Fleet Rules

The fleet rules codify the behavior expected of anyone participating in an HMA Fleet. While each bosmang is free to implement their own rules, they are expected to specify any variance from these norms.

Rule #1 – Don’t Be An Asshole

This should be fairly self-explanatory. If it’s not, you may be an asshole. Examples of asshole behavior include, but are not limited to, excessive profanity, unwanted sexual advances, hate speech, and channel spam. This rule is deliberately vague. It is up to the discretion of the bosmang as to what behavior is acceptable in their fleet.

Rule #2 – Don’t Be A Bot

Multi-boxing and the occasional trip to the bathroom is more than acceptable, but we require a real person at the helm. Botting does nothing but hurt the actual human miners we support.

Rule #3 – Don’t Damage Fleet Members Or Equipment

Excepting for violations of these fleet rules, fleet membership is sacrosanct. Joining fleet with the express intention of killing fleet members is grounds for immediate blacklisting. If you have beef with another pilot, leave and deal with it.

Rule #4 – Don’t Steal From Fleet Members

This includes, but is not limited to, such things as scooping other pilots’ cans, failure to pay buybacks as agreed, or refusing to pay any agreed structure fees for private moons.

Rule #5 – Don’t Deploy Personal MTUs

This interferes with collection and In-Space Buyback as well as facilitating theft. Only the bosmang, or their designee, should be deploying a Mobile Tractor Unit (MTU) during fleet operations. Any unauthorized MTUs may be subject to immediate destruction.

Rule #6 – Do Read The MOTD

It’s hard enough keeping these fleets running smoothly without having to answer questions that have already been answered. Don’t be that guy. If you’re not familiar, the Message Of The Day (MOTD) is a wall of text that appears at the top of the fleet chat window. It often contains the answers to your most pressing questions. If you need to refresh it, just hit the ⋮ in the top right and Reload Channel’s MOTD.

Rule #7 – Do Respect Right Of Way

Whenever possible, avoid mining rocks that are already being mined. When in doubt, biggest ship wins. In particular, avoid the Bosmang’s rocks since they cannot move without disabling compression and reducing boost range. Generally, those will be identified with an X. To clarify, as the number of available rocks dwindles pilots are both allowed and encouraged to mine any available rocks.

Rule #8 – Do Tip Your Bosmang

The skills and equipment to run an HMA Fleet takes many months and billions of ISK to acquire. So, if you’d like to keep mining twice as fast for one hundred times as long, it is highly recommended that you compensate your bosmangs accordingly. Assuming maximum boosts and compression, the suggested donation is 25% in Ore or ISK. However, both the act and the amount is voluntary so only pay what you can comfortably afford. Additionally, new pilots should focus on saving their ISK towards upgraded mining equipment.

Rule #9 – Do Fly At Your Own Risk

It’s safer to fly with us than not, but things can happen. Although most fleets have security personal present to prevent ganking, we cannot guarantee your safety. Ultimately, in Eve Online, if you lose your ship you have no one to blame but yourself. It is also recommended that you confirm that the fleet you are joining meets our fleet standards found below. Being in an unauthorized fleet can be more dangerous than not being in one at at all. When in doubt, come check with us on the Discord.

Rule #10 – Do Share The Fleet

Our community is our strength. The more people involved, the safer and more prosperous we all become.