Hierarchy

Disambiguation of Staff Ranks and Obligations, Committees, Crew Ranks, and explanation of Titles on the Discord.

See Staff and Staff Operations Policy for more Staff information.

See Crew, Crew/Veteran, and Crew/Mentor for more information and policy.

Staff

Community Staff

These are your general Staff. Most Staff positions are captured by this description.

All Staff officially represent Nova Sector and it's interests.

Head Admin

These individuals control the entire show. Functions as a Council.

Staff Overseer

Directs Staff Operations and Crew Integrity.

Policy Head

Develops and polishes Server Rules and Policy. Ensures their correct application.

Development Overseer

Controls code development and issue management, express oversight of Maintenance Staff.

Staff Manager

Senior Staff Specialists

• Primary point of contact for day-to-day Staff Operations.
• Assists Head Admins with Community Management. Provides council for the Head Admins.
• Typically specialized for specific facets of Server Administration, such as:
  • Mediations
  • Discord Moderation
  • Access Request Management
  • Staff Training & Management
  • Technical Writing.

Administrator

Senior Staff. Provides an additional point of contact for Game Assistants needing a judgement call. Assists Staff Manager+ with SOP enforcement and Staff Management.

Frontliners for Events. Assists Staff and moderates Game Assistant administrative behavior.

Game Assistant

Standard Staff. First line for Tickets, Prayers, OpFors, and day-to-day Player/Staff interactions. Mediates issues between players. Enforces Server Rules and Policy. Observes for and reports long-term concerns with Game / Crew Integrity.

Trial Staff

The greenmins. These are people who are onboarding for a Standard Staff position. Responsible for learning SOP and Staff Culture, identifying issues with the New Staff process. Trial Staff typically hold this rank for ~1 month.

Discord Staff

Head Admins

See 'Community Staff/Head Admin'.

Head Chat Moderator

Held by a Staff Manager. Outranks all other Staff Managers and lower Community Staff on Discord related matters.

All Community Staff, by Rank

See above for a breakdown of Community Staff. Standard Hierarchy applies here.

Chat Moderator

Reports directly to the Head Chat Moderator.

Responsible for handling Discord Server affairs, mediating as necessary in public channels, identifying problematic individuals, and applying action against Crew breaking Server or Discord rules.

Maintenance Staff

Maintenance Staff are a Standalone branch of Server Administration. They do not report directly to Community Staff, only to the Development Overseer.

Development Overseer

See Community Staff/Development Overseer. Lead Game Designer. Code storyboarding, delegation of dev work, and grand reviewer of Pull Requests.

Sysadmin

Development Specialists.

Maintainer

Official Developers for Nova Sector.

Committees

Most Committees are group oriented with no specific leader, and function under democratic premises. They are typically a mixed Crew / Staff environment.

Committee members are considered Representatives but not Authorities on their topics unless otherwise stated, or unless hard referencing written information that is publicly accessible.

A list of Committees can be found below. Documentation on each Committee can be found on their relevant pages.

Lore

Oversees Narrative Design for Nova Sector.

Policy

Oversees Game Policy Design for the Nova Sector Game Server.

Wiki

Participates in the maintenance of the Nova Sector Wiki.

Access Request Management

Controls who is able to join the Nova Sector Community through the Access Request process.

Ban Appeals

Reviews any appealed Bans. Composed entirely of Staff Manager+ personnel.

Roleplay Events

Designs and executes Roleplay oriented events. Reviews completed Roleplay Events for Quality Control.

Action Events

Designs and executes Action oriented events. Reviews completed Action Events for Quality Control.

Crew

This definition captures all Players that have passed Access Request with the @Crew rank. There are some Senior Crew positions. These positions do not confer Authority.

Mentors

Crew that, by Application, have volunteered to assist and guide other players in experiencing Nova Sector.

Will typically specialize into certain departments or functions.

Comes in two major varieties: Mentors, and Roleplay Mentors.

Veterans

See Crew/Veteran for more information.

Crew that, by Application, have chosen to represent Nova Sector Roleplay and Gameplay Standards.

These Crew are subject to greater scrutiny with their demeanor and quality in game and in the community.

They get a cosmetic role on the Discord and access to special in-game mechanics.

Crew

See Crew for more information.

All users that have passed Access Request and have not been Community Banned or Quality Control Banned.