Joining the Crew
From Star Trek: Theurgy Wiki
At this juncture Star Trek: Theurgy is not open for new applicants unless they are willing to take over one of our characters that are available for inheritance. This, at the discretion of the Game Moderator (GM) regarding which ones may be thawed. New character and species creation is, however, closed for new applicants.
Please make sure you read this page carefully when applying to join the sim to inherit a character, and we look forward to you registering on the site!
Joining Information
"What kind of writers are we looking for at Star Trek: Theurgy?"
We're looking for good, descriptive and creative writers that can handle English well. You should also know enough about the Star Trek Universe to be able to partake in creating intense, interesting storylines together with the other writers. We are a very literate group, with a minimum posting requirement of 200 words per post, and with a deadline of 7 days maximum to reply in all the threads you are involved in, and the commitment to the story is long-term. We have been running the story actively for six years, and we will continue for many years to come. Therefore, we are not interested in casual, brief commitments, but something that will last for many years.
"What's the nature of the story?"
Star Trek: Theurgy is a detailed, quite dark, story-driven and long-term roleplay and while it has a 18+ rating, it is not some shoe-horned excuse to write Star Trek smut scenes. If that's what you are looking for, you can look elsewhere since you'll be really disappointed.
It is not expected of any of our writers to detail the intimate relations of their characters with others, even if it's allowed. Several writers among us have an aversion to writing graphic sexual scenes, so if that's not what you care for, then that's no problem at all. The story revolves around a ship and a crew in dire straits, against impossible odds, and with a lot of intrigue and mystery to it. We just don't enforce limits on what you care to write, like explicit scenes of violence or intimacy, as long you adhere to our General Rules and all writers consent to the specific scene their characters are in.
In short, this is a serious Star Trek sim, not a dating sim.
"How do I join the story?"
This page should serve quite well for an answer, but it's recommended you contact the GM if you have any questions.
1. Register on the Forum
First, in order to join Star Trek: Theurgy, you need to register on the Forum. To register, you must be 18 years or older. If we find anyone who is younger than that, it will result in an immediate ban in the interests of protecting minors. Upon registration, you verify that you are of age, and at the discretion of the GM, an age verification process will be conducted if there is cause for doubt to your claim. For more information on age restriction, read our General Rules.
When you have read the rules and registered, you should check the Star Trek: Theurgy Canon page and read through the Story Archive.
Feel free to have a look around, and get acquainted with the place.
2. Contact the Game Moderator
When you feel ready, send a PM (personal message) via the forum to the Game Moderator, Auctor Lucan. Send the GM your questions first and we take it from there; perhaps you just want to verify if you have the right profile to write with us. Then, you should start discussing which of our available characters you want to inherit.
We have been running the Star Trek: Theurgy story for over five years now, and over time, we have built the story with key characters that are essential to the plot, not to mention developing different kinds of relationships between characters that have become important for character development. Sadly, writers have left the group now and then, leaving the writers that remain with us bereft of the development that they were looking forward to with their own characters. However, over time, we have successfully let writer-less characters be inherited by present writers, examples being Selena Ravenholm, Wenn Cinn, Edena Rez, Nathaniel Isley and Cameron Henshaw, whom are all being actively played today even if the original writers left us. So, this is your chance to step right into present events in the Star Trek: Theurgy story.
We also have available characters that have been put into stasis on the Theurgy. If you are a returning member, you may find your character there. You have to contact the GM if you want to use your character again, and should any writer or new applicant wish to inherit them, the GM may allow it depending on what rank and position the character held before being put into stasis. In order for these to be made available, the Chief Medical Officer on the Theurgy must have found a way to treat the lethal injury that the character sustained at some point in the story, but this can easily be arranged for In-Character since the Theurgy came across additional medical supplies quite recently.
Here are our Available Characters.
If you would like to inherit an available character, the GM will provide all information about what the characters have been up to so far in the story, as well as potential development for them. Please consider how you, as the new writer of the character, have a creative license to change the way s/he is played.
3. Joining Application Accepted!
When the character inheritence is approved, the GM will notify you of this and an announcement will be made on our OOC board (Out-of-Character). You will also be given full access to the site. Next, you will be writing your inaugural post in the story, and begin the adventure.
Welcome aboard the Theurgy!
Do you want to add another character to the story?
If you are already a member of the sim, and you would like to add another character, you need to contact the Game Moderator and see if you are A) eligible to add another character and B) if your character concept can be added at the current juncture in the story.
