Zelmana Posted October 28, 2021 Posted October 28, 2021 In recent years, I haven't seen this mentioned as much. Searching the wiki, the FCP is not mentioned. I believe, and please correct me if I am wrong- that our protocols for first contact (i.e. alien / anomalous species) was retconned/reworked or deprecated. I think that it should be looked at oncemore, both due to convenience of guidance when dealing with anomalous things that come up (either antag or not), as well as the future NBT possibilities of new races,planets,fauna,flora, etc. If I recall correctly, the FCP was a less-well-known protocol, typically only known by Command, detailing how to handle anomalies. Often it would be what we receive from faxing about them to CC- general guidance for containment, observation, and EOR transportation. In short, can we look at FCP again? Quote
Arrow768 Posted October 28, 2021 Posted October 28, 2021 Afaik the first contact protocol has been posted by a player in the head of staff section the forum. It can most likely be found there still. However I do not remember it being made official policy. Anyway. We can certainly look at adopting a official FCP if someone comes up with a suggestion for one and this suggestion is not going against our goals. Quote
Butterrobber202 Posted October 28, 2021 Posted October 28, 2021 Off the top of my head: ---------------------------------- Spoiler 1. Avoid interference with new species until preliminary assessments have been made. a.) Assess the average intelligence level of the species b.) Assess the technological stage the species currently resides in c.) Assess the disposition of the species d.) Assess the resources available on their homeworld 2. Contact (NBT NTCC Odin Equivalent) and inform them of the discovery, along with preliminary data. 3a. If contact is disallowed, record the system’s galactic coordinates so a different party can arrive and set up observation operations. 3b. If contact is allowed, collect data on the species language and send their leaders a message informing them of Alien presence, alongside peaceful intentions. a.) If reception is positive, prepare an away party of only the most collected and intelligent individuals, as they will not only represent their own species, but the greater Spur as a whole. b.) Provide species with information on the Spur at large, and inform them of (NBT Ship’s Mission) Quote
Marlon P. Posted October 28, 2021 Posted October 28, 2021 I wrote the original FCP while loremaster. It is in the Head Staff subforum of which i have no access to. I remember it because of a thread in which it was incorrectly cited as a reason to remove vampire's eyes cart blanche. Quote
Zelmana Posted October 28, 2021 Author Posted October 28, 2021 27 minutes ago, Butterrobber202 said: Off the top of my head: ---------------------------------- Reveal hidden contents 1. Avoid interference with new species until preliminary assessments have been made. a.) Assess the average intelligence level of the species b.) Assess the technological stage the species currently resides in c.) Assess the disposition of the species d.) Assess the resources available on their homeworld 2. Contact (NBT NTCC Odin Equivalent) and inform them of the discovery, along with preliminary data. 3a. If contact is disallowed, record the system’s galactic coordinates so a different party can arrive and set up observation operations. 3b. If contact is allowed, collect data on the species language and send their leaders a message informing them of Alien presence, alongside peaceful intentions. a.) If reception is positive, prepare an away party of only the most collected and intelligent individuals, as they will not only represent their own species, but the greater Spur as a whole. b.) Provide species with information on the Spur at large, and inform them of (NBT Ship’s Mission) FCP in this sense goes beyond the star-trek sense of the "FCP". I definitely agree with all the points made, this would be a good directive. In this setting, historically, it has been used for contact with "new" species (usually anomalous, such as changlings, wizards, insane technology, ec.). The way things operate now, we no longer really reference the FCP due to it likely falling out of fashion. Oldguard would remember that we would typically follow FCP and attempt to contain and study the new, often incredibly dangerous and very hostile, creature. It really just assists with some steps in the process. We know that it is a directive of NT/SCC to contain and observe these anomalies/creatures/mutants/whatever, even if it is hostile. This saves Command a fax that will almost assuredly always say "contain it, try to get it prepped for transport, if it is TOO hostile, kill it" etc. etc. Quote
