Characters & Alternates: Difference between revisions

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It is highly recommended that players submit a PITCH request through the Jobs system for new character ideas before starting the character generation process. This helps to ensure that staff will not reject a character on concept after a player has already spent time to create its sheet.
New characters that do not log in within 1 week of approval may be marked UNAPPROVED. Characters with the UNAPPROVED status will not be able to join scenes or enter IC rooms.
New characters that fail to get approval within 30 days or 5 rounds of review (whichever comes first) will be automatically rejected.

All alternate characters must be registered to the same account upon character creation. Anyone caught purposely avoiding this risks removal from the game.
Players may have a maximum of 1 APPROVED status Force Sensitive character and a total of 6 APPROVED status characters on their account at any given time.
To retire a character, notify staff by submitting a +request through the Jobs system. Staff will set the character UNAPPROVED and it will not be counted toward the per-account character limits.
To reactivate a retired character, submit a reactivation +request through the Jobs system.
New players or players with no currently approved characters may obtain approval for 2 characters at once. Otherwise, 1 character may be newly approved or reactivated once every 14 days.

Players should generally avoid having their alts interact; however, we understand that this might be difficult to avoid in some situations. However, using alts to give your character(s) an advantage they wouldn't otherwise have is forbidden and may result in disciplinary action such as loss of alt privileges.
A good rule thumb is to ask if yourself if your character would have this advantage anyway if you weren't using your alt. If the answer is yes, then it's probably okay. For example, if you want to use your alt's ship to transport your character somewhere, think about whether your character is gaining an advantage over other players that he/she would not have access to without using the alt. Is he getting there faster? Stealthier? Or would the result be the same if he'd just taken a public shuttle? Alts should not be used to gain unfair advantages over other players. If in doubt, please ask a staff member before taking action.

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 == Alt Interaction ==
 * Players should generally avoid having their alts interact; however, we understand that this might be difficult to avoid in some situations. However, using alts to give your character(s) an advantage they wouldn't otherwise have is forbidden and may result in disciplinary action such as loss of alt privileges.
-* If you are unsure, please ask a staff member before taking action.
+* A good rule thumb is to ask if yourself if your character would have this advantage anyway if you weren't using your alt. If the answer is yes, then it's  probably okay. For example, if you want to use your alt's ship to transport your character somewhere, think about whether your character is gaining an advantage over other players that he/she would not have access to without using the alt. Is he getting there faster? Stealthier? Or would the result be the same if he'd just taken a public shuttle? Alts should not be used to gain unfair advantages over other players. If in doubt, please ask a staff member before taking action.
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