§.2 - Foundation Regulations

Infractions of the Foundation Regulations will be handled in three categories.

(C) Minor Infraction:
A minor infraction is a minor offense. If you are caught with a distracting package you may be warned and asked to change. Punishments for minor infractions include a warning or an Ethics Committee watchlist.

(B) Medium Infraction:
A medium infraction could be assault or tool abuse. Punishments for said infraction level may be departmental punishments or being placed on an Ethics Committee watchlist. 

• 1-5 day Class E sentence.

(A) Major Infraction:
A major infraction is the highest level of a violation of the Code of Regulations and Ethics. Punishments for major infractions include departmental blacklists, Class-Es, or Ethics Committee watchlists.

• 5-14 day Class E sentence.

Anomalous Containment Zones

• Foundation personnel under Access Clearance-3 are not permitted to wander within Anomalous Containment Zones unescorted by combative personnel.

• Under no circumstances are personnel under Access Clearance-4 permitted to enter into S3 unsupervised or outside of departmental duties.

• Non-combative personnel are not permitted in the containment of an anomaly. 

Biological Containment Zones

• All personnel are strictly prohibited from accessing the biological containment zones without proper biological equipment & combative escort.

• Under no circumstances are Foundation Personnel permitted to wander and/or loiter within or near the Biological Containment Zones

Humanoid Containment Zones

• Personnel of clearance Level-0 and higher are permitted to access the Humanoid Containment Zone within the viewing area unrestricted; however are strictly prohibited from entering into the containment area.

• Foundation Executives are permitted to enter into Humanoid Containment Zones testing lobbies & transfer zones when escorted via combative personnel. 

• Non-Executives in departments such as FIS, EC, DEA, or E&M are permitted in the Humanoid Containment Zone with an escort with a reasonable purpose.

Sensitive & Restricted Areas

• All members of Foundation Staff are under no circumstances permitted to loiter around or within areas outside of their Clearance Access, Information Access & Department Access. Any & all areas marked as ‘Condemned’  are strictly off-limits to all Foundation Staff. 

• Accessing the surface as a non-combative is only permitted with a site evacuation or event.

Control Room Terminals

• Unauthorized access to the control room and use of terminals.

Alpha- 1

• Alpha-1 are exempt from Site Restrictions only when they are escorting a VIP entering said areas, or are ordered in said area by a VIP.

Trespassing may be categorized as any of the three levels of infractions. The Ethics Committee will determine the level of the offense.

General Behavior:

• Foundation Personnel are to be polite, formal, not trolling or messing around in excessive manner.

• Foundation personnel are to represent themselves as mature and open minded as possible. When on any team, any department, you are to represent that department well.

• Intolerant, abusive, racist, or any sort of malice filled behavior will not be put up with on site.

• Close doors behind you.

• Have respect for others, but have respect for yourself, above all.

• You must report all CoRE violations to the Ethics Committee. Turning a blind eye will result in a violation of FR.2.

Violations of General Behavior will be categorized as a minor infraction, however, with repeated offenses it may become a more serious matter.

Accessories

• Presenting a professional & modest image on site is important for the Foundation and all of its members to ensure that we showcase ourselves within a respectable & professional image.

• While dress code rules are not specific as far as attire, it should be common knowledge that over-excessive items, clothing, hats, etc. should be avoided.

• If you are wearing such an item and are asked to change/remove it, you must do so, or face further penalty governed by the Ethics Committee or Executive personnel.

Unrealistic/Irregular Skin Tone

• Avoid unrealistic skin tones (red, blue, yellow, etc), and try to stick to monotone and realistic tones (white, brown, tan).

• You may be asked to change skin tone while on site if deemed inappropriate, and failure to comply will result in penalty.

Departmental Morphs

• You must present yourself properly with the morph your department is provided. 

  • If your morph is in a glitched state (not showing in the intended way) then you are expected to reset to attempt to fix it. If you are unable to have it fixed, contact an Ethics Committee member to notify them of this. 

Packages/Bodily Mutations

• Packages are strictly prohibited from being worn by Foundation personnel & should be removed when joining Foundation sites.

  • With the exception of headless and other similar, non-disruptive packages.

