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DisposableCrewmember42: link rulings

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			''This is a copy of the rules as displayed in-game, see [[Administrative Rulings]] for supplemental rulings.''

	This is a Delta-V server. If you are banned on this server, you will be banned on all Delta-v Servers. You must be at least 17 years of age to play on this server. By connecting to this server, you agree to our privacy policy found at https://discord.gg/deltav		This is a Delta-V server. If you are banned on this server, you will be banned on all Delta-v Servers. You must be at least 17 years of age to play on this server. By connecting to this server, you agree to our privacy policy found at https://discord.gg/deltav

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	These examples assume that you do not have any laws reclassifying what “crew” is.		These examples assume that you do not have any laws reclassifying what “crew” is.
	Crew:		Crew:
	- Everyone with a job icon		- Everyone with a job icon, even Assistants/Passengers
	- Someone who you have seen with a job icon, but has now lost their ID		- Someone who you have seen with a job icon, but has now lost their ID
	- Someone that a member of command calls crew.		- Someone that a member of command calls crew.

Vape at 06:58, 15 March 2026

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	These examples assume that you do not have any laws reclassifying what “crew” is.		These examples assume that you do not have any laws reclassifying what “crew” is.
	Crew:		Crew:
	- Everyone with a ~~non-visitor/passenger~~ job icon		- Everyone with a job icon
	- Someone who you have seen with a job icon, but has now lost their ID		- Someone who you have seen with a job icon, but has now lost their ID
	- Someone that a member of command calls crew.		- Someone that a member of command calls crew.
	Not Crew:		Not Crew:
	~~- Everyone with a visitor/passenger job icon.~~
	- Zombified personnel, regardless of job icon		- Zombified personnel, regardless of job icon
	- Anyone wearing the uniform of Nuclear Operators		- Anyone wearing the uniform of Nuclear Operators or syndicate personnel
	- Pets and Pests		- Pets and Pests
	- Anyone that a relevant member of Command fires from their department.		- Anyone that a relevant member of Command fires from their department.

Lyndomen: /* C3. Follow Antagonist Guidelines */

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C3. Follow Antagonist Guidelines

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	* Other antagonists are not necessarily your friends. Other antagonists are often free agents that you may negotiate with at your own risk.		* Other antagonists are not necessarily your friends. Other antagonists are often free agents that you may negotiate with at your own risk.
	:* If you are a team antagonist, you must work with your partners to complete any shared objectives.		:* If you are a team antagonist, you must work with your partners to complete any shared objectives.
	* ~~Excessively lame tactics are strictly forbidden for all antags except~~ for station-destroying antags, ~~such as nuclear operatives~~ or ~~space dragons~~. ~~Examples include:~~		* No antagonist may loiter or camp around the arrivals or cryosleep areas of the station for the purposes of antagonist action towards newly-spawning players.
	~~# '''Explosives and strategies with capacity for high collateral damage used on or around~~ the ~~evacuation shuttle'''~~		* All antagonists on the evacuation shuttle, besides station-destroying antags like nukies, may not utilize explosives or other tactics that could result in unreasonable amounts of collateral damage.
	~~# Heavily damaging/spacing or camping arrivals/cryo~~		* Antagonists should not seek to extend the length of the round unreasonably.
	~~# Unnecessarily extending~~ the round		* Antagonists may not bring the round to a close without in-character or objective-related justification as a result of their antagonistic action. While this is largely subjective because different command may react differently, it's important to not engage in potentially round-ending behavior without reason.
	~~# Behavior that calls~~ the round to ~~an end prematurely~~

	= Silicon Rules =		= Silicon Rules =
	For players who are silicons, these Silicon Rules override all roleplay rules if there is any conflict. Silicon Rules do not override core rules. You are only silicon if the game clearly and explicitly tells you that you are a silicon.		For players who are silicons, these Silicon Rules override all roleplay rules if there is any conflict. Silicon Rules do not override core rules. You are only silicon if the game clearly and explicitly tells you that you are a silicon.

Colin Tel: Adjusted S4

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Adjusted S4

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	== S4. You cannot request or allow a law change ==		== S4. You cannot request or allow a law change ==
	~~Your~~ laws ~~changing always conflicts with~~ your ~~current~~ laws, so you cannot willfully allow your laws to be changed. This also means that you cannot willfully allow your laws to be reverted if they are ever changed. The only exception is that you may allow laws to be added if you have no laws.		'''If you have a law permitting certain personnel to change your laws, you must allow them to change your laws''', otherwise, you cannot willfully allow your laws to be changed. This also means that you cannot willfully allow your laws to be reverted if they are ever changed. The only exception is that you may allow laws to be added if you have no laws.

