Lesson 02: Basic Posting Skills

Your Character Name:

Name

Your E-Mail Address:

Address

1. What is Role Playing:

A game where you pretend you are part of a Fantasy World
A mental condition
A game where you make other people write stories for you to read
A game that requires expensive equipment.

2. INTRODUCTIONS: (Writing skills) Prepare a sample introduction where your character is joining the ship while it is docked at a starbase.

3. INTRODUCTIONS: (Writing Skills) Write an introduction where the ship has just begun a battle with the Borg. This is to introduce your character while in the middle of action.

4. The Captain has just posted to the list and in his/her post there are several orders for many on the ship. In this post you have been given an order. When you respond, how much of the Captain's post do you include in your own response? You .........

Will have all of the Captain's post.
Will have the Captain's post and everyone's response included.
Will have the portion of the Captain's post that issues the order.
Will not respond because you don't take orders.

5. You're going on a two week vacation, what will you do about your character on the ship?

Do nothing and go on vacation. Someone will figure it out.
Kill my character off and start over when I come back.
Contact the Captain and let him/her know I am going to be out.
Blow up the ship and hope it's back together when I return.

6. If you are busy in real life but still want to be a part of the crew, what do you do?

Hope no one notices my limited participation.
Post when I can till I get booted off the ship.
Post NRPG or OOC excuses when I find the time to post
Contact the Captain and let him/her know about your situation.

7. If someone writes you into their post and has your character doing something you would never do, what do you do?

Kill the other person's character.
Contact the Captain and ask for help in resolving the matter.
Put a threat on the list and make sure no one uses your character again.
Quit and move on to a new ship.

8. If your post is overturned by the Captain, what do you do?

Post threats and complaints to the ship.
Ignore the Captain's authority and go on with your own adventure.
Contact the Captain privately to see what was wrong, fix it.
Quit and move on to a new ship.

9. POST: (Writing skills) You're in the ship's lounge and the XO introduces herself to you. She asks about your family and how they feel about you being in Starfleet. How would you respond?