<< was used and edited from the COL USS ODYSSEY'S INFO PAC with the permission of the Ex-commanding officer "Cpt Massis@aol.com">>> BIOS: Your BIO should include the following: Name Rank/Position/Ship Gender Race Age Height Weight Eye Color Hair Color General Appearance Family Career Background Personal Background And anything else you think we need to know about your character... LOGS: There are 3 types of logs. Action, Personal, and Duty. 1) Action: Action logs are basicly what your character does. These are most of the time written in the third person. An Exp. Of an Action Log is as follows: <> [Executive Commander Sothonsien tr'Brogan's Action Log] <-- Position & Name [Written By Me] <--- Who It Is Written By [SD: 9612.13] <-- StarDate/ Written in the YYMM.DD format (YearYearMonthMonth.DayDay) <> <-- Where it fits into the other logs <> tr'Brogan walked down the halls toward his quarters. He had some stuff he needed to get before he meet the SEAL's Team leader. Once in his room Soth pulled out the bottom drawer to his dresser. The only drawer that was usable was the bottom one. In fact there was only one real drawer. The rest were just decoys. Once Soth had removed the last drawer a box dropped from a shaft that went to the top of the dresser. The ExCmd dragged box into the middle of the room and popped the lid. From within he pulled out some objects that had been given to him for his assignment. Soth put about 1/4 of the objects into a bag that he would show to LtCmd Mandlikova. He didn't want to give away all his secrets. Picking up his bag Soth turned and headed for the door.... 2) Personnel: Personnel Logs are written more like a Journal entry. Here you are most likely to write in the first person. These logs explain your character's personality and characterize them more. In these you can let out your "feelings" toward other characters. But this must be IC only. If you have any disputes with other characters OOC wise talk it out with them personally. An Exp. Of a personal log is like follows: <> [Executive Commander Sothonsien tr'Brogan's Personnel Log] [SD: 9611.11] Computer Record Personnel Log Sothonsien tr'Brogan, SD 9611.11 ::Deep Breath:: Today I had to meat with the SEALS team leader... A half Klingon. I could tell right away that we would not get along. Even if my blood wasn't green we would still clash. It is going to be tough. On a lighter note, the ship has no Idea what I really am... Of course that won't matter if I don't survive this little battle we'll have with the Borg... ECT. End Log But remember when your writing Personnel Logs that they may be being read by fleet intelligence. 3)Duty: Of all the logs Duty Logs are the most... Technical. In these logs you send out a report of briefing to the Commander Staff (This means that you are submitting a report to the CO&XO but send it out to the Crew) An Exp. Of a Duty Log is: <<>> Executive Commander Sothonsien tr'Brogan's Duty Log, SD: 9611.11 Computer, Record Log and Send To Fleet Command I have not had much time to get to meat the crew of the Defender. I hope all this will change as soon as we finish this battle we are to have with the Borg. I'm prepared to take command of the ship if the Captain becomes unable to for fill his duties... But I'm afraid that the ship isn't prepared to be under my Command. Some of the Staff still isn't adjusted to the Idea that they have a Romulan XO... End Log In logs you may want to use other people in it besides just yourself. If you do use another person in your log beside your self make sure you get there permission first. And another way to use other people in your logs is to make a "Joint Log". In these you and somebody else write the log together. This is a good way to not only develop IC relations but you get to know the Simmers OOC wise. Mailing Labels: When writing mail to the Iomega crew there is a few things you have to add the subject title. First of put UI or Iomega before everything. Second tell what type of mail it is. OOC (Out Of Character), Log (A log), or NSR (Non Sim Related). Exp: UI OOC: My Comp Was In The Shop or UI LOG: Something Happens In This Log or UI NSR: Last Nights Episode of the "Simpsons" Things To Do And Not To Do: DOs: - Read all Logs, Rosters and Announcements sent out to the crew. - Try and check your EMail at least every other day. - Write Logs (If you need ideas or are bored ask your Dept Head or CO for something to do). - Express your ideas (But don't put down others ideas while doing so). - Interact with other players. - If we have a problem and you have a solution speak up. But obey the CoC. - Feel free to make "Subplots" but make sure that they don't distract from the main plot. - If ya don't know what's going on ask someone for help. - If your a Dept Head give jobs to your Junior Officers. We don't want people to get bored and have nothing to do. DON'Ts: - Don't try and be the focus of everyone's attention. - Don't try to fix everything right here and now. Take your time. Most of the time it takes months to complete one mission in an EMail Sim. - Don't argue with people OOC. You may argue IC but try to settle OCC matters behind the scenes peacefully. - Don't