ANY items that are worn outside of normal attire (hats, shoulder/back accessories) should be within a reasonable guideline and, as stated above, may not become excessive, or you will be asked to remove/change said item.

T-Shirts

• T-Shirts are not to be worn by foundation personnel.

Violations of the foundation dress code will be categorized as a minor infraction, however, with repeated offenses it may become a more serious matter.

Jet Injector Tool:

• Permitted Uses may include; Testing on a Class D in a designated Testing Chamber, injecting a MTF operative with a SCP that boosts their physical performance { Must be authorized via Directorate or above members of staff. }

• Unpermitted Uses may include; Injecting a Foundation personnel or Combative personnel {without permission or authorization}, taking a injector with a SCP still inside outside the biological premises.

Cuff/Detain Tool:

• Sanctioned uses may include; Detaining a FP for interrogation as a last resort. Ethics Committee personnel should try to civilly communicate with an interrogee.

• Detaining Class-D to transport to a test, check-up, interrogation or to put them into Solitary confinement.

• Unsanctioned uses of detain include: detaining a FP with no justification or reasoning, detaining/cuffing a Class-D to prevent them from using guns outside of solitary confinement enforcement, outside of testing or medical purposes, detaining a combative without justification, or cuffing CI or other enemy forces to prevent them from using weapons, SCPs, items, or anything similar.

Wheelchair:

• Sanctioned uses include; Moving personnel during a checkup or for transportation with consent.

• Moving Class-D during a test.

• Wheelchairs should not be used to forcefully move any personnel or to disrupt peace.

Abuse of staff tools may be categorized as a minor infraction on the first offense, on the second or third offense further action may need to be taken.    

Non-Combative Personnel:

• A weapon may only be equipped and used for reasonable self-defense purposes.

• Self-defense may be used only if the aggressor is (or, within their current life, was) visibly armed, and is either actively attempting to violently harm you or those around you.

• The Foundation closely follows the Castle Doctrine. You may defend any enclosed space you are in (such as BS, CR) from active, real physical threats to your person.

• Self-defense cannot be employed in the presence of assisting combative personnel. If a combative is present, either retreat safely or hide while they handle the threat.

• A person may not defend themselves in the case that FIS, Theta-1, or TFD+ attempt to harm them.

Combative Personnel:

• Weapons may be equipped and used to your discretion within the limits of the Foundation Guidelines, other CoRE regulations, and your departments procedures.

• In active combat or SCP recontainment scenarios, cross-fire accidents are common. The EC and FIS have the right to hold you responsible if deemed appropriate.

• If you are ordered by your superior(s) to perform an action that goes against the CoRE or Foundation Guidelines, Refuse & Report (R&R). You will be protected.

Universal Limitations:

• There are certain universal limits in place for the usage of weapons.

• Trigger control is mandatory. You are responsible for any and all injuries or property damages which occur due to misuse of your weapon.

• You may not aim your weapon at FP unless you are actively protecting your officially-assigned VIP from a FP threat.

• No person may equip or use weapons that they are not authorized to use, whether it's due to not being in the relevant department or from buying the weapon illegally.

Summary:

• For non-combatives; Your weapons may only be used for self-defense in the absence of combative personnel. The only valid reasoning for self-defense is if a person is visibly armed and is either violently harming you or others in your immediate vicinity. You may defend your location from hostile forces, so long as they approach your area explicitly.

• For combatives; You have the ability to use your weapons however you and your department deem fit. Accidental cross-fire deaths will often not result in charges against you, however, the choice is ours. Unethical and illegal orders from your department leadership can and must be Refused & Reported (R&R) to the EC or FIS depending on jurisdiction.

• For everyone; Using your weapon randomly will likely cause injuries, and as such, is strictly not allowed. Likewise, aiming a weapon at FP is not allowed unless you're protecting a VIP. And finally, if you're not supposed to have a certain weapon, for any reason, you won't get away with equipping or using it. That's just giving us two charges against you.

• A detailed explanation of firearm safety is available in the Firearm Safety Document. 

Weapon misuse will be categorized as a medium infraction on the first offense.

