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Roleplay, OOC, and IC

What is roleplay or rp?
RP is when people set aside their normal life and take on the role of their character.
Roleplay is enforced on Cosmic Rage in the following circumstances:
1. In all public places you will roleplay.
A public place is defined as any planet, space station, and non-private factory that is accessible to most of the player base without any special permitions such as door keys, biometric scanners, security droids, or passcoders. Ships and vehicles are private property though they become public as soon as they are used for an in character roleplay situation such as a mission or invasion with other players.
2. In all rp events you will rp at all times.
The only time you do not have to roleplay is if you are in private with friends who agree with you and that is it.
Punishment for breaking roleplay may very depending on the situation in which it occurs and is to be determined by the host in charge.
RP is not an opportunity for you to bring out of game problems in game. Leave the grudge matches out of Cosmic Rage.


Additional notes:
1. You must not roleplay two characters the same way. For example, if you choose to rp a nightmare character as a criminal and he dies, your next character must not be a criminal.
2. If performing acts considered strange, you should seek host approval first. An example of this would be, if your character is from a lost world, or was born in space and has not gone to the Academy, always get a profile approved first before doing these lines of roleplay, just in case!
3. You must not ask someone to introduce themselves, through the intro command, on any out of character channel. Doing so will result in you being made such that your character knows nobody, and is recognised by nobody.

What is in character and what is out of character?
To put it simply, in character is roleplay. Anything that happens on the in character channel such as, chat, general, intel, missions, or anything that takes place on planets, space stations, celestial bodies, through the say command or through emoting is considered as in character.
The rooc, music, rp, ooc, newbie, socials and soundpacks channels are all considered ooc.

