Code of Conduct

Preamble

It is important to remember that your decisions and actions do not only reflect upon yourself but also upon those around you. Therefore, members of Imperium must adhere to our policies in order to remain within our ranks. These rules, guidelines, and expectations are here for the benefit of each individual member as well as Imperium as a whole. They will ensure that we represent both ourselves and our brethren in a manner that is fit and becoming of an elite, coordinated and organized group. It is the responsibility of each member to follow the Code of Conduct.

If there needs to be clarification on anything here, please contact Human Resources.

General Rules and Expectations

1: Don't be a dick. Don't start drama.

  • Members must respect and show each other kindness, understanding, tolerance, and patience.
  • Absolutely no bullying, racism, sexism, or other forms of prejudice anywhere.
  • No Doxxing

2: All main members must represent Imperium at all times using proper Imperium tags.

  • This applies to RSI and SCB forums, Spectrum, Discord, and any other public or private mediums related to Star Citizen..

3: Members must not take important matters into their own hands, such as diplomatic talks with other organizations, and are expected to refrain from making any comments or decisions counter to Imperium's values.
4: Members are expected to maintain the privacy of information related to the fleet and its members by not discussing said information privately or in publicly available mediums. This includes but is not limited to: the SCB forums, Spectrum, Portal, and Discord.
5: Issues and concerns regarding Imperium decisions, members, and allies must be brought to the attention of the Human Resources division privately. Members should avoid public confrontations and internal arguments at all costs as it will reflect poorly upon Imperium.
6: If you encounter any negative posts attacking Imperium, no matter the platform, do not engage. Instead, forward the post to a member of Human Resources.

  • Members are to avoid public confrontations and internal arguments at all costs as it will reflect poorly upon Imperium.

7: When interacting with other Imperium members, both in and out of the game, the CoC always applies.

Imperium Fleet Expectations

1: Piracy is not tolerated. Imperium has determined and will recognize the definition of piracy as referring to a person, persons, group, or organization that meet one or more of the following criteria unless otherwise accounted for:

  • Committing an unsolicited act of force, intimidation, theft, coercion, or extortion toward individuals, property, and other assets without relevant legitimate cause.
  • Actively declaring themselves to be an organization or individual in support of piracy, that engages in piracy, or engages in activities that are exclusively piratical in nature.
  • Actively declared by the UEE Advocacy or other governmental law enforcement agency to be guilty of engaging in piracy.

2: Imperium members are expected to have Imperium as their primary organization. Setting Imperium to affiliate will result in loss of rank and permissions associated with being a full Imperium member.
3: Members bear the right to defend themselves, Imperium, other members, and our allies from any acts of aggression that may take place in the game.
4: Under no circumstances will it be deemed acceptable to engage allied forces.
5: Cheating and exploitation, whether through third-party programs or bugs found within the game are highly unacceptable.

Membership Stance

1: Imperium is accepting both recruits that wish to become full members as well as affiliates that wish to join our StarCitizenBase community.

2: You may join other organizations as an affiliate if their goals are not in conflict with Imperium's CoC and Fleet Expectations. (If you are unsure about one of your affiliations contact HR)

Read the instructions below to join as a full member (or as an SCB affiliate member) today!

How to Join:

  1. Create an account on our Portal at: portal.starcitizenbase.com/join
  2. Press the Join us now! at the top right of the RSI Imperium organization page
  3. Provide a link to your portal account in the application form, and then submit your application
  4. While waiting for approval, feel free to [join us] on our Discord, or read through our [wiki]

How to Appeal a ban: To appeal any form of Moderation, including bans, please use the Help Desk on our Discord.

Imperium Definition of Piracy

Imperium, as a Signatory of PACT, will follow the general definition of the term “Piracy” or “Pirate” as agreed to in the PACT Agreement. In the possible event of this definition being unworkable or inapplicable due to specific game mechanics it will be revised and/or removed as determined by Fleet Commander.

PACT (and therefore Imperium) has determined and will recognize the definition of piracy as referring to a person, persons, group, or organization that meet one or more of the following criteria unless otherwise accounted for:

1: Committing an unsolicited act of force, intimidation, theft, coercion, or extortion toward individuals, property, and other assets without relevant legitimate cause.

2: Actively declaring themselves to be an organization or individual in support of piracy, that engages in piracy, or engages in activities that are exclusively piratical in nature.

3: Actively declared by the UEE Advocacy or other governmental law enforcement agency to be guilty of engaging in piracy.

Expectation, Guidelines, and Best Practices for Arena Commander

Star Citizen presents a unique challenge from an organizational perspective due to members being able to play the game currently for both entertainment and testing purposes while the game is being built in parallel. With players having the ability to join both casual and hardcore organizations, situations will arise that can affect Imperium’s reputation and public perception based on how members conduct themselves within Arena Commander.

Member expectations: Members are to adhere to all aspects of the Code of Conduct while participating in Arena Commander.

  • To sum it up shortly, don’t be a dick or troll.
  • Remember that how you conduct yourself in the game, regardless of game mode, has a direct correlation with Imperium and its reputation.
  • Respect other players at all times

Guidelines for using XML editing: If using XML edits, please refrain from doing so on public servers. The reasons for this our twofold.

  • Your actions can affect players in ways such as REC earning or having a pleasant experience.
  • Example: A new player in an Aurora MR joins a public swarm match and is looking to earn REC for better weapons and possibly a new ship. Instead he is witness to a m50 with 3 Mantises stealing all the kills. The end result is a new player who spent 20+ minutes with little to show for it in terms of REC and a bad experience.
  • The topic of XML editing is polarizing as many do not agree as to whether it pertains to testing or cheating. Considering the latter, negativity can spread, regardless of your opinion on the subject, that could lead to negative reputations of the player and ultimately Imperium.
  • It is also ENCOURAGED that any members that choose to participate in XML editing report their findings to CIG. After all, we are helping CIG to build the game. If you have the capacity to XML edit, you also have the capacity to report your findings.

Best practices:

  • Free Flight, in its definition, is essentially a space playground for pilots to explore their ships, controls, test aspects of the game, and practice. Its purpose is NOT to load in with the current High DPS loadout and shoot everything within view.
  • Always assume that there could be possible streamers while playing. This is important to note as streamers have a wider reach in regards to audience. What they see, their viewers see.
  • General rule to follow in free flight is do not shoot first. It is a great way to practice our current Imperium rule set in regards to confrontation as well as eliminates the opposing player from having any sort of ground to accuse a player of “griefing”.
  • If there is a group of players on a landing pad, DO NOT KILL them unless they provoke you. They mind their business, while you mind yours.

Disciplinary Action

There are disciplinary actions that may take effect depending upon the severity of the offense. Infractions will be dealt with on a case to case basis and below are some examples of possible disciplinary actions.

Officers/Human Resources/Discord Moderators words are final. They may use any method of punishment/disciplinary actions they deem fit.

Rules, expectations, guidelines, and disciplinary actions can be changed, removed, or added at any time. These are simply an outline for how business is to be conducted at and within Imperium to ensure that the highest level of regard is maintained for our organization.