User:Forest2001

Rule 0

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

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.

Rule 0.2

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.

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.

Examples 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.

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 StandardsAgent Roleplay StandardsXeno Roleplay StandardsPredator Roleplay Standards Example Description 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. Heads of Departments (CE, RO, CMP and CMO) should not be leaving the ship barring exceptional circumstances. 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. 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. Agents should not be stealing ID cards from people unless they are braindead. Language Spamming chat (Local or Radio) with non-english characters, symbols or other gibberish is considered LRP, and a violation of Rule 7 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. Agents are a side-antagonist role on the ship. They are given objectives to complete that cause a minor disruption in shipside operations. However, they are still bound by rules and are not to cause a major disruption. Example Description Round Impact Agents should follow their objectives, however they should avoid destroying equipment required for round progress (OB Equipment, CIC/Overwatch Consoles/Reactors, etc...) They should also not upset the flow of the round or cause a severe imbalance. Agents should not be removing a player from the round unless proper escalation was met while defending themselves. Escalation Agents have to follow proper escalation and are required to use non-lethal abilities to avoid capture. The goal of an agent is not to murder anyone, however they can defend themselves if need be. Kidnapping Agents may not kidnap people. They may incapacitate them, restrain them, and run away. Marine Law Agent violations are handled by Marine law, and agent actions may not be considered outright sedition. Refer to Marine Law if an agent is caught conducting illegal activity. It is not sedition to place a tracking device down, or break a window in a specific place. It may be sedition to blow up a wall in CIC which injures anyone within the explosion radius Preemptive sabotage is not permitted. I.E Disabling Brig power or otherwise taking action to facilitate escape from MPs prior to detection that would impede their ability to fulfil their role within the mainstream round. Aiding and Abetting Non Agents may not help Agents to complete their objectives. Non Agents may not help Agents to escape or evade the Military Police. Example Description 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 and avoid the frontlines. Larva cannot sneak onto dropships to get to the marine ship. 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. Example Description Predators Predators are honorable hunters. They must follow the Code of Honor 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.

Rule 3. Don't be a dick

Harassment, racism, bigotry, homophobia, exploiting bugs, cheating, hacking, and just plain being an asshole. 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.

• • • • May turn this into "Communication Standards" and merge it with English Only and No Advertising

Examples Example Description 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 Racism, the use of slurs and other targeting terms or phrases is strictly forbidden and will not be tolerated. 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.

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.

• 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.

Rule 5. Mechanical Exploits

Do not abuse bugs or unintended features to gain an unfair advantage for yourself or your team. Xenos should not be moving structures/crates across the map for cover or moving fuel tanks to specific locations to blow them up.

Marine Exploits 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.

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.

MetagamingMetacommunication 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. 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.

Rule 7. English Communication Only

All communications within the server should be done in English only. Phrases from other languages are fine but should not make up the majority of your conversations.

• Netspeak (WTF, LOL, OMG, etc.) and other internet slang (Cringe, Based, etc.) is not allowed.

Rule 8. 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).

Rule 9. 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.

FAQ 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. 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.

Rule 10. 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 Out 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

Rule 12. 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. 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.

Naming 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 Adolf Hitler Vladimir Putin Donald Trump Johnny 'Nazi' Johnson Mike Rotch David Weyland Ellen Ripley

Rule 13. Roundstart Shenanigans

Major shenanigans that may disrupt the normal flow of the round are not allowed 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.

Rule 14. 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.

Examples 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

Rule 15. Marine Law

All Military Police jobs and the SEA must follow Marine Law and are forbidden to commit any crimes.

• • Military Police may ignore Minor Crimes unless ordered to enforce them, but they may not ignore Major or Capital Crimes.
• Synthetics and Marine Law
  • USCM Synthetics are required to follow Marine Law by their Whitelist Guidelines and are unable to commit crimes.
  • Survivor Synthetics are not forced to follow Marine Law, dependent on their chosen alignment (Colony/Survivors/USCM/WY etc.)

Rule 16. Battlefield Execution

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.

Rule 17. Mutinies

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.

• If the mutiny does not have a valid reason, it can't happen.
• Only the Acting Commander can be mutinied against for their actions, decisions, 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 concluded, all sides must be given medical treatment. Only a Captain or higher is able to deny treatment or battlefield execute specific mutineers.