Ranks, Signatures, Biographies
Created by Captain John "Apollo" Barstow, M.D. on Monday 15 August 2016 @ 08:47
Biographies
For each player, the biography for their character is the first place other players will look to learn about your character, how they might react to certain scenarios as well as other basic to detailed information about the character.
This helps tremendously when writing and when trying to determine how to the Simm will progress on the individual player basis.
I'd like to see the following sections in each player's biographies:
1 - Civilian Life before Starfleet Academy/Marine Corps.
Write more than just, born here, loved Starfleet and began the Academy. Give it some depth, family history and drama if you can.
2 - Starfleet Academy / Marine Corps Training.
Go into some details about what your character studied, what he excelled in. You don't have to make him/her the best at everything, make them flawed if you, it creates deeper character development in the future. Include a Cadet Cruise, just stay away from well-known ships. Create your own.
3 - Active Duty.
If you're a lower ranking Officer or Enlisted, you've got an easy job, just give a little service. Those higher ranking Officer's and Enlisted, it's a bit trickier. Just take a few things into account.
a - No one gets promoted after one year, only during Extremely extenuating circumstances. So don't move yourself from Ensign to Commander in 4 years. It's not happening.
b - Add some events. Like transfers, promotions and if your characters old enough, some famous battles.
Rank Images
To insert a rank image, which are located on the Camp Falkirk server, use the following code:
< img src="/application/assets/common/ds9/ranks/default/g-o6.png" / >
The space after the first "<" and before the last ">" should be removed prior to posting.
The last part (ie: g-o6) is the part that needs to be changed for each rank. Leave (.png) alone or it won't work.
The initial letter (g) defines the color code of the rank. The codes are as follows:
g=green (Marine Corps)
c=Blue(Fighter Squadrons)
r=Red(Command/Flight Control)
y=Yellow(Engineering/Security/Tactical)
t=Teal(Science/Medical/Counseling)
w=White(Spacemen/Fighter Ground Crew)
s=Silver(Intelligence)
v=Violet(Diplomatic)
civblank=Civilian
The second part is the rank (c0). The various codes and ranks are as follows:
Officer:
o1 - Ensign/2nd Lieutenant
o2 - Lieutenant jg/1st Lieutenant JG
o3 - Lieutenant/Marine Captain
o4 - Lieutenant Commander/Major
o5 - Commander/Lieutenant Colonel
o6 - Captain/Colonel
Warrant Officer
wo - Warrant Officer
w1 - Chief Warrant Officer
w2 - Senior Warrant Officer
w3 - Master Warrant Officer
Enlisted
e1 - Crewman Recruit/Private
e2 - Crewman Apprentice/Private 1st Class
e3 - Crewman/Lance Corporal
e4 - Petty Officer 3rd Class/Corporal
e5 - Petty Officer 2nd Class/Sergeant
e6 - Petty Officer 1st Class/Staff Sergeant
e7 - Chief Petty Officer/Gunnery Sergeant
e8 - Senior Chief Petty Officer/Master Sergeant
e9 - Master Chief Petty Officer/Master Gunnery Sergeant
Cadet
c0 - Enrolled Cadet
c1 - 1st Year Cadet
c2 - 2nd Year Cadet
c3 - 3rd Year Cadet
c4 - 4th Year Cadet
Thus, using the code above for a Doctor (t), ranked as a Commander (o5) the code is as follows:
< img src="/application/assets/common/ds9/ranks/odsy/t-o5.png" / >
And this is what you would see:
For each player, the biography for their character is the first place other players will look to learn about your character, how they might react to certain scenarios as well as other basic to detailed information about the character.
This helps tremendously when writing and when trying to determine how to the Simm will progress on the individual player basis.
I'd like to see the following sections in each player's biographies:
1 - Civilian Life before Starfleet Academy/Marine Corps.
Write more than just, born here, loved Starfleet and began the Academy. Give it some depth, family history and drama if you can.
2 - Starfleet Academy / Marine Corps Training.
Go into some details about what your character studied, what he excelled in. You don't have to make him/her the best at everything, make them flawed if you, it creates deeper character development in the future. Include a Cadet Cruise, just stay away from well-known ships. Create your own.
3 - Active Duty.
If you're a lower ranking Officer or Enlisted, you've got an easy job, just give a little service. Those higher ranking Officer's and Enlisted, it's a bit trickier. Just take a few things into account.
a - No one gets promoted after one year, only during Extremely extenuating circumstances. So don't move yourself from Ensign to Commander in 4 years. It's not happening.
b - Add some events. Like transfers, promotions and if your characters old enough, some famous battles.
Rank Images
To insert a rank image, which are located on the Camp Falkirk server, use the following code:
< img src="/application/assets/common/ds9/ranks/default/g-o6.png" / >
The space after the first "<" and before the last ">" should be removed prior to posting.
The last part (ie: g-o6) is the part that needs to be changed for each rank. Leave (.png) alone or it won't work.
The initial letter (g) defines the color code of the rank. The codes are as follows:
g=green (Marine Corps)
c=Blue(Fighter Squadrons)
r=Red(Command/Flight Control)
y=Yellow(Engineering/Security/Tactical)
t=Teal(Science/Medical/Counseling)
w=White(Spacemen/Fighter Ground Crew)
s=Silver(Intelligence)
v=Violet(Diplomatic)
civblank=Civilian
The second part is the rank (c0). The various codes and ranks are as follows:
Officer:
o1 - Ensign/2nd Lieutenant
o2 - Lieutenant jg/1st Lieutenant JG
o3 - Lieutenant/Marine Captain
o4 - Lieutenant Commander/Major
o5 - Commander/Lieutenant Colonel
o6 - Captain/Colonel
Warrant Officer
wo - Warrant Officer
w1 - Chief Warrant Officer
w2 - Senior Warrant Officer
w3 - Master Warrant Officer
Enlisted
e1 - Crewman Recruit/Private
e2 - Crewman Apprentice/Private 1st Class
e3 - Crewman/Lance Corporal
e4 - Petty Officer 3rd Class/Corporal
e5 - Petty Officer 2nd Class/Sergeant
e6 - Petty Officer 1st Class/Staff Sergeant
e7 - Chief Petty Officer/Gunnery Sergeant
e8 - Senior Chief Petty Officer/Master Sergeant
e9 - Master Chief Petty Officer/Master Gunnery Sergeant
Cadet
c0 - Enrolled Cadet
c1 - 1st Year Cadet
c2 - 2nd Year Cadet
c3 - 3rd Year Cadet
c4 - 4th Year Cadet
Thus, using the code above for a Doctor (t), ranked as a Commander (o5) the code is as follows:
< img src="/application/assets/common/ds9/ranks/odsy/t-o5.png" / >
And this is what you would see:
Used with permission of Camp Falkirk. Please do not modify this document or use without their permission.
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