Ludolf Vaas
"Trust me"
Hello everyone - me again with yet another announcement. Hope you're not sick of me yet!
This is actually just a point of clarification which hasn't become an issue yet, but which I feel should be addressed before it does. This pertains to characters who wish to belong to multiple branches at once, the branches being military, Knights of Ren, government, and security bureau (with the potential addition of Sith auxiliaries as discussed in the other thread).
Right now, we don't really have many characters who belong to multiple branches, and in my opinion this is a good thing. Your character should realistically only have time to be devoted to one thing. Being a Knight of Ren should occupy most of one's time, just as holding a government position should. However, for those overachievers out there, and the most common crossover between branches we will see is between Sith/Knights of Ren and the military, since they are both tangentially related as martial pursuits and fight alongside each other in battles.
To this end, I just want everyone to be clear that each branch has separate ranks that do not coincide with each other. In other words, say you are a Sith Knight and you want to join the military. Does this entitle you to Adept-level military ranks? No. You must start as a Trainee like everyone else. The same if you were to join the Government or Security Bureau. Therefore you should think long and hard before you want to apply as a full-fledged military member. Think about if this is something your character is actually willing to do. Are you, a Sith Knight, willing to get a military haircut and join a company of soldiers and get barked at by superiors? Just some food for thought. Most, I imagine, would simply prefer to remain a Sith or Knight of Ren, where they get to collaborate with the military anyway but in a more informal setting.
The same goes for any of the other branches. Being a Fleet Admiral does not entitle you to join the Government as a Moff or whatever. Think about how your character would accomplish that, also. How would your character have time to both command fleets and make battle plans as well as manage the governments of multiple systems? Unless you're superhuman and only sleep for about 2 hours a day, I'd imagine that would be nigh impossible.
In conclusion, "cross-pollination" between branches is allowed... but don't go crazy with it. All myself and [member="Natasi Fortan"] ask is that you be realistic about it. The other major reason we want to do this is because again, we don't want to become the One Sith 2.0, where the Force Users just control everything. Positions are earned here, and we value realism. We want each branch to be mostly controlled by characters who are devoted to that branch, and we want to encourage the play of more "Imperial" NFUs, and not have everyone be a Force User.
So yeah. Just be realistic. That's all.
This has been a public service announcement by Field Marshal Vaas. For the Supreme Leader!
This is actually just a point of clarification which hasn't become an issue yet, but which I feel should be addressed before it does. This pertains to characters who wish to belong to multiple branches at once, the branches being military, Knights of Ren, government, and security bureau (with the potential addition of Sith auxiliaries as discussed in the other thread).
Right now, we don't really have many characters who belong to multiple branches, and in my opinion this is a good thing. Your character should realistically only have time to be devoted to one thing. Being a Knight of Ren should occupy most of one's time, just as holding a government position should. However, for those overachievers out there, and the most common crossover between branches we will see is between Sith/Knights of Ren and the military, since they are both tangentially related as martial pursuits and fight alongside each other in battles.
To this end, I just want everyone to be clear that each branch has separate ranks that do not coincide with each other. In other words, say you are a Sith Knight and you want to join the military. Does this entitle you to Adept-level military ranks? No. You must start as a Trainee like everyone else. The same if you were to join the Government or Security Bureau. Therefore you should think long and hard before you want to apply as a full-fledged military member. Think about if this is something your character is actually willing to do. Are you, a Sith Knight, willing to get a military haircut and join a company of soldiers and get barked at by superiors? Just some food for thought. Most, I imagine, would simply prefer to remain a Sith or Knight of Ren, where they get to collaborate with the military anyway but in a more informal setting.
The same goes for any of the other branches. Being a Fleet Admiral does not entitle you to join the Government as a Moff or whatever. Think about how your character would accomplish that, also. How would your character have time to both command fleets and make battle plans as well as manage the governments of multiple systems? Unless you're superhuman and only sleep for about 2 hours a day, I'd imagine that would be nigh impossible.
In conclusion, "cross-pollination" between branches is allowed... but don't go crazy with it. All myself and [member="Natasi Fortan"] ask is that you be realistic about it. The other major reason we want to do this is because again, we don't want to become the One Sith 2.0, where the Force Users just control everything. Positions are earned here, and we value realism. We want each branch to be mostly controlled by characters who are devoted to that branch, and we want to encourage the play of more "Imperial" NFUs, and not have everyone be a Force User.
So yeah. Just be realistic. That's all.
This has been a public service announcement by Field Marshal Vaas. For the Supreme Leader!
