NPCs are Non Playable Characters. These are people who have been created by either the admin or by you.
Firstly NPCs are not a way to get around the 4 Special/1 Civilian limits we have here on Eclipse. NPC's are used to fulfil a purpose. Whether to drive a storyline forward or for your character to interact with.
NPC characters are characters which are used sparingly. We don’t want them to be used to get your post count up.
Basically NPC's are characters which you think will help with either the board or your own personal character. They should help the board or your character, whether to develop a board wide storyline or your character own personal arc
An example of this in the Heroes Verse is the character of Alena. the woman who was 'in love' with Danko in the Fugitive Storyline. they are a main stay character, but a character that is in a couple of episodes. The character of Alena, helped to show a more human side to Danko, even if she did turn coat on him pretty quickly.
We have numerous admin controlled NPCs which will turn up every now and then, to either help or hinder your characters.
You can find all the NPCs in the Accepted NPC Thread