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Good evening! As overviewed in this thread, we’ve been working on a profiles board for member-created planets, species, and technology. I’m pleased to announce that this new board is now online, and can be found here.
There are three sub-boards, where the profiles go. There’s one for Planets, one for Species, and one for Technology. Each one has its own type of profile template, letting you know what information you have to provide. ALL planets, species, and technology you want to use, with the exception of standard personal equipment in a profile, must be posted in these boards for approval. Emphasis on approval—unlike Character Profiles, these do require staff approval BEFORE they can be used or referenced in the RP.
Each section also has individual prefixes for ease of viewing and searching. Planets has Alliance/Jedi, Empire, Mando, Chiss, and Indie to denote its faction affiliation (with indie being used if it’s not affiliated with a main faction). Species has Sentient and Non-Sentient. Technology has Weapons, Armor, Ships, Stations, Vehicles, and Droids.
Planets and Species will be overseen by Johnny. Technology will be overseen by Xeno.
Planets, species, and technology you have created that have already been approved by the staff do not need to be approved again. However, we do ask that you please post them in these boards.
If you have any questions, comments, or concerns about this new board set up, feel free to let us know by posting here.
So, what’s next Bac?
Glad you asked! Click the spoiler box open to learn about what else we have in store!
There may also be a few surprises in store for Halloween.
Stay tuned!
There are three sub-boards, where the profiles go. There’s one for Planets, one for Species, and one for Technology. Each one has its own type of profile template, letting you know what information you have to provide. ALL planets, species, and technology you want to use, with the exception of standard personal equipment in a profile, must be posted in these boards for approval. Emphasis on approval—unlike Character Profiles, these do require staff approval BEFORE they can be used or referenced in the RP.
Each section also has individual prefixes for ease of viewing and searching. Planets has Alliance/Jedi, Empire, Mando, Chiss, and Indie to denote its faction affiliation (with indie being used if it’s not affiliated with a main faction). Species has Sentient and Non-Sentient. Technology has Weapons, Armor, Ships, Stations, Vehicles, and Droids.
Planets and Species will be overseen by Johnny. Technology will be overseen by Xeno.
Planets, species, and technology you have created that have already been approved by the staff do not need to be approved again. However, we do ask that you please post them in these boards.
If you have any questions, comments, or concerns about this new board set up, feel free to let us know by posting here.
So, what’s next Bac?
Glad you asked! Click the spoiler box open to learn about what else we have in store!
There are a few other things we’re working on at the moment. One is to introduce RP events into the timeline. When I say RP events, I mean things such as famine, diseases, terrorist attacks, astronomical events, and other kinds of crises that the main factions will find unexpected and that will require their attention. One thing we’re emphasizing with this is the need to use independent characters in these scenario. For example, a faction may want to send in mercenaries to deal with local civil conflicts, rather than faction soldiers. Additionally, they may require the use of smugglers to get medicine to plague victims. etc. etc. etc. That ensures that independent factions are given a greater role in the timeline than they have now.
Another thing we’re working on is a neutral role-playing area, in the form of a space station that members from all factions can go to. This is just a casual RPing area where there are no deaths and no war-related events going on, just a place where Alliance soldiers can hang out with Sith, Jedi can hang out with Chiss, and so forth. This was inspired by this suggestion a number of months ago. Xeno is taking the lead on developing this.
We’re also going to be moving forward with additional Legacies quests, one of which may tie into a forthcoming RP event. For those unfamiliar with this, Legacies quests are staff-run storylines in a controlled environment with pre-determined endings. They don’t directly impact the war, since the outcome of the war is determined by role-players and not by admins, but they do offer a different kind of RPing experience for those who want to participate in a more structured setting. We currently have three going on at the moment—The Veritas Conspiracy, Mask of Mandalore, and Phantom’s Respite—that should be wrapping up soon, at which point we’ll evaluate what went wrong, what went right, and begin putting out new ones with those evaluations in mind.
I’ll also be posting a thread overviewing what Legacies is in the Story board soon, so I don’t have to explain it every time I mention it!
A more in-depth project we’re also going to be moving forward on is a revamp of our Rules and Guidelines section, which is very, very, very outdated.
Another thing we’re working on is a neutral role-playing area, in the form of a space station that members from all factions can go to. This is just a casual RPing area where there are no deaths and no war-related events going on, just a place where Alliance soldiers can hang out with Sith, Jedi can hang out with Chiss, and so forth. This was inspired by this suggestion a number of months ago. Xeno is taking the lead on developing this.
We’re also going to be moving forward with additional Legacies quests, one of which may tie into a forthcoming RP event. For those unfamiliar with this, Legacies quests are staff-run storylines in a controlled environment with pre-determined endings. They don’t directly impact the war, since the outcome of the war is determined by role-players and not by admins, but they do offer a different kind of RPing experience for those who want to participate in a more structured setting. We currently have three going on at the moment—The Veritas Conspiracy, Mask of Mandalore, and Phantom’s Respite—that should be wrapping up soon, at which point we’ll evaluate what went wrong, what went right, and begin putting out new ones with those evaluations in mind.
I’ll also be posting a thread overviewing what Legacies is in the Story board soon, so I don’t have to explain it every time I mention it!
A more in-depth project we’re also going to be moving forward on is a revamp of our Rules and Guidelines section, which is very, very, very outdated.
Stay tuned!
