AGNUS DEI

[gauliez]

Maybe, I will add my two cents too.

I have been the last one to come to this project, merely only proofreading the Faction status translation in fact. But here is how I see it, Oniros correct me if you disagree.
I wrote this at the same time as Oniros last answer, so some of the points below have already been mentionned and will ony be further developped (well, it means we see it the same way:))

* About removing mention to the Bible part, I definitely agree. The "Code Marie" as of now has no real extract of Bible as far as I can tell, just a way to turn maxims that make think to some Judea-christian orders as the Crusaders for example i.e. "Thou shalt...". We might also add some pieces from completely other sources, religious or not, it is still under discussion.
So with our current introduction and by keeping the names (Crusaders, Apostles,...) and the Code Marie formulation, would that seems better and less subject to controversy ?

* Then, the second though point seems to be about being a Sirius wide faction or even a Sirius Police faction, with many different ships/weapons. What will be crucial to avoid it is the role of our Inner Circle.

We are a private army of former psychopaths under the command of private investors called the Inner Circle.

The nine members of the Inner Circle are: the five Apostles, two rich investors, a Kishiro Engineer and a Doctor from Cryer

So, it won't only be about religious fanatism, but there will also be quite a lot of business going around at the Inner Circle level. How I see it basically is that Agnus Dei will act as follow :
- anytime, fight Nomads and Wilds when encountered, cause they are Evil.
- in every house, it will depend of their diplomatic relations with our Inner Circle. Some Houses can probably use a private army, and we will then reinforce them, and why not act as a local Police force. Some Houses will probably be scared, and therefore we will be acting more clandestinely, trying to convert enough members there to become more influential. At some point (really later), some House might even be declared as corrupted (though I don't know if it really match Oniros vision, but I think it is up to the Inner Circle to decide)
- it might be the same with the Order for example, we could fight together or not depending on the Inner Circle interests. The only limit will be the "Code Marie", which will remains quite vague, but will still prevent us from allying with unlawful factions.

That is the bulk of it, normal citizens will become Agnus Dei after some long initiation, and will then keep a lawful IFF, change their ID to Military, use the Agnus Dei tag and start to act according to the Inner Circle guidelines relative to their system. As already said, they shall not leave their system, and will therefore use the ships/weapons available in their system.

I heard about this project really recently, and my first reaction was "What, introducing religion ? Are they crazy or do they really like being chopped down ?". Then, I proofreaded the first version of the Faction status, and I got convinced that it was not about religion as in RL (you can see it as Sci-Fi or an ersatz of old Crusaders), that there are enough safeguards to keep the faction from turning berserk and that it could definitely add a lot to FL RP.

Continue to comment it, as I think it will only make this project better and better, as it has the seeds for becoming a great playable faction and just need some minor arrangements.

Edit : After re-reading the Faction Status in regard of my post, I think some points in the To Do list might need redefining (2. and 3.). Indeed, the vision of the Corrupted in the current Status triggers the possibility of turning into a kind of Super-Police. If the Corrupted are rather defined by diplomatic way, it is really then less likely. We will always be unfriendly to unlawful factions because of "Code Marie", but the priority targets (the Corrupted) will be only some well-defined factions, unlawful or maybe neutral.