Guide:Avalon Fleet Yards

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Characters and Positions

Avalon serves a very different function from Starbase Bravo. While Starbase Bravo is intended to allow people to write together in a Lower Decks-style experience for slice-of-life and character development of junior officers, Avalon is intended to allow for members to write their own small fiefdoms within the Fleet Yards itself.

  1. Types of Positions — There are three types of positions available, Playable, Non-Playable, and Puppet.
    1. Playable positions are the standard positions available for play by any member meeting the rank requirements for that position. They can be used for joint or solo writing.
    2. Staff positions are certain senior roles at AFY that are held by staff members, and which they must give up when leaving their staff position. They are used primarily for story updates that impact the entire sandbox, but staff members may also use them for joint-writing.
  2. Available Positions — There are both finite and non-finite positions at AFY. Finite positions are in various leadership roles at the system and station level, ranging from the admiral in charge of AFY itself to the commanders and captains leading the smaller stations within the system, and by definition only one member can hold these at a time. Non-finite positions are custom roles that are created on a member-by-member basis.
    1. Finite Positions are listed and may only be held by one member at a time. Members meeting the rank requirements may apply to hold a finite position with a completed character biography and short writing sample.
      1. Finite positions are divided into tiers, earned through both joint and solo writing on AFY. The tier system is laid out below. Members who take finite positions are expected to generally be willing to write with others, in particular if they choose a very important role. Consistent non-responsiveness to joint post requests may result in a member's character being taken out of that finite position.
      2. Non-finite positions are described in this guide and members meeting the rank requirements may apply to hold a non-finite position with a completed character biography, a short writing sample, and a description of the unit/office/team that they are proposing.
        1. Midshipmen and above may write as a Science, Engineering, or Medical specialist, or as fighter or runabout pilots.
        2. Lieutenants and above may lead Science, Engineering, or Medical teams, or direct minor facilities.
        3. Commanders and above may lead Science, Engineering, or Medical projects, or command minor outposts
        4. Fleet Captains and above may direct Science, Engineering, or Medical initiatives
        5. Midshipmen through Captains may write as generic “Staff Officers” assigned to AFY command or to an AFY station department.
        6. Fleet Captains and above may write as “Yard Board Members” assigned to AFY command.
  3. Character Ranks — Members may write characters up to their own fleet rank on AFY or to the cap of their position, whichever is lower. A character’s rank may not have a higher rank than their supervisor’s rank. (For example, if a member with the rank of commander has a character serving as Brahms Station Executive Officer, a member with the rank of rear admiral could only make a character with the rank of commander or lower for the Brahms Station Chief Medical Officer role, even though the cap of that position is captain.)
    1. Staff positions are exempt from this restriction, as a staff member with a lower rank may be granted position to write with a higher rank required for their position by the Intelligence Officer. (For example, a member with the rank of lieutenant commander serving as Deputy Operations Officer may be granted the ability to write as a Fleet Captain for one of the puppet positions.) This exemption is at the discretion of the Intelligence Officer.
  4. Number of Characters per Member — Members may only have one character at a time on AFY per tier. In total, a member with the rank of fleet captain or higher and a staff role could have all three tiers of finite characters and all four tiers of non-finite characters, for a total of seven characters. Members can still create additional supporting characters within their team/office/unit/station, but these should be cameo characters on the BFMS (if they get entries at all) and won’t be added to the AFY roster.

Non-Finite Character Tiers & Positions

Because members can only earn finite positions through joint writing on Avalon itself, all members start on AFY with one more more non-finite positions. This is how we're referring to user-defined roles at Avalon Fleet Yards, in the Avalon Group, and around the Avalon System, which range from staff officers and team members to the leaders of small outposts, laboratory teams, and larger research institutes. Access to these tiers is driven purely by your fleet rank.

The difference between a finite position and a non-finite position is that a non-finite position doesn't have an impact on the rest of the sandbox or cause other members to depend on that member's participation in joint posts.

Avalon Fleet Yards Non-Finite Position Tiers
Tier Position Type Requirements
I-NF
  • Science, Engineering, or Medical Specialist/Team Member
  • AFY Staff Officer
  • Station Department Staff Officer
  • AFY Yard Board Member (Fleet Captain and above)
  • Fleet Rank of Midshipman or higher
II-NF
  • Science, Engineering, or Medical Team Leader
  • Minor Facility Commander (Sensor Station, Deuterium Facility, Small Drydock, etc.)
  • Fleet Rank of Lieutenant or higher
III-NF
  • Science, Engineering, or Medical Project Leader
  • Minor Outpost Commander (Multi-lab facility, larger drydock, system defense platform, etc.)
  • Fleet Rank of Commander or higher
IV-NF
  • Science, Engineering, or Medical Institute Leader
  • Fleet Rank of Fleet Captain or higher

For examples of position titles currently in use, consult the Avalon Fleet Yards BFMS page as well as the Avalon Group article. The following table has other examples as well.

