In Worlds that KGB has or had a presence, the High King may declare a territory to be OPEN. This releases KGB citizens from the normal requirements of General Order 2 in that territory, even though there is a KGB presence in that territory. This means that a KGB citizen may be a member of another guild in that region that has been declared open, subject to the following restrictions:

1) You may never intentionally attack or assist in any nonconsensual attack against any citizen of KGB or KGB Organization at any time.
2) You may never use KGB resources (Web, Voice Communications, etc) against the KGB or any KGB member at any time. Such actions will be considered treason and dealt with per the KGB constitution.
3) KGB members that have affiliations with other organizations would be barred from holding any leadership position within KGB and could advance only to the rank of Knight. You must also forfeit any rank or title achieved at the time you join another organization. At any time, you may decide to give up those affiliations and become eligible for leadership and military advancement.

If you have at least one KGB tagged character in a region, you may have other, alternate characters in that same region who are not KGB tagged, but they may not be associated with any other organization in that region. However, all characters, tagged or untagged, must adhere to the KGB rules and ideals. ALL GENERAL ORDERS APPLY.

On the American server: The American server will launch on July 7th. Characters from the European server can be cloned and moved without their possessions 3 months after the American launch. Certain restrictions and charges will apply, to be announced at a later date. In the meanwhile if you want to play on the American server at launch you need to buy the American Darkfall client. More information on the American server will be available in a few days.

Darkfall will launch a massive free expansion update the first week of July, something that the Darkfall team has been working on for a while now. This expansion includes major new features and major content, PvE, and PvP updates.

In the last few patches we had implemented several major optimizations making it possible to support even larger battles and sieges and more concurrent users than ever before. As a result, massive battles now run smoother than ever. We’ve seen some of the largest and the highest frequency of massive battles this past month, which has helped us find even more ways to optimize the Darkfall experience.

As a result of these optimizations we’ve also been able to keep sales open most of the time. We’re still being careful because Darkfall resubscription rates remain very high even though this is a time for exams and/or vacations. It’s still difficult to buy Darkfall but we hope that after the US servers have launched it will be easier for new players to learn about and to buy Darkfall.

To that effect, a new site is coming, along with new forums for Darkfall players only. These forums will be readable by the public and only players with active accounts will be able to post in them. The current public forums will remain active for anyone to post in, but moderation will be stronger. This because we’re getting people from other communities with the sole intention of disrupting our forums. The Darkfall community has always been a source of good feedback, constructive criticism, and inspiration for the Darkfall developers and we'll keep it that way by doing away with the non-constructive elements.

Our next major patch will be included in the Darkfall expansion the first week of July.

Thank you for reading
The Darkfall Team

Clarification: American players wanting to clone and transfer their characters do not have to buy another client. Everyone else needs to buy the American Darkfall client to play on the American server. The European rights and the American rights to Darkfall do not belong to the same company, therefore you cannot freely transfer between the two territories, as is the case with most MMORPGs. Our offer of character cloning / transfer to American players is because we had said that we would try to accommodate them should they want to start playing on the European server.

Section 1: Articles of Confederation

The NATO Alliance will be a group of like minded organizations that agree to work together for common goals under a democratic republic government. A Security Council will be set up with the leaders of each member organization and majority will rule. Decisions that involve the alliance will be decided by the council. These decisions will govern:
1) Add member organizations
2) Removing member organizations
3) War and Siege
4) Political stance

Section 2: NATO Security Council

Clause 1: The NATO Security Council is the governing body of the alliance.
Clause 2: Decisions are made by majority by appointed delegates.
Clause 3: Each member organization would appoint 3 voting council delegate / members.
Clause 4: Each member organization has 1 vote that must be cast by one of the 3 delegates of each organization.
Clause 5: Any member organization can bring an item to the council for vote at any time.
Clause 6: This business would all be conducted in a secure IRC channel.
Clause 7: Council jurisdiction is limited to:
1) Add member organizations
2) Removing member organizations
3) War and Siege
4) Political stance
Clause 8: When a vote is called, there must be at least 1 delegate / council member on from each organization, unless there is a declared emergency.
Clause 9: In the absence of the required council members, an emergency may be declared. An emergency is a situation where the alliance or one of its holdings is in direct danger.
1) For a valid emergency vote, 50% of the member organizations must be present.
2) The decision of the emergency vote must be unanimous.
Clause 10: A new delegate from any member organization must replace an existing one, and be presented to the Council by a sitting delegate.

Section 3: Adding / Removing Organizations

Clause 1: To add an organization to the alliance, there must be a 75% majority vote in favor
Clause 2: To remove an organization to the alliance, there must be a 75% majority vote in favor
Clause 3: All member organizations must be present for an add or remove vote. Emergencies do not qualify.

Section 4: Representing the Alliance

Clause 1: Organization leaders that officially speak for the alliance, would be limited to commenting on policies and stances that the Security Council has agreed to.
Clause 2: Anyone may speak for themselves or their organization, but in sensitive political matters, will make it clear, "My comments and opinions do not represent the opinions of the NATO Alliance, it's Leadership, and or Member Organizations."