Junker Congress

[worldstrider]

I've always liked this idea and hope it succeeds. I'm no good at editing faction proposals so I'll leave that to the experts.

I would like to offer my services as a Bertonian Junker as the Adjudicator of Traflagar. No I'm not a member of the Congress but I have worked with several congressmen in the past and on trade runs. Traflagar is my home (if I ever get around to writing the RP story...). Let's talk fellow Junkers.

Hi Ross.

My very original intent was to actually have the Congress officers be from other groups as well as our own and that is what I still would love to do. The basis that would work on would be a political one which requires voting. I still want to make that happen.

The faction structure for the game is a little awkward with this concept--we need tagged, identifiable members to be a faction (as I understand it). Originally, I had only wanted my own "Junker Guards Party" and elected officials to carry the .:j:. tag but to be a "visible and active faction" that's not entirely practical.

But to make the democratic vision of Tinkerbell "real", having non Congressmen in elected positions would be great. It also allows areas to develop local flavor, "Oy! That 'judicator at Trafalgar is an arse! Did ye 'ere the crappy deal he's proposin' for docking fees!? Crimey!"


But faction structure requires leadership and responsibility for the actions of the faction. People have to be fully accountable for the deeds of their group and that's a bit hard if people aren't in the group. If we can make it work, elected officers will have to abide by the Congress rules until they resign or are voted out. The new tagging system makes this more plausible. But their role play could be as a political party. It can be a bit complicated so I want to get the nuts and bolts in place first. Perhaps after we have been active awhile, this can be adapted (I'm shooting for it down the road).

In the future, I'd like to see the "Junkers Guard party" be one group in the Junker Congress that operated a military/defense wing and have other groups elected into positions--having regular sessions of Congress to vote people in and out, censure, reward, etc. Would be real fun.

Let me get started and we can go from there. Traflagar isn't the hub of incredible business at the moment and it would be good to see people active there.

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