Rulings

Some announcements have been edited to be more concise.

Skyrat Silicon Policy 2.1

Date: 16/10/2021
Admin: tf4
Hey Crew. We're going to be implementing new silicon policy, found here: This will be put in place immediately, and the lawset adjusted to be in accordance with it. Please take some time to read it through, to become familiar with it - whether you play silicons or not, it will most likely be relevant to you at some point. Key points:

• No grief uploads, cryoing immediately when subverted, needlessly announcing law updates, or bad-faith roleplay.
• You cannot build additional upload consoles if you are not an antagonist. Anyone who wants to change laws has to do it at the existing upload console.

  I'm fairly certain this rule is because of me, haha!

Security Changes

Date: 03/10/2021
Admin: Xyelgazel
Hi Crew!

We are testing out a major change to security.

Firstly, we are buffing security, so that they are more capable of handling situations in a more non-lethal way. Hopefully, this boost to their ability to crowd control will help make security be more enjoyable without neutering antagonists.

Secondly, we are getting rid of civil dispute officers (this may be temporary, as they may be coming back), instead we will have guards for each department as a test. Department guards are loyal to their specific department and its respective heads, but they are expected to cooperate with security for any on-going inter-departmental incidents, violent crimes, or emergency situations. When it comes to minor or non-violent crimes or people that have ceased being a threat, the department guard will have full authority to handle anything that happens within their department and may escort offenders to security for processing. For any departments lacking department guards, security officers will handle any security-related incident.

Department guards are allowed to chase suspects into another department and hallway, however, it will be considered an inter-departmental incident which means security will be the one in charge of the situation.

Department guards and the security department should both be cooperative with one another. However, the department guards should maintain the interests of their department. Additionally, we have some updates to our policies in addition to some new ones.

• Updated Command Policy
• Please check "Respect Your Job; Respect Chain of Command; Trust Your Staff" and "Clarifications on Antagonist Actions Against Crew" segments for Temporary Measures.
• New Character Creation Standards and Guidelines

Key points:

• Don't make Mary Sue characters.
• Department guards are loyal to their heads, not security.

Metagroups

Date: 16/09/1984
Admin: Xyelgazel

I want to make a few things clear for you folks, Crew.

It is absolutely normal to hang out with your friends on Skyrat. We encourage people to form friendships here and find out compatible roleplaying partners. Just remember that other folks exist, and you should always be open to RP with others. This is a public server. You should be mingling with everyone (although this doesn't mean you can't have private moments). Be more than just your circle of friends. Be your character.

What is not okay is acting as if your circle is exclusive and ignoring or mistreating people outside of your friend group. It is not okay to favor your friends over others ICly for OOC reasons, i.e. picking the same OOC friends over and over again or special privileges while playing as the captain. It is not okay to play as an antagonist and team with your non-antag friends and vice versa. At the end of the day, you need play as your character, and you need to be OOCly considerate of others. Instead of focusing on who your OOC friends are, focus on being your character and how you can contribute to the roleplaying environment. This isn't a chatroom. This is SS13.

If we see that a metagroup is attempting to isolate, exclude, or bully others, we will permaban those responsible. If you see that your metagroup is giving preferential treatment to another adversially affects the game, you will be dealt with harshly. We have seen everything from metagroups spreading incredibly harmful rumors about a player they do not like to metagroups that discriminate against those that are not part of their circle. None of that is allowed here.

If you are concerned about this announcement, you are free to reach out to colonel agony for the time being if you like for further clarification. Furthermore, quit being toxic about Voxes. I'm going to instruct staff to freely give lengthy chat ban to those that are persistently toxic about Vox players. Yes, some Vox players have their issues, but it is not fair to other Vox players who play cleanly. If you have an issue, use staff-help instead of being toxic.

Key points:

• Don't make a metagroup. Don't be mean to other people based on a perceived metagroup.
• It does say "persistently toxic."

