Garuda Simming Guide

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So, you'd like to know more about how things work within the USS Garuda simming group? You've come to the right place!

Garuda Arcs and Background

Here, I'd like to include some information for members new to the group that explains some of the Garuda's (and, previously, the Mercury's) ongoing plot arcs, including (and I'm sure I'll think of others): ongoing investigations into the Menthar and the Ancient Alliance, first contacts with new races (Kubarey, Myr Luuk, Community), shifting alliances and politics among known polities (Cardassians, Breen), links to important NPCs (the Infernal, Aron Kells, Councilor Prianna, Tol...) -- such a story guide should be immensely helpful to new folks!

Formatting Your Sims

• An example of good form: [1]
• The Garuda SIM format corresponds with that used in the academy and detailed in Tutorial #1 [2]. The differences between the Garuda and the rest of the fleet are detailed in this section.

Subject Lines

Here on the Garuda, we commonly use abbreviations to indicate a location at the beginning of a subject line. Common ones for our ship include [G] (for Garuda) and [DSX] (for Deep Space 10). If an acronym for a planet doesn’t exist, we’d make it up and try to use it consistently throughout the mission. If you're the first one to sim in a certain location, be bold! Make up your own location header! A typical subject line for a sim on the garuda will look like [Location Abbreviation] Character Rank and Name, Including NPC Status: Sim Title (Tags), for example:

• [G] Capt. C. Egan Manno: The Best Title Ever (Calderan, Mei'konda)
• [DSX] PNPC Dr. Nick Parks: Over on the Station (Shore Leave Party)
• [GY] MSNPC Councilor Prianna: The Plot Thickens (Away Team)

...and as you can see, tags can be specific to the characters or more general.

Bolding vs. Non-Bolding

Entire paragraphs in bold typically burn on the eyes. Common uses of bolding include:

• Open tags that require a response (E.G.: TAN: Response)
• Indicating stage direction after a tag with double colons :: text :: (E.G. Skyfire: :: nodded :: )
• Location headers: (( Sickbay, USS Garuda ))
• Adding new dialogue in response to an open tag (This is not always necessary, depending on how old the tag is.)

Uncommon uses of bolding are for entire paragraphs. Since all sims are required to push the story forward, you shouldn’t be bolding all your new text anyway.

Promotions

Mostly, I think this should link to the large fleet template, not repeat it, with a few notes for Garuda SOP if it's not otherwise spelled out (ie, "full mission" = "no more than one week after the mission's begun," etc)