Haven Accords

The Haven Accords are a set of five articles which serve as the blueprints for CrocMC's sanctuary system. The accords were authored by Corsair and implemented by Nick shortly before the August War.

Description
The Haven Accords outline the server's sanctuary system, meant to provide players with legal protection from hits and war so long as they were within the charter of a sanctuary. Corsair wrote these articles shortly before establishing Haven as a sanctuary under the banner of Falcrest. To date, Haven was the only sanctuary which was formally sanctioned under the accords.

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 The Haven Accords 

The administration of CrocMC,

Wanting to make life on the server simpler and more peaceful,

Knowing that sanctuaries are key for the development of new and old players,

Desiring to keep sanctuaries in a state of neutrality for the benefit of new and old players alike,

Hereby,


 * 1) Defines a sanctuary as a publicly-known base, whose coordinates are shared, for the purpose of providing food and shelter to outside players,
 * 2) Prohibits the intentional killing of any player in a sanctuary, even if the combatants are at war with each other, or if there is a hit on the said player,
 * 3) Allows only sanctuary teams or independent persons to construct sanctuaries,
 * 4) Forbids teams in the registered in the war program from construction of sanctuaries
 * 5) Guarantees the neutrality of all sanctuaries and sanctuary teams.

Context
The first accord defines a sanctuary in broad terms. Any base can be a sanctuary, so long as it does not prohibit any person and coords are public. Any request for coordinates to a sanctuary must be granted.

The second accord guarantees the safety of all persons within the chartered boundaries of a sanctuary. No battles nor skirmishes are allowed in sanctuaries for any reason.

The third accord sanctions only certain groups and people to construct sanctuaries, who must declare themselves an exclusively sanctuary group or sanctuary custodian.

The fourth accord prohibits war groups from establishing sanctuaries. This is to prevent the group from declaring one of their bases a sanctuary while it is being attacked or occupied.

The fifth accord declares all sanctuary groups and sanctuaries neutral by law. No sanctuary group can have legal allies nor enemies, but this does not prevent sanctuary groups from maintaining good relations with other groups.

Controversy
Many players praised the Haven Accords in its effort to reinstate sanctuaries as an element of CrocMC. Players were excited at the prospect of building under legal safety and being guaranteed freedom from violence which had struck the server in the latter days of Season 4. However, many players were quite appalled by the implementation of the new sanctuary system, stating that it directly hinders the hit system and war groups can exploit the guaranteed safety of the premises.

Some bounty hunters came to Corsair asking for a pass to claim hits that reside in Haven, but Corsair declined to violating his own project.