Player achievements are OOC accolades awarded by the command staves of participating ships to their players. They are also used to track progress towards promotion.
Achievements are self-reported by players themselves to their respective command staff. If a player believes they have earned an achievement, they should notify their command staff by email and include the link to the supporting sim or documentation. Player achievements are tracked on a spreadsheet/leaderboard so that players can keep track of achievements they have earned.
Achievement Categories
Player achievements are divided into four categories:
Tour of Duty Achievements
General Achievements
Duty Post Achievements
Character Interaction Achievements
Tour of Duty Achievements
These achievements are required before advancement to the next rank.
Promotion to Lieutenant JG
Achievement Name
Achievement Description
Friends in high places
Checked in with the Captain and the First Officer.
Minion
Checked in with your assigned department chief (if applicable) and made contact with your mentor in character.
What's up, doc?
Completed at least one medical checkup with a medical officer.
Penny for your thoughts
Attended at least one counseling session with a counselor.
It's all in the details
Completed a basic bio for your character on the wiki which includes at least the following items:
Birthdate
Birthplace
A character overview of at least 3-4 sentences
Promotion to Lieutenant
Achievement Name
Achievement Description
Follow up appointment
Completed at least one additional medical checkup with a medical officer since your last promotion.
A head full of dreams
Attended at least one additional counseling session with a counselor since your last promotion.
A face for the name
Added a portrait for your character, either provided by yourself or the Image Collective.
Data hound
Maintains a bio for your character on the wiki which includes all of the previous requirements as well as the additional following items:
Accurately displays the character’s current rank and duty post
A service history table that is up to date, showing previous ships, duty posts, and promotions.
A relationships section that includes at least one other PC from your ship.
Infomatic
Completed the Lieutenant JG’s questionnaire.
Promotion to Lt. Commander
Achievement Name
Achievement Description
Take a deep breath for me
Completed at least one additional medical checkup with a medical officer since your last promotion.
Speak your mind
Attended at least one additional counseling session with a counselor since your last promotion.
Man on a mission
Played a mission-specific personal non-playing character (MSPNPC).
Detail oriented
Maintains a bio for your character on the wiki which includes all of the previous requirements as well as the additional following items:
A section covering your character’s childhood/time before joining your ship
A medical record
A section covering your character’s time since joining your ship, including a description of your character’s participation in at least one mission
Insightful
Completed the Lieutenant’s questionnaire.
Nomination for Commander to the Captains Council
The commander’s promotion process which entails both a written exam and a practical exam can be long and challenging for candidates. Your command staff is dedicated to ensuring you will be well-prepared with the skills, knowledge, and support you need to successfully complete all components of the process and earn your promotion.
Achievement Name
Achievement Description
Beam me down, Leana!
Led at least two away teams.
A-Okay
Completed at least one additional medical checkup with a medical officer since your last promotion.
It's on the house
Attended at least one additional counseling session with a counselor since your last promotion.
Two heads are better than one
Participates in your ship's mentoring program. This is absolutely vital experience given that the Commander’s written exam heavily tests a candidate’s mentoring skills.
Helping hand
Participated in at least one OOC fleet taskforce. Participation/interaction with other players and particularly other fleet staff members beyond one's own ship and demonstration of a history of working well with others is important for a candidate to successfully have their nomination for commander approved by the Captains Council.
Trailblazer
Completed the Lt. Commander’s questionnaire.
General Achievements
These achievements are optional and are not required for promotion. They are given for IC and OOC challenges not specific to a particular duty post or character interaction.
Mission related
Check here for achievements you may have earned this mission.
Achievement Name
Achievement Description
A fire to be kindled
Original launch crewmember of the USS Veritas.
Original launch crewmember of the USS Montreal.
Original launch crewmember of the USS Eagle.
A modest proposal
Submitted a mission proposal that was implemented. (IPA code)
Wrote a security/tactical “after action report” about a ship battle or hand-to-hand combat situation, with analysis, future recommendations, and conclusions, on the wiki.
Case closed
Help close a murder case.
Arresting officer
Arrest a party accused of wrong-doing.
Gadgets and gizmos
Created a new piece of equipment for regular use, or designed new technology.
Reinventing the wheel
Combined or re-engineered existing technology to serve a specific purpose.
Participate in a mission as part of the Search and Rescue team.
Achievement Name
Achievement Description
Sciences Division
Up for evaluation
Provided a brief summary assessment that another player can include in their character's medical record on the wiki.
Fascinating
Created a Memory 118 entry on the wiki about a new discovery encountered during a mission.
It's part of the job
Treat a civilian or an officer’s injury during a mission.
Character Interaction Achievements
These achievements are optional and are not required for promotion. They are awarded for interactions with specific characters and created by those characters' writers. Once you have reached the rank of lieutenant JG, you can create your own achievements that other players can earn from your character and submit them to the command crew to be added here.
Earned a nickname/mispronunciation of your name from Kallo Ver.
The honest thief
Arrest Kallo Ver, or have a conversation with him in the Brig.
Spooked by a dark corner
Kallo attempted to use you as a shield.
Fireworks and cheering?
Hear Kallo spin an extravagant tale that may or may not be totally true.
Displaying Achievements
Each player achievement is awarded with an icon. They can be displayed wherever the player would like, such as on his/her user page, character’s bio, or forum signature. All icons are made by Freepik from www.flaticon.com.
To easily display a player achievement on the wiki, use the VPA template by simply writing:
{{VPA|Name of the Achievement}}
For instance,
{{VPA|Avast ye}}
creates:
Avast ye
And you can list them in a row or in a table:
{|
|{{VPA|On the road again}}
|{{VPA|Five suns}}
|{{VPA|Avast ye}}
|}
On the road again
Five suns
Avast ye
Optional SIM link
You can also add the link to the SIM in which you earned that achievement by adding SIM=URL of the sim. For instance:
{{IPA|Isn't she lovely?|SIM=http://sims.starbase118.net/posts/1996080}}
Isn't she lovely?
Displaying achievements
Player achievements can be displayed on your character's sidebar, just like awards, service ribbons, and badges, using Template:Achievements Rack.
