In EVE Online, standings are everything. "Blues" (contacts with +5 or +10 standings, appearing as light blue or dark blue on your overview) are our allies, coalition members, and diplomatic partners.

The Abyssal Requiem enforces a strict zero-tolerance policy for intentionally violating blue standings. Your actions reflect on the entire corporation. When you wear the ARQM ticker, you are expected to conduct yourself with total professionalism toward our allies.

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1. **Do Not Shoot First:** Under no circumstances do you aggressively target, tackle, or shoot a blue pilot, structure, or deployable.

2. **Do Not Steal Loot:** A blue wreck belongs to that pilot. Do not loot or salvage blue wrecks without explicit, written permission in local or fleet chat. "Ninja looting" is theft and will be treated as such.

3. **Respect Claims:** If a blue is already running a combat anomaly, data/relic site, or mining a specific rock, move on. Do not crash their site and compete with them.

4. **No Smartbombs on Gates:** Do not use smartbombs on gates or stations in friendly space where blue pods, drones, or frigates might be caught in the crossfire.

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Mistakes happen. Trigger discipline fails, overviews get misconfigured, or a blue might mistake you for a neutral. If you are fired upon by a blue, follow this exact procedure:

If a blue shoots you, **stop your ship, turn off your hardeners, and de-aggress.** Do not lock them back. Do not shoot back.

* *Why?* Diplomatic reimbursements rely on killmails and server logs. If you shoot back, you become an aggressor in the logs, and getting your ship replaced by their corporation becomes infinitely harder. Die gracefully.

Politely state in Local chat: *"I am blue to you. Please check your standings."* Do not swear, scream, or make threats.

If you lose your ship or pod, immediately copy the killmail link. If there was a conversation in Local chat, highlight and copy the logs.

Do not demand ISK from the pilot in local. Do not send them angry EVE mails.

Bring the killmail and the chat logs to an ARQM Director or Diplomat via the **[https://discord.com/channels/1450398992990081105/1450581318579785749]**. Our diplomats will speak to their diplomats to secure your reimbursement (SRP).

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* **Keep it Clean:** Never smack-talk, mock, or argue with a blue in Local chat or on coalition comms. If a blue is acting toxic, mute/block them, take screenshots, and forward it to ARQM leadership.

* **Trolling:** "Friendly" tackling, bumping a blue off tether, or playing games on a staging undock is strictly forbidden. It causes unnecessary lag, server strain, and leads to accidental losses.

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90% of Blue-on-Blue incidents happen because a pilot’s overview is incorrectly configured.

* Ensure your primary PvP overview tab is set to **Filter OUT** Pilots with High Standing, Good Standing, and pilots in your Corporation/Alliance/Militia.

* If you are ever unsure if a target is friendly, right-click their name in local or space and click **Show Info**. Look at their corporation and alliance tickers.

* If you need help verifying your overview settings, ask in the `#help` channel on Discord before you join a fleet.