Phoenix Fleet

Rules

1. Warnings — We keep a 3 strike rule; this means two warn­ings, then removal from the fleet. Some rules, when broken, are grounds for sum­mary dis­missal. These will be noted in the rule itself.
2. Age — 18 plus. This is inten­ded to keep the atmo­sphere friendly and mature.
3. Language — While we don’t want to hear you swear­ing every other word, swear­ing occa­sion­ally is not a prob­lem; if you swear repeatedly, or use it as a slur or against someone, you will be warned, and finally removed from the fleet. Intentional racism/​prejudice/​intolerance is grounds for sum­mary dismissal.
4. Drama — We know you have a life out­side the fleet, and we don’t want to pen­al­ise you for it. Please leave any issues at the door. Generally, we’re not going to stop you dis­cuss­ing a bad day if you need to vent, but if you’re asked to stop (at the dis­cre­tion of officers) then please, do so.
5. Activity — We reserve the right to kick you if you are inact­ive and we have pop­u­la­tion issues. You are wel­come to return, and if you are kicked by acci­dent (note that there are no tools in game to show inactiv­ity times, so we have to rely on memory and the for­ums), please give one of us a poke and remind us that you’re around. We’re not per­fect, and we know you may have your reas­ons. If you have a chance, please let us know you are going to be inact­ive and again, if pos­sible, for how long.
6. Ranking/​promotion — New recruits start at “Recruit” rank. One week of ser­vice and activ­ity (notice­able pres­ence in-​​game, on the for­ums, in Ventrilo, on the Steam Community, etc.) is required to be pro­moted to Flight Member. Any out­stand­ing ser­vice to the fleet will allow for pro­mo­tion to Flight Élite, and any per­son wish­ing to serve as a recruiter may apply to become a Recruitment Officer.
7. Recruitment — You are wel­come to recruit any­one you feel will com­ple­ment the fleet at any time. However, do not spam Zone chat or for­ums in an attempt to recruit. Recruitment Officers are expec­ted to act­ively read the STO Fleet Registration Station forum (once per week), bump the fleet advert­ise­ment post if neces­sary (once per day, try not to double post if pos­sible) and offer invites to suit­able can­did­ates in “search­ing for fleet” posts (discretionary).
8. Bank Access — Recruits have access to donate items and cred­its to the bank, mem­bers and above have access to take items from the bank. This will pre­vent bank theft from new mem­bers. Anybody pla­cing tribbles in the fleet bank will be sum­mar­ily stunned, tarred and feathered. They mul­tiply like, well, tribbles…
9. Dates — Given that we are mul­tina­tional, to avoid con­fu­sion, dates are pos­ted in the form YYYY/​MM/​DD — that means 2010/​01/​21 is Year 2010, January 21st — This could be shortened to func­tion as stard­ates (20100121.1427 being 2:27pm on the same date as before), but I would rather not add to the confusion.
10. Deportment — That means how you come across in-​​game, and on for­ums. Do not troll, bash or oth­er­wise cause prob­lems for oth­ers; we pride ourselves on our friend­li­ness, cour­teous­ness, and matur­ity. Anyone found doing oth­er­wise will receive a warn­ing, and be required to apo­lo­gise in the same man­ner in which they slighted the victim.
11. Appeals — You have the right to appeal to the officers if you feel you have been unjustly warned/​punished. Do not post in pub­lic, but respond to an officer other than the one who gave you the warn­ing. In all cases, the decision will be examined by the officers and over­turned where neces­sary. We are human and we do make mis­takes; we do try to fix them.
12. Rule com­plete­ness — These rules may be incom­plete; if a situ­ation occurs where these rules do not cover them, we will attempt to resolve the solu­tion as fairly as pos­sible. If suit­able, new rules will be draf­ted, or addi­tions made to exist­ing rules to cover the situ­ation in the future.