Following links contain all the necessary details on the techcompat system:

• Techcompat Spreadsheet

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• Players are allowed to freely use any available technology (within the allowed class limit of their ID). Owning factions may pursue InRP consequences for "stolen" technology, but the only regulation enforced concerning server rules is powercore reduction caused by incompatible technology. Flying unapproved technology is not a sanctionable offense.
  
  
• Official factions may grant players/groups 100% powercore access to cells they have in-lore 'ownership' over, or techcells 'owned' by an allied faction in the case that there is no official faction available.
  
  
• In addition, players may make a request on their own behalf for a techcompat exemption with adequate roleplay explaining the acquisition, maintenance, and circumstances of the vessel and/or technology in use, without consulation of an official faction. If the technology is heavily restricted and/or represented by an official faction, the requirements for such an exception being approved may well be higher. Ultimately, all decisions to grant exemptions are at staff discretion.
  
  
• The standard SRP fee does not apply to techexempt requests, however, if approved, the character will receive a shiplock and any future changes to the loadout would require a standard SRP Change Request submitted.
  
  
• Once equipment is approved it stays approved, regardless of what happens in-roleplay or in the personal situation between the involved parties, unless terms and conditions on it are explicitly stated beforehand and agreed by both parties. If appropriate in role play, concerned player(s) can be killed, bountied and/or FR5'ed by faction(s) but the equipment rights remain.
  
  
• Official player factions may conduct diplomacy with other official player factions to open up technology sharing of 'owned' cells. These must be approved as Faction Perk Requests prior to implementation. If the player faction represents the entire NPC faction, then the technology sharing applies to anyone with the NPC faction affiliation, otherwise it only applies to the player faction.
  
  
• Every request will be reviewed before implementation and the staff reserve the right to deny requests with inadequate roleplay. The staff may also revoke permissions from players or strip the right of granting technology from factions as a punitive measure. (No discord deals, mkay?)

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• To use the techchart, choose your ID in one of the rows, and follow the row across to the column that the ship or weapon that you are interested in belongs to.
  
  
• If a loadout is listed listed as 10% in techcompat, it can be upgraded to 100% via a Techcompat Exception, either by roleplay with the owning official faction(s), or via adequate alternative roleplay and explanation.
  
  
• To determine which faction a ship or weapon belongs to, first read the infocard of the ship/weapon. If the infocard states the faction owner of the technology, then that may be all you need to know. If the infocard does not state faction ownership, then the technology may be considered to "belong" to the owner of any base where the technology is sold, even if that means it "belongs" to multiple factions.

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• The character needs to gain InRP permission from owning faction(s) for every non-100% item in their loadout before submitting a request, or have adequate roleplay reasoning to explain the lack of permission / how they are sourcing the technology.
  
  
• Once all the necessary InRP permissions are gained, any of the involved factions can post a techexempt request on behalf of the player, or the player may post the request themselves. If the deal is made with an official faction's permission, and is posted by an individual, the Official Faction should be tagged and an appropriate representative listed to verify.
  
  
• The request needs to include links to all the roleplay relevant to all the approved permissions. If character's loadout at the time of request includes any non-100% item without relevant permissions linked in the request, it will not be processed.
  
  
• If approved, character will receive a shiplock and any future changes to the loadout would require a standard SRP change request.

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Use the following form to post a new techexempt request:

Quote:1. Forum name of the owner:

2. Exact Character Name(s):

3. Requested Technology Cell(s):

4. Owning Faction(s):

5. Link to Relevant Roleplay:

 

Roleplay is an integral part of Discovery Freelancer. For this reason there are several ways in which a player can enhance their character or create something truly unique (within reason). Things like unique IDs are the most commonly requested items which help certain characters evolve beyond limits imposed by a standard. A player can also request special effects to their character with consistent enough Roleplay and solid reasoning.

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➤Special Roleplay Regulations

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1. 2,500,000 is the fee for an SRP application. It will be taken from the character identified and is not refundable.

2. The Application will be posted in this subforum, using the form provided below, and will only become visible if said Request is approved.

3. The SRP application will be considered as processed and decided on once it gains the uncontested vote of at least 3 members of staff, with at least one of those members being an admin. If the initial voting fails to reach a conclusion, the SRP will then be passed to an admin vote, and if the request fails to pass, the thread is closed and the application fails.

4. No Lobbying Rule: An applicant may not contact the staff in regards to their SRP request status while the request is being considered. The applicant may ask once, after a week, for a status update.

5. If the request is approved, the SRP holder will be placed under a keen watch. Any sanctions the SRP holder receives (on any character, even one unrelated to the SRP) may also impact their SRP depending on the severity of the sanction, resulting with a possible revoke decision in addition to other consequences. Administrators also reserve the right to revoke any SRP if the owner fails to meet the standards of an special roleplay character post approval.

6. The SRP application must have an extensive forum background, and the content linked in the request must either belong to the applicant, or be a group effort with the permission of everyone involved to use the material for the posted SRP request. It should be consistent with Discovery Freelancer's lore.

7. Coupled with the forum backstory, the character which is the focus of the SRP should have a server presence of at least one month, building up the character ingame in a "legit" ship, rather than simply magically appearing after the SRP is granted.

8. If the request is approved, the applicant must be prepared to respond, within 7 days, in this subforum, to any SRP check-in posted by admin staff on a random basis with links to relevant content in regards to section 5 of the original application and should show ongoing development. Failure will normally result in the SRP being revoked.

9. If the request fails, the player can try again after 2 weeks have passed. If the SRP is simply reposted after a fail with few to no changes, it gets automatically denied.


10. After approval, any changes made to the character apart from entirely cosmetic ones (e.g. lights and engine) is handled on an "only allowed if approved" basis. Changing the name of the character, the ship or its loadout, considerable changes to the diplomacy and reputation of the character, or change of ownership cannot be done without a prior admin approval in form of a SRP change request.

11. Special effects, lights, and engines can be requested as part of a SRP request, and will be approved if justified within the character's roleplay background.

12. Server Administrators reserve the right to revoke a special roleplay permission if it fails to meet the post-approval requirements, or the owner fails to keep to the expected quality standards. Furthermore, any sanctions the owner receives from the time of approval on any character related or unrelated to the approved request, would first and foremost effect the status of their special roleplay character.

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➤Special Roleplay Request Form

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This is a form that helps us understand what you are requesting. Copy the form and create a new thread with your character's name for better identification here.

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➤Approved Characters Change Request Form

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Roleplay evolves and changes like clay. Eventually something happens and what a player submits (and is approved) requires tune-up. A new ID line, a new effect has to be added or removed...maybe even add in technology previously inaccessible to the character. For that reason there is a specific form to fill whenever the player wants to make a change to their Approved SRP. Copy the form below and submit it as a thread here. No credits will be deducted.

Said thread should be named something like this for easy identification:

'Change Request: &tAPPROVED SRP CHARACTER NAME HERE&t

A ship caught not following its prescribed SRP that doesn't have an approved change request for the new loadout will have its original SRP stripped entirely. Additionally, if your ship was approved under one of the older systems and uses an outdated writeup, any change request should also include an updated writeup* using the current special roleplay request form. You must be the SRP holder listed in the original request to be able to update it.

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➤Approved Requests Check-In Form

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If a Special Roleplay Request is approved, the applicant is required to post in this subforum again within 1 week of any check-in requests posted by admins. These will be random in nature with all SRP's checked sporadically.

The reply to a check-in request should be posted as a new thread in this subforum, and it will be reviewed by the staff. Once the check-in post is processed, it will be merged with the original request and made visible. The character does not essentially need to achieve the full extent of the exact goals listed in the original request, but notable effort must have been put into further developing the character within the scope of the approved request.

In order to submit to an SRP activity check-in, use the form below: