Created by Niyahra Riohn on Tuesday September 15th, 2020 @ 4:50pm

When posting on the Loki we ask that you do these few things to keep our posts easy to read and consistent.

A clean intro and exit

Please start and end your posts with a line break. This is done by starting a new line and inserting the code < hr >. If you don't have any spaces in the brackets this will create a line. There should be no OOC comments on posts. These should be saved for Discord or news items if you are making an announcement.

A relevant and enticing title

Your post should have a title that is relevant and invites the reader in. An example would be 'Sudden Shocks'. If you are writing a personal log your title should indicate that. An example would be 'Personal Log - A Strange Voyage'

Time Stamp and Location

All posts should be have the start location clearly marked. The wider location goes first followed by a specific location. e.g. USS Tesla, Captains Quarters. Time Stamps tell us when the posts starts. They go Day - Time. e.g. Day 01 - 21:00

Narrative

Any post should be offered in a third person novella format. In the third-person narrative mode, each and every character is referred to by the narrator as "he", "she", "it", or "they", but never as "I" or "we" (first-person), or "you" (second-person). This makes it clear that the narrator is an unspecified entity or uninvolved person who conveys the story and is not a character of any kind within the story, or at least is not referred to as such.

Personal Logs

Personal Logs should always start with the line: 'Personal Log Name and Rank recording'. Personal logs should now be posted in mission threads to take advantage of the word count feature. Also in the next version of Nova Personal log threads won't be there. So they need to be on mission threads so they migrate across.

Dialogue

There are a couple of things that set Star Trek fiction apart from regular fiction. Primarily in the way that we communicate. Thoughts and Actions: Can be described without additional markings (i.e. May muttered to herself as she thought about all the possible causes of this power failure.) - Spoken words: Should be placed in between "..." (i.e. "Damnit, why are the lights off?") - Communicators: Yay 24th Century, we have combadges... after you have hit your combadge your phrase should be in between =A=...=A= until the link is closed again. (i.e. =A= May to Engineering, what is going on down there? =A=) - Telepathy: Since we are in the Star Trek Universe there will be instances of Telepathy (since some races can do that...) This should be in between ~...~ (i.e. ~can you hear me mother?!~) In character dialogue, no matter by which method it is conveyed, should always be the start of a new paragraph. This makes following a conversation easier. Example "Damnit, why are the lights off?" May muttered to herself, thinking about all the possible reasons the power was failing this time, before pressing the communications device on her chest. =A= May to Engineering, what is going on down there? =A= There was a static sputter and then nothing. A few seconds later another sputter. She seemed to recognise the voice of her Engineer but couldn't understand a word of what he was saying. She concentrated on her connection with him. ~Oi, Bill. Can you get the lights back on?~ Her voice came into the back of his mind, as if a thought of his own.

Change of location

Some times in a post you need to change location half way through. If this happens you can add a new location and time stamp. This is done by adding a fresh line with the line code < hr > putting your new stamp in bold text and then adding another fresh line. Your post can then continue. An example can be seen here: < hr > < b > Location: USS Loki, Main Bridge / Time: Day 01 - 22:00< /b > < hr > That code will look like this when you post:

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Location: USS Loki, Main Bridge / Time: Day 01 - 22:00

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