In-Game Rules

Note: This page is to be used by both players and staff when playing on the server, ignorance is not an excuse to break a rule, if you have any questions about a rule, please ask in the Discord at the channel staff questions.

In-game rules

S.P.L.U.R.T. Station is a hybrid server for erotic roleplay and mechanical gameplay, due to this, we have fairly diverse rules when it comes to behaving on our server, it may take some getting used to, but if you do not act malicious, your behavior should not come into question. Do not treat these rules as a comprehensive list of everything that can get you in trouble, the rules are always bound to change. If you act in a way that impacts the server or interact in a malicious way then you can get punished depending on the context, even if it is not a written rule. Simply put, just because it is not explicitly mentioned, does not mean you cannot get in trouble. GeneralRoleplayERPStandards This is the most important section, everything in this section takes priority over anything you do. At minimum you need to understand these rules, if you are confused, please ask a staff member in #staff-questions. 0. Server safety This is an 18+ server, it is meant for adults, we do not allow any content that could be interpreted as violating laws in most countries or activity that would promote harmful content on our server. Activities or content that is banned in most countries such as the usage of underage characters or interactions with real life animals is not allowed here at all. If you are found to be underage, you will be promptly removed from our community. If staff suspect that you may be underage, you will be age-vetted, failure to respond will result in an age-vet ban till you go through the process. Examples and exceptions. Examples: 1. Violating either Discords terms of service (ToS) or BYONDs ToS is prohibited. 2. Talking about or using any sort of underage content, in any way on the server is prohibited, check character ages before using their art as a headshot image. 3. Interacting with creatures from real life or animals that resemble real life creatures are not okay to interact within an ERP manner. 4. Using slurs through IC chat or L/OOC is not allowed here, especially if it is used as an insult towards another user. 5. Spreading hate speech towards any group or bigotry is not allowed here, we host a diverse range of people from all backgrounds, even if you dislike a group of people, keep it to yourself. Exceptions: 1. Interacting with creatures that are of fantasy nature or animals that are different enough from real life animals are okay to ERP with. (Ian is off-limits, but ash drakes are allowed.) 2. Using slurs within a private area between consenting parties is allowed, so long as it makes sense, used for ERP purposes and if outside of a dorm, using anti-subtler ghost. 1. Malicious behavior Interacting with another player with the intent to harm or ruin their experience on our server and make their overall experience here worse, this includes using non-direct methods to avoid detection. This is a server for adults, we expect you to behave as such, be open to reasoning and talking out your issues with other players and staff. Examples and exceptions. Examples: 1. Harassing someone over their character, kinks, grammar or preferred roleplaying style, is not accepted here. 2. Meta-grudging someone for their past actions against you, by either killing them, griefing them or being problematic with them in L/OOC. 3. Revealing someone's CKey, Discord account or list of characters they play for the purpose of other players to retaliate towards them. 4. Lying to staff about what another player did with malicious intent, in order to get them in trouble. 5. Preventing a player from engaging with the round without a valid reason. 6. Abusing bugs, quirks or exploits in a disruptive manner to get the upper-hand against another player. 7. Type-baiting people is strictly prohibited, this is when you bring someone into a conversation and as they go to reply, you take hostile action against them. 8. Using size changing quirks or gear to make your character smaller for mechanical advantage against a player. 8.1. Characters naturally smaller than 80% (0.8) cannot play as a role expected to end up in combat, this includes command, security and antagonist roles. 2. Impactful behaviour Activities that impact the server or player base in a negative way, you are allowed to roleplay within reason, but if your actions start to impact the server or its players in a negative way instead of improving it, then you may be violating this rule. Most cases can be solved through IC actions or through the use of L/OOC with the offending player if they are ruining your experience, if communicating fails, contact staff. On this server you are allowed to roleplay in a vast range and most things are allowed so long as they do not prove to be a detriment, avoid ruining the experience for everyone else. Examples and exceptions. Examples: 1. Griefing the station without a valid reason. 