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S.P.L.U.R.T. Station is a medium erotic roleplay server, and this means that you are expected to both create a character that makes sense, but also conduct yourself in a manner that makes sense for your character. You should also avoid disrupting the roleplay of other players without reason.

To this end, your characters should reflect a quality of roleplay that follows the rules below, and conforms a "medium roleplay" standard. This means avoiding characters and actions that may disrupt player's experience or immersion, and playing as a coherent and believable character.

Justifying in-character actions through proper roleplay is a our greyest area within the rules. If all players are satisfied, consenting, and the rules broken are conducive to roleplay and in-world lore, and do not needlessly impact other parties, then many of these rules can be broken. This is not an excuse to needlessly break rules, as poor justification that does not have the explicit intent to foster a good roleplaying environment for other players will be punished.

If your character or their personality is deemed to not contribute to the roleplay environment, you may be asked to not play said character in that way anymore, and staff are within their right to ask you to do so.

0. - OOC Roleplay Rules

Rule	#	Rules		Examples/Info	Special Rulings
R0 - OOC Roleplay Rules	R0.1	Roleplay, and in doing so, play a reasonably sane and mature character, and stay in character.
	R0.1.1.		You must roleplay in a manner comparable to real-life, reasonable for your current circumstances and the current setting.	This is with respect to the lore and world setting. While Nanotrasen technology isn't real, you must act as a reasonable person would in the setting.
	R0.1.2.		Your character cannot have any special powers which are not possible via game mechanics, except in private dorm roleplay. For example, you cannot canonically be a sorcerer.
	R0.1.3.		You are expected to adhere to the roleplaying setting and maintain suspension of disbelief even when game mechanics contradict.	For example, you will not automatically know another player is a xenochimera because a tooltip says so; likewise, repairing a broken bone isn’t simple because it takes 3 clicks.
	R0.1.4.		You must not use netspeak in your messages in-character (IC), except in contexts where it would make sense, such as PDA messages.	This includes things like "pls", "lol", "uwu", etc.
	R0.1.5.		You may not use generative artificial intelligence (AI), such as large-language models like ChatGPT, to generate your in-game flavor text, speech, or emotes.
	R0.1.6.		You must not name your character in a way that is fundamentally absurd, meta, or offensive in nature, or the name of a real person.	For example, "asidlygfsdhkfj", "John Nanotrasen", "Fuck", or "Osama Bin Laden" are all not permitted.	The clown and mime get very narrow exceptions to this rule. Where a name like "Idiot Dog" would be impermissible for any other role, it may be permitted for the clown or mime.
	R0.1.7.		This is the major, blanket roleplay rule that enforces our medium roleplay standard. As a bare minimum, it should be believable for a real person to commit any In-Character event through some justification. Roleplay trumps most.
	R0.2.	Your character(s) must be plausible and have justification for existing in the Space Station 13 setting.
	R0.2.1.		You must not play as characters that imitate real-life figures.
	R0.2.2.		If you are linking yourself to the lore of another species, you must do so tastefully and while keeping in-mind that regardless of your character's lore, you exist and will be acting in the Space Station 13 setting.	As such, you may not use character traits of the species/character you are imitating to grief, self-antag, or otherwise violate the rules. For example, your expie security officer having an obsession with fentanyl, and using this to justify antagonizing medical/other players.	You may ignore these rules on the Ghost Cafe or Interlink, but they immediately come into effect on the station, lavaland, or space z-levels (ghostroles).
	R0.2.3.		You may not play as the exact same character as someone else in the same round (i.e., through in-round cloning, or intentionally using the same character preferences/character slot, etc.), including lore, name, appearance, etc.	This does not extend to disguising oneself as someone else, and does not apply to changelings. This applies primarily to situations where people are intentionally creating copies of a character through any means. Things such as expies do not violate this rule, as they have individual names or character backgrounds.
