Sorry for replying so late, I had some exams and RL stuff to do.
I've read your critics and will answer them in a friendly and discussional tone, like everyone should do.
Quote:First off; Foreigners from Sirius being allowed into this group.. No. That would be absolutely unacceptable to the King and the Gallic Royal Navy. I guarantee you, the King, Prince, and Princess (all of whom have players roleplaying them) would all take an axe to your neck if you allowed Sirians into your ranks.
Quote:Let me save you a lot of time contacting me. What Dab said is how I see it too. Foreigners from Sirius? In Gallia? Fighting for the crown? What, they hit you over the head with a club or something? Gallia -despises- any kind of foreigner. The Royal Navy forces Sirians in Gallia to get out or be gunned down, regardless of who or what they are. Having them serve in a Gallic army is not possible. No. Way. I don't care that some King in Earth's history decided foreigners are a good idea, this is Gallia in a game called Freelancer, not France.
Okay, I get your point. Sirians are not allowed under any circumstances into Gallia. As you both said the same, I'm going to comment on both of your statements and maybe we find a solution together.
If you say that foreigners in Gallia are a complete no-go, then how about they will be stationed out of Gallia, and not let into Gallia at any time. So they would only fight Sirians, which means themselves...Sirians fighting Sirians? If you ask me, such a King that hates Sirians so much, I even heard the word "xenophobic", would definately like that. Sure, they would still serve the Legion, but more like some kind of unpaid "mercs", the payment being food and a place to sleep, and as most of them are outcasts from Sirian society anyway, they would surely find that accepting in exchange for doing the work of killing people they don't like anyway...that would be a definition for a "Legionnaire" in FL what do you say?
Quote:Second; Using King Louis V's name isn't a good idea when someone is roleplaying as King Louis.. Get his consent to write what you say he did. To say he did something that Exile (the guy RPing as the King) never did would be powergaming, controlling someone else's character.
Quote:Secondly, the King. I'm not going to "share" the character or anything. The Gallic Royal Navy High Command uses the King. We make messages for the King to share with the public and then post them on the forums. If you want something done or said you can contact me once you're an official faction, but I won't guarantee anything will be posted or done.
I am not in any kind powergaming or using his character, this pure thing is NOT a faction proposal, it's an idea I really want to bring into this game. I never said anything about "sharing" either, if you are RPing Louis V then you will be the only one who will, and not me, or anyone else would ever RP him. That's why I just wrote it's an idea from me....and now I want to hear your idea about what Louis V would do in this certain situation, if he would even call the Legion back up after 100 years of absence, if he would even think of the idea of calling it up...etc. We are here to discuss and share ideas and finally find a proper agreement so this faction can fit perfectly into the RP of everbody here.
Quote:Third; The numerous references to yourselves being aces and the top-of-the-top of the Navy.. A mention here or there about being very skillful and/or well-trained is fine, but the number of times you remark about it seems highly egotistical for a faction writeup. What have you done to proven yourselves the aces of the Gallic Royal Navy? Those things you don't say until your faction has done things to back them up.
We haven't done anything to prove that we are the aces, as I don't have enough of my members in-game to do that properly. But we will be numerously in game, soon, and we will start it properly. What I said about the Legion pilots being the aces was just my idea of how I imagine the Foreign Legion, and all these ideas, even everything I've written down is an idea and can be changed in order to make it acceptable for everyone.
Quote:Fourth; Having a Lord Mareschal rank, and having him answer only to the King... Sorry, that's already taken. The Navy as a whole has a single Grand Marshal, and that position is already filled by Lilith LaCroix, also RP'd as Exile. The Grand Marshal is the leader of the entire Navy. The leader of the Foreign Legion would be someone of a high, but not that high, rank. And he'd be answerable to the King -and- Grand Marshal.
Quote:Only answers to the king? Why on earth would the king bother with a bunch of foreigners lead by some commoner? You practically said it yourself. They're a bunch of rif raf playing war. Hell, they're Sirian rif-raf, all the more reason not to let them speak to the king. Hell, I don't think even the Grand Marshall wound want to work with them so long as you use Sirians.
A Lord Mareshal is not the same as a Grand Mareshal, and yes, if you all think this position is too high then I will make him answer to the Grand M. aswell.
Secondly, the Legion is not a "bunch of foreigners"...there are more Gallian soldiers then foreign soldiers, and we already talked about the foreigners. "Led by some Commoner?" The character I want to RP is not in any way a commoner, he is a noble, he is a direct descendant of a noble which makes him a noble aswell, that's why he even can be used as Lord Mareshal of the Legion. I have not finished his RP story yet, as I really really had no time for it, but I will, and every other member of this faction will do it for their characters aswell, as I really want to implement my idea, and that is only possbile through exceptional RP.
Quote:Sixth; "... King Louis V. felt more threatened than ever and saw the end of Gallia by Sirian forces coming near." This isn't fitting in at all with current Gallic lore, or with the current character of the King. The King and the Gallic Royal Navy are both supremely confident that they will be able to handle any threat from Sirius. If they were afraid Sirius could crush them so easily, they'd be focusing on defense, no offensive. Gallia's self-imposed isolation wasn't because of fear, but to make sure they were able to work in secret until ready, without the other houses knowing of them. Having the strongest military in Sirius, Gallia is far from 'fearful' of Sirius. Quite the opposite.
As Exile is RPing the King, he should decide that, as I already wrote a few paragraphs above. These are all my ideas and can be changed, if it suits better we could change it to "King Louis V. was so sure that he would crush Sirius into pieces that he sent elite soldiers under the command of a powerful leader to convince Sirian outcasts (by outcasts I do not mean the Maltese Outcasts, but all Sirians who don't like Sirius generally/have an own hatred towards Sirians, because they had a bad life/ etc, etc.) to fight the other Sirians, which would result in a complete domination of Gallia over Sirius if they really make Sirians fight Sirians (their own people)." And just the thought of it would boost the King's ego even more and would make him even surer that Gallia will conquer Sirius. This is again, an idea, and I would like to know what you think about it, Exile...
Quote:Seventh; Having any sort of nobility rank for the Foreign legion wouldn't make a whole lot of sense either. Nobility status is inherited, not earned. Who is a noble doesn't depend on military rank, and one can only go from commoner to noble status by the order of the King.
Those "nobility ranks" should be more like medals one gets if he succeds in accomplishing a very importnat and great task. I agree, those names (Duc, Chevalier,...) are not suitable as they are indeed noble ranks, I will change it soon.
I hope we can come to an agreement and I'm waiting for your responses.
@Mao: I edited the text and put in the "First in, last out" ideology of the Legion...
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