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Staff Powers

Staff PowersRule Clarifications Information Description Rule 0 - Override Admins and Above retain the authority to ignore or alter the enforcement of specific rules at their discretion should they feel it is in the best interest of the current round, the server or the player base at large. In the absence of an Admin or higher ranking member of staff, Moderators may exercise this power following their own chain of authority. Any use of Rule 0 holds it’s user fully accountable for the actions taken due to their change of the rulings. Rule 0.1 - Intent Rules are enforced as intended. Every example of a rule break cannot be defined as written, therefore, enforcement of the rules is subject to staff interpretation of the rule's intention. Staff may choose to handle minor rule breaks by utilizing in-game tools to correct improper behavior. Staff retain discretion on when a minor rule break can be handled via "In-Character" consequences in place of warning notes and/or bans. Minor rule breaks such as OOC in IC/Netspeak cannot be handled "In-Character." Staff members shall not use "In-Character" consequences for major rule breaks such as Mass Grief/ERP/Multikeying. If staff use "In-Character" behavior adjusment, no warning notes and/or bans shall be issued, unless further rule violations take place. Players shall not request a staff member to handle things "In-Character" and the final decision rests solely on the staff member conducting the investigation Rule 0.2 - Authority If a staff member gives you an instruction or makes a ruling, do not argue with the staff member and follow the instruction/accept the ruling. You may file a staff report on the forums or take it up with their manager directly if you do not agree with the decision made after the round ends. Arguing with a staff member may lead to you being punished. Staff members are volunteers and will not tolerate toxicity or hostility during the course of their duties. Case Clarification Date Ruling Admin This is an example question This is an answer to that question 12/30/2022 Collective managment

Rule 1. No Erotic Role Play (ERP), erotic content, or 18+ sexual content

Roleplay intended to elicit a sexual response from the receiver(s), including but not limited to writing stories (WGW) or posting links to adult content. Doing so will almost always result in an instant permaban from our server. However, these actions could still be susceptible to Marine Law. A good rule of thumb for whether an interaction crosses this line would be to consider if the action would be allowed in a PG-13 rated movie in the USA.

ExamplesRule Clarifications Staff reserve the right to make judgement calls on situations to determine if they constitute a breach of 18+ or erotic conduct. If something is overly disgusting or crosses a line in a way that becomes an 18+ situation, it may be punished for regardless of nature. If you are not sure whether something you wish to say or do is okay, AHelp first. We would rather you ask and be told no, than have it happen and a ban become necessary. Example Description Sexual Acts No character should ever engage in any form of sexual intercourse in the game, whether alone or with another player. No sexual act or genitalia should ever be given explicit description. If a sexual act must be referenced, there should never be a description of how particular body parts made contact or interacted in any way, nor should any particular act be named. Distasteful but non-sexual bravado do not apply to this. A marine scratching their nuts, for example, is fine. Euphemisms Euphemisms that also have a sexual meaning are allowed in non-sexual contexts. Common terms or phrases like "Suck my dick" are fine, as long as saying such is not a literal invitation or solicitation to do so. The above are guidelines for reference, and it is highly recommended not to straddle the line along what is and is not allowed when dealing with erotic/18+ content. Case Clarification Date Ruling Admin This is an example question This is an answer to that question 12/30/2022 Collective managment

Rule 2. Roleplay

CM-SS13 is intended to be a Medium Roleplay server. Play a reasonably realistic character. Treat your character as a separate entity from you, the player. Your character's actions, feelings, and knowledge in-game should be based solely on the character's experiences and not your own as the player. Low roleplay actions that have no regard for your character or the setting (Memes, silly copypaste spam IC) are not acceptable. Character development can occur over rounds but each round is a soft-reset, meaning you can have previous mission experience but your character will never have died or fled the ship in the past. Follow the Roleplay Standards.

• Major shenanigans that may disrupt the normal flow of the round at roundstart, (This includes but is not limited to; big or lethal fights, briefing brawls, riots, massive equipment restrictions and tackling players trying to reach their prep room.), are not tolerated.

