San Andreas Civilian Operations Handbook

This document governs Civilian Operations membership and activity. Community rules, consent requirements, and administrator decisions always take priority.

1. Mission

San Andreas Civilian Operations maintains an active, diverse, and responsible civilian community.

The department supports:

• Character creation and development.
• Civilian employment and professional activity.
• Businesses and organizations.
• Community events.
• Social and family roleplay.
• Legal, political, and media activity.
• Approved criminal characters and organizations.

2. Member Responsibilities

Civilian members shall:

• Create believable and distinguishable characters.
• Follow community rules and Civilian Operations policies.
• Separate the knowledge, property, relationships, and resources of each character.
• Cooperate with reasonable scene outcomes.
• Accept appropriate in-character consequences.
• Avoid disruptive or repetitive activity.
• Obtain approval when required.
• Treat other members respectfully.

3. Character Standards

A civilian character should have:

• A recognizable personality.
• Personal motivations and goals.
• Strengths and flaws.
• A believable occupation or source of support.
• Consistent relationships and history.
• A reasonable response to risk and consequences.

A lengthy biography is not required, but members should understand who their character is and why that character makes particular decisions.

4. Character Separation

Information learned by one character may not be transferred to another without a legitimate in-character basis.

This includes:

• Criminal intelligence.
• Department information.
• Personal relationships.
• Business information.
• Property and money.
• Vehicles and equipment.
• Legal history.
• Personal conflicts.

Separate characters may not be used to protect assets, avoid consequences, or benefit from information unavailable to them.

5. Businesses

Approved businesses should provide an active service, workplace, or gathering location.

Business owners are expected to:

• Maintain reasonable activity.
• Include other community members.
• Operate consistently with the approved purpose.
• Follow licensing and property requirements.
• Communicate extended inactivity.
• Cooperate with lawful inspections and investigations.

Business approval does not guarantee exclusivity, special assets, or immunity from consequences.

6. Civilian Organizations

Organizations may include clubs, charities, professional groups, political organizations, social groups, or other approved associations.

Organizations must have:

• A defined purpose.
• Identifiable leadership.
• Appropriate activities.
• Reasonable membership standards.
• Continued community involvement.

Organizations may not exist solely to obtain special permissions, equipment, vehicles, or status.

7. Criminal Activity

Criminal characters and organizations must operate within community rules and applicable approval requirements.

Criminal activity should:

• Have a believable character motive.
• Be appropriate for current server conditions.
• Provide meaningful interaction.
• Allow reasonable investigative opportunities.
• Produce believable risks and consequences.
• Avoid repetitive pursuit- or shooting-focused scenes.

Approval to operate a criminal character or organization does not provide immunity from investigation, arrest, prosecution, loss, or internal conflict.

8. Major Storylines

Prior approval may be required for storylines involving:

• Permanent character death.
• Major government disruption.
• Terrorism or mass-casualty events.
• Sensitive or restricted subjects.
• Significant custom assets.
• Large criminal organizations.
• Community-wide consequences.

Approval coordinates the storyline; it does not guarantee a predetermined outcome.

9. Leadership and Review

Civilian Operations leadership may review:

• Business and organization activity.
• Character or group proposals.
• Repeated low-quality or disruptive conduct.
• Misuse of approved assets.
• Prolonged inactivity.
• Requests for expanded permissions.

Out-of-character disciplinary matters must be referred through the community support process.