The Sundered Guard / GUARD

The Sundered Guard strives to create a strong, respectable gaming community in Star Citizen by creating a home space where our members can play the game the way they want. By staking our claim and focusing on one region of space, TSG will be able to provide a multitude of content, be it hunting pirates, trading, smuggling, scouting, exploring, or any thing else the game has to offer. With the Guard focused in one region we will be able to foster and become a part of a sub community where we know those around us – creating something of a home in the vastness of the ‘verse.

Who We Are

The Sundered Guard is a smaller, tight-knit, multi-game guild that began over 12 years ago in Shadowbane with RP-PVP, and since then has played almost every major MMO at launch. Many of our core members have been together since the creation of the guild, but in each world we visit we add new friends to our roster, helping us continue to create a strong community. Members of The Sundered Guard have led and participated in server and world first raid content in several MMOs, as well as small and large scale PvP in some of the toughest games around (Shadowbane, DAoC, Darkfall, EVE, etc) In Star Citizen, TSG is looking to continue our strong traditions of PvP, Brotherhood, and providing a fun place to call home.

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Our Goal

The Sundered Guard strives to create a strong, respectable gaming community in Star Citizen by creating a home space where our members can play the game the way they want. By staking our claim and focusing on one region of space, TSG will be able to provide a multitude of content, be it hunting pirates, trading, smuggling, scouting, exploring, or any thing else the game has to offer. With the Guard focused in one region we will be able to foster and become a part of a sub community where we know those around us – creating something of a home in the vastness of the ‘verse.

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Code of Conduct

Maturity – Members of The Sundered Guard are expected to show maturity and respect while on the forums, in game, and during real time chat. Kindred should handle situations to the best of their abilities and will not resort to immature behavior, defined as:
- Obnoxious and purposefully annoying actions
- Unrestrained outbursts of anger
- Exchanging out-of-character insults or trash-talking
- Any action defined as immature by the leadership of the Chapter.

Harassment – The Sundered Guard does not support the harassment of any players. All members are expected to treat each other with respect, and extend some of that respect to other players as well. Members will have disagreements; these disagreements should be dealt with maturity and kept private. Any matters that cannot be resolved privately and peacefully should be taken to the Chapter’s Leadership for mediation.

Cheating/Exploiting – We do not support knowingly taking advantage of serious bugs or oversights within the game, unless they have been cleared by that game’s officials. Doing so is against the moral standard we set for ourselves and may endanger the guild’s standing.

Disciplinary Action – Conduct unbecoming a Guardsman – defined as acting in violation of this Code of Conduct – may result in disciplinary action to be decided upon by guild leadership depending on severity. The guild leader must consult with the rest of the leadership before taking the most extreme measure such as Expulsion from the guild. Although, this rule need not apply to Recruits as things such as inactivity and disappearance is common place in this period.

Honorable PvP Conflict – We are an organization founded on the pursuit of Guild verses Guild conflict with a firm belief in honorable PvP. These games are meant to be fun, and we feel the best fights are the ones in which both sides walk away feeling satisfied. This does not mean that you should not stomp on your opponents’ faces, but it does mean we are not griefers.

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Structure

The Sundered Guard’s Star Citizen chapter is lead by a GL who works closely with an assistant, essentially having a position of Co-GLs, with the GL getting preference in the case of a disagreement. The two have full power to run the chapter, and may appoint officers as they see fit. While the power of running the chapter is in the hands of the Co-GLs, they should take every effort to include the chapter as a whole in their plannings, ideally holding meetings to determine the direction the guild wants to go.

Ranks:

Leader
Assistant GL
Officer
Guardsman
Recruit

-Officers are expected to be active members of the community. Active players are the key to a successful guild.
-Any member is eligible for an officer position pending decision and appointment by the Guild Leader based upon the merits of the member.
-The guild leader may be removed through a vote of no confidence by 2/3 Guardsman majority.
-An empty Guild Leader position is filled by the Officers of the chapter, after consulting the chapter members.

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Our Story

Made up mostly of retired UEE soldiers and pilots, The Sundered Guard was formed by a group of like minded individuals looking to escape the rigidness and results-oriented structure of the UEE Military. While many members of the Guard are Citizens – and proud of it – all share a desire for somewhat of an independence from the Empire, along with a life that is focused more on simply being alive. As the group grew and members made their fortunes, the Guard found themselves centralized in the Goss system, becoming a well known entity in the area. Keeping true to the founding principles of the organization, the members of The Sundered Guard have no common goal or objective beyond living life, and enjoying it, together. Some members of the Guard patrol the area for pirates, not quite able to bury their military past, while others have opened successful businesses, traveling abroad in their work, but always returning home. Many of the Guard hire out their services as escort pilots, while others make a living as bounty hunters. Though most of the Guardsmen are upstanding UEE citizens, a small few even trade in the less legal aspects of the ‘verse.

Over the last few decades, many members of The Sundered Guard have become followers of the new Church of the Journey, having found that its path fit remarkably well with the original principles of the Guard. Most members of The Sundered Guard consider themselves Journeymen of the church, trying to live a life beyond marching from goal to goal. This mindset, and the varied professions of the Guardsmen, has created something of a rare group of individuals. The Guard as a whole does not strive for wealth, nor to punish those who break the law. Instead, The Sundered Guard simply exists, providing it’s members a home to defend, a family to support, and a Brotherhood that continues to stand the test of time.

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Recruitment

The Sundered Guard is recruiting players of any skill level and experience who:
- Know how to treat each other with respect.
- Want to be part of a community and work in a group.
- Know how to have a good time.

Applicants must agree to The Sundered Guard’s code of conduct.