Fleet 5 Policies

The following are the Fleet 5 Policies. One of the most important roles of a Fleet Command is to ensure that the Captains and Crews under him are offered a happy, secure and friendly environment in which to play. To aid in that, the Rules of Engagement are being slimmed and cleaned into this policies page, to give you a more easily referenced guide to what is expected of you as a member and what you can expect from your Fleet Command Staff.

AWOL Policy

AWOL, or Absent With Out Leave occurs when you fail to post within a certain timespan. Different positions are held to different posting standards. For example on a moderate paced ship command staff is required to post within 3 days where as department heads are required to post every 5 days, so on and so forth.

There are three classifications for the purposes of AWOL:

Command Staff:

This includes the CO, XO and GM, who within Fleet Five are required to post In Character at least once within their ships AWOL limits.

If a CO is AWOL, it is the duty of the XO or GM to report this to the Fleet Commander to act accordingly. Commanding Officers, who breach these AWOL limits more than three times in one month, will be declared AWOL, and referred to the President for removal from their position by Edict. Ships cannot function without a CO to lead and administrate them.

If an XO is AWOL it is the duty of the CO to act accordingly and to notify the Fleet Commander.

If a GM breaches AWOL limits more than three times in one month, it is the CO?s responsibility to act accordingly and notify the Fleet Commander. If so determined appropriate by Fleet Command, they may report said GM to the GM Department.

Senior Officers:

This includes COS, CMO, CSO, CE and CNS, plus any Swing Department Head positions, including CTO, CIO and other custom senior positions above the rank of Lieutenant. Within Fleet 5, Senior Officers are required to post In Character at least once within their ships AWOL limits.

If a Senior Officer is AWOL, it is the duty of the CO to act accordingly.

Junior Officers:

This includes Engineering, Medical, Science, Security, and any other non-traditional role, such as xenobiologist, civilian, amongst others. Within Fleet 5, Junior Officers are requires to post In Character at least once within their ships AWOL limits

If a Junior Officer is AWOL, it is the duty of the DH, XO, or fail that CO to act accordingly.

Recruitment, appointments, and promotions

The CO is responsible for the recruitment and appointment of all Junior Officers and Senior Officers on his or her ship. The CO may delegate this responsiblity to the ship's XO, but remains ultimately responsible for this duty.

The CO is responsible for the recruitment of his or her ship's XO, and may appoint his or her own XO with the consent of the Fleet Commander.

The CO may promote any member on his or her ship to a rank up to and including Lieutenant Commander. As per FCOMM, any promotion to the rank of Commander requires the approval of the Fleet Commander.

Gamemasters

Hiring and firing of GM's is delegated to CO's with the following exceptions:

Gamemaster Trainees:

No GMT is permitted to run their training mission onboard the U.S.S Chernov as it is stated in the Bylaws for GMT?s as follows. ?The Gamemaster Trainee and Mentor pair are responsible for developing a mission plan and finding a Ship on which to train. The ship must be a Standard Roleplaying Area, not an Alternative Role Playing Area. They may request the assistance of the Gamemaster Department in this matter?

CO/GM:

These are missions that the CO also acts as GM, and due to the intensive nature of this role may only be undertaken with Fleet Commander approval.

Crew/GM:

Fleet 5 operates an altered policy from all other Fleets. Crew/GM missions are those undertaken by a GM who already holds a position within the crew. This places the same strain on the GM in question as a CO/GM mission and as such, any crew member aboard a vessel who wishes to GM that vessel may only do so with both CO and the Fleet Commander approval.

Graduate Status

The U.S.S Brian A. Olinski accepts Academy graduates but priority for Department Heads is given to current crew members.

The U.S.S Crusader accepts Academy graduates but priority for Department Heads is given to current crew members.

The U.S.S Saracen accepts Academy graduates but priority for Department Heads is given to current crew members.

The U.S.S Chernov accepts Academy graduates if the graduate specifically requests to be on an Abramsverse ship but priority for Department Heads is given to current crew members.

Fleet Reports

Fleet Reports are an important way for Fleet Command, President, and club at large to gauge how well the ship is doing and it offers excellent opportunities for a CO, XO or GM to highlight those exceptional players who make this club so fun. As a result, Fleet Reports are one of the requirements for holding the position of CO, XO, or GM.

Command Staff in Fleet 5 are required to submit Fleet Reports no later than the 5th and no earlier than the 1st of each month. Reminders will be sent out at the end each month to all CO's, XO's and GM's in the Fleet.

Any CO who fails to submit a Fleet Report despite the reminders will be referred to the President for possible disciplinary action.

Any XO or GM who fails to submit a Fleet Report despite reminders will be contacted by Fleet Command requesting a reason. Failure to provide a valid reason for the lack of reports will be considered dereliction of duty and justification for possible disciplinary action.

All CO's are responsible for the Fleet Reports of their XO's and GM's.

Page written by Fleet Captain Jen Herr.
Last updated on September 13, 2014 by Fleet Captain Daniel Lerner.