General Rules
The BICAYC (Because I Can and You Can't) rule is now ALWAYS in effect, though it can only be used by the FULL managers (not assistants.) If we think revising, bending, or even breaking a rule is justified in order to make RP better or more fun, then it can, may and will happen.
We Won't do this without feeling we have a good reason but just so you know, We can do this. Beware the BICAYC.
1. All fighting will be done according to the Dueling Rules
2. Absolutely no powerplaying. If you don't know what a powerplay is, you aren't ready to RP.
3. Personal armor is effective against slug throwers and fixed blade weapons at any range. Within 20 feet a hand held blaster is deadly. Farther than 20 feet some damage will happen but is possible to survive a shot from a blaster. Armor is no good against light sabers. Armor should only be used by those characters who would typically wear armor, like the Bounty Hunters and Guards. Vonduun Crab Armor, worn by Yuuzhan Vong warriors only, can stand up to lightsaber attacks, but only three hits in the same place. It also has areas were sabers and other weapons may hit, such as behind the kneecap and the armpit area.
4. You cannot affect other characters or their storylines when they are not present (unless with direct DOCUMENTED approval)
5. Logging out during a fight while under direct attack will not save your character. If you must leave RP while under an attack, you must first defend attacks you are under and position yourself out of the fight. Simply logging out will result in the attack or attacks directed against you to connect. Which most likely will result in your death. No more “You can’t kill me if I don’t agree to it” as an excuse.
5a. If you know someone logged off but left their charactor sitting there in a room. You may Not go into the room and attack them. (No showing up an hour after someone's pc died or something like that and killing them.)
Side Note: The mods can declare a character dead in a fight. We won’t arbitrarily pop in and say that guys dead. Don’t get all upset right away over this one. If you can learn to RP fight each other without arguing like kindergarteners then Mods won’t have to step in
6. You cannot "just happen to have" the biggest fleet, or obscure weapons and Tech .. All fleet and weaponry for new groups must be approved by a Moderator
7. Try not to refer to existing STAR WARS events or characters as part of your or any other character's "history". It's very confining and it messes with any possible time frame. Also there will be no claiming any blood relationship to existing SW or SW EU charactors. Not their daughters, sons, nieces, nephews, cousins, or grandkids. Neither can you claim to be the student of a know SW or SW EU character. Please don’t make us tell you on the boards that you have to change your character’s bio. The timeline set by the mods is about 100-200 years ANJO (After the New Jedi Order). For those that do not read the books, the NJO is about 25 after the destruction of the first death star.
8. Please limit the role-play room to STAR WARS only, no wrestling, no DragonBall, no X-Men, video game stuff, ect, keep things pg13 as well Star Wars is not strictly what you saw in at the movie theater. Research using the Net or books and you will find enough things that you wont need to be Darth Vegeta or Master Obi Wan Gandalf and Wolverine Skywalker.
9. Play BOLD. There is nothing the Management and other role players respect more than an RP'er who is not only willing to fight, but is willing to die. If you happen to die, or seriously risk your (character's) life in an extremely heroic or inventive way, whether by accident or not, it reflects upon you, the RP'er.
10. No super laser type weapons. All ESSDs, Death Stars, and other ships that have these weapons in their stats will be considered "de-gunned" of these weapons. Let me say that again. NO SUPER LASERS! Why? I’m glad you asked… because it’s against rule number 10.
10a. In conjunction with disallowing mass destruction such as destroying a planet with a superlaser we now also prevail to the general Rping public to refrain from other acts which would cause similar amounts of destruction such as....ramming an ISD into a bar in order to kill one person...why? well seriously do you have to ask..if you all go about destroying all the planets..where exactly you going to RP on???..plus..we are gods and we made it law
10b. To insure the delicate balance of power on the boards, the use of superweapons of any shape or form is banned as of this moment. Managers and Assistant Managers reserve the right to classify a ship or battlestation or whatever as a superweapon. The creator or user of said weapon is entitled to a detailed explanation of why whatever it is constitutes a superweapon. When a weapon is found illegal, it must be turned in to the nearest recycling plant, where it will be reprocessed into ball bearings and kitchen utensils.
Note: Because superweapons may play an integral part of a storyline, players may petition the Mods for the power to build and operate their superweapon. For a petition, all available technical data must be posted, as well as the function the superweapon plays in the storyline. Simply put, building world-conquering staships for the sake of Cold War-era deterrence not only detracts from the RPing experience, but also has the potential to cause a whole mess of other problems.