Human Roleplay StandardsXeno Roleplay StandardsPredator Roleplay StandardsRule Clarifications Standard Expectation Dropship Arrests & Riots Causing riots on the dropship over an arrest before first drop will be considered round start shenanigans and staff members will intervene with OOC punishments. You shouldn’t lynch a MP and risk your career because they are arresting a marine who has entered the dropship. If you are wanted and enter the dropship to try and avoid arrest you will be held accountable if issues arise with MPs. Sanity All personnel employed by the USCM are mentally stable and physically fit for duty. They would not desert their post or go against the USCM without a good reason. Marriages are forbidden, no two people employed by the USCM on the same ship may be married. The USCM has knowledge of most threats, including all human forces (UPP, CLF, PMC, etc) and general knowledge of the Xenomorph hive structure. The USCM does not know there is a Xenomorph threat on the planet of operation unless that information is given in a custom event. Deployment All personnel deployed should be following their role requirements. A doctor would not deploy to fight Xenos on the front line, a Squad Medic would not only be healing themself, and a Squad Leader would not ignore the orders of command just to do their own thing. Higher ranking squad marines (such as the squad-leader, specialist, smart-gunner and RTO) should be following the orders assigned to them by the commander instead of running off to go fight alone. Special circumstances exclude this requirement, but players should be prepared to justify their actions if contacted by staff. Heads of Departments (CE, RO, CMP and CMO) should not be leaving the ship barring exceptional circumstances. All marines should be deploying where possible, refusing to deploy because someone got arrested is not allowed. Shipside Crew, where authorised to deploy, must remain in secure areas. MPs may use the APC to transit secure areas, but not to go to the frontlines. Ship Modifications Deconstruction of the ship should not be occuring before first drop & confirmed contact. The marines would not immediately resort to taking their warship to pieces for a random unconfirmed distress call. This includes deconstruction of things like chairs in briefing, however does not include the barrels and crates scattered around maintenance. Modifications to the ship should not be made with meta-purposes, no building a maze or bunker on the ship intended to help secure the ship for hijack before you even know hijack is a thing. Synthetics Synthetics are cold and do not feel emotions as strongly as humans, though they may fake them. They serve the USCM and may not turn against them. Synthetics must adhere to the Synthetic Programming and Guidelines. Synthetic Survivors have altered Programming which can also be found there. Synthetic Guideline breaches are dealt with by the Synthetic Whitelist Council, who can be contacted on discord or through Player Reports. Survivors Survivors have more leeway than marines with their mental stability due to the trauma they may have experienced during the xenomorph attack. They may be suffering PTSD, paranoia or similar conditions for roleplaying purposes. Survivors may NOT be hostile unless they have been spawned as hostile survivors (CLF). ID Cards These should only be taken for a roleplay reason, such as from a dead XO to call for help on a computer in the ship’s bridge. If you take an ID or find one from a living player (or a dead player that has since been revived), you should make every attempt to return it unless your character has a good reason not to. Language Spamming chat (Local or Radio) with non-english characters, symbols or other gibberish is considered LRP, and a violation of Rule 2 Aliens & Predators Marines know what Xenos are and have encountered them before. They have a basic knowledge of how the hive works. They do not know there are Xenos on the colony. Marines have not encountered Predators before. Any encounters are to be considered the first of their kind. Marines are permitted to roleplay "I've heard stories and/or legends" in regards to Predators, but metagaming knowing everything about them is a violation. Nicknames that are realistic such as "Jamaicans" "Dreadlock Lizards" "Spooks" "Phantoms or Ghosts" are acceptable. Avoid meme/gaming terminology such as "maicers" Standard Expectation Freedom Aliens have no free will. They are a hivemind, and their purpose is to enforce the will of the Queen and expand the Hive. They are not friendly and will not negotiate. Language Xeno hivemind is an English translation of their thoughts, so words such as “hydro” or “shuttle” are acceptable. Spamming "Reeeee" and similar such behaviour in Hivemind or Local Chat is not allowed. Marines Due to the Hivemind, xenos know everything every xeno learns and know the basics of human equipment. At the start of the round, the Xenos can sense the human's ship looming above their hive and are aware that human forces will be visiting the colony shortly. Larva Larva should typically remain within the Hive, this is especially the case for roundstart larva, and avoid the frontlines. Larva cannot sneak onto dropships to get to the marine ship. Larva are not recon castes, and should not be seeking out survivors. Queen The Queen can banish Xenos who fail to uphold these standards and expectations. Abuse of banish for memes or other reasons that would not