be at more then one place at a time. (I.E Don't be on the bridge, then Ten rearward, then Sick bay all in one minute) - Don't be worried about promotions. Simming is for fun not seeing how fast you can shoot up the totem pole. - Don't put words in other peoples mouths. - Don't make fun of other people. What goes around comes around.... Or something like that... - Don't abuse the Mail String (I.E Don't send out Chain Letters or anything like that.) PROMOTIONS & RANK: Try not to worry about rank. Promotions will come in time. You should just have as much fun if your a CO or a Deck Swab. You mainly get promos by attaining Log credits. Of course you have to work well with others, sim well, and be a team player as well. 1) Log Credits: You achive Log Credits by submitting Logs (Action, Personal or Duty). You can only get 2 log credits per week but don't let that stop you from writing more. The limit is only there so people can't get 10 log credits a week 'cause they sent in ten logs that speed up the plot. A different amount of Log Credits are needed to achive different ranks. 2) List Of Ranks: STARFLEET RANK SF MARINE RANK KLINGON RIHANNSU RANK ---------------- ----------------- --------- ------------------- Fleet Admiral Field Marshall La'quv Galae Khre'riov Admiral General Sa' Daise Khre'riov Vice Admiral Colonel General 'ech Khre'riov Rear Admiral Major General La'a' Vaek'riov Fleet Captain Brigadier General totlh Daise Enarrain Commodore Lieutenant Colonel yo'HoD Nei'Rae Captain Colonel HoD Enarrain Commander Major RawI Daise Erei'riov Lt. Commander SG* -None -None El'Arrain Lt. Commander First Lieutenant SRwI Erei'riov First Lieutenant -None -None El'Arrain Lieutenant Second Lieutenant Sogh Arrain Lt. Junior Grade Sergeant Lagh Ne'Arrain -None Corporal -None -None Ensign Private First Class Vaj Erein Cadet Private ????? Et'rhja * Not in use in the FKA Federation Ranks system or in the Star Trek Universe. NOTE: Not all ranks are the same for every FKA ship. The SF Marine Ranks are said to be different. The Translations I'm using have been gotten from "BGenKCavok@aol.com". He is the USS Iomega's Marine Team Leader. The rank of 1st Lt isn't used in most SF Sims in the FKA. 3) Promotion Policy: For those of you that must know what you've got to do to raise in rank I've included a list of what it will take for you to get promoted. Also the Captain reserves the right to demote or remove from the sim ANYONE with extremely low attendance and/or an "uncooperative attitude" or other serious problems. If you don't regularly write logs and do not answer any mail about your lack of participation, the Captain may cut you from the Iomega's String & Roster. The Commanding Officer also reserves the right to promote an officer as he wishes within reason. This ability is only to avoid conflicts and arguments. -Ensign: All new simmers on the USS Iomega start out as Ensigns. At this stage you will learn the basics of simming. In fact if you are reading this chances are that *you* are an Ensign. -Lieutenant Junior Grade: To become a Lt. Jg you must of do three things. The first is that you must of sent a BIO out to the crew. The Second is that you must of achived a minimum of 8 log credits. And finally you must have been simming on the ship for at least a month. -Lieutenant: To get the rank of Lieutenant you must have gotten 16 log credits. Also you must have 4 months service time and shown to us that you know what your doing. -First Lieutenant: To become a 1st Lieutenant you must excel in your department, achive 25 log credits and have 8 months service time. -Lieutenant Commander: To become a Lt. Cmdr you must show that you have the ability to lead others. You must be a team player. And you must achive 40 log credits and have a total of 10 moths service time. -Commander, Captain and up: The rank of Commander is mostly reserved for the Ships XO. The title of Captain is appointed by the FKA council and so is everything above it. <<>> 4) Senior Staff -Dept Head: The Department head is appointed by the CO and is somewhat like a promotion. The Dept Heads run there department sorta like how the CO runs his ship. When you are a Dept Head you go to briefings held by the Capt, most of the time hang around on the bridge, and just do alto of cool stuff. You must have a minimum rank of Lt Jg to be a Dept Head. -Senior Officer Somewhat like the Department Heads are the Senior Officers. These men or women can be thought of as Department Heads with no department. They still answer to the Dept Head of there Dept but get to got to briefings and hang around on the bridge. -List of Senior Staff positions: Chief Ops Officer Chief Tac Officer Chief Sec Officer Chief Eng Officer Chief Med Officer Chief Sci Officer Marines Team Leader *Helm *Counselor *Intelligence Liaison * Indicates a Senior Officer Communications: Type: Example: ---- ------- A stressed word I will *not* pet the cat! Yelling /Screaming GET THAT CAT OFF MY HEAD!!! Over a COMM link +TAPS+ Ensign Bob: Report to the bridge. Over a COMM link between ships +STAPS+ Defender: Move over to flank the enemy fleet... Telepathy {{{What are you doing? And where did my cat go...}}}