Post Timestamps Policy

Created by Captain Aviram Drell on Mon Aug 5th, 2019 @ 3:46pm

Mission Post Header Fields

The mission field is how you tell your readers what mission the post belongs in. Think of this as the ‘episode’. Nova displays all active missions for you. Make sure you select the right mission, though, as there may be more than one running at the same time.

The timeline field is how you tell your readers when the post takes place in the continuity of the sim. It should always be written as the mission day followed by the military time so as to avoid confusion over whether the post is taking place during the ‘day’ or at ‘night’.

Example: Day 01, 1649 Hours

The location field is how you tell your readers where the post takes place, whether aboard ship or somewhere else. It should always be written as the immediate location (e.g. room, building, or other descriptor) followed by the general location (e.g. ship, installation, planet).

Example: Officer’s Mess Hall, USS Vesta

Note that the location doesn’t need to have the deck number listed unless it is relevant (i.e. “Corridor – Deck 05, USS Vesta”).

Within a Mission Post

In addition to the fields at the top of the post, all mission posts should have the time and location stamp immediately following the ‘ON:’ tag. This way, people reading the posts will be able to see the time and location more easily.

Example: ON: [[Main Bridge, USS Vesta, Day 01, 0800 Hours]]

Whenever the location of a post changes, you should state as such in brackets along with the updated time of day (provided it isn’t too close to the time at the start of the post).

Example: [Main Engineering, USS Vesta, 1659 Hours]

Personal Log Title

The title of a personal log must include either the position of the character (for official duty logs) or the phrase ‘Personal Log’ followed by the stardate.

A stardate can be determined using a stardate calculator. Authors will need to know the actual date/time of the log entry in order to get a precise stardate. Subsequent logs submitted on the same mission day should include ‘Supplemental’ in place of the stardate.

Example: Chief Science Officer’s Log – Stardate 69924.4
(Note: This log entry would have been recorded on 04 December 2392 at 0800 Hours)

Within a Personal Log

For the sake of appearance and continuity, players should use the following time and location stamp system for personal logs.

||Mission ???, Day ???, ??? Hours
||(location), USS Vesta (or elsewhere)

Example: ||Mission 01 (Vestal Hearth), Day 01, 0800 Hours
||Ready Room, USS Vesta

Disciplinary Action Failure to consistently meet formatting requirements will result in a conversation with a member of the command staff.

Attempts will be made by the command staff to work with the player to improve their post quality. If this proves insufficient, the player may be required to complete the Pegasus Fleet cadet academy course.

Although extremely rare, players who still do not meet post quality expectations after all other measures have been exhausted may be removed from the sim.

It is possible for individuals who have been removed for quality issues to be reinstated. However, they must discuss the matter with the commanding officer and commit to a plan of action that will work toward meeting the formatting requirements.

Follow-Up

Questions, comments, and concerns are always welcomed and should be directed to a member of the command staff via private message or email.

Modification and enforcement of this policy is at the discretion of the commanding officer.

See Also

• Post Quality
• Post Formatting
• Spelling and Grammar

Source

Adapted from the “Timestamp Policy” of the USS Highlander. Used with permission.

Updated: 08/05/2019