server rules

1. how the rules work

AUREK is an Imperial Star Wars RP server. You play Imperial personnel — stormtroopers, shock troopers, naval crew, Inquisitors and agents of the Empire — aboard an Imperial vessel and on deployment. Two kinds of rules apply:

• Out-of-character (OOC) rules protect real people and the server. Breaking them leads to warnings, kicks or bans handled by staff.
• In-character (IC) rules are the Empire's own regulations. Breaking them is handled in roleplay — usually an arrest by the shock troopers — and is often part of the fun. Deliberately farming IC punishments to waste people's time crosses back into OOC territory.

If a staff member tells you to stop doing something, stop first and ask questions afterwards. If you think a decision was wrong, raise a ticket in Discord rather than arguing in the middle of a scene.

2. general conduct (OOC)

• No RDM — do not kill or damage players without a legitimate roleplay reason.
• No harassment, discrimination, sexism, racism, homophobia, hate speech or slurs. Zero tolerance, in any chat, on any character.
• No minging: joining to troll, disrupt scenes, mic-spam or annoy people is not roleplay.
• No exploiting bugs, glitches, map holes or unintended mechanics for advantage. Report them instead.
• No advertising other communities or recruiting AUREK players elsewhere.
• No ERP or sexually explicit content of any kind.
• No punishment evasion — evading a ban, arrest-dodging by disconnecting or switching characters to escape consequences will extend the punishment.
• Usernames and character names must be readable and appropriate. Staff may require a rename.
• No trading in-game items, ranks, whitelists or currency for real money outside the official store.
• Respect staff decisions during a sit. Appeals belong in Discord tickets, not in OOC chat.

3. roleplay standards

• No FailRP. Act like the character you are playing would act. A stormtrooper does not backflip through the mess hall screaming memes.
• No powergaming. Do not declare unilateral success over another player ("/me disarms you"). Give people a chance to respond.
• No metagaming. Information your character did not learn in roleplay (Discord, OOC chat, spectating) cannot be used in roleplay.
• Stay in character during active scenes and events. Use OOC chat for out-of-character matters, and keep it brief.
• New Life Rule. When your character dies in roleplay, you forget the events leading to that death and may not return to the same scene for its duration unless a gamemaster says otherwise.
• Value your life. Characters under threat behave like people under threat — surrender, comply or retreat when the odds are hopeless.

4. character rules (IC — breaking these gets you arrested)

• Do not attack Imperial personnel except in legitimate self-defence while actively being harmed.
• Obey the chain of command: your regiment's officers, the Imperial Navy and members of the Inquisitorius.
• Do not enter another regiment's bunks or restricted areas without authorisation.
• Weapons stay holstered unless you intend to use them. Drawing on a whim is a regulation breach.
• One officer role per person per regiment. Rare exceptions require high command approval.
• Do not tamper with ship systems, alarms or terminals you are not assigned to.
• No jumping from designated high areas of the ship "to see what happens."
• Behave during briefings and debriefs — disruption there is a severity-4 offence (see arrests below).
• Inciting or joining an uprising, mutiny or defection requires an approved event and gamemaster oversight — never do it off your own back.

5. regiments & troopers

• Joining a regiment (shock, infantry, specialist units) is encouraged but never mandatory — you can play as a standard stormtrooper for as long as you like.
• Each regiment may field at most three executive officers: two for the main unit and one for its sub-unit.
• Regiment officers run their own tryouts, trainings and internal structure within these rules.
• Switching regiments repeatedly to chase promotions ("regiment hopping") may be restricted by staff.

6. imperial navy

• The Navy — and those the Navy designates — command everyone on the ship during events.
• The Navy hosts briefings and debriefings and manages ship-wide alert states.
• The Navy may grant temporary access to restricted areas, with a shock trooper escort.
• During planetary operations the Navy coordinates with regiment officers on the ground.

7. the inquisitorius (whitelisted)

• Force abilities are restricted while the ship is at alert level 5 (calm) — training in designated areas excepted.
• Only Inquisitors formally linked to a regiment, or the Grand Inquisitor, may issue orders to troopers. Otherwise, requests go through the Navy or regiment officers.
• Inquisitors fight with their sabers and the Force — no grenades, no stimulants, no looted blasters.
• A lightsaber is never ignited without purpose. Casual ignition in halls or briefings is a regulation breach.
• At most one Grand Inquisitor and a limited senior circle exist at any time; seniority within the Inquisitorius is managed by its own hierarchy with staff oversight.
• Hunting "Jedi" or Force-sensitives is event content — coordinate with a gamemaster, never freelance it.

8. ISB & imperial officials

• ISB agents and visiting Imperial officials may access restricted areas in the course of their duties.
• They do not command troopers directly and troopers do not command them; taskings go through the Navy.
• Officials are not above the law — they remain subject to arrest for regulation breaches, and may authorise the release of detainees within reasonable limits.

9. shock troopers & arrests

• Shock troopers are the ship's military police. They may arrest any personnel breaking IC regulations, and must state the specific reason for the arrest.
• A verbal warning comes first — except for severity-4 and above offences (assaulting personnel, restricted-area intrusion, jumping from designated areas, debrief disruption), which are arrest-on-sight.
• Regiment officers may bail their own arrested members, at the shock troopers' reasonable discretion and with the detainee's sentence recorded.
• Abusing arrest powers — arrests without reason, ignoring bail rules, targeting a player OOC — is an OOC offence handled by staff.

10. event characters (whitelisted)

• Playing an event character requires gamemaster permission, every time.
• Event characters exist for the event: they stay off the ship except while their event is active.
• While playing one, the gamemaster's directives override everything except the OOC rules.

11. events

• Event participation is optional and can never be forced — but if you join, follow the gamemaster.
• Gamemasters have full authority over the flow of their event, including temporary local rules they announce.
• Deliberately derailing an event is a fast route to removal from it, and repeat offences to a ban.
• Something felt off about an event? Use the event feedback form — it goes straight to the owners.

12. claimable rooms & simulations

• NCOs and above may claim a training room — one claim per regiment at a time.
• Simulations must give a one-minute evacuation notice before starting and may not be used to target specific individuals.
• Running simulations to farm credits, XP or any profit is prohibited.
• Trainings happen in appropriate, unclaimed areas; tryouts use designated rooms or the regiment's own bunks.

13. debrief

Debrief after major events follows a formal structure, and everyone attending is expected to keep immersion:

• Opening — fall in, salute, be seated on command.
• Navy & officer remarks — recognition and operational notes.
• Promotions — earned ranks are awarded in front of the ship.
• Closing remarks — final orders and dismissal.
• Gamemaster feedback — a short OOC word on the event; give yours through the feedback form.

14. glossary

Questions about a rule? Ask in the official Discord — a quick question beats a sit every time.