MattAtlas

I will look into coding an implementation of this

Ok. If people have a problem they can go take the appropriate avenues. Not really convinced by these phantom "5 other people I speak to that have grave issues with aurora".

Communication with you wasn't effective because you immediately broke the rules again and got banned: all this proves is that our approach is correct. You try to pretend that we should keep talking to you despite you never actually learning, but that's not the case - we have personal time too, and we don't really want to spend the rest of our days trying to explain to you why having double the inventory space is an exploit.

I will accuse you, actually, because you are straight up lying to defend your friend. You were in every thread where we explained that we talked to them many times (so, you actually were aware) - so you are in fact taking your friend's side without having a clue about what's going on. As for your strip, thank you for the reminder that we were actually very lenient with Stars. You did something so bad as an IPC that it warranted immediate removal. It isn't really the badge of honour as a defender of player freedom that you think it is - unless you'd like to enlighten everyone here about why your whitelist was removed, discounting the previous warnings you got for LRP behaviour. The thread specifically states it is about you. First line of the thread. You should read the threads that you tell your friends to make. The level of pretentiousness and complete disrespect for the time staff put in here is stunning. I stayed up past four AM to help you with your original medical appeal. And you are here telling me that I didn't take the time to speak with you? That nobody actually helped you, when I took over an hour of my personal time to help you understand what went wrong AND help you with your unban appeal that was successfully accepted? When Read herself spent MULTIPLE HOURS of her personal time yesterday to help you out? Either you are lying in your favour, or you are twisting facts to make yourself seem like the victim. Pick one of them, because it can't be both. You got banned under no different pretenses than anyone else. I think it's utterly ridiculous that you're trying to paint us as too draconian when 99% of the playerbase remains without a single ban for their entire playtime on the server. Simple fact of the matter is that you can't follow rules while everyone else can. This isn't going to change no matter how much you argue.

You are making claims that we punish people without talking to them first without any sort of knowledge, then?

What part of talking to someone 14 times before applying a ban is immediate punishment?

https://github.com/Aurorastation/Aurora.3/pull/15765 this PR should fix most problems posted here

Seeing as you are interested in only breaking the rules more (as you reposted a post that was removed for breaking the complaint rules), this thread is being locked now.

You do have an advantage over the alternative - which is more inventory space while abusing a bug. No real way to argue that it isn't powergaming. The contents of what you put in the briefcase don't matter because you can put 4 times the amount of stuff in the satchel now.

You have been informed of them, because you were bwoinked. A note is only placed at the end of a ticket on you - think about it as the verbal version of a warning. If I bwoink you for something and tell you not to do it - that is a note. We don't place notes arbitrarily or randomly, and I think the implication of there being some sort of conspiracy to get you banned is a weird one. You can't put a briefcase in a backpack. It literally tells you "this item is too big". You spawn with a briefcase and it's forced in the backpack. You yourself say that you can't put a briefcase in the backpack. With all of this considered there's no real argument for you to say that it's a quirk of game design. I don't really appreciate you taking the high ground and trying to paint us as oppressors. You're one person in a community of hundreds of unique individuals every few months. You can't really claim we systematically treat people badly just because you were permabanned.

Any rule breach is something someone can be banned for. You don't have immunity to being banned simply because you broke "a small rule", otherwise we'd have people with 90 notes going around breaking the rules constantly and not getting banned for it. Looking at your notes, you have eight notes for powergaming, one of which is a medical permaban. You powergamed again after your seventh note, so a permanent ban is more than appropriate. But it's not just the act of powergaming that got you banned - you used an exploit knowingly. We'll get to that later. The rules state when a permanent ban is allowed, and they are pretty clear on it. You received both warnings and temporary bans in the past, so you can't say you were caught unaware: To establish this as an exploit, all you need to know is that you can't put a briefcase back into your backpack, much like someone can't put a backpack inside of their backpack, because you're duplicating your storage. It's very clearly not intentional behaviour. You say you "expressed surprise" and that you didn't know better. You're lying. You knew that you couldn't put the briefcase back in. You intentionally didn't take it out until you needed to. Hence, you were not only powergaming, you were using an exploit you knew of AND spread to other people. With these things in mind, this complaint holds no water. You have no ground to stand on to say that we're "heavy handed" and "shoot first ask later" when you have 20 notes. That's an amount that problem players reach in a year and you've actively played for maybe a month or slightly over that. The bottom part of your complaint is not only pointless and against the complaint rules, but also clearly only angled at guilt tripping staff into unbanning you, which isn't going to work. This complaint is handled and will be closed in 24 hours.

