1) Most people just make jackasses of themselves... that usually works pretty well.
Okay, maybe not. Basically, you can either join an existing RP that's marked "Open", or start your own (and mark it Open if you want people to join). A lot of people would suggest starting with the Astral Astoria - it's geared for beginners, and stuff. But just start writing somewhere. But first, decide on a character (heh).
2) There's not a lot of limitation, except for Force Users obviously. You're certainly entitled to create a soldier/pilot/commander in an army, this might be easier if you join a group that has an army/navy/whatever, but it's not a prerqusite. I would suggest it, just because it makes things easier... an army that's only IC evidence is you is a little hard to define, imo. Same goes for any military post... unless you want to do a small elite army/rebel group on a planet kinda thing.
I'm not making much sense.
But bounty hunters, mercenaries, smugglers, etc. are fine, and don't need a group to back them up. Really, as I say, the only limits are in terms of the Force. And perhaps armed forces, just for fairness reasons (i.e. you can't make up a huge army without the OOC group work to mantain it). But a small army... sure.
[size=1]"So the woman asked me what I wanted on the sandwich and I said I do not care it is for a duck, and she was like oh then it's free. I was not aware that ducks eat for free at Subway. It's like give me a chicken fajita sub, but don't worry about ringing it up, it is for a duck.”
-Mitch Hedberg
[/size]
.)