Zelmana Posted October 28, 2021 Author Posted October 28, 2021 22 minutes ago, Marlon P. said: I wrote the original FCP while loremaster. It is in the Head Staff subforum of which i have no access to. I remember it because of a thread in which it was incorrectly cited as a reason to remove vampire's eyes cart blanche. Scrolling through, I did not see it. Quote
Zelmana Posted October 28, 2021 Author Posted October 28, 2021 2 hours ago, Arrow768 said: Afaik the first contact protocol has been posted by a player in the head of staff section the forum. It can most likely be found there still. However I do not remember it being made official policy. Anyway. We can certainly look at adopting a official FCP if someone comes up with a suggestion for one and this suggestion is not going against our goals. We are in the proper section of the forum for a suggestion, aren't we? I know this thread title is a discussion regarding it, but if the consensus is that this should be made official either now (bringing it back to its former use officially), or implemented as a part of NBT, I would like to suggest that. Quote
Marlon P. Posted October 28, 2021 Posted October 28, 2021 The forum thread no longer exists, so the policy was obviously thrown out. It's in my old google documents folders. It's very 2016 Aurora in its energy, even though it was made in 2018. It was probably a bad policy, given it was removed, and also I had an argument where someone cited it as a reason for removing vampires' eyes in science whenever they please. So I won't paste it in full, just my favorite part. Quote If there is no known way to receive a profit (monetary, scientific, or culturally) from the contact or alien species, and this fact is confirmed within a reasonable degree, Command staff are to inform Central Command that they request to "Initiate Contingency 1". They will then politely break off the engagement, gift the alien visitors with useless trinkets and claim they have great inherent value, and allow them to leave so that the NMV Icarus may open fire on their vessel(s) to ensure they cannot return with information on our coordinates to prevent more arriving and wasting NanoTrasen time or money. A new policy for a new era will definitely be necessary. Quote
Zelmana Posted October 28, 2021 Author Posted October 28, 2021 15 minutes ago, Marlon P. said: The forum thread no longer exists, so the policy was obviously thrown out. It's in my old google documents folders. It's very 2016 Aurora in its energy, even though it was made in 2018. It was probably a bad policy, given it was removed, and also I had an argument where someone cited it as a reason for removing vampires' eyes in science whenever they please. So I won't paste it in full, just my favorite part. A new policy for a new era will definitely be necessary. If that was the guidance, than definitely. Quote
Zelmana Posted July 26, 2022 Author Posted July 26, 2022 Necro'ing. This thread had good conversation and a suggestion to implement new policy but ended up dropping activity. This is an important pseudo-policy through the years which is sometimes referenced through paperwork to CCIA and others. As an oldguard character I often remember this player-made pseudo policy referenced very very commonly and it made for great RP. Nowadays it is less referenced but I believe with the above boilerplate it could be formalized as a classified policy similar to nuke auth, disc purpose/existence. All command would know this policy. Quote
Marlon P. Posted July 26, 2022 Posted July 26, 2022 (edited) I wrote it as the loremaster; its one of mine. It should also be deleted. It's terrible. Edited July 26, 2022 by Marlon P. Quote
Zelmana Posted July 27, 2022 Author Posted July 27, 2022 23 hours ago, Marlon P. said: I wrote it as the loremaster; its one of mine. It should also be deleted. It's terrible. On 28/10/2021 at 18:37, Marlon P. said: A new policy for a new era will definitely be necessary. Quote
Marlon P. Posted July 27, 2022 Posted July 27, 2022 (edited) Sorry, only saw the op and your necropost. Forgot all about my replies, lol I agree with my past self, who i must say is incredibly attractive. Edited July 27, 2022 by Marlon P. Quote
Arrow768 Posted October 8, 2023 Posted October 8, 2023 Moving this to the general section of the forums as there currently is no policy that is being suggested for implementation. (And the policy suggestions forum is the wrong place for idea gathering) Quote
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