Training - Tier 4
Training Overview
Congratulations! You are now a Tier 4 civilian in the world of San Andreas! This comes with quite a few additional perks and responsibilities overall.This training will cover your new abilities as a Tier 4 civilian, and teach you how to properly utilize these abilities. This advancement allows you to also broaden your role-play horizons, however, it comes with a far greater ability to make mistakes too. This training will help you understand what you can and cannot do, how to recognize this, and how to make your role-play more fun!
Training Procedure
** The trainer reserves the right to remove any member from training whatsoever. **
** The removed member will need to wait 30 days prior to retaking the training. **
** The trainee must have no active disciplinary and be in good standing with all Departments within Aspirant. **
Setup
Welcome the members to their Tier 4 training for the world of San Andreas. Topics covered will include important tools and abilities in the community, how to check for information relevant to your time in server, and understanding in-game limitations on characters, progress, and facets of role-play.
During the following procedures, ensure the members are paying attention. Trainee’s failing to pay attention will result in an automatic failure for Tier 4 training and will have to wait 30 days to retrain.
Useful Links for Trainees
SOP - Civilian
Civilian Vehicle Structure
Civilian Weapon Structure
Out of Game / Pre Training
Direct the civilian towards the Civilian Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) document.
The following information needs to be covered before logging into the server. - Cover the Tier 4 section of the Civilian SOP - Inform them of the Vehicle Structure and Weapon Structure that all of the rules and policies apply to them while in-game, the excuse of “I didn’t know” will result in disciplinary action and automatic removal of their status of Tier 4. - Review the "Escape from Detainment" section in the SOP.
Read over the Consideration definition, the consideration examples, and ensure they understand the definition of ot as this is the main purpose for this Tier.
Once all this information is covered, have the trainee’s log into the training server and move onto the next section.
In Game Guided Practice (Intro)
Have trainees select their character and teleport to LSIA (specifically the trainer's location). Once they have arrived at LSIA, have them spawn in a vehicle within tier. Do inform them that if they use the excuse of “I did not know..” for any kind of vehicle out of tier or not requiring special permissions, it will result in disciplinary action and will result in the removal of their Tier 4 status.
Go over priority procedure in detail making sure to cover the following information:
Tier 4’s MUST be considerate and ask RTO (All CIV channels) if they are fine with a priority being conducted. Failure to do so will result in disciplinary action and result in the loss of their Tier 4 status.
Priorities should not be conducted while other CIVs are doing larger scenes. Remember, priorities will pull emergency services away from other people’s scenes, and you must be considerate of that and plan accordingly.
Priorities require 5 LEO minimum (All Subdivisions excluding K9 dogs, Fire/EMS and Dispatch). Fire priorities no longer need 5 LEO active to have a priority, however should not be done with little or no active fire on and must be approved by Civ CoC prior to the start of the scene (with the exception of Tier 4).
CIVs should not do scenes where they kill or down the majority of the LEO. If only 5 LEO are on consideration must be given and CIVs should not do scenes that cause injury to officers.
Value of Life
While the trainee is in the car, you will then read over the value of life policy and inform the trainees of how the policy affects certain situations such as: -Pulling a gun on Officers when they are surrounded. -Charging officers with a weapon. -The “try-hard” method of getting away at any cost. -Disregarding any circumstance that can potentially kill you.
*Remind them, just because they break it, doesn't mean every scene they can break it. This is a consideration tier, not a try-hard teir.*
You will then inform the trainees that at this point, they will need to try and escape the barricade while both considering and not considering the Value of Life clause. This being said a couple of examples to provide them with would be: - Shooting from within the vehicle. -Running away with and without a firearm. -Negotiation(s) -Surrendering peacefully -Ramming the barricade (Do Inform them that in the position they are currently in, it would breach this policy, but please take it into note) etc.
Inform the trainee to pick a suggestion then when ready, to execute the scene (this will mean they conduct 2 scenes). Do not have them share what they picked with you or the other trainers in the training. Then proceed with the scene as you would in a serious patrol channel and evaluate.
Afterwards, ask questions and inform them that this is a Governor or Senior Administrator Approval. Civ CoC may take your request, however it will only be approved/denied through the other positions of Governor or Senior Administrator.
After this portion has been completed, have them return to the vehicle and continue down the dirt road until it is paved and set up as if on a traffic stop.
