CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE GUIDELINES

This document contains the official guidelines, regulations and limitations of gang and criminal enterprise roleplay within the StarDust RP Whitelist server. Whatever is written within this document applies to any individuals and groups that are considered a unified criminal enterprise group, gangs, mafias, cartels and so forth. Failure to comply with these guidelines will result in moderation issued by the Criminal Enterprise Management Team. Please familiarize yourself with all rules outlined in this document.

General Information:

1.01 - The regulations and guidelines stated and written within this document are fully applicable to any officially recognized criminal enterprise. But also may be applicable towards unofficial or non-recognized gangs and criminal enterprise organizations to a certain degree.

1.02 - Committing criminal acts both violent or non-violent in and around government buildings and facilities such as Ocean Medical or MRPD is forbidden as it defies realism. Criminals realistically would attempt to stay off the radars of any police or law enforcement agency. Highly public and visible areas and other forms of attractive locations are not realistic but still permitted for criminal RP.

1.03 - However, if the roleplay is started outside of any of these government facilities, it is fully reasonable to pursue the scene into above said areas to prevent individuals from abusing the rule. Though the kind of roleplay that is being carried out has to be reasonable.

Staff Members:

2.01 - Members of the staff team are generally forbidden from participating in roleplay in regards to gangs and official criminal enterprise organizations without approval of thigh staff.

2.02 - If staff members are caught abusing their administrative authority to receive any form of advantage or favors for their gang, criminal enterprise organization or themselves within roleplay, that staff member will be perma-banned and the gang or criminal enterprise organization involved could also be penalized for such actions.

Whitelisted Jobs - EMS/PD/CID/FIB:

3.01 - As a member of an unofficial gang or criminal enterprise organization, you are allowed to be employed within a whitelisted job. However, as a member of an officially recognized, Verified criminal enterprise organization, you are not allowed to be employed within any branch of the police department or EMS on said character or other characters without being approved for the “Trusted List”. Once accepted onto the “Trusted List”, you will be granted permission to have another character in one of the above mentioned whitelisted jobs. It is crucial when having characters on different sides of life that meta and character bleed of any kind be avoided.

Group Types:

Gangs - A group of people who do organized crime together. Can be easily identified by a pattern, color, specific article of clothing, or item being worn the majority of the time. Have territory to protect, a process they hold down typically within their turf. Behavior is more in your face, inclined to press people, more likely to go to war.

Organizations - A group of people who do organized crime together. Can be sometimes identified partially by a pattern, color, specific article of clothing, or item worn. Do not have a designated turf but could have a hangout, house, or process to claim and protect. Behavior may vary from very public to in the shadows depending on the group.

Crews - A group of people who does small organized crime together. Do not always have an identifying color, pattern, clothing piece, or item to be recognized by. Do not have turf or a process to defend. Structure is defined on a crew by crew basis but can be anything from a group that comes together every so often to a committed crew that has their own code but with a looser structure than an Org

Group Quantities:

4.01 - As either a Verified Gang/Criminal Enterprise or not, your criminal enterprise organization may consist of SIXTEEN(16) officially recognized members in total. There will not be any affiliated members allowed. All members will either be in your crew or not. Anyone outside of your criminal organization (aside from hiring solo/free agent criminals) are not permitted to partake in any type of criminal activity with your crew. That being said, your criminal enterprise organization as a whole may roam around the city with all members being at the same place at the same time. But this does not include actions and scenarios with intent to involve law enforcement agencies. Group quantities for criminal activities are as follows:

- FOUR(4) for a Store Robbery
- FOUR(4) for a House Robbery
- FOUR(4) for Vangelico
- FOUR(4) for Bank Truck Robbery
- FOUR(4) for Fleeca
- FIVE(5) for Paleto bank
- SIX(6) for Pacific bank
- Four(4) for Car Boosting

4.02 - Any criminal activity outside these group limits mentioned above are permitted to have a max group limit of SIX(6) people.

4.03 - Any criminal activity both violent and non-violent that has the intention or high probability of involving any form of law enforcement agencies such as gang wars or retaliation against another person or gang will be capped at a total of SIX(6) members in order to ensure fairness to the counterpart. But, to also ensure the scenario is controllable and properly carried out. Anything above this will be considered excessive and will be dealt with accordingly by the discretion of the Criminal Enterprise Management team. The only exception to this would be if during the negotiations of a gang war, both sides agree upon setting an attacking group limit either lesser or greater than set in the ruling.

Player Robberies:

5.01 - In order to carry out robberies or theft against other players, you need a valid reason in order to do so. Robbing another person because you felt like it or based on the fact that you feel that you have nothing else to do is not a valid reason and will be considered excessive.

5.02 - With validity to initiate the robbery of another individual(s), the involved parties may do so within reason. You may only initiate a total of TWO(2) unrelated scenarios in regards to player robberies over the time span of ONE(1) hour. Anything else will be considered excessive and will be considered chain robbing.

Property Robberies:

6.01 - Any form of robbery that involves robbing a property such as a house, a bank, a jewelry store, 24/7 and so forth may be carried out within reason. However, those scenarios have to be properly planned out to an extent where it is realistic. You would not walk into a bank expecting to rob it without some form of plan or back up plan or any form of leverage as it would definitely result in you or your group getting caught.

6.02 - Upon the successful execution of a bank or Vangelico heist, the criminal organization as a whole may not carry out another bank or Vangelico for a total of ONE(1) HOUR from the conclusion of the scenario. Anything more than one heist within the time span of an hour will be considered excessive and could result in a strike being issued towards the responsible criminal enterprise. If members of the group are caught and imprisoned in the scenario, it is ONE(1) HOUR from the release from prison that the group may conduct another bank or Vangelico. 24/7 stores, gas stations and the house robberies can be done ONCE(1) every HALF HOUR(30MIN). Same rules apply. If you are imprisoned after the second robbery, you must wait half an hour upon the release from prison to start another robbery of this kind.

Gang Representation:

7.01 - You may wear colours and clothing related to your gang around the city in order to properly represent your organization or group. Keep in mind another group may have claimed that colour already and may press you over it. As a group you may engage in altercations, verbal or violent with other group trying to claim the same colour but excessive use of violence will not be tolerated and killing without roleplay will be considered RDM. You may not carry out any form of violent roleplay against civilians wearing those same colours. The only exceptions to this is if the individual is known to impersonate or claim to be a member of your organization or group or if the individual is wearing another gangs flag/bandana. Any roleplay like this must be initiated and carried out properly in order to be considered valid and within the limitations of the community and criminal enterprise policy. Be in mind, wearing another gangs colours could be seen by law enforcement as you being associated with a gang that also uses said colours. So keep that in mind when choosing certain items like bandanas and such.

Scamming and Phishing:

8.01 - The policy on scamming and phishing is quite clear and is listed within the community policy. Scamming anyone for anything greater than the value of $30,000 will not be tolerated and will result in an immediate suspension from the server. This includes items worth up to the amount of $30,000 as well.

Excessive and Abusive Language:

9.01 - In regards to excessive and abusive language, it means the usage of terms that may be considered harassment. This includes any form of conversation, discussion or argument with the intent to hurt, bother or annoy another individual beyond reason. Terms that are considered derogatory, sexually harassing and or racist do not go under this category as any usage of any terms in regards to those categories will result in a permanent removal from the community without chance to appeal the ban due to severity. This will not directly affect the group or criminal organization as a whole as these would be considered actions of one or a few individuals.

Police Interactions:

10.01 - Police are the enforcers of the law. Police are high standing authorities within the city that are held to the highest standards in the community. They are to be approached with respect and are not to be fooled around with. In reality, police are to be feared by criminals to an extent based on the scenarios carried out. You are not to approach a law enforcement official and conduct a series of verbal abuse, harassment or negligence without proper conducted roleplay to provide reasoning.

