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 Want to experience the Star Army universe with the maximum amount of freedom?  Consider creating an independent character.  Independent player characters lack the usual attachments such as loyalty to a faction or a membership in a plot group. Want to experience the Star Army universe with the maximum amount of freedom?  Consider creating an independent character.  Independent player characters lack the usual attachments such as loyalty to a faction or a membership in a plot group.
  
-{{:starship:ss_akatsuki_maru_004.png?600&nolink|The Akatsuki Maru}}+{{starships:ss_akatsuki_maru_004.png?600&nolink|The Akatsuki Maru}}
  
 ==== Introduction ==== ==== Introduction ====
-There are pros and cons to playing an independent character. On one hand, you are able to go anywhere in the setting at your leisure, only interacting directly with faction managers and the setting manager when necessary. On the other hand, as a role-player it may be difficult to find other player characters for yours to interact with and some of your threads might be considered "[[guide:canon|soft canon]]." Rather than having a forum to roleplay in, you will generally be using the top-level forum of the nation your character happens to be in, (for example, the Abwheran Star Empire forum) or the Other Factions and Independent Ships forum. Sometimes you may be the only poster in your thread. For this reason, we recommend independent characters for motivated, prolific writers with some familiarity with (or interest in researching) the [[:SARPiverse]].+There are pros and cons to playing an independent character. On one hand, you are able to go anywhere in the setting at your leisure, only interacting directly with faction managers and the setting manager when necessary. On the other hand, as a role-player it may be difficult to find other player characters for yours to interact with and some of your threads might be considered "[[guide:canon|soft canon]]." Rather than having a forum to roleplay in, you will generally be using the top-level forum of the nation your character happens to be in, (for example, the Abwheran Star Empire forum) or the Other Factions and Independent Ships forum. Sometimes you may be the only poster in your thread. For this reason, we recommend independent characters for motivated, prolific writers with some familiarity with (or interest in researching) the [[sarp:sarpiverse]].
  
 === Why Not Require All Characters To Be In Plots or Factions? === === Why Not Require All Characters To Be In Plots or Factions? ===
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 ==== Creating Your Independent Character ==== ==== Creating Your Independent Character ====
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 In general, you can use one of the species-specific guides found on the [[guide:creating_a_character]] article and modify your character to suit your needs. In general, you can use one of the species-specific guides found on the [[guide:creating_a_character]] article and modify your character to suit your needs.
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 Below are some some ideas for what your character's occupation might be. Below are some some ideas for what your character's occupation might be.
  
-  * [[:Cargo Transporter]]+  * [[faction:independent:cargo_transporter]]
   * [[pirate|Pirate]]   * [[pirate|Pirate]]
-  * Bounty Hunter (There's a [[plot:bountyhunterseries|Bounty Hunter Plot]] and a [[:bounty_list|bounty list]]!)+  * Bounty Hunter
   * [[guide:Merchant|Merchant]] (bars, restaurants, shops, etc) and/or Barkeepers   * [[guide:Merchant|Merchant]] (bars, restaurants, shops, etc) and/or Barkeepers
   * Arms Dealers/Black Market People   * Arms Dealers/Black Market People
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   * Freelance Mechanics   * Freelance Mechanics
   * Refugees   * Refugees
-  * [[guide:slavery|Slave]]+  * [[:slavery|Slave]]
  
