Boilerplate:Mission article

This article provides information on starting, expanding upon, and completing articles about missions in Star Trek Online. To see, how this template is applied in practice, see.

Syntax
Right at the beginning of the article give a one- or two-sentence abstract what this mission is about. E.g.: "In Mission Title the player liberates a Federation Outpost from a Klingon siege."

Synopsis
Describe the story of the mission in your own words. Write from a third-person perspective about what the player encounters. Do not address the player directly using second-person pronouns. The Synopsis should be more elaborate than the abstract and cover all steps of the mission. Do not limit the synopsis to objectives, instead concentrate on giving background and story information. It is also permissive to describe the mood and setting of the mission.

Mission text
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Objectives

 * Name of First Objective
 * Name of Second Objective
 * etc...

Group 1

 * link to first NPC
 * link to second NPC

Group 2

 * link to first NPC
 * link to second NPC

Group 3

 * link to first NPC
 * link to second NPC

Group 4

 * link to first NPC
 * link to second NPC

Group 1

 * link to first NPC
 * link to second NPC

Group 2

 * link to first NPC
 * link to second NPC

Group 3

 * link to first NPC
 * link to second NPC

Group 4

 * link to first NPC
 * link to second NPC

Accolades
Or, if no accolades are found in this mission use.

Missioninfo template
Use the template to create the info box. See the template page for detailed instructions. Example usage:


 * name : The name of the mission, exactly as spelled in the game. This includes capitalization as well. If several types of capitalization are utilized in-game, have all versions redirect to one page, which shall be how the mission title is spelled in the Mission Log.


 * faction : Either Starfleet, Klingon, Romulan Republic or Cross-faction, depending on which faction offers this mission.


 * giver : The name of the NPC who gives the player this mission. Rank mustn't be included (e.g. "Quinn"). Since NPC article titles must not include ranks. Eg: Missions given by "Admiral Quinn" must link to Quinn, which has information on the NPC himself.


 * level : The level of the mission itself. For example: Cmdr 4 (24) &mdash; this indicates the mission is for the rank of Commander, level 4 (or 24 in a purely numerical scale).


 * repeatable : Either Yes, No, or Daily. If "Daily", it cannot include links or cooldown durations.


 * followed : The mission that follows this mission, which will be automatically linked to via the mission template (which generates the link).


 * preceded : The mission that precedes (comes before) this mission, same as above.


 * episode : The name of the overall Episode that includes this mission. This will be added as a category for the mission page (e.g. "Category:Tour of Duty" for the "Tour of Duty" Episode).


 * sp : The number of skillpoints awarded to the player upon completion (and hand-in) of mission, if applicable.


 * bosp : The number of bridge officer skillpoints awarded upon completion of mission, if applicable.


 * fm : The number of Fleet Marks awarded upon completion, if applicable.


 * rm : The number of Romulan Marks awarded upon completion, if applicable.


 * om : The number of Omega Marks awarded upon completion, if applicable.


 * nm : The number of Nukara Marks awarded upon completion, if applicable.


 * dm : The number of Dyson Marks awarded upon completion, if applicable.


 * plus : A bulleted list of any items offered to the player, who must choose only one. The beginning of the bulleted list (i.e. the first asterisk "*") must be on a new line after the equals sign ("=").

Additional options can be found on the template page.

Abstract
In the beginning of the article put one or two lines that describe, what the mission is all about (plotwise). A more elaborate synopsis follows.

Synopsis
This should be written like an synopsis for an episode guide. This paragraph should be covering the whole mission and not only focus on objectives and gameplay, but primarily the story that is told. When you need to refer to the story protagonist, call him or her "the player" and try to use a gender neutral sentence structure.

Outline
The outline is the place for the point-of-view looking at the objectives of the mission. It's a concentrated summary of what your mission journal and objectives window is displaying.

Mission text
Using the missiontext template as above, copy the exact wording of the introductory text explaining the mission, at which point the player is to accept or decline the mission.

Goal
Using the missiongoal template as above, copy the exact wording of the mission's goal, which is displayed in green within the game (as well as in the mission article itself).

Objectives
This is a bulleted list of the objectives for this mission, copied verbatim from within the game's mission log.

NPCs
This covers all selectable NPCs in the game world (including turrets and other inanimate objects) as well as off-the-map NPC contacts (like a calling Captain in a space mission). Group the NPCs based on the in-game info window.

NPC starships
The same as NPCs, but this time not individuals and ground forces, but starships.

Accolades
List all accolades specific to the mission. Kill and damage accolades are not specific. If no accolades can be obtained, use the noAccolades template

Walkthrough
The walkthru template will automatically determine if there is an existing Walkthrough sub-page (e.g. Mission: Name of Mission/Walkthrough), and add a link to it, giving the player a chance to view mission information without being immediately spoiled by the ending of the mission and how to complete it.