USS Pandora Posting Format

Created by Vice Admiral Iluvar on Sun May 22nd, 2011 @ 6:20pm

Mission Posts

Location: Iluvar's Quarters, USS Pandora
Timeline: 0940 Hours, MD-01
Tag: Thompson

The location doesn't need to have the Deck listed unless it's relevant, like "Corridor, Deck 5 - USS Pandora". The timeline should always be in military time and be followed by the mission day. Lastly, if you think your post should be followed up on by someone else, please include them in the Tag field.

In addition, all posts should have the time and location stamp immediately following the "ON:". This way, people reading the posts will be able to see the time and location. This format should also be used when changing locations/times in mid post.

Example:

ON: [[Main Bridge, USS Pandora, MD01, 0800]]

[[Ready Room, USS Pandora, MD01, 0815]]


Personal Logs

Title Chosen by Poster

ON: [[Ready Room, USS Pandora, MD01, 0800]]

For the sake of appearance, I would like all officers to use the same "ON" timestamp system for personal logs as we do for mission posts. Players may title their personal logs however they wish, as long as it gives some indication as to the content of the log.

Subsequent personal logs submitted on the same Mission Day should be titled "Supplemental."

In-Character/Out-Of-Character Notifications

When working on a post or sending it out, you can add additional information "Out-of-Character." For instance, if you are working on a Joint Post, you can start it with "OOC:" or "OFF:" leave a note for the people you're working on a post with, and then either put a line of dashes in or start the post with "ON" (or both).

You can also add notes to a post at the end. Simply insert a line of dashes and put "OOC:" or "OFF:".

Example:

OOC: This is a note for the people I'm working on a JP with.

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Today we started working on repairs...

OR...

And we lived happily ever after.

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OFF: I'll be sending out plot notes soon so everyone knows what's going to happen next :-)

Notes are usually deleted before the post is sent out, although if the note is for everyone, then it can be left in place.


Comm System

The only time commbadges need to be included in posts is when somebody (or the computer voice) is talking over the Comm System. ONLY lines of dialogue by the computer voice or those coming OUT OF the Comm System require commbadges.

There are two standard commbadges used in posts, and there is no functional difference between them, it is simply a matter of preference. Here is an example of how they should be used (both are used in this example, but you should stick with one for consistency):

Iluvar tapped his combadge. "Iluvar to Doctor Haelen (PNPC)."

=/\=Go ahead.=/\=

"Your presence is required in the Mess Hall at once."

=^=On my way.=^=


Another possible way to differentiate would be to use different location tags when moving back and forth between different scenes. For example:

[[Main Bridge]]

"Engineering, how long until warp power is restored," Iluvar asked.

[[Main Engineering]]

"Two minutes, sir," Patrick (NPC) replied a little nervously.