Rules for the Escort The VIP Event!

1. At the beginning of the event, the XERA: Corp VIP will announce the sector they are located in to the global chat (To participate in the event, you must have global chat enabled to see the location). Teams will have 40 minutes to safely locate and escort the VIP back to the safe zone from the time that their location is announced.

2. The VIP may be located anywhere within the sector announced. (This could be in a building, out in the open, on the borders, or at a point of interest). You will know who the VIP is as they will be wearing the blue camo outfit and a red backpack. Use of the red backpack by anyone other than the VIP is prohibited and will result in the offending player being banned until the end of the event.

3. The VIP will stay in place within the sector until a rescue team comes to secure him. Teams escorting the VIP may contain no more than 2 players per group. Players escorting the VIP will be allowed to provide the VIP with armor and a helmet if they choose.

4. The objective of the team will be to protect the VIP until they return to the safe zone. Once the VIP has been located, the VIP will invite the player that located them to their group. A 2nd team member may also join the group to escort the VIP back to the safe zone. All players participating in the event must have group invites enabled.

5. Should the VIP be killed, the mission will be considered a failure and will end.

6. If the person closest to the VIP is killed, the VIP will stand still until another player comes to take over as the lead escort. If the new escort leader is from a different group, the VIP will have them join their team and will leave the previous group.

7. Should the VIP be successfully escorted back to Grace in the safe zone, both team members (max. 2) that successfully completed the mission will be rewarded with 5 Gold Bars and 10 Silver Bars. These valuable goods may be used at Yoshi’s Valuable Goods Mega Shop to purchase items available from the price sheet.

• a. The current stock of items and price sheet for Yoshi’s Valuable Goods Mega Shop can be located at Link has been removed as the event has ended.
• b. Current stock will be updated each time a purchase is made.
  
• c. Players may use gold and silver bars obtained outside of the Escort The VIP event to make purchases.
  
• d. Purchases will be made via a player asking in proximity chat (To access proximity chat, hit enter to bring up a chat window, then tab to toggle between proximity chat and global chat) to make a purchase. The player should indicate what they would like to purchase. A trade interface will be opened for the exchange of Gold Bars/Silver Bars for the item they wish to purchase.
  

8. This event will be held on the US East 1 Server. The password to participate in the event is XERA10519! By joining the event server, you agree that you have read through and are bound to the rules listed in this document.



1. When an active Escort the VIP event is not currently running, the XERA: Corp VIP may open the Valuable Goods Mega Shop. The XERA: Corp VIP will be located at the north settlement near “Market”. An announcement will be made in global chat when the shop is available. The shop will be open for a maximum of 10 minutes each time, from the time the announcement has been made.

2. Players must use proximity chat to express interest in making a trade with the XERA: Corp VIP via Proximity Chat. Players will be selected on a first come first served basis.

3. Please see rule #7a for a list of items that are available for trade. All trades must be completed via the trade interface. Please see rule #7d if you are unsure of how to access proximity chat.