Combative Forces:

• Any member of foundation combative forces (Security Agency & Mobile Task Forces) reserve the right to stop & question Foundation personnel for their Identity Card to verify their persons.

Enforcement Bodies:

• Both the Ethics Committee & Foundation Intelligence Service reserve the authority to at any point in time order any member of Foundation Staff to present their identification to verify their persons.

Refusing to present your identification to an authorized personnel is classified as a minor infraction.

Class-D Personnel

• Class-D Personnel may be terminated if caught trespassing outside of the Humanoid Containment Briefing Zone/Cell Block.

• Class-D Personnel may be terminated if under the affects of any anomalous entity/being.

• Class-D Personnel may be terminated after direct involvement with any anomalous entity/being.

• Class-D Personnel may be terminated if disruptive towards medical examination/scientific research & testing.

• Class-D Personnel may be terminated if they do not move from cross fire.

Foundation Personnel

• Foundation Personnel may be terminated if deemed violently aggressive to other members of staff/D-Class without reason.

• Foundation Personnel may be terminated for trespassing into sensitive areas/areas majorly outside their clearance.

• Foundation Personnel may be terminated if refusing direct orders to leave areas in which they are trespassing within or interrupting combative/enforcement bodies operations.

Improper Class-D terminations are categorized as a medium offense on the first violation.

Suitable Use of Radio Communication:

• These may include; Communicating orders/directives to personnel, relaying information, Requesting Class-D and combative to escort/participate in a test and/or medical check-up, convey locations, or current situations.

Non-Suitable Use of Radio Communication:

• These may include; use of radio communication include; Spamming messages to flood channel, talking on the radio without any directive or reason other then just to chat, relaying of false, misleading or redundant information & argumentative comments/discourse.

Inappropriate use of radio relays are to be punished as a minor infraction on the first offense.

Murder:

• The Ethics Committee handle cases involving Level-0 to Level-2

• The Foundation Intelligence Service handle cases involving Level-3 to Level-5

  • In the circumstance that a Level-0 to Level-2 personnel were to murder an executive level personnel, FIS will take charge of the case. 

Manslaughter :

• Manslaughter is characterized as accidental. This falls under FIS jurisdiction.

Murder and Manslaughter are to be punished as a major infraction.

Attempted Murder:

• Attempted Murder is the act of attempting to kill a individual.

• Assault classifies as attempted murder

  • Assault is harming any personnel without reason. Includes amputation, knives, guns, and any other tools which can cause harm or death.

Accidental Cross-Fire:

• Accidental Cross-Fire is the act of shooting a fellow combative or foundation personal, either by them walking in front of you while firing or by you moving behind them accidentally. If the individual is killed then this will be classified as Manslaughter.

Attempted murder is categorized as a minor infraction but may be a major infraction depending on the circumstances.

Definition

• All personnel that have no place or responsibility to the alarm(s) that are sounded, must take refuge in the Breach Shelter or Blast Shelter.

Exceptions

• Security Department Personnel

• MTF Personnel

• FIS

• Department Directors

Refusal to practice basic safety measures in the case of an emergency is a minor infraction.

Spam: 

• Spam can include an individual abusing a tool or item by spam equiping or spam interacting; eg, Drinks, Medkits, doors, tools, etc.

Lag Creation: 

• Lag creation is spamming with the intent to cause lag to the server. This can include spamming medkits, soda's, guns, ammo boxes, and so on.

Spam is categorized as a minor infraction and lag creation is a medium infraction. However, on-site admins may determine it necessary to issue a temporary ban or mute for said offences.

Biohazard Suits: 

• Biohazard Suits should only be worn inside of S2, S3, or MD when conducting a cross-test or virus test, or when engaging in any action that requires the use of a Biohazard Suit.

  • Wearing a Biohazard Suit when it is not necessary may result in immediate termination.

Failure to reset after the use of a biohazard suit is classified as a minor infraction, however if the personnel refuses to reset after being warned, further action may be taken.

Black Market: 

• The black market is restricted to only Class D use. 

Using the black market as a foundation personnel is a medium infraction.

Class D Team Permissions: 

• Class D Team Permissions are only allowed to be authorized by the O5 council or above. 