Assassinations:

11.01 - Assassinations towards individuals with proven and known connections to criminal enterprise organizations and/or other organizations within that area is allowed as long as there is a valid reason behind the assassination. With that said, in order for the assassination to be valid, it has to be initiated and carried out properly by those involved for it to comply with the community policy. Assassinations should be carried out by your organization only. Assassinations done by outside members will be considered a hit. Under those circumstances, refer to the Hitman RP rules in the community policy.

11.02 - Assassinating or killing another individual without proper initiation or reasoning will be considered as RDM in accordance with the community policy. Which will effectively shed a bad light upon the responsible criminal enterprise organization and will most likely lead to the organization as a whole being penalized. It does not matter if only a few individuals within the organization are responsible. We hold the organization as a whole accountable as a unified group as that is what we expect of criminal enterprise organizations. Which is for them to be unified and organized under leadership that can hold their members accountable for their actions.

Gang Wars:

12.01 - Wars between criminal enterprise organizations are fine as long as they are properly initiated. There may be wars with more than just 2 parties involved. That being said, all parties must have their gangs leaders hold a meeting to discuss the terms of said gang war. Terms of the gang war may go beyond the limits of the rules of the city to a certain extent and all terms must be presented to the Gang Management Team prior to starting the war as to ensure that said war will not impact the community in a negative or malicious way. But also to ensure that the war will be fun and enjoyable for any and all parties involved. Failure to uphold this rule whilst participating in a gang war will result in penalties towards the gangs as a whole given at the discretion of the Criminal Enterprise Management Team.

Taxing:

13.01 - Taxing is a common method or strategy deployed by criminal enterprise organizations and is completely valid within Stardust City. However, there are limitations on taxing in order to make it fair and reasonable for the individuals that are being taxed. One of these limitations is that the tax amount can not be above a total of $5,000. Upon the payment of such tax, the responsible organization can not tax that player for another 24 hours in order to prevent chain taxing. But also to make sure that the method is not excessively abused in order to empower criminal enterprise organizations at the cost of other community members.

Hostages:

14.01 - As a member of a criminal enterprise organization, you MAY use a hostage that originates from your own group of people only in the event that a hostage is unobtainable by regular means. Searching for a legitimate hostage prior to this option is a MUST. The only exemption of this would be having a very thought out plan in RP for the role that your “undercover” hostage would play. You may take hostages from anywhere other than in or directly around a Hospital or a Police Department. People are also allowed to be a “Hostage For Hire” if they want to.

14.02 -You are not allowed to take members of law enforcement hostage without a very valid reasoning as it would realistically almost never happen as anyone responsible for such a criminal offence would have several hundred officers searching for them. If a valid reasoning is presented, then the initiation and method of taking the officer hostage has to be exceptional but also realistic and reasonable at the same time.

14.03 - A valid reasoning in kidnapping or taking a law enforcement officer hostage would range from the officer causing a negative or malicious impact upon your criminal enterprise organization. Which may go into fields such as repeatedly detaining, searching, arresting and dealing with your organization. But, also if the officer has repeatedly been bothering the group of people. With that said, if an officer is suspected of investigating a group or organization, that organization is entitled to take action towards the officer which may range from kidnapping to assassination.

14.04 - Taking law enforcement hostage for a bank robbery because you feel like it is not a valid reason. Taking an officer hostage for pulling you over is not a valid reason either and will be considered excessive, unrealistic and lack of initiative to conduct roleplay.

Alliances:

15.01 - Alliances between criminal enterprise organizations are permitted to a certain degree. However, in a gang related war, it is not allowed to bring in any allied organizations in order to make it fair, reasonable and enjoyable for all parties involved within the conflict. If involved in war with another criminal organization and they happen to attack your group whilst you are with your allied crew, they may help your crew defend the attack. But if your crew is organizing an attack, you may not call on an allied crew to assist with the attack. Outside of that, criminal organizations may ally themselves to further their business throughout the city and the streets.