11. Management reserves the right to declare all characters dead of those who openly quit on the message boards.
12. When there is a fighting dispute, the mods have the right to make a call right then to settle the dispute. This means we can and will declare a character dead if it is agreed upon by two mods. You may appeal this ONCE only! Hold up one finger. That’s how many appeals you get.
13. Socks. These are allowed as long as they are used responsibly. How will we know if you are using your sock irresponsibly? Try us and find out.
14. Cortosis and Ysalamiri are now allowed to be used on a limited basis only. Jensaarai made their armor from Cortosis for example. No character or group can show up with an army wearing cortosis armor and carrying ysalamiri on their backs. Ysalamiri can not be found just anywhere and they can not be bought in a department store. If you want Cortosis armor go join the jensaarai or find a way to explain it legally. Usage of both in this manner, must be approved by management. Usage of these materials in you organizations defense systems is fine. It is possible to use ysalamiri in your areas defences, however, they must be in the correct living enviornment and must be living. Dead ysalamiri do nothing but sit and rot.<-- They can be found on Myrkr, all ysalamiri need to be living on that tree thingie they have.
To Ensure that the rules have been read please enclose the word "Vong" in your application for membership..it is recommended that the dueling and Force rules are also read
15. Illegal posts that are deleted will have negate any defenses and attacks by the poster. If your post is deleted during a fight, then you did not make a defense to an attack. If the attack was one of a killing nature then you may be declared dead. This is at the mod's descretion. If the Charactor is declared dead then he/she may appeal it once to the Managers of the site. An Example would be if Joe posted he swung his saber at Tom's neck in an attempt to cut it off. Then Tom's post goes something like this for defense. *Tom swiftly duck below the saber and as it passed over his head he withdrew his mini deathstar from his coat pocket and opened fire on Joe, killing him.* Now... this don't take a rocketscientist. Tommyboy is getting his post deleted and any mod around here is going to declare him dead.
16. Any New Charactor has a 14 day grace period where if someone smartly posts a way to kill them then they do not have to accept it. This is mainly for new people and not Socks. If you are a Sock please remember you've been around long enough too know what your doing. Do the decent thing and take the death. If mods feel like this rule is being abused, we will take the right for you to have your grace period away and declare you dead.
17. If you are have a charactor captive and are not online to allow them to RP an escape for 3 days then they have the option to RP it themselves while you are not here. This is to allow free flowing RP to continue. If you have them captive you may not post just killing them. All captives must give consent to dying. This is too prevent arguing about people that only seem to capture charactors for the purpose of killing them. Remember death in battle is honorable and the Victor has something to be proud of. Killing a person in captivity is murder and a lame way to gain kills.
18. With the influx of new ship building/selling companies, it has been decided that each group will work out a deal with only One Companies for their ships. You may buy your misc. Tech from whoever you choose but All your Ships will be purchased from One and only One company. This is cut down on the possible idea of a group getting nearly wiped out in a battle and going to all the ship companies and ordering all new replacements. As one company can only turn out so many ships at once this will cut back on the Groups regaining ship strength to quickly.
19. Charactors posting open use of drugs will not be tolerated. The use of drugs on this RP is an instant ban. There will be no appeals. For those in the underworld section of the RP that may argue this will affect them... Dudes... you can make money a million other ways... drugs just ain't cool.
20. Blowing up buildings when no one is there to defend them is outlawed. you may PLANT bombs and other devices within the building, leaveng a detailed description of exactly what you ave done, however you must allow the business owner a chance to difuse the situation, on the other hand, the business owner is then responsible for ensureing they difuse or disarm the bomb in a sensible way, no "snaps his fingers and dematerializes the bomb to a far off location", if that happens the mods will step in and declare the building destroyed and possibly you dead, use your smarts when setting ambushs and you'll get the results you wanted without breaking this rule
21. NCP's ( Non-player Characters) are now being allowed only under regulations,in situations where a roleplayer feels the need to surround themselves with guards and/or send troopers into a building in order to eliminate another character, a cap on NCP characters is being set at 20 total, it is also understood that NCP characters are not given the same level of skill as a player controlled character. NCP's are still allowed to be used in large scale battles at this point in time and will remain legal as long as they are used responsibly.