1.1. End of round grief (EORG) outside of the permitted area or too early 1.2. Permitted area's are Central Command (which is the area the round end shuttle docks at) and the evacuation shuttle once the credits have rolled, the recovery ship and escape pods are not to be griefed. 2. Creating server lag through the use of spawning mass mobs, items, liquid or gas. 3. Bringing IC information into OOC chat, it is not fair to other players and can ruin peoples time. 4. Powergaming (A player making themselves un-killable, highly resistant to all forms of damage or making themselves absurdly powerful compared to other players) S.P.L.U.R.T. Station is a medium erotic roleplay server, as such you are expected to act in a way that not only makes sense for your character, but also in a way that does not disrupt the roleplay of others in the process. Your characters should reflect a quality of roleplay good enough for this server, this means avoiding characters and actions that may disrupt player's experience or immersion, play as a coherent and believable character. If your justification for questionable actions within the server is that is how your character works, or any similar reasonings and it is deemed that your characters personality does not contribute to the roleplay environment, you may be asked to not play said character in that way anymore. Examples and exceptions. Examples: 1. Avoid using netspeak in your messages in-character (IC), except in contexts where it would make sense, such as PDA messages. 2. Avoid playing as characters that are from real life, this almost always disrupts player's immersion and experience on the server. (E.g. You are not allowed to play as Abraham Lincoln, the US president, but you are allowed to play as Toriel from Undertale.) 3. Do not use out of character (OOC) information IC, refrain from bringing information taken from Discord and L/OOC, the same being for bringing IC information to OOC. 4. Avoid respawning as the same character in the same round without staff permission, as this can cause immersion to be ruined. 5. English is the main language of the server, use it. 6. Cryoing or making your character DNR for the purpose of respawning as another character to avoid IC punishments isn't allowed, if you get in trouble IC, roleplay it out, this isn't fair to everyone else otherwise. Exceptions: 1. The usage of other languages beside English is allowed if you are in a private setting, such as a dorms room or infi-dorms. 0 - Escalation Fighting and mechanics should be proportional to the conflict, taking into account your character and the situation they are in. Unlike the real world, conflict and mechanics are natural and normal within SS13, however you should not go overboard when fighting someone. In general, escalation should follow a linear path, although this will not apply to all situations: Verbal (Talking it out) > Aggression (Pushing) > Non-lethal (Soft-crit) > lethal (Killing them). The round-removal (RR) preference does not waive your protection from escalation rules, it just means that when someone kills you, instead of leaving your corpse where it is with sensors or bringing you to medical, etc... It means that anyone involved can now remove you from the round once you are dead. This does not mean you are protected from not being RR'ed with it turned off, instead in that case, the player will need a proper reason behind having you removed from the round. Examples and exceptions. Examples: 1. Do not round remove someone just because they called you a bad word, this is just poor sportsmanship. 2. Do not kill someone over getting denied access, this is not a valid reason. 1. Fuck around and find out Your actions in character (IC) on the server, just like real life, have consequences from the rest of the players, if you are being acting like a general nuisance, except people to treat you as such. If your characters behaviour is awful over multiple rounds, expect players to bring their retaliation onto future rounds, this can include skipping past escalation steps, this does not mean they can round-remove you if you haven't done anything to warrant it that round. If the staff team determine that your actions are due to how you have been acting as your character, then things will be allowed to continue. Consider this when deciding on your actions in-game and how you decide to act. Read over these rules before erotically roleplaying with anyone to make sure you don't accidentally break a rule, we takes these rules seriously. 