Alternate Reality

CDR. Asra Kron and CPO Black (*) at Miramar's building on NSTC Nautilus grounds, 02/25/2016.

No matter what this entry's headline suggests we refrain from expressing political views as Navy officers, so don't even go there. This is a clarification on alternative avatars and their use, and it respects N.A.S. Miramar only, as we do not have a Third Fleet directive on this matter yet. All there is, regarding personnel prerequisites for joining U.S.N.S.L. via the Naval Service Training Center is here (Prerequisites link).

Alternative avatars (Alts) are not allowed in N.A.S. Miramar. If you serve at Miramar you may not have an active Alt on any of the same timeline groups in U.S.N.S.L. or other military, para-military or civilian (**) role playing groups in Second Life. That includes obviously all the naval groups part of or attached to Third Fleet command.
Note that "same timeline" ensures you can participate in, for instance, WW2 inspired or Science Fiction inspired groups, and here even as yourself, you don't need an alt for that.

This happens for two reasons.
One is the 99.9% guaranteed drama caused by multiple avatars controlled by the same person in the same environment. The other is that, at Miramar, we expect you to dedicate yourself to your job. This means you WILL be busy enough as YOURSELF.
Finding alt use by any officer or enlisted at Miramar will lead to immediate removal from any and all Miramar based squadrons and transfer to Fleet command for evaluation. Furthermore, using the local command prerogative, the alt in question, the original avatar in use by its operator and any other known alts used by that same operator will be permanently placed on a 60 seconds fly by/sail by only access status at Miramar, which allows safe passage but denies permanence on Du Sud Isle.

The ONLY exception to this rule are alts that have zero active life - such as CPO. Black at Miramar. These have to meet four requirements: to be approved by N.A.S.M. command, to have no meaningful life whatsoever in terms of interaction with others, to be of service to the Miramar group and Third Fleet, and to be known to all as Alternative Avatar Robots (Bots). In the case of CPO. Black, the moment he became active notices were sent to group and a related entry was posted here: CPO Black, the Bot. This makes the bot role public.

This has been known since CPO. Black is "in service" and it is reinforced here now as an extra source of information on this subject.

CDR. Asra Kron
NASMCO

(*) on CPO. Black, see link above or here.

(**) Exception to the "civilian role play groups" are civilians deployed with Third Fleet in that capacity that, therefore, maintain their identities and roles in the groups they originate from. HOWEVER these must have approval from local commands and the local CO is responsible for any wrongdoing perpetrated by said alt as much as the alt itself.