Both were very obsolete and worded in lengthy and confusing ways.
Again, please point out any errors.
Faction Rules
1. Players may create player factions for any ID they want, as long as they only use a single ID, IFF, and tag. Having ships in the faction that don’t use any IFF or tag is acceptable. Every faction must have one leader and at least one second in command who speak for it. All ships in the same faction must share a common diplomacy.
2. It’s highly recommended but optional for unofficial factions to post descriptions in the Unofficial Factions and Groups sub-forum. Explain the ID, IFF, and tag choices, as well as background,diplomacy, and goals of the faction there. It’s also recommended to ask for community feedback, and to create in-roleplay message logs where your members can post.
3. Official faction status is given and taken by server administrators, following the rules of the "Achieving Official Faction Status" forum post. Official factions must answer to public feedback on the forum, and have additional obligations and the following Official Faction Rights (OFR). In case of IDs with multiple official factions of which the leaders disagree when exercising these rights, server administrators will decide the course of action. All instances of use of these rights must be documented with forum roleplay.
OFR 1. Official factions have in-RP authority over characters of the same NPC affiliation if commands are reasonable within role play. Command authority applies to diplomacy and strategic/tactical direction, and is restricted to the rank of leader and second in command. If legitimate orders are disobeyed, it may result in roleplay consequences such as ingame arrest, court-martial, and in extreme circumstances ingame force. Official player factions cannot require anyone to follow non-canon RP.
OFR 2. Official factions who have planned an event with at least 24 hours notice on the forum (here) can restrict participation of others in that event. This should not severely limit another faction’s activities in their own ZoI or provide unfair protection from logical roleplay consequences.
OFR 3. Official factions may request that the reputation of a player's ship be changed to hostile with respect to their NPC faction, by posting the request in the Violation Reports sub-forum. It must include links to valid forum roleplay, as well as actual interaction between the character and the official faction. Ships that have been subject to this by a faction may treat ships from that faction (except transports) as hostile targets.
OFR 4. Official factions have the right to bounty or attack a player who uses their technology without either the faction ID or official permission, regardless of their diplomacy with the faction of the perpetrator. These permissions may only be given by official factions affiliated with the manufacturer of said technology, and must be documented in roleplay on the forum.
Achieving Official Faction Status
1. After a player faction has 3 or more active members and posted a faction description, ID status, RP story, member list, and diplomatic relations with all or most other factions, it can request to become official in the Faction Creation Requests sub-forum. Your request may be discussed by other players and administrators, but only administrators can approve or reject official status.
2. To start the approval process, the faction has to provide the admin team with 500 million credits. The amount will only be refunded if the faction gains official status. Once the process starts, the faction tag will be added to the Faction Activity tracker. Tag-less ships and ships in Connecticut won’t contribute tracker time.
3. The request will remain open for two months, and faction performance on both server and forums will be reviewed during this period. The status request will then undergo an admin vote and the results posted in the request thread. If rejected, reasons will be given and you may still be given a chance to improve and get approved.
4. Upon approval, the faction will receive its own sub-forum in the official factions section, and a free CAU 8 upgrade. Moderation requests for faction sub-forums should be posted here, by the faction leader or a second in command, preferably using the faction forum account. At this point you must also create a faction feedback thread in this section.
5. Once the faction has gained officialdom, it’s required to fill out a Faction Status Report once a month. This will give everyone a better chance to understand your faction, introduces your roleplay efforts in the activity equation, and shed some light on factions that are more active on the forums than in-game. In order to keep things clean with this system, all Faction Activity related posts will now be in the Faction Activity sub-forum.
6. Official factions may request admin approval for their own ID based on the ID of their NPC faction, to allow for a more specialized line of roleplay or to remove certain restrictions within reason. The faction ID can only be requested if the official faction's roleplay as a whole, or the roleplay of a sub-group of the faction can no longer be played out within the allowances of the original ID. If restrictions are lifted for only a sub-group, it must be specified in the ID.
7. If an official player faction’s activity sinks below the required threshold, its status is changed to “suspended”. It will have 4 weeks to either rebuild activity or lose officialdom and associated rights and responsibilities.