0. Consent If you plan to engage in any erotic roleplay (ERP) with anyone, get their consent before, this can be achieved either through in-character (IC) methods, L/OOC or if consent is given in a players OOC notes. Ensure you are aware of everyone's preferences before you interact erotically with them, this means reading over their OOC notes if they have any, make sure to communicate with your potential ERP partner. For whatever reason you need to end the scene, just voice it in L/OOC, your partner is to comply with your request, regardless of your reason. Examples and exceptions. Examples: 1. Using ERP mechanics, such as stomping on players who did not consent, we don't allow this to happen, accidents may occur, but using ERP mechanics to attack someone who did not consent is not acceptable. 1. Non-con When setting your non-con preferences to 'Yes' or 'Yes - (Position)', you are allowed to be interacted with erotically without your prior permission, physically fighting back, calling for help and fleeing is not allowed (unless all involved parties are okay with it). This does not mean they can violate your preferences or OOC notes, if this does happen make sure to speak up in L/OOC. Getting security or bystanders involved in a non-con scene is forbidden, unless all parties involved including the security/bystander consent to it as well, in which case keep it amongst yourselves and make sure everyone agrees before acting out punishments, etc... There are plenty of standards that you are expected to follow, whilst most should be handled in-character (IC), there are times when blatant failure to follow even the most basic of standards or procedures will be met with staff intervention. The round cannot succeed if those in charge and those who hold important jobs are not held to some level of responsibility, therefore fulfilling your jobs basic tasks are important, this does mean that abusing your job is punishable. Examples and exceptions. Examples: 1. Using jaws of life to break into places outside of an emergency, this is an emergency tool, unless you are an antagonist, usage for the sole reason of access and not to rescue someone is not a valid reason. Important pages Below you will find the link to pages that lead you to various standards and procedures, these are important to read up on generally so you can confidently play without the risk of IC or staff intervention. OpFor standards: These are a great resource for learning how to make an OpFor and what is generally acceptable per chaos level. Space law: Plan on playing security or maybe even want to know how to avoid breaking the law, here is what you need to know. Standard operating procedure: Contains the basics for how to deal with basic threats and the alert levels. Standards: Has the command, security and silicon standards, one of the more important pages.

Antagonist rules

GeneralCapture You're not expected to win, do not expect it, just have fun with it. Plan to be a friendly antagonist? It is allowed on any chaos level, but doing so does not grant you protection by staff in-case you are killed or arrested, due to the chaos of the rounds, it's tough for us to allow this with protection. The best time to be a friendly antagonist is during 'Extended' when you AHelp or make an OpFor, by doing so if it is accepted, you are granted protection by staff so long as you don't act hostile. These are the standards all antagonists need to follow, if you are looking for the OpFor guidelines, please look here. If you do not require a body mechanically, leave it alone if they died somewhere open, otherwise if you kill them somewhere they will not be recoverable from, you need to move them back to a safe position for the crew to recover. Planning on round-removing (otherwise known as RR) someone? First check if they have RR set to 'On', if they do, then once they are dead you are free to RR them, if they have it set otherwise, then you must make sure their body is recoverable in some way. When you lose a fight, don't resort to being salty and insulting people in L/OOC or OOC. You are not entitled to getting AHealed by staff and it is at the discretion of the staff member on duty. Your goal should never be the dismantling, destruction or mass murder of the entire station, unless otherwise stated by your natural goals or role. The interlink and infi-dorms are protected from anything relating to antagonists, do not use it as a hideout or to complete your objectives. When giving yourself custom objectives, make sure they are clear and specific objectives that have a certain goal in mind, vague and wildcard objectives will not be tolerated. Marooning someone does not mean you can murder them multiple times or RR them if their preferences are set to 'Off', if your target has RR set to 'Off' you can AHelp to have your target changed. Using ERP as bait before killing someone is not allowed unless both parties consented through L/OOC. False-flagging is not allowed, if you tell people you will be friendly, do not turn around and murder them for no reason. As an antagonist, if you are