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Brian Swartz · 08-06-2013, 09:28 PM

UNDERSTANDING YOUR RANK

Before assignments are handed out, it's important to know what your rank means and how it changes. Scientists and Civilian Administrators don't have a rank per se, but they do have an Administrative rating. For Scientists, they have the ability to oversee a maximum of 5 labs for each administrative rank, so a scientist rated 5 could oversee 25, etc. More experienced, higher-rated scientists will therefore tend to get the larger, more difficult, and often more useful projects as they are the ones who can complete them in a reasonable amount of time. For Civilian Administrators, a certain minimum administrative rank is recommended(which for our purposes becomes a RP requirement) before taking on certain jobs. If you look back up at the Summary from Earth, the third line down on the left is 'Administrative Level Required: 2' which means a civilian administrator with rank 2 or higher is needed to be Earth's governor.

The military branches are different. New academy graduates come into the system from the bottom and then are promoted when needed. Using Ground Forces as an example, their ranks are as follows:

Colonel
Brigadier General
Major General
Lieutenant General. When the ratio of Colonels to Brigadier Generals becomes too high, a Colonel will be promoted, and so on up the chain.

Naval Officers works the same way, with a deeper rank chain as there will be more of them:

Lieutenant Commander
Commander
Captain
Rear Admiral(Lower Half)
Rear Admiral(Upper Half)
Vice Admiral
Admiral
Fleet Admiral

As of now, there are no officers ranked above Brigadier General and Rear Admiral(Lower Half) and won't be until more recruits come into the system and 'push' them up the chain.

With that in mind, the FOFC branch of the GLAT announces the following commissions. As new recruits, all are currently 21 years of age. Further sign-ups will only be added as new officers come out of the academy, not from the startup group.

NAVAL OFFICERS

Lt. Cmdr. Chip Overdrive
Age: 23
Commissioned: Jan 1st, 2023
Current Assignment: None(only staff officers at Fleet HQ are currently required, and a ranking of Captain or higher is required for those).
Fleet Movement Initiative: 122(a higher score aids a commander in combat movement)
Bonuses: None
Personality Traits: Conscientious, Faith in others
Promotion Score: 61(20th out of 20 Lt. Commanders -- suffice to say the random number generator was not your friend)

Note: the personality traits are there soley for RP reasons and have no actual game effect(though we may well use them and it can certainly help to flesh out the characters). In his brief career of two years, Chip so far is a really nice guy and a really crappy naval officer. But most of his career is ahead of him ... hopefully.

Cmdr. Tell Perj
Age: 31
Commissioned: Jan 1st, 2015
Current Assignment: None
Fleet Movement Initiative: 131
Bonuses: Fighter Combat(20%), Logistics(15%), Fighter Operations(10%), Intelligence(10%), Espionage(10%)
Personality Traits: Flexible and pragmatic, Good judge of character, Impoverished, risk-taker
Promotion Score: 472(4th out of 7 Commanders)

Tell got the opposite end of the spectrum as our highest-ranking naval officer.

Lt. Cmdr. Rob Nielsen
Age: 23
Commissioned: Jan 1st, 2023
Current Assignment: None
Fleet Movement Initiative: 182
Bonuses: Crew Training(25), Fighter Combat Bonus(15%), Xenology(10%), Logistics(10%)
Personality Traits: Aggressive
Promotion Score: 197(9th out of 20 Lt. Cmdrs.)

I'm real interested in where Nielsen got his Xenology expertise inasmuch as no sign of alien life has ever been detected.

Lt. Cmdr. Benton Gale
Age: 23
Commissioned: Jan 1st, 2023
Current Assignment: None
Fleet Movement Initiative: 192
Bonuses: Survey(10%), Fighter Combat(10%), Terraforming(10%), Logistics(10%)
Personality Traits: Flexible and Pragmatic
Promotion Score: 202(8th out of 20 Lt. Cmdrs.)

