Jupiter Guild

[Mastery]

This is to expand the post in the 'Discovery Factions' topic, as it was only an overview(which is what the topic is for) and didn't really tell you that much about the clan.

Getting the obvious out of the way, we`re called the Jupiter Guild, tag [\JG/], often just called JG or jg ingame or on forums(which is fine ofcourse). Speaking of forums ours are JG Forums

A little history, the past is a little hazy for us. The tag was created a few years ago, the leader called himself Jupiter, however due to his temper he had a difference of opinion with a member of the server police, he disbanded the JG and left freelancer altogether.

Then about 11 months ago, I started playing on that server, a month after that I meet Daishi, who had just created a Mercenary clan called Wild Cards, we became friends and I joined (a couple of other people joined but only one was to stay active). A few days later I was flying about in tag when a person named [\JG/]skysurfer logged on, I didn't pay much attention; people log in and out all the time. It was with mild surprise with which I recieved his PM, it turned out he was an old friend of Daishi's and recognised the tag, he asked after Daishi. It was a week or two until all three of us managed to get on at the same time. Sky had assumed ownership of the JG tag and had managed to get a few members from another dying clan who wanted some activity. The topic of a merge between the JG and WC came up and numerous tags came up, I suggested [/JGWC\], to go with the [/JGMF\](military force)(the [\JG/] was for leaders). It happened, Daishi and myself were placed 2nd and 3rd in rank respectively and we retagged. Basilisk was the military leader.

We were working on merging another two clans with us, ultimately neither did but an unexpected merge happened with another clan, the FTF(free trade federation) who became [/JGTF\], its leader was Dalilama. We claimed New Tokyo and did dozens of escorts for traders. Helping new players and traders we came under many attacks from pirates but it was all good, we were uncaring as only mercs can be and our not-quite lawful status suited us perfectly.

Time passed, as we had failed to wither and die within the first week we gradually gained more members and I abolished the different tags and everyone united under [\JG/] with the previous leaders/generals forming a sort of quasi-council. I created the 5 ranks and ranks members accordingly. Skysurfer didn't have as much time for freelancer anymore and stepped down from leadership position, he is still regarded as the founder of the 2nd JG and passed the tag-ownership to Dalilama. Dalilama's first act was to make the JG ruled by a Council and thus the Level 5 rank officially became the ruling body. Around the same time a possible merge with a trading clan we had good relations with, the IC came up. We ended up not merging however a few of their members joined us and its Leader, Roadrunner became our Trade Wing commander(and still is) and joined as a Level 5. A disagreement with the political stance of the clan prompted him to step down from the Council and Shimmer was promoted to level 5. The current council is Myself, Daishi, Dalilama, Basilisk and Shimmer.

[\JG/]Pixie can be credited with the scouting out of Discovery and did most of the ground work in setting up a JG branch there. More members eventually joined and recently we have had some new members join from the server. We had to pick an ID for the clan so we picked Mercs, its the usual answer if you ask a JG what they are-"merc" and the ID`s allowances seemed good. We needed a faction aswell so we decided on Zoners as a neutral one. The reluctance to fully pick a certain side(military/pirate etc) stems from the dislike of restricting our options of ships and weapons, currently we keep our members informed that certain things just wouldn't be good RP for us. If we get unusual ships or anything we`ll try and make a suitable RP story for it. Another problem with IDs/Factions is the eternal question "what is the JG?", sure we had our roots in merc work, and a merc wing but we also do a lot of other stuff. The best answer I can give is that the JG is the sum of its members. We are liberal and all our members can post ideas and comment on the actions of the clan on our forums.


Right... well that turned out to be slightly more than a 'little history' but oh well.

So what are we doing atm on discovery?
Currently, setting up ships and members, exploring, trading and creating relations with other players. If your a terrorist or pirate you might get shot, the amount of times we`ve been attacked by pirates in the past has lead to a rather volitile response from most of our members. Some members my also exercise their right to scan for contraband.

Recruitment?
We are liberal in our recruitment aswell, pretty much filling in the form(a recent addition) on our forums application board and you`ll almost certainly be accepted. Your given a transport, after a few runs you can buy yourself a Train whereupon you will be bought a fighter. Once your promoted from Level One to Two you will be bought a large train. After that you can have any other ship you can afford(within RP) and check out our stores for weapons.

Regardless of whether your joining not everyones welcome to come post on Our Forums, ask questions(on here also) or just say hello. We have a spam board O_o (and cookies).

This sentence will now bring an abrupt end to the post.
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Mastery

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