*swats at [member="Ayumi Pallopides"]*
You don't handwave promotions. You nominate people and I or another admin reviews the situation and approves the individual or asks for one or two additional threads before approval.
That being said, [member="Alva Calvarona"] is a hard working member of the Galactic Empire, and the Imperial Remnant that came before. She's been in quite nearly every single thread and has busted her backside IC and OOC for the faction. She should have been made a Knight long before we made the switch from IR to GE.
Also, I saw those threads where you beat two different Sith Knights in the Tournament of the Gods.
If anything is going to get you approved for a promotion, winning a PVP duel with someone of a higher FU rank is going to be it.
So congratulations Alva. Your rank-up is approved.
*wonders off to find site admin to make it official*