	R0.2.4.		Fundamentally meme or joke characters are prohibited.	For example, Peter Griffin, Red from Among Us, etc. Staff permission may override this rule.
	R0.2.5.		Staff reserve the right to rule a character as too 'non-differentiated' from a pre-existing character from another piece of media, and thereby ban said character under rule 0.2.2. or 0.2.3.
	R0.3.	You must not respawn as the same character if your character has entered the round (left the interlink).
	R0.3.1.		You may receive staff permission to respawn if you have entered, but this is not a guarantee.
	R0.3.2.		Cyborgs may respawn, but must roleplay their re-entering of the round; cyborgs must not respawn as the same cyborg if killed in any way prior to respawning.
	R0.4.	SPLURT is an English-speaking server, and you are expected to speak English while playing here.
	R0.4.1		If a staff member believes that your level of English will not allow you to follow our rules, you may be asked to leave.
	R0.4.2.		You may speak non-English languages both IC and OOC if you are in a private setting, such as dorms or infinidorms, but this should be kept between two people.
	R0.5.	You must not cryo, ghost, or DNR your character in order to avoid In-Character punishments. If you have to leave at an incidental time, you must Adminhelp before doing so.		This does not apply to DNRing after being killed as an antagonist.
	R0.6.	You must not circumvent the 150 character minimum for flavortext, as this minimum was implemented to ensure players can showcase a baseline level of roleplay skills. Manners of circumvention include spamming random characters, using invisible characters, intentionally inputting random words, etc.
	R0.7.	Should you die and be later revived, you are expected to forget the events leading to your death. This applies even to rounds without antagonists.		Cyborgs are exempt from these rules, but may not remember the name or appearance of their killer. They may remember the events surrounding their deaths and all other related information.
	R0.7.1.		Death during ERP is an exception if all involved players agree to letting you remember.
	R0.7.2.		You must not remember the name or appearance of your killer after being killed.
	R0.7.3.		If you were knocked unconscious, you may remember the appearance of your killer (species, clothes), but not their name.
	R0.7.4.		Proteans must follow rules 0.7.1., 0.7.2., and 0.7.4. where they are killed and their 'memory reset' button has been engaged IC.
	R0.8.	You must not be antagonistic while not an antagonist.
	R0.8.1.		You must not continue committing crimes that escalate your current status as a criminal on the sole basis that you have committed a crime.	For example, just because you assaulted an officer does not mean you should now kill the next security officer who speaks to you.
	R0.8.2.		If you have escalated properly, you may commit any number of crimes, but you should be careful to follow what is logical for your non-antagonist character, and what is justified. Don't go on a mass killing spree because someone slipped you with a banana peel, but you may get into a shove fight with them. Similarly, if someone fucks your wife and kills your dog, it may be justified to maim them.	Roleplay can be used to justify most crimes you will commit, but it may still be unreasonable to commit some crimes. You will need a very strong reason to commit most 5XX crimes, and will likely struggle to find a justification to commit a 6XX crime. When in doubt, OPFOR or AHelp.
	R0.9.	Do not play to win
	R0.9.1.		Better known as "powergaming". Powergaming/playing to win consists of acquiring items, assets, etc. for the sake of being powerful. Common examples include adding extra access to ID’s without reason, stealing powerful objects from other departments, or doing the job(s) of other departments when said department is available and willing to do the job itself.
	R0.9.2.		You may not mechanically prepare for unconfirmed threats.	This rule includes being fully armed, armored, and/or medicated as a member of security with no confirmed threats and while outside of the appropriate alerts. This rule also includes other forms of mechanical metapreparation, such as saltsmoking the station before a revenant even shows up.
R1 - Role-specific Roleplay Rules	R1.1.	1.1. You are expected to fulfill the basic responsibilities of the job you sign up for.
	R1.1.1.		Repeatedly failing to do the bare minimum required by your department may result in a job ban. The specifics vary from job to job while Heads of Staff are held to higher standards than other staff.
	R1.1.2.		Your character must be physically capable of performing the job. For example, most jobs require at least one functioning hand. Security needs to be physically capable of subduing criminals and thus lack easily exploitable traits such as lightweight or dirt weakness.
	R1.1.3.		Heads of Staff are expected to be knowledgeable in their department. The bare minimum number of hours to play a role is not a license to take command of a department you have never played.
	R1.1.4.		As a Head of Staff, abusing your authority against players you dislike is prohibited and may violate other rules.
	R1.1.5.		This rule does not apply to failing a job due to not knowing said job. You are expected to make mistakes frequently while learning a new job.
	R1.2.	As security, you must not enforce space law outside of the station Z-level or within 22 tiles of a lavaland mining outpost.
	R1.2.1.		Members of security are also not permitted to space tide (explore and loot space ruins), but may leave the station Z-level (such as visiting Port Tarkon).
	R1.3.	You must not leave the station Z-level as a member of command.		You may do this if you have clocked out and surrendered all unique or irreplaceable gear.
R2 - Escalation Rules	INFO	Fighting and mechanics should be proportional to the conflict, taking into account your character and the situation they are in. . In general, escalation should follow a linear path, although this will not apply to all situations: Verbal (including insults) -> Minor Aggression (non-harmful physical acts, such as pushing) -> Non-lethal (stunning, less-than-lethal ammunition/weapons) -> Lethal (Soft crit, hard crit, and death)
	R2.1.	You should not needlessly cause a confrontation in order to escalate to murder.		Conflicts must have a roleplay backing, and if you start insulting people to escalate to killing them without reason, you will be considered to have violated this and other rules.
	R2.2.	You must not kill someone over being denied access from an area
R3 - Validhunting Rules	R3.1.	You may defend your own person to a reasonable degree. If someone is attempting to kidnap or murder you, you may reply with lethal force.		Players are expected not to respond to non-lethal force with lethal force, unless the situation demands it. For example, getting shoved by a traitor does not mean you can kill them, but getting attacked by a traitor with a contractor baton means you may fight for your life.	Special ruling for the AI: see Staff Rulings
	R3.2.	You may defend the lives of others to a reasonable degree.		This rule principally applies to attacks and physical harm enacted by antagonists.
	R3.2.1.		If there is no threat to life, you may not engage.	Common sense applies. Even if a traitor is not actively murdering someone, a threat to life can be assumed if they've just stunned the captain and are dragging them into maintenance.
	R3.2.2.		You must be at the scene of the attack or antagonist action while it is happening: you may not witness something on cameras or from afar and then engage.
	R3.3.	You may defend your department to a reasonable degree, including material assets within a department.
	R3.3.1.		While you may not kill an antagonist for stealing, you may attempt to incapacitate them.
	R3.3.2.		You may only defend your department in your department, and must disengage the moment any antagonist interactions leave your workspace or your department as a whole.
	R3.3.3.		If an antagonist is clearly attempting to leave, you must let them, and may not use lethal force to stop them unless other validhunting rules apply, such as 2.2.
	R3.4.	Staff reserve the right to apply violations of validhunting rules to the spirit of the rules, and not necessarily the wording. Abusing the wording of any of the validhunting rules leaves you subject to malice and validhunting rules.
R4 - Fuck Around and Find Out (FAFO) Rules	INFO	Your actions in character (IC) on the server, just like real life, have consequences from the rest of the players. If you, or your character, are acting like a general nuisance, then you may be treated by other players as a nuisance. If you or your character's behaviour is awful over multiple rounds, expect players to bring their retaliation onto future rounds; playing an intentionally rude, disrespectful, or negative character exempts you from the receiving end of the metagrudging rules, meaning that 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.
	R4.1.	Players reserve the right to give the same as they have received.		The harder your character is to interact with, the more effort you should put into them. A character that's both hard to approach, and generally low effort becomes a negativity sink on the roleplaying environment and with that in mind you should make an earnest attempt to play up the actions or lack-there-of for the sake of adding in as much roleplay as you might be shutting down.