Since it's inception, The Local Cluster has always had something of a hither-may-care attitude toward opening embassies and what role they play in region growth, cooperation, and introducing roleplaying (particularly Future Tech roleplaying) to new players. In order to remedy that oversight, The Local Cluster has developed a three-tiered embassy policy, as well as the requirements of each, in order to make greater use of this mechanic that has since become such an integral part to regional management and the maintenance of regional health.

As such, any regional officer seeking to establish an embassy with The Local Cluster is strongly encouraged to review the policy outlined in this dispatch before submitting an embassy request. All requirements are provided below for easy review. In general, it is not required to contact The local cluster administrator before submitting an embassy request, unless your region is seeking a special concession; please do not contact the curators individually regardless. Regions which do not fit these requirements are likely to be rejected without further contact; if your region's embassy request has been rejected, do not submit a second without contacting The local cluster administrator asking for a special concession; at that point, your region will be reviewed for compatibility and other factors to determine if an embassy would be beneficial regardless of requirements.

In addition to regional embassies, through partnership with the NSFT Discord, The Local Cluster operates an NSNexus cluster (provided by AugustinAndroid). Regions which maintain embassies with The Local Cluster, are in good standing with the region, and utilize AugustinAndroid (with both the NSVerify and the NSNexus modules enabled) may request to join the cluster. This cluster allows all Discords (and ostensibly, their associated regions) in the cluster to communicate with one another without joining their respective Discords. For more information, see below.

I. Tier One: Future Tech Roleplaying Regions
Required: Tagged "Future Tech" and/or "FT:FTL." Tagged "Role Player." Not tagged "Puppet Storage." Not tagged "Jump Point." Not a trophy. User-Created Region (UCR). Existing Founder or executive Delegate. Clearly labelled/pinned rules or no history of rampant abuse of the site rules. Proper and positive player conduct upon embassy request review. More than one player as resident.

Require 2 or More: Embassy pre-exists May 1, 2021. Of unique historical or cultural importance to the Future Tech community. Linked Discord server. If not established in primary requirements: existing Delegate (executive or non-executive). Established regional officers. If insufficient requirements met: roleplay-oriented special concession (RPSC).

Tier One Embassies: Axiom Supercluster, Grand Alliance, Hoshizora, Limitless Universe, Raumreich Oversector, Realm of Unrestricted Science, Rogue CONclave, The Bar on the corner of every region, The Milky Way Galaxy, Titan, The TSAR (RPSC)

II. Tier Two: Roleplaying Regions
Required: Tagged "Modern Tech," "Post-Modern Tech," "Fantasy Tech," and/or "Past Tech." Tagged "Role Player." Not tagged "Puppet Storage." Not tagged "Jump Point." Not a trophy. Existing Founder or active executive Delegate or password protected. Clearly labelled/pinned rules or no history of rampant abuse of the site rules. Proper and positive player conduct upon embassy request review. More than one player as resident.

Require 2 or More: Embassy pre-exists May 1, 2021. Of unique historical or cultural importance to the roleplaying community. Game-Created Region (GCR) in which roleplaying is encouraged. Linked Discord server. If not established in primary requirements: existing Delegate (executive or non-executive). Established regional officers. If insufficient requirements met: roleplay-oriented special concession (RPSC).

Tier Two Embassies: Anteria, Greater Dienstad, The Erviadus Galaxy, Atlas (RPSC), Mobius (RPSC)

III. Tier Three: Other Regions and Non-Roleplay Special Concessions
Required: Not tagged "Jump Point." Not a trophy. Existing Founder or executive Delegate or password protected. Clearly labelled/pinned rules or no history of rampant abuse of the site rules. Proper and positive player conduct upon embassy request review.

Require 2 or More: Embassy pre-exists May 1, 2021. Game-Created Region (GCR). User-Created Region (UCR) of unique historical or cultural importance. Linked Discord server. If not established in primary requirements: existing Delegate (executive or non-executive). Established regional officers. If insufficient requirements met: special concession (SC).

Tier Three Embassies: Armagedox, Avadam Inn, End 500, Federation of Planets Headquarters, Iterations on a Digital Dream, Mylktopia, Space Sector RPRA, Stargate, The World of Remnant, An Island In Space (SC), August (SC), Earth Prime (SC), Mars (SC), SICON (SC), Star Wars RPG Group (SC), United Federation of Planets (SC)

In partnership with the NSFT Discord, The Local Cluster operates an NSNexus cluster known as Amity Station. The NSNexus - a feature of the NS'er-developed AugustinAndroid bot - allows multiple Discords to communicate with one another without actually being a member of one (or more) of the servers in question. While distinct channel embassies do exist, The Local Cluster (rather aptly) uses another feature known as "clusters." In short: where an embassy channel allows two Discords two communicate bilaterally to one another, a cluster allows all member Discords to communicate multilaterally with one another, networked.

Those regional Discords that are interested in gaining access to the Amity Station cluster, and thus communicating with members of the NSFT Discord and any other Discord that has joined Amity Station, must meet the following requirements:

1. Be a Discord for a region sharing an embassy with The Local Cluster. All are listed above. (This requirement can be exempted in certain circumstances. Do not assume, however, that every request will result in one.)

2. Have the AugustinAndroid (otherwise commonly known as "Moose") bot enabled on the Discord.

3. Have AugustinAndroid's NSVerify and NSNexus modules active.

4. Be willing to have a channel created on the Discord strictly for communicating through the Amity Station NSNexus cluster.

5. Allow only members that have verified through NSVerify to access the aforementioned channel, and inform them of the Amity Station rules.

Assuming these requirements are met (or willing to be met, as the case may be), contacting Kyrusia by telegram is the best course of action. Assuming everything is proper and correct, a password to gain access to Amity Station will be given and everything will function as intended.

Spoilered below is a full accounting of the Amity Station rules. They are quite simple, but will be enforced. Please note, further: if someone happens to be banned on one regional server but not another, AugustinAndroid is smart enough to recognize this and block their messages from appearing on the server from which they are banned. Regions don't have to worry about Amity Station being used by players to ban evade.

Amity Station Rules

0. Don't be disruptive.
Don't make yourself a burden. If it's disruptive, expect staff intervention. If you're here to cause problems, whether you make that apparent here or elsewhere, don't make yourself comfortable. Don't bother trying to rules-lawyer.

1. Use common sense.
If you have to ask if something is acceptable, it probably isn't. If you think something is malicious and a bad idea to post, assume it is. Don't be malicious. Don't spam. Don't dox (release personally identifying information).

2. Be considerate and respectful. Practice good faith.
Don't be belligerent and intransigent; remember to step away. Don't flame, bait, or troll.

3. Don't be a bigot. Don't maliciously troll.
Racist, homophobic, transphobic, and other prejudiced content - in any form - will result in your removal.

4. Keep things Safe for Work (PG-13).
Pornographic and obscene content - in any form - is prohibited. Don't post explicit and obscene material. Don't post gore.

5. Plagiarism is prohibited.
Don't use another member's intellectual property without their permission.

6. Don't post spoilers.
Don't post them at all for a week after the media's last release date, and spoiler them for a further week.

7. Real-world political discussion is prohibited.
Find somewhere else for it; this is not the place to discuss current affairs or political discourse. No, you have no free speech here - not in any capacity.