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| − | During war, [[EVE University]] and Ivy League uses a strict set of Standard Operating Procedures (SOP), typically referred to as the "War SOP".
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| − | These are part of a carefully crafted war doctrine, based on years of experience in EVE, that is intended to bring the war to a quick close by denying the war's entertainment or profit value to the enemy, and by frustrating or even boring the enemy at every chance we get, while still meeting the University's educational goals by teaching students how to fight wars. To that end, the SOP is intended to:
| + | Previously, EVE University used to maintain a separate section of rules that applied in wartime. This is no longer true. |
| − | * Deny the enemy easy kills of helpless non-combat ships.
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| − | * Deny the enemy easy kills of poorly-fitted ships.
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| − | * Deny the enemy any kills of high-value ships that will look good on his killboard.
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| − | * Deny the enemy any chance to banter or smack talk with us.
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| − | * Ensure that the enemy's only contact with EVE University is losing his ships to our overwhelming war fleets.
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| − | == Restrictions and Requirements ==
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| − | === Default SOP ===
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| − | When there is a currently live war, or the IVY Defence Status listed on the message of the day in [[Chat Channels and Mailing Lists|Chat.E-UNI]] is [[IVY Defense Status|DEFCON 1]], the below rules are automatically in place.
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| − | Note the emphasis on alts to alleviate the restrictions placed on Unistas during war. Alts are easy to create, very useful, and can keep you from going stir crazy during war.
| + | Members are now encouraged to read [[Tips For War|our tips on how to survive during wartime]] and other [[Wartime_Operations_in_EVE_University|advice for war time]]. It is highly suggested that new applicants read the tips for war before joining. |
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| − | # [[File:ColorTag-StarRed9.gif]] '''Communication:''' Anytime that you are in space and online, you must be on the Alliance voice server (currently [[Mumble]]) and able to hear. You do not have to be able to speak, just listen.
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| − | ## [[File:ColorTag-StarBlue9.gif]] ''Why:'' This is so that you can report any sightings or attacks as well as hear warnings from others should they be given. Of course, paying attention helps a lot as well.
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| − | # [[File:ColorTag-StarRed9.gif]] '''Autopilot:''' You may use the Autopilot feature to highlight gates, but it cannot be used to fly your ship. It should not be turned on and allowed to warp the ship. All ship maneuvers must be executed by deliberate and manual direction from the pilot.
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| − | ## [[File:ColorTag-StarBlue9.gif]] ''Why:'' Autopilot makes a ship a fat target. It does not warp to zero (leaving you vulnerable far longer than it takes to catch you) and often means the pilot is not at the keyboard when his ship is in space, which isn’t allowed. If you are undocked, then you need to be there and aware so that you can fight or get your ship out of any type of dangerous situation.
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| − | # [[File:ColorTag-StarRed9.gif]] '''Missions, ratting, exploration sites in [[k-space]] and complexes:''' These are forbidden during wartime. Missions may only be done under Relaxed SOP rules or through the use of an alt.
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| − | ## [[File:ColorTag-StarBlue9.gif]] ''Why:'' The reason these activities are not allowed is they are not safe. PVE ships are fit in ways that make them fragile to PVP ships and you can be scanned down in any mission, site or complex. All such activities do is hand free kills to our enemies. Ratting isn’t safe either, since you will be distracted and typically alone. So all such activities are banned.
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| − | ## [[File:ColorTag-StarGreen9.gif]] ''Alts:'' Your Uni toon can sit in a station with an agent, get a mission and give a [[Bookmark]] to an alt, then you can run the mission with your alt and have your Uni toon turn it in. The Uni toon NEVER undocks during this.
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| − | # [[File:ColorTag-StarRed9.gif]] '''Hauling & Mining:''' You may not haul goods or mine in EVE during wartime.