Territory:

16.01 - Gangs and criminal enterprise organizations that have been recognized as Verified will be rewarded with a piece of territory within the city. However any unofficial organizations may claim to own or have the rights to a certain piece of territory though there are no officially recognized claims or authority to such territory for Non-Verified criminal organizations. Non-Verified criminal organizations may tax in an area that they are stating to claim until awarded to a Verified status.

Torture Roleplay:

17.01 - Roleplay involving torture, while allowed, must be done within reasoning and realism. The victim must be allowed to continue their roleplay after the scenario with all body parts still functional and present on their body if they choose. They may choose to keep any deformities that occurred throughout the scenario if they so wish. However, this is not something that can be forced upon them by those responsible for carrying out the torture. Any forms of sexual roleplay or acts without prior consent will not be tolerated and will be dealt with as a severe infraction upon the community policy as well as the criminal enterprise guidelines. If at any point someone is uncomfortable with the scene, do /ooc or verbally portray to the other party to allow those responsible to know that they are not or no longer ok with what is going on. Further progression in the scene may result in warnings

Camping:

18.01 - Intentionally sitting and hanging around high traffic areas that lead to illicit spots such as drug areas, job areas and so forth for the purpose of robbing individuals or committing acts of terrorism will not be tolerated as it is unreasonable and unfair. Such actions could in an excessive manner lead to individuals not having an enjoyable time on the server. This also includes law enforcement agencies camping drug spots with the intention to bust, detain, investigate and arrest individuals present within the specified area. However, a bust may be carried out if an investigation has led to that specific area with concrete and valid evidence that can hold up in court.

Strike System:

19.01 - The strike system is used to penalize criminal enterprise organizations for infractions against the criminal enterprise guidelines and the community policy. Upon the assignment of a strike, the following will happen.

STRIKE ONE: Upon the assignment of the first strike, members involved in the activities leading to the strike will be suspended from all criminal activity for 3 DAYS. The responsible organization will be forced to pay a repercussion citation of: $500,000

STRIKE TWO: Upon the assignment of the second strike, members involved in the activities leading to the strike will be suspended from all criminal activity for 7 DAYS. The responsible organization will be forced to pay a repercussion citation of: $1,500,000

STRIKE THREE: Upon the assignment of the third strike, members involved shall be removed and all criminal activities for the entire organization shall be suspended for 10 DAYS. The organization will be forced to pay a repercussion citation of : $3,500,000

STRIKE FOUR: Upon the assignment of the fourth strike, members involved shall be removed and all criminal activities for the entire organization shall be suspended for 14 DAYS. The organization will be forced to pay a repercussion citation of: $8,000,000

STRIKE FIVE: Upon the assignment of the fifth strike, all gang activities for the involved organization will be suspended indefinitely pending review by the Criminal Enterprise Management Team and will most likely result in forceful disbandment.

Failure to comply with the penalties will result in an automatic disbanding of the organization. Failure to comply with strike five will result in a suspension of the community.

Additionals:

20.01 - Any and all requests in regard to the criminal enterprise system and organizations have to go through the Criminal Enterprise Management Team.

20.02 - Members of the community are forbidden to have different characters in multiple criminal organizations as well as different characters within the same criminal enterprise.

21.03 - When communicating within roleplay with members of your organization, you are mandated to take usage of an in city radio system or phone which can be purchased at Digital Den. Usage of Discord or any other such softwares is not allowed.

21.04 - Members of the Criminal Enterprise Management Team are mandated to be present within your organization’s communication server on Discord with full admin permissions.

21.05 - Failure to remain in compliance with the community policies and the criminal enterprise guidelines will in the long term result in the disassembly of your organization.

