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[viralyte]

I'm quite excited to roleplay in a space setting. I've done it in zombies and apocalypse a little before but have yet to give it a go in a space setting. Unlike the other franchise oriented boards, this one seems completely hand crafted and, in all reality, quite daunting.

A little about me; My name is Shane, I'm 19, enlisted in the WA Army National Guard as a Chemical Operations Specialist, I'm a weekly Pathfinder roleplayer, and I left college to get some more worldly experience. I used to roleplay at Resident Evil RPG a few years ago but haven't done any forum based roleplay in quite some time. I do have a passion for space operas, anime, and literature. I really enjoyed The Lost Fleet series of books, the Planetes anime, and like either militaristic organizations that are actively operated as such, or groups of just deep spacer kind of mercenary, free roaming ships. Any help on where I can start off at would be much appreciated.

Oh, I also had a failed space warfare forum that I poured my 15-16 year old heart into that I can't quite bring myself to delete the board

 

[Nashoba]

Welcome to SARP Viralyte,

I am Nashoba one of the Site Admins and a Game Master as well. It is always nice to meet new folks. While there is a lot of content in SARP. You can make it less daunting by focusing on a specific faction.

If you have questions, we are here to help you get started roleplaying as quickly as possible.

You can post your questions here, or in our Your Questions Answered thread if it is a general question. You can also check out our IRC where there are plenty of folks who can answer most questions.

 

[Doshii Jun]

THE WASHINGTON CONTINGENT GROWS

Welcome to the Star Army Role-Play, Viralyte. I'm Doshii Jun, a global mod from all over Washington (currently in Tacoma). You sound like you've got the right background and the right skills to join up at this here corner of the net.

Hope to see you around the site.

 

[viralyte]

I have a few questions if anyone can give me some help. I'm interested in the Nepleslian military as a faction. I was reading some of the help links for new players and just want to know if that faction is active, would they need marines or crewmen for ships more? I'm trying to fit and would have no problem playing either.

 

[Sham]

Hey Viralyte. Sham here to answer some questions, hopefully.

Is Neplesia active? Well, under the watch of our crowd favorite - Sigma - and it being the second "major" faction, it is. Could always check the latest posts too, gliding around the forum.

Is the Nepleslian Military in need of more marines/crew mates? Everything is usually open, but I'd check up on the plot page to see what occupations they need!

- Thanks for Reading
- Sham

 

[viralyte]

I appreciate the help but I'm just a bit lost. I looked around the Nepleslia faction area and I'm only seeing a mission in progress for the 4th Fleet. I might be just completely blind to where it is, but is there a recruitment area for the active unit or do I just run it by the GM when I make my character? That unit seems to be made of specialized soldiers and commandos, would I have to make a commando as a new recruit with experience?

I'm kind of hung up on these as that seems to be the only active one besides the NSS Venus and either one would be fine. Until I get some clarification though, I cannot make a character.

 

[Sigma]

I appreciate the help but I'm just a bit lost. I looked around the Nepleslia faction area and I'm only seeing a mission in progress for the 4th Fleet. I might be just completely blind to where it is, but is there a recruitment area for the active unit or do I just run it by the GM when I make my character? That unit seems to be made of specialized soldiers and commandos, would I have to make a commando as a new recruit with experience?

I'm kind of hung up on these as that seems to be the only active one besides the NSS Venus and either one would be fine. Until I get some clarification though, I cannot make a character.

4th Fleet Marines is used, incorrectly I might add, by my GMNPC as a commando unit as well as a line infantry unit. This is because he has no idea how ground operations are run and it's the only thing a Fleet with hundreds of warships but only a handful of Marines can do. I can fill you in the IC & OOC history if you want but suffice to say, it's all part of a long, slow transition.

All you need to do is create a brand-new Marine using the links I sent you and post it in the NCB forum. I'd prefer if you kept me in the loop during the creation process but I'm not going to require it as any sort of pre-requisite for joining any of my plots.