Security Grouping

Date: 03/09/2021
Admin: Xyelgazel
FYI, if a staff member has told you not to group up, that is incorrect. Currently, security is balanced around working together. Yes, you should avoid having five security officers on the scene for a mild or moderate crime. However, if the situation calls for it, grouping up into a team is not a bad idea. Key points:

• Group up.

Stacking Charges

Date: 25/08/2021
Admin: Xyelgazel
Hi all, we are retracting this until new sentences are setup without stacking in mind. Corporate Regulation WAS made with stacking in mind, so please disregard what was said here. So stack sentences for now but do so in good faith. Stacking sentences is allowed again. Corporate Regulation was designed with stacking in mind. So, disregard the earlier announcement and pay heed to the new one. We will see about making a new sentencing scheme that befits a non-stacking setup. (Or at least against abusive ones) Key points:

• Stack charges when arresting people.

Stacking Charges

Date: 25/08/2021
Admin: GoldenAlpharex

Restated in the above announcement.

Hey there Announcements! This is a quick one for Security and Antagonist players, we've realized that there was a policy in Corporate Regulations that wasn't clearly stated anywhere, the Stacking Charges policy, and as such it was added to the wiki page, which can be found here: Corporate_Regulations#Processing_Standards.

Here's how it goes: Stacking Charges In the event you have multiple charges within the same tier, only the highest time within that tier applies. And only once. Two Minor crimes that are both 15 minutes results in just 15 minutes, whereas a 15 minutes and 20 minutes charge will result in 20. Basically, don't stack charges with the same first digit unless explicitly told otherwise in the "Special Situations and Modifiers" section.

As someone I talked to rephrased it yesterday, another way of seeing it (to help make it clearer) is as follows: Sentences for charges of the same tier are served in parallel. That means that if a clown did a 201 (Assault with actual body harm) that would result in a 10 minutes sentence, as well as a 205 (Narcotics Distribution), which is also 10 minutes, said clown would only stay in a cell for 10 minutes, serving for the 201 and the 205 at the same time. However, if they did a 205 as well as a 106 (Animal Cruelty, which is 5 minutes), then they'd stay in a cell for 15 minutes.

Do note that this doesn't mean you can't charge them with a 201 and a 205 at the same time, you definitely can, it's just the time they spend in brig that doesn't add up when they're in the same tier. Exceptions should be detailed in Special Situations and Modifiers and you should follow those first.

Hopefully this makes it clearer for y'all, feel free to ask us if you have any questions related to this.

Key points:

• Stack charges when arresting people, but not in the same tier. 15 sentence plus another 15 sentence is 15, but a 5 and a 15 is 20.

Roleplay on the station

Date: 25/08/2021
Admin: Xyelgazel
Let me make it clear that if you treat the station itself as place to have OOC interaction with your friends, you are sorely mistaken. We expect you to roleplay when on the station. It's okay to hang out with your metafriends on the station, but you should not act OOC in IC. Wordless interactions to shit it up with your friends breaks immersion and breaks the rules we have in place. You get one temporary ban and then a permanent ban after that.

Take that shit to the ghost cafe.

We've been warnings you guys that we would be more strict, and we will be. I have already banned a number of individuals from the server for this behavior. Conduct yourself in an IC manner, roleplay, contribute to the immersion without breaking it, and have fun. Do not treat the game as if it is meant for OOC interactions. That's what the ghost cafe, Freedom Server (while unpopulated), Discord, and OOC chat is for. P.S. I don't mind small acknowledgements from one to another if you recognize itself, but it shouldn't break immersion. That's the main thing. If you want to hang out together but if you do so ICly, that's 100% fine. Just don't break immersion. Key points:

• Make sure to FULLY IMMERSE yourself in the DEEP roleplaying and ROBUST gameplay.
• Complaints about lag: Spacetime distortions. Complaints about bugs: Bluespace Anomaly. Complaints about admins or coders: Idiot executives at Centcom.

Roleplay on the station

Date: 25/08/2021
Admin: Xyelgazel