STRATEGIC EXPERTS DISCUSS SOLARIAN RESTORATION FRONT ADVANCE Act 1 Article 3 of the Amor Patriae arc After the opening XNS jingle the camera pans to two individuals, one standing on either side of a screen displaying the Northern Wildlands. The male individual, standing on the right of the screen, begins speaking first. “Good evening everyone, and welcome to this newly-established segment, the XNS Strategic Analysis Unit. I’m Ajit Gopal, one of your hosts.” The female figure replies in tandem, “And I’m Delphine Deschamps. Our objective is to bring you live, objective and reliable updates on the situation in the Solarian Wildlands. We have also established donation numbers for relief efforts, which you will be able to see at the bottom of your screen.” “Right,” Gopal replies, “Let’s take a look at the current situation, shall we?” The holographic screen behind them changes to show a fairly decent situation for the Pact. They’ve lost a good amount of ground in the initial days, but their forces are not spread thin, and the Front’s advance has now slowed down considerably. Counting the number of fleets, the Front has almost an overwhelming numerical advantage. To the more perceptive viewers, the only thing keeping the Pact’s defense line in place is the amount of Pact-aligned FSF vessels, marked in a different color. “The Front currently seems to have the upper hand,” Delphine says, “As we can see, the Pact’s line has now stabilized from the Aria system to the Rubicon system. The Free Solarian Fleets auxiliaries here in yellow are truly the Pact’s lifeline - if they were not here, it’s likely that their defense would have already fallen apart.” “Exactly,” Gopal agrees, “One important thing to note is that the Free Solarian Fleets are actually more mobile than we calculated. We adjusted for an expected lack of phoron for their drives, but that doesn’t seem to be the case. Our intelligence has reported that the Caravaggio - one of their cruisers - has actually managed to bring back a fair amount of fuel.” “That’s interesting,” Delphine says, hemming, “So, now that they can actually maneuver around the enemy, they’ve switched to a more mobile defense overall. We’ll have to see how long their supplies last, though. They may have secured phoron, but it must be a small and finite supply.” “Indeed,” Gopal confirms, “The short-term situation is looking well for the Pact, but the long–term situation is worrying. The numerical advantage is decisively on the Front’s side, and so is the materiel advantage. How will the Pact fare from now? Only time will tell. We thank our viewers for their cooperation, and we implore them to donate to relief efforts. Now, onto the next segment by Steve Beckenbauer, Kitchen Fantasies…”

This item gives you a marked advantage over others so it is not acceptable as a custom item.

Accepted.

On trial until 10FEB2023.

Accepted.

Accepted.

As per your last unban request: Denied.

URGENT ALERT: WAR HAS BROKEN OUT BETWEEN THE MIDDLE RING SHIELD PACT AND THE SOLARIAN RESTORATION FRONT Act 1 Article 2 of the Amor Patriae arc The Solarian Restoration Front has begun a full-scale invasion of the Middle Ring Shield Pact as of two minutes ago. While residents outside the Wildlands are not expected to be at risk at this time, preparations in border systems are underway in case the worst happens. As this story is still developing, information is sparse. Our viewers and readers in the northern regions are advised to: Pack your bags in case of an evacuation. Be prepared to leave behind any non-essential items. Listen to all military staff in the area. Make your way to a designated safe point if necessary. Keep utilities such as your phone, a radio or a GPS device charged and listen for important announcements by the local government. Ensure you have enough food and water for your pets. If you are perplexed on whether or not the emergency alert affects you, please activate your geolocation services and press the “Am I At Risk?” button at the end of the page.

