Character ID subpages can now be used by Template:Roster, Template:Crew, and Template:CrewHistory. Instead of having to specify the image information and extra options such as AVATAR, SPECIES, SEX, etc. each time on a ship's roster, you can place all this information on an ID subpage of that character.

Template:Roster will then take the information from that subpage to display the character on the ship's roster.

This allows the ship roster page code to be relatively clean and makes it easy when transferring characters between ships.

Likewise, Template:Crew and Template:CrewHistory will use the image information from the subpage.

Examples:

• Invicta Master Crew List
• Template:InvictaCrew
• Invicta Crew History

How to Use

Initial Setup

1. Create a subpage to your character's page called ID.

Example:

• Bakari, Msafiri/ID
• Saveron/ID

2. Then put the following code in the subpage, replacing Bakari's information with your character's information:

<noinclude>{{ID|{{Member</noinclude>
<includeonly>{{{{{TEMPLATE|}}}</includeonly>
|NAME=Msafiri|Bakari
|IMAGE=Bakari.jpg
|MOVE UP=15
|MOVE LEFT=
|ZOOM=
|USER=Rich
|AVATAR=Boris Kodjoe
|SPECIES=Human
|SEX=Male
|AUTHOR=I238705TZ0
|COLOR={{{1|Red}}}
|POST={{{2|First Officer}}}
|LOA={{{3|}}}}}
<noinclude>}}</noinclude>

You must leave the numbers 1, 2, and 3 in the last three variables COLOR, POST, and LOA for Template:Roster to be able to use your subpage properly.

If your character has a last name, put a pipe character | between the first and last names like you see above. Characters with a single name only need to put the one name after NAME=

|NAME=Saveron

Using ID subpages on Template:Roster

On your ship's roster page itself, use the following code to display your character:

{{Officer|Rank|Character Page|Color|Duty Post}}

Note that you must specific the title of the character's page itself (which is often in a "Last Name, First Name" format) rather than the previous "First Name|Last Name" way of entering in characters.

Example:

{{Officer|Lt. Commander|Bakari, Msafiri|Red|Adjunct}}

Insignia	Rank/Title	Portrait	Character Name	Duty Post
	Lt. Commander		I238705TZ0 Msafiri Bakari Rich Avatar: Boris Kodjoe Writer ID: I238705TZ0 Human male (he/him) Edit this info	Adjunct

Notice that on the roster, Bakari's duty post of Adjunct overrode the duty post we had specified on his ID subpage (First Officer).

The duty post and color specified on the roster overrides any color or duty post specified on the ID page.

Change pip style As before, you can still change the pip style by adding STYLE= and specifying the alternative pipstyle you want.

{{Officer|Lt. Commander|Bakari, Msafiri|Red|Adjunct|STYLE=DS9}}

Insignia	Rank/Title	Portrait	Character Name	Duty Post
	Lt. Commander		I238705TZ0 Msafiri Bakari Rich Avatar: Boris Kodjoe Writer ID: I238705TZ0 Human male (he/him) Edit this info	Adjunct

Face List This is how Bakari's entry appears on the Face List, revealing the extra information from his ID page:

Insignia	Rank/Title	Portrait	Writer, Character, Avatar	Author ID Number, Post, Species/Sex
	Lt. Commander		I238705TZ0 Msafiri Bakari Rich Avatar: Boris Kodjoe Writer ID: I238705TZ0 Human male (he/him) Edit this info	Adjunct

Officers on LOA If you want to put a character on LOA, just change "Officer" to "LOA Officer" like so:

{{LOA Officer|Lt. Commander|Bakari, Msafiri|Red|Adjunct}}

And it will be displayed as usual in the LOA style:

Insignia	Rank/Title	Portrait	Character Name	Duty Post
	Lt. Commander		Msafiri Bakari Rich Avatar: Boris Kodjoe Writer ID: I238705TZ0 Human male (he/him)	Adjunct

Using ID subpages on Template:Crew

You can also use the information from the ID subpages in Template:Crew instead of having to type in the image information again.

