Responsibilities and Requirements of Official Factions:
Official Factions must have at least 3 active members. Active members are players who log at least 1 hour of activity per month on their own personal ship.
Official Factions must have a designated Official Faction Leader who is an active member.
Official Factions must maintain at least two days of activity per quarter.
Official Factions must continue to improve the Discovery community. There are many ways of achieving this - for example, recruiting and teaching new players, providing exemplary roleplay, acting as role models for your NPC faction’s players, championing fair play and fun for all players.
Official Factions must proactively drive activity in their Zone of Influence / area of play. This could be through running roleplay focused events or coordinating missions that involve other players / factions.
Official Factions must maintain and update any laws they are responsible for.
Official Factions must maintain an information thread detailing - at minimum - the identity of the Faction Leader, the group description, and diplomacy.
Official Factions must maintain a feedback thread where community concerns or compliments are addressed in a timely manner.
Official Factions must maintain an internal roster of their active members, and provide this to server staff on request.
Official Factions must submit a Faction Activity Report in the third month of each quarter (March, June, September, December). The template for this report can be found below: