Fiction:Katar Sector/OOC

This is the OOC information page for the community behind the Katar Sector.

The Katar Sector is a multi-user fiction created by The Clanden as an attempt to map the empires involved in Attero Dominatus in relation to each other. Since then, it has grown into something more, a tight-knit and somewhat reclusive community within Sporewiki.

The Katar Sector itself is an arbitrarily picked space within the Milky Way Galaxy that serves as a home for small tier 5-3 fictions that would normally not make it on the intergalactic stage because of their size and relative power when compared to larger superpower fictions. Given that it is such a small area and that every little change can be felt by other fictions, the sector has rules on top of those of the fiction universe.

As always, no breaking of canonicity laws
While our work is not protected by copyright, it is ours by definition. We own it, and are the only ones to decide what happens in it and to it in the end. If we want others to respect our fiction as ours and not change it or involve it without our permission, do the same for the work of others.
 * I. Don't change or edit other people's pages without their permission.
 * II. Don't involve any creations of another user without their permission and knowledge. Often, they will want to control their creations in your stories through roleplay. Expect to have to be flexible to accomodate their actions. They might not always do what you expect.

In-Character and Out-of-Character
Even if our fictions spend their time spilling each other's guts, we're all friends here! Please remember that there is a vast difference between what our characters think/do and what we the writers think/do. This is the difference between OOC (out-of-character) and IC (in-character) interactions.

Ex: Just because a character thinks one of your characters is a moron doesn't mean that the writer thinks you're a moron.

Be respectful
Story-building between authors is all about collaboration. Again, we may have our disagreements, but at the end of the day we all get along quite nicely. If a problem over fiction arises, please don't resort to angry insults. If possible, sort out the disagreement on your own. If a compromise cannot be reached, find The Clanden, who acts as mediator as far as fiction in the Katar Sector is concerned.

Respect the canonicity laws of the Sector
Yes, the Katar Sector is a fiction in its own right. Drastically altering its landscape, such as adding in a fiction, a black hole, a wormhole without consulting The Clanden is considered a violation of its canonicity laws.

As a user, you reserve the right to consider anything anyone does as not canon if you do not wish it to affect your fiction. This is not recommended, though, because this will mean that your fiction will become "phased out" of the normal canon continuum, which might make things complicated down the line. This can be done without trouble in the rest of the fiction universe because it's so darn big, but here, things are really closely tied together.

Conversely, there might be some fictions that the sector does not recognize as canon, but leaves it up to the users to decide whether or not they want to recognize it.

For users wanting to get involved in Katarian fiction
There has been some confusion on this point, for which I (The Clanden) blame myself. Any fiction wanting to spread their influence to the Katar Sector, either through trade, diplomacy, espionnage, colonization, military action, etc, need to run the action by the administrator. The Clanden will typically try to make things work. If something is bound to affect the whole community, the issue will be put up in the forums for debate and consideration.

The general policy concerning larger fictions, though, is to limit their influence/participation in Katarian fiction so the smaller fiction can take center stage. The larger fictions have the entire gigaquadrant to play around with.

Please adhere to some kind of logic
This is more a guideline than anything else. To ensure that the sector's integrity and quality as a fiction is conserved, users are encouraged to employ some semblance of logical reasoning in their fictions. Nobody is expected to crunch numbers daily like Tek or to analyze every detail like Clanden, but we might encounter problems if a fiction goes like, "And then the elephant disappeared! It just f***ing disappeared!"

Role of the Admin
The Clanden is around to enforce the rules, mediate problems, make things run as smoothly as possible, make maps, and so on. He is not allowed to control your fictions. He does not realize it when he does it (and recognizes that it is a problem), but whatever remarks he has regarding your fictions is meant as a suggestion, not an order. If you disagree with him and think differently, think that he's overlooked something, say so.

Meet the Users
The Clanden – The admin, a strong believer in the power of logic to solve problems. He tends to try to see all sides of an issue, and has an ability for mapping out the consequences of actions before they happen. An avid reader of Sun Tzu and a proficient military thinker, he has attempted to apply real-world strategy and tactics to the fiction universe with success. Might come across as hard to approach at certain times, but he really doesn't mind questions, roleplay or just conversation.

Fictions: Stories: Operation Marines –
 * United Free Peoples Coalition
 * Grand Tarkan Empire
 * Attero Dominatus Milky Way Campaign

Fictions: GreatDestroyer12 –
 * Drodo Empire

Aeoneonatrix –

The Buldier –

Aquilo –

OfficerJackal –

Tholanar –

Gmfk07 –

Darkwarrior101 –

Tek0516 –

Zmr56 –

OpelSpeedster –