be applicable may result in punishment. Standard Expectation Predators Predators are honorable hunters. They must follow the Honor Code and act like a serious predator, not a prankster. The USCM does not hold any information about these beings, meaning each contact is unknown regarding them. Predator Honor Code breaches are handled by the Predator Whitelist Council, who can be contacted on Discord or through Player Reports. Case Clarification Date Ruling Admin This is an example question This is an answer to that question 12/30/2022 Collective managment Can the corrupted hive choose to be friendly to the USCM? And must other hives always be hostile? Alpha through Zeta hives = hostile Corrupted = can choose Total leeway during major events if it is signposted beforehand. Some during minor depending on how signposted and how much 12/16/2022 Moonshanks If someone who shouldn't normally be frontlining such as shipside personnel deploy to escape arrest and stay near the frontline that's not okay, right? Unauthorised deployment becomes OOC if either of two conditions are met 1. They’re frontline fighting as non combat role 2. They’re not performing the required duties of their role, IE an MT isn’t building defences or repairing the APC, or a Doctor is not providing medical aid whatsoever If neither are true but they’re still near frontline and MPs can’t reach them, that’s just tough luck for MPs. Though generally speaking it’s not often they’re on front without one or both of those conditions occurring. 11/13/2022 Forest2001 Is it acceptable for a researcher, after spending entire round not doing any work in research whatsoever, to waste all the accumulated credits on buying clearance and random recipes, without asking the CMO or anybody else in research? I would check to make sure the player wasn't new or confused on what they were doing, but assuming they were not, yes, in my opinion that does sound like griefing. If the person was just spending everything earned without reason, it would be grief- if they were looking for something specific, but didn't contribute to the round by playing their role, I would just talk to them about RP and limited roles- depending on severity of them not playing the role/newness of the player possible note for LRP or cnote if you have concerns they might continue. 11/03/2022 Scarlet Are there any rules for the Corporate Liaison in handing out their items such as drugs and implants? There needs to be roleplay between the Corporate Liaison and the other party. The Corporate Liaison should not be on the front line or at briefing handing out items like Ultrazine and saying LRP stuff such as "Free candy!" The items should be in exchange for the party working on behalf of W-Y interests, not just "Marine be my bodyguard, heres free ultra" 08/25/2022 TheSoldier Can I use the gibber to make meals out of dead marines as a chef or any other role? No. While there is nothing stopping you from doing that mechanically, grinding the bodies of recently deceased marines or random survivors to serve them as meals does not fit our established setting and would be considered a heinous/insane act. As such, it is considered to fall below the expected RP standard for all roles outside of events and is not allowed per our server rules. 07/13/2022 Silencer What, if any, images are acceptable in CIC and Queen Broadcasts? Players in command roles on both sides are allowed to post direct links to images containing current map (from sources like the webmaps or wiki images of the map) or images of the tacmap, with drawn on overlays giving directions/other information as long as they are kept reasonably IC. 06/27/2022 Silencer Where does the Vehicle Crewman job fall as far as RP standards/expectations go? Vehicle Crewmen fall into the same bracket of IC and OOC expectations as SL's, RTOs, Specs and Smartgunners - this means that their character concept is meant to be somewhat grounded in our setting and perhaps more importantly they are bound by OOC rules to follow orders from the officer in command of the operation to the best of their ability unless doing so would put their life and/or the APC under direct threat. 05/24/2022 Silencer Can Xenos refer to humans by name, and Humans refer to Xenos by prefix? No, the Xenos have no idea a human is so and so, and humans have no idea a Xeno has a “Nick name” Terms should be generic such as caste, tall host, specialist type etc… the developers eventually and some hopefully plan on making it that each side will only be able to see the other side as generic terms (Host, Caste, etc…) but it’s not set in stone 04/17/2022 TheSoldier Can I use larva as recon to find survivors? Absolutely not. Larva are not recon castes, and using them to find survivors goes against the principle they should stay in the hive, and puts them in danger. 04/08/2022 Forest2001 Can I as CLF dress up as a marine to trick and kill them, or as a marine dress up as CLF/another hostile faction? No. No pretending to be friendly then backstabbing, outside of events with specific permission. This does not include pretending to comply with an arrest and running. 04/05/2022 Forest2001 Are APC's considered "Secure Areas" for the purposes of Marine Law? Yes. Support roles may stay within the APC as they would any other secure area. MP's may make use of the APC to travel from one secure area to another, but cannot use the APC as a way of heading to or arresting people on the frontlines. 02/02/2022 Somenerd