being pursued by people hunting you, then you cannot leave the station Z-level, this includes lavaland. Caught someone as an abductor? Already made some eggs as a spider? Follow these rules: Roleplay (otherwise known as RP) will take priority over mechanics. If you want to RP with someone in any capacity during captivity and they agree, then you are entitled to RP it out. Valid-hunting or otherwise interrupting the scene is punishable. If you require bodies mechanically, you can hold them up to 15 minutes without crew knowing their location, after which you no longer mechanically need the body and follow the general guidelines on holding bodies (although this is a loose rule and it may or may not be enforced depending on the scenario). Do not guard bodies from recovery, crew must be allowed to recover it or else it is counted as RR. Got captured and it has been over 15 minutes and nobody is coming to get you? Make an AHelp and staff will look over the situation and decide on the next action. Use common sense, roleplaying in the middle of a hallway as an antagonist will result in crew murdering you. Take it to somewhere private to avoid getting hunted by the crew. Role rules Most antagonists have their own rules, make sure to read over them before playing as one of the roles to avoid making a mistake. AbductorNuclear familyBlobBrainwashed/hypnotic victimChangeling (space/fallen)Changeling zombieClown operativeCultistHereticMalf. AIParadox cloneRevolutionaryWizardSpiderCyber policeRegal ratCortical borerXenomorphClock cultistSpace ninjaSpyTraitorNightmareVoidwalkerPirateObsessionSpace dragon Your goal as an abductor may depend on your objectives, here are some examples of objectives you may have: Replace the organs of # crew. Abduct and conduct experiments on # crew. Steal the #. As abductors, you are beholden to the capture rules, your goal should be to abduct, experiment and release. You can make an OpFor if you plan on being friendly as roleplaying is highly encouraged due to your private room. Your goal should never be to murder. Remember, you are to return all equipment to those you abduct when returning them, victims should have roughly the same stuff they got abducted with. Welcome to the big leagues! You have made it to the Syndicate, what now? You may have been selected to become a battlecruiser crew, captain, overwatch, nuclear operative or even a lone operative, but what now? Wait, what is that ticking noise coming from your backpack? This is a very rare antagonists, with only the lone operative being naturally spawn-able, cherish this moment, follow your objectives carefully. There is nothing holding you back, the rules on station integrity are thrown out, your end goal should be destruction of the station. “Haha does anyone else smell that? Smells like… rancid gym socks and shame…” The blob is a pure destruction antagonist whose goal is to reach critical mass in order to infest the entire station, the only rule is to inform your followers to not drag corpses, leave them where they fall, crew can work on getting them back. Either by fate or a lack of robustness you have ended up brainwashed or hypnotized by either aliens, traitors or other mechanics! You are still beholden to the in-game rules and antagonist rules! You are not an antagonist but a subclass of one. If someone breaks your sexual preferences with brainwashing or hypnotic objectives, please AHelp, this is not allowed. Or: “How I preference break in one step by exploding my host mid-surgery”. Do not erotically roleplay as the person you are disguising as without their explicit consent. You are not allowed to destroy brains of players. You are not permitted to kill more than your assigned objective kill limit. If your objectives does not include killing ‘#’ number of crew or heads, do not kill, follow your objectives. There will be times where you can't absorb more DNA without fully giving someone that good changeling suck. Doing it once to reset this is fine, as absorption does not RR or leave a player permanently husked. They will revive in around a minute as a changeling zombie. Or: "I didn't have 'Be antagonist' turned on, so why am I one now?" The guidelines for changelings apply here, however there are some changes: As you are not able to transform, erotic roleplay is fine. Just know people may not be willing to have relations with a corpse. You're a mindless beast now. Attack, kill, and cause chaos to your heart's content until you yourself die again. Try to keep decapitations to a minimum. Aim for the chest or limbs, we understand that random decapitations can happen, but don't make a show of it by going specifically for decapitations when someone is already dead! You already know what you’re doing, do the thing, I believe in you. “I swear to god if you make another sex cult again I’m going to lose my shit” - Tibbets. Do not destroy the brains of those