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Remembrance Week
Citizens throughout the Vast Empire have come together this week to commemorate the 1st anniversary of the Third Outer Rim War, a conflict that cost the Empire dearly and one that shall never be forgotten. Shorter than most wars, the third battle for the Outer Rim, which was localised in the Subterrel sector lasted only two months, but it was a bloody 2 months. The Imperial coalition lost over 2 million lives in total, and as many wounded. Most of these lives were lost when the planet of Teyeong was re-taken from Imperial forces. Several VET reporters were also killed in this battle.
The main confrontations were between Imperial and Rebel factions; however a third faction soon entered war, hell bent on claiming the area for their own dark desires. These mysterious invaders are known only as the “Sith”, and little is known about who they are, what they want, or what they do. Anonymous reports sent to this paper have hinted at links between the Sith, the Jedi, and a rumoured “Order” that exists within the VE. Unfortunately we can confirm none of this, and so must sit back and pray that the brave men and women who were lost in the war didn’t die in vain, or at the behest of some secret agenda.
As the name suggests, there had been two previous wars in that sector, but the Vast Empire didn’t get involved until this conflict, answering the call to arms from its valued allies amongst the other splinter factions.
The week’s Remembrances started with a minutes silence at noon to mark the first day of the conflict, with another one scheduled later in the week to honour the Second battle of Teyeong, where so many servicemen and women were killed. The intervening time will be filled with a multitude of honour parades, and solemn services by local parishioners. Ceremonies will also be held to honour the living heroes of the war. Commander Shodon, captain of the ISD Suspense will receive especial accreditation for his actions at the Derxes route, a battle that saw the Imperial Coalition firmly routed from the sector. This will be broadcasted live on the Holonet.
Grand Moff Kadann has announced that the day marking the Imperial rout from the sector will be claimed a public holiday, dubbed “Derxes Day”, and no-one is obliged to work that day.
We here at VET will honour our fallen comrades by reciting a motto that we believe sums up the Vast Empire, and all who serve in it:
Loyalty, Honour, Courage.
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Haven’t created your character’s wiki page yet? Or perhaps it looks so bland compared to others that you tend to ignore it, hoping that people don’t visit it much? No matter what your situatution, this article is designed to spice up your character’s wiki page!
Step One – Create a Page
If you already created your character’s page, you can skip this part. If you have not, then this is where you should begin. Creating a page is very easy, you simply use the search box on the left side of your screen:
In this box, type your character’s callsign. For example, Riqimo is my callsign, so I put ‘Riqimo’ in the box. Then you can either press ‘enter’ or click the ‘Go’ button. (Note: Search will not allow you to create a page.
If the page genuinely does not exist, then you should see something similar to:
To start working on your page, click ‘create an article with this title’ and get right to editing.
Step Two – The Basics
Before anything else starts, you should be aware of the basics of wiki editing:
Making an Internal Link
An internal link is a link that takes a user to another page within the wiki site. To create one, simply put double square brackets arounf the text you wish to be an interal link. For example: [[Eclipse]] will display as a link to the wiki page ‘Eclipse’
Making an External Link
An external link is a link that takes the user to a page outside of the wiki, it is created with a single square bracket in the form: [http://link TEXT] You start with the opening bracket, then type or paste the link then you type a space before typing the text that you wish to be displayed as the link in the wiki article.
[http://blah.com Something Here] is a link that will display as ‘Something Here’ and when clicked will take a user to blah.com (Note: You MUST include the ‘http://’ part of the link)
Making Bold Text
You have two options to make your text bold, you can use normal html codes: Bold Text
Or you may opt for the special method on the wiki, surrounding your bold text with three apostrophes on both sides: ”’Bold Text”’
Making Italic Text
There are also two options, firstly html: Italic Text
Or yet another wiki code, this time using only two apostrophes on both sides: ”Italic Text”
Step Three – Standard Template Useage
Every character page should employ the ever useful Player Character Template. Mine for example is shown here:
This is using the Male Player Character Template, alternatively there is a Female Character Template, and the much more bland normal Player Character Template that most ordinary people use. Needless to say, the normal one has less options for your character.
To insert a template into your wiki page, use the following code:
{{Template Name|
variable1=Something|
variable2=Something|
etc….
}}
For the one shown at right, I used this code:
{{Male Player Character|
image=[[Image:Riqimo.jpg]]|
bgcolor=#ccc|
fgcolor=#000|
division=[[Stormtrooper Corps]]|
rank=[[Army Ranks#Enlisted Ranks|Sergeant]]|
name=Riqimo Pershaw|
callsign=Riqimo|
nick=Doc, Riq, Riqqi|
height=4’8″|
weight=96 lbs.|
species=[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Humanoid Human]|
age= 25|
eyes=Blue-Green|
hair=Light Brown|
facial= Trimmed Goatee|
skin = Well Tanned|
planet=[[Tadath]]|
}}
Step Four – Organization
Make your page Easier to read! Divide it into logical sections by using the easy use headers.
To make a header, you simply put equal signs (=) around the header name. Preference is to start with 2 equal signs on each side as the main headers and divide those into subheaders by adding another equal sign to both sides for further organization.
Examples
==Main Headers==
===Sub Header===
====Sub Sub Header====
===Sub Header===
==Main Header==
===Sub Header===
And so on… you can see a nice example of headers used at my wiki page.
Step Five – Images
Inserting Images is made simple with two templates to choose from, one that will right align:
{{Image|
image=Image Link|
bgcolor=#ccc|
fgcolor=#000|
topic=Image Title|
}}
And one that will left align:
{{Image2|
image=Image Link|
bgcolor=#ccc|
fgcolor=#000|
topic=Image Title|
}}
Step Six – Tables
Tables allow you to organize complex data into an easy to read format. They are also fairly easy to make!
{| cellpadding=”2″ cellspacing=”0″ border=”1″
! Column 1 Title !! Column 2 Title !! Column 3 Title !! Column 4 Title
|-
|A1 || A2 || A3 || A4
|-
|B1 || B2 || B3 || B4
|-
|C1 || C2 || C3 || C4
|-
|D1 || D2 || D3 || D4
|}
You are not limited to a 4×4 table, you can make tables inside tables, 1×1 tables, and extremely large tables holding tons of data.
Step Seven – Making Your Page Accessible
Although these are only recommendations, they make your page so much easier for others to find and use. They require little effort on your part and can go a long way.
Categories
If you are an Stormtrooper Corps Soldier, then you will wish to have your name shown here. At the bottom of your wiki page, add the code for that:
[[Category:STCMembers]]
Alternatively, if you are on the Navy side of things, you will want to be here by adding this code:
[[Category:NavyMembers]]
Comnet
You can also share your wiki page through your comnet signature. I suggest linking your name in the ID line directly to your wiki page.
Step Ziltch – Unable to Do It?
Riqimo will be more than willing to help you set up your wiki page, just send him a comnet message asking for assisstance.
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