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On this page you will find all the information you require to create the character bios as well as the NPC and retired bios.

Descriptions

Standard bios consist of 5 (5) sections with one section consisting of three (3) sub-sections. These are the Sidebar which contains the Personal Details, Current Career details and Family details, Personal History, Personality, Questions, and Career. Below you will find each section detailed as well as the code which can be copied and pasted.

Personal Details

This section contains details such as the physical characteristics as well as family details.

Note: If there are fields that are not applicable then they do not need to be included, simply leave them blank. If they are not included they will not show up in the final bio however if you have listed “N/A” or “None” or another variant then they will be displayed
Note: The following information is not displayed but they are used as switches for the correct display of the rank graphics and departments.

Character Type: This is where you list if the character is a PC, NPC or Alt. If you leave it blank the template will assume that the character is an NPC

Era: This is only used for the Enterprise-Era vessel. List ‘Ent’ if the character is involved in that area if not leave it blank.

Retired: List ‘Yes’ once the character retired, leave blank if they are still active.

Note: The following information is displayed in the information sidebar box located to the right of the page

Name: This is the characters first and last name. This will display at the top of a sidebar box.

Image: If there is an image of the character it can be listed here. This will display directly under the characters name.

Image2: If there is a second image of the character it can be listed here. This will display directly under the first image.

Played: If the character is an NPC this is where you would list the FULL name of the character who plays them. List First Last not Last, First.

FullName: This is the full name of the character if it is different than the already listed name eg you could list the name including middle name here.

Nickname: Is the character known by a nickname.

Alias: Does the character have any known aliases. If there is more than one separate with <br> marks.

Rank:The current rank of the character. This will be used along with the department (To be listed later) to generate the rank pip to appears under the character name

Position The current position of the character. This will be used to assign the character to the correct roster category which will enable the chain of command as well as other rosters to be updated automatically.

Position2 If the character has a secondary position then it should be listed here. Examples include Group Commander, Content Manager, Creative Director. This field is mainly for out of game positions but can be in game positions as well.

Note: For the rosters to display correctly the correct position must be used. If they are in an 'Acting' position then the acting will have to be displayed as an overtext for example if the character was the 'Acting Chief Engineer' then you would list the position as 'Chief Engineer{{!}}Acting Chief Engineer'. This will display the position as Acting Chief Engineer but still link them to the Chief Engineer section.

Assignment: The current assignment of the character. This does not need to be linked as the template will do that automatically. You will however need to list the ship name in long form, for example USS Titan, CL-2007. This will assign the character to that ships category.

Species Count: This is the number of species that make up the character. If the character is not a hybrid then you do not need to list this however if they are you list the number. An example of a Vulcan/Human would have a Species Count of 2.

Species: The species of the character. If the character is hybrid of more than one species this will be the species that the character received from their father.

Species2: This section will only need to be filled out if the character is a hybrid. Species 2 will be the species that the character received from their mother.

Note: In the event that the characters parents are themselves hybrids a Species3-6 can be used in the same way as above.

Gender: This is the characters gender.

Age: This is the characters age. If this is left blank then the characters age will be calculated based on the date of birth listed below.

Temporal Displacement: If the character was exposed to anything that would add years onto their life outside of the normal passage of time list is here. If this is listed you will need to manually enter an age to reflect the extra years.

Died: When did the character die (If they are dead)

Height: The characters height. This should be displayed in centimetres (cm). If you do not want to do the conversion yourself use the feet template, {{feet|’’number of full feet’’|’’number of inches’’}}

Weight: The characters weight. This should be displayed in kilograms (kg). If you do not want to do the conversion yourself use the lbs template. {{lbs|’’number of lbs’’}}

Dateyr: The characters birth year. This should be displayed in Federation Space stardate format for example 1985 will be 185.

Datemth: The characters birth month. This should be displayed as 2 digits for example May would be 05.

Dateday: The characters birth day. This should be displayed as 2 digits for example 07.

Note: The date of birth is sectioned like this to enable the character to display in the 'On This Day' section.
Note: Enterprise-Era characters can list the above in either standard FS Stardate format or Earth standard as they will be converted to the correct format by the template.

