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If possible, please read the Server Principles: Principles - Not Required

Skyrat 13 Rules

These rules are the framework for both staff members and regular users. If you don’t agree with these rules, do not say you do. You are not forced to play here; there are other options (both within the Space Station 13 community and outside it) for you.

This framework is derived in large part from drawn from several other related communities’ in-game rulesets, modified to suit our purposes. This is a living, always in-progress document; it may be changed in the future, updates will be announced on the Discord server.

Rule 0: Be Mature

This server is for people who are 18 years of age or older. No exceptions. Our servers are based in the United States and we adhere to both moral guidelines and the United States Law. Alongside this stringent ruling, we ask that you act maturely as a player. Follow the spirit of the rules, not the letter.

• Don’t be a dick OOCly.

• English literacy is a must.

• Do not target players in bad faith.

• Do not ban-bait people.

Rule 1: Do Not Grief

Griefing is the act of deliberately annoying or angering another player using aspects of the game in unintended ways. Newcomers that exhibit this behavior will find themselves permanently banned. End of Round Grief is not allowed on the server.

• Plasma-flooding must have permission from an administrator first, notably through OPFOR.

• Do not spam.

• Do not attack others or engage in what is otherwise known as "random deathmatch" also known as RDM.

• Do not intentionally damage the station or its machinery without a valid IC reason. This can make the round effectively unplayable if enough vital functions are destroyed.

• Don't touch SSD/AFK players without prior admin approval via admin help. (Note: Moving an SSD/AFK player to safety or dragging them to the shuttle is exempt from this.)

• Do not mess with the Interlink where players arrive after the round, as it is not meant for antagging. It is meant to be a safe place to arrive and chill.

Rule 2: Listen to the staff team

The staff is responsible for upholding the enforcement of rules on the server. As such, Admins have the final say on related matters.

• If you suspect an admin is in the wrong, calmly document and report the incident. Be as thorough and as unbiased as possible. While the latter is difficult when emotional, it will help your case more often than not.

• Admins may place a permanent bans for players logging off in the middle of the ticket, which can be appealed, however they will generally wait a while in case real life situations caused a player to disconnect or go AFK.

• If an admin tells you that something is IC, valid, and so forth, that is the final answer.

• If the situation you are admin-helping about is immediately happening to you, state your intentions in LOOC and either pause the scene or remove your character from the scene.

Rule 3: Stay In-Character and Meet Character Standards

Your character, the one you will be playing on the server, must fit into the lore & setting.

• Follow our Character Guidelines: Read Me

• Speak like an actual person.

• Do not act like a meme ICly. Being silly is one thing. Being a meme is another.

• Do not recreate someone else’s character in the character creator.

• Do not copy and paste real-world people and pre-existing fictional characters.

• Do not commit suicide for any little reason.

• Underaged characters are strictly prohibited.

Rule 4: Meet Minimum Roleplaying Standards

Skyrat Main should be treated as a HRP-MRP server. For roleplaying enforcement purposes, please play on the main server with the aim to be High Roleplay or HRP, even if our minimum requirement is MRP.

• Low Roleplay (LRP) or No Roleplay (NRP) is not allowed.

• You must demonstrate sufficient roleplaying proficiency. You must be part of immersion and ideally add to it, not detract.

• Do not shove your fetishes in other people's faces.

Rule 5: Act in Moderation

Act in moderation, i.e. ensure that you do not do anything excessively. As a rule of thumb, if you think you're borderline, you are being excessive.

• Lethal weaponry should generally be used in a situation in which there is reasonable belief of a threat to oneself.

• Keep in mind that helping a friend escape arrest may be a form of self-antagonism and may breach rules regarding meta-behavior, depending on the context and reason. Unless it is convincingly reasonable for you to do so, please refrain.

• keep in mind that acting as an asshole so excessively can be unfun or can come off as OOC rather than IC.

• Security personnel are allowed to deal with malicious or overly aggressive rubberneckers as a threat (rubbernecking).