 ==== Starting Roleplay Threads ==== ==== Starting Roleplay Threads ====
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   * [[system:Asura]]: A highly populated YSE world that the YSE has only the loosest control over.   * [[system:Asura]]: A highly populated YSE world that the YSE has only the loosest control over.
-  * [[planet:darso_vii]]: Coliseum and slave market in an independent star system.+  * [[places:darso]]: Coliseum and slave market in an independent star system. 
 +  * [[places:inferno_wind]]: Spacer's Lounge on desert world [[places:valaad_an_rhy]] 
 +  * [[planet:nell]]: Trading post in former [[species:mishhuvurthyar:mishhuvurthyar]] space. 
 +  * [[places:pisces]] Concourse D: Shady international free trade zone on Star Army station 
 +  * [[planet:osman]]: A frontier world with aspirations of nationhood.  
 +  * [[places:rot_madchen]]: Abwehran Restaurant on [[system:ase-006:waypoint_trade]] 
 +  * [[system:splrug]]: A Mishhu-run independent mining operation always looking for black market smugglers
   * [[planet:the_black_moon]]: Lowsec starport in the [[system:halna|Halna system]] in YSE space.   * [[planet:the_black_moon]]: Lowsec starport in the [[system:halna|Halna system]] in YSE space.
-  * [[planet:urtullan]]: Independent city-state in an unclaimed star system. 
   * [[system:nassau]]: Pirate haven. Independent star system.   * [[system:nassau]]: Pirate haven. Independent star system.
-    * [[system:nassau:bastia]]: A nationless corporate-run asteroid city in the Nassau System +    * [[planet:bastia]]: A nationless corporate-run asteroid city in the Nassau System 
-  * [[planet:nell]]: Trading post in former [[species:Mishhuvurthyar]] space. +  * [[planet:urtullan]]: Independent city-state in an unclaimed star system.
-  * [[stararmy:pisces]] Concourse D: A shady international free trade zone wing on a Yamataian military station+
   * [[planet:vice]]: Old, independent planet   * [[planet:vice]]: Old, independent planet
-  * [[location:inferno_wind]]: Spacer's Lounge on desert world [[planet:Valaad]] + 
-  * [[location:rot_madchen]]: Abwehran Restaurant on [[system:ase-006:waypoint_trade]] +
-  * [[system:splrug]]: A Mishhu-run independent mining operation always looking for black market smugglers+
   * The abandoned starport "Gateway Station" on [[planet:phaeton]] in the [[system:Murf|Murf system]].   * The abandoned starport "Gateway Station" on [[planet:phaeton]] in the [[system:Murf|Murf system]].
   * There's an abandoned Star Army base on [[planet:ux-1_i]].   * There's an abandoned Star Army base on [[planet:ux-1_i]].
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 Here's some recommended starships and small craft for independent characters: Here's some recommended starships and small craft for independent characters:
  
-  * [[geshrinari:light_freighter]] +  * [[corp:geshrinari_shipyards:light_freighter]] 
-  * [[geshrinari:type_30_cargo_runner]] or [[geshrinari:type_33_cargo_runner]] +  * [[corp:geshrinari_shipyards:type_30_cargo_runner]] or [[corp:geshrinari_shipyards:type_33_cargo_runner]] 
-  * [[origin:courier_2a]] +  * [[corp:origin:courier_2a]] 
-  * [[novacorp:Mucoyi]] +  * [[corp:novacorp:mucoyi]] 
-  * [[novacorp:Jilanth]] (can be cheaply bought from the [[:Star Army of Yamatai]] as surplus) +  * [[corp:novacorp:jilanth]] (can be cheaply bought from the [[stararmy:start]] as surplus) 
-  * [[novacorp:Deix]] +  * [[corp:novacorp:deix]] 
-  * [[novacorp:Forin]] +  * [[corp:novacorp:forin]] 
-  * [[novacorp:Devint]]+  * [[corp:novacorp:devint]] 
 +  * [[faction:freespacers:traveller]] 
 +  * [[faction:neshaten:small_starships:tisaren_shuttle]] (Neshaten only) 
 +  * [[corp:zen:tripster]] 
 +  * [[corp:united_manufacturing_cooperative:starship:medical_shuttle]] 
 +  * [[corp:geshrinari_shipyards:butterfly_class_shuttle]] 
 +  * [[corp:geshrinari_shipyards:ge-t1_shuttle]] 
 +  * [[corp:geshrinari_shipyards:ge_t1_2a_shuttle]] 
 +  * [[faction:lorath:starship:ferryman_shuttle]] 
 +  * [[corp:origin:onset_shuttle]]
  
 There's also some ships and gear available at the [[stararmy:surplus_store]]. There's also some ships and gear available at the [[stararmy:surplus_store]].
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   * [[guide:creating_a_character]]   * [[guide:creating_a_character]]
-  * [[:independent]]+  * [[faction:independent]]
 ===== OOC Notes ===== ===== OOC Notes =====
-This page was originally created on 2013/01/09 09:36 by [[user:wes]].+This page was originally created on 2013/01/09 09:36 by [[members:wes]].

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