you sacrifice, return them to medical or leave them in an obvious place for medical staff to recover. Do not summon Nar’Sie, it will completely destroy the station. “What’s the difference between this and cultists?” As a heretic, you have the potential to be anything from a stealthy thief, all the way to a station ending threat. As such, the rulings for heretic will be more or less common sense. Do not kill individuals who are not sacrifice targets, outside of self-defense. Avoid unreasonable amounts of station destruction. Try to avoid destroying the dorms, or excessively spacing the station. If your sacrificial target is not on the station, AHelp it, staff can assign you a new sacrifice target. There is a ritual deeper into the tree that will let you reroll your own targets. “RD!!! CARD THE AI AND FRY IT IN A DEEPFRIER PLEASE!!!” Do not plasma flood or toss anyone into the SM just because you can. Coordinate with your cyborgs to ensure you only kill who you are required to and avoid round-removal, you are still beholden to your regular laws. “I can’t self incest myself if they’re trying to kill me.“ Do not dust your clone. If you successfully assimilate your target, do not ERP as them, unless they give you explicit permission through L/OOC. “VIVA LA REVOLUTION!” - Some French person. A successful revolt does not mean you should avoid taking P.O.W's, try reviving those that are downed to ransom back to Central Command. Do not round-remove people and adhere to capture rules. “AAAAAAAAVADAKAAADABRAAAAAAAAAA” If you plan on using spells don't round-remove someone unless they have the preferences turned 'On'., some spells can completely remove someone. If you are a wizard from a dice-roll, you are considered friendly automatically, the moment you use magic against the station or start using runes you become an antagonist. You are highly unlikely to be a wizard antagonist, follow your objectives and avoid deviation. “Just request nuke codes tbh” Do not round-remove someone by dragging them away from crew, if they are downed leave them there. The broodmother is allowed to web players, during which, players are allowed to contact staff via an AHelp to return. Go as hard as you want, there isn't anything you can do outside bit runner domains or VR. Make sure to check players preferences and get L/OOC permission before engaging in ERP with them. If you do not have a swarm of rats, you are allowed to be friendly, on the same note players are not allowed to valid hunt you without the rat swarm. Go crazy with chewing cables, engineers could always do with more headaches, but doing so too much or in an important area may trigger a lethal response. Follow your objectives, do not deviate. You are allowed to be friendly towards your host, but you cannot false flag without a valid reason, such as your host trying to kill you. “Oh hey an alien plus–MFFFMHFH” This is an uncommon antagonist, make sure to follow antagonist standards carefully. Be conservative about capturing and chest bursting players, avoid going above five xenomorphs. The codebase heavily favors xenomorphs, avoid curb stomping the station an hour into the shift. “Idk man, the chapel looks WAY cooler now.” - A random cultist. Cultists: Follow general antagonist rules and be mindful that Rat'Var is not in the code. Constructs: follow general antagonist rules. “I’m pretty sure there’s something offensive about this… just can’t put my finger on it...” Stick closely to your objectives, do not deviate. “No one uses newspaper to hide anymore these days… too cliche.” You know what you need to do, you are a spy, here to commit tax fraud, steal shit and commit corporate espionage. You are not a traitor, do not go around killing everyone. “How the fuck do I gain telecrystals?” Adhere to your objectives, doing whatever you need otherwise within reason to complete them. Do not target other antagonists without a reason that works in your favor, not because security asked, do not make your custom objectives to target other antagonists without making an AHelp. You can work with other traitors, or alone. You have the pass code system which can be used to find other traitors. “CE here. I’m cryoing for the shift.” Follow your objectives, do not deviate. Or: ‘How Xenobiology became Five Nights at Nanotrasen.’ Don't bully xenobiology. Your goal is not to space the station. “YARR HARR FIDDLE-DEE-DEE, BEING A PIRATE IS ALRIGHT TO MEE!” Follow your objectives, do not deviate. Do not park the shuttle in arrivals, cargo or departures. “This could go very wrong, very fast…” – S.P.L.U.R.T. Admin Follow your objectives, do not deviate. If you are uncomfortable with your obsession target, make an AHelp for staff to swap your target, not only that but you must respect other players preferences, watch for L/OOC chatter and respect non-con preferences. “CHEF TO SECURITY.” Follow your objectives, do not deviate.

