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DISCLAIMERS

"Star Trek" is a registered trademark of Paramount Pictures. Steam Trek is not endorsed by, authorized by, or affiliated with Paramount in any way. This site does not sell ads or collect fees. Steam Trek is for entertainment and enjoyment purposes only. No copyright infringement is intended toward any other authors.

This web site is not produced or endorsed by Paramount Pictures. Any of Paramount's copyright material appearing on this site complies with fair or acceptable use principles established in U.S. and international copyright law for the purposes of review, study, criticism, or creation of new analogous material.

All original site and story content is the property of Stephen Vossler. Active submissions offered by Steam Trek participants are the property of the active individual participants of Steam Trek.

Only active Steam Trek participants may publish anything related to the story outlined in the Steam Trek Story Line or within the Message Boards or Chat System.

The Steam Trek RPG is not responsible for the content of non-Steam Trek linked sites.

Steam Trek is not responsible or liable for any infections or contamination of your system or delays, inaccuracies, errors, or omissions arising out of your use of this site or with respect to the Material contained on this site. This site and all Materials contained on it are distributed and transmitted "as is" without warranties of any kind, either express or implied, including, without limitation, warranties of title or implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. The entire risk as to the quality, accuracy, adequacy, completeness, correctness and validity of any material rests with you. Steam Trekkies not responsible for any special, indirect, incidental, or consequential damages that may result from the use of, or the inability to use, the materials contained on this site whether the material is provided or otherwise supplied by Steam Trek or anyone else. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall Steam Trek's total liability to you for any and all claims, damages, losses, and causes of action (whether in contract or tort or otherwise) exceed the amount paid by you, if any, for accessing this site.

RULES FOR FORUM USAGE

Steam Trek is not responsible for any material posted on its chat rooms, bulletin boards, or other member-postable forums conducted on the Steam Trek message boards or chat system. You shall not upload, transmit, distribute or otherwise publish through such Forums any content which is in violation of the Acceptable Use Policy.

This site is controlled and operated by Stephen Vossler from its agents in the United States of America. Steam Trek makes no representations that materials in this site are appropriate or available for use in other locations. Those who choose to access this site from other locations do so at their own risk and are responsible for compliance with any and all local laws, if and to the extent local laws are applicable. No software from this site may be downloaded, exported or re-exported into (or to a national or resident of) any countries that are subject to U.S. export restrictions.

The websites, chat rooms, and other electronic services available to you here at Steam Trek is provided by the Stephen Vossler and the individual participants of the Steam Trek Steam Trek is a private electronic service, and not a public chat network. Your right to speak freely here must be exercised with courtesy and self-restraint. When you utilize a component of The Network (be it a chat room, message board, etc.), it is the same as entering any real privately-owned facility, like a restaurant or shopping mall. The manners and laws of real life apply the same here as in the real world, and we have the right to remove you if you choose to exceed the tolerable limitations of the web-site owner.

We Do Not Tolerate Harassment

We welcome people of all ages, races, religions, genders, national origins, sexual orientations and points of view. We do not tolerate expressions of bigotry, hatred, harassment or abuse, (unless it is an appropriately "in character" response to a fictionalized situation) nor will we tolerate threats of harm to anyone.

Because we encourage discussion and exchange of ideas, we do not allow threatening, defamatory, abusive, tasteless or indecorous statements. For the same reason, we do not allow sexually explicit material in conversations, room titles, room topics or nicknames.

We Allow Only Legal Activities

Although this seems obvious, we will not allow any illegal activities. Specifically, we disallow avocation of illegal conduct or participation in illegal or fraudulent schemes. You cannot use our chat room or message board to distribute unauthorized copies of copyrighted material, including photos, artwork, text, recordings, designs, or computer programs. Importantly, though, is that you are allowed to DISCUSS material, but you are not allowed to DISTRIBUTE it. Distribution includes the revealing of download site addresses, posting of URLs, and otherwise revealing of third party distribution sites of such copyrighted material. In addition, we do not allow the trading or swapping of images that are sexually explicit, obscene or vulgar. Because there can be no way of ensuring compliance with this section, rooms titled for the purpose of exchanging or swapping images are not allowed. We will not let you impersonate someone else, including any other participating player.

Stalking of others, in our chat rooms or in another manner, is a serious offense. In many areas, such behavior is considered to be a criminal act. We reserve the right to release information to the proper authorities, because of a violation of our standards, or because of unlawful acts, if the information is subpoenæd, and if we deem it necessary and/or appropriate.

