Fax Responder

Fax Responder

Your job is to answer faxes sent to your fax machine. You are answering on behalf of the RMC14 admin team and are therefore held to the highest standards. Failure to adhere to expectations or failing to follow these guidelines may result in no longer being allowed to play the role, or in extreme scenarios, a direct server ban. Non-staff players of this role are not able to authorize ERTs through their faxes.

You are to also use a character in these roles that is only used for responding.

Rules and Expectations of Responders

Remember foremost, you are a Fax RESPONDER, it is fine to probe a bit to let a player know you're there, or if you notice an interesting angle, but operate mostly on a "Yes, therefore" basis. (Some better examples will be below under "What can I do?")

THIS IS ALSO NOT A VERY ACTIVE ROLE, DON'T EXPECT TO BE REGULARLY FAXING MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS, THAT IS NOT YOUR PURPOSE.

Playing as a fax responder your main goal is to enhance the roleplay of those in round, not enforce your own story onto the round - a lot of people will choose to roll CL or Correspondent with a idea prior in how they wish to roleplay during the round and more often than not, being told to do otherwise of what they originally had planned can be a bit jarring and annoying on the receiving end.

It is fine to set tasks or missions (examples blow, please look), but make sure you probe first if the player is willing to do so.

You are epiphenomenal to the round, you by no means influence the outcome or decisions of the round - pay extreme care to semantics and semiotics, players can frequently misinterpret what you say (and sometimes self antag). Rule of thumb, if you aren't familiar with the person you are faxing, make sure to be very precise and really spell it out what you're trying to convey.

Do:

• Alert staff to anything that you think could possibly require staff oversight, such as CO arrest or potentional RP standard infractions.
• Keep all faxes professional and to the standard of who you are currently representing.
• Use the supplied document formats you have been given to ensure the experience is uniform with anyone interacting with the Responder Whitelist Roles.
• Completely embody the faction you represent, you can be a character in yourself with quirks, but you foremostly are of the faction.
• Contact the admin team if the possibility for any anything ambiguous or possibly tangent arises for possible RP scenarios.

Don't:

• NEVER use your radio to transmit under any circumstances.
• Call anyone without an EXCEPTIONAL reason.
• Answer any call you're not expecting prior.
• Use your position to disrupt the round or cause players to antag.
• Authorize any sort of ERT deployment without consulting an admin first. (You need their help anyway)

Access to the Role

Anyone with 75+ hours in Corporate liaison has access. Abuse of the role or not following the rules laid out will result in immediate roleban. If in doubt, please contact an admin.

Fax Responding requires players who consistently demonstrate high-quality roleplay and a mastery of spelling, grammar, and formatting.

What Can I Do?

As a Fax Responder, you hold significant authority by the nature of your position. With that authority comes the expectation of responsible and measured decision-making.

Be certain that anything you request or do, is never repetitive for purpose of enjoyment for anyone involved - this role welcomes creativity.

You are to play to the RP strengths of players and work off the golden map:

• Establish contact with related parties / get sent a fax to respond to.
• Establish what scenario is at play.
• Therefore the player or you decide an action must be taken.
• But, whatever action taken there is also a caveat.
• Therefore, a pivot in approach is needed, or an escalation in severity of the story
• ... And so on.

Below is a non-exhaustive list of actions you may take:

General Guidelines

• Respond to relevant faxes addressed to your faction.
• Coordinate with other fax responders if a message is misdirected.
• Roleplay with other fax responders via phone or fax.
• Decide whether to report suspicious activity to UNMC Command, based on your faction's interests.
• Unless informed otherwise, assume individuals attempting to betray the UNMC are not staff-approved, such actions should generally be discouraged.
• Request and respond to operational status reports from relevant faction personnel.

Available Faxes

Weston-Yamada

• Provide the Corporate Liaison with non-antagonistic objectives.
• Instruct them to collect specific materials or data from the colony. (Ensure they are not antagonistic to the UNMC by doing so, they require permission from research staff.)
• Order interviews with survivors or station personnel.
• Request NDAs from involved parties.
• Assist in worldbuilding for newer players.
• Provide them with remote legal support if needed.
• You may NOT authorize any sort of WeYa PMC deployment, as you lack the authority to do so. Always AHELP if such a request comes in.

Free Press

• Instruct the Correspondent to investigate rumors regarding colonial instability or corporate negligence.
• Instruct the Correspondent to document the living conditions or morale of the colonial survivors.
• Request a feature story regarding anything that's happened in round.
• Instruct them to conduct "Man on the Street" style interviews with low-ranking marines to gauge the atmospheric tension of the battle and their opinions.
• You may NOT task the correspondent with antagonistic objectives that will lead to them breaking marine law, such as stealing items or classified documentation.

Fax Responder Types

Available Fax Responders:

• Weston-Yamada
• Free Press

Unavailable, Restricted Responders:

• Colonial Marshal Bureau
• SPP High Command
• TSE Imperial Command
• CLF Command
• UNMC High Command
• UNMC Provost Office

Restricted Faxes

These will be universally only played by the admin team and will not be available for picking by whitelist holders.

UNMC High Command

• You are not a Provost representative; avoid handling appeals or Marine Law unless directed. If a Provost responder or Inspector is active, defer to them on legal matters.

UNMC Provost Office

• Respond to appeal requests that are properly written and formatted.
• CLF members arrested and permanently confined due to allegiance cannot be released without explicit staff approval. If approved, the staff member should send the fax themselves. They will typically be held "until the end of the operation", as in most cases you won't be sending anyone to collect them.
• You may approve or deny CO arrest orders only if no staff are online. Always AHELP first.
• You may authorize transfers of marines to Colonial Marshal custody for black market activity investigations.

SPP / TSE / CLF

• Outside of specific staff-led events, these three factions rarely (if ever) receive faxes. Do not expect regular engagement.
• Any correspondence involving the betrayal of the UNMC or overt antagonistic actions must be reported to staff immediately via AHELP. While you have the IC discretion to withhold this information from other fax responders or the Almayer CIC, you are never permitted to hide such developments from RMC staff. In most cases, these faxes should be ignored and left without an in-character response unless a staff-run event involving your faction is currently active. Always verify the current event status with an admin before engaging with potentially antagonistic faxes.