GROUND FORCES OFFICERS

Brig. Gen. Path Twelve
Age: 30
Commissioned: Jan 1st, 2016
Current Assignment: Commanding Officer, 12th Low Tech Armour Battalion
Bonuses: Ground Combat(10%)
Personality Traits: Good motivator, Insightful, Resourceful
Promotion Score: 125(2nd of 2 Brig Gen)

Brig. Gen. Dolph Stallone
Age: 27
Commissioned: Jan 1st, 2019
Current Assignment: Commanding Officer, 11th Low Tech Armour Battalion; Commanding Officer, all Human Ground Forces
Bonuses: Ground Combat(20%)
Personality: Intolerant, Observant, Punctual, Rude
Promotion Score: 425(1st of 2 Brig Gen)

Well isn't that special -- Dolph Stallone is in charge of defending humanity, in terms of the ground forces. And she just had to be intolerant and rude to go with it. An auspicious beginning.

CIVILIAN ADMINISTRATORS

Slick Willie(4)
Age: 21
Commissioned: Jan 1st, 2025(today)
Current Assignment: None
Bonuses: Factory Production(15%), Shipbuilding(10%), Population Growth(10%), Ground Unit Construction(10%)
Personality Traits: Calm, Indifferent, Rude

** For governors, I'm using a quick-n-dirty election simulation which leads to the best candidates have a somewhat better chance to win. Slick Willie finished a distant third out of four candidates, with Lena Dungey(the only woman) beating out Terrence Forson by less than 2% of the vote for the job of first governor of Earth.

SCIENTISTS

Deacon Palmer(3)
Age: 21
Commissioned: Jan 1st, 2025(today)
Current Assignment: Lead on Trans-Newtonian Technology Team(5 labs)
Field of Expertise: Construction/Production(10%)
Personality Traits: Innovative, Poor Family, Tolerant

** As it turns out, Palmer is the most important scientific mind at this point in history. We've discovered the TN elements but don't know how to use them yet. Investigation into practical applications for widespread use is being supervised by Dr. Deacon Palmer and is considered far more important than any other task -- therefore he and his subordinates have been given full reign over all of the currently available laboratories and the five million technicians, assistants, and various other support personnel. He is currently the only top scientist who specializes in Contruction & Production, which made it an easy choice: anyone else would have taken far longer to get results.

Dr. Palmer's report is scheduled to be completed sometime in the summer of 2028, three and a half years from now.