SFReg: This is the Star Fleet Registration number. To generate this you take the real world date of registration date of the account eg 20040328. The next 2 digits are the year of birth of the character. Taking the example above it would be 85. Then it is a dash and the sector of birth. For example Earth being in the Sol system is 001. There is then a space and 4 random letters.

Affiliation: This is the current affiliation that the character has. This is used to display the headings with the correct colours. Accepted affiliations are as follows, if more need to be added contact the Content Manager

Name
Bajoran
Borg
Breen
Cardassian
Democractic Romulan Republic
Dominion
Ferengi
First Federation
Gorn
Klingon
Orion Syndicate
The Patriarchy
Romulan Star Empire
Species 8472
Talarian Republic
Terran Empire
Tholian Assembly
Tzenkethi Coalition
United Federation of Planets
United Earth
Vulcan High Command

Eye Color: This is the eye color of the character.

Place: This is the place of birth of the character. NOT the planet.

Homeworld: This is the planet where the character was born

Build: This is the characters physical build/body type.

Complexion: This is the characters complexion/skin tone.

Hair Color: This is the characters hair color.

Hair Style: This is the characters hair style.

Facial: This is the characters facial hair.

Voice: This is the characters voice.

Taste: This is the characters off duty clothing tastes.

Features: This is a list of the characters distinguishing features.

Family: Listing ‘No’ here will make the template leave out the entire Family section from the bio.

Marital: This is the characters marital status but not who they are married to.

Spouse(s): List the names and years married/together of any spouses that the character has had. If there are more than one separate them with <br>

Children: This is a list of the characters children, ages and current status.

Sibling: This is a list of the characters siblings, ages and current status.

Other Relatives: List any other relatives here that are not listed in the above or below using <br> to separate them.

Mother: This is the name of the characters mother.

Adoptive Mother: If the character was adopted list the adoptive mother here.

Father: This is the name of the characters father.

Adoptive Father: If the character was adopted list the adoptive father here.

Parents: This is the current status of the characters parents.

Pets: This is a list of the characters pets.

Friends: This is a list of the characters closest friends.

Personal History

Note:The following information is displayed in the main body of the page

The personal history section is the next section on the bio. This consists of an introduction and main history which contains information about the characters past etc. This section should have prominent words linked eg ship names, peoples name, locations. This should only appear in the first instance of that word for example if the word 'Star Fleet' appeared in the personal history 14 times it only needs to have the first one linked.

It is suggested but not mandatory that the personal history be sectioned into sub headings as this will allow for easy navigation. Suggested sub headings are 'Early Life', 'Time at the Academy', 'Ship Name'. Under ship name a heading for each mission is preferable but again not mandatory. Unlike normal wiki headings which are written like this == Heading == the first heading in the personal history section must be written like this <h3> Heading </h3>. This is due to the use of the template which will not allow |History= == Heading ==

Personality

Note:The following information is displayed under a heading of 'Personality' as the third main section on the body of the page

Majors: This is a list of the characters majors when they were in the Academy. A list can be found here.

Minors: This is a list of the characters minors when they were in the Academy. A list can be found here.

Hobbies: This is a list of the hobbies of the character eg swimming, chess etc.

Short: This is the short term goal of the character. Once these have been accomplished, instead of deleting them they should be struck out using <strike>Accomplished goal</strike> to appear list this Accomplished goal.

Long: This is the long term goal of the character. Once these have been accomplished, instead of deleting them they should be struck out using <strike>Accomplished goal</strike> to appear list this Accomplished goal.

Personality: This is how the character acts eg shy, outgoing etc.

Humor: This is the characters sense of humor eg dry, dark, sexist etc.

Phobias: This is a list of any phobias that the character may have eg spiders, heights, snakes etc

Likes: This is a list of the characters likes.

Dislikes: This is a list of the characters dislikes.

Peeves : This is a list of the characters pet peeves.

Habits: This is a list of the characters bad habits or vices.

Achievements: This is a list of the characters achievements.

Disappointments: This is a list of the characters disappointments.

Illnesses: This is a list of the characters likes.

Strengths: This is a list of the characters strengths.

Weaknesses: This is a list of the characters weaknesses.

