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Beginner's Guide to TheStarWarsRP.com
Welcome to TheStarWarsRP.com (commonly abbreviated as SWRP), a collaborative writing forum based in Star Wars' Expanded Universe. It is, as administrator Brandon Rhea puts it, "one of the web’s premier and most active Star Wars role-playing websites." This site is a thriving community based on mutual cooperation and creativity to construct a story conglomerate. There are a multitude of avenues you can approach in this site, from focusing on the main storylines or doing your own personal story arcs and storylines. There is no requirement to even participate in main storyline events, though can be useful in character development. With so many options to choose from or things to do, it can be confusing at times, especially when you're new to the site. As such, this guide has been developed to help you with your entry into the SWRP community and story writing.
If you ever have any questions whether while reading this guide or in general on the site, feel free to contact Rom, Sreeya, Black Noise, Kiro, or Weiss. Most members, if asked, will provide help if needed. Don't hesitate to ask questions.
The Guide will be divided into sections as followed:
- Getting Started
- Essential Rules You Should Know
- About the Timeline I: Introduction to Essentials
- About the Timeline II: Fifth Timeline Compendium
- IC: in-character; in the role-played setting/storytelling
- OOC: out-of-character; non-role-played setting/regular community or beyond the fourth wall
- SWRP: abbreviation for TheStarWarsRP.com
- Faction: organization or government
- Main Faction: Faction that storyline tends to have a focused lens on (such as the New Sith Imperium)
- Independent Faction: Faction not a main faction; tend to be smaller; can impact story but not necessarily focus
- GA: Galactic Alliance
- Imp(s): abbreviation of Imperial Armed Forces, denoting New Sith Imperium non-Sith (and sometimes Sith) individuals; not to be confused with Imp Knights, which are Imperial Knights (and not affiliated with the New Sith Imperium)
- IK: acronym for Imperial Knights (whom have been assimilated into the Rebellion's ARES)
- Indie: denoting independent faction, a member of said factions, or a person not affiliated with a faction
- PC: Player Character; character controlled by a user
- NPC: Non-Player Character; characters introduced that are not main characters used by a user and can be created anytime of any amount (within reason)
Special thanks to Weiss for the creation of the Imperium's Guide for Beginners.
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