Rule 3. Community Expectations

The general behavioural expectations for members of the community. Unless explicitly stated these rules apply to all areas of the community.

• Don't be a dick.
• This is not a complete list and only includes the most important elements.

ExpectationsRule Clarifications Expectation Details Malicious Compliance (Marine Law) Malicious Compliance with Marine Law is detailed under Rule 11 (Marine Law) English Only All communications within the server (IC and OOC) should be done in English only. Phrases from other languages are fine but should not make up the majority of your conversations. This extends to the use of Netspeak in-character. You should not be using LOL, WTF, Profane RP Roleplaying hostile actions, beliefs or emotions through the use of profanity is permitted. However staff reserve the right to make calls on situations if a player has crossed the line. If a staff member tells you to stop, you stop. Racism and Bigotry Usage of slurs IC/OOC on the server will result in a 7 day ban, automatically. Racism, the use of slurs and other targeting terms or phrases is strictly forbidden and will not be tolerated. Being Homophobic, Sexist or a general bigot is not ok, and action will be taken to rectify such behaviour. BYOND ckey/usernames that are deemed racist, homophobic, sexist, etc... by staff are not permitted. You will be given a chance to create a new CKEY and you must request our staff to transfer any notes. Stereotypes Playing a character that is based upon a specific stereotype is permitted however playing to a racial, religious or cultural caricature is not. Management staff, or the highest ranking alternative available, reserve the right to make calls on specific stereotypes being racially, religiously or culturally offensive. No Advertising Don’t post byond://, Discord, Twitch, etc, links to other servers purely for the sake of advertising. If you wish to share links to these kinds of places, either ahelp for permission or do so off the server (IE: over Byond messages or Discord). Media Spoilers Giving out plot spoilers to any media with malicious intent is not allowed, but the general discussion of plot that contains spoilers about media released 1 year ago or longer is fine. Case Clarification Date Ruling Admin This is an example question This is an answer to that question 12/30/2022 Collective managment

Rule 4. No griefing

Griefing is the intent of one player wanting to cause grief or annoyance to other players or the server without a valid roleplay reason. If Staff believes that the player’s intent is to grief, then action will be taken whether or not it was the player’s intent. Any damage to the station or players caused by griefing can be repaired at an Admin's discretion. If you are being griefed, don’t retaliate - Adminhelp it and you’ll get healed. Shooting a griefer can cause you to get in trouble as well, and the combat logs you’re generating make it harder for Staff to prove who the real griefer is.

GriefingRule Clarifications Example Description Typical Griefing Shooting up medbay at round start. Deliberately OBing the marine frontline. End of Round Grief (EORG) End of Round Grief (EORG) is fighting and generating any combat logs with friendly players after the round ends and is an immediate 3-hour ban without warning. Exceptions are between normal enemies, such as Marines and Aliens, Marines and UPP, etc. This includes suicide at the end of the round without a valid RP reason. Case Clarification Date Ruling Admin This is an example question This is an answer to that question 12/30/2022 Collective managment

Rule 5. Mechanical Exploits

Do not abuse bugs or unintended features to gain an unfair advantage for yourself or your team.