XNS Exclusive: The Immigrant Communities of San Colette Act 1 Article 1 of the Amor Patriae arc “Hello, and welcome once again to the Xanu News Network! As always I am your host, Mariska van den Soeterik. Today’s featured stories include the state of emergency in the northern Solarian Alliance, the Republic of Biesel’s increasing militarization, and our very own Liao Qi’s continued reporting from San Colette. We go now to Liao, who’s currently located in an area of San Colette commonly known as Little New Hai Phong.” The camera switches to Qi, who is currently standing in front of a nondescript apartment building with Solarian script in the front. A reader of Solarian Common might be able to read the script as it consists of various ads for New Hai Phongese restaurants. Qi nods and begins speaking. “Thank you Mariska. As you can see I’m currently standing in front of an apartment building in a district of Montblanc known as Little New Hai Phong. This area was settled by workers who immigrated here from New Hai Phong during the construction of San Colette’s defenses. We interviewed its current councilperson to find out how life has been in this area since the Collapse, and—“ The broadcast flickers and distorts then appears to cut out, revealing a moderately confused den Soeterik behind her desk. She takes a moment to compose herself — this appears to be unscripted. “Well, ah, our apologies for this interruption. We’ll attempt to get Liao back on the network momentarily! For now, please enjoy these words from XNS’ sponsors!” den Soeterik smiles and nods, then waves as the broadcast switches to an ad for an all-in-one Einstein-produced tool set.

BREAKING: Colettish Government Responds to State of Emergency A few reporters, entirely from local stations aside from Liao Qi and his XNS associates off to one side, sit in front of an empty podium. After a minute or two a Colettish woman walks out and cracks open a binder. A subtitle identifies her as Adelmira de Noi, Presidential Liaison. “Good evening. As many of you are already aware, the Alliance has declared a state of emergency on its border in response to Restoration Front movements.” de Noi pauses for a moment, clearing her throat and adjusting her reading glasses. “In my capacity as a spokesperson for the Sovereign Solarian Republic of San Colette I have gathered you here today to announce that we are ready to honor the defensive pact of our Alliance in the face of aggression by any actors. We stand ready.” de Noi pauses yet again, though briefly. “Additionally, I call upon the Alliance to intervene in the so-called ‘Northern Wildlands,’ in the bend of restoring order and territorial integrity. For too long have we suffered in anarchy. Unfortunately we have no time for questions today as the President has an urgent need of me. Any questions should be forwarded to the press office.” de Noi flicks her mic off and says something to her Civil Guard escort, and promptly exits out of the door she entered through as cameras click and reporters shout questions.

LIVE: SOLARIAN GOVERNMENT DECLARES STATE OF EMERGENCY IN THE NORTHERN BORDER UPDATE 18:00 - The Provisional Government has just put out a public notice announcing a state of emergency in the northern border. All citizens residing within 10 LY of the border with the Restoration Front are to prepare for a possible evacuation and are advised to listen to military authorities in the area. As this is a developing story, this article will be updated as new information is announced. UPDATE 18:27 – Viewers in the northern regions report sirens and announcements for all residents to stay calm, but to be prepared to evacuate should the need arise. Local garrisons have been deployed to patrol the streets and high-security areas. Reports of fortifications being deployed around high-priority targets have also been verified by our staff. UPDATE 18:35 – Admiral Verhasselt has explained that the Alliance has managed to confirm what has been described as “extremely grave intelligence”. He has reiterated that the state of emergency is not a drill, and that all affected residents are to follow previous recommendations, but must keep calm. UPDATE 18:36 – Governor Strom has declined to provide any additional details, only reiterating what Admiral Verhasselt has said. He has reassured our reporters that Solarian citizens need not be concerned as of yet. UPDATE 18:43 – Governor Strom has been ushered to a meeting room by high-ranking Ministry of Defense staff. No further comment has been provided, and the stands are now empty. Our reporting staff has been advised to wait for further information. UPDATE 18:49 – Admiral Verhasselt and Governors Strom and Trang have returned to the press conference room. They have explained to our reporters that the previously mentioned intelligence has been corroborated and that the state of emergency is due to heightened Solarian Restoration Front movements in the area and extremely unusual concentrations of full-strength battle fleets. Current military intelligence reports hint towards all available Front battlefleets being mobilized as of now. When asked what this will mean for the Alliance as a whole, admiral Verhasselt has said that the situation is still developing, and it would be brash to make any more statements. Governors Strom and Trang have reiterated their support of this decision.

