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Yeah, so I am a bit confused about the Galactic Alliance.
They seem like a copycat of the GR, only putting new in front if the jedi order and using the republic symbol as their own. But they are recruiting like mad men and, they get all the new padawans which sadens Mantic...
Whats the deal here, why did these people not join here?
Because apart from some minor parts I dont see the difference. What am I missing?
Looks like some old Galactic Republic members and some Silver Jedi started calling all those interested in setting up a new Republic. This will only end in rivalry, though, I am afraid.
Of course I blame you! You force sensitive not supposed to meddle with politics who does not understand that we can only win by forcing old old OLD jedi traditions down the galaxies throat!!!
Hello, I'm here to clear up some of the questions many have asked and maybe others that you might have. I am the Faction Owner and one of the FA's of the Galactic Alliance.
I am going to go through FAQ’s one by one, but let me preface this by saying that yes, this is OOC driven. However, every single thing in RP is. The simple fact is this; we at the GA felt that we could create something new, fun, effective, and more streamlined to combat the rising tide of darkside factions on the board through small changes that had yet to be introduced in other factions.
1. How is the Galactic Alliance different than the Galactic Republic?
While similar, there are notable differences to distinguish the two factions. As many people will tell you, creating factions is quite difficult, more so when you're creating standards of government. If you look at most factions, they're actually very similar to another save for a few small differences. These small differences are what make the faction.
For the Galactic Alliance the most important difference is leadership. The GA is a streamlined, more smoothly put together government then the Galactic Republic. We are headed by Three NPC leaders controlled by the Faction Admins. One heads the political system, one heads the New Jedi Order, and one heads the military. There is no senate bickering over small laws, there is no transfer of power between chancellors or prime ministers, and there is no shifting of supreme military authority every couple of months due to one issue or another.
This keeps the faction pointing in one direction while simultaneously maintaining an air of democracy, since the NPC leaders are controlled by the FA's and the FA's are chosen by the people of the faction. It allows us to work more smoothly towards our Factions stated goal, the destruction of Evil.
As I stated, this not hugely different from the Republic, but there are small, key changes, that make the faction operate very differently.
Also, the logos are similar because they are from canon. The GR's logo is that of the Old Republic's, whereas the Galactic Alliance logo is that of the Galactic Alliance from canon. Similar, but different if you look closely.
2. How is the New Jedi Order different than the Jedi Order?
While similar there are key differences.
The New Jedi Order is structured differently than the Jedi Order of the Republic or the Silver Jedi Order. Primarily, it is far more militant than either of the previously mentioned Orders. It is 100% geared towards fighting the rising tide of the darkside of the force. We do not have a Grand Master, unlike you guys or the Silvers.
Instead the NJO is lead by a Grand Marshal. Our Grand Marshal is an NPC named Omai Rhen who is controlled by the factions FA's. This again creates a more streamlined operation method because there is never a changeover of GM's and thus never a huge change in policy, all actions taken by Master Omai must be agreed to by all of the FA's of the GA.
The other key difference is that the NJO has no Council or Council Members. Instead the NJO has Marshalls that sit beneath the Grand Marshall. The Marshalls ar PC characters that more often than not “lead” other Jedi, they can be both Knights and Masters and they are seen as authority figures within the Order. They take directives from the Grand Marshal and ensure that the NJO does what it needs to do.
Again, small differences from the regular Jedi Order, but it is these small differences that are the key.
3. Why are more people joining the GA?
This is more difficult to explain and ultimately comes down to personal choice. It is a mixture of several factors, including activity, the shininess of new things, reputation of those involved, and the more streamlined factors of the faction.
People join things because they want to, it's different for each person and depends on their current mind set. We of course love the current influx of members, and we're also open to new ideas and RP's all the time, it's simply who we are as a faction.
We are even open to RP'ing with the Republic itself, Ali Hadrix has already PM'd us about mutual threads and we responded favorably.
The Galactic Alliance is all about open and free RP following our storyline. We're here to have fun and enjoy ourselves within the elements of a good guy faction. People like that, and they like not getting bogged down with other factors. So again, it's rather difficult to explain and is likely due more to personal preference.
I hope that I've cleared up some of your questions, if you have any more feel free to PM me, post in our forums, or message any one of our admins
What's funny is that the collective who want "control" will move over to this faction and only about 5% of the faction will possess any form of control at all. In turn, the upstarts will hate what they've created in about 6 months and do this all over again.
As human beings we are inherently hard headed and incredibly dim a lot of the time. As a result we rarely learn from our mistakes and make them over and over again.
I'm seeing a lot of butthurt in this thread which is disappointing to see. Let me see if I can break the GA down for you.
It just has less rules and a more decentralized command structure. Some people prefer that. Others don't. A lot of comments in this thread have come across as pretty bitter and that's disappointing. There's no bad feelings from the GA towards the Republic and we'd love to have some interoperability in the future.
Yes, I appologize if anyones butt is hurting. That was not my intention.
I noticed a drop in GR activity and then saw that the GA was full of folks so I became worried that the GR was being abandoned. For IC reasons Mantic would have problems fitting in with most other factions.
Naturally we can have as many republics/alliances as there are players, no butt hurting intended.
You folk are having a great time - cheers for that!
[member="Alen Na'Varro"]
Yea, I understand, Dude. What you need to understand is that this new faction carries no in character weight. It's an OOC power play, which is sad. It'll be the reason the Galactic Republic dies and the Alliance rises in it's ashes, which I'm sure was the intent. Either way, not going to hurt my feelings. So many OOC politics go on around here anyway that it is neither surprising nor do I hold a grudge against anyone for it. It's just the way of the world. We are one, big, ignorant child that won't stop running with scissors.
Can't wait to see what happens because of all this, though. Should be exciting. ^_^
[member="Mantic Dorn"]
The Galactic Alliance is not a Republic, and is not trying to be the Galactic Republic. They are to the Republic as the Galactic Alliance during the era of Yuuzhan Vong war was to the Old Republic.
Different ideas, different system of governing, and their Jedi Order isn't.. well it isn't remotely similar to this one.
There's a bunch of other stuff, too, like technologically advanced Force users that aren't a part of the NJO, and so on. It is wholly different from the Galactic Republic, with the only real similarity being the word "Galactic".
[member="Mantic Dorn"]
The Galactic Alliance is not a Republic, and is not trying to be the Galactic Republic. They are to the Republic as the Galactic Alliance during the era of Yuuzhan Vong war was to the Old Republic.
Different ideas, different system of governing, and their Jedi Order isn't.. well it isn't remotely similar to this one.
There's a bunch of other stuff, too, like technologically advanced Force users that aren't a part of the NJO, and so on. It is wholly different from the Galactic Republic, with the only real similarity being the word "Galactic".
Wait, that's the only similarity? So it's not a Faction? There's no Jedi in it? They don't use the Force? They aren't against the Sith? They have no politics involved in their system of government?
I could go on, but I feel as though the joke is more than understood.