• When it comes to building an item, mech, and so forth, please construct only what you need or foresee reasonably needing.

Rule 6: Do not metagame or metagrudge

Metagaming is using information gotten out-of-character for in-character purposes. Including (but not limited to) direct message conversations, voice calls, streams, the global out-of-character, and other forms of out-of-game communication.

• Meta-grudging is the act of targeting a player while IC for OOC reasons. Attacking another player for something that happened in a previous round without mutual consent will be called meta-grudging. Rounds are canon, however, you cannot act maliciously over on an event that transpired in another round without consent from the involved parties.

Rule 7: Do not powergame

Powergaming is defined as: going out of your way to accrue power, in a manner inconsistent with IC justifications.

• This applies to all players equally, regardless of role.

• Don’t steal 'important' items(IV drips, techfab boards, the chef's oven, etc) without good cause as a non-antagonist.

• Do not possess an unbelievable amount of weaponry on you. If you're a security officer, equip yourself appropriately for the alert and situation. For all crew, do not act like a walking armory.

Rule 8: Do not valid-hunt

Valid-hunting is defined as; going out of your way to target a player, based on or else-wise dependent on perceived antag status, when it is not elsewise "valid"(Strong IC reasoning that you were involved in, a station threat, Permanent Mechanical State, etc-etc) for you to do so.

• If an Antagonist is not currently a station threat, or elsewise, PMS, do not go out of your way to chase them down.
• Forcibly mind-shielding crew, brainwashing crew, or otherwise attempting to root out Antagonists without any confirmation of a related threat is valid-hunting. It can quickly ruin an otherwise perfectly on-track secret round.

• Self-Defense is allowed to an extent without being called valid-hunting. Defending your department, yourself, or others is allowed.
  • However, if you unambiguously go out of your way to aggressively seek an antagonist outside of your department, or general area, you will not be protected from round-removal or elsewise, as it'd be the consequence of your own actions.

Rule 9: No Self-Antagging

Self-antagging is the act of acting like an in-game antagonist when you weren't selected to be the round's antag. While committing crimes ICly is permitted, self-antagonism is a different beast.

If you are not an antag, do not do the following:

• Roleplay as a serial killer, a criminally insane character, or a terrorist.

• Murder someone without a justifiable IC reason (self-defense, honor duel, etc.)

• Sabotage important station facilities (flooding Security with plasma, blowing up Engineering, unleashing viruses from Virology).

This list is not exhaustive, and other activities may or may not fit under self-antagonism, as decided by the staff.

Rule 10: Behave in accordance to our principles

Link: Click here!

The principles lay plainly our goals for the server and how we aim to achieve them. It highlights what we expect from players, and it also allows you to understand why the rules are organized as they are. By following them, you will more than likely be in good shape.

Here are a few key reminders:

• 1. At a minimum, do not be a dick OOCly!

• 2. Whenever possible, roleplay what you can. This does not mean you have to roleplay everything out, rather you keep an eye out for roleplaying opportunities.

• 3. No force-borging or transforming another person's character without OOC consent. OOC consent is required.

• 4. Round removal without good reason is prohibited. We strongly encourage alternatives, as round removal typically tends to be a lazy way of handling things. This is a roleplaying server after all.

• 5. This is a friendly reminder that this is an adult server and that you are an adult. Expect adult situations to arise. When it comes to ERP, we have light protection in accordance to the "do not be a dick OOCly" rule. We expect people, whether they are a participant or bystander, to be considerate of each other and the situation they're in.

• Remember, this is not comprehensive. Please see the Principles Document for further detail.

Skyrat policies

Server Rules • Fundamentals for Players • General Player Policy • Antagonist Policy • Silicon policy • Command Policy • Ghost Role policy • Corporate Regulations • Contraband • Security Policy • Cargo Policy • Medical Policy • Misc Roleplaying Policy • Guide to Roleplaying Excellency

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