Marine ExploitsAlien ExploitsRule Clarifications Example Description Not Exploits A standard marine deconstructing a wall. Exploits A standard marine creating Ordnance Tech Grenades or Explosives. An Ordnance Tech stacking multiple C4 on one entity or object. A Specialist not selecting a kit, allowing them to use multiple existing kits. Stacking mini turrets and M56Ds. Example Description Not Exploits Using fuel tanks as explosive traps by acid spitting. Exploits Banishing xenos on the Almayer so they can be killed for free larva. Banishing AFK xenos to reclaim larva. Walling off bodies to they cannot be recovered/revived. * Where bodies fall within natural defense lines this is acceptable. Case Clarification Date Ruling Admin This is an example question This is an answer to that question 12/30/2022 Collective managment Is damaging corpses (HvH) after death is still a no-no (Both for ERTs and marines) Deliberately rendering someone unable to be revived is a no go yes. This includes hostile humans. The difference is you can move them to somewhere difficult, you just can’t hide them away/over damage them. It has to be semi realistic to what can be done rather than meta to stop revives 12/12/2022 Forest2001 Thoughts on morgue trays not being able to be attacked? Can be climbed over and the morgue itself melted will remove the tray 12/06/2022 Forest2001 Is a xeno using a barrel as cover (the easily destructible kind with a crowbar or explosives) metagaming? it's fine unless they move them for cover / use them as moveable cover as that is tool use and xenos cannot use tools 12/04/2022 Stan_Albatross Is it considered an exploit to use a sleeper in a combat manner? Someone was using a sleeper to pop out and instantly double fire a custom shotgun without any delay. Gonna say it's unintended to use it for that mechanic yes, gotta add a delay for it 11/28/2022 Nanu Is placing a custom C4 on a girder allowed or not? Stationary yes mobile no 11/22/2022 Forest2001 Is walling off NORMAL APCs allowed? For instance the power APC in colony engineering (https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/799438026140287016/1042136861528834128/image.png) Yes 11/15/2022 Stan_Allbatross C4 planted on xeno corpses then moved around. Is this okay? Sounds fine to me, if c4 was visible plus it being dragged around manually 01/03/2023 Nanu Can I use tailstab through doors/windows/blast doors? No, this is a bug and doing so will get you in trouble. 10/12/2022 Forest2001 Push ups, or any other mechanic, has made my character permanently horizontal, allowing me to move/shoot at regular speed and while holding my gun. Can I use this mechanic because I find it entertaining or for any other reason? No. Making your character permanently horizontal is jarring from an IC standpoint and skirts our memery/ooc behavior rules and is clear bug abuse as well. Moving forward, purposefully abusing this mechanic will be treated as blatant bug abuse. The only allowed way of movement via remaining horizontal on the screen is using the crawling mechanic, done by moving while laying down. 08/30/2022 Silencer What about OT grenades? Can I set them on a high timer, prime them, put them in my pack, then get capped on purpose? No. Blowing up the hive and caps with any explosive hidden in your backpack is not an intended mechanic. 08/21/2022 Silencer Can I plant a custom C4 on a mouse, then put it into my backpack so it can be detonated via remote trigger if I am capped? No. That is a bug that will be soon patched up. As a general rule, C4 is not supposed to be mobile after planting and is supposed to be clearly visible once it is planted. Anything that bypasses those two conditions is most likely a bug in which case you should report it and stop using it. 08/20/2022 Silencer Can I use third party tools such as auto hot key or autoclickers? Using third party tools to gain an advantage past what a person could do normally is not allowed, this means that using auto-clickers is strictly forbidden as an example. Using macros made outside of Byond's in-game macro editor that chain multiple button presses together or a combination of them is also not allowed. Re-binding a single button press to another is allowed, with the exception of Mouse-Wheel macros. 07/16/2022 Nanu Can I spam the give item dialogue to mechanically disrupt players in game? No. This is considered an exploit and will be met with an immediate 7 day ban. 05/27/2022 Ben11567 Can I drag the queen to a flank so she doesn't make any sound? No. This is bypassing a mechanic intended to pre-announce the Queen's presence. Dragging her while AFK, injured or otherwise is fine, but moving the Queen via dragging to avoid footstep sounds is bypassing this feature. 05/23/2022 Forest2001 Can I build cameras on the colony and link them to the Almayer? No, this is a bug exploit and is not intended to be possible. 05/23/2022 Forest2001

Rule 6. No Metagaming or Metacommunication

Acting upon knowledge your character would not have or providing unknowable information to another player. Should you be in a voice call with other players, you are still expected to relay information through IC channels (talking, radio, etc) to preserve in-game roleplay. IC information should not be posted to any public location where other parties can be given an advantage. Any form of cheating via metacomms will result in a permaban. All public chat on the CM Discord should refrain from talking about any ongoing round information until the round ends.

