Petition to Rename the Mandalorians

[Sturmwind]

[...] I know my characters that fought against you would get goosebumps when they see that double M appearing on the scanner.

Then keep the MM~ tag, but replace the Mandalorian with something else beginning with M.

I'm personally sick of the imports (the models, that is), but I got used to the fact that these two factions are named after OORP stuff. I guess changing the name would only help us preserve the RP, we could get used to the Mandalorians being named something else just as quickly as I got used to them being named after Star Wars things.

[me_b_kevin]

ok let's change the name from

Mandalorians

to

Mandaloreans

that way it's not the same name right? :P

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[SevereTrinity]

How about we just shoot all the idiots in our community.

[kingvaillant]

Imposing a petition on us? Nah, that won't pass with us.

We've been here far longer than you, a lot of time was invested to remove the "import" feel from the faction while keeping the name.

If you'd look closely at our RP, you'll notice that the only thing we have that links with Star Wars is the name, the language (for char names and ranks) and the way of living (which is kinda like the Samurai' way in some ways). You won't see us flying around talking about jedi and sith.


If we desire to change name, we will do so by ourselves

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[El.De.Bosce]

How about we just shoot all the idiots in our community.

That might take a whale. Not sure even you folks could pull that one out

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[mwerte]

Dreygon wins the thread. no need to post silly ideas anymore.

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[Dieter Schprokets]

I first saw this, and was mad. But you touch upon something we have thought of before, several times.

The following is something I posted a couple months back to tell the story of MM on the server. We are an import, but successful. How did it happen?

BACKGROUND

Back in the fall of 2007, a gent by the name of Yuri Neova started the Mandalorian Mercenaries, a clear case of Star Wars import. It got official status pretty quickly (things were a bit, er, looser then), and was off to a combative start under Yuri's equally combative leadership. I believe we had 3 wars in the first few weeks, including one where the UOG beat us like rented mules. The reason for the wars was usually some variation of "your momma".

Then one day later in the year, Yuri said "Dieter is Mandalore bai."

By this point in time, I had learned how to RP a little bit better, and realized that I had just been handed a fledgling import faction which did not, to say the least, have a lot to do with Vanilla FL. At all.

Tales of the Mandalorians was an RP thread started by myself, Flo, and Gronath to try to provide an ongoing narrative of what the heck we were doing here in Sirius. Somehow, nowadays it works, in the sense that generally the community has accepted our presence, in the same manner that the CR, for instance, has gained credibility over time.

I ran the Mandalorians until the summer of 2008 when I broke off to start BAF, leaving Gronath Mandalore. Since that time, it has had its ups and downs, but I've never kept my hands off it entirely.

And now, with Malexa (the latest Mandalore) being handed the honour of running RM, I find myself realizing that I have good hands to leave BAF to, and Malexa just ain't gonna have time to be Mandalore. Hence LeMaitre now runs BAF, and I am Mandalore again.

WHAT DO WE DO?

Mostly we hunt factions, for other factions. Our permanent contracts are summarized in the Mandalorian Mercenaries Long Standing Contracts thread. We also take bounties of opportunity.

The contracts are generally summarized as follows:

-We hunt KNF, KSP and AFA for BAF (And logically the IG : Imperial Guard too) This contract goes back to the days when we worked for SF under Firebird, and later QCRF under Unselie.

-We hunt any Corsairs for BAF and the Outcasts

-We hunt RM for LN, and we keep Magellan and Cortez clear of piracy for LN. Contracts with Liberty go back to LSF under Sniper, and the [SA] as well.

-We help TAZ and IND, as needed, and keep Baffin and Coronado clear of piracy, under the good neighbours policy with TAZ (We are based at Barrier Gate Station in Coronado now)

-We help LN and BAF within their space, when called upon to. Though frankly, if there are enough BAF and LN to deal with their internal problems, why bother ganking?

-We skirmish in Gallia for the <Censored>.

-We hunt Order for the LN.

-We hunt AFA for Synthfoods (brand new)

WHAT CAN WE FLY?

We became known, and respected I think, for flying fighters and bombers back when the Merc ID actually did allow us to fly pretty well anything. And we still do use mostly fighters and bombers. Though we have some gunboats, all BH. Flo in his BHGS in 4.84 did bad things to people. So did Malinka "Dralshyar".

We used to focus on BH ships, when we had to use BH tag, and merc ID. Now that we have FL tag/Merc ID we focus on Eagles and Rocs, though we still use BH and a few other ships.

A Mandalorian Warrior who gets 5 Corsair kills is allowed to use a Sabre, per an agreement with the outcasts.

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE GET A KILL?

Well young Mandalorian, if you get paid on site, its under the table. Keep your hard earned money. Don't tell accounting. Book your time to "Promo" or "Business Development" or something.

If you don't get paid on-site, you post here: Mandalorian Mercenaries Executed Jobs

Do your paperwork please. It's how we get paid, so we can afford to buy those shiny ships for you.

WHAT IS THE MANDALORE'S OFFICE?

Glad you asked. The Mandalore's Office Thread is one place which links all things Mandalorian on these forums, including:

1) The Mandalorian Mercenaries Personnel Database : Post your Bio here.

2) Tales of the Mandalorians : Scintillating Reading, Mostly by Me.

3) The Bar at the Mhi'Mhotir : This is meant to be an in-RP place for Warriors to post.

4) The Medals Showcase : Warriors can win awards for various achievements, and post them in the Bios.

5) Board Room at the Mhi'Motir : Diplomacy/Negotiations centre. Hasn't been used much.

6) Long Standing Contracts : Discussed Above

7) Executed Jobs : Discussed Above.

8) Guidelines for Warriors : Still mostly current, and very useful. New Warriors should definitely review it.

NEW WARRIORS SHOULD BOOKMARK THE MANDALORE'S OFFICE. REALLY, PLEASE DO.

FACTION STATUS

Updated.

In closing, we have thought about changing the name, (Manchester Mercenaries, other options etc), but then we lose our history on the server, and most of the Tales of the Mandalorians posts, and an awful lot of the other stuff we have written on the forums, gets thrown out the door.

We aren't going to throw that away, so the name stays, in spite of the import-y ness.

ok, relocking.

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