XNS EXCLUSIVE: San Colette’s Railguns Liao Qi stands in front of a clear glass pane alongside de la Fuentes. In the distance is a Colettish defensive railgun station slowly orbiting the planet, tracking its railgun against an unknown object not visible from the window. A Colettish spacecraft detaches from the station and flies off towards an unknown point in San Colette’s orbit. “You are some of the first foreign reporters to see a Civil Guard railgun fire,” de la Fuente flatly states to Qi. “We’re honored that you’re showing us this, Leticia. You said it’s targeting a former SRF vessel?” “Yes, that’s correct,” de la Fuente taps the upper right of the window, revealing a projection of a Yincheng-class cruiser covered in Solarian Restoration Front livery and obvious battle damage. “This vessel, the River Holford, was disabled by a Free Solarian Fleets patrol last month. Another skirmish with the SRF, like what we’ve been having for two years now.” “How far away is it from us?” “It’s slightly inside the Colettish Belt, so essentially on the edge of the system. Any further out and you’ll be in the asteroid field,” de la Fuente takes a moment to listen to something inaudible to the camera on her radio set. “They’re about to fire, bring the camera up here.” Noyer, barely visible on the left side of the picture, seems to tap so being out on a PDA which causes the camera to shoot forward to the window. It centers upon the railgun as a PA system blares a countdown in Solarian Common. The railgun’s “barrel” begins to glow softly. “THREE… TWO… ONE… A MATADEIRA FIRING.” The railgun fires! While no noise is created due to the vacuum the railgun itself creates a flash of light as it shoots, and something shoots off into the distance at a barely-perceptible speed. “Switch your camera to the screen!” de la Fuente shouts. The camera quickly follows, revealing the derelict River Holford floating in space. A few seconds pass: one, two, three, four, and upon five something happens. With a flash something punches through the left of the light cruiser’s bow and punches out of the right of its stern a moment later. The ship lists to one side before an explosion amidship rips it in half with a flash. This explosion is followed by another, smaller explosion in its aft half which is then followed by a much larger blast in the vessel’s aft which essentially destroys the back of the ship. The camera lingers on the destruction before switching back to the three viewers. “What you just witnessed, Mister Qi and Miss Noyer, was a ship cleaved in half by one,” she raises a finger for dramatic impact, “round which destroyed its magazine and reactor. If the SRF or League come for us, we will be ready.”

On trial until 2FEB2023.

XNS Exclusive: The Castrejon Space Elevator A towering monument to Solarian engineering, the Castrejon Space Elevator dominates the skyline of San Colette’s shipbuilding center of Nuevo Villaviciosa. It’s impossible for us to miss on our ride down from an orbital customs station once used for tourism which now processes thousands of refugees fleeing violence in the so-called “Northern Wildlands.” Our guide, Civil Guard officer Leticia de la Fuente, is a local and has been provided to us by the government to guide us through the space elevator. “What you’re looking at,” de la Fuentes points behind herself at the gigantic space elevator, “is the largest space elevator in the Alliance outside of the Inner Ring. Most of the Civil Guard’s ships are built here by Tiscareno y Volante Shipbuilding and almost all of the city’s industries are tied to it. Biesel almost got this thing shut down through the Collapse you know. The government had to step in to save it.” “You think Biesel caused the Collapse?” asks Odette Noyer, standing off to the side of the camera. “I don’t give political opinions while I’m in uniform, I only concern myself with the facts,” de la Fuentes shoots back. “If you want my thoughts on the matter, interview me during the weekend. We’re going to have to take a ferry to the elevator itself — it’s built off of the coast.” Our boat ride was mercifully short, and we then rode up — though a fairly long platform and elevator ride — to a lower-level shipyard assembling the frame of a warship. “What’ll be done with it after it’s assembled here?” “Well Liao, it’ll be moved to a higher level for more work. What you’re looking at is the hull of a Castillo-class battleship. You might’ve seen the finished product in the gift shop below, although smaller.” “How long until this one is finished?” “At this stage? About two months. It’ll be used to defend our system from the SRF and League. Once we get enough? Maybe we can link back up with the Alliance and end this whole nightmare.”