First step in getting the members of the Order Council

[Tenacity]

Well, in the sake of fairness i'll leave myself out of this (though @ktayn, you havent seen me on the forums? are you blind??? :D)

Anyways, I've worked with swiss on all manner of things since I first started my order character (aki.kimura) on disco... and that was like 8-9 months ago. He's always worked hard to bring both factionalized and independent order players together, and I helped him and the rest of the order (both bs and indies) to the best of my ability to make that happen as well. He's a great leader, and completely deserves his place as the new leader of the official faction (black squadron, or whatever it becomes named).

Now, when all these talks about the council were going on in private between myself, wolf, swiss, ascendancy, and numerous other members both in black squadron and independent, my primary suggestion for this council was as an RP group which would decide major changes in the order's overall RP direction. My view on this was to have people who each specialize in a different type of RP or action, in order to get the most varied and input on any subject - and thus to create the most informed decision.

As an example, the leader of the 42nd (unselie) - the 42nd are a reconaissance/scouting/espionage group, and can provide insight on enemy information and movements when decisions are being made.

Stewcool RP's as the leader of the 122nd order guard, and as such can provide input from a defensive perspective - how to best keep the order fortified against it's enemies.

Another person would be chosen as the 'offensive tactics' specialist, to offer the best strategies for making an attack.

Another would offer diplomatic expertise, in order to provide information from our allies or neutral parties we are attempting to ally with, and to contact those allies when their assistance is needed.

Lastly there would be a member who specialized in research and technology, or RP based on such, and would provide info from that perspective - example, knowledge about nomad ships, infected individuals, alien weaponry, alien tactics, etc.

Now, Swiss does a lot of research RP, as do I, so I think we both qualify for that position. Swiss, being the leader of this new faction, could also qualify well for the offensive tactics position.

Myself... I have been working the past few weeks on an alliance with Kusari, and once that is done I'll be trying to find another member of the order qualified to make an alliance with Rheinland. So far my diplomatic talks with the Kusari leaders are going well - the reason I chose kusari was both because, personally, I love that area of space... but also because my character, in-RP, is of kusari origins and best relates to the kusari people. I would like to think that I qualify well enough for a diplomatic position here on the council, though I'll leave that up to the other players to decide if I'm capable enough in that role.




Now, no offense intended, but the only person listed that I do not really agree with being on the council is Eternal. Eternal is an AWESOME RP'er, and knows his character and the order well but... he just isnt around often enough. We need only the most active players, who are always available to offer their input on a decision, as the people elected to the council.

If eternal decides to become more active and play his order character more, I will fully withdraw the above statement, I think he is more than qualified to be on the council and definitely deserves the position, he just needs to be around more. Unfortunately I cant offer much of an alternative to that position - my only other vote would be Fletcher (who has been RP'ign/playing Edison.Trent for the order for a long time now).

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