Admins may exercise discretion with rules as they see fit. If you rule lawyer or line skirt, you will be removed.

Absolutely no hate speech, slurs, bigotry, racism, specism (demeaning other characters in-game due to their in-game race), sexism, or anything even remotely similar. (YOU WILL GET PERMABANNED)

Absolutely no Erotic Roleplay (ERP) or sexual content, including direct or indirect mentions of sexual behavior or actions. (YOU WILL GET PERMABANNED) (Leeway is given to insults, ex: 'You are a dickhead', do not push it)

Don't communicate in-game/in-character information through methods outside of the game (such as talking in Discord with other users actively playing or by talking to your sibling across the room while you are both playing). This is referred to as "Metacomming". Adminstrators cannot police metacommunications, we must assume it is being abused. (ALL INVOLVED WILL GET PERMABANNED)

Attempting to evade game bans will result in an automatic appeal-only permanent ban that is only appealable after six months and only with a voucher of good behavior from another SS13/SS14 server. Attempting to evade job bans will result in an appeal-only permanent ban. (YOU WILL GET BANNED MUCH WORSE THAN YOU ALREADY WERE)

These are English servers. Speak only English in IC and OOC.

Don't use exploits or external programs to play, gain an advantage, or disrupt/crash the round/server. This includes autoclickers and scripts to automate the game or evade AFK detection. Intentionally attempting to lag/crash the server will result in an immediate appeal-only ban.

Don't use multiple SS14 accounts to play (referred to as "multi-keying"). Users knowingly using multiple SS14 accounts will have all of their accounts banned.

Do not ignore the admin help relay or abuse it by flooding it with spam messages, checking for admins before stating a problem (ex: "hello?", "any admins?"). Hostility to administators in the relay will likely result in your removal. All admin helps are sent to the Harmony Discord relay.

Practice common sense while consulting these rules. The general idea counts, not the exact wording. The rules are guidelines for the server and should be interpreted to suit the situation at hand, not manipulated to suit your needs. Attempting to Rules-Lawyer an Administrator is never a good idea, and likely to result in harsher punishment

The Server Staff retains the right to issue Permanent Bans to players that they consider to be a consistent net negative to the community and server, without the need for any specific Rule to be broken.

The Staff Members have final say on the server. If you are banned or job banned from the server. Ban appeals will be handled on the Discord.

The Adminhelp system is not to be spammed. If you do not get a response, the Administrators are either busy with other matters or not available.

When in doubt, Adminhelp any question you may have about the Server Rules.

Harmony is a medium role-playing server.

You're not expected to be 100% immersed in everything that is happening. However, we still expect players to act in character at all times, in a manner befitting Space Station 14. The game has many clashing themes and many unserious tones, but generally try to take things as seriously as you would if you were in your character’s shoes.

Job knowledge is restricted within reason; for example, an engineer should not know how to make complex medicines. In an extreme crisis or to save your own life, you may stretch this information.

Avoid using netspeak (lol, wtf) unless you're writing on a PDA or piece of paper.

SSD Players are players that have disconnected from the game. They can be identified by examining them, which will reveal yellow text indicating they might return. Players with purple catatonic text can be assumed brain dead and taken to cryosleep or the morgue.

Do not tamper with SSD players unless necessary. Beneficial interactions (Such as dragging them to a safer area or giving them medical care) are allowed.

Members of security are allowed to perform arrests and to process people who go SSD in front of them as if they were awake.

Be respectful to everyone. Every character is played by a real human being. Frustration is natural and a part of roleplay, but should not result in you actively harassing anyone.

Under no circumstances is OOC harassment of another player allowed, regardless of who the victim is.

Racial, Homophobic, Ethnic, Religious, etc, slurs are not allowed IC or OOC and are strictly prohibited.

Speciesism is prohibited.

Only choose a role you're actually wanting to play a round of.

The goal of an Antagonist is to make the round exciting, fun, and dangerous, within limits.

Antagonists are generally given more leeway, and are not affected by Rule 4, Rule 6 or Rule 7.

