ESF Command File
 The Rules

The following rules are the so-called "ironclad" rules of ESF.
Violation of any of these may result in serious action against
either the character or the player involved in the infraction.

1. No player may cause the death, permanent injury, or permanent
 or serious alteration of any primary or secondary character 
 under the control of another player. This rule will be enforced
 by action by CinC-JAG, CinC-ESF, the fleet CinC, or the Command 
 Council.

 A primary character is defined as a character created by a 
 player and assigned by Command as a senior officer.

 A secondary character is defined as a character created by a 
 player as a subordinate after their assignment to a RP unit, or
 any other non-primary character that enjoys the protected status
 granted by this rule. Such must be registered with the unit's CO,
 or they will be considered as an NPC (non player character),
 with no protected status.

 Any other character is considered to be an NPC (non player 
 character). These may be created, altered, and destroyed at will.

2. No player may create any characters beyond their first until
 one month (by StarDate) after their graduation from the StarFleet
 Academy training program. Once this requirement has been reached,
 players may create as many characters as they wish, limited only
 by their own desire and the following rule.

 At the permission of StarFleet Command, players with experience
 in other games similar to ESF may be allowed to enter without 
 passing through the SFA training. For the purposes of this rule,
 their first primary character is to be considered to be their 
 second, thus averting the restrictions of this rule. 

3. No player may maintain more than one primary character in a 
 single location. The exception to this is so-called "villains"
 and members of StarFleet Command (those assigned to positions
 higher than starship command).

There shall exist a Command Council, made up of one officer to 
represent each RP unit, and all players who possess a character 
of rank Captain or higher but do not command an RP unit. This
council shall meet continuously, and will arbitrate any major 
violations of these rules. Minor violations will be dealt with
by the unit commander, the fleet CinC, CinC-JAG, and/or CinC-ESF.