21.06 - Criminal related violence and attacks may happen anywhere and anytime. However, making your whereabouts known will result in your organization being known by law enforcement agencies. Refrain from engaging in major shootouts in the public to remain realistic.

21.07 - If your organization is carrying out illegal activities, you are more likely to be discovered by law enforcement agencies. Refrain from shooting up civilians and peace officers without any proper reasoning. Violence should only be used as a last resort. Your first instinct in scenarios such as this should be to flee and escape captivity without violence being involved.

21.08 - Do not consistently attack, murder or assault individuals that seek revenge against you or your organization or vice versa. This is naturally going to happen. Stay within character and have an open mind to realize that it is just a game.

21.09 - If you are downed or murdered during an attack by other criminal organizations and are taken to a hospital, you are not to re-engage within the same scenario until a minimum of ONE(1) HOUR has passed. This makes the odds fair and reasonable for the other gang but also more realistic at the same time.

20.10 - Your organization may choose to leave their property or territory at any given time. However, this opens up a window for an attack by rival criminal organizations. Do not complain or turn it into a staff situation because of this. Deal with it in character.

20.11 - Verified organizations will be disbanded if they are considered as inactive. An organization may be inactive for up to TWO(2) WEEKS before they are permanently disassembled.

20.12 - Any and all new members joining a Verified criminal organization must go through an administrative background check in order to be officially invited into that specific organization. This is to prevent individuals with a major negative record within the community from advancing onto ruining the reputation of Verified Gangs. Also to prevent them from abusing it.

20.13 - You may not jump criminal organizations without the green light of a member of the Criminal Enterprise Management Team as it is simply not realistic to do so without a very valid and appropriate reasoning behind it. If your character was a member of one organization, it may never be in another organization again unless it is approved by staff. If approved, a member of a Non-Verified criminal organization must wait a minimum of TWO(2) WEEKS until you may join another organization. Verified criminal organization members must wait a minimum of ONE(1) MONTH until they will be permitted to join another organization upon leaving after getting approval from staff. This does not apply to members getting removed or voted out of an organization.

20.14 - Please be careful and considerate of the numbers of your criminal organization. Individuals engaging in a more social and interactive style of roleplay are not limited by the size of the group.

20.15 - Please keep in mind that as the head of your criminal organization, you are responsible for the actions of your organization and you will be held accountable if your organization repeatedly fails to comply with the community policy and the criminal enterprise guidelines.

20.16 - Gangs and criminal organizations will naturally not get along with one another. Please refrain from having truces with every other organization in the city in order to keep the roleplay interesting and realistic. But also to prevent several organizations from ganging up on one or multiple smaller organizations or groups.

20.17 - The execution and usage of the drive by strategy is frowned upon by the Criminal Enterprise Management Team and the community as a whole. It usually involves little to no roleplay and is usually something that will be considered RDM which is not tolerated in any shape or form.

20.18 - Drive By’s are not permitted. What we consider a drive by is shooting at someone that is not in a vehicle while your vehicle is moving. Bring your vehicle to a complete stop for TWO(2)-THREE(3) SECONDS and then shoot. You MAY shoot from a moving vehicle at another person that is in another moving vehicle during a car chase. But you may not shoot from a moving vehicle at someone in a vehicle if it was not initially moving prior to you getting there.

20.19 - In order to establish a recognized criminal organization, you and your crew members must submit a complete list of all your members of your crew in the following format to the Criminal Enterprise Management Team and must keep us up to date on new additions to your crew or members being removed. You may not roam around the city and call yourselves a gang or crew until said list is submitted.

(In City Name - Discord Name - Steam Name) *Please make sure all names have correct spelling and capitalization*

NOTE:

Any and all sections and guidelines that are visible and written within this draft are subject to change or amendments at any given time at the discretion of the Criminal Enterprise Management Team or the administrative leadership team.

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