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| − | ## [[File:ColorTag-StarBlue9.gif]] ''Why:'' Haulers make fat, slow targets, even cloaking ones. You can see from the [http://killboard.eveuniversity.org Killboard] that even [[Frigate#Covert_Ops|Covert Ops]] have trouble getting away many times, so there’s no reason to put out big fat targets full of candy and beer for our enemies.
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| − | ## [[File:ColorTag-StarGreen9.gif]] ''Alts:'' Use an alt or courier contracts to move things around. If you need just a few modules, create an alt and contract them to him to move or use a contract and couriers. Many Unistas will happily haul things for free with their alts for their fellows.
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| − | # [[File:ColorTag-StarRed9.gif]] '''AFK:''' You may not go AFK in space. This includes being at the POS. You MUST dock or log off. You cannot go AFK while cloaked.
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| − | ## [[File:ColorTag-StarBlue9.gif]] ''Why:'' Server glitches or random warp-ins can uncloak you and then you may be spotted and killed. This has happened in the past. So dock or log off when you need to go afk.
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| − | ## [[Image:ColorTag-SkullOrange9.gif]] ''Silentbrick:'' This one should be pretty self-explanatory, so if you feel the urge to go afk in space, let me know and I will happily nuke your ship and pod you. Then your corpse shall reside in glory on a meat-hook in Ubercado’s collection.
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| − | # [[Image:ColorTag-Neutral.gif]] '''There is no six'''
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| − | # [[File:ColorTag-StarRed9.gif]] '''Fleet Composition:''' Fleets should have 3 or more ''unique'' people (alts do '''not''' count). Covert [[Scouting|scouts]] are encouraged but NOT required. You may use [[picket frigates]] instead of scouts. Fleets MUST use the Uni Mumble server for voice communications and FCs MUST have a microphone. FCs must also be sober. Fleets must follow normal [[Ivy League Policies#Mixed Membership Fleets|Ivy League Fleet Composition rules]].
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| − | ## [[File:ColorTag-StarBlue9.gif]] ''Why:'' War-targets declare war for easy [[gank]]s, and don't tend to fly alone so you won't find many one-on-ones. Solo Unistas are dead Unistas.
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| − | ## [[File:ColorTag-StarPurple9.gif]] ''Also:'' Aside from the 3+ (during war only) rule Combat fleets may be composed as the fleet commander wishes. This means if he wants a fleet of only ILN personnel, it’s possible. Conversely, a fleet of pure Non-ILN personnel works too. Or if they will all fly rifters or blackbirds etc. Just as we do not limit who may FC, we do not outlaw ways they can experiment with fleets either. Do however keep in mind that many wish to join and perhaps if you run a restricted fleet one day, run an unrestricted one the next.
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| − | ## [[Image:ColorTag-SkullOrange9.gif]] ''Silentbrick:'' The reasoning is as I put above, I prefer to avoid limiting how people can experiment, because if I set some limits, the number of rules grows and grows, so just keep it in mind that shutting people out can lead to people avoiding your fleets if you over-do it. And the ILN is required to have an ILN only patrol each week and a full uni patrol as well. The idea being the ILN one is more for smaller gang type fighting and the Full Uni for pirate crushing fleets of Doom.
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| − | # [[File:ColorTag-StarRed9.gif]] '''Loot Logging:''' Must be enabled with ALL wartime fleets. Remember to save the log as well. War loot from Uni wrecks should be collected and given back to the owner if possible. If not, drop it into the ILN Hangar at PTS or CBT in [[Aldrat]]. War target loot must be collected and either contracted to Silentbrick at a high sec station or dropped into the ILN hangar . Fleets during peacetime may set their own loot policy or donate it to the ILN. Donating it in peacetime is NOT required.
