Standard Posting Symbols.
Most of this is pretty standard across the Internet/Other Trek PBEMs.

  • [Change of Character]
    • Name in Brackets. ie; [Hedges]
    - To use when adding your interaction, or combining several posts, so that individuals can be identified. Also used to add NPC's to expand upon your own posts.

  • "Speaking"
    • Use Quotation Marks. ie; "Dammit Jim, I'm a Doctor, not a Particle Physicist!"

  • ~Thinking~
    • Use a wavy line. ie; ~I hope that Betazoid is not reading my mind right now?~

  • ::Actions::
    • We used to use a double colon. ie; ::Jumping the wall, Hedges rolled forward, grabbing his phaser as he moved.:: NOTE: I have noticed that this is able to be dropped, enabling both action description along with Narrative and general description all in one, I know I do it, so this is less a problem.

  • =/\=Using Communicators=/\=
    • Funky Starfleet Comm Badges (yep; equals, forward slash, back slash, equals) ie;

    =/\=Away team to Venture, two to beam up.=/\=

    NOTE: Yes, this is speech without quotation marks, in theory they can be added, as can an action, such as creating a data uplink over a comm frequency. Up to you, but traditionally the former uses a Comm posting symbol, while the latter becomes an ::action::

  • SHOUTING
    • Words in Capitals. ie; "THIS IS MUTINY MR. RUTHERFORD!"

  • ::Whispering::
    • Italics if you are working in HTML, otherwise, add the clarification as an action

    "Keep quiet or the Hirogen will hear us!" ::He whispered urgently.::

  • When requiring a skill check
    • Post a short OOC at the end of your post, explaining which Skill, relevant Stat, and any applicable Edges/Flaws. I do check, but cannot always, so such a check slows me down. You should keep this as brief as possible, and if several skills apply, its up to you to decide which one applies best. I will then make the dice rolls and translate the result.
    ie; (using the action result above;) OOC: Coordination 3, Athletics (Gynastics) 3(4), Quick Draw