Bribe, threaten, or intimidate any member of the combine Out of
Character for any purpose or reason.
Sell, trade or give away classified information gained by you on a
previous character.
Share personal, out of character information concerning another player
without that player's permission.
Impersonate a member of the Combine for any reason. This means you
may not pretend to be another member over any communication mediums
such as e-mail, IRC, message boards, MSN, etc.
Directly access the private accounts of other members on group or
faction websites (including message boards, wiki projects, databases,
etc.) for the intent of gathering information, even if granted
permission by that member.
Intercept the private communications of other members such as
e-mail, IRC, MSN, private messages on forums, etc.
Join a private protected IRC channel for the sole purpose of
getting a faction's member count and member names, or retrieve a
channel's access list for the same purpose.
Hack or exploit software weaknesses in web pages, chat rooms, or
any other areas of a group or faction.
Note: This includes misconfiguration when a clear
effort was made to secure the web site (such as being private but
accidentally left open to search crawlers).
Obtain files from any storage medium of another player or faction
through the use of hacking, worms, trojans or other software
infiltration methods.
Manipulate the game engine in order to hide or change your current
in-game status. For example, you may not use a Star Destroyer custom
picture on a Y-Wing or use an avatar picture showing you are under
arrest if you are not.
Important
Anyone breaking these rules, or encouraging/ordering
someone to break these rules, will be punished. Punishments vary
from CPs or asset losses to definitive banishment from
the game.
Have members working within or without your group whose task is to
infiltrate/spy on other groups or factions.
Have members working within or without your group whose task is to
uncover spies from other groups or factions.
Access all publicly accessible areas of group or faction (websites,
message boards, IRC channels etc.) to gather information.
Defect to another group, then reveal to your new group information
you know about your old group. However, be aware that people do not
like traitors, and defectors are frequently mistrusted in their new
group.
Trade or sell information that you have gathered within the
confines of the spying rules to another member, group or faction.
You may agree to a deal with another member and receive their side
of the payment but not contribute your own. For example, you may
advertise to sell a ship you do not have and take payment for it, but
provide no ship in return. Be aware that people who do this will
quickly become noted as scammers within the trading community.
Place members within or in the vicinity of a target to gain
information about it and its surrounds prior to a military strike.
Spread either true or false information about any member, group, or
faction (including yourself) for any reason. For example, propaganda
turning a military defeat into a victory, or lying about the actions of
another member..
Important
These rules will be updated as more parts of the
Combine become available. Until then, respect them. Internal
organization and structure are the only secrets the group can defend for
now.
Remember that
traitors are rarely appreciated and never forgotten