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| − | ## [[File:ColorTag-StarBlue9.gif]] ''Why:'' War loot is sold and the proceeds used to fund [[Ship Replacement Program|ship replacements]] for those who lose their ships during wars
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| − | ## [[Image:ColorTag-SkullOrange9.gif]] ''Silentbrick:'' This really doesn’t need much explanation I think. You have a brain, use it :p
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| − | ## [[Image:ColorTag-ChatBlue9.gif]] ''See Also:'' [[Wartime and Official ILN Operations Loot Policy|War Loot Policy]]
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| − | # Some Ships<ref>The ships listed either require a great deal of experience to use well, or are simply not suitable for combat.</ref>, Modules and Rigs<ref>We fly cheaply fitted ships to deny the war-targets any valuable loot from what ships they manage to destroy.</ref> are restricted without explicit written permission from the [[Fleet Admiral]]. Any ships found undocked which breach these restrictions are subject to the process listed in the [[#Violations|Violations]] section and may be destroyed.
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| − | #* Prohibited ship classes:
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| − | #** Combat: [[Stealth Bomber]], [[Interdictor]], [[Command Ship]], [[Marauder]], [[Black Ops]], [[Strategic Cruiser]]
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| − | #** Capital: [[Dreadnought]], [[Carrier]], [[SuperCarrier]], [[Titan]], [[Capital Industrial]]
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| − | #** Mining: [[Mining Frigate]], [[Barge]], [[Exhumer]]
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| − | #** Hauler: [[Industrial]], [[Transport]], [[Freighter]], [[Jump Freighter]]
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| − | #** Other: [[Capsule]], [[Ship Classes#Faction Ships|Faction Ships]], [[Ship Classes#Rare and Unique Ships|Rare and Unique ships]]
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| − | #* Modules and Rigs:
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| − | #** All faction, deadspace and officer modules are prohibited.
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| − | #** It is suggested that faction ammunition should be used where possible.
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| − | #** Rigs are prohibited on Tech 1 [[frigate]]s and [[destroyer]]s.<ref>Smaller ships in E-UNI fleets are typically cheaply fit and used as tacklers and [[EWAR]], so do not last long in combat, meaning rigs are not worthwhile in these roles. Rigs also allow you to fit or fly a ship not suited to your skills in its role, where you are better off flying something smaller or easier to fit.</ref>
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| − | #** All ships of [[Battlecruiser]] class, [[Battleship]] class and all [[Ship Classes#Tech 2|Tech 2]] ship classes must have a [[Full T2 Tank|Tech 2 tank]], and should be rigged wherever possible.<ref>These ships are typically used in a [[Damage Dealer|damage dealing]] role, and have [[Buffer Tank|buffer tank]]s, so are are less likely to be lost in our typical short engagements.</ref>
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| − | #** Tech 2 rigs must not be used under any circumstances.
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| − | #** Ships must be fully [http://forum.eveuniversity.org/viewforum.php?f=129 PvP fitted].
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| − | === During Relaxed SOP Only ===
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| − | The "Relaxed SOP" is a modification to the Default SOP which allows E-UNI members to engage in limited [[PvE]] activity without dropping from the corporation. [[EVE University Management|Management]] will notify E-UNI members when Relaxed SOP is in effect via the Message of the Day [[Chat Channels and Mailing Lists|Chat.E-UNI]] and an EVE-mail to the alliance.
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| − | # Missioning (agent missions) may be run in a fleet of at least three E-UNI members.
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| − | # All fleet members must be in the same mission space and together at all times.
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| − | # All ships must be fitted for [[PvP]] combat, and be ready to engage a hostile target.
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| − | # Courier/mining/non-combat missions are still prohibited and must be performed using an out-of-corp alt.
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| − | # Ratting, Complexes, Exploration sites are still prohibited in [[Classifications of Space|k-space]].
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| − | # '''All''' other rules remain in place as listed in the [[#Default SOP|Default SOP]].
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| − | == Non Fleet Operations and Lockdowns ==
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| − | === Non Fleet Activities ===
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| − | Non fleet activities are those which are not conducted while a member of a fleet, such as testing ship loadouts, setting bookmarks and configuring the overview. These are the defaults, unless overridden with a lockdown for the specific area.
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| − | * You may undock, but any activity which leaves you stationary or with split focus must be done at the POS.
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| − | * At all times that you are undocked, you must [[Identifying War Targets in Local|watch the local chat channel]] and must either dock or enter the POS shield if war-targets enter the system.
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| − | * Travelling (moving alone between systems) must either be done in a [[Shuttle]], [[Rookie Ship]] or [[Frigate#Tackler|Fast Frigate]], and you must ensure there are no war-targets in local at each system you enter, ensuring you dock immediately if there are. Trade hubs<ref>Trade hubs can be identified by looking on the market for high volume of trade (buy and sell orders) for a common items such as [[Tritanium]]. They can also usually be identified by large numbers of players in system, along with the typical scams being broadcast in local.</ref> (such as [[Hek]], [[Rens]], [[Dodixie]], [[Oursulaert]], [[Amarr]], [[Jita]]) should be avoided wherever possible<ref>In other words, go around there when you can, but you may pass through them if there is no other way.</ref> as these are frequent hang outs for wartargets.
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| − | ** If moving in any other ships, you must be travel fit until you reach your destination. This means all low-slots are filled with [[Warp Core Stabilizer]]s and the mid-slots are filled with an appropriate shield [[Buffer Tank|buffer tank]]. Your normal PvP fittings can be carried in the hold, and if at all possible someone should be moving ahead of you in a small, fast ship, checking the next system is clear of war-targets.
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| − | === Lockdowns ===
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| − | From time to time it may be necessary for ILN Officers or [[Director]]s to issue a 'lockdown' in alliance evemail for a specific system or region due to a current threat from war-targets in a specific area. In extreme circumstances (such as server instability) a full Eve-wide lockdown may be issued, which includes all members, including those in fleets. A lockdown means that:
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| − | * When the lockdown is called, those within the affected area should dock immediately unless already in an active fleet.
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| − | * Those within the specified area must be in an active fleet '''before''' they undock.
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| − | * Traveling or moving any ships in the area specified is prohibited without an active fleet.
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| − | * Lockdowns are in place until lifted by an ILN Officer or [[Director]].
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| − | == Promoted Activities ==
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| − | It is expected that the majority of those declaring war on E-UNI will fail to prosecute it fully, leaving times when there are no war-targets to hunt. With this in mind, the following options are available at all times, including during lockdowns:
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| − | # Fleet operations in [[LoSec]] and [[NullSec]]. There are always pirates and other hostiles to hunt.
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| − | # [[Wormhole]] Operations. Fleets must remain fit for combat, and still may not engage in mining.
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| − | # [[Trading#Station Trading|Station Trading]]. Remember that moving cargo (items not for your current ship) is prohibited while using an E-UNI character, and the [[Daytrading]], [[Marketing]] and [[Procurement]] skills allow you to trade remotely.
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| − | # [[Alt Missioning|Use of an out-of-corp character or alt for Missions]], Mining and Hauling. Many missions may be accepted on your E-UNI character but performed with an alt.
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| − | # [[So, You Want to Leave for the War?|Dropping form E-UNI]] and rejoining at the end of the war. There are '''no''' penalties for this, and those doing so retain access to the channels and majority of resources of E-UNI.
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| − | = Violations =
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| − | In the event of a violation of the above restrictions, ILN personnel are to follow the process below, leading to destruction of a members ship and pod if they do not respond.
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| − | If at any time the subject 'wakes up', then must be ordered to dock immediately, or if the subject refuses to cooperate, or a war-target appears on-grid, then the personnel are authorised to skip straight to destruction of the subjects ship or pod.
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| − | # Try to convo, evemail and get their attention via alliance and corp chat.
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| − | # Fire a single warning shot.
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| − | # Wait 30 seconds.
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| − | # Warp scram and web target, fire second shot.
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| − | # Wait 30 seconds.
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| − | # Destroy ship.
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| − | # Collect loot, vaporize or salvage the wreck immediately and place the remains on contract to the subject.