Fears: This is a list of the characters fears.

Prejudices: This is a list of the characters prejudices.

Referrer: This is who referred the player to Federation Space. If it is an existing player the name should be linked.

Questions

Note:The following information is displayed under a heading of 'Questions' as the fourth main section on the body of the page

Painful: This is the characters most painful experience.

Time: This is the best time in the characters life.

Crucial: This is the most crucial moment in the characters life.

Role Model: This is the characters role model. Who do they look up to the most.

Department: This is the department that the character is in. This is used along with the rank listed above to generate the rank pip.

Career History

Note:The following information is displayed under a heading of 'Career History' as the fifth main section on the body of the page

CHist: This is the career history of the character. This should be updated whenever a promotion, medal, RPGer or staffing change is made for this character. This is done using the Career History templates, CHHead and CHLine.

At the beginning of the career history section needs to be the career history header line, {{CHHead}}. If the character is not the first character that the player has played and they are transferring the previous characters history over you list the character’s name here eg {{CHHead|Characters Name}}. Once the transfer happens you add another {{CHHead|New Characters Name}} and it will section out the career histories into the two characters.

Next is the {{CHLine}} template.

Lines: This is how many lines the assignment is the same for the character. If the character has been on the same ship for 6 update lines you like 6 on the FIRST template and leave it blank on the rest.

Location: This is the location where the event happened. This must be filled out in full if it is a ship eg USS Yeager, SC-8018. This is only listed on the first template.

AssignmentLines: Much like the above lines variable this is how many lines the character was in the same position. Taking the above as an example the character was on the same ship for 6 update lines but was science officer for only 2 of those you would list this as 2 on the first template that they were a science officer.

Assignment: This is what the assigned position was eg Science Officer, First Officer

Stardate: This is the stardate that the event occurred.

StardateEnd: For things such as promotions (rank and position) you would list this as the end date of when the specific rank/promotion was no longer valid for example the character was promoted from First Officer to Commanding Officer on 21103.20 therefore you would list the promotion in a new line and then go back to the First Officer promotion and list the same date in the StardateEnd variable.

Event: This is the event. Events are listed as:

Ranks/Promotions
Fleet Admiral Fleet Admiral Captain Captain Master Chief Petty Officer of Star Fleet Master Chief Petty Officer of Star Fleet General CinC General Commander in Chief Colonel Colonel Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps
Admiral Admiral Commander Commander Command Master Chief Petty Officer Command Master Chief Petty Officer General General Lieutenant Colonel Lieutenant Colonel Sergeant Major Sergeant Major
Vice Admiral Vice Admiral Lieutenant Commander Lieutenant Commander Master Chief Petty Officer Master Chief Petty Officer Lieutenant General Lieutenant General Major Major First Sergeant First Sergeant
Rear Admiral Rear Admiral Lieutenant Lieutenant Senior Chief Petty Officer Senior Chief Petty Officer Major General Major General Captain Captain Master Sergeant Master Sergeant
Commodore Commodore Lieutenant Junior Grade Lieutenant Junior Grade Chief Petty Officer Chief Petty Officer Brigadier General Brigadier General First Lieutenant First Lieutenant Gunnery Sergeant Gunnery Sergeant
Ensign Ensign Petty Officer 1st Class Petty Officer First Class Second Lieutenant Second Lieutenant Staff Sergeant Staff Sergeant
Midshipman Midshipman Petty Officer 2nd Class Petty Officer Second Class Cadet Cadet Sergeant Sergeant
Recruit Recruit Petty Officer 3rd Class Petty Officer Third Class Marine Recruit Marine Recruit Corporal Corporal
Crewman Crewman Lance Corporal Lance Corporal
Crewman Apprentice Crewman Apprentice Private First Class Private First Class
Crewman Recruit Crewman Recruit Private Private
Service Medals
Star Fleet Academy Graduation Ribbon Star Fleet Academy Graduate Ribbon Marine Corps Academy Graduation Ribbon Marine Corps Academy Graduate Ribbon Command School Graduate Ribbon Command School Graduate Ribbon Star Fleet Achievement Medal Star Fleet Achievement Medal Star Fleet Commendation Medal Star Fleet Commendation Medal Gold Star Gold Star
Diamond Star Diamond Star Star Fleet Distinguished Service Globe Star Fleet Distinguished Service Globe Star Fleet Cross of Gallantry Star Fleet Cross of Gallantry Star Fleet Medal of Honor Star Fleet Medal of Honor Outstanding Unit Citation Outstanding Unit Citation Purple Heart Purple Heart
Campaign Medals
Romulan War Campaign Medal Romulan War Campaign Medal Romulan War 2 Campaign Medal Second Romulan War Campaign Medal Borg War Campaign Medal Borg War Campaign Medal Night of the Viper Campaign Medal Night of the Viper Campaign Medal
Achievement Medals
Role Player of the Month Role Player of the Month Recruiters Medallion Recruiter Medallion Short Story Participant Short Story Participant Short Story Winner Short Story Winner Annual Citation of Excellence Annual Citation of Excellence President's Medal President’s Medal
The Zefram Cochrane Award The Zefram Cochrane Award The Leonard McCoy Life Saving Cross The Leonard McCoy Life Saving Cross The Daystrom Institute Medallion of Scientific Achievement The Daystrom Institute Medallion of Scientific Achievement The Hikaru Sulu Order of Tactics The Hikaru Sulu Order of Tactics The Ministry of Justice Citation of Valor The Ministry of Justice Citation of Valor The Order of the Shadowed Veil The Order of the Shadowed Veil
Distinguished Flying Cross Distinguished Flying Cross The Hayes Service Medal The Hayes Service Medal Sword of the OPFOR Sword of the Opposing Force The Order of Achievement The Order of Achievement