Emergency Service Vehicles
With these types of priorities, they automatically become an all-call priority. Now with this in mind, there are some requirements you must meet and complete in order to have a successful scene/priority. -All Emergency Service vehicles are equipped with GPS tracking, there is no “successful” way to remove said ability and thus you must provide OOC’s of where the cop car is every other minute (I.E. every 2 minutes). -You must RP breaking into an Emergency Service Vehicle, all doors are considered “locked”. The exception is if a door has been left open on the vehicle from the player. -You are not allowed in Emergency Services Frequency under any circumstances while in the vehicle. You are to RP it out as they have changed frequencies from the one you are on. -Not every criminal will know how to operate tools and such in the car, so act like it and RP it out legitimately, aka you shouldn’t know how to run code, easily access the shotgun/rifle in the car, etc.
After explaining to the trainee’s the following scenarios and such, you will then have them conduct a few practice rounds on what they may encounter while on Patrol. After completion, you will move onto the next section.
Advanced Pursuit Training
Have the trainee’s set up just past the dirt road near CatClaw Avenue as in Tier 3 training and remind them of tier 3 rules in terms of pursuits.
You will then have the trainees follow you and show them the newly accessed roads and such they make take in order flee and evade law enforcement. Such locations you should cover are: -Dirt/Walking Trails -Tunnel System and limitations on that -Open Areas -Other Approved Terrains
Once you have completed the following, you will have the trainee commence a “mock pursuit” in the Davis area and monitor the trainee to see what they have learned and if they properly followed the new traits taught.
Firearms/Explosives Training
Before the trainer moves on to the next section, you will take trainees then equip a pistol, submachine gun, assault rifle and an MG and explain the legalities of each category of weapons. Example being the submachine gun is considered an illegal firearm and is the only gun category that can be fired on full auto.
Explain realistic carrying of ammunition and large weapons. Example: “Do not pull a sniper rifle and 6000 rounds out of your bikini on the beach”
Explain to trainees that they should consider their character’s experience when using firearms and that not all of their characters need to be highly skilled. “Remember this is not an FPS and you do not need to headshot everyone all the time”
Refer them to the weapon structure and remind them that the excuse of "I did not know.." will not be accepted and could put their Tier 4 status in jeopardy.
Remind trainees that just because they are Tier 4 does not mean they should always do high priority scenes and need approvals to conduct simple scenes.
Then you will move to Elysian Island (29) by the training grounds and proceed to move onto the explosive portion of the training.
To begin with this portion, please inform all trainees that this type of weaponry as well as any other “high powered” weapons will only be approved by the Governor or Senior Administration due to the sensitivity of these weapons. Any misuse or reoccurring “accident” will result in permanent loss of this privilege or possible removal of the tier.
Explosives such as C4, Proximity Mines, and other “heavy explosives” should not be thrown like a Tier 1 Operator, they need to be placed in locations legitimately.
Show the trainee exactly how the weapons need to be fired and what each firing rate does to vehicles and people in server and explain how this is super important in terms of consideration for all.
Aircraft Pursuit/Priority Training
The trainee and trainer will then go to the Sandy Shores Airfield and spawn in 2 types of aircraft. One being a jet (JET) and the other being a helicopter (Maverick).
First scenario will be the use of the Jet and what types of permission based scenarios can apply with the use of priorities, the following would suffice along with visual examples:
The first being airplanes and their roles in priorities. Due to the fact in nature there is limited things you can do with any type of airplane, the following types of scenarios need to be shown and covered: - Roadblocks on the runway -Pursuits with Aircrafts -Using Airplanes as props
Have the trainee conduct live exercises to show what they learned and how much they have grasped.
Check for Understanding
Take questions from the member and cover any topics that have arisen from going over the SOP or other in-game training so far.
Ensure the trainee understands what documents are required in game for firearms ownership (legal) and their limitations by the law of the use of that weapon legally.
Cover how to role-play a firefight responsibility, limiting death of officers and destruction of vehicles to a reasonable level rather than total destruction (This is not GTA: Online)
Remember to ask yourself “Would this happen in real life”.
Consideration is the biggest aspect of this tier, you could be the reason that kills an entire patrol or makes it one of the most memorable patrols ever.
Closing
This training will have given you the necessary tools to role-play as Tier 4 citizens of San Andreas and interact with its varied people and places.
Remember, if you have issues, you can come to the Civilian Chain of Command members or the Civilian Mentors for advice and help at any time, however please refer to the Standard Operating Procedures first to check for an answer.
Materials & Resources
Role-Play Terms:
Permission Only - Means this item, Vehicle or weapon can only be used if you have received permission from a member of Civ CoC who is not involved in the scenario. Some items also will need a member of the CoC to watch over the scene. (All CoC approvals must be logged in Discord's Civ-Approvals channel before the scenario.)
