ORIGINS: Proposal: Difference between revisions

This is a proposal to begin a new ASR-offshoot PBeM group, called "ASR: Origins."  "Origins" will be a writing group specifically designed to explore the alternate timeline opened up in the latest Star Trek movie by J.J. Abrams.  That movie will serve as the main inspiration for "Origins."  As an alternate timeline, "Origins" will not have a direct impact on the stories, plotlines or technologies developed in and for ASR.

The setting of "Origins" will be around 2260, just after the events of Star Trek (that movie took place in 2258), around 160 years BEFORE the current ASR timeline.

This will be a PBeM group, just as ASR is.  Posts will be submitted to a central post archive on Yahoo (we can use ASR's if it is desired for advertising reasons- we can always tag the posts [ORIGINS] to differentiate them from "normal" ASR posts) as well as a unit archive.  Unit archives will be open for public viewing, the posts capped at PG-13.  Again, all this mirrors typical PBeM practice.

The group would also need to maintain a web presence separate (though, again, it could be linked or even a subdomain of ASR if it is desired) from ASR, since units, technologies and universe backgrounds would be markedly different.  This site can either be a wiki portal within ASR's wiki, or something completely separate.  My suggestion would be for a "origins.alt-starfleet-rpg.org" subdomain, or something along those  

to write for ASR and HOW to write off of each other.  Think of it as bing akin to the old ALB holodeck training, except it will be live (i.e. not in a holodeck since they were not around in 2260) and perhaps expanded beyond 4 players.  The individual unit CO's would be tasked with developing the mini-mission and making sure the players are not just writing, but given appropriate constructive criticism when needed.

* Can a player command a unit in both ASR Prime and ASR: ORIGINS?

** Simply, no.  There are reasons why players are NOT allowed to command more than one unit in ASR:

* Can a player hold characters in both ASR Prime and ASR: ORIGINS?

** Yes, of course.  That is at each individual player's discretion.  While we suggest that a player not have more than three geenral characters in all of ASR, as long as a player shows he/she is able to handle the load, he/she is welcome to write in whichever unverse they prefer, or both at the same time.

* ''a willingness to be ACTIVE.''  We abide by a slightly different posting policy than ASR, as we prefer more frequent-but-shorter posts in order to maintain proper momentum and interest.  Therefore, before joining, we ask that all potential players make sure they can post somewhere in the weekly area.  Understand that these posts can be shorter- a page or so, even a couple of paragraphs is perfectly acceptable- than what is common in ASR Prime.

* ''a willingness to remain IN CONTACT.''  In ASR Prime, it is considered "common courtesy" to inform one's CO of a impending absence of more than a couple of days; it is also considered proper to respond to any mails sent to you by a player or "superior officer" within 48-72 hours.  In ORIGINS, these "common courtesies" will be followed as well for everyone's benefit.

We also want to work hard to keep a higher level of activity than we've seen in ASR Prime in recent years.  Hopefully, our policy of "shorter-but-more-frequent posts" will pay off in this area.

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