USS Charleston NCC-70570
OBSIDIAN FLEET GENERAL ORDERS Back
1. Upon joining Obsidian Fleet (and for subsequent character creations) you must create an original character with full bio. You should not copy a canon Star Trek character i.e. Picard, Kirk etc. Your Commanding Officer or the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) will determine the final acceptance of your character information.
2. Persons with no previous simming experience will be required to sit and pass the Cadet Academy - during which time they shall hold the rank of Cadet. Upon graduation, promotion is automatic to the rank of Ensign.
3. You will normally be required to post once every fortnight (2 weeks). If you fail do so, you will be given one week’s “grace” to post and thereafter you will be removed from the sim. COs may demand different posting requirements than under this General Order and they will inform you of those and you must abide by them.
4. If you are unable to post for a time, then you may ask for a Leave of Absence (LOA) from your CO, stating when you expect to return. COs should not refuse a request for LOA. Similarly, personnel should not abuse the LOA system.
5. It is for your Commanding Officer to determine promotions/demotions and appointments at their discretion. Promotions are based largely on posting quality and quantity and any other help given with the sim. There are limits on what ranks may hold what positions but allowances can usually be made in certain circumstances.
6. It is the COs sole right to start or end a mission. You should not interfere substantially with the storyline such as finishing the mission early. Please speak to your CO if you wish to substantially change the plot.
7. Obsidian Fleet operates in a PG-13 environment and as such you should refrain from swearing, obscene language etc. This includes descriptions of sexual acts. Out of Character communications to do with Obsidian Fleet are also covered by this rule (see JAG Case No. 9JAG010004).
8. Please keep your posts realistic. There are no such things as nebula-sized quintuple-nacelled Galaxy Classes. If you have 2% structural integrity remaining, you are likely to retreat and repair rather than perform an attack on the Borg home world.
9. You only have 5 posting characters within the whole of Obsidian Fleet. Of these, only one may be a Commanding Officer. You may only have one character per unit. At least character must be posting.
10. In addition to the 5 characters in General Order 9, you may have an additional 2 non-posting characters (i.e. Fleet Staff personnel). No character may occupy more than one position (i.e. your character cannot be a Task Force Commanding Officer and the CO of a ship). You may not hold a position for more than 6 months if your rank is greater or less than what is needed for the position. Persons who do not satisfy this requirement at the time of the adoption of this General Order may keep their current character-position relationship, however they are ineligible for further promotion until this General Order is satisfied.
11. All Fleet Staff Members have 1 vote. If they feel they have a conflict of interest in a matter they should declare it to the Staff and the Joint Fleet Command (JFC) shall decide if they may vote or discuss the matter. The JFC shall decide the procedures and rules for the Fleet Staff.
12. Should any Fleet Member have a complaint against a Staff Member they should refer it to a Staff Member of higher rank or take action through the Office of the Judge Advocate General (JAG).
13. Obsidian Fleet reserves the absolute right to request and require the removal of any player who is deemed to constitute a risk to the safe gaming environment. A player will be deemed to constitute such a risk by the collective agreement of the Triad, the Judge Advocate General and Deputy Judge Advocate General of Obsidian Fleet.
14. If a Commanding Officer resigns his/her position as Commanding Officer of a sim, he/she will be unable to command a sim in Obsidian Fleet for a period of ninety (90) days, effective from the date of the resignation. The Commanding Officer has a period of seven (7) days,effective from the date of resignation, to withdraw their resignation, and regain their command. After that date, if there is a substantial reason for shortening or suspending this rule, they may submit a written request to their Task Force Commanding Officer, the Fleet Chief of Operations, and the Joint Fleet Command asking for shortening or suspending this rule.