Avalon Group Non-Finite Positions
Department Title Tier Examples Notes
  • Science
  • Engineering
  • Medical
Specialist I-NF
  • Deep Space Scanning Specialist
  • Impulse Systems Specialist
  • Inorganic Virology Specialist
  • Science
  • Engineering
  • Medical
Team Leader II-NF
  • Team Leader, Deep Space Scanning
  • Team Leader, Impulse Systems Design
  • Team Leader, Inorganic Virology
  • Science
  • Engineering
  • Medical
Project Director III-NF
  • Director, Big Bang Project
  • Director, Phase 7 Impulse Manifold Project
  • Director, Polywater Intoxication Project
  • Science
  • Engineering
  • Medical
Institute Director IV-NF
  • Director, Fourth Fleet Cosmology Institute
  • Director, Fourth Fleet Advanced Impulse Design Institute
  • Director, Fourth Fleet Inorganic Virology Institute

Note: As per the Avalon Group article, teams and projects can either be part of institutes or not. It's up to you. If another member has an institute that you'd like to write as a part of, you can create a team or project under theirs with their permission and if you have an available character slot.

Avalon Fleet Yards Non-Finite Positions
Department Title Tier Examples Notes
Yard Command Staff Officer I-NF
  • Staff Officer, AFY
Any officer not assigned to a specific role (Captain or lower)
Station Departments Staff Officer
  • Staff Officer, Brahms Station Security
  • Staff Officer, Phlox Station Nursing
Yard Command Yard Board Member I-NF
  • Yard Board Member, AFY
Any flag officer or fleet captain not otherwise assigned to a specific role is a member of AFY's Yard Board, a group that advises the CO and performs admin tasks
Facility Minor Facility Commander II-NF
  • Construction Supervisor, AFY-29C
  • CO, Deuterium Refining Facility AFY-002A
Facility Major Facility Commander III-NF
  • Construction Supervisor, Drydock AFY-21A

Finite Character Tiers & Positions

Tier Positions Requirements
I-F
  • CO/XO of Presidium, Jupiter, or Anchorage Stations
  • Department Heads on Brahms Station, Sato City Station, or Avalon Prime Station
  • Starfighter Flight, Squadron, or Group Commanding Officer
  • 5 Duty Ribbons earned on AFY
  • 20 Service Ribbons earned on AFY
II-F
  • CO/XO of Brahms Station, Avalon Prime Station, or Sato City Station
  • Commander/Deputy Commander of Avalon Security Squadron, Avalon Utility Squadron, Avalon Trial Squadron, or Avalon Starfighter Division
  • 10 Duty Ribbons earned on AFY
  • 40 Service Ribbons earned on AFY
III-F (Staff) Yard Command Roles
  • Hold a BFSS role or Academy, Intel, or Operations Deputy role. Must surrender on leaving staff role.

Finite Positions

Avalon Fleet Yards Finite Positions
Department Title Rank Status Number Notes
Yard Command
  • Commander, Avalon Fleet Yards
  • Commander, Grazer Sector
ADM - FADM Staff 1 Also CO of Brahms Station if Vacant
Yard Command
  • Deputy Commanding Officer, Avalon Fleet Yards
  • Chief Engineering Officer
VADM -ADM Staff 1 Also CO of Avalon Prime Station if Vacant
Yard Command
  • Commander, AFY Orbital Assets
FCAPT - RADM Staff 1 Also CO of AFY-02 if Vacant
Yard Command
  • Commander, AFY Planetary Assets
FCAPT - RADM Staff 1 Also CO of Sato Station is Vacant
Yard Command
  • Commander, AFY Mobile Assets
FCAPT - RADM Staff 1 Also CO of AFY-03 if Vacant
 
Brahms Station
  • Commander Officer, Brahms Station
CAPT - RADM Playable 1 AFY-01
Brahms Station
  • Executive Officer, Brahms Station
CMDR - FCAPT Playable 1
Brahms Station
  • Brahms Station Department Heads
CMDR - CAPT Playable
 
Sato City
  • Commander Officer, Sato City Station
CAPT - RADM Playable 1
Sato City
  • Executive Officer, Sato City Station
CMDR - CAPT Playable 1
Sato City
  • Sato City Station Department Heads
LTCMDR - CAPT Playable
 
Avalon Prime
  • Commanding Officer, Avalon Prime Station
CAPT - RADM Playable 1
Avalon Prime
  • Executive Officer, Avalon Prime Station
CMDR - CAPT Playable 1
Avalon Prime
  • Avalon Prime Station Department Heads
LTCMDR - CAPT Playable
 
Department Title Rank Status Number Notes
Orbital Command
  • Presidium CO
LTCMDR - CAPT Playable 3 AFY-02, AFY-03, AFY-04
Orbital Command
  • Presidium XO
LT - CMDR Playable 3
Orbital Command
  • Jupiter CO
LTCMDR - CAPT Playable 1 AFY-05
Orbital Command
  • Jupiter XO
LT - CMDR Playable 1
Orbital Command
  • Anchorage CO
LTCMDR - CAPT Playable 1 AFY-06
Orbital Command
  • Anchorage XO
LT - CMDR Playable 1

Other