  • In order to be authorized by a member of the O5 Council, the Councilor must be in game, and the authorization will only last as long as the Councilor deems or if they leave the game. 

Class D Team Guidelines: 

• When on team you are allowed to fully partake in the activities of a regular Class-D.

  • As a regular Class-D you are subject to facing punishment in Solitary Confinement for your actions and are required to serve your solitary sentence before returning to Foundation Personnel team. 

• It is important to remember that Class-D team permissions are a privilege and shouldn't be taken for granted.

As a non-exempt foundation personnel, joining the Class-D team is a medium infraction. Failure to follow team guidelines is a medium infraction.

Vigilantism: Fulfilling the duties of a combative when you have no authority to do so. 

As such:

• Foundation Personnel are not permitted to attempt to help combatives in securing the CDCZ.

• This includes, but is not limited to, seeking out CD to terminate or fighting CD in the CDCZ.

Vigilantism is either a medium infraction or a major infraction depending on the severity of the offense. 

Loopholes: 

• Loopholes are strictly prohibited for getting around the CoRE.

Using loopholes is punishable by any of the three levels of infractions depending on the severity.

Specting Tests and Events: 

• FP are permitted to spectate Tests and Events if they have been given permission to by the host.

• Combatives are permitted in the circumstance that CDC has people guarding it, or they are escorting the test. If spectating then they will need permission from the host.

• Level-4+, Foundation Intelligence Service, and Ethics Committee are permitted to spectate tests, medical checkups, and DEA tours.

Not allowing authorized personnel to spectate tests is a medium infraction.

The act of using means to escape investigative bodies in-game and/or through discord or otherwise conceal criminal acts shall be defined as Evasion of Authority

Evading EC or FIS through both on-site and Discord 

Not reporting criminal acts to either EC or FIS

Evasion of authority may be a medium or major infraction.

Ethical Treatment of Class-D: 

• Class-D are to undergo the same treatment as every other Class-D and cannot have any bias put against them.

Unethical treatment of Class-D is a medium infraction.

Must follow all orders, if reasonable and ethical, from any Level-5 +

Failure to obey ethical orders from Level-5+ is insubordination, classified as a medium or major infraction.

The limitation on personnel membership to and within Departments under the Foundation.

Department Limitations are as follows:

▪ 2 Majors 1 Minor

▪ 1 Major 2 Minors

▪ 3 Minor Departments

• Members may not hold membership of both MTF/SD simultaneously

Department Limits (Continued):

Major Departments:

▪ Scientific Department

▪ Mobile Task Forces

▪ Security Department

▪ Department of Anomaly Actors

Minor Departments:

▪ Ethics Committee

▪ Medical Department

▪ Department of External Affairs

▪ Engineering Services

Department Positioning Limitations:

• Personnel who hold Directorate position within a department (Access clearance of Level-4) or higher are not permitted to hold a position of equivalent or superior rank in multiple departments simultaneously.

Refusing to follow departmental limitations is categorized as a medium infraction.

Regulatory Branch

• The Ethics Committees regulatory jurisdiction encompasses the entirety of CoRE enforcement excluding specifically highlighted areas within the FIS Jurisdiction card & accompanying right to investigate suspected violations of CoRE.

Legislative Branch

• The Ethics Committees Legislative branch's jurisdiction extends to the ability to amend, write & establish official legislation within the Code of Regulation’s & Ethics.

Stepping outside of your jurisdiction is categorized either as a major or medium offense.

Being generally disruptive to combative duties on site. Failure to comply with basic safety procedures during combative situations can lead to larger consequences for yourself or others. Interfereing with duties can be represented by a number of things, such as:

Alpha - 1 Guarding - Purposefully disrupting Alpha formations and operations.

Epsilon - 11 Containment - Disrupting containment procedures/making the situation worse.

General combative duties - Preventing combatives from entering certain areas, getting in the line of fire, being a general nuisance.

Riots/raids - Failure to properly secure yourself in a shelter, disrupting combative activities during riots/raids, putting yourself or others at risk.

CDCZ - Crowding VA during potential CD breaches, entering CDCZ without proper escort and causing trouble.

Evacuation - Slowing down or disrupting evacuation procedures, as well as not reporting to the evacuation area.

