Prototype

Prototype is a small alliance on the Black trading sphere. It was founded on November 27, 2012 by SirWilliam, BloodFury, Lex Quintus, mattski133, denkimon, Caliph, Jonathan Brookbank, and Helvetica. It is currently protected by Blood For Friends.

Charter
The founding fathers of Prototype enact the following Charter outlining the ideology and structure of the alliance.

I. Membership
Prototype prides itself a quality over quantity alliance. Membership can be attained via invitation or vouch; it will be otherwise considered closed. Membership status may be terminated at the discretion of the Sovereign.

II. Government
Prototype desires meritocracy but considers its government transitional in the interim. The entirety of alliance membership will compose the advisory ProtoCouncil with the Sovereign serving as head of state. ProtoCouncillors may be afforded temporary jurisdiction by the Sovereign on an as needed basis.

III. Diplomacy
Prototype pledges a relative detachment from the treaty web. It is believed that treaties should do things for, not to, an alliance and its allies. No treaty may be signed, altered, or cancelled without Sovereign consent or authority.

IV. War
Prototype vows to defend its membership against attacks of any nature and may utilize all available resources to do so regardless of an offender's alliance affiliation. No alliance war may be declared without Sovereign consent or authority.

V. Tech-Raiding
Prototype values the freedom to tech-raid that its membership affords. The process will be restricted to minimize incidents and encourage growth. Unaligned nations without protection noted in nation bios are pre-approved as tech-raid targets; nations on alliance affiliations of two members or more may only be raided with approval from the Sovereign.

VI. Prototype
The Prototype Charter exists to serve as a foundation for the alliance to build on, and the values within are the alliance's only constraints. The membership of Prototype should view the alliance as friendly to open-source thinking and, in terms of structure, as a sandbox to test new ideas and concepts that will lead to the strengthening of the alliance and prevent stagnancy.

VII. Amendment
The Prototype Charter will be amended once membership has reached sufficient size.

/s/
 * SirWilliam, Sovereign
 * On behalf of BloodFury, Lex Quintus, mattski133, denkimon, Caliph, Jonathan Brookbank, and Helvetica, Founding Fathers