Quote:1.1 - Discovery is an English-language roleplaying server. ... Metagaming and powergaming are strictly forbidden.
2.0 - Every ship must have one ID equipped, and play in a way that represents the role of that ID. Your ID explains what you can do and where. Some IDs have a 'Zone of Influence' (ZOI) where extra actions are permitted. All IDs have a ZOI in systems containing an NPC station of the same affiliation.
2.3 - All IDs can... Demand Cerulite Crystals, Chirodebris, Cryo-Organisms, and Organic Capacitors from non-Allies.
Consequences:
Both of you are long-standing members of the community, and one of you an active member of the staff (development) team. So I'll preface this with the obvious statement - you should both know better.
@Kauket, you attacked a fellow Technocracy ship with no in-roleplay justification beyond being suspicious, which you only were because of metagamed or otherwise OORP knowledge you had about the player behind the character. Without judicious roleplay justification such an act is blatantly against the rules, specifically 2.0 and 2.3. Of course, you did this because you believed the person was actually supplying a base hostile to Technocracy with Uncharted materials, and was using a Technocracy alt to slip past your embargo.
Which is exactly what you were doing, @Hopewell. You created a Technocracy character with the explicit purpose of smuggling out Uncharted materials to your POBs (or for other purposes). You did this because you knew that @Kauket and Auxesia as a whole were keeping a tight rein on Earhart activities at the time, and you would likely be pirated by any ship that wasn't explicitly allied to the Technocracy / Auxesia.
As such, you'll both be taking a month off of the server.
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