For instance, instead of

{{Tile|Tristam|Core|Gold|Chief Engineer|Corecrew.jpg|12}}

Use "Tile Officer" in the following format:

{{Tile Officer|Character Page|Color|Duty Post}}

{{Tile Officer|Core, Tristam|Gold|Chief Engineer}}

Chief Engineer Tristam Core

You can also specify a nickname for characters with long names.

{{Tile Officer|Egan Manno, Cassandra|Red|Mission Cmdr.|NICKNAME=C. Egan Manno}}

Mission Cmdr. C. Egan Manno

Full example

{{Crew
|SHIP = USS Invicta
|ROSTER PAGE = Invicta Master Crew List
|NPC PAGE = Invicta NPCs
|HISTORY PAGE = Invicta Crew History}}
|{{Tile Officer|Kells, Aron|Red|Commanding Ofc.}}
|{{Tile Officer|Saveron|Teal|Second Officer}}
|{{Tile Officer|DeVeau, Alora|Teal|Chief Sci. Ofc.}}
|{{Tile Officer|Sienelis, Valesha|Teal|Science Officer}}
|{{Tile Officer|Dunross, Ian|Teal|Archaeologist}}
|{{Tile Officer|Moonsong, Raissa|Teal|Chief of Counseling}}
|{{Logotile|USS Invicta}}
|-
|{{Tile Officer|Rahman, Roshanara|Gold|First Officer}}
|{{Tile Officer|Mei'konda|Gold|Chief of Operations}}
|{{Tile Officer|Fenelli, Mary|Gold|Helm/Com/Ops}}
|{{Tile Officer|Core, Tristam|Gold|Chief Engineer}}
|{{Tile Officer|Dara, Solok|Gold|Engineering Ofc.}}
|{{Tile Officer|Delano, Evan|Gold|Chief of Security}}
|{{Tile Officer|Tuk, Hanar|Gold|Security Ofc.}}
{{Crewfooter|CREWNAV=InvictaCrew}}

NPC Listing   ·   USS Invicta Crew Manifest   ·   Crew History Commanding Ofc. Aron Kells Second Officer Saveron Chief Sci. Ofc. Alora DeVeau Science Officer Valesha Sienelis Archaeologist Ian Dunross Chief of Counseling Raissa Moonsong First Officer Roshanara Rahman Chief of Operations Mei'konda Helm/Com/Ops Mary Fenelli Chief Engineer Tristam Core Engineering Ofc. Solok Dara Chief of Security Evan Delano Security Ofc. Hanar Tuk Edit This Nav

Using ID subpages on Template:CrewHistory

You can also use the information from the ID subpages in Template:CrewHistory instead of having to type in the image information again.

For instance, instead of

{{New|Lt. Commander|Tristam|Core|Gold|239109.24 - Present|Corecrew.jpg|12}}
{{Old|Lt. Commander|Roshanara|Rahman|Gold|239012.25 - 239107.23|Roster-rahman.jpg|NOTES=Relieved of duty pending investigation.}}

Use "New Officer" and "Old Officer" to make entries on the crew history page in the following format:

{{New Officer|Rank|Character Page|Color|Dates}}
{{Old Officer|Rank|Character Page|Color|Dates}}

You can still add notes to a character by including NOTES= in your entry and change pipstyle with STYLE=.

{{New Officer|Lt. Commander|Core, Tristam|Gold|239109.24 - Present}}
{{Old Officer|Lt. Commander|Rahman, Roshanara|Gold|239012.25 - 239107.23|NOTES=Relieved of duty pending investigation.}}

Insignia	Rank	Portrait	Name	Dates	Notes
Chief Engineer
	Lt. Commander		Tristam Core	239109.24 - Present
	Lt. Commander		Roshanara Rahman	239012.25 - 239107.23	Relieved of duty pending investigation.

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