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NAME
alliances - view alliance information, use alliance commands and functions

SYNOPSIS
alliance
alliance list [<#>]
alliance ?
alliance info [<#>]
alliance who <clan name or #>
alliance create <alliance name>
alliance where [<alliance #>]
alliance motd
alliance rules
alliance talk <clan # or message>
alliance quit
alliance invite <clan name or #>
alliance kick <clan name or #>
alliance security <'list' or 'set'> [<alliance name/# or security flag>] [<security flag> ...]
alliance set <setting> <arguments>
alliance declare <'war' or 'peace'> <alliance name or #>

DESCRIPTION
Alliances consist of groups of clans that have come together for a common
purpose, or set of goals. While the clans that comprise the Alliance may not
always see eye to eye, they are able to work together well enough as a unit
that they are not constantly bickering or fighting with each other.

It is beneficial for clans to form Alliances for several reasons; one, there
is strength in numbers. Whereas one clan may dominate and its members may have
members of another clan on the run, if the other clan were to join together
with an Alliance, the Alliance working together could overpower the now out-
matched clan.

Secondly, Alliance clans get to share a communication channel with each other
that enables them to have access to a broader set of information than a single
clan may be able to provide. This also increases the social aspect behind
Alliances, and enables one to feel a stronger bond of unity with your fellow
Alliance members.

Alliances may also declare war or peace intentions with other Alliances.
This is mainly a role-playing and social part of the Alliance system at this
time, but future expansion is planned to increase enforced game aspects
depending on who you are at war or at peace with.

To create an Alliance, a clan must gather 5,000 clan gemstones and create
the Alliance in the presence of a Master of Clans, located in most major
cities. The clan gemstone fee is nonrefundable.

To join an existing Alliance, you must be invited by a member clan of that
Alliance and have an open invitation. The Master of Clans requires a
1,000 clan gemstone fee to register new Alliance members.

ALLIANCE OWNERS
The clan that creates the Alliance is the Alliance owner. If this clan ever
leaves the Alliance, the Alliance will be immediately disbanded. If the
Alliance ever has no member clans in it, the Alliance will be disbanded.

The Alliance Owner can grant security settings allowing or disallowing
member clans control over certain aspects of the Alliance, such as
inviting and kicking out clans, declaring war or peace, or using the
Alliance talk channel. Alliance Owners are protected from having their
security settings removed by others and essentially have the final say
in the Alliance. There can only be one Owner Clan per Alliance.

ALLIANCE COMMANDS
The following commands may be used by anyone, regardless of membership
in an Alliance. They must be preceeded by the ALLIANCE command (for
example, ALLIANCE LIST or ALLIANCE MOTD).

LIST [<#> or <alliance name>] - lists all current Alliances and brief
              information about each. Listing a specific Alliance provides
              a list of that Alliance's members and ranking status.

INFO [<#> or <alliance name>] - lists public information about that Alliance.
              If no name or number is specified, your current Alliance information
              will be displayed.

WHO <clan name or #> - Displays to which Alliance a specific Clan belongs
                        as well as the date they joined the Alliance.

CREATE <alliance name> - requests an Alliance to be formed from the Master
of Clans. Your clan must have at least 5,000 clan gemstones in order to
create an Alliance. You must also be an Owner of your clan.

The name of an Alliance is its identity. Once an Alliance is requested,
there is a 'window' period of three days in which time the Alliance can be
renamed if for some reason the Alliance who requested it changes their minds.
after that period, the Alliance cannot be renamed - even if it is under new
management - for any reason, so please do not ask.

When an Alliance is created, it has approximately 14 days to add at least
one member. If the Alliance ever again ends up with a single member, it
will have approximately 14 days to add at least one member, lest the
Alliance be dissolved.

The following commands may only be used by Alliance members, assuming they
have the proper security settings (ALLIANCE SET SECURITY).

MOTD - displays the message of the day for the Alliance.

RULES - displays the rules for the Alliance.

TALK <message> - sends a message over the Alliance channel. If you wish to
abbreviate this to something shorter than ALLIANCE TALK, use the ALIAS command.
Individual players can turn off this channel by using the CHANNEL CLAN-ALLIANCE
OFF command. ALLIANCE TALK <clan #> sends the message to your clan and the
target clan.

WHERE [<alliance #>] - Shows who's online in an Alliance and to what
clan they belong. If you are in an alliance and do not specify an
alliance #, it will display your alliance members. If you are not in
alliance, you must specify the alliance # you wish to view.