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| − | # Repeat with Pod if needed.
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| − | This may seem harsh, but denying the war-targets kills of the 'easy targets' they expect has shown to end the war significantly quicker than normal, and there can be no excuse for not knowing the rules.
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| − | = Clarifications =
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| − | Below are expanded and clarified elements of the [[EVE University Rules|EVE University Rules]] and SOP. It is also suggested that members check the [[Do's and Don'ts During War]] article for tips and explanations as to why the rules are as they are.
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| − | == Communications ==
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| − | # Remember that no communication channels are ever 100% secure, so ensure that all information on targets or fleet composition is limited to Corp and Alliance channels. Remember to mention the formation of the fleet in the private [[Chat Channels and Mailing Lists|Chat.E-UNI]] channel for any members who are logged in on alts.
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| − | # It is important that all members ensure they do not discuss the war anywhere other than the private [[Chat Channels and Mailing Lists|E-UNI channels]] and [http://forum.eveuniversity.org forums]. This rule includes any alts and those who have left E-UNI for the duration of the war and expect to return.
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| − | # Only Directors may talk to war targets in the local channel. Let your modules do the talking for you.
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| − | # As you never know if a war target is in local with an alt, there is to be no communication in local at any time, other than directors.
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| − | # Fleet Commanders are authorized to say "GF" (good fight) in local after combat, or to answer questions from neutrals regarding the fleet. That is all.
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| − | # Actions or behavior that damage the morale of E-UNI is not permitted. If you do not like the restrictions, then you may leave for the duration of the war and still retain access to the majority of resources. Repeated issues may end up with a director doing this for you, and may adversely affect your ability to return.
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| − | == Pickets, Scouting and Exploration ==
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| − | Commonly confused, [[picket]]s and [[scouting]] are similar with with differing purposes.
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| − | === Picketing ===
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| − | A picket will typically sit static and cloaked on the far side of a gate or similar location, providing early warning in the event of an incoming war-target. Picket frigates not part of a fleet operation should always sit at least 175-250km away from the gate in a random direction, not aligned with any celestial objects. They also typically fly a [[Tackler Frigate]] fitted with a Tech 1 prototype cloak and 'travel' fit.
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| − | === Scouting ===
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| − | Scouting is the act of moving ahead of a fleet, providing intel as to the state of the next location, or following the fleet one jumb behind, to identify any pursuing targets. Scouts must fly a T2 [[Frigate#Covert Ops Frigate|Covert Ops Frigate]] with a Covert Ops Cloak and be certified through the [[ILN]] only training program. [[Frigate#Stealth Bombers|Stealth bombers]] are not to be used as scouts. Scouts must be attached to a fleet at all time - scouting solo is pointless - and scouts do not engage in combat at any time, maintaining their cloak at all times. Because they should never be visible, experienced scouts flying the relevant ship may use a Faction probe launcher at their discretion. Non certified pilots in Covert Ops Frigs during wartime will be subject to the same violations procedure as those flying restricted ships.
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| − | === Exploration ===
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| − | Exploration, often confused with scouting, is the act of using a scan-probe launcher to locate wormholes or exploration sites. This should be done either from the [[POS]], or a deep safespot in a combat ship. Alternatively use out-of-corp alts to identify wormholes, and members are reminded that all exploration sites are off-limits in [[k-space]].
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| − | Remember that you must still be in an active fleet, and they must be with you during the scans.
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| − | == Requests for Clarification ==
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| − | All requests for clarification must be made directly to the [[director]]s. If in doubt, avoid the element which is unclear until clarified.
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| − | = Further Reading =
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| − | * [[Wartime Checklist]]
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| − | * [[Dos and Don'ts During War]]
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| − | = Explanations =
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| − | For new players, its not immediately obvious why the rules are as they are. Below are some explanations to some of the more common questions.
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| − | <references />
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| − | [[Category:Policies]] [[Category:War]] [[Category:EVE University]]
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