Welcome Commander
It appears you are looking to join The Fuel Rats. (Yay!)
We are glad that you are interested in joining our ranks. A Rat’s life full of excitement, narrow rescues, happy clients, zooming fuel limpets, other rats cursing on instancing, a lot of general squeaking and adrenaline awaits you!
Well we have a six-step process for you to join us. Follow all the steps below and you soon soon™ will be at maximum awesome and able to go and rescue commanders from the vastness of space with all the class and style of a glorious Fuel Rat.
Welcome to the Mischief!
"Questions are like fuel limpets. They're useless if you keep them for yourself" - CMDR Lain Steiner (Feb 3304)
Step 1 - Register
It takes a special kind of CMDR to want to be a Fuel Rat. Fuel Rats fight against the galaxy’s greatest foes: Time, instancing, distance, and the
countdown as a
clients life-support depletes.
We need CMDRs who are enthusiastic, disciplined, and willing to go way above and beyond the normal call of duty.
If we can
in any way possible save a client, we will.
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Because of both U.S. and EU law requirements we do not allow members under the age of 13 years - If you do not meet the age requirement we must ask you to wait with signup until you do. Terms of Service (ToS): h ttp://t.fuelr.at/tos Privacy Policy: http://t.fuelr.at/privacy |
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If you change your CMDR name or gamertag, or setup another account to play on, do NOT register again. You can change it on your Fuel Rats profile. |
If you’re our kind of CMDR, we’ll welcome your assistance.
Before you sign up, think about whether you’re willing to:
- Cooperate as part of a team, to do great things
- Lead when leadership is needed
- Follow when following is the right thing to do
- Do whatever it takes to rescue clients
- Generally be a cheerful, funny, helpful
- Fuelrat.
- Fuelrats are strictly non-PVP while on rescues.
If you haven't already made an account, click here:
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If you change your CMDR name or gamertag, or setup another account to play on, do NOT register again. Go to our Service Desk to request a CMDR name change or additional CMDR to be added to your account. http://t.fuelr.at/support Note: You'll need to create a new account for the Service Desk |
Step 2 - Setup IRC
All our rescues are carried out on our IRC channels. Our #FuelRats channel is for rescue operations only. This is where you will be performing rescues, and communicating with the dispatcher. Our casual (but still ratty) chat channel is #RatChat. This is where you will find everyone relaxing and hanging out. #ratchat is sometimes used as a "backroom" to #fuelrats, and some rescue related chatter can bleed into it. It's best to leave those who are partaking in this kind of talk alone, unless you're directly involved yourself.
Join our IRC channels via our website or or via an IRC client. CLICK HERE for the Frequently Asked Questions. (Yes, this link is important)
Our primary IRC channels are #ratchat (casual, back-room like chat) and #fuelrats (rescue channel). You can access them by typing /join #ratchat and /join #fuelrats.
Be sure to regularly check the channel topic in #ratchat for important information. This can be accessed by typing /topic.
Joining Setting up an account and joining our IRC channels also requires you to comply with our Terms of Service and Code of Conduct.
Terms of Service (ToS): http://t.fuelr.at/tos
Step 3 - Outfit Your Ship
- Fuel Transfer Limpet Controller (FTLC)
- Cargo Rack with room for at least 8 tons of limpets
- A jump range of at least 20ly
- Fuel Scoop so you don't need to be rescued
Step 4 - Learn the SOP (Standard Operating Procedures)
We have gathered a lot of knowledge over time and have a bank of knowledge we would like to impart to you.
Read the pages carefully
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We recommend that each new rat to go through a drill (regardless of experience with the game) so that we can ensure that your can go out there and save our clients with minimal effort, risk to life and while being the bad ass we all know you can be!
Here are some links that give you all the information you will need about The Fuel Rats
Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)
Step 5
- Connect to Us(optional)
We maintain numerous social media and discussion based accounts that you should feel free to join and use to share your experiences or just to say hello to other rats.
We use the Fuel Rats Knowledge Base for relevant and updated information about rescues, in game information and IRC to name but a few topics. http://t.fuelr.at/frkb
The Fuel Rats use Twitter for communication with the public and when in need of rats. Follow @FuelRats and @FuelRatAlerts if you want to stay up to date. Make sure to turn on mobile notifications for @FuelRatsAlerts if you want to be notified when rats are needed or if an LRR is in progress.
The Fuel Rats also have a Discord server that is bridged to our IRC server, so anyone can communicate in #ratchat. None of our other public channels are available via Discord. http://t.fuelr.at/discord
The Fuel Rats maintain an ongoing thread of the Official Forums, that follows our history and events from the very beginning: Forums
We also have two subreddits r/fuelrats and r/fuelratdiscussion. r/fuelrats is open to the public and gives the public a venue to communicate with us on Reddit. r/fuelratdiscussion is an internal, Fuel Rats only subreddit for discussing topics that affect the Mischief. Subscribe and contact any of the subreddit moderators for access.
We also have collected a number of articles, audio interviews and videos featuring the Fuel Rats. Fuel Rats in the Media
We also host Twitch streams, and anyone streaming Fuel Rat activities should follow these guidelines. Remember your safety and that of our clients is a priority.
Step 6 -- Get Trained
Training can be especially useful for Ratlings before their drill, but in no way should make them feel pressured to complete their drill before they're ready.
As always, this training is 100% optional and voluntary.
This training is not required in order to rat or dispatch, and will not take the place of or mimic a drill.
Step 6 - Get drilled / Demonstrate Your Knowledge
Drills are not mandatory but they are highly advised. Each dispatcher chooses whether or not to send an un-drilled Rat on a rescue and can decline to dispatch you to the client.
However, using live cases to practice for your drill is not how we do things. If you do not feel confident that you have the routines down to take on the drill, you should probably not be going on live cases. Observe some of them instead, and learn from those how our workflow runs, and then do the drill before taking on live cases. If anyone in the Fuel Rats suggests to you to undertake live cases to practice before taking the drill, point them to this page.
Once you feel ready for it (read the website information and at least watch a couple of live rescues go on, so you have a good idea of the procedure and reporting) - then file a drill request using the link below and contact an overseer to set up a drill.
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Finding an OverseerOverseers, who can setup your drill for you, can be spotted in #ratchat due to their half-Op status. Depending on your IRC client you can identify half-ops by a % preceding their nickname in IRC. A list of overseers can also be found on the People Who Do Stuff page. It also helps to add [ND] or [Needsdrill] to your IRCnick followed by your platform (i.e. yourname[ND|PC] (with the command /nick yourname[ND|PC] for example). |
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To file a request for a drill CLICK HERE
How to Get Drilled
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Note: You'll need to create a new account for the Service Desk
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Worried about your drill? Here is what you can expect!
Step 7 (optional) - Connect With Us On Social Media and Be Alerted
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Unofficial Training
This unofficial training can be especially useful for Ratlings before their drill, but in no way should make them feel pressured to complete their drill before they're ready. As always, this training is 100% optional and voluntary. This training is not required in order to rat or dispatch.