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** Change all "U.S.S. ENTERPRISE" to "USS Enterprise." | ** Change all "U.S.S. ENTERPRISE" to "USS Enterprise." | ||
** LCMD or LTJG or anything else all in caps should use the normal abbreviations for ranks: Ens., Lt. JG, Lt., LtCmdr., Cmdr., Capt., FltCapt., RAdml., VAdml., FltAdml. | ** LCMD or LTJG or anything else all in caps should use the normal abbreviations for ranks: Ens., Lt. JG, Lt., LtCmdr., Cmdr., Capt., FltCapt., RAdml., VAdml., FltAdml. | ||
** The headline should be in sentence case (where only the first letter of the line is capitalized), not in Title Case (where every word is capitalized). | |||
* '''LENGTH''': Ship reports should be AT LEAST 300 words, but NOT BE any longer than 600 words. Ship reports that are too short don't provide an accurate picture of what's going on and don't play well on the Community News. But reports that are too long are also too tedious to read and often contain details that aren't interesting or important. Even if your ship has been on shore leave, you should still have plenty to write about regarding what various plots are going on! | * '''LENGTH''': Ship reports should be AT LEAST 300 words, but NOT BE any longer than 600 words. Ship reports that are too short don't provide an accurate picture of what's going on and don't play well on the Community News. But reports that are too long are also too tedious to read and often contain details that aren't interesting or important. Even if your ship has been on shore leave, you should still have plenty to write about regarding what various plots are going on! | ||