How to handle IC or OOC breakages.
1. Ignore it. More often than not, a host has seen it and is dealing with it back stage.
2. Report it, if in doubt, report is your friend.
If someone is talking IC on an OOC channel other than newbie, it is best to just gently nudge them or report it straight away.
For things of an IC matter, such as where can I find x, or who sells x, if asked on an OOC channel, the hosts will take firm action against the offender. Newbie is the one exception to this rule.
nothing annoys a new player more than being told, ask Ic, ask Ic, ask Ic all the time and thus we will not tolerate it on cosmic Rage.
If an IC question, such as, where do I find x, is asked on the Newbie channel, you should:
1. Answer the question in a polite and well-structured manner.
2. Give detailed and understandable explanations.
3. Advise the newbie on how the question could have been asked on an IC channel.
Example:
Newbie, "How do I find the hunting store?"
Helper, "You may find a hunting store on several planets like Navu as an example, though you may ask this sort of question on chat or through roleplay as well."
If, and only if, the newbie continues to be blatently ooc, then you should report them to the hosts for further investigation.
We will not tolerate rudeness or people being impolite to our newbies, and the phrase "Ask IC" should not be transmitted on the newbie channel when not accompanied by a good constructive answer. If you can't be polite, turn the channel off, simple as that.
For reference, the following additional actions are not allowed:
1. In-depth out of character planning on roleplay. Using out of character methods to plan or otherwise further roleplay is prohibitted. This includes making jokes that are related to things taking place on IC channels, asking someone for something before you roleplay it out, or using the out of character channels to add additional context.
2. Using room OOC to express what your character is thinking.
Cosmic Rage's staff will take firm and swift action to minimise all actions that would otherwise cause the integrity of roleplay to be broken and strive to make the game a very enjoyable world to submerge yourself into.
3. Refer to technology regressions: this is where, often for game balance, a system is changed and becomes less dominating, for instance, a missile that previously struck accurately now only strikes once in every two shots. These changes are OOC and made for game balance. From an IC perspective, they were always like this.
As a rough guide, if a change is mentioned either IC by a host character, or is noted in the news in some way, then you can refer to it. Otherwise, assume it is OOC unless otherwise stated!
4. Use IC facilities to bash the hosts. If you have a problem you are welcome to bring it to us through any of the many feedback options we have. "But It's IC!" will not be accepted as an excuse for host bashing.
5. Avoid We are the only pilots. This is a situation where the wider perspective is lost because you didn't immediately see it. Much as we would love to, it is impossible to create a game that contains every single dynamic from the real world so you have to infer certain things. We'll do our best to help you, but for example: Assuming players are the only pilots in the entire galaxy is an example of the "we're alone" idea that we'd like to try and avoid. Piloting in 2494 is a bit like being one of a lorry driver, aircraft pilot or train driver in our modern day.
6. Don't force people into situations they are not happy with. Avoid force RP at all costs. We are the directors of our own films. Your emotes and actions on the game, through both IC and OOC means should not dictate the way another player acts, reacts or reroles a scene in any way.
Notes on punishment:
As roleplay breaches can sometimes be minor, the hosts have taken the added step of enforcing the following punishment system for IC to OOC and OOC to IC problems:
1. First breach: An informal warning.
2. A ban of up to half an hour from the appropriate medium (either IC or OOC channels, depending on the situation.)
3. A ban of up to an hour from the appropriate medium (either IC or OOC channels, depending on the situation.)
4. A ban of up to 24 hours from the appropriate medium (either IC or OOC channels, depending on the situation.)
5. At this stage, punishments from the bans and punishments policy will be brought into effect.
Consent During Roleplay:
Cosmic Rage has a strict consent system in place for explicit roleplay, which involves content unsuitable for individuals under 18. To create a safe roleplay environment, we require players to indicate their consent using the `@consent` command before engaging in explicit roleplay. This ensures all participants are of age and agreeable to the content.
If any participant in the room is too young or does not consent, the explicit roleplay must either stop immediately or be moved to a private location that does not include the people who did not consent. Failure to use the `@consent` command will result in the roleplay being deemed non-consensual.
Non-consensual roleplay or involving individuals unable or unwilling to consent will be considered harassment and will be treated with the utmost severity.
Considerations:
When you plan out your story for your character it is important to take the following considerations into account:
1. Your character would not realistically get to the point where they would be visible on the game if they were mentally or physically unable to meet a rigorous testing of both a psychological soundness and physical aptitude. Meaning, it is unlikely for your character to be such things as constantly depressed, suicidal, clinnically insane or have murderous or terrorism urges.
We do not enforce this rule to curb interesting stories, but instead for the health of the community as such story arks are often triggering to people off game and are rarely enjoyable for most people to actually roleplay out.
2: During the course of being a pilot, your character suddenly developing a mental illness, having suicidal leanings, constant medical emergencies, becoming clinnically insane or somehow unable to undertake piloting tasks would result in the character losing their piloting license, potentially perminently.
Again, this move is made not to discourage interesting storylines, or to quash reactional roleplay, but simply to lay it out that certain tropes will just not be tollerated due to their affect they have on people who are here, ultimately, to have fun and escape life for a while.
3: Be ready to develop, your character may start out with a certain idea or a certain political leaning, for example, they don't have to stay that way forever. The entire point of a roleplay interaction, and indeed a roleplay game, is for there to be development and story progression. We are all here to unfold a tapestry of different chapters in a huge book, that can only happen if you are open to growth and change.
4: Be ready to share. We're not saying you always have to be the outgoing, hanging around a hundred people type, but an intraverted, socially shy, hangs around with two people only in a private residents will cause you to become isolated and you won't enjoy the game, let alone have people enjoy your company. When planning your character, consider one or two ways that you can get them known and talking either in person, over a channel, or in an organisation.
5: the world is much bigger than just the stuff you see. The organisations are huge and not just limited to the small branches pilots see. Your character likely hales from a part of their planet or station that players don't see, and that is okay! Likewise though, just because all members of the military are not online, doesn't suddenly mean that there is no security in the galaxy.
Above all, remember that cosmic Rage is a game but also a community, a place for people to thrive and most importantly, imagine. Don't roleplay something more than once and give people hooks. Be open to being interesting and have a care for the people behind the keyboards. Consider the impact that your roleplay with have both in the in character world, the story being told, and the out of character world.
It is important to us to shine a light on many questions that can be asked about a society, but to do so must be measured and above all, done to advance, not to sensationalise.
Out of game relationships v.s. in character relationships:
It is understandable to us that if you are together with someone out of character it is only natural for you to want to be with them in character, as well. this can create some problems and questions that you may wonder about and for us we want to make sure we can support you in being comfortable in your roleplay.
To that end we have created these few additional rules that are intended to advise and also to ensure that you and your partner stay safe within our other policies on alternate characters.
1. One alt per relationship: Meaning if your partner creates an alt and you want to be in a relationship with them on that character, you yourself should create an alt as well.
2. In the cases where rule 1 is not feasible or one player does not wish to create more alts, we ask that:
2.1: Each alt has their own residents: So if player 1 has two characters, both dating player 2, then player 2 should visit each of player 1's alts in their own dwellings. Player1's alts should never be in player 2's dwellings. This is to ensure that both alts never cross paths, items are not accidentally swapped between them and so that you as the player have a separation between the two personalities.
2.2: Alts should never refer to each other. The rules above still stand in that, yes, you can acknowledge the relationship is not monogamous, but no that does not mean it is okay to know the ins and outs of your alts goings on, nor where they just were or where they are going to be.
2.3: both players make an effort to interact with the rest of the game. The hosts are very accommodating and want to make everyone very comfortable. But Cosmic Rage is a community, and the only way that the community thrives is when you contribute to it. So get out there and talk to others, invite them round for parties and have fun, don't just shut yourself away in the little bubble of alts.

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