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== Concerning antagonists ==

=== General ===
* The positronic brain of a Borg <span style="color:green">may be</span> shut off and disposed of by an antagonist if it witnessed a crime. {{AnchorLink|antag-posi-shutoff}}
** We strongly suggest you turn the brain back on afterwards, so the Borg player can continue playing their role. However, not doing so is not a rule-break per se.
** This ruling was put in place because there is no functioning Borg death system.

=== Antagonistic Ghost Roles ===
* Playing Xeno, Rat King, Entropic Colossus and similar ghost roles as non-hostile is <span style="color:red">not allowed</span>. {{AnchorLink|antag-ghostroles-friendly}}
** <span style="color:green">You may</span> feign friendliness towards crew to mislead and trap them or otherwise aid you in your objectives.

=== Cosmic Cultists ===
* Cultists <span style="color:red">may not</span> place the monument off-station. It must be placed on the station's grid. {{AnchorLink|cosmic-monument-placement}}

=== Revenants ===

* Revenants <span style="color:red">may not</span> spill jugs, drag people or interact with the round in other unintended ways <span style="background-color:yellow;color:black;">while they are invisible</span>. {{AnchorLink|revenant-spill-drag-invis}}
** '''The Revenant being able to melee people while invisible is <span style="color:green">intended</span>.'''
** ''Rule of thumb:'' If you can do something as an invisible, invincible ghost to affect other players and it's not specifically advertised as a power of the Revenant, you probably shouldn't be doing it. Counterplay to your antagonistic actions should be possible.
** This is considered excessively lame and borderline bug-abuse.

=== Space Ninjas ===
* Ninjas <span style="color:green">may be</span> treated as crit-to-detain or KOS, even if they have not taken antagonistic action yet. {{AnchorLink|ninjas-kos}}
** You should still respect their attempts at roleplay.

=== Nuclear Operatives ===
* Nukies <span style="color:green">may</span> round-remove crew for any reason. They are not tied to round-removal rules. {{AnchorLink|nukies-rr-crew}}
** You should still be focused on blowing up the station as a Nukie:
*** <span style="color:green">Do</span> feel free to round-remove crew you come across while completing your objective.
*** <span style="color:red">Don't</span> roam the station focused solely on finding and round-removing as many people as you can.

=== Traitors ===
* Crew, including Security, <span style="color:green">may</span> capture and compromise syndicate comms with proper permits. {{AnchorLink|traitors-comms-compromise}}
* Crew <span style="color:red">may not</span> test for disguised items, '''even after discovering an open uplink'''. {{AnchorLink|traitors-disguised-items-uplink}}
** This means you should never assume toys or other disguised items are illegal gear just because you know such items exist. There has to have been a strong indication that the item is not what it seems, such as seeing it in use or seeing a situation that cannot be explained in any other way, for you to confiscate it.
** As is explicitly stated in the [[Metashield]]: ''Stealth items should not be "tested" for their functionality, but items that are clearly producing some sort of stealth effect can be confiscated.''
* Traitors <span style="color:red">may not</span> assist Nuclear Operatives, including Lone Operatives, unless they have the "Die a glorious death" objective. {{AnchorLink|traitors-no-elp-nukie}}

=== Zombies ===

* Zombies <span style="color:red">may not</span> attack borgs unless they were provoked. {{AnchorLink|zombies-borg-attack}}
** They do not inherently view them as food.
** If provoked, <span style="color:green">they may</span> continue attacking the borg until their chassis is destroyed.
* Zombies <span style="color:red">may not</span> attack or destroy structures unless they know there is food (living beings) behind them. {{AnchorLink|zombies-structure-damage}}
* Zombies <span style="color:red">may not</span> be non-hostile. {{AnchorLink|zombies-always-hostile}}
* Zombies <span style="color:red">may not</span> hide in disposal chutes or flush them. {{AnchorLink|zombies-chutes}}

== Concerning other roles ==

=== Prisoner ===

* Prisoners <span style="color:red">may not</span> seek to escape Perma without reason, but <span style="color:green">they may</span> escape opportunistically if presented with a significant opportunity. {{AnchorLink|prisoner-escape-opportunity}}
** This means you should not run out of the perma airlock every time it is opened, but you could escape if, for example, a Traitor blew a hole into wall to facilitate your escape.
** Your character does not have to like being in perma. They can absolutely want to be free, but keep in mind Prisoner is not an antagonistic role.

== Concerning mechanics ==
=== General ===
* Felinids and other species that can enter duffel bags <span style="color:red">may not</span> abuse this mechanic to avoid being damaged.   {{AnchorLink|felinid-bag-cheese}}
** This means: They may hide in them if they are still "undetected", but they should not enter a bag during combat or while being pursued in order to make being damaged impossible.

=== Borging ===
* Any laws you receive after being borged supersede your antag objectives. {{AnchorLink|borging-objectives}}
** This means: A borged nukie in a Crewsimov chassis <span style="color:red">may not</span> attack people.

=== Engineering ===
* GarTEGs and other constructions that abuse game implementation details to produce something in vast quantities are <span style="color:red">not allowed</span>. {{AnchorLink|garteg}}
** They make little sense ICly, look and feel unsafe and are generally too "game-y".
** ''Rule of thumb:'' The things you construct should make sense and not recklessly expose other crew to danger from an IC perspective.

== Concerning specific rules ==

=== [[Server Rules#S4. You cannot request or allow a law change|S4 - You cannot request or allow a law change]] ===

* Borgs <span style="color:red">may not</span> directly request for the station AI to override their laws. {{AnchorLink|s4-borg-ai-request}}
** They <span style="color:green">may</span> work around this by, for example, mentioning to the AI that a specific law is preventing them from accomplishing a specific task.

=== [[Metashield|B2 - Metashield]] ===
* The "Current gamemode, and any antagonists that could exist as a result" shield <span style="color:red">prohibits</span> attempts at guessing the gamemode based on otherwise innocuous character behavior. {{AnchorLink|metashield-no-guessing}}
** This means: If someone orders monkey cubes and Zombies have not been called out yet, you should not assume they are an Initial Infected. Your character should not anticipate an attack like this without a sound current-round reason.