We cannot guarantee the content of comments that you will receive while you are online. Other people's comments may be offensive, harmful or inaccurate.

While we conduct chats on a broad range of topics, we do not offer professional advice of any kind. Players and other discussion participants speak from their own experience and voice their own opinions when helpful for conducting a conversation. Players claim no professional or expertise or authority, and we claim no responsibility for their remarks.

We Encourage Open Discussion And Disallow Disruptive Communication

We do not allow posting or use of computer programs that contain destructive features, such as viruses, worms, Trojan horses, etc. We also do not allow any unauthorized bots or unattended scripts on the Network, whether they are benign or destructive in intent. If you wish to run a bot on the Network, you must petition for its authorization to the site owner(s).

We also discourage disruptive conduct: persistent off-topic comments in a topic- oriented chat session, statements that incite others to violate the Standards of Acceptable Use, or the physical act of "scrolling" -- repeatedly hitting the Return key in a chat session -- all are considered disruptive.

The use of ASCII art or macros that are excessively long (more than two lines of text), and the use of pop-ups or sounds in a repetitive manner that disrupts the topic or conversation in a room, are not allowed. Users inviting others to visit Web sites with content that do not comply with these Standards are considered to be in violation of our membership agreement.

Idling, or staying in a channel without saying or doing anything, is considered highly rude. Idling over an hour is prohibited, and will cause the web-master, administrator or mediator to deactivate your access. Idling is highly frowned upon and is grounds for your expulsion from the website.

We Do Not Allow Unauthorized Commercial Activity

We encourage communication between our members, but posting or transmitting of unauthorized or unsolicited advertising, promotional materials, or any other forms of solicitation to other users, using any aspect of the Network, except in those areas that maybe designated for such a purpose, is not allowed.

We reserve the right to immediately terminate or suspend access to the web-site for conduct that we believe interferes with other peoples' enjoyment. We also reserve the right to amend or change these guidelines at any time and without notice.

When in doubt about appropriate behavior here, remember that the Network is an electronic world, but the people here are real, and come from diverse backgrounds of beliefs, viewpoints, and feelings.

Your Character

While your characters that you create and develop during your participation in Steam Trek are legally owned and controlled by you, we require that you agree to the below policy in order to maintain a sense of realism and danger to your career as a Starfleet Officer. Participation in Steam Trek constitutes acceptance of this policy in its entirety.

You hereby grant a non-revocable, transferable license to Steam Trek. This license constitutes a legal right to severely injure and/or kill your character(s) without prior consent, should the need arise during the course of a mission storyline. Such reasons for unauthorized action include but are not limited to severe battle damage, exploding consoles, alien disease, etc. Furthermore, this license constitutes a written agreement between you Steam Trek, authorizing members of said organization's staff to utilize your character's name, history, and/or profile in Game-related materials. Such Game-related materials include, but are not limited to, mission summaries, transcripts, extended story "novelettes", and the likeness.

Under normal circumstances, Steam Trek will correspond to notify you that a possible course of action during a mission may bring about severe harm or death to your character. Furthermore, if you wish to severely injure/kill your character, you are expected to give Commodore Maxby fair warning so such an act can be plausibly written into the current mission.

This license agreement is intended to legally cover realistic reactions to unthinkable actions on your character's part (e.g. firing a phaser at the warp core and expecting to live through it). It is intended to protect against the development of ("supercharacters" aka munchkins) with unnatural abilities. At the same time, Steam Trek character is implicitly bound to an agreement of realism themselves. The characters are only given the right to severely injure and/or kill without consultation within the context of story continuity.

Should you disagree with this policy, you are requested to discuss your conflict with Commodore Maxby. If the response garnered from such person is unsatisfactory, you may remove your characters from game play.

Steam Trek reserves the right to modify this license agreement at any time. Should modifications take place, you will be duly notified that such modifications exist. It is your responsibility to review the modifications and abide by them.

Any information collected on this Steam Trek website shall be utilized solely for internal purposes. All information, save for real name and a valid email address, is optional. Optional data is utilized primarily for marketing demographics. Your real name and email address is used primarily for paperwork, tracking information, and notification purposes, which is developed during your course of participation in Steam Trek.

Steam Trek will make every attempt to protect your real name, email address, and other information you provide to us. Your email address will be distributed only to applicable staff and fellow starship crewmembers. We cannot, however, guarantee against the policies of third parties who collect disclosed information (e.g. automated email address gathering systems for advertising agencies, etc.).

If you are under 18 and wish to participate, Steam Trek requests that you have available written authorization to disclose personal information from your parent or legal guardian.