Ignorance of the rules will not spare you from the actions taken against you or your constructions for breaking them.

Rules:
1. No private factions allowed, you must join either the Earth Defense Force or the Martian Resistance, or go it alone without a faction. Any additional factions and all stations/ships under their control will be deleted periodically.

2. Anyone attempting to switch factions to sabotage or spy on the enemy will be banned permanently. If factions become unbalanced in terms of man-hours of playtime on either side, volunteers to switch allegiance will be sought. You may not switch teams without the approval of an Admin or server Moderator.

3. PVP is allowed everywhere, EXCEPT within the walls of the adminatium stations. You absolutely may not raid, destroy, steal, or grief anything within an adminatium station, however tempting. You MAY attack anything docked out side it, and you MAY destroy any external turrets on the adminatium station.

6. If you are doing anything to cause excessive server lag, you will be asked to stop, or the cause of the lag may be deleted.

7. PUT A FINISHED BEACON ON ANYTHING YOU WISH NOT TO GET DELETED! All ships/stations must have the OWNERS NAME in ship/station name, found on the info tab in the k menu. This is to count a players build limit. Any ship/station without a playername will be deleted weekly.

8. Blueprints may not be projected unless they are being actively worked on. This means NO "Holo-signs"

9. PVP can occur anywhere. But it may not occur within a faction unless it is a consensual dual. Take the fight to the enemy. If you don't want to share something with faction members, adjust the share option on your ships/blocks accordingly. No hacking control from allied faction members. This will result in a reset of ownership of all of your things, meaning all your things are up for grabs.

10. Beacons/Antennas must be turned off when parked at bases to cut down on gui clutter.

11. A Ship initiating PVP must be broadcasting a beacon/antenna at a minimum of 800m. This is not necessary for the victim, or when a ship is fleeing.

12. BUILD LIMITS PER PLAYER:
(!!!!!!!!!!!As well as an attached completed beacon, all constructions must have the owning players name included in the ship/station name via the info tab on the k-menu. Any unnamed grids will be deleted on a regular basis!!!!!!!!!!!!)

- 1 Large ship grid: 6 turrets, 4 weapons/tools* MAX (weapons may be substituted for turrets, but not vice versa. Tools may not be substituted for turrets)

- 3 Small ship grids: 1 turret, 4 weapons/tools* MAX

- 1 Outpost station: 4 turrets, 10 functional blocks/machines* MAX

- 2 Defense Sattelite stations: May only consist of 1 reactor, 1 cargo, 2 turrets, and armor. Must fit within a 7x7x7 station block cube (only turrets may protrude).

- Infinite Torpedos/Mines/debris**: Defined as any small or large ship grid that do not have any sort of cockpit, remote control, or any other type of way to pilot them.
!!!! Any of these not MERGEBLOCKED to a ship will be deleted on a regular basis to maintain server performance !!!!

*All Welders, grinders (except large grinder) and single-ore refineries count as 1/2 a tool or machine in the final summation. Tools/machines includes rotors/pistons, spotlights, speakers (not including cargos, reactors, doors, collectors, interior lights).

**The floating object limit is set to 64, so use of ore as railgun ammo may have your projectiles disappear midflight if someone is mining, your rate of fire is too fast, or someone spills components.

*** This may seem limiting but there are many upgradeable tools and powerful weapons to use. Lower number of active blocks increase game performance.

!!!ANY SHIPS/STATIONS THAT DO NOT COMPLY WITH THE ABOVE RULES WILL BE DELETED ONCE A WEEK!!!

These rules help boost server/game performance, and ensure balanced, fun PVP.