Rules

Firstly, welcome to Mobile Suit Gundam: Evo!

We’re a roleplay community full of those who want to pilot the mobile suits featured in the franchise. Secondly, this document is for elaborating on the rules and customs you’re expected to act on in the server.  :’>

## General Rules

1. **Be Kind:** We hope to make this community a welcoming place. As such, you’re expected to act with a common courtesy and show respect to those around you. Banter is expected, but clapping at everyone like a twitter critic is frowned upon.
2. **Respect Staff:** Try to act kindly towards the staff members of the server. They’re a big, important part of the community with additional responsibilities and lives outside of this place.
3. **Content:** Do not push any boundaries with the Discord TOS, and don’t be afraid to ask questions on what is or is not acceptable.
4. **Alt Accounts:** We do not allow the use of alternate accounts, as this could be used to circumvent character limits and claim additional MS, etc. If you are found to be using an alternate account, we will require you to choose only one to use. Failure to follow this rule results in a ban.
5. **No Religion or Politics:** Don’t care what your views are; keep them off the server.
6. **Avoid Grimdark:** Please avoid going full grimdark about tragedy details. Absolutely no mentions of sexual content, abuse, or other sexual interactions involving minors. ZERO EXCEPTIONS. ABSOLUTELY NO EXCEPTIONS, CAPICHE?!?!

## RP & Combat Rules

1. **OOC Notes:** Keep OOC chatter to OOC channels. Use ((This)) to denote OOC if it MUST be used in an in character area.
2. **3rd Person:** In nearly every case, we prefer that you write posts, applications, and backstories in a third person perspective.
3. **State Your Intent, Defender Defines the Result:** When you take an action you state your intent (“Kira shoots AT your cockpit.”). The opponent replies with the outcome (“The Zaku II twists just in time, taking the shots on its hip armor.”). Players are encouraged to use conditional sentences to convey the consequences that would happen upon success. (IE, “If my sword hits in this particular spot, it will likely do severe damage to the particular point”, to put it in the most blank slate possible. (For more information check out RP Combat 101.)
4. **Posting Order:** Please respect posting order, especially in combat. When one is assigned a spot in a posting order, it helps to maintain a clear and balanced flow of action.
5. **No Inter-Faction Chill:** Due to the way the factions are set up, conflicts between them will be both regular and frequent, and alliances between any two or more factions will be highly irregular at best. It doesn’t always make sense for participants to be gathering up outside of civilian settings.
6. **“Reason to Kill”:** We are a “reason to kill” (RTK) server. That means characters can die with staff approval (and often player buy in).
7. **Don't Edit Your Post:** Don't edit or delete your post after someone else has posted.

## Other Rules & Notes

1. **No Mercs:** There is an in-game reason for this but, short version, no mercenaries/PMCs/whatever.
2. **Civilian Restrictions:** Civilians have limits on what they can take, as they’re not part of the military. Main Article: Civilian Mobile Suit Rules
3. **Orion:** To join Orion you must have another character at Intermediate or higher. This is because they are “Evo on Hard Mode”. They have few resources, rely on small unit tactics, and often have to steal their MS.
4. **Mobile Suit Tiers:** A suit’s tier defines its power, not vice versa. We have incorporated suits from all series at various tiers to let people use suits from their favorite series at any tier.
5. **Scif Gundam RP:** We are equal parts original scifi server and Gundam server.

# Character Progression

The fundamental idea is this: you start as a basic tier character. You complete sorties and earn a “sortie point”. Every few sortie points you progress to the next higher tier (Basic > Intermediate > Advanced > Elite > Champion). As you progress so does your character’s skill and the kind of MS they can use.

**2 Sorties from Basic to Intermediate, then 4 from Intermediate to Advanced, 6 from Advanced to Elite, and 8 from Elite to Champion.**

## Elite Quests

When you hit elite you need to do a special sortie called an “elite quest” in order to get your elite suit. This is a sortie run specifically for your character and should be personal and act as a kind of “culmination” of their story so far.

If you’ve already passed your elite quest on one character, you don’t need to do it on other characters unless you want to.

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