Lol- there's plenty of confusion if you don't know what type of 'game' this is.  Essentially, though we are RPG, we're actually a 'writing' RPG: we are groups (squadrons) of pilots that write Star Wars fiction.  We may play some computer based games on the side, but the VE itself isn't your usual computer game.  We're an organization that basically writes ourselves into the Star Wars universe; right now we're butting in on the Thrawn Era and moving to the core.  Every member of the navy, by default, starts out as a pilot and writes about their character (you will create that character, btw), and then we put you in a situation and you adapt your character to that situation.  Your character will encounters conflicts between rebels, pirates, fellow imperials, and even conflicts himself. 

We write, we have fun, but it's important that you understand these 'characters' our written character, and the items and stocks and insurance: that's all for the characters in the story.  You, the money you have, buy weapons, clothing, droids, or whatever to make your stories more interesting.  If you'd like to write yourself into our little universe: you may, but you'll have to go through our training process.  And the first step is writing up a biography- if you're not sure how to go about doing the first paragraph on the following page, read further and it will give you great description and examples.  An operator will be by to further explain the system to you; in the event they don't, I will return to do so- I think I'm pulling the Thanksgiving shift around here   You can find the Flight School link at:

http://www.vastempire.com/wiki/index.php?title=Flight_School_%28FS%29