Clan members must additionally have the ALLIANCE security setting individually
in order to be able to use the following ALLIANCE commands:

QUIT - removes you from the Alliance. This command only works at a Master of
clans.

INVITE <clan name or #> - Invites a particular clan to join the Alliance.
     This command only works in the presence of a Master of Clans. Alliances
     may issue up to 5 invitations approximately every twenty-four hours. Only
     5 invitations can be "open" at a time.

JOIN <alliance name or #> - Joins a particular Alliance. An invitation must have
     been previously issued by the Alliance you are seeking to join. Joining an
     Alliance cancels any open invitations from other Alliances. This command
     only works in the presence of a Master of Clans, who requires 1,000 clan
     gemstones as payment.

DECLARE <'war' or 'peace'> <alliance name or #> - declares War or issues a
     Peace accord between two Alliances. WAR can be declared on another Alliance
     once per day. PEACE accords can be declared for another Alliance once
     per day. If both Alliances issue the same declarations/accords, it will
     appear as a (Mutual) declaration/accord in ALLIANCE INFO for that Alliance.
     This feature is for roleplaying purposes currently, but will be expanded
     later.

SECURITY <'list' or 'set'> [<alliance name/# or security flag>] [<security flag> ...]
     Sets the security for an alliance member.

     SECURITY LIST <alliance name/#> - will display a list of the security
     settings for that particular alliance.

     SECURITY LIST <security flag name> - will display a list of the
     alliance members who have the specified security flag.

     SECURITY LIST - by itself displays a list of alliance members and
     their associated security settings.

     SECURITY SET <alliance name> <security flag ...> - toggles the
     security flag(s) for that particular alliance. If 'none' is specified
     as a security flag, the security settings for that member will be
     cleared.

     You cannot change an alliance owner's security settings unless you are
     that owner, and you cannot change your own alliance security settings
     unless you are set as an owner of your clan.

     Available security settings are:

         setinfo - Give the Alliance member the ability to set the Alliance
         information.

         setmotd - Give the Alliance member the ability to set the Alliance
         MOTD.

         setannouncement - Give the Alliance member the ability to set the
         Alliance announcement message.

         setrules - Give the Alliance member the ability to set the Alliance
         rules.

         invite - Give the Alliance member the ability to add new members
         to the Alliance.

         kick - Give the Alliance member the ability to remove members
         from the Alliance.

         talk - Give the Alliance member the ability to use the Alliance talk
         command.

         security - Give the Alliance member the ability to modify security
         settings for all Alliance members.

         seturl - Give the Alliance member the ability to modify the Alliance
         URL.

         setmotto - Give the Alliance member the ability to modify the Alliance
         motto.

         settitle - Give the Alliance member the ability to modify the Alliance
         title.

         content-filter - Give the Alliance member the ability to turn the
         Alliance channel content filter or color filter ON or OFF.

         sethometown - Give the Alliance member the ability to select an
         Alliance hometown.

SET <setting> <value> - lets you change your Alliance's settings.
     Available settings are:

     info - Sets the information displayed by the ALLIANCE INFO command.
     This information is publicly viewable by all and must follow the
     channel rules.

     announcement <new announcement> - Sets the announcement displayed
     when a member of your alliance logs into the game. Use "none" as the
     announcement if you wish to clear a current announcement.

     motd - Sets the information visible via the ALLIANCE MOTD command.
     This information is viewable by members only.

     rules - Sets the information visible via the ALLIANCE RULES command.
     This information is viewable by members only.

     title <new title> - Sets the title displayed for your Alliance on
     the CLAN LIST. Use "none" if you wish to clear the current title.
     Alliance titles must be 7 characters or less and cannot contain more
     than 5 color codes.

     motto - Sets your Alliance motto. This is visible using the ALLIANCE
     INFO command and must conform to channel rules. This should proclaim,
     in a sentence that is 255 characters or less, the essence of what
     the Alliance is all about.

     url - Sets your alliance url. This is visible using the ALLIANCE INFO
     command and must conform to the channel rules, as well as be
     a valid, working URL. This URL cannot link to any sites that
     contain content that would violate the channel rules.

     filter - turns alliance channel filtering on. Basically this means
     that the alliance channel will be subject to the same obscenity
     catching that is used on the system channels.

     color - disallows color codes from being used on the Alliance channel.

SEE ALSO
Clans, Clanhalls, Ct, Alias, Channels, Clan Merger, Alliance Invasions