Alt Accounts

Our site allows each OOC member up to two characters: one primary, and one alt. After attaining three consecutive MEGS (Missions/Events in Good Standing), players will be eligible to apply for an alt. The process is as follows:

1. Contact an admin to confirm your eligibility.
2. Create a separate alt account on our site, associated with the same email and PB global account as your primary.
3. Submit an application the usual way, making sure to designate somewhere that the character is an alt.
4. After approval, begin posting.

In most ways, an alt is similar to your primary character. The alt may receive awards such as POTM (if the primary isn't an admin), post in missions, events, and Down Time threads, and be promoted. An alt may have the full active standing, or be DTRP-only.

You are permitted to "Double Up" - feature both of your characters in the same thread.

Alts are expected to meet the same activity requirements as primary accounts.

In some regards, however, an alt is different from a primary:

1. An alt may not be promoted above the ranks of Lieutenant or Chief Petty Officer.
2. An alt may not be a command-level officer or Department Head.
3. Alts will be promoted at "half-speed", meaning they will require twice as many MEGS as primary characters for promotion.
4. Alts do not entitle a player to an additional vote in site polls, such as POTM.

The limitations on rank, positions, and promotion do not apply to an alt whose primary character is a civilian.

We recommend that you look at your alt as a separate character from your primary, with their own story. Characters that are too closely tied to your primary, especially family members, are more suited to being NPCs.