Debriefs are meetings organized by COs and Fleet to discuss the situation on the field, next mission and trainings. It's the perfect opportunity to group everyone up and to plan the upcoming deployments. Once in a while, a CO or a Fleet will call for a Debrief, either using an advert, comms or voice amp, Players will usually see something like this in chat:
“RTB FOR DB”
As soon as a player sees this announcement from a CO, they must return to base and head to the Debrief area. Each map has its own debrief area, so players must get accustomed to them. RTB is short for "Return to Base" and DB means debrief.
Once players arrive to the Debrief area, they must line up with their division or, if they’re a CO, they must go up on the platform. During debriefs, players must keep their weapons holstered and keep quiet. If anyone has anything to say during a Debrief, they must type “PTS” in chat and wait for a CO to give them permission to speak. PTS is short for "Permission-to-speak". When a CO announces that “PTS is active”, you must follow this procedure as well.
Debriefs go through the following topics: Battle Reports, Demotions and Promotions. Battle reports give everyone information about what’s going on the field, so any player is more than welcome to give their view of what has been going. Demotions are a harsh topic of discussion, so COs recommend players to PM them when they have a demotion in mind. During promotions, players may only recommend others for promotion and never themselves (or they will be punished). If a player gets accepted for promotion, they move to the promotion line and wait until the Debrief is over. Players may not recommend the person who recommended them for promotion during the same Debrief session. Once the CO logs the promotion, the player must change their name to add the new Rank that they got.