MetagamingMetacommunicationRule Clarifications Example Description Not Metagaming Xenos destroying colony assets prior to Marine landing, such as APCs, lights, vendors, etc. Xenos & Marines building traps to catch and kill the other side. Marines killing themselves after becoming infected or captured by the Xenos. Metagaming Wordlessly following a friend around without having any IC communications or interactions. Building defenses on the ship before a hostile force is en route. Xenos sitting next to the dropship landing pad to attack right as the Marines open the doors. Xenos melting every colony wall in a specific location to remove a building/defensive point. Killing small hosts as survivor before marines land. This is explicitly a rulebreak exclusively due to the extensive impact this has on roundstart balance. Xenos targetting critical shipside equipment or personnel before hijack to render marines ineffective without an IC justification. Surrounding a comms tower entirely with reinforced walls to prevent Xenos attacking it without T3s. Walls can be used to cover most of the tower, however there must remain access for other xenos IE barricades. Example Description Not Metacommunication Teaching someone how to play the game and various mechanics through Voicechat, LOOC or other external communication methods. Metacommunication Telling someone where the enemy are, event details or other In-Character information, that would otherwise be inaccessible, through Voicechat, LOOC or other external communication methods. Case Clarification Date Ruling Admin This is an example question This is an answer to that question 12/30/2022 Collective managment Are MPs allowed to accept OOC gameplay recordings as evidence? Since helmets do have cameras and the guy would've been stuck in brig until his appeal otherwise. Yes because of your logic, but it should be ruled on a case by case basis. The majority of the time OOC evidence should go through staff. (or be handed out by staff) 11/28/2022 Moonshanks Can I kill marines gearing up in cryo or prep before hijack, because on red alert they are equipped with mod 88s? No, Xenomorphs cannot attack marines gearing up in cryo or prep outside of hijack Hijack can mean mechanical hijack or if the ship is completely overrun by xenos but no mechanical hijack has happened. If a marine is baiting a xeno by shooting them and then running back into prep, it is probably fine for the xeno to kill them If in doubt use common sense 11/14/2022 Moonshanks Can I fire an OB on the LZ as soon as the dropship takes off from the Almayer, before the Queen can lock it? No, this would be meta without IC justification. For all you know there could be technical malfunction. In most cases you have no reason to suspect it has anything to do with the LZ or xenos. If you have IC justification you can do so, but this is subject to review at the time. In cases where you think you're justified to fire OB on the LZ after dropship takes off from the Almayer, ahelp your reasoning at same time as firing or before if possible. 11/03/2022 Forest2001 When can defenses and major preparation on the Almayer be made after an evacuation? When the shuttle hijack message is announced. 08/16/2022 TheSoldier Can I as a xeno board the dropship on first drop to cause havoc on the Almayer? No, this should not be done until at least second drop, when general attacks around/at the FOB are accepted. 05/17/2022 Forest2001 As a ship side xeno pre hijack, can I target critical equipment such as powerloaders or tcomms? General damage is fine, but specifically targeting irreplaceable equipment is not allowed. You can attack communications but exclusively going there is meta due to not knowing the importance of that one place/not knowing the layout of the ship. This is the same for exclusively going to CIC in an attempt to decapitate the marine capabilities. 03/21/2022 Forest2001

Rule 7. No Ban Evading / Multi-Keying

Logging in with different accounts at different times, logging in with another account because you died (or were banned), or logging into two separate accounts at the same time. If you have multiple accounts tied to CM-SS13, please ahelp regarding them. Players caught breaking this rule may receive permabans from the server.

FAQRule Clarifications Question Answer Can I use a VPN? Yes, the use of VPNs is not forbidden, however you may become captured in other people's bans. Can other people play at my house? Yes, but please ahelp beforehand so staff are aware and can make a note of it. Your account is held responsible if someone other than you physically plays on your account and violates any of our rules. "My little brother did it, or my friend did it." are not valid excuses or justification. Can I change my ckey? You can create a new account at your discretion, but you will need to ahelp ingame with both accounts to transfer your notes and bans. Failure to do this you may result in a ban. Changing your ckey will mean you will not be allowed to use your previous account. Doing so may result in a ban. Case Clarification Date Ruling Admin This is an example question This is an answer to that question 12/30/2022 Collective managment

Rule 8. Suicide, Rage-Quitting, and Logging off

If you are a marine and need to leave the game, go to Cryo on the ship and put yourself in a cryotube. This will release your job slot and allow another player to join with your job. If you are unable to get to cryo, send an Adminhelp to staff. If you are the Queen, Adminhelp to let staff know. If you leave without cryo-ing yourself or informing staff, you risk a job ban, especially if your job is an important one. Suicide is permitted if you have a reasonable roleplay reason why, such as you are infected with a xenomorph and there is no hope of rescue, or you are the last xenomorph alive and there is no queen. Committing suicide without a valid reason will result in a ban and/or jobban.

Ghosting and Logging OutSuicideRule Clarifications Some roles carry the risk of punishment for logging out or ghosting without notice. This is particularly strict at the start of the round (roughly the first 20 minutes) Example Description High Risk Roles These are some example roles that are likely to be punished for logging out/ghosting without notice. Executive Officer Vehicle Crewman Squad Specialist Queen Medium Risk Roles These are some example roles that might be punished for logging out/ghosting without notice. Requisitions Officer Cargo Technician Doctor Xeno Low Risk Roles These are some example roles that are unlikely to be punished for logging out/ghosting without notice. Squad Marine Maintenance Technician Example Description Mid-Round Suicide Suicide in the round is to be limited to critical situations. For example; When you have been abandoned on the Colony after Evacuation. When Xenos are confirmed to have hijacked the shuttle and are inbound. When you are infected and have little to no chance of being saved. Round-End Suicide Suicide at the end of the round is usually considered EORG and will land an automatic 3 hour ban. Case Clarification Date Ruling Admin This is an example question This is an answer to that question 12/30/2022 Collective managment

Rule 9. Character names

Use a reasonable, unique, lore-friendly character name that has a first name and surname. Short reasonable nicknames are allowed inside the name (e.g. Derek 'Double-D' Donahue, Jane 'Crusher' Sanchez). Other character names should not be used, this includes ckeys. Nicknames should not be considered a meme. Nicknames should also not be slurs, 18+ content, etc... You may be a sibling or cousin of another player's character, however you cannot play another player's character unless it's part of a staff event. References can be made to characters in the Official CM-SS13 lore. Xenomorph prefixs should not be 18+ or slurs as well. Staff retain rights to make the final judgement if a name or Xenomorph prefix is acceptable or unacceptable.

NamingRule Clarifications Ranked, titled, honorific, offensive, famous and pop-culture names are not allowed Roman numerals may be used, but should not be excessive. Nicknames should not be written in all Caps Lock Nicknames should at the maximum contain two words. Example Description Acceptable Names Arthur Walker Jeremy Bennett Becky Jones Unacceptable Names/Prefixes Adolf Hitler Vladimir Putin Donald Trump Johnny 'Nazi' Johnson Mike Rotch David Weyland Ellen Ripley DIK FAG NIG XIG Names that are sexual puns/references of banned words/topics. Exceptions A name comprised of extremely common names (I.E John Williams) can be excused for being shared with someone otherwise forbidden, provided the player is not attempting to play as the linked person. Xeno Names Xeno names cannot be 18+ related, slurs, or abbreviations of other banned words. Case Clarification Date Ruling Admin This is an example question This is an answer to that question 12/30/2022 Collective managment is bateman a valid last name? as in like paul bateman and etc Yes, I would just make sure the player isn't using a celebrity of pop culture reference with the first name they choose. 11/17/2022 Scarlet

Rule 10. Lethal Force

Do not attack another player without a legitimate, explainable roleplay reason that could be applied in a similar, real-life scenario. A fist fight does not suddenly escalate into a gun fight. Should one defend themselves from grief or improper escalation, the staff handling the matter decides if a punishment is given out and to who. Staff may also decide to leave things in character. Even if you are justified, you are still susceptible to Marine Law.

ExamplesRule Clarifications Example Description Escalation Fists/General melee Knives/Dangerous melee Lethal Weapons If at any point combat is disengaged and both parties leave the area, you cannot skip escalation and plunge back into a fight. What's done is done. Exceptional Circumstances Some Exceptional Circumstances exist that give cause to bypass typical escalation. These include, but are not limited to the following situations: There is one evac pod left and four people are trying to board it. The Hive is closing in on you, in desperation you kill the marine in front of you to take their place. You are on the frontlines, another marine is enraged at you because you took one of his ammo magazines. You're engaged in a furious battle with the approaching hive and the fellow marine is attempting to disarm and tackle you to the ground. With no barricades around you, and no safe area to take cover within, you shoot the marine. This needs discussion before being set in stone Case Clarification Date Ruling Admin This is an example question This is an answer to that question 12/30/2022 Collective managment So if someone loots a dead guy, and that dead guy wakes up, he has to use normal escalation to get his stuff back right? Yes. And they shouldn’t immediately know who stole it either. 12/12/2022 Forest2001 Should OD injection should be considered lethal and standard forced injection considered "dangerous melee"? (aside one doesn't escalate to the other) All OD injection is considered lethal because it would be kinda videogamy to select what injections are considered more lethal then others it's breaking the RP of the server. In this case, escalation of force 11/12/2022 Moonshanks Can I shoot marines that are being captured, or order marines to do so? No, this is explicitly something requiring IC or OOC (LOOC) consent from the person being capture to shoot them if they get captured. If consent is given in LOOC, it supersedes anything said, or not said, IC. 05/23/2022 Forest2001 If person 1 repeatedly disarms and punches person 2, person 2 gives person 1 a warning in IC speech that they will shoot them if they continue and person 1 continues with their shenanigans and is shot by person 2 is this still IE? IE unless person 2 is punched most of the way to death. Escalation requires appropriate force, not just a “I’ll shoot you” 01/15/2023 Forest2001

Rule 11. Marine Law

Marine LawMutiniesBattlefield ExecutionsRule Clarifications Information Description Malicious Compliance Malicious Compliance with IC Military Law to impose excessive punishments, make an arrest on a technicality of someone non-disruptive and acting in good faith, or causing intentional delays in processing, release or appeals will fall under rule 3, Community Expectations and are actionable. Malicious Compliance does not apply in any case where IC or OOC provocation is present. (For example, following and taunting/threatening a player, engaging in mundane, but disruptive actions and continuing when asked or told to stop, etc) Malicious Compliance is determined by Staff and reviewed by Management/Head Staff where necessary. Mandatory Obedience The following roles are required to follow Marine Law by the server rules. Breaking Marine Law may result in jobbans or further consequences. All Military Police roles Senior Enlisted Advisor USCM Synthetics Exceptions Military Police may ignore Minor Crimes unless ordered to enforce them, but they may not ignore Major or Capital Crimes. Survivor Synthetics are not forced to follow Marine Law, dependent on their chosen alignment (Colony/Survivors/USCM/WY etc.) Marine Law can be broken when necessary to preserve the lives and safety of others. Mutinies must be Adminhelped by a chosen leader stating the reasoning and the players directly involved. There must be at least 5 members. with MPs not eligible to mutiny. Information Description Mutinies If the mutiny does not have a valid reason, it can't happen. Staff reserve the right to grant or deny mutinies, and to decide if the reason given is sufficient. Mutiny cannot occur during hijack, and any ongoing mutiny must be ended upon hijack. Only the Acting Commander can be mutinied against for their decisions, actions, or inactions. They must be given a chance to stand down peacefully. During the mutiny, attacking any uninvolved, medical, or surrendered personnel is strictly forbidden, as is perma-killing anyone involved. If you have surrendered during a mutiny, you must remain as such. Once you have picked a side, it is permanent. No take-backs unless you surrender. Once concluded, all sides must be given medical treatment. Only a Major or higher is able to deny treatment or battlefield execute specific mutineers. Mutinies must have 5 members minimum. Roles bound to follow Marine Law through Mandatory Obedience are unable to mutiny. The USCM Synthetic is not required to aid Command in a Mutiny situation if this would put themselves at high risk, however their choice to help or not is binding, and they are unable to change their mind afterwards. Valid Reason Examples Commander is thoroughly incompetent, an ineffective leader and the next person in line would be a better leader. Commander is generally noncommunicative and make no effort to lead. Commander is refusing evacuation, either of the AO or ship during hijack See below for further details Invalid Reason Examples Xenos achieved an early or relatively easy victory, outside the control of command. MPs have arrested your specialist. Evacuation Mutinies This applies to both the field and the ship during hijack. This is the only permitted mutiny during hijack. AO evacuation refusal requires 5 people to mutiny as there may be reasons beyond the knowledge of one person. Ship evacuation refusal may be mutinied by a single person. MPs are not required to help the Commander in this mutiny, and may join/aide/start the mutiny themselves. Ship evacuation mutinies do not REQUIRE ahelps, however it is recommended to ahelp before or after to make intentions known to staff. Ship evacuation refusal mutinies must provide at least one chance for the Commander to authorise evacuation, and must use minimum force to succeed. No terminating the entire CIC because the Commander doesn't want to evacuate. Information Description Battlefield Executions Whitelisted Commanding Officers are allowed to instantly kill any player at any time if the player fulfills the conditions found in Marine Law. Excessive or poorly-reasoned battlefield executions (such as BEing MPs over a valid arrest) may end with the Commanding Officers being removed from the whitelist. Case Clarification Date Ruling Admin This is an example question This is an answer to that question 12/30/2022 Collective managment

Rules Clarification

In most cases, the management team releases rulings on borderline/questionable rule breaks and releases them as rule clarification. These are generally not meant to be read all in one go but should be relied upon to check what isn't or is allowed if you are about to do it.

The wiki & main Colonial Marines discord both contain a repository for these rule clarifications, that allow a player to understand if something borderline (in terms of rules) is allowed or not. So it's recommended:

• If the main colonial marine discord is easily accessible to you, you frequently check the #rule-clarification channel for new & singular historic rulings.
• You use the wiki page - Rules Clarification - for viewing long-standing rulings with quality of life improvements over the standard discord formatting.