"Self-Antagonism" is a highly subjective term which broadly means "Do not make everything worse".

A few examples of self-antagonistic activities include:

• Anything which negatively impacts the enjoyment of a large part of the crew, or puts the station at risk.
• Criminal activity done without reasonable IC justification (AKA doing things "just because you can").
• Theft of high value items, most notably syndicate objectives.
• Actively assisting an antagonist just for the sake of it. (Helping antagonists with reasonable cause, such as "Fear RP" or hostage situations, is allowed)
• Actively diverting security personnel and resources away from other direct threats.
• Kidnapping or Murder, except as a last resort scenario or during an approved execution.
• Any form of round removal.

This list is not exhaustive. If you fear that what you are doing could be self-antagonism, it is recommended to ahelp it.

It is only the job of Security to stop antagonists. If you are not a member of Security, then hunting Antagonists is not something you should be doing.

You are allowed to defend yourself from antagonists, but should not make extended efforts to chase them down. The captain, while well armed, should not be hunting antagonists and should allow security to take the lead except during emergencies.

Antagonists which seek to destroy the station itself or kill the entire crew, such as Nuclear Operatives, are exempt from the validhunting rule, as it may require dozens of crew members to stop them. It is however recommended to try to keep doing your job first, as it may save more lives in the end. If a minor antagonist has eliminated all of security (I.E. as a result of DAGD), crew may take more significant action to call evac and/or eliminate the threat until security is revived.

Harmony is a 16+ server, but this does not mean you should be crude.

Generally, avoid anything that can come off as erotic. Don't say things like, “They're raping me!”. Lighter forms of affection like hugs and kisses are appropriate, as long as they are platonic.

Sexual terms can be used as insults, such as saying "Go fuck yourself". However, avoid getting into too much detail, and do not harass people. Content that could have implied sexual meaning is subject to admin ruling.

Silicon roles will have additional rules imposed to them, commonly known as laws. They take the form of an ordered list and are accessible in game via the “View laws” action in game.

Silicon characters must, at all times, obey their laws to the best of their ability. These laws trump game rules, meaning that you are allowed to ignore them if directly told to by the game. However, a lack of indication not to perform an action is not a valid reason to perform said action.

Whenever possible, silicons must follow all of their laws at once, finding a valid interpretation of these laws to meet the demands if able. If two laws are in direct conflict, or if a silicon is otherwise unable to meet the demands of all their laws simultaneously, they must prioritize the one closer to the top of their ordered list, in ascending law order.

While cyborgs are allowed to bypass game rules if a law they possess allows them to, this does not allow them to ignore rules at all times.

Silicons are bound to the same rules as crew, most notably concerning self antagonism. Their laws not containing a direct mention not to do something does not constitute a valid reason to do so, and if that something is self-antagonistic in nature, a silicon is subject to punishment just as a regular crewmember would be.

Actively pursuing antagonists without an explicit reason to do so is considered validhunting. Silicons are not security officers and should not be engaging in their matters.

Passively allowing a law change or obeying an order to stay still are allowed, but directly requesting a law change to something more “Interesting” or actively following a known syndicate hoping to get e-magged are considered self antagonism and are not permitted. 

Altered or subverted silicons are given more leeway concerning self antagonism. For instance, ion laws may be interpreted in an exaggerated manner as long as doing so does not actively harm the experience of others.

The main difference between a server rule and a silicon law is that silicon laws are much more open to being rules lawyered. 

Part of playing silicon is interpreting laws in new and innovative ways, but said interpretation must still be correct. Overzealous law misinterpretations are subject to admin discretion in the same way as failing to follow a law would be.

Crew and Harm are two common and frequently used terms when it comes to silicon rules. Unless stated otherwise:

• Crew refers to anyone with a valid crew icon.

• Harm refers to physical damage to an entity, whether direct or indirect.

These terms cannot be lawyered, but you are allowed to expand upon their meaning such as considering mental harm a form of harm.

When picking an interpretation of a law, you must be consistent in that interpretation for the rest of the round.