Department: This is only needed for promotions. For Enterprise-Era promotions list Ent-Department

Medals

Note: Medals are linked to the player, not specifically to the character. If a player changes character to a corresponding position (Changes character but is still a CO/FO) then the medals of the previous character are transferred however if the character is changed to that of a lower ranked character (For example the player leaves and returns) then medals do not automatically transfer.

Join Information

We add the join information onto bios so that the Longevity medal is automatically updated as they pass their anniversary. It is also used if the player leaves the site or retires the character along with the retire information to 'freeze' the bio in time so that information isn't auto updated as anniversary dates occur.

JoinY: This is the year in which the character was registered. This is listed in Fed Space stardate format for example, 210 for 2010.

JoinM: This is the month in which the character was registered. This is listed in Fed Space stardate format for example, 05 for May.

JoinD: This is the day in which the character was registered. This is listed in Fed Space stardate format for example, 08 for the 8th of the month.

If the exact date cannot be verified please use the date of graduation in the characters history.

Contact

contact: This is the contact email for the player.

Retired Bio Difference

The retired biography is the same as the standard one with one added section, the retired section. This works the same way as the joined section so for example the year is 2010 it will be written as 210.

Note: Please leave the position, rank and ship in ALL retired bios as this was their position at the time of retirement.

RetireY: This is the year in which the character left. This is listed in Fed Space stardate format for example, 210 for 2010.

RetireY: This is the month in which the character left. This is listed in Fed Space stardate format for example, 05 for May.

RetireD: This is the day in which the character left. This is listed in Fed Space stardate format for example, 08 for the 8th of the month.

If the exact date cannot be verified please use the last available confirmed date eg the last time they were on the points charts or their career history was listed.

Copy and Paste

Please note: This is the Academy approved version of the bio which leaves out some fields that some characters might require. A full copy/paste option is available further down.

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|Species=
|Species2=
|Species3=
|Species4=
|Species5=
|Species6= 
|Gender=
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|Height=
|Weight=
|Build=
|Complexion=
|Hair Color=
|Hair Style=
|Eye Color=
|Voice=
|Taste=
|Features=

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|Dateday=
|Place=
|Marital=
|Sibling=
|Mother=
|Father=
|Parents=
|Pets=
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|History=

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|Personality=
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|Likes=
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|Peeves=
|Habits=
|Achievements=
|Disappointments=
|Illnesses=
|Strengths=
|Weaknesses=
|Fears=
|Prejudices= 

|Painful=
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|Role Model=

|Referrer=

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Full Bio

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