Star Traders RP anybody?

[sgtcookie]

Some of you may have taken part in an RP before and some of may not. If you have not, it is allot like a story, have a look at the "captains log" section to see what I mean, that is driven by multiple people and multiple characters. RPs are like pen and paper games in many ways, due to players being able to do just about anything physically possible.

Right now this is just an interest check. Combined with a sign up thread. To show your interest. Sign up.

Information:
1. Things noted with an * are for spacers and things denoted with ** are for captains. If RPing as a on-worlder you can erase them.
2. You cannot be a prince.
3. Class abilities are present.
4. For the purposes of this RP, Officer types can be taken as classes and vice versa classes can be taken as officer choices.
5.Until the pilot officer is introduced into the game it is not available here.
6. Medic, self explanatory, can be taken as an occupation provided you are not a captain or officer.
7. You are not invincible. Getting stabbed in the gut does tend to lead to death if not treated quickly enough.
8. Shillings, Marks and Credits all make an appearance.
9. Any "crewmen" characters will be assigned to a ship captain.
10. Officers can be NPCs or PCs. Permission must be obtained from the officers player to use it on your ship.
11. If you wish to start out with a rank greater than five you must justify it. Also, you may not start off with a duel rank.
12. You may start out with two permits OR one death warrant.
12.5. Shouldn't need saying but you must designate WHO the rank(s) and permit(s) are from.
13. Starting cash has a limit of 10,000 credits and must make sense.
14. If Cory says that something is wrong, fix it.
15. The starting date is 122 AE.


Name:
Age:
Ethnicity:
Gender:
Physical description:
Personality:
Time spent in space (AE) (Note, can put down "0"):
Occupation:
Faction, leave blank for independent:
Class*:
Ship type*:
Ship name*:
First officer** (Required):
Second officer** (NR):
Third Officer** (NR):
Military rank**(s):
Permit(s) or death warrant held?**
Notable skills (Such as a merchant being pretty intimidating or a political officer who is good in a fight):
Biography, must be two paragraphs min in length:
Starting cash:
Trivia (Not needed):

[sebastian]

generally speaking I am interested in this, did a lot of forum based RPing one a site ccalled galadoriaonline not sure if anyone is familiar with it, not really relevant one way or the other I guess.

I can see a lot of possibilities with this if there is sufficient levels of interest, are you wanting to keep the RPing contained within one thread? If you have many people the story could get a bit hard to keep track of if we all fly off in different directions, it would make sense that a storyline be kept within its own thread.

I am not entirely clear on the * / ** spacers / captains, though it may be because I am tired of sitting still in the florida humidity.

I think it would be more fun to have a group of players join together to play out the crew of a single ship, firefly-esque. than to have a bunch of captains and ships.

just my $.02

edit: I intend to fill out an entry form but I cannot give it the proper creativity ATM.

[sgtcookie]

Spacer is the catch all term for anyone who makes a living in space, but for the purposes of this RP "spacer", when referring to the player, is a red shirt with a significantly increased life expectancy or Officer.

Some things are obviously needed for captains.

Onto the other stuff:
Each story will be it's own thread.

How about a combination of the two? We have a few captains with player crews.

[HateSolstice]

Not invincible!? But Cadar Military Officers are nothing but!

[sebastian]

Will it be done in such a way that there is a GM and players or just players writing posts that add to the storyline? My experience at GO was more the latter with a splash ofbthe former for special events.

All the players are aware of the rules, keeping the actions within the realm of plausibility, if not reality. RPing ur level, no one is immortal or immune to mistakes, errors or flaws. Posts required to be a minimum # of sentences, players not allowed to define the actions of other players characters without permission. Move the story, provide something to build on.

If thats not what we r aiming for its cool, just thought I would ask for clarity.

[sgtcookie]

@ Seb
*Long arse bit*
Yes. That is exactly it. As far as I am aware those are the standard rules for any RP.

Thinking about it, here are a few more things:

1. Every thread MUST have a PC Captain. The PC Captain mat not necessarily be the focus of the individual thread, but a PC Captain must be present. This is to prevent people creating "super" NPC captains that they are in direct control of.

2. You are allowed multiple characters, but only one may be present in each thread.

3. It shouldn't need saying but be grammaticaly correct.

4. The current RP time will be stated in the first post of this thread. If in a thread a time change occurs during something like a conversation or blow by blow fight. It will only take effect when you are able to spend time, for example traveling through space.

5. Time will move forward daily at about 3pm GMT. And it will move forward by .1. Which I think is a week in the game.

Any questions?

[sebastian]

What would a person fill out if they merely want to be a crewman on someone else's vessel? I would say that if u participate u should try to make one post a day to try not to hold up the story for others.

[sgtcookie]

If you want to be a crewmen erase all the ** parts. Those are only needed for a Captain. For class put "crewmen" and the ship details are the same as the PC Captain that you are serving under.