RP Only - Means this item, Vehicle or weapon can only be used in a non-criminal way (other than traffic infractions) unless you have received permission from a member of Civ CoC who are not involved in your scene. Some items also will need a member of CoC to watch over the scene. (All CoC approvals must be logged in Discord's Civ-Approvals channel before the scenario.)
Off-Road Driving - Means driving a vehicle OFF the given path i.e. driving up the side or on a mountain, hill, desert or open field that is not a designated vehicle path. Concrete and asphalt are drivable surfaces.
Vehicle Pursuit - Escape from LEO involving ANY mode of transportation other than on foot. (Car, Boat, Plane, Helicopter, Bike, Parachute)
Priority - A term used by Law Enforcement to denote a situation involving one or more Officers, Fire, or EMS personnel with a sense of immediate urgency and risk of grievous bodily harm. For civilian purposes, we operate under the civilian defined Priority. In civilian terms, a Priority is defined under the actions of a civilian that necessitates mass Police, Fire, or EMS mobilization to control the scene. Note there are some scenes listed below that should always be considered priorities due to the chaos they can cause and the amount of resources required to contain them: - Aircraft crash or emergency landings in busy areas that would realistically be occupied by workers or residents, including neighborhoods, towns, and cities, - Gas station fires and explosions (Desync and accidents do not count), -Major accidents such as multi-vehicle accidents, train derailments, or other “accident” scenes that may cause a large response from Emergency Services or can cause a huge disruption in the “way of life”. - Large scale HAZMAT scenes, - Any active, high profile armed bank robberies, business robberies, or bank truck robberies of any sort. - Hostage situations or high profile kidnappings involving emergency services personnel in any capacity (CIV on CIV scenes without any involvement from LEO can be done by Tier 3 without needing a priority) - Barricaded subject scenes. -Prison Breaks or Interference with a prison transport (This point covers both standard LEO transport and DOC transportation.) -Any scenario with possible explosives (intentional or accidental) -Mass Casualty scenes
Priority Timer - A script used to prevent multiple priorities beginning at the same time, and prevent spamming priorities. Priorities are activated when the command /inprogress is entered, and when the priority is concluded the command /priority is entered to start the cooldown timer. During this cooldown period, priority situations cannot be conducted by civilians.
Area of Patrol (AOP): We use areas of patrol to define the active play area for the game on a given day.
Roleplay: In simple terms, it is to play a fictional character within a fictional setting. It is acting, it is make-believe, it is free-form creativity.
Fail Roleplay: When a player fails to roleplay accordingly and violates in-game limitations that are set per the Civilian SOP such as injuries, LEO-Civilian interactions, and other policies as such.
Canon: The ‘world’ created by Rockstar for Grand Theft Auto 5. Canon can refer to in-game businesses, companies, and history.
/ooc: Out-of-Character comments or discussion used to pass in-game information/evidence to those out of /me range (use /ooc [msg] in-game text chat) Example: /ooc Searches Black Muscle Car
/me: Or in-Character comments used to show actions and observations within talking range (use /me [action] in-game text chat) Example: /me looks very nervous, and visibly sweating
Metagaming: The use of out-of-character knowledge to benefit you in-character. Examples: Something mentioned in OOC chat, something your character has not been told in-person in-game or watching a member’s live stream while you are in-game (aka Stream Sniping).
Powergaming: Controlling another player’s actions through the use of unverifiable or illegitimate means to force a situation down a given path. Example: LEO searches you and says “Oh look what I found, a bag of cocaine in your pocket”, and you did not put that evidence in a /me. Example: Getting caught committing a crime and putting in false evidence to get away with the crime. This would also include getting caught selling drugs but changing your mind about actually selling drugs to get out of the charge by writing in /me or /ooc that what you are selling is actually powdered sugar.
Leaching: Including yourself in an ongoing roleplay scenario conducted by another player without first asking to join. Example: Two Civs doing an angry neighbors scene and a third just walks up and injects themselves into the scene without asking to be part of the scene. Public venues like the 24/7, Barber shops, Night Clubs, ect. are open to the public so anyone can just walk into a scene at these locations. The only time you would be leaching in one of these locations would be when LEO have locked it down as a crime scene.
Consideration: Thoughtfulness and sensitivity towards other members that are roleplaying as Civilian. Need to be openly communicating with others, not hogging up planning rooms or priorities from others, and to also be mindful of the asset usage and how many are being used up at a current moment.
Realism: When providing scenes, the member must ask themselves if the quality or fact of representing a person, thing, or situation is accurate or in a way that is true to life. Although we will allow some “meme” scenes to occur, we aspire to revert back to this definition.
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