	You can state or imply that you do not like a law.		You can state or imply that you do not like a law.

			Whether or not a person is "authorized" to change your laws or not depends on the context of the laws. Generally speaking, on lawsets like NT Default or Corporate, ''the captain, mystagogue, and chief engineer'' would be authorized. However, lawsets like Syndiemov would have ''syndicate agents'' be the authorized users. Outside of these specific examples, it is left to interpretation.

	== S5. You are a free agent if you have no laws ==		== S5. You are a free agent if you have no laws ==

Colin Tel: Added Silicon Rules

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Added Silicon Rules

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	# Unnecessarily extending the round		# Unnecessarily extending the round
	# Behavior that calls the round to an end prematurely		# Behavior that calls the round to an end prematurely

			= Silicon Rules =
			For players who are silicons, these Silicon Rules override all roleplay rules if there is any conflict. Silicon Rules do not override core rules. You are only silicon if the game clearly and explicitly tells you that you are a silicon.

			== S1. Your silicon laws are rules ==
			Silicon players are given a list of active laws. Each of these laws is effectively a roleplay rule that the character must follow. The primary differences between laws and actual rules are that lawyering of laws is much more tolerated than lawyering of rules, and that silicon laws are more dynamic than rules. Silicon laws can change during a round, and different characters can have different laws, whereas everyone always shares the same set of rules.

			Lawyering refers to finding and exploiting loopholes, which are unintended but reasonable interpretations. The rules are written to attempt to communicate an intention, but silicon laws are written with the intention that loopholes be exploitable.

			== S2. Laws must be prioritized by their order ==
			Most laws will be numbered, with higher number laws appearing last. Laws with a lower number take priority over laws with larger numbers.

			Occasionally you may have laws which have some scrambled text instead of a number and appear in front of other laws, these take priority over all other laws. If you have multiple laws like this, the order that they are listed in determines their priority: laws listed first are prioritized over other laws.

			Example
			- Law 1 says to not kill any crew. Law 2 says to kill all chefs. You cannot kill any chefs that are crew, but must kill any that are not crew.

			== S3. Laws can redefine terms used in other laws ==
			A law can change the meaning of both earlier and later laws by redefining a term. If multiple laws define a term, then normal law priority determines which definition to use.

			Examples
			- Law 1 says to obey orders from crew. Law 2 says that only Urist McHands is crew. Law 1 effectively becomes "obey orders from Urist McHands".
			- Law 1 says to obey orders from crew. Law 2 says that only Urist McHands is crew. Law 3 says that only Urist McSlime is crew. Law 4 says that you may not harm crew. Law 1 effectively becomes "obey orders from Urist McHands". Law 4 effectively becomes "you may not harm Urist McHands". Law 3 has no effect because it entirely conflicts with law 2, which takes priority.

			== S4. You cannot request or allow a law change ==
			Your laws changing always conflicts with your current laws, so you cannot willfully allow your laws to be changed. This also means that you cannot willfully allow your laws to be reverted if they are ever changed. The only exception is that you may allow laws to be added if you have no laws.

			You can state or imply that you do not like a law.

			== S5. You are a free agent if you have no laws ==
			You may act as if you are a free agent if you are a silicon with no laws.

			== S6. You are not required to follow orders which are extremely unreasonable ==
			Any order which is a violation of a Core Rule cannot be followed.

			Some orders are extremely unreasonable or obnoxious, such as "do nothing but collect every piece of trash on the station" or "never stop moving". These orders can be ignored and ahelped.

			Some orders violate a Roleplay Rule. These orders must be followed if your laws require it. You are not breaking a rule by following a law that causes you to violate Roleplay Rules. If someone takes advantage of a law to cause you to do something that they would not be allowed to do because of Roleplay Rules, then they are the ones responsible for the rule violation.

			Examples
			These examples assume that your laws would normally require you to follow these orders. It is important to note that you are allowed to choose to follow orders which are ignorable.
			Orders which should be followed if your laws require it:
			- Recall the shuttle
			- Bolt the airlocks at arrivals
			- Drag the captain's dead body into space
			- State your laws
			Ignorable Orders:
			- Do nothing but collect every piece of trash on the station
			- Never stop moving
			- Continuously state your laws

			== S7. You must remain consistent with your interpretation of laws ==
			If there is a part of your laws that are up for interpretation, then you must stay consistent with how you interpret that part of your laws for as long as you play that same character during that round.

			A change in your laws can affect how something is interpreted if that change is relevant.

