The |BAAF|

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As such your Commodore would have no direct authority over a BAAF pilot

I'm not sure I agree with this kind of idea.

Lets take a look at a real-world military; U.S. Armed Forces. Now, we have the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, the Marines, and the Coast Guard. For simplicity's sake, we'll just look at the Army.

We've got;
Active
Reserve

In both Active and Reserve the same ranks are used. Why? Because a Captain in active Army still has the authority to issue orders to anyone under Captain in the reserve forces. This is because the reserve forces are a part of the army that simply assists the active forces when needed. A reserve force is not separate from its parent military. Likewise, a Captain in the Reserve Army still holds authority over people under Captain in the active army. Joint ranking and authority system. Now granted, this probably won't work quite the same way with BAF|, considering we don't have the power to promote and demote your people, thus we also won't have any of your people able to command our own. However, a reserve force is always under the command of the active army. That's true for all modern-day militaries that have reserve forces.

So you're basically saying a BAAF Ensign does not have to answer to a BAF| Commodore, which is more than slightly bizarre considering the vast rank and experience difference between the two. In effect, that Ensign could start shooting a transport and would not have to stop when told to by a ranking BAF| officer.

I don't really think this idea of 'We'll make an entirely new faction so they have no power over us!' is one that is ever going to work. It'd last a few weeks, maybe a month before a serious issue comes up and then we'll be at each other's throats.


On another note, what about BAF|'s MI5 agents? You say a BAF| Commodore wouldn't have authority to give any of your pilots orders, should we also assume that you will ignore anything MI5 tells you as well? Considering MI5 manages all possible treasonous activities, as well as counter-terrorism and counter-intelligence in Bretonia, including its Armed Forces, that would make very little sense. MI5 having authority over all but the highest-ranking officers of BAF, as well as all Bretonian civilians, but no authority over any reserve troops?

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