Ensigns Orientation

			Ensigns Orientation

Congratulations, Class of 2401!

The Starfleet Academy Alumni Association has created this guide to help you as you enter the fleet as a new ensign.

Getting started as a wiki user

Now that you have a wiki account, read through these resources to ensure that you have a strong foundation for participation.

Character page

Perhaps one of the most fun things about graduating from the Academy is setting up your character profile. This detailed tutorial will explain how you can lay the groundwork for an amazing, detailed area that shows everyone who your character is.

Creation and Upkeep of a Character Page

Skills-building

Now that you've learned the basics, you can get on the fast track to promotion by being the best writer, and the best simmer you can. Learn more about how to improve your skills by reading any, or all, of the following tutorials from the Writing Improvement Team.

Basic writing techniques
- Tackle common grammatical errors, NPC usage, backsimming, and enjoy Q&A sessions with published authors Melinda Snodgrass and Margaret Bonanno.
Style and mechanics
- This section covers style and format issues in simming, working with narrative and dialogue, using research to improve simming, and related topics.

Plot and story
- Here you'll find articles that help you understand different methods of plotting your mission sims, making sims more realistic, and general story considerations.
Character development
- How to bring your character to life, simming romance with other characters, and using conflict are found here along with a few related articles.

Creating original material
- Learn some techniques for developing worlds and keeping them realistic.
Writer's Workshop on the Community News
- We often post tutorials on our website – you can see the whole archive of them at this link.

Duty Posts

Learning to play your duty post as an expert is not only a gratifying experience, but one that will also help you advance in rank faster and ensure that others around you will appreciate what you're contributing and want to sim with you. So spend some time getting to know more about your duty post, and how to hone you skills in this area to expert level.

Command Division