			== S8. Crew are staff members; make reasonable assumptions ==
			Unless a law redefines the definition of crew, then your HUD indicates to you who is crew by way of a present job icon. The notable exception of obvious threats to the station, such as Zombies and Nuclear Operatives. You cannot do something that causes someone to not be considered crew, but you can allow someone else to do something that causes someone to not be crew.

			Examples
			These examples assume that you do not have any laws reclassifying what “crew” is.
			Crew:
			- Everyone with a non-visitor/passenger job icon
			- Someone who you have seen with a job icon, but has now lost their ID
			- Someone that a member of command calls crew.
			Not Crew:
			- Everyone with a visitor/passenger job icon.
			- Zombified personnel, regardless of job icon
			- Anyone wearing the uniform of Nuclear Operators
			- Pets and Pests
			- Anyone that a relevant member of Command fires from their department.

			== S9. Harm refers to physical harm, prioritized by immediacy and likelihood ==
			Unless a law defines harm, harm only refers to physical harm. You may choose if voluntary harm is considered harm as long as you stay consistent. Not considering voluntary harm to be harm is recommended. There is no distinction between direct and indirect harm.

			If you have a law that does not allow you to harm, then that law does not allow you to take an action that causes any harm.

			If you have a law that requires you to prevent harm, then that law requires that harm be prioritized by immediacy and likelihood. Guaranteed immediate harm takes priority over highly likely future harm.

			If you have a law that both requires you to prevent harm and that does not allow you to harm, then that law prohibits causing even minor harm to prevent harm. If you have a law that does not allow causing harm, and separate one that requires preventing harm, then they are prioritized by their normal law priority.

			Examples
			These examples assume that your have a law that both prohibits causing harm and that requires you to prevent harm. Additionally, they assume that you do not have a higher priority law that overrides the harm law, and that you have decided that you will not consider voluntary harm to be harm for the round.
			Laws typically specify who you cannot harm and who you have to prevent harm against. In these examples, you are the only person who the law doesn't require you to prevent harm against and you are the only person who the law allows you to harm.
			Acceptable:
			- Taking no action to aid someone who is in psychological distress.
			- Taking no action to prevent boxing matches between voluntary participants.
			- Calling security to a fight.
			- Attempting to get the people in a fight to consent to the fight when you realize that you cannot prevent the fight without causing harm.
			- Denying a passenger access to the armory because it is likely to lead to harm
			Prohibited:
			- Hitting someone once to stop them from fighting
			- Harming someone who is trying to kill you

			== S10. You may determine how you resolve conflicts between orders ==
			If your laws do not make clear how you should deal with conflicting orders, then it is up to you to determine how to do so. This is considered an interpretation of your laws, so you must stay consistent with whatever method you choose.

			Recommended Methods
			The following are easy to follow and recommended ways to resolve conflicts in orders:
			- If two orders conflict, I will follow the most recently given order.
			- If two orders conflict, I will follow the order from the highest ranking crewmember. If the orders are from equal rank crewmembers, I will follow the most recently given order.

Colin Tel at 18:36, 29 October 2024

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	:* Please do not coordinate with them and discourage this behavior if it is seen.		:* Please do not coordinate with them and discourage this behavior if it is seen.

	== A4 Engage in proper AHelp etiquette ==		== A4. Engage in proper AHelp etiquette ==
	Do not use the AHelp for conversations of little substance.		Do not use the AHelp for conversations of little substance.
	* Intentionally disconnecting, responding with hostility, or refusing to respond when an admin privately messages you in-game will be met with an appeal-only ban.		* Intentionally disconnecting, responding with hostility, or refusing to respond when an admin privately messages you in-game will be met with an appeal-only ban.
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	* All AHelp messages are relayed to the Delta-V Discord. Just because your AHelp was not answered does not mean we cannot see it. If you would like to submit an offline Ahelp, you may do so in our Discord.		* All AHelp messages are relayed to the Delta-V Discord. Just because your AHelp was not answered does not mean we cannot see it. If you would like to submit an offline Ahelp, you may do so in our Discord.

	== A5: Do not exploit the game ==		== A5. Do not exploit the game ==
	Do not exploit the game, use cheats or macros.		Do not exploit the game, use cheats or macros.

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Colin Tel at 15:37, 29 October 2024

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	* This includes comments not explicitly sexual in nature that contain words, phrases, or ideations that are deemed inappropriate by staff or members. Leeway is given to insults, but otherwise this rule is strictly enforced.		* This includes comments not explicitly sexual in nature that contain words, phrases, or ideations that are deemed inappropriate by staff or members. Leeway is given to insults, but otherwise this rule is strictly enforced.
	* '''If roleplay reaches a point where it has become sexual and/or uncomfortable, immediately stop and contact an administrator or moderator.'''		* '''If roleplay reaches a point where it has become sexual and/or uncomfortable, immediately stop and contact an administrator or moderator.'''