08-06-2013, 09:28 PM	#14
Brian Swartz Grizzled Veteran Join Date: May 2006	UNDERSTANDING YOUR RANK Before assignments are handed out, it's important to know what your rank means and how it changes. Scientists and Civilian Administrators don't have a rank per se, but they do have an Administrative rating. For Scientists, they have the ability to oversee a maximum of 5 labs for each administrative rank, so a scientist rated 5 could oversee 25, etc. More experienced, higher-rated scientists will therefore tend to get the larger, more difficult, and often more useful projects as they are the ones who can complete them in a reasonable amount of time. For Civilian Administrators, a certain minimum administrative rank is recommended(which for our purposes becomes a RP requirement) before taking on certain jobs. If you look back up at the Summary from Earth, the third line down on the left is 'Administrative Level Required: 2' which means a civilian administrator with rank 2 or higher is needed to be Earth's governor. The military branches are different. New academy graduates come into the system from the bottom and then are promoted when needed. Using Ground Forces as an example, their ranks are as follows: Colonel Brigadier General Major General Lieutenant General. When the ratio of Colonels to Brigadier Generals becomes too high, a Colonel will be promoted, and so on up the chain. Naval Officers works the same way, with a deeper rank chain as there will be more of them: Lieutenant Commander Commander Captain Rear Admiral(Lower Half) Rear Admiral(Upper Half) Vice Admiral Admiral Fleet Admiral As of now, there are no officers ranked above Brigadier General and Rear Admiral(Lower Half) and won't be until more recruits come into the system and 'push' them up the chain. With that in mind, the FOFC branch of the GLAT announces the following commissions. As new recruits, all are currently 21 years of age. Further sign-ups will only be added as new officers come out of the academy, not from the startup group. NAVAL OFFICERS Lt. Cmdr. Chip Overdrive Age: 23 Commissioned: Jan 1st, 2023 Current Assignment: None(only staff officers at Fleet HQ are currently required, and a ranking of Captain or higher is required for those). Fleet Movement Initiative: 122(a higher score aids a commander in combat movement) Bonuses: None Personality Traits: Conscientious, Faith in others Promotion Score: 61(20th out of 20 Lt. Commanders -- suffice to say the random number generator was not your friend) Note: the personality traits are there soley for RP reasons and have no actual game effect(though we may well use them and it can certainly help to flesh out the characters). In his brief career of two years, Chip so far is a really nice guy and a really crappy naval officer. But most of his career is ahead of him ... hopefully. Cmdr. Tell Perj Age: 31 Commissioned: Jan 1st, 2015 Current Assignment: None Fleet Movement Initiative: 131 Bonuses: Fighter Combat(20%), Logistics(15%), Fighter Operations(10%), Intelligence(10%), Espionage(10%) Personality Traits: Flexible and pragmatic, Good judge of character, Impoverished, risk-taker Promotion Score: 472(4th out of 7 Commanders) Tell got the opposite end of the spectrum as our highest-ranking naval officer. Lt. Cmdr. Rob Nielsen Age: 23 Commissioned: Jan 1st, 2023 Current Assignment: None Fleet Movement Initiative: 182 Bonuses: Crew Training(25), Fighter Combat Bonus(15%), Xenology(10%), Logistics(10%) Personality Traits: Aggressive Promotion Score: 197(9th out of 20 Lt. Cmdrs.) I'm real interested in where Nielsen got his Xenology expertise inasmuch as no sign of alien life has ever been detected. Lt. Cmdr. Benton Gale Age: 23 Commissioned: Jan 1st, 2023 Current Assignment: None Fleet Movement Initiative: 192 Bonuses: Survey(10%), Fighter Combat(10%), Terraforming(10%), Logistics(10%) Personality Traits: Flexible and Pragmatic Promotion Score: 202(8th out of 20 Lt. Cmdrs.) GROUND FORCES OFFICERS Brig. Gen. Path Twelve Age: 30 Commissioned: Jan 1st, 2016 Current Assignment: Commanding Officer, 12th Low Tech Armour Battalion Bonuses: Ground Combat(10%) Personality Traits: Good motivator, Insightful, Resourceful Promotion Score: 125(2nd of 2 Brig Gen) Brig. Gen. Dolph Stallone Age: 27 Commissioned: Jan 1st, 2019 Current Assignment: Commanding Officer, 11th Low Tech Armour Battalion; Commanding Officer, all Human Ground Forces Bonuses: Ground Combat(20%) Personality: Intolerant, Observant, Punctual, Rude Promotion Score: 425(1st of 2 Brig Gen) Well isn't that special -- Dolph Stallone is in charge of defending humanity, in terms of the ground forces. And she just had to be intolerant and rude to go with it. An auspicious beginning. CIVILIAN ADMINISTRATORS Slick Willie(4) Age: 21 Commissioned: Jan 1st, 2025(today) Current Assignment: None Bonuses: Factory Production(15%), Shipbuilding(10%), Population Growth(10%), Ground Unit Construction(10%) Personality Traits: Calm, Indifferent, Rude For governors, I'm using a quick-n-dirty election simulation which leads to the best candidates have a somewhat better chance to win. Slick Willie finished a distant third out of four candidates, with Lena Dungey(the only woman) beating out Terrence Forson by less than 2% of the vote for the job of first governor of Earth. SCIENTISTS Deacon Palmer(3) Age: 21 Commissioned: Jan 1st, 2025(today) Current Assignment: Lead on Trans-Newtonian Technology Team(5 labs) Field of Expertise: Construction/Production(10%) Personality Traits: Innovative, Poor Family, Tolerant As it turns out, Palmer is the most important scientific mind at this point in history. We've discovered the TN elements but don't know how to use them yet. Investigation into practical applications for widespread use is being supervised by Dr. Deacon Palmer and is considered far more important than any other task -- therefore he and his subordinates have been given full reign over all of the currently available laboratories and the five million technicians, assistants, and various other support personnel. He is currently the only top scientist who specializes in Contruction & Production, which made it an easy choice: anyone else would have taken far longer to get results. Dr. Palmer's report is scheduled to be completed sometime in the summer of 2028, three and a half years from now.