Interference with departmental duties is a medium infraction.

Foundation Personnel

• In the event of a containment failure, all Foundation personnel not acquitted with access clearance of Level-4+ are required to report to a breach shelter and remain there until proper containment measures have been re-established. 

• In the event of a shelter-in-place order, all Foundation Personnel not acquitted with an access clearance of Level-4+ are required to find shelter within the nearest room that provides adequate shelter. If personnel cannot find a room that is either accessible or uncompromised, high-ranking personnel may assist them into rooms they may not otherwise have access to. 

• Personnel are only to attempt to reach the breach shelter under circumstances that they do not interfere with combative efforts to re-establish containment/escalate the situation.

Executive Personnel

• Personnel holding access clearance of level-4+ are not required to remain within a safe location or take refuge within the breach shelter during containment failure however are not permitted to involve themselves within efforts to re-establish containment.

• Any Executive obstruction & interference with combative efforts will lead to disciplinary action from the Ethics Committee.

Overwatch Command

• Members of Overwatch Command are not restricted in adhering to breach procedure.

Combative Personnel

• Combative personnel may not pass the Unit 1 checkpoint door during an event riot unless specified otherwise by any Level-4 and above.

• Combative personnel may not lock down any area during an event riot.

• Combative personnel may not SC anyone during an event riot.

Failure to take refuge in a breach shelter during an emergency protocol is categorized as a minor infraction.

Ethics Committee - Disrupting interrogation processes, detainment process. Interfering with discord investigation processes falls under this as well. Leaking information while a case is still being ruled all will also earn punishment. Attempting to prevent proper CoRE enforcement under any means will earn punishment.

FIS - Leaking of any information during FIS investigation immediately transfers any case/punishment jurisdiction to FIS, and will be taken as a major infraction. The same rules that apply to EC will also apply to FIS.

Interference with departmental duties is a medium infraction. 

Foundation Personnel

• Roblox Voice Chat is permitted to be used to communicate and talk in a professional or informal matter. But it is not permitted to be used to play loud or disruptive audios.

• General Behavior regulations still apply to the usage of voice communications.

Voice chat misuse is a minor infraction.

Combative Personnel:

• Combative personnel are permitted on the surface for any departmental purpose or event.

Executive Personnel

• Executive personnel are permitted to the surface as far as the bottom of the first hill. 

Department of External Affairs

• The Department of External Affairs may take foreign representatives as far as the loading bay.

Foundation Personnel

• Foundation personnel beneath the rank Level-4 are not permitted on the surface unless otherwise permitted by an event.

Improper access of the surface is a medium infraction.

Testing:

• Class-Ds should usually be the only personnel that may participate in a test. However, foundation personnel can participate in a backrooms expedition if the scientist permits it.

• Combatives are the only personnel permitted in the containment units of anomalous entities. 

• Violations of general ethical testing guidelines are classified as a minor-medium infraction.

Terminations:

• Class-D personnel may only be terminated with reasonable cause. 

  • Class-D is infected.

  • Class-D is non-compliant.

  • Class-D cannot be retrieved without termination.

• Unethical terminations of Class-D will be dealt with under CoRE section FR.7.

Containment Regulations:

• Class-D Personnel should always stay in the Humanoid Containment Zone (CDCZ).

• Class-D personnel can exit the Humanoid Containment Zone (CDCZ) with combative escort while being detained only for a scientific test, medical checkup or exam, and/or interview. 

• Only Facility Engineer+ can escort Class-D personnel outside of the Humanoid Containment Zone (CDCZ) without a valid reasoning.

• For escaped Class-D’s refer to FR.7 or attempt to detain the escapee.

Failure to follow Class-D Containment Regulations will result in a minor-medium infraction depending on the severity.

Name Dropping Regulations: 

• Name dropping individuals with the purpose of interfering with departmental duties, or wanting to harass members on Foundation Intelligence Service Team will be punished accordingly by the Ethics Committee.

• Personnel who are allowed to name drop the previously mentioned personnel on team are: Facility Engineer+ only. All others who name drop will face punishment.

Name Dropping will result in a minor infraction on the first offense and a medium infraction on the second offense.