Rules and Regulations

[admiral mackenzie]

GENERAL RULES

OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE
Please do not use language that may be considered rude or offensive. In other words - no swearing. Not in English anyway, there are plenty of perfectly good Klingon curses for example so use your imagination.

PORN
The site is open to under 18's. Please NO SEXUALLY EXPLICIT writing, dialogue or pictures.

IN CHARACTER ROLE PLAY
DO NOT try to kill or maim another person's CHARACTER.

POLITICS
Please DO NOT post real world Politics, Religion or Racial postings on this forums. It is fine to wish people a happy thanksgiving, happy christmas etc but please avoid stuff like "my religion is better than yours." Posts considered racist, sexist, or anything else which promotes intolerance will be deleted.

DUPLICATE ACCOUNTS
Forbidden, except in certain circumstances. It is not necessary and only clogs up the membership lists. If you want your name changed or have any questions, ask Kehlan

VISITORS/LURKERS
Anyone is welcome to visit the site and to join us. Members do not have to role play, but please if you do not plan to post at all, please do not register - the forum is open for you to read without joining and there is no point in just cluttering up the membership lists. We reserve the right to delete non active accounts.

SPAM
Please do not bother to spam the website. We are not interested in whatever it is you are trying to sell. Any member sending spam, or who is believed to be a spammer will be deleted. If you re-register we will delete you again... and again, until you get the message. If you believe we have deleted your account in error please contact us and state your case before bothering to re-register.

RECRUITMENT
Members of other clubs and sims are welcome here. If you want to advertise your group, we may be happy to include a link to your site but please check with Kehlan first. Any links to sites we do not approve of will be deleted.

[Kehlan]

ROLE PLAYERS

Storylines
Please take the time to read previous posts before adding to a story line. Other writers work hard on their posts and its not fair to hijack them, whether its accidental or deliberate. Posts which break this rule will be either deleted or modified.

Gamemaster
The job of the gamemaster is to guide the story, to tie together all the different threads and to try to make sure everyone gets a chance to join in and interact with each other. Kehlan is the current gamemaster and it's not an easy job with a lot of players. If you're not sure about something, contact the gamemaster and ask. In any dispute the gamemaster's decision is final.

NAMES
DO NOT name your character after any major Movie/TV characters or Actors. I.E. Thomas Riker, Luke Skywalker, Tom Paris. Etc.

Roleplaying more than one character
It's ok to roleplay more than one character, as long as you ask your Captain first. The Captain must approve ALL characters BEFORE they post/roleplay!

Character rank
Rank will be decided by your captain. Starfleet needs commanders, ensigns, sergeants, petty officers, enlisted and civilians as well as admirals. Promotion has to be earned and will be decided by your senior officers, not by you.

Use of other characters
ROLE PLAYER's are NOT ALLOWED to kill, maim or humiliate another persons Character. It is fine to write about someone else's character IF they are intereacting with your character. However, if you are using a character who is not your own as the main character in your post, it would be a nice idea (and polite as well) to at least confer with the owner of the character.
I don't want it to get to a point where we can't even write a "Yes, sir" for someone elses character, that's just silly, but for anything major, talk to the owner first. Nobody knows the character the way the owner does. It is also quite good fun collaborating with someone when a major plot line is involved.

Non Player characters (NPC's)
NPCs of course are fair game, unless someone has claimed them. If you don't want to invent a character from scratch and would like to adopt an NPC (and there are plenty of them) for your own personal use, let Kehlan know and she will be glad to help.

Characters from other shows
this is a Star Trek website and I would prefer to keep the characters to Star Trek ones. If you really must play a Minbari for example, then contact Kehlan first.

superheroes
Characters with super powers are not allowed as it spoils the story when superman turns up and solves everything. so please, don't play the Q, spiderman etc.

Superships
superships are likewise banned. Admittedly someone has to have the biggest strongest fastest ship in the fleet but not here. Invincible ships spoil the story. It is far more interesting for everyone when things go wrong, so if you have an experimental ship, allow the odd EPS conduit to blow, or a technical problem to develop etc ec etc..... and remember what any computer expert or engineer will tell you with feeling - the more technology there is involved, the more there is to go wrong.

Federation enemies
Starbase 24 is a military starbase and enemies of the Federation are not allowed on board. So please don't play a Changeling or Breen or any other bad guy.