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Communication: Spying and Sabotage
Note

Remember that traitors are rarely appreciated and never forgotten.

  • Bribe, threaten, or intimidate, or otherwise harass any member of the Combine Out of Character for any purpose or reason.
  • Reveal or share classified information gained by you on a previous character.
  • Collect or share out of character personal information that the subject does not consent to having shared about them. For example, you may not collect real names, addresses, photos, or hardware footprints of players for counterintelligence purposes.
    • Note: You may store IP addresses of accounts that access your website, forums etc., so long as the information is not being used for malicious purposes of any kind.
  • Impersonate a Combine member for any reason on any medium, including Discord, faction forums, and social media.
  • Access the private accounts of another Combine member on group or faction websites (including message boards, wiki projects, databases, etc.) even if granted permission by that member, or access private spaces to which you are not intended to have access.
  • Engage in a malicious cyberattack against a Combine member or faction, including distribution of trojans or viruses, exploitation of weaknesses in faction websites, and any form of hacking, automation or scripting.
    • 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).
  • Use access to character or faction information obtained via Web Services for a purpose which is not clearly and visibly disclosed to the user.
  • Change the disclosed purpose of Web Services after a user has granted permissions.
    • Note: You may change the disclosed purpose if you immediately revoke all permissions, delete any and all saved or archived information accessed under any prior disclosed purpose, and require each user to re-grant permissions with the updated purpose clearly and visibly disclosed to the user.
    • Note: Web Services and the API are designed for helpful capability expansions or improvements for third-party sites and faction management. The information gained via the API may not be used to negatively affect a faction or player, or to grant privileges that you would not otherwise have if you were not using the API.
  • 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 misleading others into believing you are under arrest if you are not.
  • Act against specific factions or characters because of hostility or grudges held by your previous character(s).
  • Repeatedly attack and stun a player with the sole intent of trapping them at their current location and/or prevent them from performing any actions, or take similar griefing actions (Also known as "Stunlocking").
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.

  • Access all publicly accessible areas of group or faction (websites, message boards, Discord/IRC channels etc.) to gather information.
  • Defect to another group, then reveal to your new group information you know about your old group.
    • Note: 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 and Sabotage Rules to another member, group or faction.
  • 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.
    • Note: 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.
  • Use a Faction Advisory Panel or full ownership powers to loot a faction or otherwise betray its members.
  • Use faction privileges to loot a faction or betray its members.
Important

These rules will be updated as more parts of the Combine become available.

The following examples show proper and improper ways of sending spies to an enemy faction.

Example
Billy Bob joins a government to spy on it for their enemies. He uses his fleet access to give information about the faction's movements.

Billy Bob is in compliance with the Spying and Sabotage Rules.
Example
Eric tells his friend from work to join SWCombine and make a character for an enemy faction to gather intelligence.

Eric is violating the Spying and Sabotage Rules.

The following examples show proper and improper methods of data recording.

Example
Cyndi runs the counter intelligence operations for Generic Government. She notices a new member is experienced in the game but is on a new character. A note is made that this person may be experienced with mechanics of the game. No other questions are asked and nothing else recorded.

Cyndi is in compliance with the Spying and Sabotage Rules.
Example
George also runs counter intelligence at Generic Government. He sees the same new member but this time asks more questions. He demands to know prior characters of the new member, and denies them entry or makes notes on their record about it.

George is violating the Spying and Sabotage Rules.
Example
Billy Bob got caught spying on his group and was executed. His next character rejoins the same faction. In compliance with the Spying and Sabotage Rules, he is allowed back in and his record does not reflect his past character or actions. Billy Bob once again spies on them or attempts to assault them from the inside in any way.

Billy Bob is violating the Spying and Sabotage Rules.
Example
Luke is spying on a pirate faction for his old group. He has access to their Discord server and private forums. Luke downloads everything to his computer making a massive text log of chat history. This file is then shared with others.

Luke is violating the Spying and Sabotage Rules.
Example
Leia has joined an enemy faction in hopes of spying on it. She gains access to their Discord and forums. She notices that the leader has shared some sensitive OOC information about their real life that could be used against them. A report is sent to her old faction to tell them of the good news.

Leia is violating the Spying and Sabotage Rules.

The following examples show proper and improper use of Web Services and Faction Privileges.

Example
Seth is a member of Generic Armour, a manufacturing faction that specializes in producing armour. Seth's position within the faction is Sales Lead, so he regularly communicates with clients and facilitates making over completed items to customers. Seth does not have the Make Over Items privilege, however, he has access to Generic Armour's Web Services client which allows him to make over items to customers when an order is fulfilled. Seth becomes angry with his faction and decides to make over every armour set in Generic Armour's inventory to himself.

Seth is violating the Spying and Sabotage Rules.
Example
Kyle is a member of Generic Bank, a banking faction that maintains accounts for customers. As a Customer Representative, Kyle handles managing deposits and withdrawals for customer accounts. Kyle does not have the Send Faction Credits privilege within Generic Bank, however he has access to Generic Bank's Web Client which automates returning credits to the customer. A customer asks Kyle to withdraw 1,000,000 credits, and Kyle uses Generic Bank's Web Client to process the transaction. Kyle completes the transaction as normal.

Kyle is in compliance with the Spying and Sabotage Rules.