Welcome to the Vast Empire, Crewman DarkMiner! I'm Chief Petty Officer Maroy, a flight member in the Regents squadron. An instructor should be along shortly to begin your training.

Greetings Recruit:

I am Commodore Geordi Atrasin, Chief of Naval Operations for the Vast Empire Navy.  On behalf of the Navy I welcome you aboard. 

You are about to embark on a journey of wonder and terror where few come out alive – Basic Training.     

JUST KIDDING!

We’d like you to pop over to our Basic Training page on the VE Wiki and dive into the program.  Later, you’ll report to Raptor Squadron where we’ll get a look at your writing skills and see if we can help you be even better.  Once you finish up all that and your Trainer says you’re good to go, we’ll get you right into the heart of the action.

Till then, buckle down, have fun, and don’t write angry.

COMD Geordi Atrasin
Chief of Naval Operations, Abrae

http://www.vastempire.com/wiki/index.php?title=Basic_Training

Welcome to the Vast Empire Naval Academy, Crewman DarkMiner.

My name is Petty Officer 2nd Class Wyl Trykon, and I'll be your Training Officer (TO) while you go through the Academy's Orientation program.  I'll be around to help get you acclimated to life in the Vast Empire (a process we call, "Basic Training"), the most important part of which is learning how to role-play as an Imperial starfighter pilot in an ongoing, collaboratively-written story (a set of skills which is taught in something we call, "Flight School").

With your first post here on the Naval Academy board, you've completed Imperial Initiation (well done) and are hereby clear to begin Flight School, which will prepare you for daily life as a pilot in a VE squadron.

Your next step should be to visit the VE Wiki page for Flight School, found here, and begin working on Chapter 1: Character Development by clicking the appropriate link.  When you finish the assignment, post your work here (bio and ID line), so I can review it, and we'll proceed from there.  Please note: here in the VE, we write in the third person, past tense; you should too.

If you need further guidance, please send a Private Message with your questions to "Trykon" here on the ComNet, or go to the Naval Academy channel on IRC, which is #VENA, and make an inquiry of any staff member.  Good luck with your training, Crewman, and again, welcome to the Vast Empire.

Sincerely,

PO2 Wyl Trykon, your TO

Useful Links:
  •  The Vast Empire Naval Academy wiki page
  •  The wiki page for Basic Training
  •  Flight School: Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3
  •  How-to-create-a-wiki-page Tutorial
  •  Java-based IRC chat

Hello and welcome to the Navy, DarkMiner. Good to have you here.

On the ID line: You're pretty darn close. Just take out the brackets around the info and make sure you're italicizing the ship name. Aside from that, the Ship should be Platform Cappadocious if I'm not mistaken, but I think the ID line wiki page probably needs updating.

-Drac

Hermann Dorn

TRN/CRW DarkMiner/PLT Cappadocious/SFC/VEN/VE

Physical Appearance
Red Eyes, facial scar under right eye from bottom eyelid to lower jaw, many

cybernetic implants to arms, legs, and torso.


    * Homeworld: Kamino
    * Age: 24
    * Species: Human (Genetically Engineered Clone)
    * Native Language: Galatic Basic Standard
    * Gender: Male
    * Skin Color: Pale Caucasian
    * Height: 6'3"
    * Weight: 180 lbs
    * Hair Color: None
    * Facial Hair: None
    * Eye Color: Red
    * Scars: 1 on right side of head from outer edge of eye socket to jawline
    * Tattoos: None

=== Appearance ===
Hermann is a pale human male, seemingly in his late thirties, and always wearing a

military cut flightsuit or his custom power armor.After 9 years of cybernetic

integration, indoctrination, and flash-training, most of his body has been augmented

with cyborg components and interfaces, making him somewhat repulsive under his

uniform. Posessed of a slight, athletic build, He is surprisingly strong due to

mechanically enhanced musculature, and unaging due to his genetic strain, making

him a very hard project to file under "failed"...

=== Personality ===
Hermann Dorn is extremely withdrawn, and never seems to be concentrating on

anything... however this is due to constant input from his cybernetic implants and a

near instant recognition of what he sees, making him seem oblivious and twitchy,

while he searches possible outcomes of each scenario he is confronted with; with

constant access to nearby sensor systems, computer networks, and location data,

Hermann is a master of immediate strategic/tactical improvisation.

=== History ===
A somewhat nondescript white, male imperial citizen at first glance, Hermann is much

more underneath... The product of a private sector project in the cloning labs of

Kamino, he was engineered with muurian dna to isolate a genetic trigger for

immortality in later project phases. After being proven a successful example of the

process, he was discarded as an incomplete product; however he was then

transferred into a research study on cybernetic integration for an Imperial shell

corporation. Spent 9 years in extensive testing and training, released under

supervision after the death of the Emperor, he worked in asteroid mining crews along

the outer rim for another 14 years, commanding up to two hundred and forty mining

droids simultaneously at the apex of his career through his brain implants. At the fall

of the Emperor Reborn, Hermann's company lost its holdings to the New Republic

as a supporter of the Imperial Remnant, forcing him to seek a new dedication. He

soon found the Vast Empire, and joined their efforts without hesitation, hoping he

had now found a permanent cause to rally behind...

YAY!! another cyborg...least i'm still the prettiest one!

If you're having trouble with the post, you can always PM me here on the ComNet, or talk with any VENA staff member on irc.

-PO2 Trykon

Thanks for the update Tryk.