Ghost role rules

PersistencePort tarkonCharlie stationAsh walkersHermitsGhost café “Please for the love of god stop throwing ash walkers in the lava.” -Kate Follow your role's job properly, you are still expected to fulfill your duties. Do not interact with Nanotrasen personnel, unless undercover, as your cover is crucial to the mission, do not break this cover. You are there to act as a listening post, your cover is that of a mining crawler, you have the facilities and abilities to complete your mission and survive in isolation for the missions duration. If you are reviving dead miners, as an act of good faith, make sure they find themselves outside the crawler before waking up, if they wake up earlier, you are free to provide supplies in good faith to help them survive before sending them on their way. You may interact with miners if it keeps your cover, such as going out to gather mining materials. If you spot one whilst out and about, you are free to speak to them in passing, just try not to spend too much time interacting with opposing forces or the locals. You are legitimate in the eyes of Nanotrasen, as the crawler is a cover for the syndicates under the guise of Cybersun's mining corporation 'Exagon-Ichikawa', if anyone asks, that is who you are working for, although you are free to be more vague and just mention you are a Cybersun mining crawler. Do not abandon the Persistence without a valid reason, such as Nanotrasen threating to put the crawler under complete subjugation and you have activated the self-destruct. Interacting with Port Tarkon is allowed under the guise of trading since you are a mining crawler. You are a listening outpost, do not support antagonists in assaulting Nanotrasen or their property. Common sense is required whilst playing Persistence, maintain your listening post whilst keeping tabs on Nanotrasen communications and monitoring their situation, do not go against this. If you have hostages it is expected that they will need to be occasionally checked on, they are players as well who joined to roleplay, get creative with them. Putting stuff up for sale on the black market is fine, just do not abuse it, sell your round start stuff, actual equipment you need or supplies you cannot get again. Do not use Nanotrasen communications, you have a dedicated communication channel for all Persistence members, use it (:w). The only time the Persistence should be communicating publicly with the station is to broker a deal to keep the operation intact and that should be done by the Admiral or liaison. Do not make a boulder refinery, unless you plan on tapping vents, otherwise you steal resources from the Nanotrasen station. Do not go pursue the removal of ghost roles, you may defend yourself, but that is it. “Why are we still here? Just to suffer?” You are free to trade and research to your hearts content, but you are not allowed to leave your location unless scavenging or evacuating due to absolute necessity. Port Tarkon is a neutral faction, you are free to interact with Nanotrasen and Syndicates, visitors are allowed but should be heavily scrutinized and are not under protection under Nanotrasen space law but the law of your port. Do not go on a murder spree, play your characters logically as you are a port of traders and scientists, if someone steals from you, arresting them would be the first choice, if you are attacked, defending yourself is allowed. Do not make a boulder refinery, you have plenty of resources around you and have a bluespace miner that can be setup. “When will we get to go home?” - Charlie station scientist Your goal is to survive with the others, repair the station and if possible contacting Nanotrasen. Remember, you are still apart of Nanotrasen, that means their enemies are your enemies, defend yourselves and those who have yet to wake up in their cryo pods. The cryo pods have nobody else to defend them, you are their last hope, give them a fighting chance by defending them at all costs. Do not make a boulder refinery, why would you want to steal resources from your fellow company men, that wouldn't help with getting rescued. “Keep away from our mosssst ssssacred plasssse!” - Unknown ash walker guardian. You are a native to lavaland, a tribe with little knowledge of space or the creatures that inhabit it, roleplay it as such. Tribal rituals are important for ash walkers, along with the legion temple as your people use this land as its home and was made by your culture and the drakes protect it, revere them as such. Relations with others are neutral, you can be either hostile to outsiders or not, if you chose to go towards violence, follow proper escalation and make sure all other ash walkers know about this. Be careful when finding outsiders, they may be hostile towards you as well, be wary of them. Do not go onto the station, you are a tribe with little knowledge of technology, the big mechanical thing in the sky is scary. The mining outpost is fine, but the shuttle is too advanced for your mind to comprehend. “Aw shit.. Here we go again.” - Man lost in space. Nobody is coming to get you, your ship crashed and now you are all alone. Don't go crazy out there, any company is welcome company, even a pet rock or ball. Watch out for fauna, they are most likely out to get you, fix up a place for you to comfortable reside in whilst keeping yourself armed. If someone shows up and offers you the chance at rescue, you can accept it, but you are not forced to, if you want you can live out the rest of your life in your little shack, you are allowed. “Well…. This is quaint...” - Visitor D-9341 Pretty simple, you are either staff or a patron, avoid antagonist activites here, anything weird like invading the station or going on a killing spree, this role is meant for people to relax away from the station with zero contact.

Reporting and appealing process

If you witness anybody breaking the rules, you are allowed to open an AHelp in-game and report the issue. When there are no staff online, you can open an AHelp in the Discord through the #open-ahelp channel, please make sure in this case to include the round ID (RID), the name of the offending players character and any other important information that staff can read over. Have you been wrongfully disciplined by a staff member? Open an AHelp on the Discord through the #open-ahelp channel and explain the situation and provide as much information to staff, it will then be looked over by a higher staff member and a decision will be made on what to do. Need to appeal a ban you have on your account? Using the Discord channel #submit-an-appeal, open a ticket up and follow the template posted in the starting message for your ticket.