Proposed In-RP Punishment System

[Dieter Schprokets]

I'm interested in implementing something that will 1) Increase RP and 2) solve a recently-noticed problem

It has come to my attention that some BAF members are not consistently obeying the orders of their superior officers.

This has especially become a problem with respect to the following BAF Rule:

3. BAF members are always to obey their superior officers. Junior officers WILL obey senior officers target assignments in combat, PERIOD. Disobedience loses battles.

If you are assigned a target in a battle, you must obey that order. Period. I have seen this rule been ignored myself, and other upper ranked officers report the same. But they don't know what to do about it.

Now having said that, I recognise this is a game, not a real Military, and I am not interested in trying to achieve the obedience level of a real military, or rake people over the coals for this.

But I would like to bring the standard up a bit, and the best way to do that is with in-RP punishments, no hard feelings type of thing, immediately enforced by a superior officer. Commanders and above may have the authority to enforce the punishment, on the spot:

In-RP Minor Punishments for Disobedience

(Commander and up, enforced immediately)

-Anti-smuggler patrols (Leeds/Dublin) for remainder of shift
-Mundane trader escort duty for remainder of shift
-Credit Fine ($1,000,000) (Somewhat harsher, for multiple violations, not to be commonly used, nor abused)

A member so punished must accept their punishment. If they don't, it becomes my problem, and I will warn the player, then consider the following:

-'Grounded' for x number of days
-Demotion
-Expulsion from faction

(I really don't expect it will get that far though)

Comment on this please, BAF Members.

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