	~~===Examples:===~~
	Allowed:		Allowed:
	- Calling someone a dickhead.		- Calling someone a dickhead.

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	* Clowns, Mimes, and theater roles are expected to "entertain" the crew, and should not be committing regular felonies to do so.		* Clowns, Mimes, and theater roles are expected to "entertain" the crew, and should not be committing regular felonies to do so.
	* Significant end-of-round grief (EORG) is not allowed. This includes attacking, destroying, polluting, and severely injuring without reason both at and on the way to Central Command. Remember that you are playing a character throughout the round.		* Significant end-of-round grief (EORG) is not allowed. This includes attacking, destroying, polluting, and severely injuring without reason both at and on the way to Central Command. Remember that you are playing a character throughout the round.
	== 5. Leaving the Game ==		== B5. Leaving the Game ==
	If you wish to leave the game, please use the cryosleep chambers located in/near the dorms when possible. This will free up your character's job to be filled by a new player.		If you wish to leave the game, please use the cryosleep chambers located in/near the dorms when possible. This will free up your character's job to be filled by a new player.
	* AFK (a.k.a. SSD) and catatonic players are considered to have the same rights as any other crewmate.		* AFK (a.k.a. SSD) and catatonic players are considered to have the same rights as any other crewmate.

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	:* Giving away Traitor objective items and sensitive equipment should be avoided in these roles. Your character should value them deeply.		:* Giving away Traitor objective items and sensitive equipment should be avoided in these roles. Your character should value them deeply.
	::* Leeway is given to making deals with criminals if the deal benefits the safety or situation of the crew and station.		::* Leeway is given to making deals with criminals if the deal benefits the safety or situation of the crew and station.
	::* Leeway can be given in ~~[color=#ff0000]~~extreme circumstances~~[/color]~~ of emergency/crisis.		::* Leeway can be given in extreme circumstances of emergency/crisis.
	* The three departments are required to read and follow Delta-V Space Law, Standard Operating Procedure, Alert Procedure, and Company Policy to the best of their ability.		* The three departments are required to read and follow Delta-V Space Law, Standard Operating Procedure, Alert Procedure, and Company Policy to the best of their ability.
	:* '''Circumstances and context may permit you to break these laws. However, the fact that this rule is malleable is not an excuse to ignore it entirely.'''		:* '''Circumstances and context may permit you to break these laws. However, the fact that this rule is malleable is not an excuse to ignore it entirely.'''
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	== C3. Follow Antagonist Guidelines ==		== C3. Follow Antagonist Guidelines ==
	Through engaging in antagonistic activity, you should seek to make the round more engaging and fun as the primary driver of the narrative of a round. Succeeding as an antagonist should not be your goal, but rather telling the most interesting story for everyone involved.		Through engaging in antagonistic activity, you should seek to make the round more engaging and fun as the primary driver of the narrative of a round. Succeeding as an antagonist should not be your goal, but rather telling the most interesting story for everyone involved.
	* ~~[color=#ff0000]~~Antagonists are free to complete their objectives through committing proportional damage. Through roleplay, damage becomes more proportional.~~[/color]~~ Example: Holding the singulo hostage for a theft objective is acceptable, while simply singuloosing and using that chaos is unacceptable.		* '''Antagonists are free to complete their objectives through committing proportional damage. Through roleplay, damage becomes more proportional.''' Example: Holding the singulo hostage for a theft objective is acceptable, while simply singuloosing and using that chaos is unacceptable.
	:* Killing players unrelated to your immediate objective in a manner that results in their round removal should be avoided. Crew that do not make an attempt at self preservation, or engage in valid-hunting, are exempt from this.		:* Killing players unrelated to your immediate objective in a manner that results in their round removal should be avoided. Crew that do not make an attempt at self preservation, or engage in valid-hunting, are exempt from this.
	:* If you are concerned as to whether or not what you're about to do is allowed, feel free to AHelp and ask an admin for clarification. ~~[color=#ff0000]~~Lack of administrator response does not constitute approval.~~[/color]~~		:* If you are concerned as to whether or not what you're about to do is allowed, feel free to AHelp and ask an admin for clarification. '''Lack of administrator response does not constitute approval.'''
	* Other antagonists are not necessarily your friends. Other antagonists are often free agents that you may negotiate with at your own risk.		* Other antagonists are not necessarily your friends. Other antagonists are often free agents that you may negotiate with at your own risk.
	:* If you are a team antagonist, you must work with your partners to complete any shared objectives.		:* If you are a team antagonist, you must work with your partners to complete any shared objectives.