will begin your exam scenario. I’ll be observing your responses outside of the simulation.”
Maddie paused for a moment, letting the cadet gather herself, take a breath or whatever she might need to do to get ready. Then Maddie spoke again. “Computer, begin Allen medical zero seven three nine.”
The holodeck hummed as it quickly changed from an empty cold room to the Sickbay on the USS MacKenzie. Things appeared like it should appear in a sickbay until the doors whooshed open to reveal an extremely pale and sickly-looking ensign wearing the colors of the Tactical department. He was being helped into Sickbay by two other Tactical ensigns.
== Tag Cadet
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