Leave of Absence

Discovery policy requires that all Players planning an absence from posting of more than 5 days complete the following process. This ensures that every crew member is aware of the Leave and will not tag those characters who's writers will be gone for an extended period of time.

Discovery utilizes two forms of Leave:

LOA (Leave of Absence), for players who will be gone 6-30 days

ELOA (Extended Leave of Absence), for players who will be gone +30 days

All Characters on leave will retain their rank indefinitely. Characters placed in a LOA status will also automatically retain their assignment slot/position. Those placed in ELOA will have their assignment slot/position held only until the stated Return Date. Exceptions to this may be made (at the discretion of DSC Command) for ELOA's of more than 60 days. In any case where a character is removed from their assignment slot, every effort will be made to work with the Player to logically write in the change.

The Leave of Absence Process:

1. Copy the block of text from the bottom of this page and paste it into a new email, putting "Leave of Absence" in the Subject Line.

2. Add the proper information about your Leave after each line.

3. Double check your information and send the email to Discovery's NRPG Board: ussdiscovery-nrpg@yahoogroups.com

4. Await confirmation by a member of the Command Team.

5. If you wish to add any additional details about your Leave, you may do so by responding to the Command confirmation.

6. You do not have to inform the Command Team of your return, just begin posting as usual.

Text to be copied:

PLAYER NAME:

TYPE OF LEAVE REQUESTED (LOA or ELOA):

RETURN DATE: